Ookla

Ugly. (As in, an unfair maiden)

I'll do you one better: Squash.

Nope. Don't even know who that is. Pretty sure sabatons are a type of armor though, unless I'm getting myself confused. TPBM speaks a language other than English.

Granted. You now have a phone where none of the apps work except the higher-quality phone camera. I wish to finish more stories.

Princesses and Zombies (Elantris) Color and Smoke (Warbreaker) The Truth About Pancakes or Pancakes Versus Darkness (Edgedancer) The Hair, The Rat, and The Crow (TotES) That's all I've got right now. I'll come back if I think of more.

I have played the violin (for about 9 years; I didn't like it and quit twice [don't ask]), the piano (for about 11 years, then quit due to time constraints), the organ (to keep up the piano skills), and the Irish pennywhistle (I don't play this as much as I should; it's super fun, though!). I also have approximately 30 total minutes, each, of bass and cello experience (because I was helping out with a summer orchestra program and we didn't have enough experienced bassists one of the days to teach the newbies who'd never touched a bass before, and cello looked fun to play with). I've gotta say, my fingers never hurt so bad as when I played the bass for a few minutes. Y'all who play it well are incredible.

I sometimes find them concerning, but at the same time it's so ridiculous that you can't help but stare at it in amused shock. I've seen some weird stuff the bots are trying to tell us about. Also, all their grammar is laughably bad. At least the average Internet user with imperfect grammar has some sense of how to put a sentence together; these things don't, somehow.

Sounds great to me! How does PMing work? Never mind. I figured it out. The only question I have now is about the best process for getting the manuscript to you... Do you mind if I send a link to the Google Doc to you via PM?

Nice! I'm glad I could cause some inspiration. I've gotta say, this is a fun start for a story. I love how it feels like it could be a Mistborn fanfiction, yet brings in its own elements to spice things up and add some variety. It's not Mistborn, but it's reminiscent of Mistborn, and I love the style! You've got some great stuff here!

So, I de-Ookla-fied myself. But I'm still an Ookla. Perks of being a permanent Ookla, I guess. (I really hope Peter Ahlstrom doesn't get mad at me for stealing his username... )

Thank you! It's taken a handful of tries to get it this good, so I'm glad the effort has paid off. Thanks for the tip about fixing the formatting, too. It looks a lot better now.

Hello! Having discovered that this subforum exists, I've decided to post the first chapter of my as-yet-unpublished fantasy novella so y'all can read it. Critique it if you'd like; it's supposed to be in revisions, except that all the people I've asked to beta-read it have promptly gone and gotten themselves busy with other, more critical things. Any feedback or input you've got would be great! Anyhow. Here it is, spoilered for length.

Wow. Just... wow. Not to put any stress on you or anything, but... how would you feel about making the whole movie? It's okay. I'm kidding. ...Mostly.

I have... absolutely no idea how that happened. I don't know what I had to read wrong to think we were in the 300s instead of the 600s. Perhaps I failed to get through all the pages?

My weird food combos: I like to fry eggs (only when I fry eggs, I add water and a lid so the steam can cook the top, so they're half-fried, half-poached), then put them on sandwiches with butter, avocado, and some kind of mild cheese, like a Swiss cheese. I also like to eat sandwiches made of pickle slices on a piece of cheddar cheese, or, if pickles are in short supply, tomatoes or guacamole. (Or guac and pickles on cheese!) I once ate apples and cheese with chocolate chips; haven't had a chance to enjoy it again since, but it was pretty tasty. Mexican spicy chocolate can be pretty good, assuming whoever made the chocolate actually put a decent amount of spice in(!); the last version I tried had no kick at all, and I'm someone who can't handle anything much spicier than an average, medium salsa. Not necessarily a weird combination per se, but I like to put chips in a bowl, crunch them into little pieces, and mix salsa in until the chip-bits stick together. I also enjoy a "taco salad" that's sat overnight, so the beans and salsa and whatnot have soaked into the chips at the bottom and made them soft. I think I need to go eat some breakfast.

Um... sorry, but... well, I'm sort of a permanent Ookla... Even when Koloss Head-Munching Day comes tomorrow, I'll not be losing my Ookla-hood. I might go to being just a plain old Ookla, though, instead of differentiating myself by saying I'm Ookla the Ookla. (All right, too much Ookla in one paragraph. Somebody save my sanity. )

Good luck! Currently, I envision Ookla the Black Sock as a black sock, 'cause I don't really know anybody around here yet and that's all I've got to go off of.

It is true that he makes good stew...

I went with a Radiant. The order doesn't really matter for what I'm thinking, so I'd go with whatever I'm most likely to have (Truthwatcher or Willshaper). No, where the real benefit comes, I think, would be the ability to Awaken a shield with the Command, 'Protect me', then fight with my Shardblade and Awakened shield, sort of like what Nightblood is, but less destructive. I mean, yeah, Nightblood is unusual, but he still (RoW spoilers) Tell me that isn't the perfect combo if you have a Blade and Plate! If you're in good shape. And yeah, it'd take a crap ton of Breaths to do it, but in my opinion, the result would be worth it.

I'm caught between Lift, Siri, and Elend. Lift is the one I voted for, though. Lift: Super fun, potentially annoying little sister who likes to cause mischief and steal my food. Sounds exciting! Siri: Fun, adventurous little sister who rides horses. Also, she's willing to stand up for herself, which I appreciate. Elend: The man loves books. What more can I say?

Eeyore.

I wonder if anybody's ever going to get bored of this thread... (Is already bored) Brownie points to whoever starts the 2000th page of posts. Checking out now. You may or may not see me on here again.

I'll be honest, when I started Yumi I was extremely worried about the body-swapping element, because I've never liked that trope. In the stories I'd seen it used before Yumi, it always felt awkward and dumb and honestly kind of pointless. Then I got into it. And yeah, the body-swapping brought in some of the awkward/dumb stuff that I hate in other body-swap stories, but in this one I feel like Sanderson pulled it off really well. I appreciate the fact that Yumi and Painter got to see and meet and talk to the person who took over their body, and I like that they got to teach each other their way of life instead of each having to blunder through until they got it right. That part, I found extremely refreshing. Also, the romance!!! I normally hate romance (primarily due to exposure to far too many Hallmark movies), but this one makes me so happy! I'd put this book on par with Warbreaker on my list of Brandon's Most Beautifully Written Books. Yumi and Painter just... fit. And granted, I did plenty of mental yelling at Painter for being a prideful, arrogant idiot upon first awakening in Yumi's 'world', but once he figured his crap out and started putting that stuff aside, I could honestly say I really liked both characters. Some people have commented about Hoid's narrative style in this one, and personally, I like it. I think the fourth-wall-breaking is kind of fun, and totally in character for Hoid. The explanations of the world-building, while not the textbook "Right Way" to do exposition, were all quite entertaining, and I actually looked forward to them in between the bits of story. And then Design. I like Design in this one; she's made a lot of progress since her story-interruptions in RoW.

I'm a big fan of phoenixes and griffins. It'd be interesting to see how you spin those off. There's a lot of things in Scottish and Irish mythology that are delightfully strange, too; try looking up kelpies sometime.

Now that you mention it... Yeah. Very much so.