Conversation Between POKEMON_MASTER_0 and txteclipse
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  1. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 11th, 2008 5:38 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    So maybe I'll jump in as well to reinforce icomeanon6's point. Ender's Shadow is something that you have to read. It's pretty much Ender's Game told from a different perspective. It sounds like a rip-off, but really, the two books provide two different stances that make them unique in their own respects.
  2. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 8th, 2008 9:20 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    About a week ago, I was sick as well. My throat was so swollen that I could hardly talk, I had a runny nose, and a headache. I've kind of gotten over it as well, thankfully.

    I've been online a lot too. I was going to play a game of tennis with a friend, but that kind of fell through when it rained. I've just been locked up inside all day listening to hardcore rave music from Youtube and attempting to work on Elements while reading Brisingr.

    I have to say...I'm getting a mixed reaction from the book. The battle with the Ra'zac was kind of anticlimactic. I mean...no epic sword fights or magic stuff, just go in, bash their heads, and leave Sapphira to kill the parents. However, it seems to have gotten more interesting since that point, so we'll see.
  3. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 8th, 2008 9:19 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I think that it's safe to assume that you read the book, or are in the process of reading it. If you haven't...sorry for the minor spoiler. If you have, then keep in mind that I've only read a hundred pages. I don't want any spoilers. (:

    Food always seems to help with writing. Even before I sat down to work, I inhaled a bag of Corn Nuts, ranch flavored. But once I got down to work, I thought, "No, I'm going to work on my new thing." And I did work on my new thing. Then I thought, "I'm going to crash one of my friends' wifi parties on Animal Crossing, Wild World." So here I am...having written a little bit, not on Elements, and trying to crash parties. I hope that Eon Chronicles is going better for you.
  4. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 8th, 2008 9:16 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    What else...I wish that every class was graded like an AP class. Random, I know, but I whenever I get my tests back in AP chem, there's always a fair deal of red on them, along with a grade of 85 percent. Then I think "85 percent...that's a B- or something. Wait a minute...acording to the sylubus, 80-100 percent is an A. I got an A!"

    Yeah...that's about all for me. Sorry if it was overwhelmingly long (it exceeded a new 1000 character limit, hence the breakage). Good luck on Eon Chronicles and wish me luck as well so that when I finish crashing parties, I'll be able to write...hopefully they won't boot me from their towns too quickly. lol.
  5. txteclipse
    November 8th, 2008 5:13 PM
    txteclipse
    I've been good. Sick for five weeks straight, but I'm finally getting over it.

    Today I didn't really do much. I've been online a lot, and I tried to work on a banner for the Chronicles, which failed. I haven't worked much on my next chapter either, unfortunately. The beginning is really, really complicated, and it's hard to make it sound right, and I'm not even sure I want to reveal what I'm thinking of revealing yet. Sooo...I guess I need to eat? Maybe I'll go do that now.
  6. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 8th, 2008 4:32 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    You know, I saw that website that you posted for writer's block and I think that I'll try it out. When my parents are out, I'm going to grab my teddy bear that I slept with when I was three, put it by my computer, and talk to it. Heck, I may drag out my old bennie babies as well. Then I'll have an entire audience for my twisted ideas, lol. I'm desperately trying to cut through my writer's block.

    Anyway...how's it been going?

    EDIT: Darn, I have to leave. May be back in a bit, may not be.
  7. txteclipse
    November 4th, 2008 10:56 PM
    txteclipse
    You know, I may switch back. I have a new sig lined up, and it seems that everyone likes my headphones avy the best, so I might as well use it. This was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing, anyways.
  8. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 4th, 2008 7:54 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    Actually, it was Ender's Game.

    And I like your new avatar as well...although I think that I liked the Latias one better. Maybe that's just because when she wears those headphones, I can imagine her jamming to Tiesto in her living room at five-A.M....at least that's what I do, lol.
  9. txteclipse
    November 4th, 2008 10:52 AM
    txteclipse
    Was it Ender's Game, perchance? That book is quite amazing.

    Eh, that's all I really have time for at the moment. Gotta get to class, lol.
  10. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 3rd, 2008 9:37 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I remember reading a book once (I won't say which so that it won't be spoiled if you haven't read it), where a poor, defenseless kid was challenged by a bully. Miraculously, the kid won. The bully tried to run, but the kid beat him to death.

    When asked to explain his actions, the kid said that he knew that if he let the bully go, he would come back and he would get beaten. He destroyed the bully in one decisive fight so that he would never be bothered again.

    It really is hard, as I've never been in that situation either.

    On another note, I've finnished my part of the corpse and sent my line off. I have a feeling that it may be a bit muddled...shrouded in a cloud of pseudo gangsta-talk. I guess we'll see what happens.

    EDIT: I need to get going now, nice talking.
  11. txteclipse
    November 3rd, 2008 9:25 PM
    txteclipse
    I think violence is only acceptable in defense of yourself or others, and only if there is no other feasible option. It's pretty straightforward on paper, but it can be complicated, i.e. if your attacker starts running away, do you pursue them or let them go? There's a chance they won't keep bothering you, but there's also a chance they will, and you have to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. It's kind of like having to play judge, but in a very intense and spur-of-the-moment timeline. The thought is pretty alien to most, including me.
  12. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 3rd, 2008 9:03 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    It was amazing. I've never really considered it before, our culture is very tolerant of violence: it promotes it, even. I know, hypocritical coming from writer who puts swords in the hands of two fourteen year-olds, but I could justify it by saying that they are using violence to prevent a greater evil that has the potential to cause more violence and harm than the teens if it isn't stopped.

    But then comes the "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." argument. Kind of makes my head hurt.
  13. txteclipse
    November 3rd, 2008 8:26 PM
    txteclipse
    Sounds like a F.E.D.s skit. We have those (or rather had them) at the church I went to before coming to college. They can be pretty intense sometimes, but I've always liked them. They defy convention, I guess: they show things for how they truly are, without the facade a lot of us place over the disgusting things around us.

    It's kind of like we become desensitized to all of the hurt in the world, hearing about it on the news and reading about it in newspapers, but then to see it acted out is more personal and direct. It reaches you in a deeper way that penetrates the monotony, and I think that's a fairly amazing trait.
  14. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    November 3rd, 2008 8:13 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    Mm. I'm not much for showing emotion either. I was surprised that this particular skit made me cry. Here...let me tell you about it. Although seeing it would certainly be more powerful, it works to tell as well:

    It started out with a girl on the stage in normal street clothes and a guy in a white robe standing behind her (God, obviously). Whenever God would make a motion with one part of a body, she would follow: she was in complete unity with God.

    But then, a guy (boyfriend) swooped in and starting dancing with her, leaving God waving his arms vainly from the sidelines, trying to get her attention again. Then a multitude of other characters came in: a punk who gave her a bottle of beer, which she drank from contently, another punk, who shoved her down, then a stuck-up looking girl who kicked her. All of them formed a wall in front of God.

    Laying on the ground and crying, the Grim Reaper shows up last and orchestrates her movements like God did. This time, however, she is holding a knife. Just before she slits her wrist, she has a sudden change in heart and punches the Grim Reaper. He resigns to the wall of people who are blocking her from God.

    She charges at the wall, only to be knocked down and beaten up. She gets back up quickly and charges again, and again, each time being beaten up. Finally, she gets close enough to God that he is able to grab her. He shields her from the mass of people, now trying to beat him up in order to get to her. All at once, they crumple to the ground and God is again orchestrating her movements.


    I cried because although I have not been through that particular situation, I did undergo a trial similar to that. A few years ago, I became very sad, and very worried. I worried over everything. Period. It got to a low point where I began to ask myself "What's the point of this? Why don't I just take myself out right now?" I began to plot my own demise, but in the process, realized that I was worth more than I originally thought. If I were to kill myself, how would my parents feel? How would my friends feel?

    I imagined them, standing over my grave, and I could not even begin to comprehend what was going through their minds. That alone told me that I could not afford to give up. Death was closing in and I had to do something about it...so, I fought back. I worked my way out of the hole with the help of a specific teacher who encouraged me to write. I could explain, I could persuade: I could create. I was godlike. I could rise above the darkness.

    That's what I did, and that's why I cried. Every time that girl was knocked down it reminded me of my own attempts to work my way out. I kept trying and trying, undeterred by my failures. And when I finally manged to get there, I knew that my life would never be the same again. That's why I cried.

    I may be back in a bit...my sister's demanding the computer right now. If not, I'll see you later.
  15. txteclipse
    November 3rd, 2008 7:51 PM
    txteclipse
    I'd love to hear about it/see it. I'm not much of a crier, but I may be one of the most emotional people I know inwardly. It's kind of funny, I guess. You've seen hints of it in my fanfiction, I'm sure. I have a lot of feelings about a lot of stuff, but they don't usually manifest themselves in conventional ways.