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  1. Aisu
    November 4th, 2016 2:04 PM
    Aisu
    Although not everyone has an aversion to destroying art
  2. Aisu
    November 3rd, 2016 4:11 PM
    Aisu
    You kids and your symbolism muk lol. I dunno, like I'm really wracking my brain here. So I stared at this page for a good five minutes and decided, Saul Maverick. He's a boy/young man that stole a la Robin Hood, cracked jokes all the time, pissed off adults, and suffered brain cancer, someone that had "all the bad luck in life."
  3. Aisu
    November 3rd, 2016 2:55 PM
    Aisu
    Who's your favorite character to ever have written?
  4. Aisu
    October 28th, 2016 2:00 AM
    Aisu
    Suuuuuure. I'll just be painting my windows black now
  5. Aisu
    October 27th, 2016 5:14 PM
    Aisu
    lol Do you lurk in the writing section or something? So fast
  6. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 6:00 PM
    Somewhere_
    What did you think of me applying the true definition of "rightful" and "legitimate," and applying them to politics as i sort of explained?

    Im almost 17, but I tend to be into "adult" stuff, like history books, political theory and economics books, etc.

    Balance. A character so focused on details he misses the obvious. So focused on the future, he misses what he has now (hint for tragedy here). I want the reader to question the ethics of the main character, so he is good-intentioned, but sometimes has bad means. Question the morality of ostracism vs the pragmatism of ostracism. I kinda want this to be a running theme, and this can applied to the character's relationships- who does he let into his life and not let into his life?

    Much of my thinking is philosophical meandering in real life. xD But ya, i gotcha.

    The beginning will consist of grotesque details and introspection. With an action-packed climax and ending that is stand-alone, but could continue for more.
  7. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 4:46 PM
    Somewhere_
    to be honest, Im really liking this world. I might write a paragraph a week or something for the multiverse!

    Where is that 2nd person story? Did someone on PC write it?

    I was thinking just writing how the character thinks. Idk if that is proper though. What do you mean by balance and the proper way to portray the character?

    I might write it similar to how I wrote my other story (hope) in the writing section of PC. The character starts in a unique prison cell. It seems like my pace. More descriptive and exploratory than adventure and action. And I can always have the option of the story i mentioned early with actual adventure and crap.
  8. Zakariya
    October 24th, 2016 4:17 PM
    Zakariya
    Let's just people have their heads buried in the sand, and even after something is proven, they still refuse to believe the truth.
  9. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 3:56 PM
    Somewhere_
    I loved Koutesu no Kabaneri lol. I draw from another book series a bit, but I forget the series. I read it in middle school. I also read a few steampunk/dystopian mangas over the summer. Not to mention, my usual fascination with zombies and political theory.

    I think my MC would be a young man/late teen, who is a son of a criminal. Which is important of course because criminals are ostracized and not accepted in any kingdom; however, immigration from other city-states is welcome. And gang members/former gang members are easily distinguishable because of looks, general attitudes, etc. And the MC is sort of in-between- not a gang member or criminal, but quite a member of the city-states. So he does not fit in anywhere.

    I never mentioned a mother, so his goal could be looking for his mother across the various city-states and gangs. Possibly to only find his mother as stored information in a robot or database or something, where the personality is the same and everything.

    I love writing in first person, so I would most likely write in journal entries. I could also write in journal entries of many, many different people to build up the world I guess. Or just write Hunger Games-style- 1st person and in the present tense. I think i prefer the last option.
  10. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 3:23 PM
    Somewhere_
    Well at least you arent forever alone like me lol.

    You can survive outside the walls, but its very difficult. The zombies are highly intelligent and hunt in groups, so you have to avoid where they congregate and nest.

    There are also gangs and various renegade groups that hold territory, but they are unsafe compared to kingdoms and they tend to be violent. Especially towards women because kids do not live too long. They are violent because gangs are made up of ostracized criminals and former groups rejected by the initial creation of the city-states.

    Sometimes gangs make contracts with the city-states to keep the outside area safe, especially when they trade with the trains.

    The kingdoms do not cleanse the lands of zombies if they are totally protected by walls because they do not venture outside the walls. The kingdoms with territory outside the walls will. But they are usually only temporary fixes to the zombie problem.

    kingdoms trade with other kingdoms with highly fortified trains. But they can be unreliable because of gang raids or zombie attacks depending on the location. Also many, many people died building them.

    People inside the city-states are fairly wealthy because many of the lower-class died in the original construction. Within city-states, the economies do very good. the economies grow, especially when the trains are successful in trade. However, population growth is slow because of lack of farming space (which hinders the economies a bit). The economies of the gangs rely on parasitism and minimal trading. They are mostly self-sufficient.
  11. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 12:31 PM
    Somewhere_
    dude ya need a girlfriend/boyfriend! xD Im trying to get a girlfriend, but eh. Im going to begin exercising regularly, so maybe ill look more attractive. Im also just terrible with relationships. I think I'm too nice lol.

    i see. Perhaps by focusing on a single world I am limiting plot potential. Well, I also love post-apacolypictic stories. A world with zombies in a post-libertarian /NrX society would be sick now that I think about it... it just feels dark. Idk how to explain it, but its like it makes sense. Possibly some steampunk.

    Basically, strong borders are something that would occur in a totally NrX society, as well as possibly extreme sectionalism as well between city-states. Im thinking of a very decentralized post-libertarian version, rather than an Ancient Regime powerful-monarchical world.

    So the main character is the son of an evicted criminal from a kingdom. And he desires amnesty in a kingdom, and of course all kingdoms are surrounded more or less by walls. With zombies outside. But of course they aren't the slow zombies- they are more like black humanoid creatures with leathery skin, long sharp nails, and flesh-tearing teeth. I have the image perfect in my head because i love to use these creatures in imaginary scenarios.

    And the zombies will be the explanation of the various kingdoms/city states as the city states (backdrop) spawn from former government.
  12. Somewhere_
    October 24th, 2016 8:43 AM
    Somewhere_
    thanks for reading it lol. I replied to you, but idk if it goes into your notifications.

    That was really helpful actually! xD I dont really get attached to people in real life (except my parents), so I think it will be difficult for me to get the reader attached to characters. And I can't really have a love interest because I have never been in a relationship longer than 2 dates and I failed to kiss when I had the chance lol.

    The problems of the characters definitely depend on the political system. For example, a population under a monarch would be less happy with the political system and be unified under natural opposition to the monarch (at least in the beginning stages as class consciousness decreases over time) While in a democracy, sectionalism is more of a thing, and class consciousness is non-existed between ruled and ruler, but more apparent in rich vs poor (and this increases over time).

    A culture under monarchy becomes less liberty orientated over time, then at the end stage, it shoots through the roof. while a culture under a democracy becomes increasingly egalitarian over time.

    Cultures under monarchy would be much more religious, and under democracy, much more secular.

    There is more, but i wont bore you.

    What would the characters want though? I dont know. If I created a post-libertarian/NrX society with monarchs, the monarchs would probably have minor territory struggles. But those wars are between monarchs and the people aren't involved; towns arent destroyed, so I couldn't do a "character caught in the middle of this larger conflict" sort of story.
  13. Somewhere_
    October 23rd, 2016 5:18 PM
    Somewhere_
    I think I want to just write it like a history book lol. That would interest me. But no one else. I literally have no clue how an actual story could fit into it all.

    to be honest, I think something like I wrote in the fanfic section would fit me better. Have you read "Hope?"

    I think ill work on brainstorming. But I want something sad. Something where the main character or good guys lose. A tragedy with a lot of emotional investment. I just dont think i have the skill.

    Its almost better for me to stick with political theory. My imagination explodes with political theory. While i do have a good imagination for stories, I just can't write it out like i can political theory. Maybe because political theory aims to be objective, and is thus limited to logic?
  14. Somewhere_
    October 23rd, 2016 5:01 PM
    Somewhere_
    i have an idea of the political systems, conflicts, culture, behaviors of general populations, history- backdrop stuff. But idk how to even make a story of it haha.

    ill check it out
  15. Somewhere_
    October 23rd, 2016 4:09 PM
    Somewhere_
    Makes sense. Personally, I LOVE backstory and world settings and history. It fascinates me with no end lol. Maybe even more than the actual story itself sometimes.

    I'll try my best if i write. I have never written something like that. I have a good idea of the politics and conflicts already.

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Posted January 5th, 2018 at 9:51 AM by Bardothren Comments 0
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Hello everyone, first blog post out of me for 2018. I have recently finished Juuni Taisen, an anime about twelve warriors of the zodiac in a free-for-all to the death for one rules-free wish. I enjoyed it enough to see it through to the end, but after a few episodes, I noticed numerous glaring flaws with its storytelling. This won't be covering animation or voice acting, just the show's story.

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Posted November 15th, 2017 at 5:44 PM by Bardothren Comments 0
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Holy cow, it's been over a year since I touched this thing. Time flies. Anyways, I had a conversation with myself, which is extremely sad, about how in the Pokemon anime, every reaction to food is either complete bliss or complete disgust, with no middle ground or variation on those two types of reactions. So, instead of leaving that as a sad conversation with myself because I'm a complete loner, I decided to turn that into consolidating my thoughts for a forum post.

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Huh, this thing still exists? Well, might as well make a random post in it since I feel in the mood. As far as a quick update on my life goes, not much has changed. I still have my job as a QA tech and I'm starting to build up some savings for the day I move out of my parents' house.

And I suppose it's only fitting, in Halloween spirit, to talk about the spookiest phenomenon on the planet.

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Posted August 2nd, 2016 at 3:56 PM by Bardothren Comments 0
Wow... it's been four months since I posted here, and to be completely honest, I'm not surprised. I had a feeling I'd go missing one of these days, and I was running out of things to talk about. So... here I am.

Time for some updates. If you're one of the ten (maybe?) people who actually remember my stories, then you're probably wondering what happened to my latest project, Bird Made of Ice. Well, it's cancelled for now.

Allow me to explain: I had a very hard time...

Posted April 1st, 2016 at 6:32 PM by Bardothren Comments 0
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Hello there! First off, no, I'm not dead, thanks for caring >:( Second off, wow, viewership took a nosedive in March... not entirely sure to make of that considering my second post hit over two thousand views. Third, no, this is not an April Fools prank, although I was considering it.

As for a brief run-through of the last three weeks of my life, all I did over spring break was eat, sleep, and play Starcraft on the N64 emulation on my computer... which is extremely bizarre when...
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