Thursday, March 7, 2013

World Book Day Yay!

Okay, about to get in the car and drive to Kildare for my event with Alex Barclay, but I was checking my emails and wandered onto the Facebook site and saw this...


I hope Karina Hauge doesn't mind me posting her picture here. I just thought...

... wow...

A signed book to the first Minion who gets Skulduggery tattooed on their FACE!

EDIT

And since posting this I've received one or two messages from young and impressionable Minions who are saving up to do just that...

Don't! It was a JOKE!

Getting a tattoo is a decision that stays with you YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!

The last thing I want is to be in the middle of a signing somewhere and an angry mother hauls her son/daughter up to me and says "Look! Look at my daughter's face!"

I'll nod and smile politely, because I am a polite person, and I will say something along the lines of, "What a lovely young lady she is."

And then the mother will start shaking the poor girl. "She has. A tattoo. Of your character. ON HER FACE."

And I'll peer closer. "Is that what it is? I thought it was a freckle."

"It takes up her ENTIRE face!"

"I thought it was a big freckle. Are you going to sue me now?"

"YES!"

And that's when the ninjas attack.

I may be letting my imagination run a LITTLE bit wild, but you get the idea.

DO NOT GET ME SUED. 




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Anonymous said...

Mara, I'd include you, but I want it to be a surprise, if you don't mind.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Awwww :)

I know how that feels, Malicha.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Ember - *points to self* COUGH COUGH ;)

lol, I wish.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Maybe I should just change my name for a little bit...

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Mara, when I actually got the joke, I started laughing hysterically.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

It's okay Fab! :)

Ember - I'm happyyyyyyyyy nowww I haven't chatted to her in aaaaaagessss

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Oh--we should all change our names and then try to guess who was who!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Ember - *grins*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

EMBER THAT WOULD BE SO FUNNY

And you are not allowed click on their name to look at their profile!

CHANGE YOUR PICS! XD

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Anyone want to join in? C: *is hyper*

Star Inkbright said...

'I had been back for almost five hours when a weary scuffling sounded at the loose plank and my sad, bedraggled master tumbled back into the library. Leaving a trail or what I hoped was mud in his wake, he limped his way like some giant land snail up the stairs to the first room floor, where he promptly collapsed against a wall. Out of the spirit of scientific curiousity, I lit a small Flame and inspected him closely. It's a good job I've had experience dealing with stygian implets and the like, because he wasn't a pretty sight. He seemed to have been taken bodily and rolled through a particulary pungent mire or stable yard, before being stirred head first into a vat of dirt and grass-cuttings. His hair stuck up like a porcupine's rump. His jeans were torn and bloodied at the knee. He had a large bruise on his cheek and a nasty cut above one ear. Best of all, thoughm his eyes were furious.
"Has a good evening, sir?" I said.
"A fire," he snarled. "Make me a fire. I'm freezing."
This haughty master mode sounded a little out of place coming from something a jackal would have spurned, but I didn't object. I was finding it all too amusing. So I gathered sundry buts of wood, got a reviving fire going, then settled down (in Ptolemy's form) as close as I could stomach.
"Well," I said cheerily, "this makes a pleasant change. Usually it's the djinni who comes in worn out and covered in muck. I approve of suck innovations. What made you leave the library? Did Lovelace's forces find you? Did Jabor breaki in?"
He spoke slowly through clenched teeth. "I went to get a newspaper."
This was getting better and better! I shook my head regretfullly. "You should leave such a dangerous assignment to people better qualified: next time ask an old granny, or a toddler-"
"Shut up!" '

Yeah, lol. :)

Anonymous said...

I can't change my pic, no computer. I could delete it, though.

And sure. :-)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

YEAH! *hi-5s Mara*

But we have to recruit the other first, because if it's just you and me that's too easy

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Msd, battery running out.

LET'S DO THIS.

Whoever's doing it, GOOOOO!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Oh, perfect :)

Star Inkbright said...

*though:

*break

I'LL JOIN IN! :)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

STARTING FROM NOW

Anonymous said...

Um...hello?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

How is everybody?

Anonymous said...

Good, I think. Not clicking on profiles is hard! XD

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hola!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

All I want to do right now is click on profiles.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

This is so weird... XD

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

By the way, Monday's Dusk is the name of a character in a book, but I always thought it would make a good username.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Same, *ahem* Dusk...

VAMPIRE! *screams*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Uh, X, are you one of us?

Star Inkbright said...

i just picked X. Mysterious. :)

Anonymous said...

Hello, we are us with different names.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I'm going to have to go at absolutely any time now, so if I suddenly blurt out who I am, don't be surprised.

Anonymous said...

And X isn't me, I know that much!

Star Inkbright said...

yes, i am one of you. :) Playing the profiles game. :)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Oh, Scáth, this is a perfect time for you to arrive. Would you like to guess who's who?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

By the way, you're not allowed to click on profiles, Scath,

The people playing are Fabi, Star, Ember, and Mara.

Star Inkbright said...

hello Luci! We all changed our names for the fun of it. In alphabetic order, we are Ember, Fabi, Mara and Star. That's right?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

NOOOO

I CLICKED ON A PROFILE

I AM SO SORRY

Star Inkbright said...

alphabetical*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*jumps off cliff*

I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT X'S PICTURE WAS

Anonymous said...

I totally picked the wrong name. XD Oh, well, too late to change now! Also, I know who's who. I think.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Heya Luciana!

*is trying not to use nicknames*

I LOVE THE NAME ELEANOR. IT'S SO PRETTY AND NICE.

Luciana said...

Fabi is Reigna.

Star Inkbright said...

:( bad Mooney.

it's so hard not to do anything that would give me away...

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

AND NOW I KNOW WHO X IS, BECAUSE I HELD MY HAND IN FRONT OF THE INFORMATION BUT I ACCIDENTALLY SAW ENOUGH TO KNOW WHO IT IS

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Can I guess somebody now?

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im here since im not doing much and got wifi

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I think I know who's who too.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

HI ZAFIRA

Luciana said...

Ember is Dusk

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

It's Ember, Fabi, Mara, and Star with different names

Maralie Lily Charm said...

I know who you are... I think :P

I suck at hiding myself! XD YOU ALL KNOW WHO I AM. I KNOW YOU DO.

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Aisling Dubh said...

Hi I'm back after athletics




Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I only knew because of the IT'S SO PRETTY AND NICE. comment

Luciana said...

Eleanor is Maralie.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

It's so hard to not be me... *winces*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I'm dying to use nicknames

Luciana said...

Leaving X to be the little bright spark, Star. :)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Okay guys, I seriously have to leave now. This was funny XD

Lucy, HOW THE HECK DID YOU KNOW IT WAS ME?

And before I go:

ELSTA! ZAKE! REILL!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Yep :)

Ah, I was going to talk about Harry, then screamed and deleted the joke XD

Star Inkbright said...

i was going to guess that Eleanor was Mara, after her saying she liked the name Eleanor because it was so pretty in captials, and I have suspicioned that Mooney is Ember for a while, but it's been said, now. :)

WHATEVS. ICH BIN STAR!!!

Luciana said...

Done.


That was easy...

You all talk in certain ways, making it incredibly easy to work out. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Bye bye Ember! :(

I'll change back later... *shrugs*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hehehe

Soooo myschool SCARES me

Anonymous said...

Yay, I was right! And yeah, I'm me. That easy to guess?

Ember, being the one to begin it all, would probably avoid being the first new name to comment. Then again, she'd get impatient, clearly having a plan.

Eleanor Starr wouldn't be Star, and it sounds like the type of name Mara would pick.

Star joined at the last minute and didn't have as much time to make plans as the rest of us, therefore, X.

Star Inkbright said...

*laughs* DAS WAR SPASS, JA. :)

My name is too short now. :( It feels odd.

Anonymous said...

Bye, Ember!

Star Inkbright said...

I kept wanting to put 'ness' on the end of words and speak in capitals, and I wanted to nod, and put a :/ . . . I NEVER REALISED HOW MUCH I WAS ME! D:

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*facepalm*

DAMMIT MARA XD

Eleanor is Louis' girlyfriend... *smiles*

SHE'S SO DAMN PRETTY O.O

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

What are we doing?

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

What we doing?

Anonymous said...

We all changed our names and then Lucy guessed who we all were. :-)

Star Inkbright said...

Yes, Mooney was just sounding like Ember . . .

I made a bit of an effort to not be obviously me. Next time, I'll try harder! I will put my acting skills to good use!

. . . Admittedly, I'm crap at acting, but it'll be much easier over the internet. :)

Luciana said...

I'm writing a new FanFic.

It's Steak/Tanguine. :)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hmm okay cool! Im at drama but we got kicked out of the auditorium so if we arent in a scene we gotta find a new place

Aisling Dubh said...

Did Luci guess all who you all were on he first guess

Anonymous said...

Yep! Lucy got it.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Okay since Derek said I'm an Elder should I change my name to Elder Zafira Kerias?

Star Inkbright said...

' "Before we go there, we need to solve a problem."
"Which is?"
"To stop you looking - and smelling - like a swineherd." The various fluids of waste adhered to him in a complex splatter-fashion. He could have been framed and hung up on a fashionable wall.
He frowned. "Yes. Clean me up first. There must be a way."
"There is."
Perhaps I shouldn't have seized him and dunked him in the river. The Thames idn't that much cleaner than the quagmire we'd waded through. Still, it washed off the worst of the clag. After a minute of vigoras dousing, I allowed him to come up, water sprouting through his nostrils. He made a gurling sound that was hard to identify. I had a stab, though.
"Again? You are thorough."
Another good rinsing made him look as good as new. I propped him up in the shadows of a concrete embankment and dried his clothes out with discreet use of a Flame. Oddly, his temper had not improved with his smell, but you can't have everything.'

HI ZAF!

Star Inkbright said...

*isn't
*vigorous

Aisling Dubh said...

*her

Star Inkbright said...

HI AISLING!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hiya xD

*sits in tree*

Anonymous said...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddd gtg bye!

~Fabi/Reigna

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Bye Fabi!

Star Inkbright said...

:( FOURS FABI!

Star Inkbright said...

Hmmmmmmm

Luciana said...

Bye whoever left!

Sorry for being distant - writing this new FanFic.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Should i change my name to Elder Zafira Kerias?

Star Inkbright said...

You can if you want. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Distant - writing.

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Fabi

Wbd

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hmm okay xD

Mary Contrary said...

Hello. :)

Wbd/msd.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Msd too xD

* skips around randomly*

Dododo

Star Inkbright said...

Hello, Taia. :)

That reminds me, msd. :(

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Taia

Star Inkbright said...

*laughs* Think we're all msd. :)

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Omg we have a Pope finallly!

Tis Pope Francis from Argentina

Star Inkbright said...

*nods* Das ist gut, richtig?

Well, congratulations, then. :)

Mary Contrary said...

Hiya Star, Hi Aisling. :)

I feel like writing, but I also want to watch this TV show. And I can't do both...

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

xD I was hoping for an American but even in religion and SP Americans arent lucky

Aisling Dubh said...

Yes I'd heard that as well. The white smoke came out at around 6:00 Irish time.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Star, I sent it.

It's so depressing, I'm so sorry D:

Mary Contrary said...

A new Pope?
Coolio. :)

Star Inkbright said...

Taia: iPlayer. :)

Star Inkbright said...

Or ITVplayer.

Or if it's annoying an on Channel Something, sorry. :(

Mary Contrary said...

It's Channel five. I don't know if there is a 5Player. :P
But, there's only twenty minutes left, so I might just wait until it's finished and THEN write.
Thanks, though. :3

Luciana said...

Tanith is weird to write about in first person...

Star Inkbright said...

*and

*randomly remarks* Once Upon a Time was on Channel Five . . .

I think there's only an iPlayer and an ITVplayer, sorry. :(

Maralie Lily Charm said...

LIAM JAMES PAYNE YOUR VOICE IS SO GORGEOUS! :O ESPECIALLY LIVE ASDFGHJKL HE CAN SING SO HIGH


Mary Contrary said...

Aand it's finished.
Writing time!

Star: What's Once Upon a Time?


*grins* Hiya, Mara. :)

Luciana said...

OH MY FINNICKING GOLDEN GODS

Lucas Till is damn hot O_O

...Fletcher Renn, perhaps?

Star Inkbright said...

Once Upon a Time is a TV show. Series One was on Channel Five last year . . . We bought the box set for Christmas, also. We're a buying-box-sets-of-series' family. :)

Series One was about a modern American town where every single person in it used to be a fairytale character, only they got a curse put on them so now none of them can remember who they were.

It's very awesome. Awesome than it sounds, because to me it doesn't sound that awesome. :)

Aisling Dubh said...

Star I think it sounds awesome.

Mary Contrary said...

*laughs*
Maybe, Luce.
I always imagined Fletcher to have a slightly innocent look about him, for some reason. :3

Oh, sounds good, Star. :)
I wish WE were a buying-box-sets-of-series family... I missed two weeks of House, and I feel like a lost cause, now. xD

*frowns*
Now I can't think of anything to write about. :P

Star Inkbright said...

WRITE ABOUT TWO CHARACTERS. ONE ARGUING THAT MUSHROOMS ARE BRILLIANT, THE OTHER GOING WTH THEY'RE JUST A VEGETABLE. :)

. . . Or not. :P

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*waves* Hola Taia! :)

Star Inkbright said...

I might start writing . . .

My characters, who were if you remember running away from an evil wall charging after them trying to kill them, escaped the wall by jumping in an imaginary car, which then turned into a plane and flew off.

. . . It seemed a lot less crazy when I was writing it . . . :P

Aisling Dubh said...

I just thought of something.
If/when a SP movie is made loads of people are going to watch it and will never have read the books. And they will never read the books. Then after seeing the movie they'll think they know everything about SP. but they won't. We k ow everything about SP. Us. We who have READ the books.

It really annoyes me when people see movies and think they know all about the story but they haven't read the book.

That is the only reason I don't want there to be a movie. Other than that I REALLY REALLY want a movie to be made.

And I know that a movie will make SP more popular. And SOME people will probably read it after seeing the movie.

Did that make ANY sense???

Sorry rant over.

Mary Contrary said...

OH, YES.
I just read through a very short and random scene I wrote last year, for really no apparent reason at all.
But in those 396 words there is some clear Final Fantasy Nine influence and reference.
And, suddenly, I know what I want to write. :D

Star: Next time.
And I expect I will, too.
I wrote about appreciation of eggs, once. (Not what comes from an egg, but actually the egg itself).
Mushroom dialogue actually sounds pretty natural to me. xD

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Excuse my cringey dancing, which you can't actually see.

I finally got on le computer though! My dad's been really busy with it, so I've had to do...studying *winces at the pain of it*

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?
Stevie style.

Aisling Dubh said...

*know
*annoys? I'm not sure how to spell that

Aisling Dubh said...

Gtg BYE :(

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Byebye, Aisling *waves*

Mary Contrary said...

*nods* I know what you mean, Aisling.
Like, with The Hunger Games, I locked myself in a room with a stash of Easter Eggs until I'd finished reading the books.
And then the film came along, and only represented a TINY proportion of what the books did (IMO). But people who didn't read the books didn't GET that. They thought that was just IT.

Star Inkbright said...

No, it's because Hunter and Never have this thing about mushrooms. They built a Mushroom City, once. Or, they will build a mushroom city, since I haven't even written far in the future enough for them to know Never, but still.

Ez and Hunter have this thing about onions. Onions are evil and plotting to kill us all. *nods* They only target the weak, though. *visualises a whole host of amusing scenerios and starts laughing*

. . . Sorry. I will often talk about my characters as if they're real people. :P

Mary Contrary said...

Bye Aisling!

Hiya, Ieni!
Congratulations!
It's a shame about the studying, but it's all for good cause (or so people keep telling me :P).

Aisling Dubh said...

Yes THAT'S it exactly Taia.

Now I really have to go.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Bye Ais :(

I'm watching a Larry Stylinson video... Ugh the feels. God. YOU HAD TO MAKE ME CRY, DIDN'T YOU, SCHAPM51 OR HOWEVER YOU SPELL YOUR NAME.

But she makes pretty damn awesome videos... :)

Star Inkbright said...

:( FOURS AISLING!

Whenever I watch a film I've read the book of, I'm constantly all the way through explaining background information from the books to my family . . . I imagine it must get annoying.

IN HARRY POTTER, THEY MISSED OUT SO MUCH. THE WHOLE THING OF THE TWINS GETTING MONEY FOR THEIR JOKE SHOP, THE WHOLE HOUSE ELF THING WITH WINKY AND DOBBY WORKING AT HOGWARTS AND HERMIONE KNITTING ATT, AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. *sighs*

Mary Contrary said...

*nods* Ah, sounds fun, Star.

Lol, but talking about characters as if they're real people, well, that can only be good, I guess. I read somewhere that one of the most important aspects of writing is convincing your characters that they are alive. :)

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

NOOO I'm too lazy.
Studying is for people who are not lazy. I just run around in circles fangirling. Neither of my parents understand if I don't fangirl in a fandom, I will start fangirling about stuff randomly and get hyper all the time.

Peeves doesn't appear in any of the Harry Potter films. I am not impressed.

Mary Contrary said...

Me too, Star.
The whole way through The Hunger Games film, I was like a running commentary. :P

As for Harry Potter, I wouldn't know.
I never actually read the whole of even the first book.
I just couldn't get through the pages. They felt so monotonous, somehow. :c
I'm picky about the way in which books are written. Sometimes it takes me a while to catch on, but once I do, I find myself loving the whole thing even more. (This happened with the Chaos Walking Trilogy. I think it's my favourite book series, that I've come across, yet.)
With other books, I just can't latch onto the flow of things. That happened with Harry Potter, unfortunately. I liked the films, though. ^^

Star Inkbright said...

@Ieni: THAT AS WELL. D:

Plus the whole thing with Percy was nearly all cut out, I think . . .

And we didn't meet Bill until the last movie, for a few seconds.

And the whole thing with Lupin and Tonks was squished into "They got married and had a kid. The end."

Tonks was barely a character in the movies, actually.

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Nonononon Taia. What you meant to say was 'the Chaos Walking Trilogy' (awesomely depressing series - I've read them) 'I think it's my 2nd favourite book series (Skulduggery being the 1st) ;D

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Msd.

I feel so awkward. *laughs*

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Was Charlie in the last one?

I hate when films change from books -_-

Msd.

YAY MARA FEEL AWKWARD WITH ME: IT'S FUN! *does awkward dance with Mara*
Come join us friends!

Star Inkbright said...

I've read Chaos Walking! :)


They were cool. *nods*

Msd. :(

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Hey, Robin! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*

Robin Snowscar said...

I didn't like Chaos Walking!

Hey Ieni!

Mary Contrary said...

*laughs*
Chaos Walking had me crying, a couple of times. Until Derek achieves that, I hold Chaos Walking higher than Skulduggery.(nobodykillmeplease)
Also, Chaos Walking changed me a lot with regards to how I think and act. And the chapter with the 'Things' which go "here", that was so beautiful and mind-blowing and asdfghjkl (I swear, I make it make it sound a lot less graceful xD)
And I loved the whole inter-connection thing within the Land. :3

Luciana said...

Hello anyone that came. Bye anyone that left.

Sorry I'm so distant. I may as well not be here, *laughs*

Robin Snowscar said...

I really didn't like Chaos Walking at all...

Hey Luciana

Mary Contrary said...

Robin! Hey!
*waves*

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

I cried at Chaos Walking:( It was a scene when one woman was being tortured or something.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD. Sorry, I can't get that song out of my head XD

Msd red alert.

Mary Contrary said...

*nods*
Fair enough. You're entitled to your opinion, I guess.
But I loved Chaos Walking. LOVED. IT.

Star Inkbright said...

Depressing??????

YESSSSSSSSS. *nods*

But I don't get it. In BZRK, Twoface basically wanted everybody to be mind-to-mind connected and feel each other's thoughts, LIKE THE PEOPLE/THE SPACKLE WERE IN CHAOS WALKING. And in Chaos Walking, the everybody-being-connected thing was good. But in BZRK, everybody being connected was in the whole BAD.

ALthough it makes you thing about it. "Freedom or happiness?" is the question it poses.

Two different authors, two different opinions, I guess. Although it's odd, especially seeing their books series' are both awesome and very depressing . . .

Robin Snowscar said...

I just didn't get the characters. I don't know. Did not connect with them.

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

G2g:)

Mary Contrary said...

I didn't read BZRK. ^^

Yes, it's depressing. Absolutely. But it's so damn good that the depressing only made it better. O.O

I loved the quotation at the beginning, as well.
"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we would die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence."
:3

As for the characters, Robin, I think I know what you mean. *nods*

Awh, bye Ieni! *waves*

Robin Snowscar said...

Bye Ieni

Star Inkbright said...

*ALthough BZRK makes you think . . .

Mary Contrary said...

*frowns*
I just realised that if I'm going to be writing what I /wanted/ to write, I'll have to play Final Fantasy Nine again. I need to draw up some extra background.
That might not be a bad thing, but it sure takes time..

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Sorry im back we had to eat and get costumes back on

Maralie Lily Charm said...

P!nk and Nate Reuss O.O «3

Star Inkbright said...

BZRK is okay. It had some immensely interesting ideas in it, but Gone was better. :)

Chaos Walking made ME cry!

I liked it because it was depressing, too. I'm uh a fan of depressing . . . I liked how it shows the faulings of humankind, too. I fond 1017's opinion that Todd had committed a greater crime than Davy because Todd understood what he was doing interesting, and correct although I wouldn't have thought of it that way on my own . . .

I like how Todd listened to the Mayor once he gives him a plaster, and not before. Not just that, the CONCEPT of that. We don't listen to people because of what they are inside, we listen to them because of what they are outside. If people can communicate betterm they are liked and listened to more than the others. Hitler had an amazing talent for oratory, which was partially why people listened to him. Without that, he wouldn't have been the HItler we know of.

The politicians, why are they the ones ruling the country? Because they make themselves sound good. We elect them because they have persuaded us they are the best. Because they are good at communicating.

It makes me sick.

Star Inkbright said...

*failings

Mary Contrary said...

*nods*
I got a lot of that too, Star.

It made me think, a great deal.
There were a lot of concepts represented that just stabbed truth in a way that I sort of hadn't seen it before...

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris. Beggars, urchins, prostitutes, students, etc.

BEGGARS
Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see the sweepings of the street
Look down, look down,
Upon your fellow man!

GAVROCHE
'Ow do you do? My name's Gavroche.
These are my people. Here's my patch.
Not much to look at, nothing posh
Nothing that you'd call up to scratch.
This is my school, my high society
Here in the slums of Saint Michele
We live on crumbs of humble piety
Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!
Think you're poor?
Think you're free?
Follow me! Follow me!

BEGGARS
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!

(An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute occupying her pitch)

OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
What you think yer at?
Hanging round me pitch?
If you're new around here, girl
You've got a lot to learn!

YOUNG PROSTITUTE
Listen you old bat...
Crazy bloody witch...
'Least I give me customers
Some pleasure in return!

OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
I know what you give!
Give 'em all the pox!
Spread around your poison
Till they end up in a box.

PIMP
Leave the poor old cow,
Move it, Madeleine.
She used to be no better
Till the clap got to her brain.

BEGGARS
When's it gonna end?
When we gonna live?
Something's gotta happen now or
Something's gonna give
It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

ENJOLRAS
Where the leaders of the land?
Where are the swells who run this show?

MARIUS
Only one man - and that's Lamarque
Speaks for these people here below.

BEGGARS
See our children fed
Help us in our shame
Something for a crust of bread
In Holy Jesus' name

URCHIN
In the Lord's Holy name.

BEGGARS
In his name, in his name, in his name...

MARIUS
Lamarque is ill and fading fast!
Won't last the week out, so they say.

ENJOLRAS
With all the anger in the land
How long before the judgement day?
Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
Before the barricades arise?

GAVROCHE
Watch out for old Thenardier
All of his family's on the make
Once ran a hash-house down the way
Bit of a swine and no mistake
He's got a gang
The bleeding layabout
Even his daughter does her share
That's Eponine, she knows her way about
Only a kid, but hard to scare
Do we care?
Not a cuss
Long live us.
Long live us!

BEGGARS
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down upon your fellow man!



Mary Contrary said...

I still need to read Gone, at some point, too.
I like books that make me think.
I like to think, in general, I guess.

Star Inkbright said...

Cool lyrics. :)

Mary Contrary said...

Script, Zaf?
Sounds interesting. ^^

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Its from Les mes im in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Star Inkbright said...

I love thinking . . .

I also love Gone. I've been obsessed with Gone. :)

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

Good morning!!

Anonymous said...

I like playing with my name. :-)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Morning Aussie

Anonymous said...

Oh, right, morning, Missy! And hi Zaf!

And homework. :-(

Bye Missy and Zaf!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Bye!

I be here xD

Mary Contrary said...

O.o
I've never written a more detailed plan for writing, before. (That may have something to do with the fact that I never outline stories. EVER.)
I fear there's too much happening in it. And, simultaneously, not enough.:/

I will be distant, might suddenly disappear.
No, in fact, I WILL suddenly disappear.
Now.
Bye!
*leaves hugs 'n' stuff* :)

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

BYE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT!!

HULLO ZAF!!
*tacklehugs*


*looks out window*
*it's raining*
*celebrates*
*celebrates more because it's free dress day*
:D

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

I must say, I am impressed and disappointed at how long it has been since the last comment...

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

.... Hello?

Anonymous said...

¿olleH

Anonymous said...

Nutella. [Smiles]

I danced hard for three hours today with bonus jumping! I feel so pleased with myself. :-)

Anonymous said...

[Cocks head] I'm late, aren't I? I'm always late. Except, you know...when I'm not. Or when I'm ridiculously early. Yeah, I'm not late, just early. That's why I'm the only one here! I'm simply ahead of schedule!

I wish I was ahead of schedule. :-/

I also have been writing an MC alternate ending, can you tell?

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

ERNAGHERD!!! FABI!!!!!!!!!




hi.

Anonymous said...

[laughs]

Hi Jubi!

[sings]
What would you do? What would you say?

...
Those were both rhetorical questions, by the way.

Anyway, how are you?

Anonymous said...

And the last one wasn't rhetorical, btw.

Bye if you had to go, I know it's late for you.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Hi sorry :P I'm good. I haven't gotten used to daylight savings yet... So it doesn't FEEL late..
How are YOU on this fine evening?
xP

Anonymous said...

[Snorts] Evening, mm hmm. It's eleven here. And I'm either really good or really bad, hard to tell. That is to say, I really shouldn't be in a good mood, but I am anyway. I had Nutella. :-) You're crazy, by the way. In case you hadn't guessed.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

OMG NUTELLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!


And yes. I know I'm crazy. xD
Why shouldn't you be in a good mood??

Anonymous said...

My iPod and I are both low on energy, msd.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Okeydokey

Anonymous said...

'Cause I danced for three hours! I shouldn't be in any mood, I should be asleep!

And NUTELLA! That's why I'm not asleep, actually, is 'cause I'm sugar high!

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

And now you know what it feels like to be a Jubi on chocolate.

Anonymous said...

And crazy, crazy, crazy til we see the sun! XD

Can't claim to be a Mara-style Directioner, but I can quote...ish their songs on occasion. WMYB was part of warm-up in jazz. Apparently half my class are Directioners. I didn't know that!

Anonymous said...

And I dunno about a Jubi on chocolate, but a Fabi on chocolate is very hyper. [inside Glitch joke, skip it!] A Tanith on Purple is Purple and hurry up please it's time.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Lol. I'm not rly a directioner. I actually find their music a little annoying -_- don't tell Mara I said that xP I don't rly judge directioners tho xP

Msd

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Oh... That's one way of looking at it...
I guess... xD

Anonymous said...

Ok then. Je ne suis pas un Directioner non plus. I listen to them when I am in the mood to listen to them and only when I'm in that mood.

I have to say I'm a Mixer and whatever you call fans of Hailey Westenra. I think that's it. I also like a bunch of other music, but those are the two I'm a bit crazy over. XD

Anonymous said...

*Hayley

Jophiel said...

*Waves*
I am here to officially report that i can not spell necessity.
*Looks at word*
Oh, I can spell it!

My little brother is naked in my room and saying he wants viagra... He keeps flashing me...
And know he's singing a parody to "I need a hero"
Do you want to know how it goes?
*Please don't ask....*

Jophiel said...

"He's gotta be long
And hes gotta presurised
And he's gotta be fresh from the from the loo!"

*He flashes me*
*I pretend to be blind*

Let the long and pressurised light fill your mind!

I feel like throwing up...

Jophiel said...

*pressurised

Jophiel said...

AH! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S DARK OUTSIDE! AND IT'S ONLY 8PM!!!!!!

or maybe not...

Jophiel said...

Oh, it changes later!!!!! I HATE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ha

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

My KOTW NPB has arrived :3

BUT I CAN'T HAVE IT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON D:

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

You have got to be friggin KIDDING me.

Anonymous said...

[pokes]

I'm here! I've been writing this ded all night! Jk, I fell asleep while writing it last night, woke up, wrote it again, fell asleep again, woke up again to get ready for school, and now I am here again writing it again.

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