Sunday, March 16, 2014

Here We Go...

I had meant to write a well thought-out, reasoned, logical-yet-impassioned blog entry about this... but I still haven't figured out how to do that. So I can tell that this little entry is going to be, y'know... slightly rambling.

I want my nieces to grow up in a world where they can do anything they want to do.

Obviously, right? That's what we'd all like. Duh.

What I don't want is for them to grow up and have their options curtailed by their gender. What I don't want is for their attitudes towards men and women, boys and girls, their own selves, to be decided by a society, and a media, that is slanted.

Big Books for Boys are about adventure and exploration. Big Books for Girls are about makeup and looking pretty.

My niece Becca is 4. Becca loves pink. She loves princesses. She wasn't BORN loving pink and loving princesses — she learned that. She learned it from the people around her, from the TV she watches, from the other kids at the school-type place she goes to. And you can see it. You can see it happening. People go up to her and the first thing they say, the FIRST thing, is "Oh, don't you look ADORABLE!"

Boom. Now she thinks that her physical appearance is THE most important thing about her. Now whenever she's wearing a new dress she always runs up to me and says "Derek, look at my dress!"

I don't want my nieces thinking their looks are the only things that matter. For their birthday, the twins got a big dollhouse. It is, admittedly, awesome (if you like dollhouses). And I knew they were getting the dollhouse, so I went to buy them dolls. I bought them a princess doll and a mermaid doll, because Becca loves princesses and Emily loves mermaids. But I also got them an Annikin Skywalker doll, with lightsaber and sound effects, and an Iron Man doll. So now Iron Man has tea with Princess Barbie (and by all accounts, he's loving it) and the future Darth Vader (spoiler alert) sits awkwardly on the couch with Mermaid Barbie.

I buy them toys for boys because I don't want them limited by what toy companies tell them they can be.

(Er, not that a princess, a mermaid, a Sith Lord or a super hero is an achievable goal anyway... well, maybe the super hero...)

And then I start thinking about my books because, well, my books are awesome and deserve to be thought about. I think I've done well, all in all. The decision to have the main character be a teenage girl wasn't a decision at all — it's just something that fit. I've also worked very hard to refrain from idealising Valkyrie. Having a female main character but treating her like she's this flawless wonder is as damaging and disingenuous as the very things I've been trying to avoid. But treating her like a real person? Giving her an ego, an arrogance, a selfishness that we'd all have in her situation? That's FAIR.

But I've also failed, in certain ways. I've given in, without even thinking. Val is pretty, for a start. Was that necessary? No, not really. I could have made her plain. I could have taken away the height, the slimness, the little dimple when she smiles... But I didn't. Yes, the pretty fictional character is based on my pretty real-life friend, but I could have changed THAT aspect, right? Only, I'm as biased as anyone else. I like beauty. I like a pretty face. I like Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey. I admire them as people, as fighters, as athletes — but would I pay them this much attention if I didn't also appreciate how they look?

I'm as bad as anyone, but the thing is, I'm trying NOT to be.

So while you're digesting all this, and figuring out if what I'm saying has ANY relevance to ANYTHING, I want you think about Captain America: Winter Soldier. You all know what a huge comics fan I am. Most of you know that I own the shield he used in the first movie. I am REALLY looking forward to the sequel, and nothing will stop me from going to see it.

But seeing as how I'm talking about how women are valued primarily on their looks, I'd like you to take a peek at the posters released. Here's Cap, looking pensive...


And Nick Fury, also looking pensive...


And here's Black Widow, looking... wow.


Is that it? Is that her only worth?

In some ways, I'm old fashioned. I believe in old-fashioned things. I believe men should be strong. If they can't be strong physically then they must be strong morally. I believe men should hold the door for women, should stand up from the table when they walk over, and they should, when possible, pay for dinner. I also believe that men and women are equal in every way that's important.

So when I ask "Is that her only worth?", I'm not asking that from a feminist's perspective. I'm asking it from a man's perspective. The Black Widow is a secret agent, a spy, an assassin, and a hero... so why can't she be pensive in a series of pensive posters? Why does she have to adopt the sexy pose?

If any of my nieces grow up to be a secret agent, a spy, an assassin or a hero, I'm going to be as proud of them as if they grow up to be a princess or a mermaid. But I'm going to have to insist that they be given the opportunity to be WHATEVER they want to be, and those kinds of opportunities begin with me — the writer, the creator — and with you — the reader, the consumer. Don't settle for less. Don't settle at all.

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Anonymous said...

Hello?

Anonymous said...

Making chocolate out of plasticine sounds fun.

Anonymous said...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand nobody's probably on. If you are on, and I haven't seen your comment, uh, sorry. If nobody's on, then this is completely pointless. Sorry for planning ahead. Although planning ahead is usually viewed as a good thing. Usually. You don't want to overprepare. I think I'm rambling. Am I rambling? Yeah, I am. Sorry.

Anonymous said...

:P
Nobody is on so far.
HAPPY EQUINOX, EVERYBODY!!!!!!!

Snow said...

SLENDERP

I was eating diner. :3

Snow said...

Everything happens for a reason.

Dau Sketch ~ Aussieminion (minus the funny accent) said...

I finally posted a new chapter :O
6 months after I said I would.

That's a whole new level of procrastination.

(Hey Snow!)

Dau Sketch ~ Aussieminion (minus the funny accent) said...

Whoops that was that was 2 hours ago. My bad :)

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Hi everybody(Or nobody, depending)!

Wbd, reading old comments.

ALSO BECAUSE I'M FREAKING OUT BECAUSE MY PARENTS JUST BOUGHT PLANE TICKETS TO IRELAND FOR THE SUMMER

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Is there really no one else here?

Anonymous said...

I could be here...

Anonymous said...

Well, I'm not too late! Only four minutes!
Hi, Kestrel LeStarre Who Is Now Apparently A Vampire Because of Mist if you're on!

Anonymous said...

And that sounds awesome, Kestrel!

Anonymous said...

Nobody is on this page/fully un-distant?



Lovely. :P

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Hi Emerald Phoenix who I don't think I have met before because I'm never on anymore! How are you?

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

I'm here! And less distant now that some one's here :)

Anonymous said...

Hi there, Kestrel! I'm Emerald Phoenix, also known as Fay. I'm pretty well myself, you?

Anonymous said...

Yay! We can be un-distant together!!!






That came out wrong. Sorry.

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Excellent, because I'm on Spring Break which means I can sit on the Internet and waste my life for a whole week straight.

Do you mind being called Phoenix? Because I call the other Emerald Em.

Anonymous said...

Sure! (for Phoenix)
And woohoo! *starts setting up an elaborate fireworks display, which will do the cha-cha across the sky in the shape of flying pigs*

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...
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Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

No. Pigs are bad.

*replaces fireworks with ones that will do the cha-cha across the sky in the shape of flying elephants*

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Random question: Do you know who Tyler Oakley is?

Anonymous said...

The un-distant thing? Well, un-distant just sounds odd, like pulchritidinous does. It (pulchritidionous) is supposed to mean "beautiful", but when you look at it, it doesn't seem like it should.
That probably doesn't make sense. Sorry. :)

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Pulchritudinous means beautiful because it comes from the Latin root pulchra, which meant beautiful. The more you know!

I suppose it could be non-distant. But that sounds worse, tbh

Anonymous said...

I've heard of him, just never watched any of his YouTube videos. Yeah.
Elephants /are/ cool, but how often do you get to see flying pigs? *replaces fireworks again*

Anonymous said...

Yeah... it does. :)

Anonymous said...

The world is quiet here. :P

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

But pigs are EEEEVVVVVIIIIIILLLLL

Anonymous said...

But elephants galumph!
(heh, that word looks funny)
They GALUMPH
GALUMPH
(I smile whenever I see it)
And yes, pigs may be evil, but search up "teacup pigs" on google images, and look at the complete and utter adorableness.
Look.

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

GALUMPHGALUMPHGALUMPHGALUMPH
*galumphs around LIKE A BOSS*

BUT THEY ARE STILL PIGS
I REFUSE TO SULLY MY BROWSER HISTORY WITH THEM

Sully is a funny word too...

Anonymous said...

So is beanie. And twirl. Twirl looks exactly like what it means!
BUT IT IS ADORABLE
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!??!?

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

BECAUSE ANIMAL FARM
PIGS ARE EVIL

And susurrus(spelling?). It sounds EXACTLY like what it means.

Anonymous said...

AND YOU CAN CLEAR THE HISTORY!
I love logic. :P

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, WATCHING FROM THE SHADOWS

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Speaking of shadows, is L's book out yet?

Anonymous said...

I just searched it up (sursurrus)...
And it does! Do you know what "nudnik" (dunno about spelling) means?

Anonymous said...

I have no idea!

Anonymous said...

Just a random question....
I want to start roleplaying but I can't coz I have no characters and I don't know how to start and this question is pathetic, not only is it a rambling statement the content is pathetic but I really needed to say this.
*takes a deep breath*

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

No clue! *goes to look up*

Anonymous said...

Fyi, I can be a nudnik.
Just saying. :)

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

OhMyStrex! It's perfect!

Do you know what galeanthropy means?

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Everyone can be a nudnik :)

And I'm awful at RP, tbh. Because I always forget to stay in character.

Blogfights are always fun, though.

Anonymous said...

Nope! *checks ancient scrolls, musty, dusty books and old tablets carved in stone to fid meaning* *returns back, out of breath*
Random Person: Use the internet. *mutters* Nudnik. *walks away*


*facepalm*

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

It's, like, the best word of all time, okay?

Anonymous said...

And I have searched the deepest crevices of the internet (OK, OK, an online dictionary, no need to be picky) and have found nothing.

Anonymous said...

What's it mean?
Let me guess, something to do with weather? I'm judging by the word "gale" in it...
Brb.

Anonymous said...

OMIGOSH.
BEST.
WORD.
EVER.
XD XD XD

Anonymous said...

And I have to go now. :( bye!




GALEANTHROPY.
XD

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

YES
RIGHT
AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WHAT?
MY TEACHER HAD IT AS THE WORD OF THE DAY FOR US ONCE XD

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

DAMMIT. BYE!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Anyone alive on here?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm going to take that as a no...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh wait hey dragon! Someone IS alive!

Dragona Pine said...

Yep, I'm alive. ^^ How are you?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm fine thanks! How are you?

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine, too. ^^


I'm pretty happy with my picture. Considering I made it myself. Well, I took two pictures and combined them.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Your profile picture is cool. I like that one side the light on the armour is red and the other side its blue. So tell me, what is a N7 slayer? I'm fairly certain you don't self destruct..

Dragona Pine said...

The background is the view from a window on a space station called Cronos Station, which is the headquarters for a pro-human paramilitary terrorist organisation called Cerberus. It's just a sun, basically.

An N7 slayer is a branch of special operations soldiers employed by the Alliance (the humans, basically).

The N7 means that they're some of the best trained operatives in the galaxy, trained in the most hostile environments and even in 0 gravity.

The N7 Slayer in general is a vanguard (a class in Mass Effect). They're basically ninjas.
They have biotics so they can manipulate dark energy via implants in their skin. And with this they can "biotic jump" which is basically a teleport which can be done up to like 5m at a time.
The Slayer can also fire biotic energy from a hand repulsor at the cost of his shield strength (since most people on Mass Effect have kinetic barriers).
He can also encase his body in a dark energy which makes him fly at a target VERY fast, which is enough to kill most things in one hit.
Then he can also use his sword to create like a shockwave out of biotic energy.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

She he's like a bionic ninja? Cool! Bet they'd be hard to defeat in a fight.

Dragona Pine said...

*biotic. Different things. ^^

They're pretty hard to defeat because of their movement speed and really powerful attacks. They're hard to lock on to and hard to target. There aren't many things which can effectively defeat him.

However, they also have a low-ish shield strength. So in theory, all you have to do is surround him and catch him in a crossfire. If I was going to attack an N7 Slayer I'd go for surprise and brute force. He can deal with small groups of enemies at once but to face the strength of an army would overwhelm him. The key to defeating him is numbers. Because he's pretty much ineffective until he gets within melee range.

Well actually the "biotic slash" (what he does with his sword) can travel up to 30m and then his biotic charge (the flying thing) can be used at any distance, but still. He's primarily good at close quarters combat.

Dragona Pine said...

So far in the around 4 hours I've used him I've only died once. Which was because of a Banshee. Which basically completely nullifies everything he can do.
Well, most things he can do.

The Banshees have shields so they're pretty well protected. They can teleport in the same way as he can, but if you get in range they can instantly kill you. What I did was biotic charge, followed by two teleports backwards, followed by another biotic charge. Made short work of the Banshee.


Food brb, I'll be back soon.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

So to beat an N7 slayer you need a surprise distance attack involving lots of people pretty much?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Kk enjoy yo food! If I'm not here when you return then IM probably eating

Dragona Pine said...

I'm back.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

As am I now.

Dragona Pine said...

Lol wb.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Anyhow... how was your day?

Dragona Pine said...

Mine was pretty good. Yours?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It was good. All I learned was that school equipment is stupid, I have god like powers and that my game teachers evil when she wants to be and nice other times...
*moves and stretches*
Weird person. Almost my fav teacher

Dragona Pine said...

Sounds certainly interesting. ^^

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Which bit? The teacher bit or the school equipment part?

Dragona Pine said...

School equipment. It's always stupid because they get the cheap stuff and it's terrible.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Tru dat. Dey sheet.

*tries to look gangsta*
*fails miserably*

Dragona Pine said...

Brb.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Kk!

*wonders if her gangsta attempts scared him off*

Star Inkbright said...

Hello.

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey Star!

Star Inkbright said...

Hey Silente! :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

How are you? :)

Star Inkbright said...

I'm good. :)
You?

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm great thanks! Is it me or has blog land been really sloooooow recently?

Star Inkbright said...

Probably. People leaving, you know. :P
I've had it this slow before.

Kes is on spring break now, though, so some more Ameriminons might be . . .

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

If so then its around 2pm I think for them... and I though only one person had left?

Star Inkbright said...

Depends where you are in America. It's around four pm for those on the east coast, around three pm for those in central America, and around on pm for those on the west coast.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Huh?
Idk.
Many of us have left or partially left.
And that's just the generation just gone by. :/
Most of my online friends leave. I suppose I'm used to it. It's not nice.
. . .

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Or temporarily left.

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It doesnt sound nice :/ but in all fairness do you think you'll still be commenting and blogging when you are like 25

Star Inkbright said...

I don't know, Silente.
It depends what Blogland's like then.
I'll probably still be in touch with people, occasionally . . . I've given a huge chunk of my life to this place. It's a part of me, and I'm a part of it. Things like that don't go away in a hurry.

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah that's a good point.

Star Inkbright said...

Plus, it's less than a decade till I'll be twenty-five.

. . .

It's less than five times the amount of time I've been a Bloglandian.

. . .

That's scary. :O

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

I don't think it is a good point.

I don't think it is a point.

I think maybe it used to be a point, but we're welded together now so the point has kind of been merged into nonexistence and it's just us left now.

"Just you an I now . . . you know . . . "
(That song's so scary.)

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

A decade really isn't that long is it? Me and my friends have organised a disco 2000 (*cough* and 24 *cough*) type thing to see what we are all like then...

Star Inkbright said...

*and

Hunter wouldn't say so, but then maybe he would, depending.
:) :)
I hope you all still know each other then.
I'm actually rather terrible at keeping in touch with people.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

I would say it was a long time from my perspective. A decade ago, I was five and a half.

. . .

A decade ago, Hunter was whatever age he is now minus ten years. Not knowing how old he is now, this sum is rather hard to me to work in in numerical terms.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

By the way, you know the timezones earlier?

You know my habit of transposing words?

It screwed me up.

Two on the east coast, eleven on the west coast. Apologies.

(Is there a cure for word transposing? Because it's not funny anymore.)

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm bad at keeping in touch with people too. I'm hoping we know each other but our nerd herd has people two years apart. Then there's college and uni....so yeah in 2024 we are going to meet up November 23 at 1 in our usual spot NO MATTER WHAT!

Star Inkbright said...

Msd. But if I disappear, I'll probably bbs. :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: :) :) :)
Good luck with it. :) :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((I don't think there is a cure for word transposing))

Star Inkbright said...

(Well, fuck.)
(I have a vague kind of worry that one day I won't be able to talk at all, and I'll say words and it will make sense to me but all people will hear is complete gibberish, and whatever I do, speak or type or write or even sign, it won't make a difference.)
(Then again, that's pretty much what already happens. :P I'm not very good at making myself understood.)

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((I understand you basically all the time))

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

Im sitting here on the bus hitting my head I hate some kids

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*frowns* don't hit your head. Your head doesn't like being hit. *smiles*

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! :) :) :)

Actually
are you sure you do?
I'm not sure you do.
I depends what you mean by 'understand'.
Thanks, though. :)

@Zaf: Do not hate. Hate leads to the dark side. Learn to put aside your feelings, young padawan.

(which is actually pretty sound life advice)
(especially if you preach forgiveness like me)

*hugs Zaf* Hey. :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

How do you know, Silente? Are you Zaf's head? Maybe it's rather masochistic and rather enjoys being hit.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Then again, you don't know whether it does or not, so the best thing would be to either communicate with it and find out or merely leave it alone.

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I mean that I know what you are trying to say and also understand what is happening when you start arguing with yourself.

Star Inkbright said...

Hunter would suggest that you could just hit it anyway and find out if it tells you to stop.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Do you know what I'm trying to say, Silente?
Wait a second, scratch that. What IS happening when I start arguing with myself?
*fascination*

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm guessing her head doesn't like being hit. Most heads don't. Mind you zafs head could be different I suppose..
*turns to zaf* sorry for presuming your head doesn't like being hit.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

You tend to point something out. Then you argue reasons for it. Then you OVER think it and start pointing out why you might be wrong. Then you continue arguing with yourself and try to understand what you're doing. This confuses you. You first what your original point was and start blabbering on about stuff. You then stop talking.

Star Inkbright said...

Hunter would say that surely if it minded all that much it would let us know, and look at Zaf's head in a rather predatory way, as if working out the best way to hit it.
Or he might just start hitting it at that point. Or the next point.
Or he might look at Ez and give her a questioning look, but that would depend on whether or not she was there. If she was, she would probably restrain him from hitting Zaf's head, but not necessarily.

#ChaseForBookNine

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*you forget what your original point was

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

Well that esculated quickly. The middle school kids are SO immature

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: Pretty much. :) :)

I overthink a lot of things. I overthink everything, in fact. But do I overthink it? I don't think I do. I think I think about things the amount they should be thought about and everyone else just doesn't think enough, but then again, my tall friends insists that she is average height and the rest of us are midgets.
A revised version of your analysis of me is -
I tend to point something out. This is like spotting a jungle. Then I argue reasons for it. This is like poking a few trees and making a few deductions. Then I think about it in a more detailed, objective way in order to see how other people might view the situation and to ensure I am not either offending somebody or overlooking details and looking stupid or something like that, and then point out why I might be wrong, because I am not afraid to do this. This is like beginning to explore the jungle. At this point, I get drawn into the fascination of the subject and continue to analyse it in various ways, pointing out lots of different points. This is like going OH MY GOSH THIS JUNGLE IS ACE and running around seeing everything. I inevitably get rather lost, and besides, I lose the camera crew, which loses me my audience and I get the sense that I have lost my whole party and no one is following me. I try to retrace my steps and work out where I've come as a whole, summarising and looking at where I've gone and where I've come and where I am now and how this can be viewed. I think realise that my audience is probably sick of this show, I mean, watching someone stand there and talk isn't the acest thing in the world, so I switch the camera off and attempt to rejoin civilisation in an attempt to be socialiable.
It is worth noting that on comments like these . . . it's a little like drifting off in lessons. You look up and five minutes have gone by and you've just been not paying attention. It's like that. I look up and it's five minutes later and I've just been talking and I didn't even realise because I was so wrapped up in what I was saying. This occurs because I think as I talk. I was discussing how bubbles didn't have mouths one day, and my friend said yes, if you had a mouth all your insides would spill out, and I was like OHMYGOSH and THISISSOACE and ARGHHHHH, and therefore I now know that this occurs because when I talk, my insides leak out because I am a bubble, and all my thoughts have leaked out of my mouth before I think to close it.
I cannot help being a bubble, you know.

#ChaseForBookNine

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

Also, don't hit my head. It gets abused as it is.

Star Inkbright said...

@Zaf: I don't know. I think we're pretty damn immature.

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

I'm back.

Star Inkbright said...

Fairy nuff, Zaf. :)

Also, like - the rest of the world just spots a jungle and then makes a few observations.
That's just . . .
That's just surface-dipping.
I love the exploration of the jungle, the discovering, the wonder.
Screw the audience, I'm glad of my origami jungles.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Wb, Dragona! :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

Thanks.


And, thanks for the comment, Star. I think it's good that you're not very trusting of the story. I'm not saying whether anything will happen or not, but it's interesting to see how you're reacting and how you're suspicious of Revenge. I didn't think anyone would be. ^^

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

Well I do like my head. I'm just sitting here casually. I have LSODM with me because we were reading Celine's part in the book

Star Inkbright said...

Did you not?
Idk.
I trusted him before, but I tend to forget past thoughts. I can get over hating people pretty easily, and apparently I can get over trusting people pretty easily.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

@Zaf: AWWWWWWWWWWW. :) :)
Zafxhead.
I ship it.

(Zafead? Haf?)

LSODM is amazing. :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

I can't resist but just drop a comment.

This is one of the best things I have /ever/ read.

Star Inkbright said...

@Flame: IKR. O_O

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

I don't think Revenge is the most trustworthy character at the best of times. Maybe because he's a Reaper and anything. Also his motivations are slightly off, since he's just attempting to protect himself. I mean, if the race they're fighting gets their hands on Emi - they'll learn everything about the Reapers. He's just trying to protect himself and the others, no matter what he disguises his reasons as. ^^

Star Inkbright said...

@Dragona: *nods*
At least you can kind of trust his motives, though. That's simple.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

(I think I scared Silente off.)
(Maybe she got eaten by a tiger in the jungle.)

#ChaseForBookNine

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

@Dragona, it seems you've changed your name...?

Who's Revenge and what are we talking about?

Star Inkbright said...

@Flame: We were talking about Dragona's Mass Effect fanfiction . . .

Plus other things.

HELLO, btw. :) I haven't seen you in a while.

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

Flame, Revenge is a character in my Mass Effect story. He was the last surviving Reaper before he kind of got killed but continues to talk to the characters in an attempt to protect himself from attack by uploading himself into robotic bodies.

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

#haven'tacluewhatchuthankingabout


And yeah, hey, too.

How're ya'll?

Star Inkbright said...

I'm okay. :)
It's Friday, you know.
How're you? :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

Reapers are a race of synthetic beings which come to the galaxy ever 50,000 years or so and harvest all advanced organic life in an attempt to preserve the knowledge of the species, instead of allowing it to be wiped out like it would be when the advanced organic life would create synthetics to make their lives easier, then the synthetics rising against them and destroying the organics which the Reapers think will happen.

Basically: Imagine a metal cuttlefish which fires lasers and destroys everything in its path, a degree of mind control etc.

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

IT'SSSSSSSSSS FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAYS :D

I'm great, I think.

Star Inkbright said...

Wbd. I've decided to start creating word art.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

Yeah. :P

Well, that's great. :) That's great like great things are great.
Ah, repetition of the word 'great' is great, isn't it? C:

#ChaseForBookNine

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

That stupid roleplaying isnt coming out of my name.

Star Inkbright said...

@Flame: Oh.
*no advice*

(Generally, these day, we slip into parenthesis or simply put dashes between different parts of our comments.)

#ChaseForBookNine

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

It's so annoying.


UGH.

Might leave now, and finish The Last Olympian.


Maybe.

Star Inkbright said...

@Flame: *nods*
*titles wanders through head, gets directed to the Percy Jackson section, and meanders around helplessly before my eyes consult my bookcase and the title scurries off, relieved*

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

I washed my Blu-Tack a few times and it's behaving like Blu-Tack again now. :) :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Unknown said...

In book 4 when dusk bites Valkyrie is he turning vamp? Did he us fangs or human teeth? Would a vamps human bite still turn someone else a vamp?

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

You washed it?


I DON'T WANT THE LAST OLYMPIAN TO FINISH </3

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: I would advise you to consult the book. Sacrilegious though this remark may sound, I have not actually memorised the entire content of the series.

#ChaseForBookNine

Unknown said...

And why has my picture turned into a cat...

Unknown said...

I can't consult the book, they are at mums and I'm at dads...

Star Inkbright said...

Yeah, washed it. :)
It's a little hard to wash Blu-Tack, but I just run it under a tap and make sure it absorbs a little water and it appears to help.
It's stretching a bit better now. :)

D: D: D:
I KNOW HOW YOU FEELLLLLLLLL.
LIGHT SAT ON MY SHELF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE I COULD BRING MYSELF TO READ IT.
I DON'T LIKE T WHEN SERIESES ENDDDDDDD. D:

(Especially because the last books are often the worst.)
(But I have faith in Derek. *nods*)

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: I SHALL CONSULT FOR YOU!

*marches off in direction of bookshelf*

Just a tick.

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

I can't decide who is my favourite character in my ME story. I have no idea why I was thinking about that but yeah.

Currently I'm thinking of that it's Keating (because she's kind of fun to write about). But then again, I'm not sure.

Unknown said...

Thanks star :-)

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

g2g, dinner.

BYEEEEEEEEEEE

Star Inkbright said...

"He just sank his jagged teeth into her neck" - I rather think that implies fangs.

#ChaseForBookNine

Star Inkbright said...

@Dragona: *nods*
I don't know. :P

Fours, Dragona! :(

#ChaseForBookNine

Dragona Pine said...

I didn't think I was leaving :P

Unknown said...

Hmm that's interesting.....in order for fangs he has to have been changing yet he managed to escape without killing anyone...

Unknown said...

I think she meant flame..

Dragona Pine said...

PLOT HOLE




I've never read or seen anything without a plot hole. ^^

Star Inkbright said...

I meant Flame.

*facepalm*
*sigh*
I'm sorry. D:
Word transposition.

@Silente: It might have been teeth, actually . . . . jagged TEETH.
And just afterwards - "his lips were red with her blood, but his eyes were narrowed in confusion."
That sounds human.
Then he fights with Caelan, and then a bit later he joins in the conversation.
I think he was human . . .

#ChaseForBookNine

Emerald Melody said...

Vampires in human form, have jagged teeth. They never have normal human teeth. When they are in human form, those jagged teeth are used for blood testing to see what kind of people could be initiated into clans or to see how their decisions may be clouded.

Thats what Dusk does to Valkyrie.

Star Inkbright said...

@Em: *nods, awed at her knowledge*
Listen to the wise person, Silente. Listen. O_O

#ChaseForBookNine

Unknown said...

Ah so he still has jaggered teeth just not fangs. Thanks for clearing that up :-)

Unknown said...

And by the way you are very wise. I tipth my hat to thee
*pulls on her fadoras brim*

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

@STAR LIGHT THOUGH :'((((

ONE OF THE BEST ENDINGS TO THE SERIES EVER

Unknown said...

Hey this doesn't seem right...I just found this on skulpedia 'When a mage is turned into a vampire, they keep any magic they previously had, unlike zombies.'

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

And Star, I meant A series, cos there's clearly not two endings to light.

Michael Grant isn't that cruel.

Unknown said...

Gtg guys bye!

John said...

*appears out of nowhere*
Ello people...

Dragona Pine said...

For me, Light was a good idea but got less and less believable and well... it made less sense as the series went along.

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

I know the series well

Amethyst Temerity said...

Hey guys! How's your day been?

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

Okay I guess

Amethyst Temerity said...

Okay...

John said...

Mhm, so Zaf we never finished last night >:3

Amethyst Temerity said...

...huh?

Amethyst Temerity said...

oh...a fight, right?

John said...

Nothing Amethyst, Zaf just left before I finished beating her to a pulp ^-^

Amethyst Temerity said...

...wait a second...why did you end "beating her to a pulp" with a smile? Isn't that suppose to be bad?

The Grave of a Coward said...

*the sky is cloudy*
*the world is gray*
*and The Chemist is walking down the street*

Chemist: *is very calm*
*still humming Cher's "Believe"*
*he sighs heavily*
*and sifts through the paper bag in his arms*

Chemist: Hmm . . .
So close . . . almost there . . . la . . .
*almost starts skipping*
*so excited*
*because once he's done*
*he's free*

*he walks past a telephone booth*
*and the telephone rings*

The Grave of a Coward said...

(Ba-BAM.
Splendid timing, Annika, my dear.)

Amethyst Temerity said...

Hello Annika!

The Grave of a Coward said...

(I dedicate this page to that moment when you realize that, after hours of waiting and worrying and wondering, something you've dreaded turns out to not be happening after all.)

Chione Asahina said...

Hello everyone

Amethyst Temerity said...

Hey Chione!

Unknown said...

*stumbles into blog land*
*eyes wide face pale*
*is shaking violently*
*stares blankly at everyone*
*moves past them to a tree*
*starts digging quickly at the roots*

Amethyst Temerity said...

Silente? ..are you okay?

Chione Asahina said...

Silente! you're back!

Chione Asahina said...
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Unknown said...

*grabs the bag hidden there*
*stares in dismay and confusion at the newly shredded bag*
*stares at what was hands in horror*
*claws through the bag the contents spilling out*


((Hi guys))

The Grave of a Coward said...

Chemist: *stops*
*looks warily at the booth*
*then steps in and answers the phone*
Hullo?

???: Well?

Chemist: Not yet.

???: No no NO!
Finish it. Finish now!
I told you, told you didn’t I, want it done now!
I freed you, didn’t I? Let you go? Picked you up? Dropped you off? Save your ass from totally misery?
Is it-
*cough*
Is it so much to ask that you just be DONE DONE DONE alreADY?

Chemist: I can’t help it.
We need the four ingredients. We’ve only the three.

???: Ehehehehheheheheheheh- NO.
You’re putting me on, Chemist! I gave you all you needed, did I not, yes yes?

Chemist: No.

???: No?
No no? We need it by the WEDDING, we do,
pretty wedding
pretty couple
poor poor niece niece!

Chemist: This is a real tricky potion, and keep in mind, I’m not really a chemist.

???: D-O-N-T care!
Just tell me what you need.

Unknown said...

*finally find what she needs*
*ignores the shakes that wrack her body*
*tries to pick up the needle*
*just ends up scratching the glass*
*her movements become frantic*

Star Inkbright said...

Hello!

Wbd. Msd.

#ChaseForBookNine

Amethyst Temerity said...

Hey Star!

Unknown said...

*shakes her head in determination*
*claws at her right arm drawing blood and giving herself move time*
*continues struggling frantically trying to grab the needle*

The Grave of a Coward said...

Chemist: I’m confused. I don’t know why exactly you want this.

???: HURT her, dammit,
hurt hurt HURT before I kill.

Chemist: Has, this won’t hurt her, if I make it properly. It won’t hurt her directly, anyway.

Hassle: No good, no good!
You don’t
don’t
talk back to me! You hear? You see?
No. I’m YOUR master,
you do what I SAY.

Chemist: Yes, Has.

Hassle: You will be at the wedding?

Chemist: Of course I will. You know how high I am on the guest list.

Hassle: *laughs loudly*
*and wetly*
*like he’s gargling lobsters*
Of course.

Chemist: Fat lot of good it will do me, if I don’t find the last ingredient.

Unknown said...

so true. in english we had to write a persuasive writing thing and we could pick the subject and i picked gender stereotypes because they annoy me so much.

Star Inkbright said...

*watching :)*

Annika, I should probably tell you that I have recently read the first two books in the - *breaks off and frowns at the double 'The'*
*decides the breaking off with even it out a bit*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (sort of)trilogy and I LOVE IT.

#ChaseForBookNine

The Grave of a Coward said...

(*hugs Star*
YES.
HITCHIKER'S!)

Hassle: The recipe?

Chemist: A spell.
*recites*
One man to desire
One man to despise
One man to admire
One man who lies.

Hassle: Well?

Chemist: For Doctor Precocious, the spell is very specific. Working from the books you got from Oxford, I’ve been able to work it out.
*shifts the paper bag to his other arm so he can hold the phone better*
The man who lies was, of course, provided by that old tabloid I had.

Hassle: Uh-HUH.

Chemist: The man to desire was provided by a moist towelette. That one was easy; just popped down to the drug store around the corner.

Hassle: And . . ?

Chemist: The man to despise was easy. She doesn’t wear Hershel Coin’s old lab coat anymore; I pinched it from her room at the Midnight Hotel.

Hassle: That leaves . . .

Chemist: The man to admire, yes.

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