plasmid Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I'm born of scholars' toil long Forsaken, no longer germane My time has come, my time has gone Anon it is coming again My words now few will understand They're twisted obscuring the truth And so they spread throughout the land Discernment requiring a sleuth In downward spiral, chaos calls Destroying the orderly life Until the ruler finally falls Thus bringing and end to this strife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 'Cat'astrophe Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 MAFIA!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Haha, Mafia fits so well! But I avoid riddling about things that less than 95+% of the population would know about, and it unfortunately still falls in that category. Anyone who wants to help change that can and Wine could also be a pretty good fit, although the makers are not generally classified as scholars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 'Cat'astrophe Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Ancient languages..... or the Mayans predicting 2012 is THE END or well...um...something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Let's see... This is literally the first thing that popped into my mind: cuss words? Like, words like f****t, which used to mean a bushel of wheat or something, and is now a derogatory term? And then I thought: maybe a dictionary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Not an ancient language or prediction; those would be too close to the thing I'm saying I'm not in the title, so they wouldn't make for a very satisfying riddle. Also not a dictionary; it too is sort of similar to a forgotten philosophy in the way it's being used as an answer, and wouldn't explain the last two lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Ah, your riddles continue to stump me. But I shall keep trying, and hopefully be able to solve one sometime before I'm off to college! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Actually, yeah, it sounds like swear words. They've changed in b=meaning, like b***h, which used to mean female dog. And releasing the king's strife, what not, that's what swear words are there for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hey, storygirl! For future posts, you should put your anwers in a spoiler so others can guess too.But welcome to the Den! *waves* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 a computer virus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Not a profanity. I would consider that to be too close in spirit to the title's exclusion of not being a forgotten philosophy, if profanity is being used as an answer based on the evolution of the meanings of words over time. I tend to make the decoy answer in the title be something that's generally not thought of as simiar to the actual answer in any way, except possibly for the ways that the riddle describes both of them. Also not a computer virus, although, like "wine", I can see how it would be a good fit. I don't usually think of them as having a latency period between acquisition and activation like the first stanza would be getting at, but undoubtedly some do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 When you place the monarch in danger. Especially when that monarch is a butterfly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 this just popped into my head. Vampires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Not a butterfly, as they are born of other butterflies rather than scholars and do not get forsaken (as far as I know). Amonkkilla's guess is a remarkably good fit to this riddle, and one that hadn't crossed my mind while writing it. The stories can definitely be said to have been written by scholars. I didn't realize that killing their head honcho would release the others as well, but my extensive research on the topic just now showed that there was a Simpsons episode where that happened so it must be true. I think I'll count it as an alternate answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 a parable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 WHOO WHOO I'm an Alternate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 is this about about the dead sea scrolls? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 English units of measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 U.S. Constitution or something therein?s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Christianity! It has taken a backseat to too many other things, these days and a downward spiral is a good description of that...chaos reigning ...plus, according to revelations and other prophetic texts, it will get even worse until the devil comes to rule then falls when Christ returns, making all things new again! Although Scholars didn't write all the books of the bible, exactly...those who were knowledgeable of the things they wrote about did and others had to translate it into other languages. Also, having been translated and rewritten so many times, and some of the books being cut out, and translated into "modern day language" ...that it has been twisted and its true meaning is no longer clear. All that seems to fit the riddle in my mind. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) U.S. Constitution or something therein?(This is one of the other things that went through my mind while reading it...our Constitution is a good match for at least some of it if not all! My other one just fit better, I thought...matched more of the verses and fit them better. This was my second choice, though! My third was the Magna Carta! But I am not knowledgeable enough on that subject, myself!!!)s Edited October 12, 2011 by princecharmthings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 While things along the lines of the constitution and Christianity and the Dead Sea scrolls are certainly understandable as answers, I'd consider them too close to a "forgotten philosophy" that the title excludes. I generally make the true answer something that is unequivocally very different than the decoy answer in the title that the riddle sounds like at first blush, yet something that's clearly described by the riddle when interpreted in another way. English units of measurement are a little further from that category, but I'm not sure if I'd really say that their time has come and gone and come again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I'm born of scholars' toil long Forsaken, no longer germane My time has come, my time has gone Anon it is coming again My words now few will understand They're twisted obscuring the truth And so they spread throughout the land Discernment requiring a sleuth In downward spiral, chaos calls Destroying the orderly life Until the ruler finally falls Thus bringing and end to this strife Revolution...social unrest, upheaval, and Revolt! What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Revelations chapter... like jesus or the bible. Its all I could come up with after a long time of thinking on this... would love to know what the answer really is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 ...maybe a bit much but - a cicada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm born of scholars' toil long
Forsaken, no longer germane
My time has come, my time has gone
Anon it is coming again
My words now few will understand
They're twisted obscuring the truth
And so they spread throughout the land
Discernment requiring a sleuth
In downward spiral, chaos calls
Destroying the orderly life
Until the ruler finally falls
Thus bringing and end to this strife
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