Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Stormwatch

Let me tell you about Stormwatch.


Stormwatch was a comic published by Image, and it was a fairly generic superhero team book. I bought it, I collected it, I read it, and I suppose I enjoyed it. Not as much as WildCATS, not as much as Spawn or Gen-13, but probably more than CyberForce, which featured a guy with three arms called Stryker. Now THAT was dumb.

This was all during a time in the 90's when Image were seriously challenging Marvel and DC in comic sales. They challenged them by pretty much copying them. Spawn was kinda like Batman. WildCATS were kinda like X-Men. Glory was Wonder Woman, Supreme was Superman, and Youngblood was rubbish. Every superteam even had their own Wolverine- the tough-talking cool guy who used blades (and, this being the 90's, a ridiculous ponytail).



Stormwatch was fairly bad, when I look back on it now. Impossible muscles, stupid dialogue, impossible women, dumb stories, derivative characters... It got so that reading it was a chore. And then Warren Ellis came along.


Ellis took the book and improved it. But he didn't just make it better. He made it GREAT. He brought Big Ideas to the table, he brought wit and horror and pure science fiction, and he made it one of my favourites. As Stormwatch went on, it would introduce Apollo and the Midnighter- basically Superman and Batman- as a gay couple who just happened to be the toughest heroes around.


Stormwatch would later mutate into The Authority, and just get even better and better. If any of you like comics, I advise you to pick up the collected editions. You will NOT regret it.

But why am I telling you all this?

Because of one single issue. A special, actually. A crossover. WildCATS/Aliens.


When I saw this issue advertised, I didn't think much of it. Aliens, from the Ridley Scott/James Cameron movies, were always being used in comic crossovers. They'd gone up against Superman and Batman and Judge Dredd. None of these comics were particularly good. You knew nothing big was going to happen. If something major was going to occur in a comic, it would occur in the monthly version, not in some stupid crossover thing.

So WildCATS/Aliens came out, and I bought it, and I read it. The WildCATS go up into a space station to fight the Aliens. Big deal, right? But along the way they realise that Stormwatch had been here before them. And as they search this huge, scarily empty station, they come across their remains.

Ellis had killed most of the Stormwatch team— and what's more, he did off-panel. We didn't even get to see them die. That's like Captain America stumbling upon Spider-Man's dead body in the middle of a story. It was THAT shocking. To kill them in a silly crossover? To kill them without even showing us how they died?

Warren Ellis took what everyone expected to be a silly little issue, and he made it HUGE.

And that's the approach I took to The Maleficent Seven.

I didn't shake things up quite as violently as Ellis did, but I was determined to shock you. This was just a spin-off, after all. It didn't even take place within the main series. Your guard was down. You went in expecting fun and frolics and adventure, but nothing more. Nothing more devastating than that.

But of course, you should know by now to never, EVER trust me. I will make you care for a character, and then I will snatch that character away from you.

I just want to prepare you, that's all. We have two more books to go, and we have GALLONS of blood to be spilled.



Okay then, so what have I been up to lately?

Well, on March 30th I did signings in Blanchardstown and Dundrum here in Dublin. They both went REALLY well, and I started the Dundrum signing a tad early because of the insane Minions at the front of the queue. So many of them I knew from here in Blogland and also from Twitter, and dear GOD they would not stop talking. I could feel my brain sizzling in my head just sitting there. Joining them, and at the very front of the queue, was Val, from this very blog, who had come over with Amanda and her mom, all the way from Seattle JUST TO MEET ME.

Because I'm worth it.

Of course, I couldn't just sign their books and send them back to America, so the following Monday I picked them up from their hotel, gave them a tour of my AWESOME ROOM OF AWESOMENESS, introduced them to Sherlock the dog, and took them out for lunch. At no stage during those four and a half hours did Val or Amanda even pause for breath. It was SCARY.

From the 5th to the 7th of April I was over in the UK doing signings. It was really weird, to be honest. We were slap-bang in the middle of the Easter break, and London was SO quiet. We still got some pretty decent queues, but the lovely thing about shorter lines is that I can spend even more time chatting to each person.

The biggest turnout was at Norwich, and it was here that I got to hang out once again with Becky and Howlett, the two legendary Uber-Minions. Amazingly, every time I see them they have more stuff for me to sign. I'm not sure where they get this stuff from, or how many of each book they own, and I'm really not sure that I WANT to know. I just console myself with the fact that their obsession with Skulduggery is probably distracting them from another, more damaging obsession, like serial-killing or something.

Now I'm back at home, and I'm back writing, and I'd really like to get this book finished sometime over the next week or so. That'd be nice.



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Anonymous said...

Zaf, you can ded, I have to go!

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

Am I the only one not doing EC? I could go round killing people with a sword?

Wait, no I don't mean normal, I meant serious.

Ugh, Kindle isn't behaving D:

Noooo, Margaret Thatcher is baaaaad. She was corrupted by power *nods*

Yeah, that kind of music had no depth to it *nods*

*agrees with Star* It's jepic!
Um, I think that word is catching on me...

Bye, Fabi:( *waves*

Hey, Zaf!! Sendskindleninjaeroplanetacklehugs!
Ugh, dear autocheck please stop changing Zaf to Zag *glares*

I used to have a bunk bed when I shared with my sister.

Aisling Dubh said...

I have to leave after I comment this but I got an email saying that I was a winner on a skullduggery pleasant competition. But it was spelt with 2 Ls.

It seemed kind of fishy so I showed my dad and he said to delete it. I'm just wondering if anyone else got the email. It was from Polly something. I can't remember what it said her surname was. And beside to it said a name can't remember what that name was either but it defiantly wasn't mine.

The email also said to send my postal address. So yeah did anyone else get that email?

barmybex said...

There is nothing wrong with procrastination!!!

Glad you got to read TMS.

Why is everyone talking about 1D on here?

Dragona Pine said...

Hey. I doubt tonight I will be hit in the head by an assassin's creed poster.

Best crossover involving alien: alien vs predator. Amusing as hell. There are humans caught in a huge war and they can't do anything. Only one survivor at the end.

Star Inkbright said...

Loft bed - no bed undernath, just load of empty space (and a bookcase and a minisofa and stuffs) hat makes my room bigger. :)

Star Inkbright said...

@Barmybex: To say Mara is obsesed with 1D is a MAJOR understatment. The subject is ALWAYS 1D when she's around . . .

HI DRAGONA!

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

What competition was it, Ais?
Have you entered anything recently? Like a giveaway? If you haven't, you could always contact Harper Collins:)

It's because of Mara, Becky:)

Dragona Pine said...

Hey star! How are you?

Star Inkbright said...

@Ieni: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. *hugs*
Yay! Agreement! :)

Dragona Pine said...

Wow, never seen that bit of the avengers before... At the end of the credits they're eating Sharma, is it? Meh, they're having some. Never realised that it was at the end.

barmybex said...

Oh OK. Fair enough.

I like some of 1D's songs, they get stuck in my head.
I don't love them but I don't hate them either. *please don't throw anything at me Mara!*

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

Hey, Dragona! I don't believe we've met:) As you may of gathered, I'm Ieni.

*coughs loudly* Not leni;P

It'll probably be added to the random list of words I use in real life that no one understands XD

Dragona Pine said...

TMS has been pushed to the bottom of my book pile. So many to read...

Dragona Pine said...

Hey leni! And nope, don't believe we have. I'm dragona, I have a blog, a youtube channel and have been on this blog for about five years, though I've been awol for the past year or so. That's me, all there is to say. ^^

Aisling Dubh said...

Ieni I don't know. It didn't say what competition. Just a competition.

The only SP related competition I've entered recently was the one on the SP website. Y'know the one where you sign up to the newsletter and you're entered into a competition. But the email looked completely different from the SP newsletter. I know it would look different. But it looked kinda like it was from a person not a publishing company. And you know the way when you get an email up at the top it says from: And below that it says to: ?

Well beside to: was a name that was nothing like mine.

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

Don't worry Becky:) She's fine with stuff like that, it's just when people like me go around screaming parodies loudly with my friend *looks around innocently*
YES MARA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR AWESOMENESS! ;D

Dragona Pine said...

Oh and *gives cookie*

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Dragona!

I would be good if school hadn't just started again today. :P
How are you?

Yay. Having an older minion on here makes me feel new. :) *hasn't felt new for quite a while*

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine, I'm on my sony xperia t because it's easy to post comments with. My computer doesn't always work.

Dragona Pine said...

And for some strange reason I fancy going on call of duty and shooting zombies... I never have a feeling to do that.

barmybex said...

Glad to hear it!
What parodies are they? Any funny ones. :P

Ais - it was probably a con, it sounds really dodgy, you were probably better off deleting it. Honestly. And if it was official it would have been announced on their website/facebook/blog as well.
Don't worry, these scammers will try anything.

Star Inkbright said...

I've only been here for a year and three months . . . Most of the minions from when I was first here don't really come on anymore. :(

@Aisling: I think it was a fake. *nods* Well done for being observant. :)

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

It might be a wrong address. You could email them back and ask what the hell they're on about, or ignore It:)

*sneakily puts TMS to the top b of Dragons's pile*
Sounds awesome!
Ahh....shooting zombies are always fun. Just make sure they aren't Thrasher or Scapegrace:)
Yay, Thrashgrace! The fight for rights for gay zombies!

Dragona Pine said...

If I ever feel like shooting zombies I always go on saints row the third, because at the touch of a button I can transform every person in a city into a zombie... And being a ninja with an army of purple swat teams comes in useful... As does my flying broomstick and infinite amunition... Especially for the octopus gun. Wow I love that game...

Dragona Pine said...

I've just finished reading time riders the pirate kings. Anyone who likes sci-fi and doctor who would like those books. Next book is... Red Notice by Andy McNab.

Aisling Dubh said...

I think I'll just ignore it. Thanks.

Really gtg now bye

Dragona Pine said...

Bye Dubh!

Star Inkbright said...

No. You should never phone/text/email back a random stranger who randomly sent you something and you don't know who they are. It's one of them safe internet rule thingymabobbins. Of course, I've violated those by telling you my name and showing you pictures of me, but there you go.

Dragona Pine said...

There should be a new internet. One which isn't full of random adverts and eight year olds playing 18 rated games. Yes, there are lots of them, especially with call of duty.

Dragona Pine said...

An internet where it's all safe.

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

Ducky of Awesome parodies, just type it into YouTube:)

You sound like a teacher there, Star XD

Very msd.

Uh, those are rules for stupid people...

Bye, Ais!

I have basically just thrown out the window all internet safety I've been taught and now I just sit there awkwardly whenever it's mentioned in school.

Star Inkbright said...

I haven't read that TimeRiders book yet. Read the others though. :)

One of the few good English authors. All the best are Irish or American. D:

And I bet all the good English authors are from the South. We were saying when watching the Voice that if anyone from round 'ere tries anything like that at all, they'll succeed, because we have so few people from Yorkshire doing anything that the whole of Yorkshire will support them and get them far. XD

Dragona Pine said...

Because people keep sending me emails with links that give viruses. I learned after the first click not to click links that people send me which end up with a super virus on my computer.

barmybex said...

LOL! Excellent parodies. *laughing quite hard!*

Star Inkbright said...

@Ieni: Actually, I was thinking more o my parents, who remind me of the internet rules every now and then. MELICA, SCÁTH, ANYONE ELSE GOING TO THE LEEDS SIGNING - PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE PRETEND YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME . . . :)

@Ieni: I sit there awkwardly whenever bus rules are mentioned. XD
Our bus . . . We don't sit down on a seat and stay there the whole journey, we don't use acceptable language, we don't not throw things out of windows (not always, anyway), we probably distract the driver, we have been know to stand in the aisle holding onto nothing jumping because it feels cool . . . And most likely other stuff.

Dragona Pine said...

Alex scarrow has a brother called simon. He writes good books about a young roman soldier.

Star Inkbright said...

I'm assuming links sent from an Ieni don't count. :)

Damn virus people. Just, WHY would you send a virus to soemone? Wha is the POINT? Wht do you GET out of it? *shakes head*

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

Ay sooo bored

Star Inkbright said...

*nods at Dragona* I know. :)

Msd, btw.

Dragona Pine said...

I don't know. Some people are stupid.

Dragona Pine said...

Wth... It's snowing, and there's a road closed because of... No, not snow. Fire? How does that work?

Dragona Pine said...

An empty road too...

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

No, Derek, I stopped for breath when we were watching that fight scene on your TV. Well, actually, I was laughing, but I don't think that was audible, because of the TV. But still. Also, whenever YOU were saying something I listened. Er, sometimes. And after I said that page in about 20 seconds. So, um, yeah. That's about it.


Also, your car was trying to kill me. If there's a dent on the top by the back seat, that's where I smashed my head trying to get out.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Val. How are you?

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

Sorry, I poofed, WiFi went off.
And now I have to poof again: I only unpoofed to explain why I poofed *nods*

I all makes sense really.

I READ TIMERIDERS!
But I haven't read the latest one: I've got it reserved at the library when it comes in though.

barmybex said...

I'm guessing Time Riders is worth reading then? I've got the first two but never actually started them. Should I move them up my huge pile? :D

Dragona Pine said...

It's good, the new one. Wow, and this Red Notice is already very tense...

Dragona Pine said...

Yep, time riders are good.

Dragona Pine said...

I, for some reason, have just been hit in the head again by my poster.

Dragona Pine said...

Hello?

Dragona Pine said...

Am I the only one here?

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

HEYO!

Dragona Pine said...

Hey jubilance! I don't believe we've met, I'm dragona.

kingbirdy said...

Stormwatch is still a pretty good comic. I've read the first dozen issues or so since they rebooted it for the New 52, I should probably catch up sometime soon. Apollo and Midnighter still feature, and some other cool people, and Martian Manhunter, who is always awesome.

Also, I feel like I should come to a signing now. Ameriminions represent!

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

HI DRAGONA! I don't think we've met either...

HI! You can just call me Jubi xP

Dragona Pine said...

Ok, hi jubi! How are you? By the way, I'm not new. Been here for five years but awol for the last one.

Dragona Pine said...

Awol, cool word.

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

aahh OK :)
and I'm good! I think I broke Youtube though.... O.O

Dragona Pine said...

YouTube was already broken, it ruins the quality of my videos. Recorded in 1080p hd, after upload 240p and bad quality. I wonder how...

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

Oh.... well you can change the resolution or whatever it's called during the video, can't you?

Dragona Pine said...

Nope, doesn't work.

Dragona Pine said...

Ah well.

Dragona Pine said...

I swear there were more people lurking around somewhere...

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

SORRY!! I'M HEERRREEEEEEE



MSD THOUGH

Dragona Pine said...

I'M going now. Night guys! If anyone wants to look at my blog, then the link iss: dragonapine.blogspot.co.uk I do stories. Sp fanfic, with a twist. Just if anyone is interested.

Night!

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

Hmm i wonder how Derek will react if i go on my hands and knees and begged

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

O.O

A famous American author aka Rick Riordan is tweeting and he said his son's favorite author is Derek!!!! HELL YEAH FAMOUS AUTHOR'S SON IS AN AMERIMINION

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Anyone still here?

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

Hello Niccolo

Luciana said...

Hello?

We've been having a shipping war... *laughs*
Camy, Lucameron or whatever you call Luciana/Flame *laughs again*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Hello Zafria, Luciana. Who is Flame?

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

Niccolo I am in pain because of you

Luciana said...

Flame? He's one of the most awesome people ever!

HELLO EVERYONE XD

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Hello. I'll be distant, writing another of those Mevolent chapters.

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

YAY!!
DEREK BLOGGED!!
And now I'm off to school. -_-

Anonymous said...

Hello...?

24140303302230-1411-5030413310-3440142222-4013103310-14-0123-3122304040142412-50304133-04303023

Luciana said...

HELLO FABI!

Anonymous said...

HI LUCY!

How're you?

Luciana said...

I AM OKAY THANKS. BUT MSD.

HOW ARE YOU?


A world without vowels would be odd...
wrld wtht vwls wld b dd...
^sEE!

Anonymous said...

Yh t wld. XD

I'm tired from the field trip. I got a computer for standing up and using and I had a lot of citations to find in the databases... I'm okay, though. Time to edit the images of Tanith-pumpkin. :-)

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

I am writing a Mevolent chapter and doing. Project

Anonymous said...

Our garage door needs fixing... It won't close properly unless Dad's around.

Anonymous said...

Hi Zaf!

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

Since Derek didnt answer me about a thing for my project im doing Melancholia

Anonymous said...

Sounds cool. :-)

Anonymous said...

What about Melancholia?

Anonymous said...

Oh, and did you want the ded for this page, or should I do it?

Jophiel said...

Val is very scary.
*Agrees*

*Starts to hyperventilate*
I'm going to see the Host! SQWEEEEEEEEEE!

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

She had a stroke in this xD

I killed her

Anonymous said...

Congrats, Death. :D

Anonymous said...

[Laughs]

Good for you Zaf.

Jophiel said...

Why did you kill someone?! THAT IS MY JOB!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HUNT ME DOWN AND LOCK ME UP BEFORE I COMMIT MORE MURDERS!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

My sis just asked me for, and I quote "Lessons in pumpkin illumination using an image-editing program." Oh, Nelnah.

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

Lol Death read my MC chapter with Niccolo

Jophiel said...

Will do!

Anonymous said...

Oh, and hi Death, I don't think I properly greeted you.

And yeah, that's my little sis. Nelnah Fish is her taken name. :-) She's read the first three books, we're on Dark Days, near the beginning.

Anonymous said...

04302440-33100104-1440! 144034-10421422!

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

Posted new MC chapter

Anonymous said...

Gtg, dinner time! Back later.

Zaf, that was a really well-written chapter.

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

*bows* thanks!

Jophiel said...

Aw! Little kids are so cute!
*Checks time*
Shoot! I'll be off... I have to get ready!!
*Waves and sprints for the edge of Blogland*
*Dives off into the abyss called Reality*

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

Hello?

Anonymous said...

Hi, back for now. :-) My hair is weird.

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

FABI!!!!
hi.


:D
HOW GOES IT?

Anonymous said...

Distant bad trying to find it eeeeeee! You?

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

oh.... that's.. nice



IM GOOD!!! watching the most amazingfulest show everrrrrrr


well.. ONE of the most amazingfullest shows....

Anonymous said...

I'm such an idiot and I am so dead.

Not here, sorry bye havaniceday.

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

Oh... what happened...??

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*looks around* Hello? Anybody home?

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

ARI!!!!!!!!
hi.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

JUBI! *supertacklehugs* I need hugs now... So I'm stealing all of the tacklehugs!

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

*supertacklehugs back*
HIII!!!!!!!
how goes it? :D

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*shrugs* I'm... Ok. Ish. You?

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

I'm fine :)
What's wrong?

Anonymous said...

[appears]
[hugs Ari]
[hugs Jubi]
[vanishes]

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

*looks around*
Did you just see what I just saw...?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

If you saw an appearing/disappearing Fabi, then yes, I did.

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

Ok good
I'm NOT going crazy






well ... crazIER...... :-/

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I know exactly the feeling. So- how are you, anyway?

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

I'm Good :D Watching a TV show though... so i might be a little distant :P

How about you?

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

Wait... I already asked that....

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hello.

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

VAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



hi.

Moss Harbor Elsinore Lantern Cryptic said...

Hello Jubi, did I mention how AWESOME it was pretending to be you?

Apparently I'm actually, like, here now, which is weird because I'm NEVER here (Ikr? I ought to be here SO much more often!)

HELLO EVERYBODY-PEOPLE

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

SHAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi.

and THANKS!!!!!! i think xD


YEY!

Moss Harbor Elsinore Lantern Cryptic said...

Yep.

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

sooooo
HOW GOES IT?

Moss Harbor Elsinore Lantern Cryptic said...

Ehh...Usual. Just usual. You?

Moss Harbor Elsinore Lantern Cryptic said...

I have to vanish into thick ear already. See y'all whenever I next have spare time!

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

'Lo?

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Anyone on?

Anonymous said...

Saphy!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

[tacklehugs]

How are you??

I haven't seen you in AGES!

Jakro Tintreach said...

hullo everyone

Anonymous said...

Hello.

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Oh! People! *tacklehugs Fabi back tightly and waves at Jakro* Nice to meet you Jakro!
I know Fabi! My school is a laptop school, so we do almost everything on computers. About a month ago, my laptop hard drive melted an I lost all my work :( I've been working hard trying to re-do it, and that's why I haven't been on in forever :(

Jakro Tintreach said...

ok, how does a hard drive melt?

Anonymous said...

Oh...:-( Hope you got everything back!

I hate it when I lose stuff...when files delete themselves... A whole hard drive, though? Wow in a really not-good way.

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

I didn't mean literally melt. It just completely broke and stopped working, and when that happens my friends say that it melted. Dunno why.
Hey, have either of you read TMS?

Jakro Tintreach said...

nope

Anonymous said...

No, unfortunately. :-(

I'm ordering it soon, I hope/think, but it'll take a while to get here...

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

It'll be worth the wait :)
How are you guys?

Anonymous said...

[Shrugs] Could be better, could be worse. You?

Jakro Tintreach said...

I'm just brilliant, apart from having to much homework... I've decided to get back to my skulduggery video game

Jakro Tintreach said...

new profile pic!

Anonymous said...

Oh, don't get me started on homework! I don't get how anyone manages to survive their first year of high school... And I've got History Fair, too. I almost wish I hadn't made state...

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Eh, I'm glad we had the Easter break :) I'm pretty good though.
YOU FOUND AN SP VIDEO GAME? I've been searching for a good one for ages :)

Jakro Tintreach said...

no, I'm making a SP video game

Anonymous said...

Manatee, right? Or dugong, or sea-whatever-you-call them?

Anyway, nice pic. Now I feel weird for not having an ocean-themed pic!

Oh, well. A lake will have to be close enough. :-P

Anonymous said...

I appear to be writing for the MC, distant!

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

I love water stuff :) And it's very pretty lake Fabi, I'm sure it counts :)
Jakro; Even awesomer :) Good luck

Anonymous said...

[Laughs] Thanks, :-) It's a secret place, not the lake itself, but the place I took the photo from. Or it was secret, anyway... Sort of.

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

You took the photo? It's a good shot.

Unknown said...

Damn it Derek, you sure did make it a shocker...
GUHH!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, thanks. I was going to do a post about the swamp for my blog, so I took a bunch of photos, but I didn't actually write the post. :-P

Hey, are you entering the Exquisite Corpse competition?

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Fabi- I nearly did, but I decided that I'm too busy atm.
Harley- I know, right! I really came to love *coughcough* someone I didn't expect to sympatise with... but then... :'(
Don't post any spoilers though, Fabi hasn't read it yet.
I don't think we've met before. Hi, I'm Saph :)

Anonymous said...

If it had been any theme other than Tanith, I wouldn't've entered for that exact reason, but Tanith is my favorite character, and I already had part of my entry done just randomly. :-)

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Tanith IS just epic

Anonymous said...

Exactly.

I just realized I didn't ded this page yet! Super-distant so I can do that before I sleep.

Anonymous said...

Unless you want to ded.

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

No, it's your turn to ded :)

Anonymous said...

Okay then... Writing...writing...loading...processing.

These are not the droids you're looking for.

Anonymous said...

I dedicate this page to my littlebig sister, Nelnah Fish [hugs tight]
Also to Zaf (You're awesome, y'hear?)
And Saph (Welcome back!)
And Seph (Thanks for collaborating within the collab and putting up with ice weasel elephants and that whole weird bit)
And Jubi (You're funny and amazing and sugarrrrr)
And Lav (miss you!)
And Missy (You're always so cheerful and fun to be around)
And Aretha (hope whatever has been making you upset gets better soon!)
And Lucy (Skuttlebugia and Skittles. :-))
And Mel (Skittles and Scotland)
And Ieni (you are FANTASMARIFFIC)
And Mara (also 1D and Little Mix)(You're perfect. :-))
And Star (and while I'm at it, Star Wars)
And Death (and while I'm at it, the Death Star and the official-person who took the time to politely respond to that petition)
And B-J

Also to [insert your name here] for reading this and being awesome in general. You must be awesome, or else you wouldn't be here. Don't argue. :-P

To all the people who entered the EC, best of luck to you. :-)

To everyone who gave me so much support whether for my video deds, MC chapters, Tanith-pumpkin or just life in general. [hugs]

Also to hugs, tacklehugs, ninjaeroplanetacklehugs and all other kinds.

And Mycroft and his umbrella and MAHU. :-P

Calidae Dark said...

Hellooooooooooooooo madmenwomen of Blogland

Calidae Dark said...

I am here

Anonymous said...

Hi Cali... I'm falling asleep... I don't think In actually here... Sorry... Bye...

Calidae Dark said...

Okay. Hi-Bye Fabi

Duck said...

Hello everyone in Blogland!

Duck said...
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Dragona Pine said...

Hey, anyone here?

Dragona Pine said...

Guess not. Bye.

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

Any life signs?
I'll be here for ages, so BLEH.
Unless I suddenly disappear.
Which, being me, is highly likely *nods*

Niamhy Jay said...

Hello??

Anyone here??

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

I'm here, NJ! Hi! Sendskindleninjaeroplanetacklehugs!

Ugh, I hate this history homework D:
I just spent a 10 minute hunt looking for a highlighter, which we apparently don't have -_-

Niamhy Jay said...

Hey Ieni!! *hugs*

It's been a while! :D

I love History.
I just hate Homework.
We spend 6 and a half ours every day learning in school. We don't need to bring that work home with us! We have better things to do!

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

I know! It's been months D:
But it's so awesome you meet Derek!

I know! Although lots of that is doing pointless stuff, or getting the class to shut up, or being on breaks...

I have to sort a first hand account of D-Day into facts and opinions and it's hard and I'm stupid and I have no idea why I this subject for GCSE. Oh, it was the EBAC. I should have done Geography where all you do is colour stuff in. Wait, I hate Geography even more...actually, I like history, is just I can't do it.

^I have no idea what that paragraph was about...

Niamhy Jay said...

I dropped Geography it is too hard for me and my old Geog teacher made me want to gauge out my eyes and burst my eardrums.

Luciana said...

I'M SO TIRED ._.

I didn't even stay up for too long talking to my mate:/

Damnit.

Niamhy Jay said...

Hey Luce! *hugs*
How're you??
Are you still on Easter holidays?

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

That sounds like a wise decision *nods*

Hey, Clover! Sendskindleninjaeroplanetacklehugs!

Msd/wbd

Luciana said...

Hello! *hugs them both*

I am... Impatient for my new bookcase. Because I want to get rid of this one. Annoyed that it's just my uncle's old bookcase, but *shrugs* better than the one I've got right now... This one is falling apart. *frowns at bookcase*
I'm tired, too. But wide-awake at the same time...
And sort of annoyed because people keep bragging about getting SP posters and merch and stuff, then claiming they're just talking about it when the chance arises... eh.

How are you (both)?

Yeah, NJ, I'm back next Monday:/

Niamhy Jay said...

I am good :)
My dad is letting me have the day off because of a security alert meant that there was traffic and a lot of detours :P

Luciana said...

Haha, awesome!:D

I should probably start getting work some but... Meh. Effort.

Plus, yesterday's shipping war was too much fun and it MIGHT end up carrying on 'til today because of the poll *laughs*

Jophiel said...

I just got the silver KOTW! Hehehe! Now I have... ELEVEN!!!!!!!
*Squeals*

Luciana said...

Awesome, Death!


NJ, I just realised... Between us... We have over 100 SP books. Omfgg.

Niamhy Jay said...

:O
O.M.F.G
That is a LOT!!
I am pretty sure that it is over 110 :P

Luciana said...

IMAGINE THEM ALL IN ONE ROOM.
IT'D BE HEAVEN.

NJ, can we open an SP library please. It'd be glorious;D


Yeah, definitely over 110.
Wow.
That's... Wow.

I, uh, think we might be a tad, uh, obsessed, NJ;)

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

I RETURN FROM THE EVIL CHEESE.

I was reading the free chapters of Light from my Kindle and my brother kept knocking on my door. He's strange like that...

S.P library? That'd be so awesome!

Niamhy Jay said...

Yeah... Yeah I think so too. But oh well!!

SP LIBRARY WE CAN OPEN IT IN A 3 STORY APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE TOP FLOOR CAN BE HALF THE LIBRARY AND HALF AN APARTMENT!!

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

Yes, but NJ, wouldn't that be asking for someone to blow it up?

Niamhy Jay said...

Uhh... NO.
Whoever tries to do that shall feel the wrath of NJ and end up with a mutilated face.
And it shall be super duper protected with Rippers and sigils and all that.

Luciana said...

YES, OF COURSE IT CAN

AND IT CAN LOOK LIKE CHINA'S LIBRARY EXACTLY BECAUSE SHE'S AWESOME *nods*


Ieni, me and NJ are too awesome to have our library blown up!;D

Niamhy Jay said...

It shall have all the awesome wooden panels and the ladders that slide across for retrieving books :'D

Jophiel said...

How do you have so many books?

Jophiel said...

It is redonculous!

Niamhy Jay said...

52...

Jophiel said...

Dah! As is that!

Now, I have to ded.

Luciana said...

Omg, yes. The ladders! *grins*


MY FRIEND HAS NEVER SEEN FRIENDS. I'M ASHAMED OF HIM.

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

How can it look like China's library if it's all in pieces?

WOOO, I SHOULD TRY!
But, I'm too lazy. Damn.

I think you should employ me as uh, um something. I could uh, be...
*looks in small brain for ideas*

52? Uh....that's quite a lot.
BUT IT'S SO AWESOME!

UGH, I just fell off my chair XD
Okay, obviously the world doesn't want me blowing up any libraries. OKAY WORLD I WON'T!

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