Where did Chris get the idea to curse people? -

[AtroposHeart]

Seriously, where? I thought that curses were just stuff out of fantast books until I became a neo-Pagan, and even in my religion that is not how you do curses.

Where did Chris even get the idea, and the belief they actually worked from his Christian background?

 

[Kosher Dill]

The wording of the "curse" was ripped off from Rocko's Modern Life. In one episode Filburt keeps getting fortune cookies that say the "bad luck and extreme misfortune" thing.

 

[Trombonista]

Perhaps this has something to do with it?

 

[snowkitten91]

More specifically, why did he associate the ability to curse other people with a Dragon Ball attack?

 

[Seahorses]

Because it looked cool on TV when the anime characters did it - duh!

 

[Male]

More specifically, why did he associate the ability to curse other people with a Dragon Ball attack?

He might've gotten it from that other japanese cartoon "Excel Saga" where the characters at one point perform a "Nabehameha"; a parody of the Kamehameha.
I think this is also the same cartoon where he got the idea do to that stupid red string bullcrap.

 

[GFYS]

I'm also interested in where he got the impression that cursing people is something that "the hero" does.

He seems to fancy himself to be the downtrodden hero of his life quest, yet he - and his fictional counterparts - always adopts villainous tropes and mannerism. Even if you toss out the moral conflict, doesn't he see how the villain's plans almost always fail and backfire? This seems to be basis of a fair number of his half baked plans, resulting in spectacular failure.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I thought that curses were just stuff out of fantast books until I became a neo-Pagan

You know curses still don't work regardless of your religion, right?

 

[Seahorses]

What's the difference between a neo-Pagan and a regular one?

 

[CatParty]

What's the difference between a neo-Pagan and a regular one?

The same difference there is between an African swallow and a European swallow

 

[An Ounce of Vagina]

I'm also interested in where he got the impression that cursing people is something that "the hero" does.

He seems to fancy himself to be the downtrodden hero of his life quest, yet he - and his fictional counterparts - always adopts villainous tropes and mannerism. Even if you toss out the moral conflict, doesn't he see how the villain's plans almost always fail and backfire? This seems to be basis of a fair number of his half baked plans, resulting in spectacular failure.

I would say that he thinks anything is okay if he's the one doing it, but that might be giving him too much credit. It's been argued a few times here that Chris is so simple that he really isn't capable of seeing the conflict between his actions and his idealized self-image. I'm not sure which is correct though, it could really be either theory.

 

[QI 541]

It's not uncommon for people to do something they normally disagree with because they think they have really good reasons to justify it. In Chris's case, he thinks being angry or sad justifies doing whatever he wants, because it's everyone else's job to make sure he's happy all the time.

 

[Kosher Dill]

I'm also interested in where he got the impression that cursing people is something that "the hero" does.

Well, it's a nonviolent attack, so he'd probably say that it's more generous and merciful than just blasting someone to dust with a Kame-Hame-Ha. Very Saturday morning cartoonish - the hero lets the villain go home and learn a hard lesson about crossing the forces of good.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

I think it's because he can convince himself it worked without any physical evidence to back it up. Didn't he claim that the curse worked on MLW based on something that happened to her long after the event?

 

[Henry Bemis]

I think it's because he can convince himself it worked without any physical evidence to back it up. Didn't he claim that the curse worked on MLW based on something that happened to her long after the event?

Yeah, something about her reputation "going down," whatever that entails. (She still works there, so it didn't work entirely).

 

[Seahorses]

Maybe he's been working the curse wrong, considering how far his reputation has sunk.

 

[CatParty]

Maybe he's been working the curse wrong, considering how far his reputation has sunk.

if i learned any thing from fairuza balk in "the craft" curses come back threefold.

 

[trip2themoon]

He should take a look at the Abramelin.

 

[Marvin]

Maybe he's been working the curse wrong, considering how far his reputation has sunk.

She had a curse reflector shield!

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Maybe he's been working the curse wrong, considering how far his reputation has sunk.

She had a curse reflector shield!

He should have used "dispel" first. Tricksy Mary Lee Walsh!