Kiiiiiiii~ FINALLY! I'M DONE! <3333
College is out & my finals are done as of this morning. x3 omgosh it's an amazing feeling. I'd forgotten what this kind of freedom feels like! No moar classes until fall~
In other news: I got a job. OwO;; Seriously. I just finished Day 2, so it'll probably be a while before I see much money (except for the tips x3 chyeaaaah, waitress ftw), but working as an adult, man. Life has suddenly gotten intense 3 days a week. xD I work at a mom & pop Japanese restaurant and so far I've gotten a crash course of working in a small restaurant business, busing tables, taking orders, getting drinks, bringing out food, setting the tables, greeting people, doing the checks, and aaaaaah cleaning. I think the owner is expecting me to take over watching the shop during the morning. o_o; But for now I'm still getting the hang of dividing my attention to the back when food is ready and managing customers in front and cleaning all in between. The thing is, the owner doesn't want you to sit still during slow hours, there's always something to be doing. Well, I haven't gone crazy yet, so this job should be okay (we'll see how that stands next week after I have to do a dinner shift).
At least now I have a fair understanding of what employers mean when they say 'fast-paced environment'. ._.
Oh oh oh and Fanime is today! But I'm not going until Sunday with Mom & co (cause I'm short on cash like that). Probably gonna be camera happy as usual. I hope I sees my peoples there!
OH, and my Senior friends are graduating today. *sniff* They're getting so old. They better post up some pictures >_<; But I expect most of them are passing up the silly boat thing and going to Fanime instead. xD
AND, before I forget, x3 That is a really cute chibi!Haku. It actually bends pretty well with that photo too! It hardly looks photoshopped. x3
lulz Ellen actually posted! x3
~*~
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Chibi!
Just finished it and had to put it up.
Heheh. The moment I get out of school, I bombard my blog to make up for lost time.
So, I've never seen a chibi dragon Haku, so I decided to try one myself.
Heheh. The moment I get out of school, I bombard my blog to make up for lost time.
So, I've never seen a chibi dragon Haku, so I decided to try one myself.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Avatar the Last Airbender
OK, I just had to post again today. I finished watching Avatar about 1 minute ago.
HOOWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only more so!
I can't believe it's actually over. Some people say that they're sad when a good book, or series ends. But I always get really excited and feel happy.
YAAAYYYY!!!
Can you tell?
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^-^
OK, it's official. I loves Zuko. Zuko is awesome. My favorite character. (And his hair near the end looks really fluffy! Hahaha!) But there's a ton of awesome characters!
And I did some research. Well, sort of. It's all off Wikipedia.
Some of the mythology and culture behind Avatar.
The term "Avatar" comes from the Indian language of Sanskrit. The word Avatāra, (Sanskrit: अवतार), which means "descent"; its roots are ava, "down," and tri, "to pass." In the Hindu scriptures, avatara signifies the descent of Divinity into flesh. One who attains union with Spirit and then returns to earth to help humanity is called an avatar. The Chinese characters that appear at the top of the show's title card mean "the divine medium who has descended upon the mortal world."
When Aang was young, he unknowingly revealed that he was the Avatar when he chose four toys out of thousands, each of which were the childhood toys of the previous Avatars. In Tibetan Buddhism, there is a similar test for reincarnations of a Tulku Lama. In Magic and Mystery in Tibet, Alexandra David-Neel writes that "a number of objects such as rosaries, ritualistic implements, books, tea-cups, etc., are placed together, and the child must pick out those which belonged to the late tulku, thus showing that he recognizes the things which were theirs in their previous life." Each successor is expected to show signs of continuity with the previous Avatar, such as being born within a week of the death.
Avatar draws on the four classical elements common to most ancient philosophies (rather than the five classical Chinese elements) for its bending arts: Water, Earth, Fire and Air. Although each has its own variation, most ancient philosophies incorporate these four elements in some way: examples include the classical Hindu, Buddhist, and Greek elemental traditions.
In the show’s opening, each element is accompanied by two Chinese characters: an ancient Chinese seal script character on the left, and a modern Chinese character on the right:
Water (Chinese: 水; pinyin: shui) is associated with benevolence and adaptivity (Chinese: 善; pinyin: shan).
Earth (Chinese: 土; pinyin: tu) is associated with strength and stability (Chinese: 強; pinyin: qiang).
Fire (Chinese: 火; pinyin: huo) is associated with intensity and passion (Chinese: 烈; pinyin: lie)
Air (Chinese: 气; pinyin: qi) is associated with peace and harmony (Chinese: 和; pinyin: he).
The fighting choreography of the show draws from martial arts; the fighting styles and weaponry are based on Chinese martial arts, with each bending art corresponding to a certain real-world style. The creators referred to Ba Gua for Airbending, Hung Gar for Earthbending, Northern Shaolin for Firebending, and Tai Chi for Waterbending. The series employed Sifu Kisu of the Harmonious Fist Chinese Athletic Association as a martial arts consultant.
Each fighting style was chosen to represent the element it projected:
Tai Chi focuses on alignment, body structure, breath, and visualization. This technique is the foundation of "Waterbending" in the series.
Hung Gar was chosen for its firmly rooted stances and powerful strikes to present the solid nature of earth. This martial art is the basis of "Earthbending" in the series.
Northern Shaolin Kung Fu uses strong arm and leg movements. This technique is the foundation of "Firebending" in the series.
Ba Gua uses dynamic circular movements and quick directional changes.[22] This technique uses centripetal force to generate power, and uses nearly constant circular movement to create angles between the combatants. This martial art is the basis of "Airbending" in the series.
The only exception to this is Toph, who can be seen practicing a Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis style. Its distinguishing movements and unique footwork give her the ability to overcome her blindness and defeat more muscular Masters of Earthbending. It also makes sense when one considers she is mostly self-taught.
And this stuff kind of relates, but I thought it was interesting.
The doctrine of five phases describes two cycles, a generating or creation (生, shēng) cycle, also known as "mother-son", and an overcoming or destruction (剋/克, kè) cycle, also known as "grandfather-nephew", of interactions between the phases.
Generating
The common memory jogs, which help to remind in what order the phases are:
Wood feeds Fire;
Fire creates Earth (ash);
Earth bears Metal;
Metal carries Water (as in a bucket or tap, or water condenses on metal);
Water nourishes Wood.
Also:
Wood absorbs Water;
Water rusts Metal;
Metal breaks up Earth;
Earth smothers Fire;
Fire burns Wood.
Other common words for this cycle include "begets", "engenders" and "mothers."
Overcoming
Wood parts Earth (such as roots) （or Trees can prevent soil erosion ）;
Earth absorbs (or muddies) Water (or Earth dam control the water);
Water quenches Fire;
Fire melts Metal;
Metal chops Wood.
This cycle might also be called "controls", "restrains" or "fathers".
HOOWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only more so!
I can't believe it's actually over. Some people say that they're sad when a good book, or series ends. But I always get really excited and feel happy.
YAAAYYYY!!!
Can you tell?
^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^
^-^
OK, it's official. I loves Zuko. Zuko is awesome. My favorite character. (And his hair near the end looks really fluffy! Hahaha!) But there's a ton of awesome characters!
And I did some research. Well, sort of. It's all off Wikipedia.
Some of the mythology and culture behind Avatar.
The term "Avatar" comes from the Indian language of Sanskrit. The word Avatāra, (Sanskrit: अवतार), which means "descent"; its roots are ava, "down," and tri, "to pass." In the Hindu scriptures, avatara signifies the descent of Divinity into flesh. One who attains union with Spirit and then returns to earth to help humanity is called an avatar. The Chinese characters that appear at the top of the show's title card mean "the divine medium who has descended upon the mortal world."
When Aang was young, he unknowingly revealed that he was the Avatar when he chose four toys out of thousands, each of which were the childhood toys of the previous Avatars. In Tibetan Buddhism, there is a similar test for reincarnations of a Tulku Lama. In Magic and Mystery in Tibet, Alexandra David-Neel writes that "a number of objects such as rosaries, ritualistic implements, books, tea-cups, etc., are placed together, and the child must pick out those which belonged to the late tulku, thus showing that he recognizes the things which were theirs in their previous life." Each successor is expected to show signs of continuity with the previous Avatar, such as being born within a week of the death.
Avatar draws on the four classical elements common to most ancient philosophies (rather than the five classical Chinese elements) for its bending arts: Water, Earth, Fire and Air. Although each has its own variation, most ancient philosophies incorporate these four elements in some way: examples include the classical Hindu, Buddhist, and Greek elemental traditions.
In the show’s opening, each element is accompanied by two Chinese characters: an ancient Chinese seal script character on the left, and a modern Chinese character on the right:
Water (Chinese: 水; pinyin: shui) is associated with benevolence and adaptivity (Chinese: 善; pinyin: shan).
Earth (Chinese: 土; pinyin: tu) is associated with strength and stability (Chinese: 強; pinyin: qiang).
Fire (Chinese: 火; pinyin: huo) is associated with intensity and passion (Chinese: 烈; pinyin: lie)
Air (Chinese: 气; pinyin: qi) is associated with peace and harmony (Chinese: 和; pinyin: he).
The fighting choreography of the show draws from martial arts; the fighting styles and weaponry are based on Chinese martial arts, with each bending art corresponding to a certain real-world style. The creators referred to Ba Gua for Airbending, Hung Gar for Earthbending, Northern Shaolin for Firebending, and Tai Chi for Waterbending. The series employed Sifu Kisu of the Harmonious Fist Chinese Athletic Association as a martial arts consultant.
Each fighting style was chosen to represent the element it projected:
Tai Chi focuses on alignment, body structure, breath, and visualization. This technique is the foundation of "Waterbending" in the series.
Hung Gar was chosen for its firmly rooted stances and powerful strikes to present the solid nature of earth. This martial art is the basis of "Earthbending" in the series.
Northern Shaolin Kung Fu uses strong arm and leg movements. This technique is the foundation of "Firebending" in the series.
Ba Gua uses dynamic circular movements and quick directional changes.[22] This technique uses centripetal force to generate power, and uses nearly constant circular movement to create angles between the combatants. This martial art is the basis of "Airbending" in the series.
The only exception to this is Toph, who can be seen practicing a Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis style. Its distinguishing movements and unique footwork give her the ability to overcome her blindness and defeat more muscular Masters of Earthbending. It also makes sense when one considers she is mostly self-taught.
And this stuff kind of relates, but I thought it was interesting.
The doctrine of five phases describes two cycles, a generating or creation (生, shēng) cycle, also known as "mother-son", and an overcoming or destruction (剋/克, kè) cycle, also known as "grandfather-nephew", of interactions between the phases.
Generating
The common memory jogs, which help to remind in what order the phases are:
Wood feeds Fire;
Fire creates Earth (ash);
Earth bears Metal;
Metal carries Water (as in a bucket or tap, or water condenses on metal);
Water nourishes Wood.
Also:
Wood absorbs Water;
Water rusts Metal;
Metal breaks up Earth;
Earth smothers Fire;
Fire burns Wood.
Other common words for this cycle include "begets", "engenders" and "mothers."
Overcoming
Wood parts Earth (such as roots) （or Trees can prevent soil erosion ）;
Earth absorbs (or muddies) Water (or Earth dam control the water);
Water quenches Fire;
Fire melts Metal;
Metal chops Wood.
This cycle might also be called "controls", "restrains" or "fathers".
Cat Feet
Elllen's so funny.
"I haven't really had time to work on anything, but I've had time to read all these manga."
Just kidding!
Ellen, you didn't finish your Lan Fan costume! You would have been good as her! Sheesh! I told you to work on it sooner.
I didn't know Stray Dog was buy the FMa person. But then again, I read that one before I read FMA. Hmm. It was an interesting concept (It gave me an idea for something). And the little dog guys were cute!
I'll check out the other short one too. Now that I'm on vacation, I don't have to worry about homework anymore. Just about Mom telling me stuff to do.
I've decided, next year I want to dress up as Yellow. I just need to make a yellow vest thing and borrow Stephanie's big straw hat. Heheh. And I can carry a stuffed Pikachu around. She's my favorite from the Pokemon Adventures Manga.
So, there's a random thing that I wanted to write about. I've been putting it off for a few weeks.
So, I volunteer with the cats at the humane society on fridays. Right before I work with the wildlife.
When you're working with cats you don't know, you need to err on the cautious side. They do have sharp claws and teeth and can cause a lot of damage. I've never had a problem with it.
See, I'm a pet psychic. Actually, they're called animal communicators.
^-^
I just wrote that because I wanted to get people's reactions.
Anyway, whatever the case, I'm good at reading animals, and they're good at reading me.
One general guideline to live by. If a cat rolls on its back, don't rub their tummy unless you know them very well. They might grab your arm and claw you. Some cats like belly rubs, but a lot don't.
So, I had this cat in one of the rooms and she kept rolling around on her back.
With my awesome psychic powers, I reminded her that humans have delicate skin and she has to be careful with her claws. I got the sense it was okay to pet her. So, I put my hand on her tummy. She grabbed my arm in her forepaws and began kicking the krayp out of my forearm with her back feet while at the same time chewing on my fingers. The thing was, she didn't put a scratch on me. She kept her claws sheathed. She just held and kicked, without hurting me in the least. And her chewing was just playful and didn't hurt at all.
And no, she wasn't de-clawed. She had claws. She was being very delicate with me. She seemed to enjoy beating my arm up, so I let her do it a few more times. It was amusing to watch, and I was impressed by her control and carefulness. If she chewed a little too hard, I'd remind her of my fur-less skin and she'd be more gentle.
After several arm-kicking sessions in a row, I didn't have so much as one scratch.
"I haven't really had time to work on anything, but I've had time to read all these manga."
Just kidding!
Ellen, you didn't finish your Lan Fan costume! You would have been good as her! Sheesh! I told you to work on it sooner.
I didn't know Stray Dog was buy the FMa person. But then again, I read that one before I read FMA. Hmm. It was an interesting concept (It gave me an idea for something). And the little dog guys were cute!
I'll check out the other short one too. Now that I'm on vacation, I don't have to worry about homework anymore. Just about Mom telling me stuff to do.
I've decided, next year I want to dress up as Yellow. I just need to make a yellow vest thing and borrow Stephanie's big straw hat. Heheh. And I can carry a stuffed Pikachu around. She's my favorite from the Pokemon Adventures Manga.
So, there's a random thing that I wanted to write about. I've been putting it off for a few weeks.
So, I volunteer with the cats at the humane society on fridays. Right before I work with the wildlife.
When you're working with cats you don't know, you need to err on the cautious side. They do have sharp claws and teeth and can cause a lot of damage. I've never had a problem with it.
See, I'm a pet psychic. Actually, they're called animal communicators.
^-^
I just wrote that because I wanted to get people's reactions.
Anyway, whatever the case, I'm good at reading animals, and they're good at reading me.
One general guideline to live by. If a cat rolls on its back, don't rub their tummy unless you know them very well. They might grab your arm and claw you. Some cats like belly rubs, but a lot don't.
So, I had this cat in one of the rooms and she kept rolling around on her back.
With my awesome psychic powers, I reminded her that humans have delicate skin and she has to be careful with her claws. I got the sense it was okay to pet her. So, I put my hand on her tummy. She grabbed my arm in her forepaws and began kicking the krayp out of my forearm with her back feet while at the same time chewing on my fingers. The thing was, she didn't put a scratch on me. She kept her claws sheathed. She just held and kicked, without hurting me in the least. And her chewing was just playful and didn't hurt at all.
And no, she wasn't de-clawed. She had claws. She was being very delicate with me. She seemed to enjoy beating my arm up, so I let her do it a few more times. It was amusing to watch, and I was impressed by her control and carefulness. If she chewed a little too hard, I'd remind her of my fur-less skin and she'd be more gentle.
After several arm-kicking sessions in a row, I didn't have so much as one scratch.
Fanime
Waaah! I cant wait for fanime it's gonna be so much fun! X3 I'm so excited yay! Anyway I'm just waiting for class to start since i'm not out of school yet T-T but I'm still really happy cause fanime is just around the corner. I'm gonna see everybody and look at all the booths and the art and go to the masquerades and eat a lot of good food and run around like a crazy person and maybe buy a plushie and agonize over the fact that I dont have enough money to buy a sword or a place to put it for that matter. Yay for run on sentences ^__^ Anyway if you cant tell I'm really excited about fanime. Dont really have a cosplay this year so I'm going as random samurai or whatever. I can totally pull if off to cause my hair's still pretty short. Mwa ha ha ha ha. I had a scone for breakfast...there was sugar on it :D
So I havent been working on much lately, too much homework and projects and things to deal with. But I have read a whole ton of manga a lot of the psychological ones, they're kinda creepy but I think most if not all psychological manga will be creepy. But some are pretty good. Like Uzumaki was really really really really really weird and creepy, there's just no other word to describe it. It's about a town in the mountains by the sea that's cursed by a spiral. yeah it sounds lame...at least till you read it. Makes me shudder, anyway there's also stuff that's kinda creepy but sometimes uplifting, like Ikigami. It's about a national prosperity plan in japan where everyone is injected with a vaccine but 1 out of 1000 of the vaccines have a capsule that is supposed to explode and cause the person to die at a predestined time. And the government is the one who instated this vaccine thing to make people realize the value of life. Some of the people go crazy and try to kill other people to get revenge. Others try and leave something good for the world and die with dignity. It's really cool, might be a little gruesome though...
Oh or Pluto, that was a good one i read a while ago. It's about robots with AI and what exactly draws the line between robot and human. Really makes you think. It's about trying to find the "monster" that's killing off the seven most widely known and advanced robots. I really liked all the characters.
And I finally read 20th century boys. I was kind of put off because of the art, and the summary didnt really do it justice. But it's really interesting. About a group of boys who wanted to save the world from some kind of bad guy. But they needed to come up with the evil plan that they had to save the world from. So they started their elaborate plan even coming up with a symbol for their group. Then years later when they're all grown up and have forgotten everything about their game bad things start to happen all over the world. And one of them comes to realize that it's exactly how they thought the bad guy would take over. A really cool conspiracy manga, gets a little confusing at times, but overall really good.
Then there's the higurashi no naku koro ni, and the umineko no naku koro ni series. Both are really interesting and puzzle like, but are all about murders. So if you cant stomach the blood and gore, you might not want to read it. But I think it's really interesting with the puzzles and the different viewpoints. It really does get grotesque sometimes and it's kind of surreal when everything seems normal. Cause when everything is ok it almost seems like a shoujo manga or something and you get really confused...at least until people start dying...
Wow that was a depressing list of manga. Now for some not so depressing ones!
Chii's sweet home. I love that cat. Read it it's awesome. They're short chapters, and really the cute feel good kind of manga.
Whistle. A sports manga about soccer. A kid who transfers from a really good athletic school to a mediocre school. He wants to play soccer and sucks at it, but he works so hard and with such determination...so awesome ^__^
Kimi ni todoke. A cute shoujo manga. I stumbled across it while doing research for the new story I'm writing, I had to read so many shoujo manga (shudder). But this one was really interesting. Very different. A girl who everyone is scared of is the heroine, resulting in very funny misunderstandings. Tee hee. Peopel think she's a ghost sometimes.
Two oneshots I think should get more attention
Souten no Koumori, and Stray dogs. Both by the author of fullmetal alchemist. so awesome. I cant even do them justice >__< they're just that good. Ok well so I cant do any of these mangas justice because they're all brilliant.
Anyway I gotta get to class, read some of these if you're interested ^__^
Oh yeah and fanime...yay X3
So I havent been working on much lately, too much homework and projects and things to deal with. But I have read a whole ton of manga a lot of the psychological ones, they're kinda creepy but I think most if not all psychological manga will be creepy. But some are pretty good. Like Uzumaki was really really really really really weird and creepy, there's just no other word to describe it. It's about a town in the mountains by the sea that's cursed by a spiral. yeah it sounds lame...at least till you read it. Makes me shudder, anyway there's also stuff that's kinda creepy but sometimes uplifting, like Ikigami. It's about a national prosperity plan in japan where everyone is injected with a vaccine but 1 out of 1000 of the vaccines have a capsule that is supposed to explode and cause the person to die at a predestined time. And the government is the one who instated this vaccine thing to make people realize the value of life. Some of the people go crazy and try to kill other people to get revenge. Others try and leave something good for the world and die with dignity. It's really cool, might be a little gruesome though...
Oh or Pluto, that was a good one i read a while ago. It's about robots with AI and what exactly draws the line between robot and human. Really makes you think. It's about trying to find the "monster" that's killing off the seven most widely known and advanced robots. I really liked all the characters.
And I finally read 20th century boys. I was kind of put off because of the art, and the summary didnt really do it justice. But it's really interesting. About a group of boys who wanted to save the world from some kind of bad guy. But they needed to come up with the evil plan that they had to save the world from. So they started their elaborate plan even coming up with a symbol for their group. Then years later when they're all grown up and have forgotten everything about their game bad things start to happen all over the world. And one of them comes to realize that it's exactly how they thought the bad guy would take over. A really cool conspiracy manga, gets a little confusing at times, but overall really good.
Then there's the higurashi no naku koro ni, and the umineko no naku koro ni series. Both are really interesting and puzzle like, but are all about murders. So if you cant stomach the blood and gore, you might not want to read it. But I think it's really interesting with the puzzles and the different viewpoints. It really does get grotesque sometimes and it's kind of surreal when everything seems normal. Cause when everything is ok it almost seems like a shoujo manga or something and you get really confused...at least until people start dying...
Wow that was a depressing list of manga. Now for some not so depressing ones!
Chii's sweet home. I love that cat. Read it it's awesome. They're short chapters, and really the cute feel good kind of manga.
Whistle. A sports manga about soccer. A kid who transfers from a really good athletic school to a mediocre school. He wants to play soccer and sucks at it, but he works so hard and with such determination...so awesome ^__^
Kimi ni todoke. A cute shoujo manga. I stumbled across it while doing research for the new story I'm writing, I had to read so many shoujo manga (shudder). But this one was really interesting. Very different. A girl who everyone is scared of is the heroine, resulting in very funny misunderstandings. Tee hee. Peopel think she's a ghost sometimes.
Two oneshots I think should get more attention
Souten no Koumori, and Stray dogs. Both by the author of fullmetal alchemist. so awesome. I cant even do them justice >__< they're just that good. Ok well so I cant do any of these mangas justice because they're all brilliant.
Anyway I gotta get to class, read some of these if you're interested ^__^
Oh yeah and fanime...yay X3
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
I just got out for summer today. And I feel soooo nice! ah, lovely.
OK, so, this one is Crystal's fault. She got me a book for my birthday. A manga called Tegami Bachi. She got me the second volume, so of course that meant I had to go get the first volume. What a sneaky trick to play on someone!
I read the rest of it online. It's pretty good. It's interesting. I like the stuff about the heart. And Niche is cute.
So, the premise. There's this strange land that is plagues by big bug-like things called Gaichuu that will eat people's heart.
The Letter Bees deliver letters (which contain the heart of the people who wrote them). They travel this land to deliver the letters of people, and they fight gaichuu on the way there and stuff.
Pictures! Crystal recommended this manga because it's got nice artwork. I'll put up soem pictures.
Lag and Niche are in the first pic. (I know they have weird names). Niche is the girl. Lag is the boy. And that thing on Niche's head is some animal that she's named Steak. The older boy in some of the pictures is Gauche (which I believe is pronounced Goshu but I haven't seen the anime yet). Some of the last pics are from the anime. And the gaichuu-giant bugs-are in the last pics too.
OK, so, this one is Crystal's fault. She got me a book for my birthday. A manga called Tegami Bachi. She got me the second volume, so of course that meant I had to go get the first volume. What a sneaky trick to play on someone!
I read the rest of it online. It's pretty good. It's interesting. I like the stuff about the heart. And Niche is cute.
So, the premise. There's this strange land that is plagues by big bug-like things called Gaichuu that will eat people's heart.
The Letter Bees deliver letters (which contain the heart of the people who wrote them). They travel this land to deliver the letters of people, and they fight gaichuu on the way there and stuff.
Pictures! Crystal recommended this manga because it's got nice artwork. I'll put up soem pictures.
Lag and Niche are in the first pic. (I know they have weird names). Niche is the girl. Lag is the boy. And that thing on Niche's head is some animal that she's named Steak. The older boy in some of the pictures is Gauche (which I believe is pronounced Goshu but I haven't seen the anime yet). Some of the last pics are from the anime. And the gaichuu-giant bugs-are in the last pics too.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Shadows of Time
I just realized that I haven't posted about this at all! 3 weeks ago, I started putting up 2 new fanfictions. I've never done 2 at a time before, so we'll see how it goes. I've gotten them up on time so far. I try to stick with one chapter per week per fanfic. It was right after I finished the first episode of my Pokémon one. See, Path of the Chosen comes in a few different parts. And the readers wanted me to start the second one right away. So, I did. But there's also a Zelda fanfic that I've been working on recently that has Shadow Link as the main character. See, the fanfic started because there were a lot of different Zelda characters from many different games, and I wanted to find a way to use them all. But then what would the plot be? And who would be the main character?
Then I re-read the Four Swords manga, and at the end, Shadow Link turns good. When I took the train the next morning, my brain started working. Trains are a great place to think. And I realized, "I could use Shadow Link!" At first I was gonna make him sort of quiet and distant. But Ellen's influence (especially with Nex) made me eventually settle on a quite different Shadow Link. Which adds a much more interesting element. Can you trust him to do his duty and protect the Link whose shadow he is? Plus I've never written for a character like him before, and It's kinda fun!
I wrote the first chapter during humanities class. I think I thought of it during that same train ride. I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I just wrote it during class. Heheh. I like the first chapter. It's a little darker than I usually do, but it was awesome to write. Nick stole it and read it after I finished writing it. His reaction was perfect. He didn't know what the dark hand was until he realized that Link's shadow was missing. Heheh. I think that's the first thing he's ever read that I've written. I wonder what he thought about it.
Anyway, links! I mean, links to my stories, not the character Link.
Here's my second part of the Pokémon fanfic. Path of the Chosen 2: Frail Heart.
And here's the link to Shadows of Time.
Then I re-read the Four Swords manga, and at the end, Shadow Link turns good. When I took the train the next morning, my brain started working. Trains are a great place to think. And I realized, "I could use Shadow Link!" At first I was gonna make him sort of quiet and distant. But Ellen's influence (especially with Nex) made me eventually settle on a quite different Shadow Link. Which adds a much more interesting element. Can you trust him to do his duty and protect the Link whose shadow he is? Plus I've never written for a character like him before, and It's kinda fun!
I wrote the first chapter during humanities class. I think I thought of it during that same train ride. I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I just wrote it during class. Heheh. I like the first chapter. It's a little darker than I usually do, but it was awesome to write. Nick stole it and read it after I finished writing it. His reaction was perfect. He didn't know what the dark hand was until he realized that Link's shadow was missing. Heheh. I think that's the first thing he's ever read that I've written. I wonder what he thought about it.
Anyway, links! I mean, links to my stories, not the character Link.
Here's my second part of the Pokémon fanfic. Path of the Chosen 2: Frail Heart.
And here's the link to Shadows of Time.
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