JX Valentine

Are you still there?

Marcin defeated your wall of VMs on my profile.

I am never reading Stephen King novels during a power outage ever again.

SPPf Fanfiction section, why does it make me want to punch people in the face?

New computers are unfortunately Wordless. All the computers that I've bought (though only one was new new) didn't have that program. And my family's cheap, particularly my father with computer programs. So we only had Word 95 to install. Which did not work on my current computer, which is why I downloaded OpenOffice and never looked back. Except the computers at work use Word 2000 and Windows XP.

Oh, you used to use XP.

...Um... I'm stuck with Vista. :c I haven't had any problems with it, and I'm going to keep it as long as possible. Because the Sims 2 don't work on Windows 7, so...

...so longer response to come when I'm not working on two hours of sleep.

I attempted to stalk you by going to Emerson's website. I was met with the douchebaggiest of douchebag white men pictured on that site. YOU MUST FIND HIM AND PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE.

And every time I say that, I want to add "Do this in memory of me."

YOU MUST FIND HIM AND PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Between this and the gif still floating around on the page, I'm laughing so hard I'm coughing. That's a very good clue that I need sleep.

Wait. Douchebag isn't censored here? Oh the joy in my life now~

In preparation of the hurricane, I am

SITTING HERE NOT WEARING A SHIRT! I AM COMPLETELY NUDE FROM THE WAIST UP.

And Scootaloo seems pretty damn happy about that as well.

*scrolls down wall, sees a solid line of a particular orange pegasus*

I know. :c After a while of watching you deal with the Author's Cafe, I thought about being active again over there. But I didn't want to use my old account be good golly that name. So I asked Marcin what to do, and no matter what, I'm stuck with that account.

Sucks.

And h-staff doesn't respond to reports from FF&W. Which would be hilarious as the members are like "They're being mean to me! *report*" and all they get are the two mods who just kind of point at you and go "That's our Jax!" and the theme song from Different Strokes plays.

That's okay. Remember the member who wanted us to give him the entire plot of a story? And then after you said no, he's asked for a middle and an end to his bare-basics beginning? After that mess, he posted a continuing thread story and I told him no? He sent me a PM asking how to fit in at FF&W. I told him to lurk more.

Never seen again.

Also, the common themes of my dreams, in order of the amount of times they've appeared:

-work
-me sending topless photos to you
-me driving and dying
-my mother and I fighting so much that I have to live with my former manager

Oh Freud.

I'M PRICING TOOTHPASTE!

Which actually is rather productive. Because as I price everything, I also clean out the shelves and put the products back in a neater way. Customers walk by, see the nicely stocked shelves, and buy more product. So in my own way, I am saving not only the world from bad breath, but also Ghetto Rite from going out of business.

:o

As to your last VM: Hey, I expressed interest in the chocolate body paint (Ghetto Rite actually does sell chocolate-flavored and strawberry-flavored lube! Though I have the feeling that I would just be sitting in the corner eating the strawberry one on my own) and the whips.

...

When's your first break from school again? c: I can plan another trip.

ALSO! There is going to be a meet-up of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fans in your former college town. I raged. Hard.

I swear, my grammar just slides right out the door when I'm writing Andy/Angel fic.

Like it? Have another!


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I read something about chocolate body paint and whips?

On that note, I'm off to bed. Which leaves your wall defenseless.

P.S.: The answer to the FFotM tie situation involves you, me, and pistachio puddin'.

Jax, stop scaring the new members on SPPf as well. :v

(I was going to VM you there, but... *shrugs*)

I unfortunately had to work today. I am now working six days a week. Six days of Ghetto Rite. I now have "Friday" stuck in my mind. I like two songs by Far East Movement. One of them is "Like a G6".

BUT I WROTE ANDY/ANGEL KIND-OF-FLUFF!

A few paragraphs worth, but not bad for ten minutes also spent dancing in my chair to the Go-Gos.

I'M GONNA GO EAT NOW!

I was going to just VM "*grope*" but I completely forgot how to spell that word for a while.

MY PEE-FILLED VMS SHALL ATTACK MATTLOGIC!

Holy crap. Let me never VM you again as soon as I get home from work.

I PEE ON YOUR WALL IN THE NAME OF ASTINUS!

Astinus, you stop scaring the new members.

Today is Card's birthday. To celebrate, I shall be writing Andy/Angel fics. No porn...yet. Though it would be hilarious.

I SHOULD WRITE SOME ON YOUR WALL! c:



I can think of a few things.

And those who think that just because you care for grammar, you're some high honors English student who has no fun. WHY ARE YOU STIFLING THEIR CREATIVITY?

The first paragraph of that story had the opposite effect on me than what he was probably going for. I laughed. And I seriously thought that the two-year-old was the one telling the story. The image in my mind is hilarious.

That could be relevant to my interests.

I mean, I could keep telling you the same exact facts about Card books and it will always be new to you! Holy crap, I'm flailing over it.

Speaking of pictures, perhaps some day I'll listen to my subconscious and send you nude pictures of myself. I'm really not getting why that keeps popping up in my dreams. Also, I keep dreaming about you being in Ghetto Rite.

I don't understand any of it. :c

Jax, stop scaring the new members. :v

Pretty soon, this wall will belong to me. *marks it*

I'm surprised that I haven't given you the code for making text blink before. I'm also surprised that blinking text isn't used more often.

There was a lot more to this VM, but on reading it over, it was mostly me just randomly tapping keys and having the words make sense. So I deleted it. Except for two lines that don't require context.

I HAVEN'T SHAVED MY LEGS IN YEARS.

Yes, this was a wonderful reason for me to enable VMs again.

I'm working on a wonderful PM, btw. It's gotten ridiculous because of how tired I am.

YOU MEAN FF&W DOESN'T STAND FOR "FOTO FUN AND WANK"?

Oh goodness the things I have to tell you now.

I'm cleaning out my room, getting rid of nearly everything in an effort to find my Billy Joel CD (????) While cleaning out my closet, I found a box. Inside said box was: a box of pudding, a package of Andes mints, a silk ribbon, and a copy of District 9. Apparently, I had plans.

Also, I found clothes in my closet from before I fully accepted my manly side. Meaning that I found dresses and skirts. And shirts that are a size too small.

Pictures: y/y?

Also, I'm not even sure what was going on here, but I found a note that says "Tell Jax that someone compared Card's writing to sex."

Jax, someone compared Card's writing to sex. I...what?

Not tonight. I have a headache.

All things that don't exist are sexy.

Okay, let's try this again:

I'm not going to lie when I say that the idea of a journey fic starting after the main character gets his/her Pokemon is a pretty innovative idea. It could lead to a twist about the character's past and then some. Though I might not do it, I'd like to see how someone else who's clearly better than me at writing try and execute it.

That said, I do believe that authors can write a good journey fic starting with the Main Character getting his/her starter Pokemon. I agree with Astinus that authors tend to start the main plot around the first gym after a few chapters but just because that tends to happen, it doesn't mean an author can't start with that beginning mix things up for his own journey fic to make things seem less obligatory.

As I said before, journey fics can start the main plot with the evil team of the region making it's first move while the Main Character gets his/her Pokemon but as you said, Jax, starting with that and wasting chapters on obligatory events alone is not good. The way I see it, if the author is adapting from the games, he/she can expand the role of the region's evil team to feature them more with her own stories to keep the readers coming. If he/she is writing his/her original journey fic, then that's easier. The writer can have the evil teams do more and have plot-related events occur before the first Gym that way. Whether they'll be good or bad is entirely subjective.

Another way to make the beginning seem less generic (you know, Trainer waking up and rushing to the lab) is know what makes it generic and do things differently to subvert those common tropes. Suppose the Main Character is a girl with a sense of fashion, you could start with her at a clothes shop getting a new outfit for her journey at the last minute. And rather than her rushing, she takes her time walking as she's not late. As for the evil team attacking the lab, the author can foreshadow things. Like say the story is in Hoenn, the author could have Professor Birch and another guy look at something related to Groudon and Kyogre, prompting Team Magma and maybe Aqua to attack the lab. When the Main Character and her/his rival arrive at the lab under siege, they can help by using a starter each to assist in repealing the criminals along with Professor Birch.

That was just an example of what I think how a typical journey fic beginning can be improved to make it atypical, so to speak. But that was just me alone, of course.

As for filler in fanfiction, I don't like it when it's clearly meant to pad out the story but I can like it when it's a side-story that the author thought up and wrote because he/she was inspired at the time and wanted to write a different story separate from the main story. I agree that filler that's essential padding isn't good at all for fanfiction but side-stories I can like.

That's all I got for now.

Wow. Guess I was a real jackass back there. Sorry. I was just tired of this discussion. I didn't even want it in the first place. Can we just end it now?

Look, I'm not smart or good at writing like you. I'm still in High School, for pete's sake. I know that in a discussion, two people don't have to agree with each other but from my experience, discussion tend to never end and those conversing never agree on anything or reach a mutual understanding. I wanted to try and see if we could but so far, it's not working. Mostly thanks to me. I just don't want to get caught in the loop again.

I'm sorry for everything.

You know what? Forget about it. This argument is getting annoying. I'm trying to clear things up but you keep on responding with your walls of text calling BS on everything I say. Don't bother responding to this or anything else I post. I think it's best that we don't speak to each other seeing as we can never agree on anything no matter what. I don't hate you nor do I want to hate you but I don't think we'll ever be able to converse with each other without you "correcting" me or disagreeing with me on something.

I'm sorry if I've upset you with this but I had to tell you. I hope you understand.

Bye.

When did I say that making a lot of filler that prevents the plot from resolving is a GOOD thing? Yes, Johto in the Anime was pure Filler Hell but that's not to say that something good can't come out of filler once in a while.

I agree with you that too much filler is a big NO-NO and that the Anime, Manga and/or Fanfic should focus on the important and interesting stuff 95% of the time. That's not to say that it's wrong for a series to take a little break from the action like for an episode/chapter or two. It IS wrong when this break turns into an extended vacation.

As for the Team Plasma vs Team Rocket episodes, they were pulled due to scenes containing (artificial) earthquakes that could be related to the Japanese disasters at that time. NOT because they would resolve a plot. Or did you know that already? I can't really tell from your words.

And yes, I know why people tend to favor the Anime less. I was just talking about good things that can be done with Filler. Not that it'll prevent you from calling BS on my words alone.

To add to my previous statement, I know that even though you have a beginning that hooks in readers, it's not right to just waste chapters on (mostly) pointless crap. But I said:


Don't captures, character development and character introductions count as important events? I thought they did. Not only that but the author could skim through the Routes and Towns between the character's hometown and the first Gym in a span of less than ten chapters while also have plot related stuff go on before the first Gym Battle. They COULD but whether they want to or not is up to the author himself and not me, of course. It's just my take on that.

Also, sometimes "pointless crap" can be entertaining. The Pokemon Anime has good number of episodes that aren't plot relevant that I and others like. You might disagree but that's just you. Filler in fanfics can be entertaining but as we all know it depends on the writing and how the reader like it. It's not all black and white (no joke intended) where plot relevant stuff is good and filler is (all) bad. Yes, it's essential to focus on the actual story more but filler CAN be well-written. In that sense, I don't mind it.