Affectionate Fighting

Indeed, no bell ringing just yet, for there is much more to come.

o.0 I've heard that one before: "You're my favorite Amanda." :p
Well I know at least nine Joseph's or Joe's and you are most definitely _my_ favorite.

You talk of me as if I have never done anything wrong in my life when in fact, I have committed just as many sins as a normal person. It is very, very, sweet of you to say such things.

Anyone who has ever had the chance to befriend you, or meet you for this matter, knows that of God's genuine love. Something unique that you posess which not many people are able to.

Geez, this is a very strenuous, exhausting, refreshing, battle. I have never thought so long about how to say something since school let out. lol.

[Hopeing to make her Papa even more proud of her, Amanda decides to tell him what she is going to be doing this weekend.]
I figure I should let you know that I am trying to reach out to one of my 'blood' grandpas. This weekend [Saturday] I am going to wake up _early_ to go to help my dad's dad cover up some stacks of hay. This particular relative of mine is known to work everyday of the year [almost]. He has even worked on Christmas in the past, makeing me feel unimportant by his standards because he would rather work than spend Christmas with me. Anyway, I will be spending most of the morning/afternoon Saturday helping him.

All of my Glove to my dear heart.
 
My be-Gloved Amanda, you do indeed score countless brownie-points with me by your loving plans toward an actual family member. I have always hoped that your feelings for me would help you to love your _actual_ relatives more, not less.

If this weekend activity takes you away from TDL for awhile, although I'll miss you, it may be good for _other_ forum members. The forum keeps choking up lately; maybe that's because it's getting weepy from seeing our mutual tenderness clashing and colliding in affectionate clinches. If we take a breather, maybe others will suffer fewer software slowdowns in _their_ posting. But our battle is by NO means ended, my dear girl. After all, we are fighting over the momentous, historic issue of---say, IS there a momentous issue, or are we just having fun? Then again, providing fun to such a little sweetie as you IS a worthy cause.

Here let me address your mention of sin. Yes, it IS true that we are fallen beings in a fallen universe. But when we are redeemed by Christ, God can choose to see our good side as being "the _real_ us." That is how I see you, honey: as the good girl God can allow Himself to see you as, because your sins are forgiven. You know that I will sternly rebuke sins that are not repented of; but your sins _have_ been repented of. Thus there cannot be between us the _real_ strife that comes from stubborn wrongdoing--only the entertaining strife of Gloving each other to pieces! Therefore, I shout at you what I think is my favorite battle-cry for silly pretend-fights:

THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE !!!!!!
 
THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE !!!!!!

^^^^ hahahahahahaha *wipes tears away* :p

Yay! More brownie-points. I try to do as much as I can with my family, alas, it is hard as I have told you before. Another good thing is that I will get to spent more time with my father upon doing this also.

Ahh. I have also noticed that. I keep getting 'The Server is too busy. Please try again in a couple of minutes' message a _lot_ lately. Which doesn't bother me as much as it used to. o.0 I must be getting more patient. lol. Do you really think that it is our battles that are causing the system to choke up? I wonder, if we attack the system will it crash? We best not do that. lol.
Are battles are for that of fun/entertainment and to help people like me think better of themselves. Because Amanda has a horrible habit of falling into depression. XP

You are right, as usual, about our sins. I just hope that God can see my 'good side' over the 'bad' as you have.

btw - I might not be on for a while after this post since I have to finish chores and take a shower. I might also go for a bike ride? I have yet to make up my mind. Hopefully I'll be able to get back on in a few. If not then tonight, and if not then... then I don't know. lol. Don't miss me too much. <3
 
As you retreat, O most worthy Glove-opponent, I shoot after you tracer bullets of affection and high regard. You may have heard the saying, "Only a fish that is alive can swim upstream." You, dear heart, are alive with the life of Our Savior, so you can swim upstream against any and all difficulties of dealing with relatives whose personalities may be harder to take than the loving "anger" fired at you here. I pray, and trust, that you will do good things this weekend, affecting your family only for the good. By the way, I think it's cool how you've made a plug for this thread part of your siggy. Every time I think I already Glove you to the max, you do some endearing thing that makes me Glove you still more. So, whether or not you and I are directly locked in desperate niceness-combat at any given moment, my Glove goes with you always and everywhere....you SICKENINGLY GOOD girl, you!
 
brings in more plants for copperfox

comes in with more peppermint & spearmint plants for cooperfox throws them on the garden that's piled high with plants, takes her elephant shaped water canister and waters the plants, sneaks quietly out the door sooo noone will see her :)
 
Well, Shortangel, even if you persist in this lovable praiseworthy modesty of yours, I have devious plans for these plants of yours: a sort of benevolent biological warfare against any who confront me here.....
 
It has been quiet on the western front with Bruiser/Amanda absent from the local fighting. She has carried her Glove arsenal elsewhere, nuking her paternal grandpa with attentiveness and help. Of course, that makes me all the more NON-angry at her. And since I've had time to prepare for my sparring partner's return....

I've got Shortangel's plants all arranged into a sort of bowered walkway that will funnel the approaching Amanda right into my waiting arms. Of course, I mean "arms" in the sense of weapons--the weapons on my tank! This is a very specially designed tank. All of its guns shoot Glove and Gugs and praise and peptalks and congratulations and salutations and endearments. Another innovation is that my tank has no armor, not one bit; after all, I don't _want_ to be shielded against any of the mushy-sentimental return fire that Amanda will shoot back with.

My ordnance has hair triggers. At whatever time Amanda reappears on this thread, she will be instantly locked onto and targetted with these words:


"Welcome back to the battle, awesome Amanda! You're caught in a heavy-caliber enfilade of approval and plaudits for the way you've reached out to your blood grandfather! You remind me of a saying from someplace: 'He drew a circle that shut me out, so I drew a circle that took him in.' I detonate shells of special Y.A.S.G. explosive ("You Are So Great") upon you! Even if you tell me that something _didn't_ go as well as you hoped, I still Glove you ferociously, and am still burstingly proud of you for making the effort!"
 

*Amanda seems to reappear out of nowhere back onto her favorite thread after a long day's work [eight and a half hours of it]. Upon her return she sees a tunnel made up of all of Shortangel's beautiful plants. Deciding to walk through it [since there is no other way] she becomes over-taken with supporting words for her outreach to her parental grandpa. As if things weren't already good, they got even better. :]*

Just to inform you Papa Joe, [and anyone else that has been following along] I did wake up at six something this morning to go out into several fields to help my Grandfather cover up stacks hay, hopeing that it would 'soften' him up so I could become closer to him. I am happy to say that my efforts were not wasted. During the last stack covering he pulled me to the side and thanked me, saying that if it weren't for me and my father helping him things would of been a [heck] of a lot harder. [You see, he does have a minor cussing issue.] Not only did he thank me, but he also took my father and I out to eat, and paid me twenty dollars. [I normally would of turned it down, alas I didn't.] So I think that my [open-ness] toward others are paying off. I think that it may take a _lot_ more to be able to get along with my Granny [mom's mom].
Thanks for the prayers, encouragement, and good-luck thoughts Papa Joe. If it wasn't for your Glove being with me always then I don't think that today would of been possible.

'He drew a circle that shut me out, so I drew a circle that took him in.'
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[by the way - That's going on my binder. :D Everything that helps me goes on my binder. Most of the sayings I have gotten from you.]
That reminds me of the saying, "People sometimes put up barriers around themselves, not to block others out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down."


G G G G G
Thank you Papa Joe.
 
My battle tank is ready even for this nighttime incursion by the foe. Since she has come back so strongly from the planned opening salvo, my order to myself is to fire at will...no, scratch that, fire at AMANDA!!

You splendid child, you have clearly come back from your own field maneuvers with more ammunition than ever! Well, then, _I'll_ just have to Glove you still _more_ fervently, in ever-escalating battle-frenzy! You have nothing but shiningly unselfish motives in wishing that you had refused pay from your grandpa--the very motives I would expect from such a _pugnaciously_ fine and lovable maiden as you are--but it is really for the best that you DID accept pay. Mr. Lewis (who would have Gloved you too if he had met you in this world, and who certainly _will_ Glove you someday when he meets you in Aslan's Country) wrote in "The Four Loves" that _permitting_ others to do US a good turn IS part of Christian charity. And Christian charity is surely as natural to your honey-sweet soul as flying is natural to an eagle! So fling as much of your increased niceness-artillery at me as you like; I'll shoot right back, for I Glove you all the more for your growing closeness to your actual family!
 

Firstly, I would like to say that just because I am trying to become closer to my 'blood relatives' does _not_ mean that I will not have enough Glove for my Papa Joe.
I would also like to apologize for not posting last night, alas the exaustion hit right after my post. Which I am greatful for because I was forceing myself to stay awake just to let you know how it went. Alas, now that I have had a decent night's sleep, I am armed and ready for more.

[Facing toward her 'rival', Amanda brings out the 'big guns', getting ready to blow Papa Joe away with Glove and Gugs.]
"Now Papa Joe, I want you to understand that if it wasn't for you everything that I did this weekend wouldn't of happened. I would have probably spent the whole day locked away in my room listening to gothic rock, wasting away if it weren't for you. Your Glove doesn't only help me but also the others around me in the most positive way possible."
Although, I wanted to punch a guy in the face yesturday, for being ignorant, I didn't even say a harsh word toward him.

I must depart for now, my baby brother is coming home today from staying all week with my granny and we are going to go pick him up soon I believe. Alas, I am _not_ done with you.
[Before skipping away Amanda tosses a grenade towards her Papa, which he catches. Upon contact with his hands, the grenade explodes with a non-harming, sweet-scented perfume, and Glove surrounds Joseph. After the smoke died away Amanda had disappeared, to return later tonight, perhaps.]
 
At whatever time you reappear, my very very very dear Amanda, you will find that I have securely potted some of our friend Shortangel's loveliest plants in the most tastefully elegant pots I can imagine, so that in case I'm not actually online at the moment you become available for continued ferocious combat, you can fill in time by imagining arranging those plants around your house. And although it is a swallowing of pride to _agree_ with the person I am so savagely battling with, you ARE RIGHT: my Glove does go with you everywhere, and you are most welcome to it. I still pray for your brother as well as for you.

P.S. Never apologize for not staying up longer after a day of working to such good purpose. I was grateful for the amount of conflict we did get to enjoy last night. If you think I would ever be so petty as to be annoyed at you for needing sleep, that is obviously underestimating the quality of my Glove for you...which means, of course, that I will have to avenge this bitter insult by something really hostile, such as, oh, imagining that I give you a gentle fatherly kiss on the forehead.
 
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oh ohh the garden is drying up :)

comes in without copperfox knowing it with more water from her canister sees that the garden is drying up, pours water from her canister on the garden, runs out at angelic speed :) phewwwwwwwww it's a good thing i found my angel wings ha ha ha :)
 
[laughing] Shortangel I love your strategy. Very sly and cunning [if I do say so myself]. ;]

On now to my favorite Papa Joe. I didn't mean that you would be annoyed at me for needing sleep, but confused at why I left earlier and without saying anything else. I just like to be sure that everyone is on good grounds, it is my nature. I don't wish to ever make _anyone_ mad or upset at or towards me.
I talked to Nikki today [the girl off of my former team that 'hated' me]. We are on better grounds now, she doesn't exactly hate me anymore. :] Yay!

[As Amanda awaits the return of her spiritual Grandfather and mentor she does imagine how she would place the potted plants around her house, but why must it only be her house? She decides, instead, to think of how to arrange them in not only her house, but everyone else's houses that attend this thread. Amanda only does this after she has positioned her tank to pick up any signs of Papa Joe's arrival and blast _forcefully_ gentle gugs right into his arms.]
 
You won't be waiting long, you who are both blessed and a bless-ING.

I've been waiting for YOU to show up, too. After assuming a furious crossfire of intense mutual affection, let us change tactics for a moment, combining our "conflicting" Glove-energies to join in prayer for another member of the forum. "Umbrella" has let me know in a message that she is feeling ill, and that there is a major practical need affecting her whole family. So, you _impudently_ loving and generous girl, I _dare_ you to agree with me in prayer. (The only reason I don't imagine myself joining hands with you during this is because every time I pray with people and my hands are held, my face always starts itching.)

Heavenly Father, please be gracious now to that other very good girl whom we know as "Umbrella;" please give her bodily health, rescue and protect her from any and all harm and evil, and attend to the earthly needs of her family in some way that will help them all to know You as You are. In Jesus' name, amen.

Of course, Amanda, if you did agree with me in that prayer, I shall have to be furious at you for being so cooperative, and fight you still harder for it!
 
Quick, Amanda, redirect your guns! We're being threatened with goodwill and approval from a new direction!

Celebrion, since you've had the GALL to butt into a private fight, you must pay the penalty, by being machine-gunned with esteem, high regard, and benedictions! May God be _terrifyingly_ merciful and providential to you at all times and in all ways, and may you in turn be an _amazingly_ effective instrument of His blessings to others! Before we stop shooting at you, I will haughtily DEMAND (= request) that you also agree with our prayer for Umbrella!
 
o.0 Dang. I do hope that our dear Umbrella gets feeling better soon. I did take your dare and I prayed with you. [I don't like holding hands in prayers either, my hands get sweaty. XP I don't pray aloud either. That's just me though.] Do we know what she is ill with [major of minor]? I do hope that it is just minor. I've kept her and her family in my prayers for a while now, I do hope that things are getting better.


Celebrion Seregon - Your little 'pop-in' brought a grin upon my face. Don't be a stranger come by and join us in a battle sometime. :]

I agree with Copperfox, please keep our dear Umbrella in your prayers.
I also blast you with _fiercely_ gentle gugs and good-thoughts on all of your travels.
God Bless you. :]
 
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Amanda, Umbrella didn't say it was severe; but I pray for her a lot anyway, as I also do for you. And now, to see if I can snatch some tactical advantage from Celebrion's diversion...

AMANDA, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUSPEND PURE FUN TO PRAY SINCERELY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WELL-BEING IS AN OUTRAGE!! YOU MUST BE PUNISHED FOR THAT WITH FLOODS AND AVALANCHES OF LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, AND THE REST OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!!
 
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Quick, Amanda, redirect your guns! We're being threatened with goodwill and approval from a new direction!

Celebrion, since you've had the GALL to butt into a private fight, you must pay the penalty, by being machine-gunned with esteem, high regard, and benedictions! May God be _terrifyingly_ merciful and providential to you at all times and in all ways, and may you in turn be an _amazingly_ effective instrument of His blessings to others! Before we stop shooting at you, I will haughtily DEMAND (= request) that you also agree with our prayer for Umbrella!
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Copper (I'm going to take the LIBERTY of using a nickname to show you just how HIGHLY I value your friendship on this board) Not only do I comply to your demands...I do So WILLINGLY and shower well wishes upon both Umbrella AND yourself. In addition to that, since you ADDED to my smile by turning your wrath to me, I wish YOU as MANY smiles as you can handle, as many sunny days as you want, a GENEROUS helping of good times and MORE blessings.I wish for God to give you COUNTLESS opportunities for you to serve him, and for you to see and receive JOY from the effects you have on others lives!
 
Well, C-S (now, that's an auspicious pair of initials to have in this community!), you certainly seem to have a natural talent for this form of non-lethal combat. I shall have to reckon with the solemn threat of niceness and cheering-up that you represent!
 
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