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[2013-01-04 20:50:23 +0000 UTC]
"The Dragon Lord"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 33; Deviations: 69; Watchers: 14
Watching: 4; Pageviews: 8139; Comments Made: 2157; Friends: 4
# Interests
Favorite movies: Any decent horror, comedy, or WELL-WRITTEN action flick.Favorite TV shows: The Last Airbender; South Park; The Sing-Off; Mythbusters . . . for scope
Favorite bands / musical artists: Metallica, the Offspring, Bad Religion, System of a Down, Social Distortion . . .
Favorite books: . . . Don't make me actually decide here.
Favorite writers: James Patterson, Stephen King, Tami Hoag . . . Crap, this list doesn't really end either.
Favorite games: Okami, Brutal Legend, StarCraft (series), Pikmin (series), Super Smash Bros. (series), Dynasty Warriors (series), TimeSplitters (series)
Favorite gaming platform: . . . This is relevant?
# About me
Hello, everyone. I admit, I'm not the EASIEST person to get along with, but I'm generally an OK guy. In case you have arrived here without reading my Gallery first, I'm primarily a writer. I do all this from a very temperamental phone, so please forgive any delays.Projects:
Travel Chronicles
Concept source: PokΓ©mon
Status: Hiatus
Basic information: the various adventures of a homeless trainer named Isabel and her unusual PokΓ©mon.
What Lies Within
Concept source: Original
Status: Fully Active
Basic information: People with great powers have little memory of who they used to be, and are locked away.
The Oddball Academy
Concept source: Original
Status: Fully Active
Basic information: basic school drama, with a dash of conspiracy thrown in.
Outlands
Concept source: Original
Status: Fully Active
Basic information: a grand quest to reinstate a monarchy in a land with no contact with the outside world.
Chessmen
Concept Source: Original
Status: Fully Active
Basic Information: Watch Laura, one of few people with a high-tech AI-assisted powered suit of armor try to be a hero- key word is "try".
Grayson Center
Concept Source: Original
Status: Fully Active
Basic Information: A harem story with a female lead and a predominantly female harem. Need I say more?
Familiar
Concept Source: Zero no Tsukaima -AND- The Troop Agency
Status: Fully Active
Basic Information: In true ZnT fanfic fashion, Louise summons a different familiar to kick off the adventure. A very different familiar, in fact- one who doesn't take too kindly to being called a "familiar".
The Drive
Concept source: Original
Status: Practical Death
Basic information: trapped in a flash drive, the protagonist must survive among a massive collection of fictional characters for a month until his friend returns.
What Does it All Mean?
Statuses-
Fully Active: It may move at any moment. Be Prepared.
Hiatus: Until further notice, it's not going anywhere.
Practical Death: I've lost too many of the plot related notes, and thus can't continue the story. As such, it's stuck.
Pushing Daisies: It's over, deal with it.
# Comments
Comments: 533
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Not sure if you're still here, but I wish you a happy birthday.
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Why have you pushed a repeating face gif onto me?
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I'm so glad a few people remembered, at least.
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How could I forget? ^6
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You'd be surprised.
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Mine is not a happy story, but I can add comedy through hammy antics and stupid puns anyway.
Like "Angel Beats!".
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You've . . . watched "Angel Beats!", right?
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That's too bad.
It's an AMAZING anime.
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Anime does not appeal to me.
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It's not like anime is a specific genre- it covers all variety of subject matter.
It's not like anime has a specific pitfall to it- the only unifying thing to it is a basic guideline for the art style.
Saying that you do not like anime is like saying you don't like anything made under Disney. It's such a blanket term that it boggles the mind that people can have a complete dislike.
Now, if you said you don't like shonen, or school life, or harem anime, or some other modifying descriptor, I could understand it, but in the end you're saying you dislike such a wide variety of things (I've been told that "Firefly" was a ripoff of an anime made several years beforehand) that it speaks volumes about how quick you are to make generalizations.
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I don't like anime, period. It is not realistic enough for me.
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So, you're saying you don't like anything non-realistic?
That is a massive blanket, and holy hell does it shut you off from some of the most well-written stories of all time.
Believe me when I say reality is overrated.
Sorry to get preachy, but I'm a highly literary person. There is little I love more than a good story, even if it is one I create in my own head to describe utter nonsense.
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I am referring to anime only. I like Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, Futurama, Daria, South Park and more.
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Then what sets anime apart?
Surely it isn't the semi-unifying art style.
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More relatable story and no big breasted teenage looking girls with huge eyes and high pitched voices.
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That is a cripplingly extreme generalization.
First, I'll address the first and most blatant thing here. The relatability of the story kinda revolves around what the story is to you. I like wilder stories with characters I can feel for- like in my example "Angel Beats!", which for all its extreme concept still revolves around a bunch of teenagers who had shitty yet realistic lives. If you want stories grounded in reality, there are quite a few, mostly in the tamer subgenres, like shojou. I don't really tend to watch these, as I find reality kinda dull (also the reason I don't watch reality TV except in the case of game shows like "Jeopardy!" and "America's Got Talent"), but I'm aware of their existence.
There are tons of anime without focus on what is quite generally referred to as "fanservice", huge eyes is more of a tendency in anime directed at younger audiences (notice how kids draw freakishly large eyes? It's a relatability thing) (more mature anime use smaller eyes), and while I can agree some voice actors/actresses have ridiculously annoying voices, it's like that regardless of medium. For example, I really don't like Gilbert Gottfried's voice- kinda why I avoided "Aladdin" for a while. On the other end of the spectrum, there are some VAs whose voices absolutely rock, also regardless of where you are. If you don't like a VA, you can watch the subbed (subtitled into English) version muted, or the English dub. That's all it comes down to.
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I just prefer more realistic stuff...okay? I don't like anime. Period.
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And what I'm trying to relate to you is that perhaps there's more to it than you ever bothered to know. Why miss out on something good, just because you haven't seen through the bad?
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Many thanks!
It's proving to be a good one!
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What.Β
Just . . . what.
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You're enjoying this.Β
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I listen to it when I get upset, and the ridiculous lyrics make me laugh.
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Ah.
When I hit rock bottom, I've got "Alchemy", "Crossing Field", and/or "If Everyone Cared". If I've listened to all three and I still am not back up to at least even keel, something big has gone down and there is just no fixing it.Β
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I know none of those.
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"Alchemy"- a minor song from the anime "Angel Beats!" The duet version is beautiful.Β
"Crossing Field"- the original opening theme for the anime "Sword Art Online". Amanda Lee's English translation is beautiful. Here's the middle verse:
"I could never find
Light to guide me through the night
And with one touch
I'd recall
Every memory
All too precious to not hold them all close to me
It's tempting
To close your eyes and turn from the world
But it's bittersweet
Like you've somehow missed a beat
With no restart
When every wish has overlapped
You'll realize if you carry on
With every dawn
Your hesitation fades
All of your scars will disappear
I will become your sword and shield
This crossing field's
The path that we select
If it's our bonds we live by
I will put my
Faith in you"
"If Everyone Cared"- An example of why I believe Nickelback is over-hated. This is one of the most heart-baring, hopeful-for-a-better-future, Β healing songs in existence. To wit:
"And in the end, the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing hey, man I, I'm alive
Singing hey hey man I, I am alive
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day where nobody died"
All sappy and emotional? Of course.Β
All very good songs that really deserve more love? Absolutely, beyond all shadow of doubt.Β
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Nice lyrics. Not bad.
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I pay attention. I like to have meaning.Β
Even the songs under my banner in Japanese have meaning I can relate to.Β
"My Soul, Your Beats!" is about pretending that everything is fine when the world is crashing down around you.Β
"I Say Yes" is about being ultimately loyal and protective of people you care about.Β
"Inside Identity" carries the message that you should always be yourself, regardless of what other people think.
"Ichiban no Takaramono", though, is about accepting tragedies and, while admitting that they hurt, ultimately moving on.
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I can understand those. I prefer songs with meanings. Songs like Wop have no meaning.
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Now, don't call me a reverse existentialist, but I feel that everything I become involved in needs some sort of meaning. If I do something meaningless, I've wasted time. That is unacceptable.Β
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I can understand that. Our time here is precious.Β
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It goes beyond the usual thought process.
Time is short.
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Hey, could you do me a favor and get people to read through my projects?Β
Sorry to impose, but I don't want to be a nobody for long. It has always been a bit of a dream of mine to become a great writer.Β
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I wouldn't know how to go about that. How would I do so?
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