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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jul 27, 2016 14:14:44 GMT
Welcome, friends, to a thread that has lain dead for too long. Admittedly, it was a thread of unfinished first drafts and half-baked stories that made you rip your hair out in horror. To that end I worked tirelessly. But for many months now it has been comatose.
No longer! It is reborn! Reborn in all its glorious wordplay and loving praise and comma splice errors! What? Do you wonder if this rebirth is cause for concern? Oh, you Doubting Thomas! Is it cause for concern? The answer is obviously:
Of course!
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jul 27, 2016 14:17:49 GMT
The first thing I will post is proof that every poem I write is horrifying beyond compare. > : D
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THE BATTLE MARCH OF THE FROG BRIGADE
March, March, March, March, We're the marching Frog Brigade, Don't be delayed! Pack a Grenade! Farewell to those that stayed, We're the marching Frog Brigade!
Heft your spear, Shine your axe, Wind the banner, On we go!
Swim, Swim, Swim, Swim, We're the swimming Frog Brigade, Drop the spade! Raise the blade! Farewell to those that stayed, We're the swimming Frog Brigade!
From Balallo To Traflebar And Aulinbad To Bagincor
We'll - March, March, March, March 'Cause we're the marching Frog Brigade, Up hill, Down stream, Across marsh, Under leaf, 'Cause we're the marching Frog Brigade!
Hop, Hop, Hop, Hop, 'Cause we're the hopping Frog Brigade!
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle, Paddle, 'Cause we're the paddling Frog Brigade!
Flip, Flip, Flip, Flip, 'Cause we're the flippin' Frog Brigade!
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Post by NightBlade on Jul 27, 2016 14:53:10 GMT
xDxDxDxDxDxDxD
What made it even more hilarious is that I had the tune of "Rose Tattoo" stuck in my head so I immediately applied it to the poem xD
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Post by Lylyss on Jul 27, 2016 18:16:31 GMT
*applause* :D Very nice! Reminds me of another poem you wrote... I think it was called We Are the Elves of the Underground?
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jul 30, 2016 23:43:21 GMT
NightBlade: The tune to that poem is awesome. XD Lylyss: Thank ye! I honestly don't remember anything about that poem, except for the name.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jul 30, 2016 23:55:14 GMT
By the way, guys, replacing a roof for the last few weeks has given me plenty of time to think about many existential things. For example, something I've wondered for years, do earthworms ever get poison ivy? If you dropped an ant off a twenty story building without a breath of wind, would the ant be too light to splatter? Another thing, I've finally decided what my gravestone will say. Beneath my name, beneath the dates, I will have written the message: "BRB "
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Post by NightBlade on Jul 31, 2016 0:21:04 GMT
I don't think earthworms do, because urushiol from PI penetrates your dermis and causes an allergic reaction of your immune system, none of which I believe are applicable to earthworms. Nope, an ant will be fine. It has such little mass that it has a very low terminal velocity. Heheheheh do it. I wanna have someone dress as the Reaper and stand at the edge of the graveyard during my funeral
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jul 31, 2016 0:37:20 GMT
YES. And by the way, I would be honored to be your Reaper if I'm around to do it. XD
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Post by NightBlade on Jul 31, 2016 0:44:03 GMT
Awesome xD
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 1, 2016 3:31:37 GMT
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Aug 1, 2016 7:21:07 GMT
WARRIOR. YOU CANNOT LEAVE US ON THAT CLIFFHANGER. I subscribed. Am waiting for more.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 1, 2016 14:13:00 GMT
Thank you. I guess I'll have to start working on the sequel. I know you are extremely adamant about something when you use all caps.
I didn't know you used to make stop motion videos of your own! That's cool.
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Post by NightBlade on Aug 1, 2016 23:04:05 GMT
I like it xDxD
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 1, 2016 23:43:00 GMT
Thanks! XD
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Aug 2, 2016 3:32:53 GMT
I guess there's something to be said for using a calmer tone most of the time. I did. Lylyss and Gamey have seen them. Most are silent stop motions; one has my voice. From years ago. Speaking of which, you looked really young in that other video on your channel.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 2, 2016 15:18:16 GMT
Yes. Precise emphasis is everything. Awesome. I watched two or three, but I will have to find the one with your voice. I want to hear what you sounded like 6 years ago. I decided to remove that video. Maybe I should have left it up for posterity, though. It was made at least three years ago ... hard to believe that was about the time we were role-playing together.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 5, 2016 2:39:43 GMT
An bit of a re-visioning of Kian. I know, he's supposed to have a different haircut, but I didn't feel like drawing that. This is closer to what I always envisioned. But slightly changed, as I said. EDIT: Well, the image doesn't work. So here's the link to it on DeviantArt. ciaranstormhearth.deviantart.com/art/Page-626109049
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Post by Lylyss on Aug 5, 2016 5:19:30 GMT
I'm not decieved by his nonchalant smile--there is raw uncontrollableness lurking behind those dark brown eyes. O.o
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 6, 2016 1:56:51 GMT
Yeah, I know. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I drew his expression.
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Post by Lylyss on Aug 6, 2016 4:15:37 GMT
Lol. Maybe it's a picture of his pre-Gnawthrul days? xD Or was Kian always a bit of a rebel?
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 6, 2016 14:42:27 GMT
Of course he was always a little rascal. But yeah. It was pre-CaC2 days (or very earlier in the battle). He didn't have his scars yet. It's weird because, while I was writing Kian in CaC2, I always floundered with what exactly his arc was supposed to be. In hindsight, I now know exactly what it was meant to be. And oddly enough, I nailed it right at the beginning, but lost sight of it later. Remember the Battle of the Assassination of Senator Twee Do? I now realize that Kian was always supposed to be closer to that early Kian than the cliched, stereotypically angry one he later became. It would have been a much stronger story had I known that. Oh well. Nothing I can do about it now.
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Post by Lylyss on Aug 6, 2016 19:39:59 GMT
No scars yet--metaphorical or literal. ;)
Haha, yeah, that's the problem with RPs. You've got to figure everything out as you go along. Sometimes that leads to some weird places... but I guess melodrama and confusion are just part of the process. It's an opportunity for all of you plotters to indulge in some seat-of-the-pants writing. xD Besides, if you hadn't dragged Kian through all that mess, you would never have discovered his real character arc. And I wouldn't have so many memories of us, freaking out at our respective computers during the Battle of Cloud City. xD
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 6, 2016 20:36:24 GMT
Yes, CaC2 was awesome. The Battle of Cloud City was pretty much the peak of it. Although, I have to say, I don't miss the seat-of-the-pants part of it. While some of it was amazing while roleplaying with others, some of it was dreadful. Almost always it was because I wrote myself into a hole.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 13, 2016 18:42:49 GMT
Word count log:
August 10th: 1,026 August 11th: 1,345 August 12th: 1,162
(My minimum goal for those days was 1,000 and my optimum goal was 2,000)
Projected word count to finish my word goal (and therefore my novel) by August 16th:
August 13th: 1,000 August 14th: 2,500 August 15th: 2,500 August 16th: 3,000
This would put me at a little over 38,000 words total on my novel. I think that's about where the book will end, but if I find that I have to write another thousand or so on the last day, I should be able to do that. The most I've written in one day on this project is 4,026 words.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Aug 16, 2016 7:01:53 GMT
It's August 16th here. Wage war upon the words, Warrior!
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 16, 2016 13:26:04 GMT
WAR!!!
(Nice alliteration, by the way.)
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 17, 2016 16:03:40 GMT
Well, I didn't stick to that schedule. But I'm almost done the book anyway. About 3,000, possibly 4,000 left. I don't plan on doing any writing today, though. I just got a book by Madeleine L'Engle so I'm going to read a lot of that.
(Also thinking about my next projects!)
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 24, 2016 16:01:02 GMT
Time for a nostalgia trip! I went back on archive.org and copied the CaC2 tags. I love these. XD The hilarious tags people put up will always be something I miss about the old forum. *Iggy floats past in spacesuit* 390 claimed for Si! Alright Kian has got to fight Gnawthrul Alvar is back... and has no idea whats going on. Azong is bad Bad excuses on pg 379 Beep bop boop Betrayal on page 383 Bombad space battle starts on 396! BOOM! DIRGE IS HERE Dorn wants revenge EPIC battle on p. 364 on EPICNESS Essa gets a hug on 397 Essa gets TWO hugs on 397. Essa shall save Alessa Execute order 707 GAAAH!!! FREAKING OUT ON 433!!! Gamey is bored on 404 and 370 Gamey is scarier than Kian Gnawthrul is a weirdo Gnawthrul is scarier than Jorus Gnawthrul is scary D: Gnawthrul is soooo weird Greatly rewarded! How do you reward a droid? With a bathrobe cac2starwars.blogspot.com/I shed 2 tears for Kian on pg 441... I would not like to be on Essa's hit list... I would not like to be on Jorus' hit list I'm seriously crying right now... I've got a bad feeling about this I. AM. DEPRESSED. SI CANNOT DIE!!! Iggy returns on page 395 Inir vs Jaraal on 385 Inspirational pep talk on 388 Javez enters the theatre JAVEZ GANKED THE GUNGAN! Jedi eat sprinkly donuts on 358 Jorus died in the most epic way. JORUS DIED!!! WAAA!!! Jorus is dead on 433 Jorus is scarier than Gnawthrul Jorus is WAY scarier Jorus versus Matrus 431! Jorus vs Gnawthrul on 390 Jorus... is dead Kian had better be ok now! Kian must control himself... Kian! Mark dies on 404 Matrus betrayed Astrid too!! Matrus betrayed Quela! merrianas friends (justin and kaylee annet) Mesa joinen on pg. 379! More posted bounties New Sith at 393 NO! NOT SI! Nordan lives . . . somehow official blog! Oh dear. Oh my. over 50 tags!!!! BEST. THREAD. EVER. Page 400 by Dmitri Pendragon Page 50 by Maegan Piknab is Iggy's alter ego! Prison break on 356 Raptor: 341 RETURN OF THE SPRINKLY DONUTS ON 437 RIP Gamey's characters Robo-Gnawthrul Ryebrynn as Miradell Sa Si Dan dies 370 Si Dan... is dead SI DIES ON 370! D: so now Gnawthrul is scariest Somebody save Dae!! SPOILER ALERT: JORUS DIES ON 433!!!!! END SPOILER SPOILER ALERT: Mark dies too. END SPOILER SPOILER ALERT: Si dies. END SPOILER Sprinkley donuts star wars Star Wars Story begins on page 323! Stun grenade+ Dorn=BANG ZAP THUD The fight gets REAL on page 431-2! The new movie is bound to disappoint after this battle The sentinels agree Jorus is scarier than Gnawthrul THE SITH ARE WINNING! The Sith scum Matrus slew Jorus The tags on this page are funny This should be in the new movie This should BE the new movie Watch your back around Matrus! WHOOA! Epicness on 387! YOU WILL NOT CONTROL ME!
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 27, 2016 19:46:23 GMT
I finished Out of the Shadowlands. And only ten days behind schedule, too! It's a bit less than 35,000 words, due to my deciding to cheat a bit by underwriting a vague part of the outline. But I am satisfied with the direction of it, even though the climax and resolution are a bit muddied and don't have the maximum emotional potential. In total the draft has taken me 74 days to write. Time for a break!
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Aug 29, 2016 7:35:59 GMT
Have a great break! I empathise on the underwriting. I did that to get past a rough spot in my book.
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