Oversleep Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I started randomly writing about mages revealing themselves to the world by stopping a revolution in its track and taking the power for themselves "We raised our hands to the sky and summoned fire, and wind, and lightning, and hailstorm. And just how it began - the revolution ended; and we killed it. With fire, and wind, and lightning, and hail." I think it's a short story, and kind of told from the perspective of somebody recalling these events, trying to explain why they did the things they did. How he thinks it was the best they could have done and that stuff. I'm trying to nail that kind of biblical tone with repetitions and style choices ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Silverblade5 said: Corporate recently decided it would be a good idea to box all of our sandwiches instead of wrapping them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, Sunbird said: Sarcastic. Edited July 21, 2017 by Silverblade5 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, Silverblade5 said: Sarcastic. I suspected, but wasn't totally certain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 7 hours ago, Oversleep said: I started randomly writing about mages revealing themselves to the world by stopping a revolution in its track and taking the power for themselves "We raised our hands to the sky and summoned fire, and wind, and lightning, and hailstorm. And just how it began - the revolution ended; and we killed it. With fire, and wind, and lightning, and hail." I think it's a short story, and kind of told from the perspective of somebody recalling these events, trying to explain why they did the things they did. How he thinks it was the best they could have done and that stuff. I'm trying to nail that kind of biblical tone with repetitions and style choices ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oooh good luck! Biblical poetry also uses a lot of comparisons, and chiastic sentence structure which doesnt work as well in English but it might give a bit of an authentic feel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 8 hours ago, Silverblade5 said: Corporate recently decided it would be a good idea to box all of our sandwiches instead of wrapping them. They've been boxing them where I go locally, and I do miss when they wrapped them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 For no good reason I am suddenly highly amused by the mental image of Smaug singing the opening of "Part of your world" from the Little Mermaid. (In a deep dragony voice..) Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the drag-on who has everything? Look at this trove, treasures untold. How many wonders can one city hold. Looking around here you'd think: "Sure, Smaug's got everything" I've got gold bars and mithril a plenty. I've got rubies and diamonds galore. You want golden statues? I've got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want MORE. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Delightful said: Oooh good luck! Biblical poetry also uses a lot of comparisons, and chiastic sentence structure which doesnt work as well in English but it might give a bit of an authentic feel. In a recent development, the idea changed. The opening is all stylized and stuff but that's just the man being dramatic and theatrical; the whole thing would an interview (titled something like 'Blue Flame.The last confession') between the reporter who was born well after the mages took the power and one of the last living mages who did the coup who is like ninety. Although I feel like I need to read such book first to get the grasp of how interview like that goes and flows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 @Oversleep have you read the book World War Z? If you haven't, please don't judge it by the movie. It's structured as a collection of interviews with survivors of the events. It's not a single interview telling the whole story, but I thought maybe you would find it helpful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 15 minutes ago, Calderis said: @Oversleep have you read the book World War Z? If you haven't, please don't judge it by the movie. It's structured as a collection of interviews with survivors of the events. It's not a single interview telling the whole story, but I thought maybe you would find it helpful. World War Z the book is AMAZING, I loved it. It's very different from the movie. I wish there was more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Just now, Mestiv said: World War Z the book is AMAZING, I loved it. It's very different from the movie. I wish there was more. I did to. The structure of the book is pretty unique, and when I heard they were making a movie... I knew it wouldn't be anything like it. I would have gladly read more. Seeing the way the events impact different cultures and the accounts on both the level of nations and individuals... It was a Blending of different narratives into a overarching story that I don't think can really be described properly. It's just great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Claincy said: For no good reason I am suddenly highly amused by the mental image of Smaug singing the opening of "Part of your world" from the Little Mermaid. (In a deep dragony voice..) Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the drag-on who has everything? Look at this trove, treasures untold. How many wonders can one city hold. Looking around here you'd think: "Sure, Smaug's got everything" I've got gold bars and mithril a plenty. I've got rubies and diamonds galore. You want golden statues? I've got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want MORE. Imagine Smaug singing this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I have made a new post of memes in the Memefying "What Happened in Portland" thread! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 My nephew is the chillest 6-month-old ever. Earlier this evening, he fell asleep watching fireworks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) So. I've been transferred! Instead of working on the donation dock, I know work in Large As-Is/Sales Yard. Basically, if you wanna buy some furniture or something too dirty or otherwise unkempt to be kept in the store proper, you just might interact with me. Edited July 23, 2017 by Slowswift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Uh, just dropping in to share this... um @DelightfulI guess. Maybe you'll like this. You guys are awesome 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erandeni Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 @Darkness Ascendantthat's an awesome drawing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 @Darkness Ascendant That's fantastic!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) So, I found this really cool video recently, and decided to share it with you people Edited July 25, 2017 by Silverblade5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 I finally finished reading Words of Radiance yesterday. I mean, if ya gotta take a sick day, might as well make the most of it, right? Right. So. Four months till Oathbringer... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 57 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: I finally finished reading Words of Radiance yesterday. I mean, if ya gotta take a sick day, might as well make the most of it, right? Right. So. Four months till Oathbringer... Wait. First time or a reread? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Delightful said: Wait. First time or a reread? F-first time. *hangs head in shame* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Kaymyth said: F-first time. *hangs head in shame* Hahaha, what a fine joke! Ha...ha... You're joking, right? Right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 38 minutes ago, Oversleep said: Hahaha, what a fine joke! Ha...ha... You're joking, right? Right? Nope. Give me a break, I had a busy year. Too many costumes to make, and amigurumi to make for convention Guests of Honor! Not to mention actually needing to read some of said GoHs books so that I had a halfway decent idea of what they were about. WoR was rather a lot of book. I needed a solid block of time to dig through it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Kaymyth said: Nope. Give me a break, I had a busy year. Too many costumes to make, and amigurumi to make for convention Guests of Honor! Not to mention actually needing to read some of said GoHs books so that I had a halfway decent idea of what they were about. WoR was rather a lot of book. I needed a solid block of time to dig through it. *gasp* Sacrilege! WoR came out 3 years ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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