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

...I just realized how stupid and tedious my TSE chapter is turning out. [Facepalms] I should probably edit out the whole antacid incident. Or raise the stakes or something.

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

(Alright...Zaffy just gonna go it seems im not needed

Noelle said...

*Laughs* Goodness, what did you take?
And
Glad I could somewhat wake you up.
*Smirks*
Or do I need to try again?

Noelle said...

(O.O

Fabi

what are you doing)
(aye. bye Zaf)

Snow said...

*is dead so cant comment on fabis statment*

Snow said...

Brb. *even though im dead*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh, I wouldn't want to ruin all your hard work on my new look.

(Bye Zaf

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*Half shrugs* Eh.
*Hops back down*
*Hop*

*Packs her standing boxes back up, still grinning widely*
*Stops*

Wait

Does Camp Wolf have security cameras.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I doubt they have any behind pillars.

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

*back. Even though im dead from too much tadra fangirling*

Noelle said...

Lets hope not...

*Takes his hand and peeks out from behind the pillar*

Right

Where to?

Noelle said...

(*laughs at Snow*)

Snow said...

*please dont laugh at dead peolpe*

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

((I'm wriiiiiiting. Only Fabi got a stomach ache and decided to see if this dimension had antacid tablets, and things are getting looooooooong and boring.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I don't know, really. Where do you want to go?

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

(Antacid tablets... Oh Fabi :P)

Snow said...

*laughs. Even though im dead*

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

(Alright ill stay...)

Noelle said...

*Knows exactly where she wants to go*
*Is probably not allowed to suggest it*

er..
Dunno?

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

(*watches*

Snow said...

*waves to zaf. Even i am deceased*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Why was that a question?

#ChaseForBook9

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

(Hello Snow)

Noelle said...

What?
It was a question?
*Peers at*

What are you getting at?

Snow said...

*needs to work on TSE because I have nothing but cant. Because TADRA. And dead*

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

(I tried for TSE but i havent i dunno i got somewhat

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Well there was an inclination when you said dunno, indicating it was a question. Why?

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

*is still dead but meh* I havent been on youtude in so long and ive got so much I need to watch... :0

Noelle said...

Well
*Ahem*
*Struggles to find a cover-up*
Er...
Usually, in my experience, when someone says "dunno", its because they don't know what they want of a certain thing, and the question is if the other person knows...

Obviously you answered that

Force of habit, I suppose, is why it was a question.

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

(Want me to revive you?)

Snow said...

"Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness."
- William Shakespeare

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

((Well, SORRY.))

Noelle said...

(Can you top THIS though, Snow?
“The one who is willing to go the distance
Shall be the one who basks in victory
He who lives shall be remembered
As an eye of men, a victor of gods
A leader of courage who will remain
As a king to the people for whom he lost so much.”
)

Noelle said...

(:P *Pets Fabi's face* It's adorabaloo, don't worry)

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

(I dont think anything my chars do will be adorable to everyone else so meh

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*laughs at Adra's transparency*

Interesting...

The canteen?

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

"Hope is a thing with feathers that perches on the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."
-Emily Dickinson

Noelle said...

The what???!

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

The uh, place with food, we could get something to eat.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hibye Kallista.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*Resists the urge to smack him*

Oh my god
You really don't get it, do you?

Gracious, well... I suppose so.

(Dickinson is a fav!)
(KALLLIIEEE! *huggles*)

Snow said...

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on"
- Robert Frost

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

(Adra just spell it out)

Noelle said...

("It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go, than I have ever known" - My Babe Sydney Carton, ATOTC)

Snow said...

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile."
- Unknown

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh. Ah. Um. Er.

Yikes.

I see now, what you mean, and, um, oh. Sorry.

#ChaseForBook9

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

((Hugs Adra))

((Hugs Kallie))

((Zaf, you have had moments. You don't have to give up [hugs]

Snow said...

"I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry."
- Unknown

Noelle said...

You are..

*Shakes her head* Nevermind. Let's go hunt out some food

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

(I guess...i just hope to do something cute

Snow said...

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." 
- Erica Jong

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Really? 'Cause I only suggested that to eat up time, I'm not hungry at all.

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
-George Bernard Shaw

Noelle said...

(It shall FOREVER be a life dream of mine to go to Times Square for New Years. Yes, I will probably be mugged, yes, it will be cold as hell.
But I still have to do it)

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

(I was in Times Square and Adra Miley Cyrus had CLOTHES)

Noelle said...

(When they can't censor "Fuck shit up" on live tv lol)

Ah...

..

Neither am I

Snow said...

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
-John F. Kennedy.

Noelle said...

(Shocker!!!)

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

(Totes! It was

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

...

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

"Love all,
Trust few,
Do wrong to none."

"Hell is empty.
All the devils are here."

-William Shakespeare

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

((Happy 2014, y'all. I've got another hour to wait, though.))

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

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Noelle said...

(Happyyyyyy new year!!!)

Ah

New year in America *Smiles*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Merry Christmas America!

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

*facepalm*

Noelle said...

*Hits his arm* Shush

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

[hugs people]

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

Lol yus its 2014

Snow said...

*hugs fabi. Though im still dead*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*smiles* Happy new year Adra.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

(Chip: why does the non alcoholic stuff taste like crap?
Da: son, even the alcoholic stuff tastes like crap)

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Goodnight Kallista!

#ChaseForBook9

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

Night, Kallie!

Noelle said...

(night Kallie!

*Hops up on her tip toes again* Happy New Year- *kisses him again*

Calidae Dark said...

* poof * Hello all! Happy new year!

Noelle said...

(Hello Cali! Happy new year!)

Calidae Dark said...

How are we all?

NOM Ominous said...

Well
New Year, eh?

Snow said...

Hia

Noelle said...

(Ay Thrust!)

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hello Caldidae, Thrust


#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

I am dead. I died too much tadra fangirling. So *dead*

NOM Ominous said...

Pretty crazy.
I need something to do.
I need to release that Lego video.
It's stupid, but I need to get it off my back and trashing it doesn't seem good.

NOM Ominous said...

Hi Snow, Trip, Adra, Calidea

Noelle said...

(You should release it, Thrust!!)

Erm... I should... Yeah I should go. Sorry for making it awkward.. *Bites her lip* *Stumbles back, hitting a side table*
*Looks sheepish*

Calidae Dark said...

One of my new years resolutions is to visit blogland more often! So here I am :)

Snow said...

Thrust, you are a chicken

adra, a dove

trip, a flamingo

Zaf, an eagle

Cali, a swan.

I am turning everyone into birds. Like ed is a parrot.

Calidae Dark said...

Oh, yay, Im a swan!

Calidae Dark said...

Swans look pretty but they're actually evil. I tried to give one bread once and it bit me

Noelle said...

(A dove?
Er
Right...)

NOM Ominous said...

*sigh* I am not a chicken. I am a fox.

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

WEEEE

Snow said...

Fabi, you are a robin

Snow said...

No. Thrust, you are a chicken. And duck is.... take a guess

Calidae Dark said...

But swans are elegant. I would not describe me as an elegant person at ALL.

NOM Ominous said...

a chicken?
If I were a chicken, Eve would go crazy.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Flamingo seems about right.

No, Adra, don't go. Please? Pretty please?

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

...

*Stops*

..really?

Snow said...

Thrust is a chicken and duck is an emu.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Yeah.

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

Taddrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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

Ooohhhhhkkkaaaaaayyyyy then.

Um, I don't really think of myself as a robin. Robin is a robin. But thanks.

NOM Ominous said...

Thrust can't be a chicken.

Snow is a Dodo.

Snow said...

... good point fab.... *trys to think of a bird that is like fab*

Noelle said...

*Smiles, walks back* *Loops her arm with his* Right.

Ah.

*Sets her bag down and reaches in, eventually coming up with two glasses of champagne, and pours them each a glass, setting the bottle down*

Right.
To 2014!

Snow said...

Nope. Ed has already named me a turtle

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh. Burn. He got you, Snow. How does it feel?

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

(Fabi is a peacock)

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

To 2014.

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

Welll..... im a turtle so.....

Snow said...

No, I think fabi is an owl

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

Turtle isn't a bird. Sorry!

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

(Trip may I go to the bar for wine for Ravel and i?)

Snow said...

XD. Well, im already a penguin anyhow. So. Yeah

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

Whatever!

NOM Ominous said...

A turtle isn't a bird.

And we're not counting the turtle dove, since they're very different from a turtle.

So if you were a bird, you wouldn't be a turtle...

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

(I won't be there, so no. The bar is effectively closed. Surely you have wine of your own.)

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*Raises her glass, drinks it*
*Makes a face* Ew...

Snow said...

((Oh shit I just remembered something...))

*snow sits in her cabin*
*alone*

*quietly, in the distance*
*she her laugher and bells*
*bells saying its midnight*

...
*shes alone*
*on the new year*

*and to think*
*she had thought shed be with les*

*but not now*
*not anymore*
*never again*

*she curled up in a ball and creid some more*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I assume I should not drink mine?

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

*lea, not les

Noelle said...

Er, I believe you'll be fine, I just don't care for champagne.

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

(Alright its fine I just figured I'd ask permission since I don't steal)

*toasts* to 2014

Ravel: 2014 *holds Zaf close and kisses her*

*kisses back lost in the moment*

Ravel: *smiles* Happy new year

Happy new year *they sip the wine*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh, okay then. *takes a sip, makes a face* No, not for me. I'm not sure what it is, but no.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*Looks at bottle*


Ah

I must have grabbed the wrong one.

...


..


...





*Slips the bottle away before he can see the label*

*Slight grin*

I might head back though, it's getting a bit late

Snow said...

*she feels alone*
*worthless*
*broken*

*and she doesnt know where anyone is*

*shes tried so hard*
*so hard*
*to keep it to herself*

*but she just cant*
*not anymore*

*but*
*no ones around*

Please.... just....
someone.... anyone....
I need a friend....

*she sits alone*
*hurting*

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

Javier: *looks for Snow*

Snow said...

(Does he know where snows cabin is? Because I think ive only ever showed it to lea...snow tends to keep to herself)

Snow said...

*shown

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Is it? Oh, yes I suppose it is. Well, er, goodnight.

*pulls Adra into a passionate kiss, one hand on her hip, the other her cheek*

#ChaseForBook9

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

((hugs Snow))

((Is nowhere near in RP, though. :-/))

Noelle said...

*Blinks, surprised, then wraps her arms around him*

Snow said...

(FYI, no one actually has to find snow. Im really just kinda improving here)

Snow said...

*improvising

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

(Oh ok

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Did I ever tell you that you're an exceptionally good kisser?

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

(Feel free to though. Idc.))

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

(Provavly beat i dont i may fall asleep tis almost 1am

Noelle said...

No, but I appreciate the compliment- you as well, m'dear. *Shoulders her bag* Are you heading back as well?

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I think so, It's nearly six in the morning, after all.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

Yeah... *Winces, tugging on his arm* Let's get you back...

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

Ravel: oh Zaf...

*laughs* *checks phone and takes to New York* Olivia?

Olivia: *is aware, unmoving*

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

*softy* Hey baby girl...I miss you

Olivia: *can hear her*

*kisses forehead* You're safe now you're in New York.

Noelle said...

*Eventually gets to his door* Go on then, get your beauty sleep.

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

((Finished the antacid tablet thing. Should I post it?))

Snow said...

G2g, bia

Snow said...

Yeshhhh fab! (Not here)

Noelle said...

(Yes Fabi! But I'll have to read tomorrow

Bye Snow)

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

(Happy new year Fabi

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

((Yay, thanks! Happy New Year to meeeeeeeeee! [hugs Zaf]))

((Alrighty then, gimme a sec and I'll post it.))

Noelle said...

(Alright I'm gonna head off now. Goodnight)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Well. Getting back here took longer than I thought. I think I'll have to go, like, immediately. But still.

Merry Christmas everyone!))

#ChaseForBook9

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

((Night Adraa [hugs])

((Bye Snow))

((I posted on TSE. Not sure what it is, though.))

((Msd))

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

(Merey Christmas Ari Imma head to bed *hugs Nic too+

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

((Hi Ari))

((I should probably mention, you don't have to go back for Aevil and Raeza. Raeza would probably appreciate if, but Aevil could easily escape if she wanted to))

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

((Night Zaf))

Snow said...

I finally jnow what im doing for my TSE chapter! , (Not here)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Posted a Nameless chapter. I should not at all be awake right now. Promptly going to sleep.))

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

Hello...?

Unknown said...

Hi, I'm new to this, but I have been reading all of Derek's blogs for the past year, and basically all I've done in 2013 is read, and cry over doctor who and Sherlock (because I only started watching Sherlock this year) and occasionally over some books, especially LSODM

Snow said...

Well hey!

Snow said...

Are you wappen?

Snow said...

Hullo...?

Star Inkbright said...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT THIS BOOK.

*crying*

I think, it's that . . . things are so hopeless. They might as well try and stop the sun from rising. They can't do anything, they don't have anything to do, I don't even have a clue how they're meant to continue . . . even if they succeed, they won't have done it, it'll still fall over sooner or later. It's utterly hopeless. But Kelsier just wants so much to try. He's just . . . he just says that they NEED to stop this, THIS is our enemy, things shouldn't be like this, and it's like . . . he wants to get rid of this, he wants to fix this horrible world they live in so much, and he just CAN'T, because like . . . how do you do it? And I think it's like . . . it's like . . . he wants to get rid of this so MUCH, but he can't, it's just . . . no way possible, and he's basically just running on willpower, here. Everyone's dead or given up. They say it's just dead. But he can't give up, because he can't just let that happen, but what's he meant to DO?

And he has such . . . not hope. Desperation. Hope is a good emotion. He's mainly angry. Angry, desperate. Desperate, yes. And it's not hopeful. He doesn't really think he can do it. He just HAS to. But how is he meant to? He can be desperate all he likes, but . . . they're going nowhere, and no matter how much they believe . . . and nobody does believe. They all just thought - nobody thought he was serious except his close friends, and they just thought it was about his ego. And . . . when five thousand men got slaughtered, this man was telling him it was a great victory, the most success they'd have in centuries, and he was saying that it wasn't about actually SUCCCEDING, it was about having hope, and purpose. And he said that by coming here, he'd found purpose. And they'd lost, lost horribly, but that was as he'd expected, and they'd got purpose from it so it was okay that they'd failed.
And Kelsier was just thinking - THIS is what I'm fighting against. Along with everything else - it shouldn't just be accepted that the Lord Ruler will always win. The sluaghetr of five thousand men is a victory? For the skaa to see such a defeat as a victory - THAT is how beaten-down they've become. And that was what he was trying to change.

And it's just like -

But what can he do?

Everything . . .

Even if the plan had WORKED, it wouldn't have worked, in the long run.

You can't kill the wind, can you?

It just exists, neither dead or alive.

And, it's like . . .

Idk. It's a book. They probably succeed in the end, and get to joylously rule before being corrupted by power (although, the author is awesome, I don't think she'll leave us with a fairy-story unrealistic ending like that.)

And

idk

it's just

IDK IT'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING BOOK.

Plus, I always like the insane characters. One of the first things that attracted me was the utter insanity of Kelsier and his crew and their plan, and the fact they were doing something, and it wasn't possible, but they were going to try anyway, just because . . . just to try.

And . . . it's just beautiful. :)

Even though it's hopeless.

Although . . . I believe you can do anything, and nothing is truly hopeless. It just APPEARS hopeless.

. . .
Ahem.
*goes back to disappearing*

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

God, and when I stop to rant, I look back and within a few paragraphs they have their resolve back.
I should have just kept READING instead of getting all emotional about it. XD

But still.
The resolve.
It's believe.
Even though they don't believe . . . they TRY.

And it's just . . .

It's so beautiful. :)

#CHaseForBookNIne

Star Inkbright said...

*beautiful

The resolve ISN'T believe. Damn my typing. XD

#ChaseForBookNine

Noelle said...

*is distantly here*

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

Hello..

Star Inkbright said...

*reappears*

#ChaseForBookNine

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

Stararararararar!

Noelle said...

Ah... Apologies for disappearing.... I'm still fairly tired

Star Inkbright said...

And we just watched a Merlin.

One of the ones in the first series.

And Arthur was saying to the villagers - we are going to win against Canen(is that how you spell it?)'s men. They are just fighting for greed, but we are fighting to defend our homes. We are fighting for our very right to live. We are fighting for something real, we have resolve, we have HOPE, and THAT is what we have and they don't. We are going to win this.
Then he put his weapon in the air and shouted "For Ieldor(is that how you spell it?)!"
And then all the villagers were chanting and shouting and they had real hope in their eyes, they had resolve. They were fighting to defend THEIR hopes, THEIR right to live, and . . .
and I was just sobbing.
Because in my book - they don't have that.
They don't BELIEVE they have a right to live.
The skaa have no resolve. None of them rebel, mostly because they just don't think it's possible and things are just the way they are. They spend their whole lives working and being beaten by the nobility, and then eventually they die.
Even one of the men on Kelsier's team (the philosopher guy. Who also can't act - he can't put on a face and be someone else, he's just him, and that's another way in which he's similar to me. I'm sorry, I'm just happy at finding a like-minded soul) was saying that the skaa were different to the nobility - they were more docile, they were shorter, they didn't have Allomancy (magic, basically), and . . . he was saying - are the noblemen actually MEANT to rule over the skaa?
And, you know, he's one of THEM. He's one of the unique people who are fighting for freedom.

And you know . . . like I said, five thousand men got slaughtered. That was their army, gone. Rebellion, failed.
And this man, the rather intelligent one, was telling Kelsier how well they'd done. He said it'd been the best skaa rebellion for centuries, and that it had given him purpose and resolve. And he just thought that they were always going to be killed and always going to fail, but so long as they were fighting for some purpose, that was okay.
And Kelsier was just thinking - no. We can't just accept defeat like this. Everyone thinks it's inevitable to fail, just part of the world, but it can't be.

And in Merlin, those men, fighting to defend their homes . . .

In my book, if you fight, you'll die. It's easier to just let people get away with it. Their homes? They only live to work for them. Their rights? They have no rights. Did you know, there's a law that a noblemen can have sex with any skaa woman he choses, so long as he kills her afterwards to prevent interbreeding?

One of the main characters, he was a plantation skaa. They live on the plantation working all day, have really rubbish food that tastes of nothing, and obviously don't get paid, because skaa don't get wages; they're slaves. And he was in love with this woman. And the whole plantation encouraged him (not everybody, but quite a few), and helped him sneak out after dark to go and see her. Then, one day, their master (well, the masters only rent the skaa from the Lord Ruler, they don't own them, but it's like their masters. They can do whatever they want to them, as long as they pass the inspections) . . . he decided he liked her, and she was taken. Had sex with, killed. End of that.
The main character left the plantation after that. He couldn't stay there.
And yet, he was telling Vin that his master was one of the nicer ones, that he was really lucky, that his master had a reputation for being nice, because he rarely beat skaa to death and only purged the elderly when the population got out of control.

I'm ranting, I am, but seriously, I love this book.

I don't think many people will get it, though. My sister won't get it, at all. I've told her that if she reads this and can tell me why it's brilliant, I'll love her foREVer. I don't think she was listening. :P

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

Hi Adra.

Understandable.

Star Inkbright said...

Er, sorry.

*is here*

*maybe*

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Star Inkbright said...

On the blurb, as a heading thing, it says "The mists rule the night . . . the Lord Ruler owns the world."

And that's just it.

He owns the world like the weather owns it.

When people live in an area with constant hurricanes, they just learn to live around the hurricanes. They don't decide to rebel against the hurricanes and kill them. You can't just kill hurricanes. How would you even go about that?
And their little crew are just trying to do something like that.
Everyone says they're insane.
Even they don't really believe they can do it.

And it's just.

It's just.

Just just just just justery.

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

That's... More than my brain can process after not much sleep.

Noelle said...

Star- I love that episode.

Regarding the story- although the people have virtually no freedom, no will at all, wouldn't one think their oppression would make them want to fight? Because, you know, beings are beings, and each being has that same spark if knowledge, life, and capability in them as any other... So... Yeah, that's my input, I guess?

Noelle said...

And yes, that is very just

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

Too much for my head to process

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

[Nods]

[hides behind the sofa]

Star Inkbright said...

@Lantern: That's fine. :)

@Adra: He's ruled the world for a thousand years. He's immortal.

And I think it's partially evolution. The rebellious ones are killed. The docile ones survive. Therefore, the docile ones breed, creating more docile skaa.

There are always a few who want to rebel, but they don't truly believe they can do it.

There have always been skaa rebellions, but it's more a contest to see how far you can get before you die.

And like Ham was saying . . . the skaa are different to the nobility. Different personalities, somewhat.
Although, people like Dox and Keslier believe all the nobility are evil. Several characters have said that Kelsier will not rest until they're all dead.
But Vin believes that they're not all the same, some care. She has some evidence, and all.

And yes, I'm rambling.

But even those who don't rebel . . . there's a lot of thievery.

And this is set right in the centre of the Central Dominance. People are much more likely to rebel near the edges of the kingdom (which is why their little crew is doing it in the middle, the least expected place.)

And - oppression is just the way things are. That's their lot in life. And why would you fight against oppression if you've never known anything different? Never thought of anything being different? Nowadays, we believe everyone has rights. You know the slave trade? How long did that take to abolish? Also, they got free men from Africa and turned them into slaves. They knew what freedom was like.
Here, in this situation, the Lord Ruler has ruled for a thousand years. No one can remember the skaa being free.
Also, every night the mists come. Vin didn't know about stars until she got her Allomantic powers. Kelsier's wife was really interested in history and how things were before the Ascension, and he told Vin that plants should be green, and it just seems so odd, to her. Everything is brown, and green is such an odd colour. Why should green be beautiful?
Until he'd told her that, she would never say that plants should be green, that crops should be able to grow much better than they do (when the mists first came, people's crops failed. Now they permanently fail, and that's normal)? Why would she suggest that? It's just how things are. Why would she think it could be any different?

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

It got awkwardly quiet

*lays head in hands*

Star Inkbright said...

Hey, Zaf. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

I shall, however, shut up now, and stop bothering you all. :)

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

Hi Star

Supposedly I'm going back to school tomorrow but then again the storm is supposed to hit tomorrow into Friday so if anything it'll be half a day

Star Inkbright said...

Hey Zaf! :)

That's soon to go back to school. O_O I'm not back till the seventh.

Well, I hope for snow, then. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

You're all utterly amazing. I'm glad I know you. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

Also - they have magic powers that change people's emotions. They depress the emotions of the skaa, making them less rebellious.

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Noelle said...

Even so, Star- I think that every being has that natural instinct somewhere. Yes, if we talk on slavery terms, those people mightn't have known anything different, but that doesn't mean it was fun. It doesn't mean they enjoyed watching their family and friends be tortured and worked, tortured some more. That would, if anything I think, stir up their emotions.

And unless that is possible in the book, I don't think emotions are something related to genetics. Well, I guess chemicals, but I don't think emotions (like rebellious feelings) can just be squashed like that, even over thousands of years.

And you know, people used to ask "why is the sky blue"? Why is anything the way it is? Is that not a simple part of the human existence? Curiosity? Expansion?

Noelle said...

Ah.

Even so, one would think that the repressed emotions can't possibly be hidden forever. It's going against their natural state...

Imagine that a person is a spring. A coiled spring. If you compress that doing, it gets smaller, but the spring would still want to pop back to its original shape, yeah?

Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Afternoon! Happy 2014 to you all!

Noelle said...

Hoo ya Flora!!!

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

I'm on Twitter and trying to not laugh to death, Derek is acting like a little kid....*laughs* he is a little kid in a man's body.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

I tell her to speak up
Tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder
Be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see
You gotta speak up
You gotta shout out
And know that right here,
Right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be
Little Me <3

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey! How are you all?

So many ideas for stories and rps and plots and stuff :P today's a good day :)

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: I sort of know what you mean. :) And the Soothing only works at the time. As soon as they go away, they're free.
However, as someone pointed out - people associate memories with emotions. Your emotions are basically the key to how you feel and think about everything.
And I'll think about what you said, Adra. :)
Although . . . that's what makes it sad, for me. The fact that nowadays, in this dimension, people will stand up against oppression, they will resist, and in that dimension . . . it's gotten so bad that they simply don't.

Hey Flora! :)

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Star Inkbright said...

Hey Rhydian! Hey Mara! :)

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Noelle said...

MARALRARALILIE CHARM



HI RHYD

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

No. Im not thinking rp 24/7

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