Knight of Iron
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Knight of Blood and Iron?
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Hey you
I know you aren't around that much and your activity has fallen
But I just have to say
I saw your member title and I get it now and I greatly appreciate the reference.
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Wait, when's the last time I was on here?
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Alright
Which one of you little suckers is on the genshin impact idea board and put a version of me in there?
Blue top hat, military-style jacket, queen vibes with the crown-like top of the hat, relation with the ocean (I have an OC/stage name/character that is an ocean goddess), does theatre???????? Fess up and give me my credit rn
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Wait, when's the last time I was on here?
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geeze, man, what were you doing for the past three years?
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Kay I know I've been posting a ton of SUs lately but
Why are the songs from Phineas and Ferb so good
And of course the whole show itself.
Like. Masterpiece.
Absolute ingenious tomfoolery for all ages to enjoy.
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So, I'm going to pretend a lot of people are going to read this. In truth, there's a slight chance this'll be another swing-and-miss where no one reads (or reacts) to it. It could be that some of my followers read and reply. I would bet on a "people read but don't reply, just drop upvotes", considering this is the reaction to any status update that is longer than three paragraphs. So maybe I should just keep it short or something...
Anyway, this time I'm going to do a "don't judge a book by it's movie" rant. You'd think it'd be wasted on the avid book readers who make up most of the Shard; that's what I think, at least, but why not ignore that too? I mean, if nearly no one reads this, nearly no one is going to protest and say they never judge a book by it's movie. They'll probably tell the truth. But today, I actually want to talk about average to good movies, that people don't know are adaptations.
Fine, I'll admit it. Even though my list of books I've read is huge, I can't really say I've read many books which got this treatment. There's apparently a Jurassic Park book, and I've never read it or watched the movie. There are far more than a handful of others that got actually such good films as adaptations that the original was forgotten. Did you know the Prestige was based on a book? An example I can sadly note I've watched but not read. And that's a pity. I really should read this book. I'm not sure what's the situation with World War Z - maybe with that the book is just as famous, maybe not.
But here, I want to lay down some films that're based on books that I have read, and that went to be better known than the source material: Howl's Moving Castle, the Secret World of Arrietty (the original book is called the Borrowers), How to Train Your Dragon and perhaps Home (originally the True Meaning of Smekday, too). With Arrietty and HtTYD I'm afraid I've found the books because of the movies, too.
I'm not here to say those movies aren't good; but I'd defenitely say they strayed from the source material, far enough that I'll consider every one of them an independant work of art from the books that happens to share names and a small amount of charcterization from the books. So don't get me wrong - I loved most of those movies (Home being an exception here, but I'm not getting into that). But... When I read a book, and then I learn that it has been adapted, what I want is not a different story with similarly named characters and some plot points from the books. I want to see, as much as possible, the same story, translated to another medium. And it's true that at least three of those gave us amazing stories and the world will be lacking without them, but... I kind of wish those adaptations never existed, at least sometimes. Now that they're there, no one is going to make an actual adaptation of the book.
Take the Jungle Book, for example. Or Peter Pan. Or heck, Alice in Wonderland is only out of place here because it's hard to say it has any plot in the first place. All three of those bring to your heads, almost immediately, the Disney animated movies. And if there's one thing I don't trust Disney with it's loyalty to the source material (though I hope this trend will change with Percy Jackson) - just look at the Black Cauldron, or Artemis Fowl, or heck - every single fairy tale these guys put their hands on. And the live action remakes just make sure that the image in your head is going to be that same image they placed there. So right, the exmples I brought were actually Studio Ghibli and DreamWorks. But that's because I don't want to start thinking over Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland or the Jungle Book to make sure the differences were significant, and considering the Black Cauldron thankful relative failure (I wouldn't want to see too much defiling of one of my favorite book series) it's hard to say the movie is better known than the book. And I didn't mention Shrek because I've never read the book.
Pause while you gasp at the realization Shrek is loosely based on a book.
Actually, I'm starting to sense a pattern. Maybe DreamWorks in general are great at expanding on existent ideas and making them work even though they changed the source material beyond recognition. Studio Ghibli seemed decent at it on two occasions so far at least, too! Anyway, there's the "there's never going to be a loyal adaptation" angle, which is sad in and of itself, but also... How many people have seen those movies and never even bothered thinking about the fact they're based on books? How many of my
imaginarilylarge audience even knew all those movies were based on books? My eldest brother said he watched Howl's Moving Castle and so doesn't want to read the book. Maybe it's because he has a lot on his reading schedule and it really didn't catch his eye (and it probably says something about how much he trusts me when it comes to book recommendations), but in any case - he lost a story that, in my opinion, is great. And I'm sure I did too by not reading the Prestige, Shrek, and many other books I didn't even know existed. I just... really wish more people would know about the books, because they're awesome. Especially the True Meaning of Smekday, which I'm not sure could ever really be translated to the big screen.Anyway, that has just been your latest rant from a slightly depressed Trutharchivist. Hope you liked it. Maybe I should've tried making YouTube videos about it or something. Anyway, have a good day.
Honestly, at this point, I should probably just go to sleep.
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I think they meant serious adaptation as in a lot of adaptation. To have a one-to-one recreation of a book in movie form would almost never make for an interesting movie. I haven't read the books or movies for most of these though, so I can't comment on any unfortunately. I know that Brandon is redoing several elements of his books to make for a more interesting movie (thinking Mistborn).
But I also know that yeah, there are a lot of stuff out there (like the Percy Jackson movies) where the people making it stray from the source material in attempts to make it more marketable or traditional or blockbuster-y. They rewrote all of the The Lightning Thief just so that:
SpoilerLuke and Percy could have an epic battle at the end. They didn't like Percy and Ares, apparently. Thought that it'd be more personal if it was Luke. But then nothing made sense.
These people go too far to try and make these stories fit their mold, which I think is something different than just naturally changing elements of the story to make it flow better. One is a motivation for money, the other an attempt at art.
Also, if we're talking about movies based on books that needed a ton of adaptation... Cloudy and a Chance of Meatballs is based on a book as well.
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Isn't it crazy how incredibly emotion-inducing music can be? And how strongly it can connect to certain aspects of your life?
Like it can be the happiest song in the world but if it's connected to a sad memory, it can make you cry without fail.
It can be a super specific song written for a super specific person that you know nothing about, but somehow still portray your exact emotions.
A song can remind you of someone you haven't even really talked to for years, just because you and her sang and danced along to it in your bedroom when you were little, and then make you cry because you miss that and you miss her.
It's just...holy scud, I think music is the closest we'll ever get to truly being able to put sound to emotion and I love it.
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Well, uhh...
That's my first week of college
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Bet On It from High School Musical 2 is underrated.
This rock/metal cover of it is really really interesting and I happen to be obsessed with it (along with a lot of other rock covers of songs I like, at the moment). But dang does this one really carry vibes.
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Yo, Knight of Iron here (in case y'all can't tell cuz of the Ookla, lol).
I'm part of a Minecraft RP server called Thee SMP. Last week the kingdom went through great efforts to cast out our tyrannical, former king, and today in the afternoon we're going to have an election to elect a new monarch, and I'm running!
! I'd suggest to wait to vote until people stream this afternoon, but if you can't make it, feel free to vote now!
Preferably for "The Honorable Knight of Iron."Please I don't have any followers on Twitter or my own Discord server (yet?
) so any votes are appreciatedOh and the voting deadline will end in about 4½ hours.
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Sorry I didn't post it—but the VOD will be up for a little while and I'm hopefully planning on making a YouTube video out of this SMP...
https://www.twitch.tv/knightofiron17 (it takes place about an hour and a half in)
Alternatively, I'll also shout out https://www.twitch.tv/scarletfoxlive because she had a huge part in it and was also streaming
I think I'm probably going to stream next week too though... it might be more of a regular thing, for a little while at least.
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I have succumbed to the pressure of choosing an Ookla name and have chosen one on a whim, Thankfully my whims usually turn out okay, 31% of the time.
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@Ookla the Questioning? I have become Marissa, a songstress of some renown. Huge crowds once flocked to hear her sing, then something changed. The audience, once so enrapt, began to leave. She continued to sing yet her voice fell silent upon their ears. Her voice is said to ease troubled minds.
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Well, well, well, it’s that time of year again. It’s officially been three years since I’ve joined the Shard. I don’t think I ever quite expected that choice to have had such a profoundly positive impact on my life.
I wasn’t very active my first year, so most of you reading this (with the possible exception of @The Awakened Salad) will only have known me for two years. It doesn’t feel like two years and it certainly doesn’t feel like three.
I’d like to thank @Tesh for becoming a really good friend of mine. From RPs and writing, to Hollow Knight and Owl House, to long, long chats on Discord, it’s been a blast getting to know you. Kaladin too! Thanks for the octopi!
I give another thanks to @Chasmgoat for being so great to have discussions with, to generate AI things, and to share Silksong news with. I’m legitimately excited for it to release in just twenty more years, and we‘ll have so much there to share. Cuz even once we’ve 100%-ed it, the end is never the end.
And a thanks to @DramaQueen. Friendship is an astonishingly wonderful thing. It both confuses me and makes sense to me how we ended up becoming friends, and regardless I’m glad it happened. It’s been delightful to learn about the things you’re passionate about, including music, musicals, and theatre.
I’d like to thank @The Awakened Salad for graciously granting me a position within their company as the Prime Spinal Fluid Source, @Vapor for rekindling my Dream SMP obsession, @Scarletfox for her support and for countless Minecraft fun times,@Ed Venture for their friendship with a touch of D&D advice, and so many more of you that I don’t have time to type out due to my financial obligation to keep myself alive (aka “gotta get ready for work”).
Unfortunately, I can’t thank everyone in a single post, and I certainly can’t thank any one person enough. All of y’all have changed my life for the better, and I think I’m the luckiest knight in the world to have ended up with you all as my friends.
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It's my Shardiversary! I'm not going to thank everyone, because I've interacted with so many wonderful people on here that I'd inevitably leave someone out. Though, I do want to say a specific thank you to our amazing moderators. This site is awesome, the nicest place I've ever seen on the internet. Thank you mods, for all the work you do to keep it that way!
I've had so much fun here. An entire year, in fact! Thanks for being a part of it everyone, and here's to many more!
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Hey friends
3 years now
4 Water Siblings (love y'all) @Condensation @Vapor @Fog
1 amazing real friend who got me on here @Serce Forts (wish I could see you more, but that's life, unfortunately)
2 Sharders who I am now a lot closer to @DramaQueen @Ed Venture and one who I will most likely be getting closer to @Channelknight Fadran
And a few other awesome peeps (I am definitely missing some people here, sorry) @Chasmgoat @revelryintheart @Scarletfox @Spock @Tesh
Anyways, thanks for being amazing
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also sorry for two su's in a row but ive been missing for like a month did i miss anything
and also you all should listen to Rolling With Difficulty
it's the best podcast
ever
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where do i watch the dream smp
i desire to watch something
and i have chosen the dream smp
but i have no idea where to find a solid compilation with all the needed lore and the best parts and whatever
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where do i watch the dream smp
i desire to watch something
and i have chosen the dream smp
but i have no idea where to find a solid compilation with all the needed lore and the best parts and whatever
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Personally, I think my preferred way to approach starting the Dream SMP is to choose one perspective, and then just watch that one person's videos on it all. The entire server is so saturated with YouTubers making content and having their own plot-relevant storylines that it's pretty much impossible to absorb it all and have it make any sense.
For example, I mostly kept up on the storyline through Technoblade's videos. It was easier to keep up with one person's streams than many, but he even has several edited 20 minute videos where he attempts to explain and summarize events really quickly (as opposed to other YouTubers, who may just have entire unedited 4 hour livestreams that you can't even tell is supposed to be plot relevant or not, lol). Wilbur also has a couple videos like that.
That's just my preferred way to do it.
However!
EvanMCGaming has attempted to document all the major events of the server, and has successfully done so. This playlist I'm linking is to his nine-part video documentary series that sum up the entire storyline.
Pros: It's got everything important in it.
Cons: It's documentary-style, it's not going to use actual extended clips. Which means you don't get to see any of the actual interactions. But I guess if there's any of those you want to see, you can always just ask or something and I can point you to where the videos can actually be found.Spoiler
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So it's well past midnight for me, and things just aren't working.
I've been taking medication to help me sleep, but those seemingly aren't working anymore. I just sit and stare and think and think and it goes on for hours now. It's been days and I haven't actually rested.
Scud's been hard over here. I don't know why, but it's just all really bad. It's not that things are happening, even. Nothing's happening. I'm not doing anything. Nobody else is doing anything.
Like... life is about doing, right? Then what the hell am I living for?
I've ranted before, and you always have some kind words to share. I appreciate them so much. You let me know that I'm safe here, that I can talk, that you can listen. That means the world to me - what little world there is left, anyways. But it's not enough to just... fix it.
Right now my eyes are too tired to stay open but everything else is too awake to even stop moving for a second or two. This horrible ache in my chest just won't go away, no matter how many times I try to breathe it out or think my way through it. Anxiety's that one pebble in the heel of your shoe sometimes, and itsomehow that's just as bad as the massive, gutting kinds. When I have real panic attacks I can scream, cry, get it all out... with this I just shake. And wait.
The problem isn't that there's nobody there for me. The problem is that there isn't anybody here for me. It's been epochs since I last had an actual hug from a real friend that actually meant something more than just a quick goodbye. As a physical touch sort of fella, I can comfortably just sort of... cuddle with people. Obviously not a weird way. Just to let each other know that we've got our backs. We're safe.
So please don't discontinue your messages and encouragement. That's not what I'm trying to say. It's just that I'm surrounded by all you amazing people but also so alone at the same time.
I can't sleep. I can't write. I can't draw. I can't play my piano. When I dream it's about horrible things - just nightmare after nightmare full of panic and anxiety. For once I just want to be sick and feel justified doing absolutely nothing, but I'm not. It's all my fault that I'm never going outside and breathing fresh air and moving these god-forsaken bones and muscles of mine. It's my fault that I won't be going to college this semester and finally getting a move on in real life. It's my fault that not a cell left within me has the will to do anything at all anymore.
It's probably my fault I don't have any real friends anyway.
Sorry for rambling. Thank you for your time.
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If I were given one wish, and I could have anything in the universe, I'd ask for the knowledge and ability required to help my friends with their struggles. I wish I could, physically, be there for you. I wish I could be there for all my friends. I wish I could know how I could help, what I could say, what truths would bring comfort. If there exists any possibility of it. I... wish I could be a better friend.
That being said, the fault for your problems doesn't lie solely on you. Mental health issues are real, brains are really strange, and the best thing we can hope for ourselves is to do our best with what we have to work with. And even then... it's a constant battle against an enemy that cannot tire. And it's tiring. But I think that it's pointless to compare your progress in life to others, because you are facing a far greater opponent than many of them. And the fact you're still intact enough to be such an amazing and caring friend? It speaks volumes about your character and what really matters in life, and it's horrible that anyone would even think to deem such a person a failure.
Feel free to reach out if you ever need. I must warn you, however, my wisdom is about as useful as that of a brainless koi fish. But if you need someone to talk to, to hear you, to understand you, and to empathize with you, then I am here.
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i love imagine dragons
so much
they just occasionally give me terrible debilitating panic attacks and i have no idea why
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As I'm sure you all know, today is a very important day
Happy Fourth of July!!
Nah, that's not it. It's my Shardiversary!
Two years here, and a *whole bunch* of incredible people who've been added to my life. Seriously, I can't imagine my life without the Shard anymore, y'all have made an imprint in my heart. holy scud that sounds cheesy...
I know I'm going to end up forgetting people no matter what, but I still want to try to remember everyone.
First and foremost, @Channelknight Fadran
Thank you for being my best friend for the past two years. I'm so, so glad that I met you, and I wouldn't change a bit of our friendship.
You have become one of my very best friends over the past year or so, and I am so grateful for that. Screaming with you about Hunchback and whatever other shows we're currently obsessed with, and just you letting me rant to you about all sorts of things, from my confusing emotions to the randomest stuff in the universe have been some of my favorite things ever
Koi, you have probably become one of my best friends just in the past, like, week and a half. Thanks for getting me re-obsessed with Imagine Dragons and just being an awesome friend!
Vapsy!! I seriously love you so much. You are gorgeous and so sweet and wonderful and I wish you realized how very incredible you are. The few times I've been able to hang out with you have been so much fun and I wish I could see you more often
Connie, the same things I said to Vapor apply to you. You were one of my first friends on the Shard and you're still one of my best friends here. Love ya!
I've loved reading your poetry lately and I am still undescribably happy for you! You've been a constant during my time on the Shard and I'm really glad for that! You're incredible :))
I'm *quite* excited for you to meet Moe irl. Also, I'm quite grateful that I've been able to have you as a friend and meet you in person. also can I have every recipe you've ever made ever? I want food
I'd totally go in-depth on every person I've interacted with on here, but....I am lazy so here are some honorable mentions
Love you all, here's to another...year and then I'm probably leaving on my mission :).
I'm very proud of my phone dealing with all those tags.
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I think this was @DramaQueen's old pfp on Discord.
It's trippy.
But I'm keeping it for now.
Sorry if it's confusing.
You should play Hollow Knight.
*zooms away*
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