Random Stuff X: Something Weird

[Oversleep]

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)_/¯

[Sunbird she/her]

3 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

Corporate recently decided it would be a good idea to box all of our sandwiches instead of wrapping them.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

1 minute ago, Sunbird said:

Sarcastic.

Edited July 21, 2017 by Silverblade5

[Sunbird she/her]

4 minutes ago, Silverblade5 said:

Sarcastic.

I suspected, but wasn't totally certain.

[Delightful]

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. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

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. 

[Claincy he/him]

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.

[Oversleep]

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.

[Calderis he/him]

@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. 

[Mestiv he/him]

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.

[Calderis he/him]

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. 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

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 

 

[Sunbird she/her]

I have made a new post of memes in the Memefying "What Happened in Portland" thread!

[Shqueeves]

My nephew is the chillest 6-month-old ever. Earlier this evening, he fell asleep watching fireworks

[+Slowswift]

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

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Uh, just dropping in to share this...

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@DelightfulI guess. Maybe you'll like this.

You guys are awesome 

[Erandeni he/him]

@Darkness Ascendantthat's an awesome drawing.

[Sunbird she/her]

@Darkness Ascendant That's fantastic!!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

So, I found this really cool video recently, and decided to share it with you people

 

 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Silverblade5

[Kaymyth she/her]

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...

[Delightful]

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?

[Kaymyth she/her]

1 hour ago, Delightful said:

Wait. First time or a reread?

F-first time.

*hangs head in shame*

[Oversleep]

1 minute ago, Kaymyth said:

F-first time.

*hangs head in shame*

Hahaha, what a fine joke!

Ha...ha...

You're joking, right?

Right?

[Kaymyth she/her]

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.

[The Honor Spren she/her]

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!