Kobold King

...I'm really kicking myself for not getting that now. I've read that book at least a hundred times by now.

This has all the makings of the greatest AU ever written.

Pick one of those extinct species have it rampage around Melody's coffee shop for a chapter. Even if the chapter doesn't make the final cut, it'll at least give your creativity centers a little jog.

Summer Norling from Corvallis seems a good candidate. And we still need a separate "And Then They Cried" list for Backtrack.

Just one viewpoint and Elizabeth is one of the founding members of the list. I am pleased. I'll also nominate Nathan Sperry.

I still nominate MV. Just n-not because I like her or anything. Also, the obvious nominations of Autumn Glass, Baxter Game, and Voidgaze and Big Al.

Theory: Voidgaze is an eldritch monster from before the dawn of time. Status: Confirmed.

I spend way too long waiting for Voidgaze's icon to load before I understood what it was.

Maybe he can only cancel powers through touch? That'd make him dangerous, but he'd only really be useful in interrogations when a prisoner with a PI needs to be threatened.

You're welcome.

The Koscheians were a race of self-replicating healing robots which briefly became corrupted and took over The Dalles Galaxy. Notable for their sinister practices and the unnecessary layers of capes and circlets in their battle armor, they were eventually overthrown and exterminated by the Remingtonites, which then left the galaxy to parts unknown, leaving only a legend in their wake. The Emmarunians currently revere the Remingtonites as deities and build entire cities around surviving relics of theirs, such as loose hairs and toothbrushes. The Metronomians are invariably listed as the most fearsome and nightmarish species in all the universe, feared by even the mightiest empires and alliances. They began as the universe's most efficient clock makers, the inventors of timepieces that stayed accurate in any star system or at any near light-speed velocity. They still are the universe's most efficient clock makers, but are also listed as the most fearsome and nightmarish species in all the universe because they demand it and no one wants to hurt their feelings.

The Jedi conceit was that the Dark Side was intrinsically a corruption and imbalance in the Force, and therefore its eradication would restore balance by ensuring the entirety of the Force was dedicated to the Light Side. Clearly not one of these guys had ever seen a yin-yang symbol.

When two gods battle over who is the most shiny, we lowly mortals can only keep our heads down and hope we wouldn't look good in a glittery tutu. The oldest species in The Dalles Galaxy, the Arsenalites are capable of devising nearly any form of technology ever invented. Despite this, they largely confine themselves to transmitter dishes they use to broadcast proper galactic protocol over the surrounding star systems, drowning out television broadcasts with images of an ancient alien's furious face shouting about proper space station zoning regulations.

I thought this would be more appreciated on this thread than Random Stuff. Oregon Characters as Alien Races: Funtimesians: Odd beings known for their phenomenal transmutation technology and love of whimsy. Their starships tend to be pink and sparkly. Funtimesians have been known to abduct members of other species as "friends," carting them away on board their glittery space vessels to see the stars. Nathanians: Timid, ginger-haired beings known as the Funtimesians abductees of choice. Lightwardsians: An irritable, murderous empire with medical nanobots said to be capable of reversing death. The Lightwardsians head an army made up of dinosaurs on board spaceships, which even the empire's enemies have to admit is pretty darn cool. Lucentians: Pompous, crystalline beings which spend most of their time contacting lowly lifeforms, enslaving them, and complaining to them about what a hostile universe it is. Altermindians: Holographic artificial intelligences known for only allowing those of high intellects to visit their planets. Also known for shunning pants and other humanoid forms of clothing. CorpseMakerites: An invincible interstellar armada chiefly notable for occupying human planets where coffee is grown. Potentially caffeine-based life forms. Voidgazeians: Gentle beings only recently discovered, the Voidgazeans make contact out of pure white spaceships and bear a fascination with the baked goods of other races. Backtrackians: A race of weak historians which evacuated the galaxy en masse upon their discovery of the Nighthoundian race. Current whereabouts are unknown, but they are believed to have stricken an unlikely alliance with the MV Empire, which maintains a policy of "We'll exterminate them later. It's not like we like them or anything!" Nighthoundians (extinct): After first contact revealed Nighthoundian mating habits, an extermination fleet was immediately send to their homeworld to blast the surface with mass driver projectiles, cobalt-salted nuclear arms, and delta waves. And then the Nighthoundians died.

Looking through the alien races I've developed, I find that I have a strong tendency to create matriarchal species but don't have any patriarchies at all. I'm not sure what this says about me, but I'm pretty sure I need to create at least one insanely misogynistic species just to even things out. Or create a race with three genders and make both males and females equally oppressed by society.

I'm really far behind, but here's a Sam post for all of you. I was trying to get the Backtrack post finished and posted too, but it's time to fry lunch now. Should be coming soon!

Funtimes... didn't kill everyone in sight. She might be too sugar-addled to take stock of the infraction. Or, she might be saving punishment for later. But at least, for now, whatever irritation Revolution tried and failed to hide, she still didn't meet the grisly demise her name seemingly destined her for. Of course, the sugary description of the Epic in white's Epic boyfriend might have been considered punishment enough. Sam's mental list of facts about Voidgaze's boyfriend tripled within the next couple of sentences, though she suspected her list ultimately looked a lot different than the one Voidgaze kept in her head. Name like the henchman in an old crime movie. Is considerate, which probably means he lays his coat down over vanilla's blood puddles for his girlfriend to walk over. Is probably why everything in Thoughttown smells faintly of pork while people go hungry outside. Addendum to #1: the dumb henchman. Name like the dumb henchman in a crime movie, not the streetwise and clever one. Regardless, she smiled and nodded at Voidgaze's gushing description. If Revolution's transgression had only barely avoided punishment, then telling Epic Bonnie that Clyde was a slontze probably wouldn't end very well. Best to save the snark for Epics Funtimes didn't like. "No, gush all you like," Sam said with a smile. We can't stop you. "He sounds wonderful." A thought suddenly occurred to her. She was talking to a Thoughttown Epic. A chatty one who'd been present when the first shots of an inter-Epic war rang out the other night. This was a chance to get some street info. Street info that, maybe, could be cashed into the Bank of Funtimes in exchange for a mouthy hippie's life. "So," Sam began, keeping her voice purposely casual. "Is Big Al the person you had to protect in the trouble last night? The trouble with the bad people?"

I talk I had with my brother today: "Hey Jared, what do you think your boggart would be? "I'm actually not sure. I don't have a lot of deep intrinsic fears it could take the image of. Maybe something related to taxidermy, or else a deeper and more abstract fear like--" "Downvotes." "What?" "Your boggart would be a downvote." "A downvote." "A giant walking and talking downvote laughing at you." "Dear Almighty. That's horrifying." "See? That would totally be your boggart."

I monitor entire boards every day but have unread emails from last week.

I've taken to using imgur of late.

Do you think Deathwish would turn down a chance to get close?