"Write a new blog post," they say. Like it's that easy. Like it's that simple.
And what if I have nothing to talk about? What if there is nothing I WANT to talk about? Don't I get a say in any of this? Doesn't my opinion MATTER?
And of course the Twitter people are nudging me. Every. Single. Day. I can't escape them. They're getting into my head.
They're in my DREAMS...
I'm all achey. I've had a long day and I'm tired. All I want to do is go to bed- and yet going to bed before 2 AM always seems like a waste of time. Like there's something I could be doing, some work I could be getting done...
33,000 words done on Book 8, by the way.
This time last year (January 6th) I started KOTW. I had been hideously delayed because of work to the house I'd been having done, and the deadline was fast approaching. So this year, having 33,000 words done by this stage is something of a relief. I am, of course, assuming that I can continue writing at the same rate. So, er, hopefully I can.
Wrote a cool scene yesterday. It involves Fletcher. It involves blood. It involves AWESOMENESS.
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An amazing phrase that I say everyday:
Calmit Kermit.
*poofs*
You've been on the blog for six months now Brave!
Excuses aren't allowed anymore...
*sighs* I'm going to leave. I don't like fights.
I'm leaving too...
Fuck all this!
I'm not good at writing fight scenes...I was thinking of this idea that we could all kind of contribute our own parts to each chapter as to who does what and how everyone reacts to everything else...but I think we might need to go somewhere else to do that...and that idea could be unreliable...
Okay, Em, think of the Empathy song:
'Empathy, emapthy
Put yourself in place of me!'
That has been my motto, I've turned into a better person by using empathy and I try not to hurt anyone's feelings.
I do not like to be rude but I think that you are going a bit to hard on my new Bestie. He THOUGHT clearer wasn't a word.
Just like I thought...
Nevermind
Sorry, Maleficent. I've had a terribly bad day and myself and Brave hadn't started off on the right foot, to begin with.
Certain things in life spark certain memories and thoughts. Memories and thoughts I once believed I had repressed. Clearly, I was mistaken and small things such as this trigger me...
Apologies.
Yes! Great idea, Fabi! We could each write from our own perspective- covering all different scenes and angles of the battlefield. We could have the Elders of Blogland appoint people to various statuses and tasks (general, spy, etc.)... The Mevolent people would have to organize that amongst themselves, though. This has a lot of potential!
Oh everybodY! EVERYBODY! I am writing a story. YE are alllll in it. If you want to be.
Leaving sounds good, actually.
Aretha, let me know if you end up organizing a Mevolent thingy. I'd love to be in on it!
Emerald - you are having a book published?
WOW!! That's kinda one of the things I'd love to do! Well done!!
Bye everybody that is leaving. All's going good.
Oh, for God's sake. I'm crying now. *wipes tears furiously*
He hasnt been on in ages! I'd know, I look through the old comments...
Bye everyone who is leaving...
don't cry. * gives her a wipe* oops that a floor cleaning wipe.* gives her some kitchen towel*
Brave- If I'm in your story, don't put me in as B-J Maleficent, she's not me, she's an OC.
WTH????
My comment poofed. :/
The gist of it was, I may or may nor be in on the Mevolent thing depending on how it's set out.
I'm a slow writer and the Hunger Games competition takes priority because I already said I'd be in it.
Can I be in it Brave? Please?
*Makes puppy dog eyes*
*awkwardly opens arms towards Mara in offering of a hug*
A little lamb has been born! * Shows everyone the lamb*
Does it taste nice?
Mara, it's okay!
*Goes quiet because arguing on the other side*
Death, we gave you a second chance from when we started off badly and you've improved. Some people need a little extra push, however, whilst others are hopeless cases. He may not have been here for some time, but whenever he is here he irritates more people than even I. He must learn to use, at least, basic grammar and spelling and cease to provide us with ridiculous excuses. Perhaps it's time for him to prove to us he is capable?
It may seem unfair but I'd rather see a large group of people happy than just one person, especially someone as arrogant as he.
* plays you dont know youre beutiful on tin whistle on a street. someone comes and gives me 10000000000000000 euro* yay
LAMB!
*Runs over to Brave and pats the little lambs head*
Awwww!!!!! It's so cute!!!
OK guys change of subject! WHAT IS WITH THIS MEVOLENT THANG!
His name is... OMG I HAD AN IDEA. on blogland we should have a pet to share amongst us.
Ok so our pet is a sheep called....... woolington bable
Well, that arrogant person happens to remind me of my little brother!
*Takes deep breaths*
What are we without our flaws? The same. Everyone is identical.
Someone make sure I know if/when the Mevolent thingy is set up...I'm very interested. For now I might not reply for ages because I too am writing a book...
AWWWWWW WOOLINGTON IS SOOOO CUUUTE * pokes him*
I'm with Mara, fighting is bad.
I alreday have a pet... Her name is Clementine and she's a flying Dolvampony
Brave, it's What Makes You Beautiful. *seethes silently*
Brave, I don't want a sheep, I want a dragon.
Woolington deserves his own blog person. I shall make him an account
Thanks Mara...
Brave! Woolington Bable is adorable!!!!
*Strokes lamb's head*
My one weakness... Animals
*pokes woolington*
he feel like a.... sweater
Well tough its a sheep
Death - Is that sarcasm...?
What you all fail to understand is that myself and HB, as Bloglandians with known names, spoke to Brave once! We tried to be nice. I had tried being nice to him from the start. Not once has he treated me, or HB, with respect and I fail to believe this to be right.
We tried to help him, help him fit in and at one point I had him writing okay. Something, obviously, happened and caused him to stop writing in, what is seen to be, the correct manner in Blogland.
I understand he is younger. He should understand we are older. He should understand that if he wishes to talk to us he must put effort in and not expect things all the time. Nothing in life comes easy. I know that better than one would hope to.
*Slaps Brave's hand*
Do not poke the sheep... He is new born!
Woolington is awsome
Oh God, I was so mean in that comment! I'm going to delete it. I'm just going to leave. I never do snything right. Bye.
Can he be part dragon at least? I would love to breed sheep-dragons.
*gasp*
HE CAN BE LIKE CLEMY!! just... a different animal
*Hugs Mara* Don't beat yourself up. We're all very tense right now.
Mara, you're being one of the sane people.
It is not sarcasm Mara!
*Slaps Jubi's hand*
No poking!
Lucy, I understand that, I do, but he has treated me kindly, and Eden! And I am never mean to my little brother... Never!
well it DOES feel like a sweater..
How about we all leave for five minutes? All cool off and start anew?
Look at my blog woolingtonbable.blogspot.ie
And it IS newly born..
I'm just a stupid little kid. I don't know anything. I deserve to rot in a cave. I'm not pretty, beautiful, nice or kind. I don't know why I ever believed I was.
Death, I think a cool-off period is a good idea.
You don't know you're beautiful
That's what makes you beautiful!
Mara, you are nice, kind, funny and beautiful!
Mara, don't listen to those demons. When I listen to those demons, they ruin everything, and they are lying. Everyone is pretty, everyone is beautiful, you are very nice and kind to all of us and you're not stupid. It is the demon that is stupid.
Aah think if i told Derek to write a new post he might gp insane?
it's AWESOME. My teacher says awesome is a word we shouldnt use. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
it's AWESOME. My teacher says awesome is a word we shouldnt use. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
In what comment were you mean? You are the nicest person i have possibly met and I have met alot of nice people
How much comments do we have?
Mara, you are all of those things and more! You are an amazing person!
Okay, cool-down break!
See you all in 5!
Till 5000
I have to go soon
We can have MAXIUM 5000 comments per post and you never know when Derek posts so use space wisely Derek sometimes wont post for 2 weeks if he's close to a deadline or on tour especially
I should probably stop being a heartless bitch now...
Damnpsychopathictendencies.
Mara, e-mail.
Awww!
*Hugs Brave*
Really?
you are anything but a bitch youre a lovley person NEVER say that EVER
Oh dear?
guys we should talk on another blog
No? We could talk on someone elses blog could we not its the same thing.
OMG guys my idea is a good one
Lucy, I am the bitch here... Siding against my friends who I've known for months, arguing with Em after what happened...
*Curses*
I'm crying now! This is the same thing that happened last time I talked to Chase!!!!!
When we reach a max of 5000 we simply go onto one of my blogs and talk on that and ill post every week that derek dosnt
It is a good idea...
*Sighs*
I wish Eden would come on...
YA? AND ITS ALL MY FAULT I WAS BEING MEAN TO EVERYONE I LOVE EMERALD I LOVE LUCIANA AND I LOVE EVERYBODY IM A NICE GUY EMERALD I HOPE YOU READ THIS.
*pulls Death into a hug* Nobody's been a bitch, tension has just been in the air. The tension fairies are about. We're only human, guys.
I will never be any of those things. Ever. I'm just a heartless little snob.
THAT IS NOT TRUE, MARA!!!
Death..... If he comes on i can, if you like, tell him you were looking for him and that you miss him.
[squeezehugs]
*hugs Death*
shush sweets it's okay...
I have saying what everyone has said to Brave since he arrived on here.
He is just as arrogant and hasn't learnt anything since he first arrived.
And then anyone has confronted him, he has acted the victim by saying sorry but then does it all again...
If he ever wrote like that in an English exam, he would be crucified.
I was not looking to start a fight, I was trying to help him so then bollox like this won't happen every time he comes onto the blog.
*hugs Death tighter*
Mara what did you say that made you upset? was it me?
No. You're all the funny, amazing ones. I'm just Mara, the girl everyone is ashamed to know.
I love you all. But I might give up this blog. I cant use proper english and i set up problems for everyone. I love you all. GOODBYE
Mara, shush. There is a big difference between you and heatless snobs. Trust me, I have spent my entire life with heartless snobs and I can pick one out a mile away. What you ware saying about yourself is ailly and is definitely not true from what I've seen.
...Although most people cannot be brought out of these self-hating moods once they've started...I think it must take a lot of strength to just pull oneself out, even with the assistance...
But all this self-hating stuff is false.
I am not ashamed to know you, Mara!
I didn't mean to be so mean! This happened the last time I...
*Starts crying again*
Mara, stop it. Seriously. Everyone here loves you. I don't know why you give yourself such a hard time!
dammit fabi
...Now Mara's upset and depressed and Brave's leaving, possibly for good...
...please no more tragedy...it's been following me since I started following this blog, I think this blog is cursed...
...and now I'm the one crying...
*hugs Death*
You're amazing. It wasn't your fault. Everyone got a bit upset.
Brave! No! Come back!!!!
*Cries harder*
I did this!
i MIGHT COME BAK LATER.... Mabey
*hugs Death, Mara, B-J and everyone else*
It was my fault.
I am sorry I brought it up.
LOL guys im not leaving ye as i stated i love ye
I don't deserve to be here. My God, I shouldn't be here. Let some little African baby survive. I'm better off gone anyway.
I
Love
You
All
Including
Emerald
And
Lucy.
OK mara you are scaring me now
But Brave? I could have said something else! Could have done...
*Hiccups*
What's the point in lying to myself? I'm a bitch! A mean, angry, lying bitch!!!!!
PLEASE STOP MARA YOURE SCARING ME PLEASE I LOVE YOU
I'm going to depart and see if I have any happy stories to work on...just to bring my spirits up for a little while.I might be back later. I still want to try and get my character descriptions in before this blog is full...
Mara, Please please please stop. You know that that's not ture.
*true
NOOOOOOO THIS IS ALL GOING WRONG.......... I LOVE YOU ALL MARA, LUCY, EM, DEATH EVERYBODY especially MARA AND DEATH MY BFFS
ill come bak later guys. if ye run out of space talk on one of my blogs please! please please eveyone loves you mara
I dedicate this page to Maralie Lily Charm [hugs tight].
You are more perfect than you know. That is something that Jubi and I actually AGREE about, therefore it must be true!
I also dedicate this page to Death, Em, B-J, Brave, Lucy and everyone else who is feeling really yucky and blaming themselves. You're all wonderful people, and I know you're all trying to do the right thing!
To Mycroft Holmes and his umbrella.
*Begs*
Eden! Please come on! We need you to smooth this out!
*Hiccups*
Guys! I'll talk to the beautiful Mara, okay?
You all cheer yourselves up before I throw virtual Skittles, baguettes, sugar cubes and blue cookies at you! XD /ALLTHEFANDOMS
USE IT
LUV U GUYS
*sighs* Fabi, remove the ded about me now. It's all lies.
use my god damn blog if u run out of space. death you use it ESPECIALLY
I also dedicate this page to those who stay strong, press along and make it through.
I reserve the right to add more dedications later.
OH FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!
No more self-hating! Nobody deserves to be gone! I've had bloody dealings with suicide and seeing this sort of thing is just bloody horrible! Everybody here has purpose, deserves to be here, nobody's a goddamn bitch and everybody's amazing in their own way until they commit genocide. Please for the love of god just stop this! I hate this! I don't even know you guys that well, yet I'm terrified you'll be gone forever the next time I'm here and then I'll feel like I'm to blame because I'm the newbie and this is why I hate trying new things and why my confidence is so bloody low! Because nothing ever goes right and now everybody's miserable and self-spiteful for absolutely no reason and with absolutely no backing for the self-hate!
I'm not removing it, Mara.
AND MARA I LOVE YOU
MARA! STOP! NOW!
WHY DO YOU GIVE YOUR SELF SO MUCH SELF HATE??
you KNOW that we all love you here.
I'm sorry...
Gotta go everybody use MY blog if you run out of space.
[sings]
When you try you're best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
Death, you've been the nicest one here and were brave enough to stand up against the majority.
Em, Brave irrirates nearly everybody, a confrontation was going to happen sooner or later. It wasn't your fault. You said what people were thinking.
Mara, you're awesome. :)
Brave . . . *chews lip* You're not being delibrately irritating as far as I can see. Despite you being annoying arrogant and generally irritating, I sympathise with you, I guess . . . No, sympathise is the wrong word. I mix of that and empathise, let's say. I guess I'm not for you, but I'm not against you.
I'm such a coward. *hangs head miserably* I'm no good at all this stand up for what's right buisness. Partially coz, what IS right? I can't be bold. So yeah. D:
When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to wast
Could it be worse?
Star! Not you, too!!!!!!
Don't hate yourself, anyone!
Thanks Ink...
*Sighs*
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Fabi. Remove it now.
I also dedicate this page to the threads that hold Blogland together! May they never be broken!
[is frantic]
Mara, you are wonderful! I am honored to know a person as amazing as you. Hold your head up high beautiful
Mara! [hugs] You're really scaring me! Don't leave, you're a better person than you give yourself credit for!!!
STOP
WITH
THE
SELF
HATE
IT ONLY MAKES YOU HATE YOURSELF MORE
I guess that that's kinda self explanitory..
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Mara, you're amazing!
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause your amazing!
Just the way you are!
...Mara, stop it. Please stop it. Please just stop doing this, stop denying everything, stop scaring us and stop self-hating. It's horrible for everyone, including yourself and it's unhealthy. Please just accept that this is our opinion of you, that we think you're amazing and nice and wonderful and you will never change that. Please just accept that if others think this about you, it must to some degree be true at least while you're around them. Please see things logically...
Dont go the dark side, it's not worth it...
I had to see a shrink for a few months before I could be pulled out of there...
It's like quicksand, when you hate yourself, you struggle and sink further, when you relax and stop hating yourself, you can monkey crawl out of there
Everyone just shut up! I am a horrible, horrible person! Can't you just realise that?! I don't deserve to be here! I wish I never found Blogland. I could've saved everyone a lot of pain...
dontlosehope-bebrave.blogspot.co.uk
DO NOT MAKE ME MAKE YOU CRY
because I'm in the mood to make someone beautiful smile. I could do with knowing that my sister is smiling that irreplaceable smile of hers that lights up the sky at night. :)
Isaythecheesiestthingsitsgreat.
You're insecure
Don't know what for...
We're all a part of one world
We all can share the same dream...
Cause Mara you're a firework
You don't realize what you're worth...
Maralie...
*opens arms for a hug*
Come here... please
Mara just accept the fact that we're not gonna shut up! You know that everyone here loves you and STILL you say that we don't! Mara, Please! just accept the fact that you're awesome.
YOU ARE NOT HORRIBLE! WE CAN O LY SEE A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO IS WONDERFUL, AMAZING, AND THE SWEETEST PERSON HERE (no offence)! YOU DO DESERVE TO BE HERE, MUCH MORE THAN ME!
Sorry for the outburst.
I just got annoyed.
*sighs*
Hey I'm back
Hey I'm back
Mara, we all love you for who you are! [hugs]
The only pain you're causing is by giving the self-hate, and the self-hate alone is certainly causing a lot of pain. I don't care if you're a horrible person elsewhere, but obviously you're not here! It's bloody obvious by our reactions! Bloody obvious that you've been a nice person to us and everything! It's clear to me and it should be clear to you that everyone here has had a good experience with you and therefore you deserve to be here as you have not done any wrong. Right now I wish I had never tried to meet new people because all I get is bad luck and what is definitely now a panic attack, and if you leave forever all I will know is that you'll be gone and then we'll all be miserable because we all like you which means you've done something right and you have definitely been nice and have a good personality. It's bloody logic that if we didn't like you and think you should be here, we would not be trying to tell you this or trying to make you stay. If we thought you were horrible or didn't deserve to be here or alive, we would not be telling you otherwise. Just accept it and stop being silly.
Is everyone ok:-)
Y'all awesome
Nobody understands how horrible, mean and terrible I have been.
OK mara, give me ONE reason as to why you are a horrible person
Okay, if this continues to be a huge pity party, I'm gone
Y'all better be ok because I'm not puttin on this billy ray accent for nothing lill darlin's
...I have to leave, or at least be very distant.
Mara look at Mevolent he's horrible you are NOTHING alike you are a sweet Minion
C'mon guys pitty oartys can be fun! Whoop whooop
Mara, you are awesome.
You must be talking to the wrong person. Luciana's over there.
Whoooping gangnam style.... aaaaay maralie yeah whoooop whoop whooop you are so awsome
Ooooahoohaha you called me up again last night ooooohaoao this time I'm telling you i m telling you, mara you are so are so awsome you are so awsome
Yap
Ahhhhhh mara dear we all love you.
*laughs* Mara, my dear, you're a better person than I will ever be. Learn from my mistakes and stop the nonsense quick.
You are beautiful, in every single way
Don't let the demon inside win. Not when the prize is as perfect as you. *hugs tight*
Weeoeepeere of to see mara the wonderful maralie charm follow the yellow brick road.......
I am hopeless at singing unlike you
I'm hopeless at magic unlike you
I'm hopless at grammar unlike you
Mara u is awsome
Rosie are you there???
Believe in yourself, Mara. [hugs]
You're fun to talk to...I would really miss you if you vanished from Blogland. Don't.
As in death. What age ar you death
As in death. What age ar you death
If we run out of soace comment on my blog.:-)
If we run out of soace comment on my blog.:-)
You're human. Of course you're a horrible, terrible person. But you're awesome as well. We all have a horrible side. A side we hate so very much. A side that often feels like more than one side.
You may be, in some aspects, a horrible person. That's okay. That's normal. But in other aspects you're amazing. Whatever your flaws, we love you anyway. :)
So you must be doing something right, huh?
Just letting you know
The demon has me already. And it doesn't plan on letting go.
Great speech:-)
Great speech:-)
Death
Death
*states dubiously at page*
FFS.
Seriously, guys?
I do this every time. Become sad. Then people convince me to stay. I'm screwed up-_-
Now I really gtg.
Mara, don't let the demon win! Believe in yourself, and you can go far. [hugs]
Bye!
Here now!
Mara, you're a wonderful person!!'
MARA YOU ARE NOT AS BAD AS ME, TRUST ME
GUYS, MARA IS TOO CLEVER. SHE FIGURED OUT MY PLANS D;
Bye Fabulous!
The inner demon is not a good thing... Do not indulge it. It does not deserve a fraction of your glorious time!!!
*squirts toothpaste all over Mara* RON'T BE SAD! BE TOOTHPASTY! XD
We're all screwed up. *shrugs* Our species in general is screwed up.
UND BRAVE? DANKE. :) :) :)
*coughs*
May I just say; If one of us is a horrible person, THEN all of us are horrible people.
Fine. I give up. As usual, trying to join a new group of people has proven to be a mistake. The only time you'll ever see me again is on Derek's next post when I give my character info and leave. Due to my own mental health issues, I can't deal with this, and I thought this was a nice place and suddenly it's horrible and I'm scared to stay. Nobody dare blame themselves either. It's not your fault that anyone here has mental health issues, me or Mara or anyone else who has them. That's the fault of genetics. I wanted to join a new group to be able to properly feel like I had friends or belonged somewhere but that's clearly impossible and I should just give up trying new things because they always blow up in my face. So good bloody bye.
Arachne/Nemone/Reckless.
I've got to go now. Sorry for being so messed up today. Night x
Death. :-) u are 100% awesome.
*Tilts head*
It's so true, it's almost funny...
Thanks Flame!
Long time no see! Though, if I do recall, we left on a bad foot... I think...
[bursts into tears. isn't supposed to be still on, but is anyway]
B-J it's not normally like this.
Just stay.
B-J, no!
This IS my fault! *cries*
Bj, seriously? That just makes me feel grand... *sarcasm*
Thanks Brave... Nice accent, Billy-Ray and I used to be partners in murdering, the Sanguine Rose... 'twas very nice...
I tried giving up its to hard. You're here forever and ever
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