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Congratulations! You are immortal, but now you can't see anything closer than five feet from you. I would like the Nightwatcher to make me Batman.

First thoughts; I actually think the ‘prologue’ line fills a much greater purpose here. Usually I ignore them, since I was reading the pieces when they were already published. Here, it actually does a good job of raising the stakes a little. I was interested by the idea of Sylvie and Miranda drifting because it’s such a cool idea to have it happens. This short explanation of the possible consequences actually made me more aware of what could happen as a result of this. … There is nothing I can say about scene one. I mean it, and in the best possible way. It’s well-written, it has that disjointed feeling I like from drifts, and, okay, people are looking at me but it’s only because I have dust in my eyes, okay? Um… so yeah, I like it. A lot. And the way it intensifies towards the end, and… yeah. Beautiful, intimate and emotional. I need to take a bit of a break before reading the rest of it. Okay... it took the kicking of several puppies, but I'm good. So. Scene two. Right well... again, I like it. It has Eleanor doing the medical stuff, which I always like seeing her do; since she is the physiologist (or is it psychiatrist?) on the team, I always think she should do more of that social subterfuge and infiltration stuff. I also... like that Avery is being used again? Well, let me re-phrase that. I don't like Avery being beaten. Xe's adorable. But I do like that it's Eleanor's contacts that are throwing the plot into action this time. Katie going for relic-hunting set up Act I, and Sylvie and Miranda seemed like the focal points of Act II. It's nice to see a plot spin out from Eleanor this time (and yes, I fully expect that if there is an Act IV, it will involve Wulagu, Seiko or his sisters.) Speaking of psycho, again, seeing how he's interacting with everyone now is going to be interesting. Like I said, I thought it was neat how he was, sort of, making an effort to be nicer to Sylvie while Miranda was geting frustrated and calling her 'Mansen'. It's interesting to see him refer to Miranda in a similar way, calling her 'Cross' without even a title, whereas Miranda closes the scene hugging and supportive of Sylvie. In fact, the whole scene does have a bit of a prodigal son feel to it, with Katie, Eleanor and Miranda all comforting Sylvie and welcoming her back after she realises how badly she's messed up until now, while Seiko gets angry and resentful. Scene three. Expletive. Eleanor is annoyed. After all the jokes I've made about dark!Eleanor, seeing her show such obvious passion for someone without her scary grin is a very welcome moment. As a quick aside on Doyle, I don't know if Ellie reads this thread, but thanks for the picture. I'm a little reluctant to bring up my gender faux pas from earlier, but that picture (along with the brief description here) has really helped me form a better mental image. I have to admit that, if I was looking for someone named Avery, I'd probably refer to them as male as well, though -in my not very good defence- the reference Gavin mentioned about "Is it a boy Avery or a girl Avery" flew right over my head. I always thought Avery was solely a boys name. My point is that... the picture has helped, and Katie getting revenge against the "D-Sec" guards was satisfying (if a reminder that I'm not nearly as good about these things as I should and want to be). It's a bit of a surprise seeing de Banns reappear, though it does make a lot of sense; she was there when the whole thing started. I admit, I kind of thought it was going to be Mike again, so I'm glad to see my unfounded presumptions proven wrong. Scene Four Curse you Dmitry Yegerov Hiddleston! It's interesting to see that plot thread get picked up, since... I honestly wasn't expecting it to. I thought Dmitry himself might appear (doubly so since we met his sister), but I didn't spare a second thought to the people he'd beaten. I feel a little guilty now. It's a brief scene, so I don't have much to say. I kind of suspect Valentina is involved in this somehow, though it leaves a bit of a question as to why she waited so long. Scene Five WAIT, WHAT? SYLVIE JUST OUTRIGHT KILLED A GUY? I mean, I know Seiko was doing it with the guns in earlier missions, but just... snapping a neck? She's gone full on Man of Steel on us. I can kind of imagine Gavin having pages and pages of notes on that guy, how he thinks, why he does what he does, his motivations and back story so you could interrogate him when you take him hostage... and instead you just STRAIGHT UP MURDER HIM. damnation. I like the reactions of everyone to this. People have died before, but this seems... like a bit of a special moment (not necessarily in a good way). I'm not really sure how to respond to the kill, since it was... kind of a shock moment. I'm not sure what to say about it, except I'm really, really looking forward to the consequences. And damnation. Again. Scene Six And okay, a nice little scene between Vee and fiVe, and it's nice to see Vee come across as more reasonable and in the right, and it's nice to see Corazon again, but sorry, I'm still processing Sylvie Manslaughterer.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm actually the opposite. I like Vin much more than I do Elend. It's that paranoid voice of her's; it's very distinctive to me. On the other hand, I thought Elend was a bit too Prince Charming in the first book , and really didn't like how that ended, with him on the throne. It meant I enjoyed book II more, since it was reacting to what being a leader means, while I felt Zane was... Kind of an odd plot line. Being vague, sorry. I enjoyed reading your impressions of the first book though, I just didn't think I could comment without spoiling things.

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Mind if I ask you to elaborate on what you already have? You say the spindle has a dark enchantment- what does that mean? What or how does shape changing work into it? As a side note, I love fairy tales. If you're modernising them, I'd suggest maybe taking advantage of social changes that have happened, or echo them for effect. For instance, one idea I had a while ago for modernised Sleeping Beauty was that the spell placed on Briar Rose was broken nobly true loves kiss... And true love, according to the spell, was a woman. So you could ask what, exactly 'true love' is, or the nature of identity and fate.

(Oh Cessie. You've broken Quillions heart!) Quillions held his breath as Shiv was searched. He hadn't made a scene; once it was clear that the mood had turned against Shiv, he held his vote, and settled back into his corner to watch. Now, he was still watching, waiting. It could have been him, he thought, desperately. He might have fooled me, and actually been... A lurcher. The most born produced the vial of metals to prove it, and Quillions felt his world collapse. It's her. It has to be. He looked at Cessie, trying to re-evaluate her. She looked the same as ever but... she was cool? Strong? Like iron...? No. That was stretching things, and he knew it. Looking at her, Quillion couldn't tell if she was the spiked or not, but he felt it. A deep certainty in his gut. The crew had a chance to get them, and let it slip away. And he'd let them. Lord Ollibier will want to know- he began, rising on reflex before stopping. He said he'd offer her his protection? Let him find out with a spike through his heart. Instead, he approached the bar, careful to skirt the edges of Cessies table. He was done with the thing for the night. The mists were dangerous. The bar was dangerous, too, but at least here, he could pass the night drunk. He took a bag from his pocket, and dropped it on the table. A few from Lord Ollivier, to swat votes his way if he needed it. Quillion decided to put it too better use. "Drinks for all," he told Drying. "And a room for me. There's more where that came from." Without waiting for a response, he took a bottle and returned to his table. He kept a hand on his dueling cane, and an eye on the woman, and started to drink.

If loving you is optional, how about the despairing part? I mean, I'm all into having a dark Queen instead of a Lord, but constant depression is kind of a bummer.

Isn't chaos introducing a series of new ranks though?

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Don't hate the playa, Feather, hate the game. Or, better yet, whenever the next one starts, sign up. Ignoring the reputation thing, they are fun, if rather difficult, and the more people involved, the more difficult they'll probably be. I'm sure there's an equation where this equals more fun.

For some reason, I thought Elhokar has Gavilar's blade. Thinking about it now, though, I'm not sure. It might be one of the Shards he has in storage... but one would assume that the weapons and armour of the King of Alethkar would be fairly valuable, if only for propaganda purposes. Do we know what happened to his Plate? I could see either Sadeas or Dalinar having it. The advantage of Shardplates is you don't have to carry them around with you... and now I can't get the horrific image of Sadeas locked in a duel with Dalinar and materialising Gavilars Blade to get Dalinar right in the stomach. Thanks Blackwood.

(Sitting here, bored, so hope you guys don't mind my doing a little roleplaying. I haven't used Quillion in a bit anyway.) Quillion listened to the arguments going back and forth across the room, slowly becoming more and more gloomy. He felt like he was sinking into the ground, or like the sky was falling. Not that he could let it show, of course. He was still an obligator. He was noble, better than these skaa, one of the devotees of the Lord Ruler and right-hand man to Lord Ollivier himself... And where has that gotten you? The voice was small, but it had been growing stronger over the last few nights... but no. That wasn't true. It hadn't even started the day the Lord Ruler died, that had just pushed it to the surface. It was something he'd been thinking about, one way or another, for a very, very long time. Lord Ollivier, sitting in his tower in the Canton of Orthodoxy was a cruel bastard, who deserved to die. He deserved to be the one sitting here. To be the one trying to decide who should or shouldn't live. Quillion didn't have any particular affection for the people in this bar. He couldn't even understand the words of the one-eyed urchin they seemed to be accusing. The only thing he understood in the tumult was that, somehow, the noblewoman had been pushed to the chopping block. He thought back to Shimble's death. Another noble, but that hadn't bothered him. Why was this one? Because... because he was a thug, he told himself. Cessie... he was about to think she wasn't, but it made him smile. That was exactly what she claimed to be wasn't it? No, the difference was that Shimble had abused him, thought himself better than Quillion- he showed that on the first day, when he tried to rob him. And he had seen Lord Ollivier's expression; he seemed happy when he heard how he'd been stabbed to death. Ollivier must have had some personal vendetta against him, as well. But Cessie? While Shiv ran around the room, protesting his innocence in that backwards tongue of his, she was quiet, and poised. The picture of a noblewoman, assured of her position. She was confident she was innocent... Perhaps too confident, for one who had been attacked. He chewed his lip and waited to see the scene unfold miserably. He wanted to hold off voting, for as long as he could. He had a feeling that that wasn't going to be much longer. And, Lord Ruler help him, he was voting against Cessie.

Actually, funny story about this game guys. Whenever I first played through it, I took the ending as something completely different, and totally at odds with how things actually played out. Whenever they started talking about how baptism washed your sins away... I don't know why, but I got the impression that Comstock was meant to be those sins, that Booker was baptised, his past was literally washed away, and it -somehow- became Comstock. Because of Quantum. It's a mystical explanation, and I'm sure it doesn't hold up at all, but I could have sworn there was a line in there that supported it somehow. Anyway, yeah, to reiterate things- great ideas, too much railroading. It might have made a better novel, actually. In video games, I dislike feeling that what I do has no influence, even though (in the case of this) that was probably the intent.

"What lousy aim!"

If you don't mind, I'm going to worry more about the fact that, despite being (I'm assuming?) Spanish, you type better English than me. Besides, I don't see a problem with the fact that Brandon has an international audience, so please, by all means, don't think we're going to judge you based on the posting. (As a minor aside though... it's generally etiquette to edit a post if you have something to add, rather than make a second one following up it. There's an edit button at the bottom of your post, alongside where it says Quote, Multiquote, etc. Just as you know for the future) So, again, welcome.

Editing. (Come on, do all my pre-show reviews have to have witty one-liners? You expect too much of me.) Scene One Still reading, but I thought you might like to know you offically managed to get a spit-take. I read Valentina's offer for special merchandise, Seiko's response, and sprayed water all over the screen in shock at Valentina offering to buy them a Sherman Tank. Then I remembered the PPDC guy, and it made more sense. But it isn't as awesome. Okay, so... that was interesting. First of all, the way Valentina reacted to Dmitry's name. The way her smile froze makes me wodner what the story is there, if she has some sort of an enmity with him or if it was just a case of being caught off-guard by it. Either way, I'm curious; I've said before that, with the little details about him before, I expect him to show up eventually, and Valentina being present gives both an excuse and an added wrinkle to that reunion (if it ever happens). Miranda's reaction to the kaiju remains is interesting. Yes, we know that she's had an unfortunate past with them, and you've said that she disapproves of Katie's collection, but I think this is the first time we've seen her be so overtly negative about the whole thing. My guess is that the cult, refreshing memories of Scissure, Jason and having herself named as the Kaiju Anti-Christ might have pushed those feelings back to the surface a bit. And again, I find ti funny that Sylvie's reaction to a box full of stuff from a crime boss is "tech?" She really is an addict, isn't she? Miranda's plan was pretty surprising. Granted, fiVe agreed to it, but it was still surprising to see them try to go through with it. I liked the little touches, of fiVe being afraid she might be abandoned again, or being particularly eager to aim the turret at "Anna", but what I liked more was Sylvie initiating the shutdown code. She had seemed to be making sure progress with fiVe, too. I am very much looking forward to the fallout between the two, and between Sylvie and the rest of the crew, from that little incident. And I liked how the plan fell through, because after what they did, a fight breaking out in said crime figures club? No way are they getting the jonjsbgkdtdgvtg Ignore that. It was just more water getting into my keyboard at Seiko suggesting he use the back door. Which puts your spit take count at two, and leaves me absolutely stunned. I didn't think he had that kind of innuendo in him. Scene Two Yes! Character drama and conflict! Exactly what I read this for. So... yeah. I want to say something, but I'm not sure what to add, other than the sort of thing I'm looking forward too in the future, like the ramifications of this. I don't think Sylvie would be dropped from the team (isn't there a rule along the lines of 'Don't split the party?') but consequences? Oh yes. And... I found Miranda's description of her relationship with fiVe interesting. This piece -and the stuff you and the other Scroungers have written, in general- seems to have identity as a pretty core idea of it. You corrected my earlier about homophobia in relation to Greg, but the reaction of Katie's parents to her sexuality, Seiko's choice of clothing, Sylvie's self-loathing and Eleanor's secrets... it's all building up to form a complex (and interesting) picture, but for some reason, Miranda not knowing if fiVe is like a daughter or a sister stands out. Honestly, I'm not sure why. But it does add to this over arcing theme and interest you guys seem to have in liminal identities. (Did I use that word right? Liminal means fluid doesn't it?) SCENE THREE WE ARE SHOUTING BECAUSE THE ENDING DOES NOT AMUSE US. Seriously. That whole third scene just ratchets the tension up, and up, and up, and then it just ends and aaarrrghhh! I want session #27. Now. But I suppose I need to be more constructive than that. So, I'll say this; I loved, love, and will continue to love, how you guys handles the AiVee issue. The opening, with Sylvie buying for time, I was convinced she had a sinister intention behind that; that she was going to steal fiVe, or try fix her, or... something, while everyone was busy. After how fubar the last scene ended, it wouldn't have surprised me. And for some reason, I'm still fairly suspicious; yes, she couldn't have had nearly this reasonable a conversation with fiVe in the room, but I kind of get the feeling she was hoping for the team to say something to turn her against them. The drifting will definitely be interesting. Again, great drama and conflict with Miranda and Seiko's argument. This scene and last (and the last few for a while now) have shown Seiko trying to be more welcoming towards Sylvie, so it's kind of interesting to see that juxtaposed with him breaking his relationship a bit with Miranda. And again, the fiVe stuff, being pulled in multiple directions was beautifully written. WE DEMAND MORE.

Well, I don't know the season it's from, but I finished a second episode earlier. It was a Fluttershy-centric episode called 'Putting your hoof down', and I thought I'd wait a bit before posting my opinion. I'm glad I did, since I have flip-flopped on it a few times. I was going to say that I prefered Too many Pinkie Pies but that I thought this episode had more meat to it. Now, while I think I still enjoyed Pinkie more for the comedy aspect, I'm not quite so sure. Summary: After her friends point out that her shyness makes her "a doormat", Fluttershy signs up for an assertiveness seminar, taught by a minotaur named Iron Will. She takes his lessons to heart, and starts putting them into practice over the next number of days, becoming increasingly nasty as she does so. Things come to a head when, in responding to Pinkie Pie and Rarity's criticisms about her behaviour by deriding the things they enjoy as worthless, Fluttershy realises how bad she's become. She locks herself in her house, and refuses to leave, for fear she's going to become "nasty Fluttershy" again. Iron Will arrives to collect payment for his seminar and, after unsuccessful stalling tactics by Pinkie Pie and Rarity, confronts Fluttershy. Fluttershy responds by citing his Satisfaction guaranteed clause and refusing to pay. Iron Will is sent off without his money (but a new catchphrase), and Fluttershy learns about assertiveness. To start with, a confession: I emphasise with Fluttershy and her attempts to stand up for herself far more than I'm comfortable with. I used to be (and in many ways, still am) dreadfully shy, and whenever I try to course-correct and "fix" myself, I tend to over-compensate. Most people who have had to deal with me are probably familiar with that, and it's exactly the problem Fluttershy has here. Because assertiveness, in itself, isn't a bad thing to have. It's important, and it's a good idea to teach those values, to not let people do whatever they want to you. Fluttershy's problem is that she overcompensates. I think it's the problem with any sort of advice. It's satirised here in the form of Iron Will's rhyming mantras, but it's something I've always been a little concious of. Whenever you're aware of something, I think there is a tendency to overreact in response to it. In this episode, it's Fluttershy following the letter of Iron Wills advice, rather than the spirit of it. To use a personal example, when I was at school I made an effort to be more talkative and outgoing, and it ended up getting me into trouble. Rather than being the quiet kid at the back of the class, I became a punchline. But back to My Little Pony: It's actually strange, but two episodes in, I don't think I've yet seen a villain in this show. There wasn't one in Too Many Pinkie Pies, and there isn't one here, because, as Fluttershy points out repeatedly, Iron Will is not a monster "he's a Minotaur!". I admit, whenever we saw Iron Will's set up, the lights, the way his eyes turned to coins (bits?) when he saw Fluttershy, I expected him to be an over the top villain. I thought the goats had a look about them which was unseemly; the only word I could find to describe them was skeevy. But, by the end of the episode... well, Iron Will is an antagonist, but he's certainly not a villain. He plays up the role, tearing the boards off Fluttershy's home, bouncing off the fence like it's a ring rope, getting right up in her face... but he doesn't become violent to her. By the end, I was expecting him to reveal that this was his training seminar, getting her to stand up to him, but it wasn't. I also sort of expected him to be revealed to be the complete opposite of what he appeared to be, a weak coward who gets by on his appearance, which, again, he wasn't. When he's confronted by her, he discusses with his crew, tries to negotiate with her as "reasonable creatures", and eventually leaves without being paid. He's grumpy about it -you would be too!- but the fact he honours his agreement is surprisingly admirable. He even leaves with a new catchphrase for his seminar, the words Fluttershy told him: "No means no." That's the part I kind of have an issue with. Yes, assertiveness is an important trait to have. I agree with Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Iron Will on that one. Throughout the episode, Fluttershy is exposed to different ways of being assertive. Rarity's example is to approach a very obviously nerdy looking pony and flatter him to get what she wants. Pinkie Pie takes her negotiations to comedic extremes, utilising the old "Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Rabbit Season, Duck Season" routine. Iron Will is loud. Whenever Fluttershy tries to imitate them, she misses the mark. When she tries flirting with a shopkeeper, it comes out wrong, and her attempt at Pinkie-style results in her upping the amount she has to pay. Trying to follow Iron Will's advice makes her, in her own words, the monster of the story. The thing is that these approaches... well, whether their wrong or not is up to personal interpretation, and how much you want to separate the fictional reality of the show with reality. In reality, for instance, Pinkie's bargaining tactics would fail horribly, and Rarity? She outright used a guy by pretending to be interested to get what she wanted. Those aren't good role models, but in the realms of a cartoon universe, the visual gag of the spinning bowtie or Pinkie outwitting an unfair shopkeeper make them palatable. At the end of the story, Fluttershy narrates a letter to Princess Celestia, explaining how she's learned how important it is to stand up for herself, and I feel a little bothered, because that isn't the lesson I got from this. The lesson I got out of it was, much like the Pinkie episode, about individuality, and being yourself; what works for someone else might not work for you. Fluttershy's mantra, that "no means no" is different from Iron Will, Pinkie Pie and Rarity's- and that's a good thing. Whenever she tried to be them, she failed miserably. I'm not sure if I like that the episode didn't spell that out. On the one hand, it is kind of important for kids to know, and frankly, I'm getting used to stopping just before the letter starts because it feels tacked on. On the other, maybe not mentioning it is more powerful, and I'm not giving children enough credit as thinkers. Personally, I think we should spike Luna. WE DECREE THAT THERE SHALL BE TRADITIONAL ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICES FOR ALL. If your interested in chatting about Who, give me a message sometime. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the latest seasons (I just don't want to steal Dr Whooves thunder). damnation it, Feather, now I want a fan fiction involving Pinkie piVe.

Hmm. Okay, my (quick) two cents. Shiv, you're fighting tooth and nail to stay in the game, which is natural. If I was in your position I'd be doing the same- I mean, I kind of already did by pre-empting accusations towards me- but Bartbg is right. He fought, hard, to convince us of his innocence last game, when he was guilty. As someone who fell for it, I'm a little apprehensive to let you get away with it again. But... But you're a Lurcher. And as bad as a spiked Thug would be, if you are innocent and die, I can't imagine Ironeyes not taking advantage of the situation to spike someone else. I found that out early in the last game; Lurching is the get out of jail free card. Even if all the Inquisitors minion did was Lurch Ironeyes every night, we'd still have made it tougher for us to find him. Not, a thug? That's a problem, yes. But a spiked Thug can't also coin shot us every night (unless I'm mis-reading the rules). Someone correct me if I'm wrong, and I may edit this vote, but I'm going to vote against Cessie this time. (And let me tell you, it breaks Quillion's heart to do it.)

For an explanation of this thread check out http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/5970-you-know-thats-for-x-right/ So, after a couple of days, I kept my promise and watched an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Not the first one; I just watched the first episode I could find, which turned out to be a season 3 episode, Too Many Pinkie Pies. I want to think it was providence in some way, considering the boy who inspired this was a Pinkie Pie fan, because in case you didn't know, boy does this episode have a lot of Pinkie Pie. For anyone who hasn't seen the episode: Pinkie Pie becomes distressed because she realises that she can't spend time with all of her friends. After failing to solve the problem, she remembers a legend about a magical pool which clones any pony who uses it. She clones herself, multiple times to cover all the 'fun spots' in Ponyville, but the clones are completely out of control. The mane six find a way to get rid of the clones, and administer a test to find the real Pinkie. The clones are dispelled, and Pinkie learns a lesson. So, as someone wholly unassociated with pony fandom, what did I think? Actually, I was pleasantly surprised. To start at the beginning, the animation is gorgeous. It's not at the standard of Korra, perhaps, but this is a different show, for a different audience. The simple, bold colours make it stand out. Do they also make it a little childish? Maybe at first glance, but I was surprised at the amount of detail added to the backgrounds, or incidental details. The mane six character designs are also simple. Just looking at them is enough to tell something about their personality. They are all visually distinct from each other, with the possible exception of a Twilight and Rarity; for some reason I found myself a little confused with those two. Even so, details like Twilights horn or Rarity's lidded eyes helps tell them apart, and in subsequent episodes I've had no trouble identifying them. The theme song was... interesting. I saw enough commercials growing up for the 'My little pony, my lit-tle po-ny' jingle to get stuck in my head. I like that they incorporated it into the theme; it reminds me of how Transformers Animated theme was just an update of the 80s tune. The song has an exciting tempo to it, but I don't like the lyrics; they seem a bit too cheesy for my liking, and they contribute to the perception it's for girls, but hey, different strokes. It's more effective than the new TMNT opening. The episode itself was surprisingly funny. Pinkie Pie is the sort of character who could be very annoying,mI think, but this episode handled her well. She has a superficial trait that gets blown out of proportion -"FUN!"- but her reaction by the end of the episode, her depression, her fears for her own identity, and her determination not to lose make her more rounded than I would have expected from a children's show. By the same token, the Pinkie clones were hilarious. Their bouncing was enough to make me laugh, especially coupled with their incessant refrain. The ending of the episode was somewhat convenient, though. After finding no answers, the group discovers a book that... has the answers. Why it has them, or why it was locked behind an Omega shaped horseshoe isn't explained; perhaps it's part of a plot arch. But given no one mentions it, is seemed overly convenient. The test, watching paint dry, was another pretty funny moment, but it was coupled with what I thought was extreme body horror for a kids show. The Pinkies get picked off one by one as their attention turns away from the paint.none of them blows on her hand and makes fingers come out of her hooves. Another rearranges her face so that she looks like a traditional horse. Those attempts to amuse themselves result in them being banished- which involves them swelling like balloons and exploding. I can see how that might be funny for kids, but I have to admit, body horror was not what I expected. Still, it was a surprisingly good show. I'm planning on watching more, to see if this was a stand out episode or it'd he show has a consistent quality, but I liked it.

Some background. I've said that I'm more of an RPG gamer when it comes to games, and I dislike FPS particularly. I've also never played the original Bioshock games, besides knowing they take place underwater, have scar girls and some sort of drill... thing. That means I picked up Infinite because I'd heard about the atmosphere, the world and the story. And those parts of it, I liked. I liked Elizabeth, and I enjoyed seeing her revel in and use her powers. I wasn't as connected to Booker -I often felt confused by his past and story, but then, that was part of the point- though the flashback/re spawn sequences in his office, with the voices chanting "Give us the girl and wipe away the debt" were suitably disorienting and horrific. I haven't felt that uneasy since Scarecrow sections in Arkham Asylum. The ending baptism, with all the Elizabeth's saying "Water" was similarly chilling. I replayed that last sequence a few times, partly because I was confused, partly because the sight of that girl- the one I was protecting- turning on me was so powerful and chilling. But the middle-stretch of it dragged. I kind if felt, at times, as if some of it, and some of the missions, were filler to pad out the game. I also disliked how railroaded it was. Cal drain mentioned the replay ability of Mass Effect or Dragon Age. Infinite doesn't have that, when it especially should. This is the story of a girl who can jump into different worlds! I wish there were more ways to implement that power, and my choices, into the game and the narrative. As it was, it seemed like the choices I did make (which I now recall as few and far between) had little or no impact on the story. Which may have been the point. All paths lead to the lighthouse and the baptism. Choice is irrelevant. Predestination and such. But I didn't really get that, and it kills my desire to replay it, except to try and unravel the plot.

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Hey, whatever. I didn't want to go to BYU anyway. I mean, why would I? Just because one of my favourite -if not my single favourite- fantasy authors teaches there? Just because I'd love to take a moment epto get to ask him something, even just one question about writing, or my work or something? Just because I'd love to go to the library and check out Dragonsteel to seevhowche's developed as a writer? You know, I swear my hood wasn't this green when I signed up for this forum.

I will not let you abuse that right to persecute others.

Did they both claim to snap on the same night?

What is it about his survival that strikes you as ring particularly suspicious, as opposed to mine or anyone else's? Not challenging you, just trying to provoke a bit more discussion, particularly from a previously spiked. All I have to say is- good. I knew that putting me would put me at the top of the list, and I'm ready to do whatever necessary to prove I'm not spiked. But if my stint is what prompted the uber- spike loss, then at least it's pointing us in a direction.