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  1. Kobold King
    Why not just base all the Epics off of your friends? That's... that's a good question. So far it looks like Chimera's constructs are more than just the sum of their parts. By which I mean, from what we've seen so far they seem less like stitched-together golems worthy of Frankenstein and more like amalgamations that are too firmly fused together for the term "original animal" to even make sense. By gut reaction is to say that Lightwards would resurrect the chimera, I might be wrong. It might ultimately boil down to whether the genetic code of the animal changes, or if two entirely different types of animal cell inhabit a chimera's body.
  2. Kobold King
    Naming pets after fictional characters can be... hit-or-miss. Just ask me, the manager of both of a cuddly, utterly unaggressive tomcat named Blackthorn and a stand-offish queen named Jasnah.
  3. Kobold King
    It is a little crazy. But also awesome.
  4. Kobold King
    Well of course I read the rules before joining. 'Tis only a parody.
  5. Kobold King

    This post is going to be perfect...

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    2. Kobold King

      Kobold King

      All the members will gather round

      And add more upvotes to my crown

      What they don't know is that I have fooled them ALL!

    3. Jo and the Bush

      Jo and the Bush

      This post was going to be perfect

      The kind of post of which I've dreamed since I was small

      But instead of getting rep

      With all my friends to upvote me

      Reputation, it may not change for me at all…

    4. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      Don't let them in, don't let them see,

      Be the good post you always have to be...

      *ahem* sorry. Wrong song. :mellow:

  6. Kobold King
    You know when you're trying to make a quick account on a website, and it demands you fill in tremendous amounts of personal info before it lets you join? And when you're tempted to fill in all the templates with blatant lies about yourself just so they won't have your real zip code and contact info? Queen Chrysalis knows that feel.
  7. Kobold King
    They're still a work in progress, but I'm glad you all find the concept so fascinating. These creatures--I've cycled through a lot of different names for them, but right now they're the Supernalians--do have trouble communicating with a lot of the galaxy's other races. Not because of their language itself, for which translating software exists and is readily available, but because of the way they use their language. You see, the Supernalians evolved from fierce pack predators on their homeworld. Their visual communication developed as an instantaneous way for them to communicate with other pack members during hunts, allowing for the pack to unify and function as one. Their language thus became a sort of visual telepathy, as all of their thoughts and emotions are pasted in their skin for all their pack to read. While modern Supernalians have a little more conscious control over their language, the concept of deliberately hiding one's thoughts or feelings is still repulsive to them. Like human children, they tend to speak their minds on reflex, with little thought to the consequences of their words. So while English and Supernalian can be easily translated back and forth, Supernalians tend to miss nuance in our words and humans can be discomforted by the Supernalian proclivity for telling us exactly how revolting they find us, or contrariwise, exactly how appetizing they find portly humans. This causes more than a few communication difficulties, as you can imagine. Thanks for the recommendation! I've loved Arthur C. Clarke in the past, so I'll have to check out Rendezvous with Rama sometime. Awww, you guys. I definitely want to write at least a test story featuring one of their PoVs soon, just to help me flesh out their race more. Shall I post it when I do?
  8. Kobold King
    So he can't leave town to pursue his lifelong dream of being a llama farmer?
  9. Kobold King
    So one of the alien races in my setting communicates in an entirely visual language. They're basically like cuttlefish-velociraptors, and they talk by flashing their skin colors in complex patterns at each other. I think it's a pretty neat way to set them apart from humans, personally. My one issue for a while now has been the struggle with naming conventions. When aliens with vocal languages name a planet, it's been easy for me to simply make up a gibberish word that sounds right for the setting. I can then state that this gibberish word is just a part of their language, or it's the name of some mythological hero, or whatever. Not so with the cuttlefish-velociraptors. Because their language is based on color, I can't just make up gibberish words for their names. For a while, this gave me a lot of trouble. I was still struggling with it until about yesterday, when I finally realized that this wasn't a problem--it was an opportunity. All I need to do is make sure their names for themselves and their planets are simple words. For instance, there's a lush green world in their domain with abundant physical resources they've fought over, and this world is called Temptation. I can name every planet in their part of space with a cool one-word name. Temptation. Verdant. Idyll. Depth and Delusion. Maybe those don't sound very cool to anyone else, but I'm pretty happy with the way things are coming together for me.
  10. Kobold King
    You're welcome at any time, Slowswift. On a similar sad note... have we figured out what we're going to do with Ozymandias?
  11. Kobold King
    Ooooh. So you're not a bloodthirsty goddess. You're just Ender Wiggin.
  12. Kobold King
    Ah. I guess in a political arena rife with betrayal and assassins, having a T-shirt that says "backstabber" would be pretty inconvenient. Also, TwiLyghtSansSparkle's pony OC is beginning to scare me.
  13. Kobold King
    Why in the name of Mark Twain's mustache conditioner would you want to get rid of that title?
  14. Kobold King
    Drizzt Do'Urden slaughtered my people.
  15. Kobold King
    And you didn't even have to polish the blood off your axe to intimidate them? Awesome!
  16. Kobold King
    On a cheery note, Twi, after your performance in the Hunger Games: Sanderson Elimination game on General Brandon Discussion, I think most members will be too scared of you not to buy you a pug.
  17. Kobold King
    Hey, this looks fun... and my name's on the list! Oh come on!
  18. Kobold King
    I asked Brandon Sanderson about this on his ongoing AMA. He said he'd like to some day, so... we'll take that as a maybe? It's cool that the idea already exists in his mind and he'd be happy to do it, so that's something.
  19. Kobold King
    It's a start. A very cute start.
  20. Kobold King
    I think that looks good. You could post a thread on General Discussion for awareness, perhaps? Maybe even post a video of yourself with a pug. That ought to net you some good forum publicity.
  21. Kobold King
    It doesn't really matter what they deny or claim. Like Edgedancer said, they can't actually stop you. Ultimately they're just bullies--it sounds like the worst they can do is sulk and pout at you until something else catches their ire and they forget all about you.
  22. Kobold King
    This isn't any of their business, and if they'd paid what they said they'd pay in the first place this wouldn't be an issue. They've got no right to interfere with you on this, and you shouldn't let them get in the way.
  23. Kobold King
    Hmm... I can't see my family being able to spare much towards that, but if this becomes solid I might talk to them to see if we could donate... something. I, uh, can't promise anything. But for what little my word is worth, I'll look into it.
  24. Kobold King
    How much do you need?
  25. Kobold King
    I'd love to help, but I don't really have money. Any money. At all.
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