Masked Balls - sinister or not?

[berniedicters]

We've been invited to the 18th birthday party of someone we know, and she's decided to theme it as a masquerade thing.

This has meant Herself gently chivvying me into looking at these things and getting one to wear so as not to be a party pooper

And I've discovered something about myself - those things really shit me up. I've no idea why - looking at them, there's a slightly sinister look, but they shouldn't leave a big strong grown man with no known hangups with an acid knot in the pit of the stomach, and a desperate urge to leave the room, using violence if necessary!

Herself admits that there's a slightly sinister undertone to them, but is as perplexed by my reaction as I am. So I thought I'd ask the urbans - are these things scary, or am I just a bit of a wuss? Or both.

This is the kind of thing I'm talking about:

Brrr . The thought of a room full of people dressed like that is a deeply unpleasant one.

 

[Griff]

Not sinister but pretty cool.

Never been to one meself though.




Unless they take on a Masque of the Red Death theme

 

[quimcunx]

Perhaps you're having sub-conscious flashbacks to some vincent price movie.

they are for hiding filthy sex and murder. so it's not that surprising that you find them sinister.

 

[strung out]

 

[kyser_soze]

You've watched Eyes Wide Shut too many times from the sound of it

Masked balls are fantastic, but agreed there's a bit of an edge to them...it's the whole business with concealment (and there are some scary looking masques to wear too)

 

[fogbat]

Oh god. I've seen photos from some terrible goth masked ball.

One guy looked like Batman in a dinner jacket

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

We've been invited to the 18th birthday party of someone we know, and she's decided to theme it as a masquerade thing.

This has meant Herself gently chivvying me into looking at these things and getting one to wear so as not to be a party pooper

And I've discovered something about myself - those things really shit me up. I've no idea why - looking at them, there's a slightly sinister look, but they shouldn't leave a big strong grown man with no known hangups with an acid knot in the pit of the stomach, and a desperate urge to leave the room, using violence if necessary!

Herself admits that there's a slightly sinister undertone to them, but is as perplexed by my reaction as I am. So I thought I'd ask the urbans - are these things scary, or am I just a bit of a wuss? Or both.

This is the kind of thing I'm talking about:

Brrr . The thought of a room full of people dressed like that is a deeply unpleasant one.

Parties with masks are the best.

 

[Santino]

Pretend to misunderstand and go dressed as a character from M.A.S.K., the low quality 1980s cartoon.

 

[Sadken]

Please, please do that, what he said.

 

[DotCommunist]

Time to break out the rubber thatcher mask, surely

 

[kyser_soze]

Illusion is the Ultimate Weapon

 

[fogbat]

Illusion is the Ultimate Weapon

That's Atomics you're thinking of...

 

[Santino]

 

[fogbat]

But did they abandon the transforming vehicles, in favour of, say, practising their sleight of hand? Did they fuck

 

[DotCommunist]

It was no Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors tbf

 

[Sadken]

Remember that floating round robot thing that was mates with the kid? What a dick that thing was. I liked the dude in the shades on the bike.

 

[Santino]

MASK figures were shorter than Star Wars figures, but had functional knees and elbows. I had a figure of Bruce Sato, the slightly racistly portrayed Japanese character.

 

[Sadken]

It was no Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors tbf

Way better than, say, a shitty Margaret Thatcher mask though, eh?

But, er, seriously, cheers for reminding me of the name of that series that has bugged me for about 7 years now.

 

[Santino]

MASK's chief enemy was the sinister VENOM organisation, which was not almost entirely un-similar to COBRA off of Action Force.

 

[Sadken]

On a side note, I was in a toilet in Rome recently and there was a COBRA (Stallone film one) dayglo sticker of him with shades, jacket and a gun and - I think - fag hanging nonchalantly out of his mouth stuck on the...not bowl...place where the water is and all the magic happens.

 

[DotCommunist]

Way better than, say, a shitty Margaret Thatcher mask though, eh?

But, er, seriously, cheers for reminding me of the name of that series that has bugged me for about 7 years now.

See also: Visionaries. Which was sort of like Transformers but with some bizarre shit thrown in.

 

[strung out]

visionaries was great. i had some of those action figures.

 

[Santino]

See also: Visionaries. Which was sort of like Transformers but with some bizarre shit thrown in.

Knights who could transform into animals in a world where 'science stopped working' I believe.

 

[DotCommunist]

This is a quality Derail. BraveStar

 

[Sadken]

This is a quality Derail. BraveStar

...his horse

 

[Sadken]

 

[DotCommunist]

...his horse

That robot horse introduced me to the concept of giving your weapon a name

 

[Sadken]

Was he the strength of ten tigers dude?

By the way...

E2A - oh, little cunt! In the original it had 30/30 the bazooka horse on his t-shirt! Now I just look like a paedo!!

 

[Sadken]

http://tinypic.com/print.php?pic=1zdtes3&s=3

Makes me wish I had a dog...

 

[DotCommunist]

Was he the strength of ten tigers dude?

By the way...

E2A - oh, little cunt! In the original it had 30/30 the bazooka horse on his t-shirt! Now I just look like a paedo!!

Strength of the bear. The pedobear, in your imagination