Hey guys. Do you ever just get sad? Do you ever just want to go to a place and be alone where people are very unlikely to come and bother you? You ever just want to BROOD ON A ROOFTOP?
I am feeling kinda down right now, and would like some good advice on the topic of ROOFTOP BROODING. Like, can anyone recommend some good roofs in the NYC area (preferably convenient to Astoria, Queens)? Is the brooding more effective if you're right next to some gargoyles? Is it better to brood on the steeple of a church, or on a generic rooftop with one of those wooden water towers? What's a better brooding position -- squatting down, or kinda leaning out over the edge as though you're about to pounce on the city?
Also, what are the potential downsides of rooftop brooding?
― Mr. Perpetua, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)
dead sidekicks (who come back to life as antiheroes)
― Dr. Superman, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 04:16 (eighteen years ago)
How do you incline: Batman/Daredevil, or Morpheus?
― Leee, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 04:24 (eighteen years ago)
Don't wear a long cape. Just because Batman never steps on the hem of his and falls over (a very dangerous situation in a rooftop context) doesn't mean that you won't.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 09:18 (eighteen years ago)
But a short cape is okay? Something that goes down to the small of my back?
― Mr. Perpetua, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 12:28 (eighteen years ago)
Downside: Superman may pass by for an "inspirational" chat.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 12:33 (eighteen years ago)
I think a short cape would be a little too jaunty for proper brooding. Maybe one of those victorian-style capes that wraps over the shoulders and covers the front as well would be okay at that length.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)
Most rooftops have security cameras now, so just keep that in mind while "brooding."
― Matt M., Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)
If you are a vigilante type, keeping busy always helps, so I would advise an evening in the hideout cleaning the weapons.
― earlnash, Thursday, 6 September 2007 03:19 (eighteen years ago)
Brooding is completely natural behavior by parent birds of "sitting on" their nestlings in order to warm them, conceal them, or shade them. Because nestling Purple Martins are hatched in a state of complete nakedness and don't acquire a coat of feathers until they are about two weeks old, the adults spend a great deal of time brooding their young to keep them warm.
― Heave Ho, Thursday, 6 September 2007 03:22 (eighteen years ago)
Pick a night with a full moon. It means you can stand up, moon behind you when the brood is over and the time for action has arrived.
― Pete, Thursday, 6 September 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)
No matter how hungry you are, don't bring snacks. It ruins the ambience.
― Deric W. Haircare, Thursday, 6 September 2007 13:56 (eighteen years ago)
You should probably choose a rooftop that is adjacent to some sort of cheerful public event (weddings, carnivals etc - all families and happy couples. Y'know, the things you can never have...) to throw your life of lonely vigilantism into sharp contrast.
― Stone Monkey, Thursday, 6 September 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)
That said, rooftop brooding in Brooklyn on July 4th does not work out well.
― Casuistry, Thursday, 6 September 2007 16:09 (eighteen years ago)
brooderbating
― remy bean, Saturday, 8 September 2007 04:25 (seventeen years ago)
Try the Gerry Conway-era Daredevil method of bouncing around with a giant, happy smile while surrounded by giant thought baloons moaning about how you're not actually happy, just lying to yourself because you're SO SAD YOU CANNOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO FULLY REALISE YOUR OWN PAIN.
Also invent the word 'soulpain' as DD did to describe his feelings.
― Vic Fluro, Sunday, 9 September 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago)