Okay then...
For those of you who have read KOTW, first of all, I'm glad you seem to be liking it, but I'm going to have to ask you to be careful. And for those of you who haven't read it- which is the vast majority of you- I'm going to have to ask you to be EXTRA careful. There are spoilers all over the place, on forums and Facebook pages and Tumblr...
The heartening thing is that these spoilers don't pop out of thin air. Everything is tagged with spoiler warnings, which I really appreciate. But I know you lot. I know how impatient you can be. I know that if you're on a forum and you come to a post that's hidden behind a spoiler warning, and all it takes is one little click... I know how tempting it is to just sneak a teeny tiny peek...
Which could ruin the entire book for you.
We have, what, 35 days until it's widely available? That's a lot of days for mistakes to be made, or for something to slip out...
So be careful. I was never a fan of releasing this book so far in advance of the Ireland/UK date but I was convinced it was necessary in order to facilitate the tour. If it doesn't work out, it won't be happening again. I don't know what that would mean for any future Down Under tours, but I'll deal with that if it crops up.
So, I want to thank everyone for behaving themselves as far as spoilers go, and ask that they continue to be very, very careful about what they say.
And also, some of those spoilers (of which I am allowed to read, because, y'know, I wrote the book) and your reactions to them have made me grin...
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«Oldest ‹Older 3601 – 3800 of 4879 Newer› Newest»I think you should add me in as a busker lying down in an alleyway, just saying :D
Did you read it?
Me? Honestly, no. I just skimmed through the names and didn't see mine. I then made that earlier post.
Psh, I don't even know what I would call you if you were in it.
Hydry
Uke. You'd call me Uke :D
But I don't know you very well, Uke. I only put in people I know, because that way I can get the character right. I think.
Oh well, at least I can get Ivy right...
Yj
I'm gonna go, bye!
Bye flame. Well, Val, looks like it's just you and me now.
Bye Flame! *tosses rocks after him as he leaves*
Hehehehe... I found the post I first met Flame on...
I was so funny back then.
Your still funny Val
Em, (is it okay if I call you that?) have you ever dreamed of climbing to the top of the spire as a child?
Everyone else does Uke.
Um... no can't say that I have. I'm not a fan of heights so anything over 6 feet, I tend to run away from.
Sounds like an exciting life. Also, I like amusement parks. I went on this very rollercoaster. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8KTelAXQxM
I had my eyes closed, of course. Like a boss.
As you do. Like a boss.
See I'm 5'2 so that doesn't give me much advantage on the world. Anything over my view point and I freak out lol
(Yes I know I'm a short arse for a 22 year old *bows*)
Teehee, I'm 5'3 :D Also, there is no defining my personality. Some may call me bipolar, but it's nothing that serious. I am a mix of several different personalities and emotions. Don't expect to ever figure me out. You won't. So I guess I'll never be in a story D:
*hugs Uke*
*hugs Em*
*tackles Val to the ground*
derekminion.blogspot.com
Val. Go. Again!
Adra!
I need to ask you something and it is of vital importance!!!
shoot, Em!!!
*hands out Skul cakes*
My brain had a light bulb!
In a separate thing altogether, what if Skulduggery met Drew!
But I would need help writing it.
I'm looking to get a team of the best and we write a fan fiction of the two stories!
What do you think?
It's a crap idea isn't it?!
I want to write a mini story, just like val :D
Go for it Uke!!!
THAT'S BRILLIANT!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!!
Just.. One question though. If this isn't too much, d'ya think two of my characters could join in?
Um.... where's Adra gone?!
(I knew it was a crap idea)
Which 2 Adra lol
I can't believe you like it lol
Haha from my book- Rane and Thanos
(her name pronounced like the stuff that so frequently falls from the sky over there)
Well, I'ma start now. They're all gonna be fictional characters. And it's gonna be a crappy story but, meh.
Oh, thanks Chuckles.
Sure and whoever else wants to help can add their favourite original character!
God I'm all tingling now with excitement lol
*laughs* if you need help with my characters, I'll gladly give you it... Their sense of humor, and who and what they are...
Actually, Em. You wouldn't happen to have a Skype, would you?
Um I could set one up.
Adra, will you do me the honour of writing this with me?
And we can ask anyone else who've read my story if they want to write with us.
Sorry, I disappeared... I had to fight a zombie horde and all that. *kills last zombie*
*tears up*
of course I will!!! *hugs Em*
you should. It'll be a HELLUVA lot easier with Skype :P
And hey Vallll
Hey Adraaaaaaa.
Here's the story so far:
The Story of the Golden Horse
There once was a bright young lad, named Uke. It was Easter Time, and Uke's mommy and daddy had begun planning their annual divorce. His mommy, Em, was 5'2 and something close to 25 years old. Em had always dreamed of climbing the Spire, in Dublin, but was afraid to go any higher than 6 feet off the ground. Uke believed that the Spire was home to the world's most wanted criminal gangs, such as the Al-Qaeda, Triads, the Ku Klux Klan and Fína Fáil. He was determined to, one day, scale the Spire and shoot Brian Cowen and Berite Ahern in the feet, then leave them there to die. Uke's daddy,/end
Who should be the daddy? If you have a suggestion, give me two things to say about him.
Woohoo!!!
You've made my day Adra
What do you think? Should we get more people involved and make this an EPIC story?
And my skype is now set up :)
awesome!!! whats ur username???
And if ya want!!!!!
Hey val! I sent another composition i made up to you... dunno if youll like it... its for A song
emerald.melody
Duh! lol
Any thoughts on my story so far? At all? D: I need a daddy for my story :O
Oh, you people should try to be my friend on Skype:
your.worst.nightmare98
Yes, the username is awesome, but I barely go on because I can only use Skype on my friend's phone and she's in California right now.
I think Sir Rein should be your dad lol
Thanks for including me and making me feel like the auld one Uke lol.
It's a cracker so far
Adra, my phone won't let me receive the message all the way... I just have no signal. I'll see if I do in my haunted kitchen in a few minutes.
Tell me two things about Reing and I can continue.
GO!
Reing likes to talk fancy... That's one
He's a gentlemen and he's not prone to random acts of violence lol
Haha Sir Rein would be EPIC!!!
and he sometimes floats in chairs.
I'm prone to random acts of violence. *smacks Adra in the side of the head*
See? XD
Don't make me kill the Derek-lizard again...
*holds knife against Lizard's neck*
NO! DON'T YOU DARE KILL DEREK AGAIN!
*presses knife closer*
I will. I WILL
Adra, leave the damn lizard alone.
Val, apologise for the slap, now please.
I'm right here you know. So watch what you say. That's right, actively look at your words. Because I'll be watching as well.
*fades back into dark dramatically*
But the Derek-lizard is Master Derek in his lizard form! If you kill him we can never be his best friends!
Oh, and Derek, have you finished mulling over if you will be my best friend yet? Hmmmm?
That wasn't creepy at all Sir Rein
*ducks under the blanket, terrified*
Nooooo he's MY best friend!!!
*growls*
Quit stalking us Sir Rein, :P
and it's true. You like floating in balloon chairs
Balloons are horrible. Their meaning is only to fly into the outer atmosphere and DIE.
Not unless they are enchanted balloons that Adra ties you to.
No, they still have the urge to kill themselves. Enchanted or not.
But Adra, I asked to be his best friend in a series of questions. I did. And he said, "Oh I shall mull this one...!"
Here's the next part, I'm really just making it up as I go along:
Uke's daddy, Sir Reingington, or something along those lines, was a gentleman, not prone to ridiculous acts of violence and talks like a fancy man. With that kind of personality, you'd think that there's not much to Reing. If so, you're sadly mistaken. Reing is a man of his word. He has a ridiculous word, and is an undercover agent for MI6. You'd think he's the average Uke-Daddy. The perfect disguise.
Uke's daddy, Sir Reingington, or something along those lines, was a gentleman, not prone to ridiculous acts of violence and talks like a fancy man. With that kind of personality, you'd think that there's not much to Reing. If so, you're sadly mistaken. Reing is a man of his word. He has a ridiculous word, and is an undercover agent for MI6. You'd think he's the average Uke-Daddy. The perfect disguise.
Well, enough about Uke and his parents, it's time to get into the real story! Y'see, every year Uke's parents would have a divorce. Reing would get Em a present every time and say it was all he owned. He'd then take one half, and Em would take the other. This year, they had decided to divorce on Easter Day. And that is how the story began.
Because they were divorcing on Easter Day, Reing had decided to get an extra special present for Em. He hid the divorce papers in an Easter egg box, which he then hid for the family Easter egg hunt.
Uke had a girlfriend, named
Yeah... Grr. I'll have to send another letter then :P
Big letters: WILL YOU BE MY BEST FRIEND???
LOL :P
And Sir Rein, we all know you had fun, floating
Who should be the girlfriend?
VALKYRIE CAIN
Okay. But I'll have to mess her up a bit. Make her hideously bipolar.
WHAT? NO!
No offence
she already is... :J
too late!!!1 TOO LATE!!!! :D *laughs* oh this is RICH
*smacks Adra with a spoon*
*stabs Val with a fork*
*separates the two with a spork*
Val, I'm surprised you haven't stabbed me yet.
*pokes Reingington in the face with a frying pan*
Oh. Right.
I was saving the knife for Adra, Uke, but I guess I'll use it on you.
*stabs Uke in the stomach with knife*
YAYYYY!!! *crushed Val's face with giant tongs*
How does one poke someone in the face with a frying pan? Is it not round?
*breaks a glass plate on Adra's head*
There's a HANDLE, Reingington. You need to think about these things, really.
*hits him with the frying pan*
Did you hit me with the handle or the actual pan?
*sticks Val's face in a blender*
*stops, looks around*
why are we in a kitchen?
*Makes Val 10 times more bipolar in my story* *and bleeds all over her*
How d'you like that?
The actual pan. *hits him with the handle*
Ew, you got blood all over my blood-stained clothes...
*punches Uke in the face, then beats him with a straw*
Why don't you make Adra the girlfriend? I know she would love that...
You all are QUITE rude, therefore I am going over there and eating a graham cracker.
*walks away*
*takes the graham crackers before Reingington can grab any* *stomps on them all*
*hands them back to him*
Here you go!
And I think I'm going now... Bye!
I'll leave you all to your cutlery war then.
Goodnight Minions x
no! don't use Adra! She already has a fiction- boyfriend!
Good thing I have access to an enormous, invisible dimension filled entirely with graham crackers, that can be accessed anywhere and any time.
Bye Em! Bye Val!!!
*hugs both*
and you say you're normal, good Sir Rein
I AM normal, I only have the unfortunate propensity to be surrounded by extraordinary things.
Don't go! I'm almost finished my story D:
Hah. That's a brilliant thing to say, Sir Rein... Hah.
And I'll just text Val when you're done, Uke
Done! Here's the link. http://thestoryofthegoldenhorse.blogspot.com/
I hope it's good.
May I simply say that getting compliments is one of the most boring things in the world for me?
After all, criticism is SO much more funny.
I finished the story.
To be honest, it was better when there were two paragraphs about me. I don't care if it was a typo of some sort, it added more me to the story.
*rolls eyes* you're WAY to polite. It comes off as pretentious.
Better?
I'm not familiar with what you're saying. Please explain it in a more simple manner.
Much. Now, I can counter with, "Did you READ the comment right above you? Honestly."
Pretentious, egotistical, hoity-toity, know-it-all, AMERICAN.
*laughs*
Now then. Onto business, NotMyRealName, the story was great. Perfect length, strange ending, wonderful. There wasn't enough ME though. I need my own called-in, awkward cameo. IN MY OWN STORY. The more "ing"s you add to my name, the better.
Brilliant, Uke :P
Thanks, I guess. Wait, I don't guess. I know! o_0
^_0 0_^ ^_0 0_^
Why are there two dancing savages in the Blog? They must be exterminated.
I finished KOTW
I have no words
So many questions that I can't ask yet...
Just the way it ends
I loved it
Also... I never shipped Valkyrie and Skulduggery and pitied those who did but then I read this and I'm sitting here thinking... Is this a thing? He's making it seem like a thing. I don't know if I like this thing. Derek, just stop. Stop making me want this to be a thing.
So that was my thought process through SOME parts of the book... The rest I cannot even begin to describe. Just amazing.
EXTERMINATE!!! *runs from Dalek*
NO FRICKEN SPOILERS! PLEASE
Daleks would be much better if they were more refined, and wore top hats. Imagine it.
"Greeting chap, we've just popped in for a cuppa tea, old bean, and to EXTERMINATE EVERYTHING."
Not a spoiler
I'm frustrated
It's worse when you finish it than waiting for it
Now that I think about it, that seems an awful lot like me. Except now I wear a bowler hat, top hats seem.... Extravagant.
Now I'm seeing a Dalek in top hats and with mustaches...
In Eleven's time with Winston Churchill, a Dalek said:
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEAAAAAAAA
And sorry, I just read the first sentence "i finished KOTW"
And YOU appear to have the top comment. You get to do the ded.
Have fun!
By the way, Wailmers.
Do you mind if I call you "Avo?"
SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH
Adrasdos, do you realize something? I got the last comment. I got the last word. And the last laugh.
Because I always, ALWAYS, get the last word. Rain falls, lighting keep striking the same guy over and over, and I get the last word.
*keeps
I must be VERY out of sorts to make an error like that.
Sir Rein, please, AGAIN.
I PREFER ADRA.
And good God... You sould like Skulduggery.
And I prefer formality.
So from now on I am simply going to refer to you as, "That girl who likes to be called Adra"
You misspelt lightning, too.
And really? Then my ego must have reached an entirely new power level. Do you think I can go Super Saiyan now?
Hahah NOOO....
And if you knew a single damn thing about "southern hospitality" and "Catiliun" then you'd respect a lady's wishes.
Let's clarify something. When I said lighting, I MEANT lighting. Somewhere in Russia, there is a secret facility that tortures it's prisoners with lamps, in any way possible. So, that is what I meant by lighting keeps striking the same man over and over.
Myth busted.
*mouth hangs open*
that's horrible.
But true. Now then, That girl who likes to be called Adra, what can I say? I'm from Florida. We're lawless heathens down here. Must be the heat.
*headdesk*
Okay, fine. Go with Adrasdos. Not... that.
LOL "Lawless heathens"? what is this, 1800 ranchers?
You were the one talking about "southern hospitality" and "a lady's wishes".
What about the wishes of sea turtles? Do THEY get what they want?
Actually, don't bother to answer that, OF COURSE NOT. A sea turtle getting it's wish is ridiculous.
Sea turtles don't have coherent thought, and quite frankly, I don't see your point.
MY point is, please, stick with Adrasdos then.
Very well.
Though you did have a point previously. One thousand, eight hundred ranchers would be a formidable force.
Well, bye guys! Have a nice day/night.
And you as well, NotMyRealName.
Likewise Uke!!!
And I always have a point.
that's what makes me... me...
sorry, my internet failed :(
oh. wait. STAY HERE REIN! I SHALL BE BACK IN TEN MIN.!!!
Very well. It isn't like I can glue you to the computer.
BACK!!!!!
OUCH. One minute more than ten.
Do you know an effective way to get rid of the burning and stinging sensation hot pizza sauce leaves in your mouth? Because water doesn't work.
Gradually work down from the hotness... Eat something a little less hot, then something a bit less hot... and so on and so forth.
And I'm always late.
Your suggestion came too late, I just brushed. Sorry, but I'll try that next time.
Wow. Okay....
You should. It works. Kinda...
Ei es su domine... Dona eis requiem... *hits herself with a wooden plank*
Ei es su domine... Done eis requiem... *hits herself with a wooden plank*
Oh Monty Python. When will your movies stop being referenced?
Never. It's a classic...
*laughs*
Always look on the bright side of life *whistles*
More references? Well, it's convenient that I have to go to bed now.
Ciao, for now!
Though I may suddenly appear later.
Bye Sir Rein!!!
*hugs*
C'ya lates!!!
BADADODODODODODODO SUBSCIBE OUTRO OUT DARKNESS THEN REDNESS THEN WHITENESS
BOOP!
Ahh I'm still here...
*sings* All alone, far from home, where you don't have to be alone...*pauses*
Wait.
WHY AM I SINGING POKEMON????
So messed up.
Silence will Fall.
And I'm still here
*writes her next song*
IIIIII IS STILLL HEREEEEE
And lo! The savior did return, to cure Adrasdos of her extreme boredom!
And lo! The savior did return, to cure Adrasdos of her extreme boredom!
YAYYYY!!! *hugs Rein* I WAS SOOO BORED!
Wait. Savior????
Oh God... If her left....
*he
*he
HE HE I MEANT HE!!!
DAMMIT HE IS GONE!!! *sulks in the corner*
*begins crying*
ALL ALONE.
AGAIN
*over dramatic sigh*
I really hope someone comes on soon.
Actually, whenever this happens, I have to recheck to blog, (reload at the main page) to make sure that Derek hasn't made a new post and no one told me because they don't like me.
*goes and check*
Uh.... no.
Because why would Derek post at 3-fricking in the morning?
BECAUSE I'M BORED AND ALL ALONE AND DEREK WOULD TALK TO ME BECAUSE HES AMAZING.
...and im still here
I missed an interesting conversation, it seems. Or at least, one half of an interesting conversation...
OMG>>>> A PERSON
Wait.... Are you from Aussieland or Kiwiland
I'm not sure if I qualify as a person
If you're in the timezone of our Derek Landy, sleep is needed. If not, I'm here for another 30-50 minutes
I'm from Narnia and Oz and I come from the land down under
ahhh so it's around midday then???
gah then ill be alone again?
And no im US
You're A 'Mrrican
And maybe someone else will appear
It does happen, you know.
I'm still very sad about Ryan. I liked Ryan. Poor Ryan.
hah yep. I loved that!!!!!
Haha and no one is really on nowadays... I'm hoping more Aussies and Kiwis come on :D
people= fun
I wish I could talk about Kingdom of the Wicked but I'll be spoiling. There's just so much excitement and I don't know what to do now it's over.
People = fun?
Hmm, maybe some people
Not all people
There are less than fun people
I call them adults
theres a poem in that somewhere... :D
and donnnntttt... shhh! secret.
Derek needs to come here :D
What does your name mean?
Derek used to comment, wayyyy back when the blog began. Ages and years ago. And a day. I still remember the TimTam debate if '08
I actually have no idea what year it was but that rhymed.
And that if should be of
Because the o had a midlife crisis and decided to loose weight and it became an i but then realized that it wasn't an i and it was silly to think it could be anything other than an o. So it ate lots more food and became an o again.
my name??? I just made it up. typed a load of random keys, and just... Made it work...
and I meant America...
hah. REALLY? jerk.
*i joke. <3 ya Derek!*
Yes there really was a debate about TimTams and he asked his girlfriend to do an interview as the inspiration of Valkyrie kind of thing. They discussed TimTams and speculated their existence. It was very sad, because TimTams are marvelous.
Have you ever had a TimTam?
My name is my name, in case you were wondering. But none of the letters are in the right order. It's a little confused. Poor name.
I'm wondering if I mention TimTams enough whether Derek (if he ever actually reads these) will talk about them. Of he's ever had one, he would never stop talking about them and crying about how they aren't sold in the UK and places around there
Haha and what the hell is a timTam
Actually, in my name, I suppose the last letter is in the right place... Unless it was supposed to be where the other a was... In which case it is in the wrong place
Tim Tam
*sobs for humanity in their timtamless worlds*
CHOCOLATE!!!
That sounds incredibly amazingly delicious.
It really is
They sell them in America seasonally
Never in the UK
Always in Australia
One of the reasons I'm going to find it so difficult to leave
Maybe they'll do me a deal and I can start marketing them in the UK...
wait... leave?
You're moving from Aussieland?
TO THE UK?
Well, not anytime soon
It's the dream
The weather here is terrible. And I don't mean the cold. I mean the hot and the cold and the wet and the dry. It's way too extreme. I'd like to go somewhere slightly more consistent... And the UK is just awesome
Yeah. In the UK it's rainy all the time, and the high temperature it 16 centigrade.
I like the cold. It means I can put more on. There are only so many layers that you can take off before you're peeling of your skin and that's quite painful and doesn't much help to cool you down, either
hmm true... Where I live there was just a massive heat wave...
it was a high of 110 * Fahrenheit, naturally* at one point.
I have to leave now... Bye bye
NOOOOOOO!!!! *falls on the ground, on her knees, and punches the floor*
bye! *hugs*
*goes back to misery*
okay. I've held on long enough.
It's 12:35 PM. No one is here...
I shall go off in my merry ways and fall the HELL asleep...
PLEASE CHECK OUT VAL, STAR AND I'S BAND!!!!!
derekminion.blospot.com
have a blessed day, wherever you are! and i shall be on in about 9-10 hours...
*hands out skul cakes*
Luv yall! *hugs*
I swear someone will come one RIGHT as i get off. If so, I pity you
YAR
HI PEOPLE!
Hi Star!
Hi Nix!
I'm insulting someone on Youtube
I'd just like to say he started it. I heard someway you could beat Slender, and I posted it on a comment, and this other guy said that was wrong, then he started to swear at me. So I told him he was overreacting, then he swore some more. Then I said he was definatly overreacting. I'm not insulting him as much as annoying him
Well he IS overeacting!
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