Recent content by Act

This is all lovely, but when you voice an opinion, you have to be prepared to back it up. Frankly, if you don't want to do this (or don't have a reason), then yeah, it's probably not a good idea to put opinions out there because inherently, people who disagree with you ask you why you believe...

You keep changing your argument... and ignoring tons of points. And way to back that one up. I'm totally swayed now. Seriously, which ones? How so? Why is our fandom worse for the exclusion of them? And besides, that's a sweeping generalization. I could just as quickly say every theme known to...

The masses of our fandom tend to not care about (or notice) plagiarism, in my experience... But if you're really concerned about it, just put a message in the intro saying Duncan is aware of the similarities and okay with it.

Themes? How can themes be worse than one another? Or is this a case of literary term misuse? Again, I don't really think it makes sense to say that "Arbitrary Collection of Stories A" is more creative/better/more thematic' than "Arbitrary Collection of Stories B." First of all, something like...

Are they "worth" writing? That's an odd question. If they don't suck then, yeah. O_o. Short stories are, IMO, the hardest thing to write. You need a conflict, rise of action, climax, and resolution all in the context of one short story. It's hard. You need a plot that can wrap itself up quickly...

So wait. You're saying that the best written fanfic in the entire world by definintion pales in comparison to the worst written publsihed work? Hell, to a mediocre published work? What about a good one? Honestly, what? As someone who writes both... there are times when my original stuff just...

Eek... >< sorry about messing up 'tense' and 'person.' I fixed that above. Well, it's usually not the words as much as how they're used. Those words (since when is 'dancing' a purple word?) are fine and lovely on their own. But all of them right next to each other in the same sentence is...

Well, if what she's seen and what's present are one in the same, then what? She shouldn't say anything because it might offend people who worry they're guilty of the same thing? Not to beat a dead horse (although I do love doing that), I don't really think what Jax said was that far off. SPPf...

The new ones do have more replay value in general, but I also like catching as many pokemon as I can and find the battle tower very boring, so that stuff was kind of a pointless add-on for me. I get that a lot of (most) people loved it, though. And single player difficulty is IMO the biggest...

First of all, chill out. Don't rant at me, and don't put words in my mouth. Much of this had nothing to do with my comment. I hate the anime. I don't give a flying frig about Misty. And really, you're, '...so sick of it?' Please. Again, stop arguing a point no one brought up. My general...

That's a good thing, IMO. Too often people can't distinguish between fanon and canon, and apply something totally untrue to their fic.

I'm still not sure this makes sense. So basically you're saying: I completely forgo characterization because moving the plot along is what matters? *dies a little inside* Characters are for more than allowing the plot to happen. People will notice if this is their sole purpose. I completely...

Don't quit, just revise. You had some pretty basic errors that a lot of writers in our fandom make, but the grammar in general was good and the idea was good, too. Just work on presentation. This should be fun. Someone's made a fool of themselves, and I can't resist. Just can't. I'm thin...

I can't find Negrek's last post D:. I think it our fandom it's almost necessary. Like you said, you don't really get to see the full charcater of a canon character *without* cocktailing. There's so much that isn't touched in anime that is in games, and then there's the 29081 manga storylines...

No character development in the sense of growth is required to complete the hero's journey, really. According to the cycle itself, a character 'succesfully' completes the journey when he shares the fruits of the plot with his 'home.' In a pokemon world, this could mean sharing the secrets of...