Tuesday, December 31, 2013

My Year in Review

Ah, 2013... I knew you well.

It was a good year for me, all things considered. A busy one, of course- but when is it ever any different? The Maleficent Seven and Last Stand of Dead Men were both released, delivering to me the most shocking revelation of all — that there's only one Skulduggery Pleasant left. Yes, technically I KNEW it was coming, but it still kinda took me by surprise to find myself writing the final book in the series.

So what else did I get up to in 2013? Let's recap, shall we?

January - dipped my toes into Twitter. Discovered Twitter to be basically quicksand, and so was unable to pull toes out. Still being dragged under.

February - I did an event at the Imagine festival in London, showing clips from movies that inspired Skulduggery. So much FUN.

March - Went to Germany. As usual, had an insane amount of fun and was kept incredibly busy for the entire time. The Maleficent Seven was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.

Also met Steven Moffat and compared notes on how to traumatise people. (Speaking of which - The Time of the Doctor, eh? I'll miss Matt Smith, and it was so good seeing my beloved Amy back for a few seconds...)

April - was spent writing.

May - Started yapping to Ronda Rousey's mum. Which is, I think, an event worthy of an entire month.

June - this month consisted of me editing, touring, playing video games and watching movies. Not a bad way to spend a few weeks.

July - Read Geek Girl. Met Holly Smale. Holly Smale fell in love with me. It happens.

August - Last Stand of Dead Men released. Could life get any better?

September - My doggy died. This year I have had to put down my three dogs. I now have no dogs left. Ali's death sucked most of all.

October - My Doctor Who short story was released. Yay!

November - Writing for Book Nine.

December - Writing for Book Nine.

And how shall I be spending my New Year's Eve, you wonder? Will I be partying? Will I be singing? Carousing?

Nope. I'll be writing. And I'll be writing happily.

In closing, I'd like to thank all of you for your support, thank you for reading, thank you for being nice to each other, and for supporting each other. It's because of you that I am able to do the thing I love every single day.

I hope 2014 is kind to us all.

But especially me.

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂LAUGH☂☂

*smiles*

You're a good pet. I might even consider not having you for dinner later.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂TOO LATE, FISHY☂

☂☂runs after Zaf with the fishy gun☂☂

Noelle said...

*Growls, stalks off*

Snow said...

Nope. Not eating fish-snow. *growls*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*calls out* Close the door on the way out. I don't want any more intruders such as yourself, you see.

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

*encases self in shadows*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Can a fish growl?☂

*frowns* I said I would consider, didn't I?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂gets a water gun and squirts away the shadows☂☂

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

But Nelnah is a fishy and Fabi is a snakey! That is how things work!

[Is a snakey]

[hugs Adra]

[Slithers off]

Snow said...

This fish can growl.

*swims in a circle* meh.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I'LL TURN YOU INTO A FISH YET, MY SNAKEY FRIEND!☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I'm going to pop off now, so BYEEEE☂

*lovingly puts Snow in a room with his other goldfish*

*whispers menacingly* Make friends.

Snow said...

*shoots fabi with fish-ray as she slithers away* I want a fishy friend.

Snow said...

Bye. *licks Mycroft's forehead*

Noelle said...

(I dodged the ray. I am not a fish.)
*Slams the door after a few choice words*

Snow said...

*is magically not a fish*

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

*hides*

Snow said...

*teleports out of room*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[Fish ray turns Fabi into a snakey]

[Bye]

Snow said...

Bye fab

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Hello, everyone. It is a pleasure to see Ember on the blog again.))

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

:D

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Hello, Snow. I see you've become a goldfish. I suppose that is an improvement from death.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Hey Nic!

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

(Or not I'm probably too late

Snow said...

XD very

I was reincarnated.

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Omg))

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

(I find myself probably too late to talk to Nic fml

Snow said...

XD *hugs zaf*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((I left briefly, but I've just returned again.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Luck of the Irish. 'Ello Nic! I fell asleep and you haunted me dreams heh

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Alright.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Heeey I just realized nobody has shipped me and John...ha its a record!

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Perhaps it is.))

#ChaseForBook9

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((I need to write...))

((Anything in particular you'd like to see?))

Snow said...

You speak too soon. >:D

zohn.

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

(Niiic you know I have more dna of the copy then i did Javier and he was a pile of ashes when i brought him back, I assure you I can bring the copy back. I mean Javier's alive and unhinged but hey he is alive

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

(*bangs head on wall* What is John's thoughts on this?

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((My apologies, Moss, I would not know what to request.

If you are capable, Zafira, you may do so. Only bear in mind the potential consequences of such an action.))

#ChaseForBook9

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((John's thoughts on what, exactly?))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Ravel and I are prepared

*takes the arm of the copy outside with Ravel* k remember im gonna be exhausted

Ravel: i know *kneels beside* do it

*draws symbols around the arm and begins to pour energy into it*

Noelle said...

(I might be back for a bit. I'm not sure. I finished my first book for the night and am on to do ten pages of the next. I'm not sure how it will go. Chances are, it will be terrible.
Hm.
*Curls up in her dark corner, watches*)

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

(Snow just shipped us...Zohn

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((I'd be curious if that would work, because Javier's whole body was ashes, not just his arm.))

((Well fine then. :P)

((Don't think I want to be here right now, so I'm gone but don't be alarmed if I pop into the conversation anyway))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Hugs Adra))

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Alright, Moss.

I hope completing your obligations is more pleasant than you expect it to be, Adra.))

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

(Or... Well, I guess reference stuff could work, maybe. Passing the time.)

*Lays on the hard table, looking at the ceiling*
*Since the heat had failed, the metal was icy and was melting through her clothes, the cold touching her skin with a frosty finger trailing it's finger down her spine*
*The wires and hook-ups feel odd and they too are cold*
*Taps her feet together, a bit tired*
*Dreads her thoughts coming back to her*

Noelle said...

(*hugs Fabi*

And- aye, me too.)

Snow said...

Im here, just... distant

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((I am likely distant as well.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

*continues to pour energy *

(If this works and copy Nic is pissed enough he can take advantage of Zaf she'll be in a state where he can

Noelle said...

*Tries not to move too much, but she is uncomfortable on the table*
*Begins to feel like the world around her is but a black hole, sucking her happiness away- snapping her from her brief, yet pleasant, reverie*
*Trip makes her happy, that is true- insanely happy*
*But the more there is, the more it takes*
*Like what happened to Cain*
*Shudders*
*Does not want to become like him.*
*Her mind is at war with itself, and her consciousness is already beginning to stretch and wear thin*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((I am leaving it up to you to determine whether or not this will work, but consider the fact that you will have to reconstruct an entire human body. I would have no hope of achieving such a feat without significant assistance.

What would he want with her?))

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*People wonder why she is so tired all the time*
*Physical battles are nothing compared to the ongoing struggle of dominance that her mind has decided to take action upon*
*To be, or not to be?*
*To live with the burdensome pain like a chronic illness?*
*Or simply not live it all*
*The questions, poking and prodding at her thoughts- the vial, the hanger, the cliff, but the people who need her desperately, who she absolutely must always put herself last for, for their lives are infinitely bigger than hers*
*Yet*
*For a Doctor, she's rubbish at healing herself*
*It isn't too much to, just this once, have support*
*But what is a chair without it's backing? It's stiff. Painful. *
*Alone*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((Well, nearly an entire body.

I do wish I was in a position to continue our earlier discussion, Adra... My apologies for leaving so abruptly, and failing to return.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(I dont know he tends to be more angry and Ravel is helping her, upon him returning she'll be extremely weak and pribably be needing help to even sit up. So she won't be moving but it should work....he may want to at least stay for a minute or something i dunno...

*starts to get somewhere* owwwww.....

Noelle said...

*She must try to sleep again, but the fact remains that the people whom she has spent years giving to- the black hole of the world who is always taking things, has never given back*
*Take*
*Take*
*Take*
*And she must not grow a dependency on Trip- that wouldn't be healthy for them, nor their relationship, and she could never put him in a position like that*
*So she's stuck*
*Deep*
*And when help offers, help never stays- and how strange is it that when she helps one, she offers them a home, and love. When help for her is never there.*
*No, dependency on others to help you isn't satisfactory either*
*Twitches slightly*

Noelle said...

(It's okay. I'm just spewing, actually...)
(I'm kinda feeling the moment right now- what she feels. It isn't pleasant at all, so I'm just going to try to write until I can't.)

Snow said...

* is hooked on adtas rp*

Noelle said...

*Wishes she had somewhere to go*
*Somewhere where she wouldn't feel out of place*
*But only pain and loss follows her*
*Everything burns.*




*Her heart begins to ache, and squeeze, and compress on herself, and she feels like she can't breathe, her cheeks are wet*
*Loneliness is not kind*
*It is perhaps the cruelest emotion of all. Hurt can be recovered from. Hurt is inflicted by one. Loneliness is caused by all*



*Covers her mouth to keep the sound of her crying to a minimum*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Adra, not sure if I asked already, but should Liz and Ioux still be at the lab, or should they be elsewhere? I can write it either way.))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Really wants to hug Adra now...))

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

Ravel: *is actually giving Zaf energy through their link*

Javier: *helps her as well giving his emergy to the sigils*

Thanks...ow it hurts after a while

Noelle said...

*She ought to have known better*

*Perhaps Alastair was right- perhaps caring is just an illusion. Perhaps the point of life is to be screwed over so many times, you don't know where you're going until you fall again*

*Perhaps there is a connection between caring and loss*
*Between giving and taking*
*In the end, one is left with nothing*



*And, knowing Trip, he'll manage to get himself killed, and then what would be the point? He's her tether. But she will die if he does*
*Most certainly*

Noelle said...

(Fun fact- I'm actually crying and curling up in my blanket because of this... Gr.)
(They can be at the lab still, if you wish. It can keep the story tied in case they are in need of Adra again. It does not make a difference, however. Whichever makes more sense, Fabi *hugs*)

Niccolò Croatoan said...

((...I am sorry, Adra. I can only hope I am right in my deduction that you are less alone than you think.))

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*She continues to sob into her hand, trying her hardest to be completely silent, but crying silently is the kind that hurts the most, and, of anything, will only make her cry harder, in a never ending chain of turmoil*
*Just wants to wish it away*
*Doesn't think it fair*
Life isn't fair
*Life is fair. Life just isn't kind.*

Noelle said...

(Thanks..

Right, I probably need to stop this and go post to my personal sob blog so...

Right. I'll try to be back?)

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

(Nic....?)

*after a while Vex helps us*

Its...working...*collapses against Ravel*

Javier: its alright, if this worked he should wake in a minute.

Ravel: she's barely breathing

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

(*huggles to Adra*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Copy: *eyes snap open* *springs to feet and looks to Zafira* *to the others* For what purpose, exactly, did she intend to revive me?

#ChaseForBook9

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

Ravel: because she had faith you'd help us. War, the name is out and she wanted to talk to you. And also i think she felt you didn't deserve the death you got.

*doesn't move but eyes are on the copy

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Yes, I know that War is back- he killed me. And he'll do so again the second he realizes I'm alive. *glares at Zafira* Well then, what did you want to talk about?

#ChaseForBook9

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

Nic...please I know you hate my guts but can you at least help us subdue him? He killed Aretha, you must have an ounce of caring. I brought you back and I could have shrugged and said you're just a copy. Please for the sake of humanity?

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*glares again* I don't think you realize the situat- *cuts self off, closes eyes, and sighs deeply* *shrugs head* Fine. I'll help you. But I'll have you know, I don't stand a chance. None of us do. But we'll try later. All of you need to sleep, and I need to hide. Good evening. *vanishes*

((With that, I leave. Goodnight, all.))

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Night Nic! I hope to continue tomorrow?)

Ravel: *helps Zaf to the treehouse laying her down* Can you breath alright?

Yea.

Ravel: *lays beside her and lets her sleep then falls asleep

(Imma go too

Snow said...

Bye.

ho hum

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Hi Snow.))

Snow said...

Hey

Noelle said...

*Shakes her head and rips the IV from her arm, and the pulses and things away from her skin with a slight pop and dashes from the room*
*She hits the wall without a symbol and a portal opens, she tripping over the edge and skidding into the gravel*
*Crawls forward, and stops, on her knees, in front if a small, black grave*
*She begins to sob, then, hysterically as a bout of panic rises into her throat*
Forgive me. I'm so sorry- I'm, I'm sor- so sorry, Adrian. I did this! I did this! I'm so sorry I killed you- I'm so sorry...
*Hugs her side as her sobs turns to frantic screams of pain, laced in with gasps as she tries to breathe*

Noelle said...

My child! My baby- I'm so, so sorry, I didn't-

*Collapses on herself, hunched over when she cries, her shoulders violently shaking with her anguished tears*

Duck said...

Who here is English?

Noelle said...

(Right ho. That there is it. Finito...)

Noelle said...

(And- the English are all asleep. It's 5:30 in the morning there.)

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Adraaaaaaa D:))

Snow said...

*faceplants ground*

Duck said...

Aww, I really wanted to mock them that Austrlia won 5-0 to the Poms in the Ashes...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((I speak English!))

((Not actually from England, though. :-P))

Snow said...

I speak Japanese. Not all the time though. That'd be weird.

hujimenmushite

Snow said...

http://data1.whicdn.com/images/90036178/large.jpg

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Can't follow the link, sorry!

Noelle said...
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Noelle said...
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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

I'm sorry, I didn't see the deleted comments. I hope you're okay. [hugs]

Snow said...

Now im worried somethings wrong with someone. *goes tk work out who deleted they're comments*

Snow said...

Adra

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...
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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

And that deleted comment was me, sorry. Gonna sleep now, might,

Snow said...

Kay.

Snow said...

The sparrow flys south for the winter...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...
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Snow said...

“What is it?' Stephanie whispered.
'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.'
She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?'
'I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.” 
― Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant

Snow said...

“Can I just point something out?" Fletcher asked. "That is an awfulplan. On a scale of one to ten - the Trojan War being a ten and General Custer verus all those Indians being a one - your plan is a zero. I don't think it is a plan at all. I think it's just a series of happenings that are, to be honest, unlikely to follow on from each other in the way in which everyone's probably hoping."
"Do you have a better plan?" Valkyrie asked.
"Of course not. I'm a man of action, not thought."
Valkyrie nodded. "You're defintely not a man of thought."
"Why are you in charge anyway? What do you know about organising something like this?"
"I have faith," Tanith said.
"As do I," said Ghastly.
Valkyrie smiled at them gratefully. "So you think the plan will work?"
"God, no," said Ghastly.
"Sorry, Val," said Tanith”

Snow said...

“What would killing the Elders result in?" 
"Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?”

Snow said...

“Found something?”
“No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor.”

Snow said...

“It's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not so much a shark as a rather large fish. And not so much attacked as looked at menacingly. But it had murder in its eyes, that fish. I knew, in that instant, if our roles had been reversed and the fish had been holding the fishing pole and I had been the one to be caught, it wouldn't hesitate a moment before eating me. So I cooked it and ate before it had a chance to turn the tables.”

Anonymous said...

MEMORIES! Awwwwwww!
I love this 'Found something?' scene! :D

Snow said...

Yup. XD

Snow said...

Still here....

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey! How are you?

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Anybody home?

Star Inkbright said...

HELLOOOOOOOOOO.

Wbd.

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

HELLO STAR!!!!! HOW ARE YOU? OKIE DOKIE!

Star Inkbright said...

I had to read my brother a bedtime story yesterday. However, I didn't read one from a book. I read one from my laptop. And it was about an aeroplane. And Oscar. And Cabin Pressure.

I think you know the story I mean. :P

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

I'M GOOD, THANKS, RHYDIAN! :)

You? :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm alright I suppose. Been better. Meh?

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: Well, maybe you've been better, but at least you've been worse. :)
So, it's not BAD.
*nods*
I can't think straight with music on, sorry. :P

Meh is a good word. :) :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

@Star: Thanks :) Yeah that's right. Wbd

Star Inkbright said...

Urgh.

DOn't you hate it when you turn the music off so you can concentrate and then you can hear music from downstairs?

I have been known to read holding the book open with my feet or elbows so I can block my ears with my hands.

Oh my gosh, on holiday these people were playing music, and they weren't in sight but I could HEAR THEIR DAMN MUSIC and it was so damn inconsiderate because I couldn't read or make up stories or anything and I was like THEY SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING MUSIC LOUD ENOUGH FOR OTHER PEOPLE FAR AWAY TO HEAR and I wouldn't go inside the campervan because my siblings were playing their DSs there - you know, with the accompanying music - so I was just miserably sat there with my hands over my ears trying to cope, I think. Or maybe I went off and did something else.

For someone who loves music, I do seem to spend quite a while hating it . . . :P

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: That's okay. :)

I'm meant to be disant. :P

And - it's partially right, but partially left. :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Gonna kill my sister -.- Pestering me all day! For Chrissakes!

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: Aw. :(

Siblings (oh my gosh, just accidentally typed 'sisterlings' *facepalm*) can be pesterful like that. :/

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Brb. Have to entertain her / it -.-

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

Zaffy is youngest hehhe

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Back!

She's quiet now :)

Now dad's being a prick...love my family! Yay!

Fml

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

Huh msd

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Brb again soz. Can someone try and persuade me not to kill dad?

Noelle said...

*Adra blinks, waking up on the cold gravel in front of the small grave*
*Her stomach churns, and she feels sick, and extremely tired from the hours the night previous she spent crying*
*Pushes herself to her feet carefully, her eyesight going black for a moment as the blood rushes around her head, and she heaves, her stomach threatening to spill*
*Stumbles back through the open portal, shutting it, and stumbling for the nearest restroom*
*Once she gets there, her stomach heaves again, and empties into the trashbin, then again, then again, then again*
*Rests her forehead against the cold floor when her body can not handle it anymore, her mind spinning as if on a turntable*

*Lies there*
*Thinking of nothing*
*Empty*












*Slowly gets to her feet, one hand gripping the sink right for support as she washes out her mouth and eyes, then face, before braiding her hair back into a smooth plait, flipping it down her shoulder*
*Opens a small bag that was left in the restroom, and pulls a little makeup out- low quality, but meh*
*Quicjly applies it around her eyes, dabbing on her cheeks, quickly and skillfully removing the shadow underneath her eyes, and the visible puffiness*
*Tucks the makeup away*
*Smiles, although she does not feel it*
*Goes back into the room where Lorcan is, lies on the frosty cold table, re-attaching her IV, and other things to where they were exactly*

*Closes her eyes, feigning sleep, and she looks as if she never left*

Star Inkbright said...

Sorry, lunch happened . . .

@Rhydian: If you kill him, you will go to prison. *nods*

And Hunter doesn't exist in 'real' life so he won't be able to break you out and recruit you.

#ChaseForBookNine

Noelle said...

(Sorry- I had to write that out.

*Hugs Rhy* I'm sorry. My dad can be one sometimes as well... I don't really know how I can persuade you?

Star Inkbright said...

*hugs Adra*

I want to help AdraTC so MUCH. D:

I will have to find some way to make that work.

I don't really have any characters nice enough who would be reading this.

I will think about it.

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Back. I'm fine-ish. He just really pisses me off sometimes. I won't rant about it. I'll handle it, just need him to give me a break.

Noelle said...

(Is there somewhere you can go, Rhy? Day you have homework or something?)
(*Hugs Star*)

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: Rant if you want to. :) But if you don't, don't. Obviously.

And - imagine being somewhere happy. *nods*

#ChaseForBookNine

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm gonna rant I think.

FUCK OFF!!!! WHY?!?! You say that I don't do enough around the house. I do a LOT more than you. And why treat me and Beth (sister) like we've done something wrong!? We just want to be ourselves and live our lives the way WE WANT! Who cares if we're weirdos or look odd? Ee dress comfortably. And we don't allow society to tell us how we should act! So excuse me while I enjoy my life thanks!

And another thing - I know I'm not the kinda son you want. But it's not my fault that I have autism! It's not my fault mums ill! And I can't help my sexuality either....so dad why are you so hard on me? Coz I struggle in school? Coz I can't help mum as much as I'd want? Coz I like a different set of people?

So dad please just LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!!!!!!!!

Rant over......

Noelle said...

I'm sorry that he's so awful to you, Rhy. He really should get with the times and accept you for being you. But it's just unfortunate that, in the world where some people are prejudiced, that one of them has to be your dad?
*Hugs again*
I can adopt you, if you like?

Star Inkbright said...

*hugs Rhydian* :(

There's a line in a song that Mara often posts the lyrics of that says "Am I still not good enough?"
And you're always good enough, Rhydian. Being different isn't bad. It's different. And when society sucks as much as it does, being different can easily be an improvement.
If you're not the kind of son he wants, that doesn't mean you're inferior to the kind of son he wants. Everyone has positives and negatives to them, and you not being who he wants you to be is bad in some ways (like, you get treated badly), but it's good in other ways (like, you're awesome :)).
I'm sorry you have to put up with it. *hugs*

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I know my dad still loves me...but I know that I'm not his expectations. But that actually doesn't bother too much. I've always liked being the outsider.

Me and Beth get along like best friends more than siblings. It's weird. Older brothers look after the little sisters right? Kinda opposite for us. Coz I've always been different she's been my friend :) and me and mum...we're SO alike.

Adra - YES!!!!!!! Lol :P I'd be too much of a fus to be taken on like that haha thanks for the offer anyway

Noelle said...

Actually, older brothers are mean to their little sisters until she gets old enough to be witty and slam them down anytime they try to be an ass.


Fun fact.


And he'll just have to learn, then. That his child won't be his perfect picture, because his child has something called individuality, and free will, so...

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: Yes. *nods*
No one is ever exactly the way you want them to be unless you want them to be themselves. :)

@Rhydian: It's great you get on with your sister. :) :)
And - being different rockz. *nods*

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Star Inkbright said...

Also - "Being perfect isn't being flawless, it's being perfectly you."

That's one of my favourite book quotes (although I may not have quoted it 100% accurately), and it's from In the Shadows by Luciana Clover Scáth. :) :)

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Star Inkbright said...

Mycroft "Bloop Bloop" Holmes. XD

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Noelle said...

That keeps throwing me off..

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Yeah :) unique is cool...and as me mum and sis are sorting the house out, dad's on Mario Kart Wii. Trying not to explode at him -.-

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: Technically, everyone is unique, but I know what you mean and it IS cool. :) :)

And - -_-

You exploding would be rather messy, though. Body parts everywhere.

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

He's now finally decided to do something. Now that nearly EVERYTHING has been done...

@Star: You're right. Exploding would be a bit messy wouldn't it?

I'll either write or watch TV.

Star Inkbright said...

It's so fun when you realise you have a text or an email, and you go "Ooh!" and get all excited over it, only to realise it's from someone like O2 or YouTube. XD

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN STARRY!!!!!

Every morning I wake up like "YAY! EMAIL!" Then be like "Oh..."

It's actually quite annoying/depressing

Noelle said...

(Ayyyyyyy spam :p)
(Hey Star- *ahem* Feel free to ignore this if you aren't in te mood, but...:p )

*Pulls out the phone, and clicks on the number for Ez* *Waits*

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: *laughs* XD Ah, I'm like that.

Ez: *answers* Hang on a moment. I'll ring you back in five minutes. *ends call*

. . .

*rings Adra back* Yes?

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Noelle said...

*Blinks*



*Clears her throat* Ez? Hi, it's Adra?

Star Inkbright said...

Ez: Hello, Adra.

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

*writing Alice in Wonderland fanfic*

Love AIW!!!!! I'm obsessed. Like with Skulduggery Pleasant. And Doctor Who. And Supernatural. And....the list goes on.

Noelle said...

So... I'd like to file a complaint?
Well, I say "file"- but- Nevermind.
Would it be too much to ask of you if you could keep an eye on Hunter, and makes sure he doesn't try to kidnap me again?

Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: I'm sure it's an awesome fanfic?

Hmm. I don't have any particularly dominant obsessions at the moment. I tend to get very very obsessed when I get obsessed with something, and then it tends to fade into the background and stand there being absolutely awesome whilst I move on to other awesome things.

Ez: *annoyed exasperation that isn't exactly surprised* He tried to kidnap you???

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Noelle said...

Ah, well, no- he did kidnap me, and I'm more than certain he's going to do it again.

Anonymous said...

Hello! :D

Did I hear Alice in Wonderland??

Noelle said...

(Mith! *Hugs* Hello!!!)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey Mith! How's it going?

And yup!

Anonymous said...

Holidays are over on Tuesday... ;_;

@Rhydian: Yay! I'm obsessed with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare :D

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I dedicate this page to...Blogland!

Because it's been a great home to me, and everyone here is like a family to me! This place is just amazing!

And to Alice in Wonderland coz its AWESOME!!!!

Star Inkbright said...

Ez: @Adra: Well, that's wonderful.
I only happen to have two eyes and a limited amount of time, but I'll try and prevent him from kidnapping you again. Sorry for that.

Star: @Mithria: I READ THE FIRST BOOK IN THE MISTBORN SERIES.
IT WAS FANTASTIC. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: Awesome ded! :)

I'm back to school on Tuesday as well. -_-

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Noelle said...

(*raises glass* Yay!

AWH, my holidays are supposed to be over tomorrow, but it might be too cold)

No, don't... Don't apologize. Is there anything I can do?

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I go back to school Tuesday as well...kinda looking forward to it :)

Anonymous said...

OMG Star! I love those books but everything's getting worse and worse (I mean the plot^^)... these books made me CRY! And it takes quite a lot to make me cry.

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: Well, I hope the coldness stays and bes cold and does whatever cold stuff does and the like, then. :)

Ez: @Adra: *sighs* I'm not sure. If it helps - he's unlikely to try and use the same method twice.

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Star Inkbright said...

@Rhydian: I'm not looking forward to it very much, but it'll be nice to see my friends again. :)
On the other hand, you people are my friends too, and I'll see less of YOU, so it rather balances itself out, the friendship thing.
And the friendship thing is the main positive about school.
So I'm not especially looking forward to it. :)

@Mithria: It doesn't take a lot to make me cry. XD
I was largely emotionally affected, however.

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Anonymous said...

Star, I like the whole idea of these books. And I kinda fell in love with Kelsier :D

Noelle said...

(Ay- and we're supposed to get more snow tonight, so... Aye.)

*Nods, biting her lip* Thank you, that does help me a bit, Ez. I'm sorry for bothering and troubling you or whatever, and I hope he doesn't give you too much grief for it...

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: We haven't got any snow yet this year. XD

Ez: @Adra: *laughs* He gives me grief for everything, whether it affects me or not. You weren't very bothering, that's fine . . .

Star: @Mithria: To be honest, I'm fully expecting the second one to not be as good, because I don't really think the first one could be improved upon or equalled. *nods*
And - I think I can ditto you about Kelsier. D:
He now comes in my list of insane characters that I love, and it's not an awfully long list.

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Anonymous said...

@Star: My list of insane characters I love IS awfully long... :D

Noelle said...

Oh... Okay, well, I should probably leave you to your Etherdemon business stuff... Again, thank you. I will, undoubtedly, see you soon. Bye? *Shuts the phone, shifting awkwardly*
*Sighs, closing her eyes*

Emerald Melody said...

Hey peeps

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hello. :-)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Gtg now. BYE!

Star Inkbright said...

Hey Lantern, Em! :)

Fours, Rhydian! :(

@Mithria: Hmm. You must be reading better books than me. :P

Ez: *stops talking to Adra, because like, the phone call ended* *phones Hunter*

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Noelle said...

(Bye Rhy!

Hello Em, Fabi

*hugs all*)

Anonymous said...

@Star: It's not only book characters, it's also characters from films and stuff^^

Anonymous said...

Bye Rhydian!

Hi Emerald!

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Hi Em, Adra, Star, Mith))

((Hugs))

((Bye Rhydian))

Anonymous said...

FABIII! *hugs*

Noelle said...

*Olays on her phone*

Star Inkbright said...

Hunter: *answers phone* Yeeeees?

Ez: *accusatively* Did you kidnap Adra?

Hunter: Um . . . I might have done?

Ez: *sighs, exasperated*

Hunter: *sits down on floor* I'm sorry, some people just need kidnapping. Like Mit. And Adra. And if you don't do anything, then one of these days they're going to be dead.

Ez: Everyone dies someday.

Hunter: Yeah, but it would be rather nice if they had a lot of happy days before their death, rather horrible ones that don't go on as long as they should do because you die sooner than expected.

Ez: Adra's older than us. She's had a lot of days.

Hunter: *firmly* Yeah, a lot of unhappy days. Which is why she needs some happy ones.

Ez: *can't really argue with that*
. . . I'm guessing the kidnapping didn't work out?

Hunter: *shrugs* I have Plan B.

Ez: . . . Which Plan B is this?

Hunter: Do you actually HAVE a memory? If so, do you know what to DO with it? It's there t o MEMORIZE things, not just to sit there and look like a memory. *sends her a few images*

Ez: Ah. That Plan B.

Hunter: THAT Plan B.

Ez: Is that because your normal Plan B wouldn't work?

Hunter: THAT'S FOR VOLUNTRAY KIDNAPPINGS.

Ez: Oh, right.

Hunter: *eagerly* Are you going to help me with Plan B?

Ez: You need helping?

Hunter: I'm struggling to be omnipresent here. Portals, different timensions, needs to do pointless things like sleep.

Ez: Yeah, FUNNILY ENOUGH, I'm not omnipresent either.

Hunter: *eyes melt into a purple* A problem shared is a problem halved?

Ez: I'm going to have to watch you anyway. Adra phoned me to ask me to keep an eye on you. Apparently, she doesn't like being kidnapped.

Hunter: So you're helping?

Ez: I'm SUPERVISING.

Hunter: But that includes helping, left?

Ez: What do you need helping WITH?

Hunter: Finding her. I don't know where the HELL she's been for like the past few however long it was, but she went off somewhere.

Ez: Wait for her to come back?

Hunter: Yeah, and she'll be back, and then she'll go somewhere again. Do you think it would be a good idea to actually become a stalker?

Ez: I think that would be a terrible idea.

Hunter: Me too. The petals are always better than the stalks. They're prettier.

Ez: You're not going to ask me to become a stalker for you, are you?

Hunter: No . . . but if you would LIKE to become a stalker, I'd -

Ez: I AM NOT BECOMING A STALKER.

Hunter: Well, that puts an end to that, then. I'll think a way around it. Like deviating from the path because the path's too muddy.

Ez: Or you could get a load of planks and put them on the ground to walk over the mud.

Hunter: *frowns* But then my nice planks would be all muddy.

Ez: They're just planks.

Hunter: How would YOU like to be covered in mud? No, thanks.

Ez: *sighs* Maybe you could just go an be friendly to Adra like a normal person.

Hunter: I don't think Adra likes me very much.

Ez: I wonder why.

Hunter: She was the one who asked me to try and KILL her. *sighs*

Ez: *senses something behind her* *frowns* Would you mind continuing this conversation later? I'm sort of busy.

Hunter: Sure. *ends phone call*

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hey Mith! It's good to see you again!

Star Inkbright said...

@Mithria: Well, as I watch very little films, I can see what I'm doing wrong, then. :) :)

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Anonymous said...

@Fabi: It has been quite a time, hasn't it? Good to see YOU!
You've got a lot of names...

Anonymous said...

@Star: xD

Noelle said...

(omg)

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hunter and Ez.
[Faceplants into a lake of pasta and zombie-walks around covered in spaghetti but pretending it's brains or worms or something]

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Yeah, I guess I do that. Sorry. I can't take off any of the names, though, because then it wouldn't balance right with my profile pic.

Star Inkbright said...

Hunter: *phones Ez back* Waterproof plastic stuff.

Ez: Yeah, still busy, here.

Hunter: I could cover the planks with waterproof plastic stuff. Then it would just wash off easily.

Ez: *decapitates a robot* *teleports onto a roof* *senses a robot behind her and swears*

Hunter: Are you listening to me?

Ez: *whacks the robot under the chin*

Robot: *jerks jerkily*

Ez: *slashes lightsabre at it*

Hunter: Teleport onto a roof!

Ez: I am on a roof!

Hunter: Aw, no fair! Roofs are our territory! Tell them they're being unfair, Ez.

Ez: Could you not just get waterproof plastic planks?

Hunter: OH yes! You know, that is SUCH a good idea! Why didn't I -

Ez: *interrupts* Don't call me back until I call you. *ends call*

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Star Inkbright said...

@Everyone: Thanks. :) :)

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Noelle said...

(PERF)

Noelle said...

(Is Em still here?)

Star Inkbright said...

I don't know? I don't think so, but it's possible?

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

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Emerald Melody said...

That I am Ads :)

Noelle said...

(Ezteerrrrrrr)

(Hey Emmles.:3)

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: Ezter. :)

Hey Em! :)

Again.

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