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  1. RED:

    A WORLD ABOUT TO DAWN

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    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      MY GOSH @2EmLee2 I AM JEALOUS!!

    3. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      DUDE THATS AWESOME!! I’ve seen it at 3 different places now and I cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I haven't seen anything on Broadway yet. 

      Yet!

  2. A foray into the world of digital art:

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  3. PSA: Around The World in 80 Days is a pretty awesome show and you should watch it. I especially love the intro.

    1. Odiumiumium

      Odiumiumium

      Ooh that intro is beautiful. 

    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I know, right??

  4. Thoughts:
    Cross country is the best sport, camaraderie-wise at least. Have I done many/any other sports? Nooo... but XC is amazing.
    Funny out-of-context sentences:
    "I accidentally waterboarded myself with my hair."
    "I looked at a horse and said, 'That cow looks like ice cream!'"

    If I get a tiny, cute(male), puppy with black, curly/shaggy fur, I will name him Johnny. You can't stop me.

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    2. The Bookwyrm

      The Bookwyrm

      Marching Band is the best sport.

    3. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      bro running is the worst. but i love x country so much. everyone is always so nice :wub:

    4. The Isochronism

      The Isochronism

      I also love Cross Country. Such a great sport.

  5. Hey y'all! It's my Shardiversary today(has it really been a year?)! And I just wanted to say y'all have been awesome!
    First, I'm going to mention someone that I don't really know, but that I admire, and that's @Treamayne My friend, you always are so painstaking in answering all the theories and you always put so much time, thought and effort in answering and citing everything. Go you! Sorry if this is random.
    Next up is @Shining Silhouette. You're so friendly and SO AMAZING at piano. You are one of the first people who comes to mind when I think of cool Sharders. I'm not good at articulating my thoughts, so this won't be very eloquent, but just know that y'all are all awesome, not proportionally to how much I say about you.
    @CalanoCorvus, you're such a good writer and are so friendly and cool to hang out with. Thanks for reading my story!
    @The Wandering Wizard, you're such a cool dude. Your wisdom and randomness are so much fun.
    @Cinnamon, you are so sweet and so much fun to be around! Go you. And thanks for all your feedback on The Night's Broken Daughter.
     @Shadowed, continue being awesome, because you already are! But keep doing it! Thanks to you too with your help on TNBD.
    @Robin Sedai, you are kind and awesome and also articulate. Good job!

    Sorry this has been really short and I KNOW I'm forgetting some people. But if I don't post this now, I never will.
     

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    2. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      Aw, thank you for the kind words :wub: Happy Shardiversary!

    3. Shadowed

      Shadowed

      Happy shardiversary!! keep being an amazing human!! 

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Quote

      PS: How's that friend's journey through Stormlight Archive. Did they continue after Way of Kings?

      Indeed she did, and is on here as @IheartKaladin4eva

       

      Thank you all for being amazing.

  6. All y'all artist people. Any tips for shading? I'm seriously struggling to figure it out. I can't do anything that actually works and adds depth.

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    2. Kajsa

      Kajsa

      I’ll record a little something for you, Stormy :) what exactly are you trying to shade? Just anything?

    3. Lament on the Wind

      Lament on the Wind

      Hi! An art human here!Here are some things that I hope will help:I suggest looking up references and art websites (here are two of my favs:https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/asaro-head-9d26548182f8465a8e97371a9170561e,https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools) and if you're using graphite pencils then maybe use different lead mines or pencils,because those are the usual culprits in shading gone wrong.The softer the lead,the more volume can be added to the drawing <3.

      My best tip for shading that really got me out of trouble is to keep it as simple as possible.The darker the shade,the more depth that section has,and the opposite with lighter spots and highlights.

      I really hope this helps,and I'm sorry if it doesn't <3.

      Byeee!

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Faces, mostly. Sorry for the late response, I didn't really get around to it. But I wanted to!

  7. I HACKED THE PIANO!!

    Okay, so actually not hacked. It's an electric piano(but it sounds pretty real), so you can transpose the key it's in! So I can play the lame All I Ask Of You sheet music in a boring different key, but it sounds like the original key! It's so cool!!! 

    Also, if you hold down the sustain pedal while you turn my piano on, all the notes are permanently sustained and stop being sustained if you press the pedal. It's fun.

    1. Kajsa

      Kajsa

      mine does that with the sustain :P 

      THAT'S COOL THOUGH

    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I know!! I was so sad that the sheet music was in the lame key, but it sounds SO gorgeous now!

    3. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      brooo i love transposing things, my favorite thing

  8. Vibrato slowed down is hilarious. Try the main theme for Phantom of the Opera as a reference.

    Oh, and it also sounds awesome on 1.5 speed.

    1. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      sing oOoOoOnce aAaAaAaAagAaAaAaAaAinNnNnN with mEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE

      oUuUuUuUr strAAAAAAAAnge duEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEet

    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      My dad heard it and was like, "[Shallan], stop torturing Sarah Brightman!"

    3. Lotus Blossom
  9. I know I just did a status update, but...
    "There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows."
    If you know, you know.
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    2. Immortal Platypus

      Immortal Platypus

      I honestly loved it.

      "Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold."

    3. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      It was honestly a really good book, but my English teacher was so bad it was impossible to enjoy it.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Just rereading it, and it's seriously a good book!

  10. So you know how I was all excited about this play I'm in? Where I get to be a lead and have a bunch of lines?
    Well, it's not going great. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse (Mortimer and Myrtle) barely know their lines and giggle every five seconds and the two stepsisters will always go WAY too far with their argument(they start screaming at each other and the only way to stop them is to physically move between them).
    On the bright side, there are at least 6 kids who legitimately doing great.
    Oh, did I mention that the show is two days away?
    It's not a big deal... just a low-key play thing with only one performance... but I've worked pretty hard on this... and I'm frustrated.

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    2. IheartKaladin4eva
    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Okay so we did a dress rehearsal today and it went SO much better!! I'm so happy, and it's gonna be better than I thought.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      WOOO IT WENT WELL I'M SO HAPPY!!

      The culmination of two months, over in less than one hour. Wow. That's theatre for ya...

  11. You know that mom

    1. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      ;)

      By the way, I'm Shallan Stormblessed.

    2. Shining Silhouette

      Shining Silhouette

      I do know that mom!

      Lol my notifications have been so insane lately I just haven't been able to keep up so I just saw this :P

  12. Pop quiz for random bystanders! (no, not Random Bystander, although if you happen to see this, you can respond!;)): In Phantom, is the line "say you need me with you here beside you" or "say you want me with you here beside you"?

    Put your answer in a spoiler!

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    2. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

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      oh i thought we were talking about all i ask of you when raoul and christine sing it :ph34r:

       

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

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      Ah, but I carefully phrased it to avoid that specification. I'm evil:ph34r:

       

    4. The Paradoxical Phenomenon
  13. Should I change my name to Shallan Stormy?

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    2. The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      Haha

      Y’all have any ideas about what I should change it to? I’m thinking about Aloha, because in the SE game I’m in someone made a typo, and I said that for the duration of the game I would not respond to Alpha, only Aloha. But that is more a joke and I want some more serious and cool, you know?

    3. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      Everything is serious and cool here. 

      I quite literally named myself after a group of fictional traveling performers :D

    4. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      I was so confused when I got this notif, like what the heck who is S. Stormy and why am I following them :lol:

  14. For some reason, something about the way Michael Crawford sings at 3:53 of Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer creeps the heck out of me.

    This is all I have to say.

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    2. IheartKaladin4eva
    3. The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      It’s throwing me off too. Especially the pic, I keep expecting to see Syl xD

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Yeah, I changed it for Mental Health Awareness Month, so bad timing. Sorry, still Shallan!

  15. Yesterday was a wonderful day. After school, there was a fundraiser(buy and paint ceiling tiles to go on the ceiling). Here's mine(I did it with a friend):
     
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    Also I had (marinated)caprese salad for the first time in a long time, and it was SO GOOD. As good as I remember.

    The highlight! I finally watched Phantom of the Opera! (not live. But the recording: the 25th Anniversary Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall or something like that.) I've listened to the songs plenty, but I'd never actually seen it! It was SO GOOD, you guys! I did not love Raoul(Hadley Fraser); his All I Ask of You was NOT comforting or sweet like I would have liked, he seemed more... annoyed with her than anything(although apparently he didn't know the song as well as he liked). But other than that, it was everything I dreamed. Which is happying.

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    I probably would have cried more at the end if I didn't know exactly what was going to happen. Also Ramin Karimloo is such a good Phantom. Him covering his ears at the end of All I Ask of You? 
    Perfection. Sad perfection. 
    Oh, and also! His sad, lonely, broken rendition of Masquerade at the end is absolutely heartbreaking.
    Someone on the Internet articulated why I love PotO so much: because Phantom is clearly the antagonist, but he is so sad and sympathetic. Murderer, stalker... but so sad.
    Also, Raoul didn't do a very good job raising up his hand to the level of his eyes.
    Oh, and at the end during the bows, the actor still has the costume on but he's acting like a normal cheerful, friendly person and it's very disconcerting.
    Bye, y'all!
    (this felt like a @Kajsa :) status update for some reason. Not a bad thing, just odd. Huh.)
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    2. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Phantom is amazing. That is all I can say :P 

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      One of my friends likes to use his watch to reflect light into our eyes and whenever he does I sing "Keep your hands at the level of your eyes" (to block the light, not a noose) and then, we just start singing Phantom together. Its fun :D 

       

    3. Kajsa

      Kajsa

      We watched it in choir toward the beginning of the year, but all the kids were being so loud that I couldn't hear it...

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      (this felt like a @Kajsa :) status update for some reason. Not a bad thing, just odd. Huh.)

      lol this kind of does remind me of one of my own SUs.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

       I find it hilarious how

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      Madam Giry is like, "now remember, KEEP YOUR HAND AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES" and he's like, "yup, got it, will do" and then he confronts the Phantom, doesn't do it, and then Phantom puts a noose around his neck. Like... um, feel like you could have prevented this... pretty easily.

      Also, I asked IheartKaladin4eva if she knew how it ended, and this is what she said:

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      "Hmm.  I think so? Smt like, oh u have to marry me, and she’s like, imma take off ur mask oh no ur hideous imma run away now and then he like, dies from sadness? 

      Don’t tell me what actually happens"
      I'm glad she doesn't actually know. That will make it all the more tearful when she does watch it.

       

       

  16. All I Ask of You is a gorgeous love song.

    This is all I have to say.

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    2. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      (I told you I needed to get her on here)

    3. Shining Silhouette

      Shining Silhouette

      A beautiful song.

      Spoiler

      All I Ask of You ~ Phantom of the Opera | Phantom of the opera, Phantom,  Music of the night

       

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Kay so the Phantom is evil and messed up as heck, but I do feel bad for him. Which proves Phantom is well done.

  17. Limiting Internet time to 15 minutes per day, at parent's request. Still love y'all, but won't be on as much. If I do it well, I'll get Stormlight miniatures.

    Bye!

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    2. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Good luck with your quest!

    3. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      oooohh if you're getting paid for it then it's defiantly worth it.

    4. The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      Defiantly, for sure :P

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      No offense haha

       

  18. I'm so sorry

    I wrote fanfiction

    Save me

    (okay, it's not the worst thing in the world. But... it's weird)

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    2. The cheeseman

      The cheeseman

      Isn't most fanfiction a bit weird?

    3. Telrao

      Telrao

      I mean... Telrao's adventures is kinda fanfic... :ph34r::P 

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Quote

      Isn't most fanfiction a bit weird?

      Well, yeah, and that's what I mean. It's not that mine is super weird, it's just that fanfiction is weird, and I feel weird writing it.

      Quote

      I mean... Telrao's adventures is kinda fanfic... :ph34r::P 

      You make a good point. I feel less weird.

  19. Your profile picture broke my brain before I realized what was happening.

    1. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      That's the best effect :D Happy April Fool's day x

  20. I wrote a ketek about grief. Please note that my feelings over Ivan(my cat, for those who didn't know)'s death are not as extreme as presented in this poem, but I wanted to do something to be sad, and I also wanted to write a ketek. So yeah!

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    Lessen grief won't
    It is there forever
    Abating--but returning acutely.
    Never will it leave permanently.
    Pain won't leave.
    I'd love to forget
    Will emptiness hurt more?

    ...Yes. More hurt.
    Emptiness would forget love.
    Would it leave?
    Will not pain?
    Permanently leave it will?
    Never. Acutely return.
    But...
    Abating forever.
    There it is:
    Won't grief lessen?

    Also.

    Hehe.

    My first role with real lines I actually have to put in time to memorize.

    Turns out there are benefits of having a Drama class where people aren't as committed as one might want.

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    2. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      What play is it?

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      It's called Cinderella Confidential, and I'm Deb Jabber. It's pretty short and small, but Deb is a lead role.

    4. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      That’s awesome! Break all the legs!

  21. So I finished Warbreaker, skipping all de sketchy parts.

    AAAAAAAAAHHHH that was a good book.

    I NEED TO REREAD ALL THE AZURE PARTS IN OATHBRINGER

    WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED THERE?

    1. The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      The Paradoxical Phenomenon

      I think that Breaths, like Hemalurgy, have huge Cosmere implications, what with the fact that anyone can have them. Well as long as you can get someone to give them to you 

    2. Odiumiumium

      Odiumiumium

      That was...fast. 

      Who was your favorite character?

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I gotta say Lightsong. He's so fun!

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      He... was... so fun. So interesting as well.

       

  22. I already posted this in the Bad Day thread, but:

    My cat, Ivan, passed away today. It was extremely sudden.

    I got home from school and he was yowling. He's old(16)... and I knew it was coming at some point.

    Just... sometime later. Tomorrow. Not today.

    Sorry, I got distracted, not making sense. He was old, and he didn't do much but poop in the wrong places and puke on the carpet. But... he was snuggly.

    We got him to the vet, and they said he had either a stroke or a mass in his brain. He was disoriented, and he couldn't walk. So they said the kind thing to do was put him down. 

    So... he's gone now. I'll be okay. It was just so sudden, and... 

    I don't know. I'll be okay, but it's sad now.

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    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Thanks for saying that, Telrao-- it helps to know you get it. I appreciate it.

    3. Potato's Wit

      Potato's Wit

      Oh, that sucks. I'm so sorry. :(

    4. Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      *Salutes Ivan*

      That sucks so much, Shallan. *hugs*

  23. OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!!

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    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Yeah, we did fine(except for the awkward 10-second-pause where the lights didn't turn off at the end of scene 8). Either Annie wasn't actually sick or she concealed it very well, because she did great!

    3. Edema Rue

      Edema Rue

      Hooray! Good job!

      Storming techs :P

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Wasn't really the tech's fault: we had someone who was supposed to go off-stage before the lights turned off, but they... weren't led off stage, so the lights didn't go off, so we didn't go off.

  24. Wingfeather Season One finale has come out. Since the Wingfeather thread died a while back, I'll put my thoughts in here. Sorry followers that don't know Wingfeather.

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    Soo... they moved My Love Has Gone!

    Which... I don't entirely agree with. I think it's perfect where it is in Book Three, with

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    Esben dying and Leeli singing to comfort him, and having that as one's first exposure to that song. Because he's really dying. And then he says the line from it (In death, my love, I loved you best) and those are his last words? Oh my gosh, it's so hard-hitting. And here? At the end of Book One? It just... doesn't quite live up to that part enough to claim My Love Has Gone Across the Sea. It's just Podo "dying", and then he wakes up and everything's fine. It just... lacks the tears. Although I did have the sniffles while Nia was singing. Maybe I'll change my mind when the end of Book Three rolls around in the show? I don't know.

    So that, above, is spoilers for book 3. And I just... I dunno. It's not the same. Still pretty good though, although they didn't hint at Peet/Artham's guilt over 

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    Esben

    enough. 

    I did love Nugget's deep barks and stuff, that was fun.

    Oh! And the warning at the beginning? Kind of odd, because if they stick to the book's plot, they'll have to put warnings for maybe older than 7-year-olds. Did that make sense? Anyway, they'll have to start putting that warning at the beginning of every episode. 

    Spoilers for Book One above.

    1. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Oooh I need to catch up on Wingfeather. Angel is awesome.

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