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It's actually ridiculously easy to save them as .pngs; that's how I've been working with them for the site. So here you all go: rasters of the metals. As a bonus to you, I had already made them transparent in Photoshop for extra usability. metals.zip

Oh, dear. That's rather embarrassing, now isn't it? I hope he gets it renewed soon.

The diamonds were I've heard of far worse.

That has to be one of the best moments in the entire series, hands down.

Then it began

I wouldn't mind that so much if it actually took him a reasonable time to accomplish, rather than whatever it was. A few weeks? Plus, we have other gems like Eragon putting armor on a dragon singlehandedly, and the fact that none of the mages in the series actually do anything useful in a battle. Ever. Anyone who finds these things annoying should go read the Eragon Sporkings. They're a humorous look at some of the flaws of the series, which also makes them a great resource of things to avoid when writing your own works. That said, I still think I'm going to read Inheritance.

I also grew up on the story of Merlin. I watched The Sword in the Stone constantly, and my grandmother would tell me stories (the more child-appropriate ones XD) straight out of The Once and Future King. There was even a tree in the backyard that looked like it could have housed a sleeping wizard.

There are a lot of things wrong with the battle scenes themselves as well, but I won't go into that now. Anyways, I'll probably read it despite my relatively poor opinion of Paolini's writing. I've read all three books; I might as well see how it ends. Besides, I want to be up to date when the new Sporkings come out.

Here's another good one, and I think we can all relate to it: Fandom Wars!

filled with shiny

It's now permanently stuck in my head. And if it's stuck in yours too, you're welcome.

In other news, Okay, seriously, we are moving on now. There only so much we can keep posting about the same thing.

...ly a dream."

I am obsessed with this cartoon. In fact, I've been streaming it on Netflix pretty much constantly lately. My favorite songs so far probably have to be the Aglet song and Ain't Got Rhythm, though there are plenty of others I absolutely adore. Unfortunately, their names escape me at the moment. EDIT: Has anyone else heard the Platypus Controlling Me song? EDIT 2: Found it. Also, have another recent favorite.

Wow, talk about an insane undertaking. I wish you the best of luck!

Blackmore's Night. They're great to listen to if you're in the mood for something a little different.

Yes. The Staff Cake, obtainable only by staff members. It's so delicious and moist. We only give it to you after you can run across the park, though.

the strangest story

the door, and

You know, in a way, Wolves could be thought of as a rather accurate metaphor for the Admins' staff recruitment methods.

There's youtube footage of me singing as well. In a choir. You can only find me because my Dad, like all Dads do when given a video camera, zoomed in on me.

Then the Dor You asked for it.

Thanks! Unfortunately, it's taking longer than I'd like. Hence the rantage. It's worth the wait, though, I promise!

As you all probably know, we the staff are constantly looking for ways to improve the site design here at 17th Shard. I've been pretty quiet lately, but that's because I've been hard at work at school and a special secret project that you guys are going to love. In the meantime, have some spiffy new Allomantic-themed forum images! Enjoy! Also, I'd like to send a huge shout-out to Joe, whose vectors I used as a base for the new shininess. I hadn't got around to tracing them yet, so as you can imagine, I was pretty thrilled when I saw he'd already done it. So thanks, Joe! And remember, everyone: we're always looking for ways to improve, so send us your suggestions!

Try a couple weeks. And no, it's way cooler than the new symbols. Those are just to tide y'all over. Plus, we kind of needed them anyways.