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3 hours ago, Orlion On a Cob said:

@Sunbird @Quiver @TwiLyghtSansSparkles

I think It's a good sign! It means people expect it to be a good movie! 

I'm... getting to the point where my enthusiasm for the DC filmverse is best summed up by this clip:

Just replace the context of "ruining Gotham" with "making DC films that will compete with Marvel".

9 hours ago, Sunbird said:

When you see it, you will flip the table.

This bothers me so much more than it should. 

1 minute ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

You see melkor as the dark elven-like dude eh?

Tall, lithe, elegant, spreading death and destruction,

Or do you see him as the storm? (his form on Ea sometimes)

Arrogant, a giant storm cloud crackling with lightning encompassing everything in its shadow.

That's Sauron kneeling under him btw. Honestly I see Melkor as the snivvely, dark, slightly cowardly but cunning elven dude.

I just wanted to make him live up to his name as Melkor, rising POWER.

Stormfather Melkor confirmed

Anyhow... Idon't know. I don't picture him as ELVEN, though that probably makes sense. The first piece of fan art I ever saw of Melkor showed him with a long, dark beard, so that part has kid of stuck with me. 

I think.. Hmm. I don't know. I was going to say the most distinctive part of Melkor, for me, is his crown with the Silmarils, but you DO have that on the character... but I don't feel like they are distinctive enough, at least in this drawing. And I see the crown as somewhat different than the helm you posted. I do think that Melkor's colour scheme should be black or grey, to contrast with th bright lights of the Silmarils, but...

But this all ultimately comes down to difference sin opinions, and they aren't huge ones anyway. Sorry f I offended!

10 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

 

In all honesty, I have mixed feelings on this.

It's a good piece of artwork for a Dark Lord character; I particularly like the lines around the eyes. I'm not sure if it's intentionally, or just the style, but it looks like energy is crackling out form his helm, which is neat.

... but...
It's not how I view Melkor. It isn't how I view Morgoth, for that matter. For Sauron -especially Sauron when in full Dark Lord mode, alá Last Alliance- it's perfect, and more or less how I picture the guy. But it's not how I see Melkor. So...

Still haven't played Breath of the Wild.

I feel like I'm losing my Zelda fan cred

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles

The above? Is storming perfect. Even if you further rmy inferiority complex by outshining me at every turn, I still love seeing you dig into stuff and analysing things, and I really wish you'd do it more often.

9 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

@Darkness Ascendant @bleeder @Delightfully Smoak @The Honor Spren @Slowswift

I should probably move this to someplace more permanent soon….since it feels like poor form to just keep summoning y'all.  

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Harry wasn't sure what to expect when he knocked on Dumbledore's office door. The Headmaster's voice granting him entry, of course; but beyond that, he had no expectations. The note he'd received had been cryptic, apparently scribbled in haste, beckoning him to the office for a lesson barely fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to begin. He was still a bit winded from the hurried climb, still a tad resentful toward whoever had decided the Hogwarts Headmaster needed to have all those stairs guarding his office. 

He opened the door and let it frame the scene: Dumbledore, staring into the Pensieve with a deep frown, holding another silvery memory at the tip of his wand. The Headmaster looked up briefly, saw Harry, and dropped the memory into a small glass bottle, which he slipped into his pocket. "Harry. Come here, quickly." 

"What is it, Professor?" Harry closed the distance quickly and followed Dumbledore's gaze into the silver bowl, saw Voldemort approaching this same office, sitting down for a planned conversation as snowflakes drifted down behind the window. "Is that—? 

"The memory I shared with you last night, yes. It is." 

Now Harry shared the Headmaster's frown. "But—I saw this one already." A thought occurred to him. "Did someone change it, like Slughorn did his?" 

"No, not like Slughorn." A faint smile appeared on his lips, vanished just as quickly. "This alteration, this….tampering, was far more pervasive than that clumsy attempt. Come. You'll see." 

They dove into the Pensieve, through swirling silver and into a memory Harry thought he knew: Fawkes on his perch, Dumbledore behind his desk, snowflakes drifting down. Tom Riddle—more Voldemort than Tom now—knocked and entered and took a seat. They greeted one another with a semblance of pleasantness, coexisted with the tension following Dumbledore's refusal to use Tom's preferred name, and sipped wine. Their conversation progressed precisely as Harry remembered. Until: 

"Yes," Dumbledore said after a long look at his erstwhile student, "I certainly do know that you have seen and done much since leaving us. Rumors of your doings have reached your old school, Tom. I should be sorry to believe half of them." 

"Are they rumors to you? Are they truly?" 

Harry felt a cold stab of alarm. He didn't remember Tom saying that. 

"I…am afraid I don't know what you mean," Dumbledore said slowly. 

Tom tilted his head. "Oh, don't play the fool, Dumbledore. I know that was you." 

"Know….Tom, you will need to explain yourself. I honestly have no idea what you mean." 

Those eyes narrowed; Harry thought they seemed to redden as their owner studied Dumbledore, searching for any hint of falsehood. Whether or not it was truly present, Tom seemed to settle in with his assumption that the Headmaster was guilty and hid it well. A long moment of silence passed. 

"Why have you come here, Tom?" Dumbledore asked at last. "Let us speak openly." 

From there, the conversation continued more or less as Harry remembered; he listened carefully despite the alarm ringing in his head. It's been changed. Someone changed this. Someone good enough to leave no trace. For there was no sign the memory had been altered in any way, no muting or laughably out-of-place voice booming over top of the actual sound. The new was perfectly integrated with the old. 

The memory ended, and Harry stood on the carpet regarding Dumbledore for a moment. He had removed the other memory from his pocket, but held it in his hand, staring back into the Pensieve. 

"Professor?" 

"Hmm?" 

"Is that…the memory in your hand. Is that the—the way it ought to be? The way you remember it?" 

Dumbledore gave a mirthless smile. "That is quite the choice of words." 

"What do you mean?" 

Dumbledore was quiet a moment longer, still watching the memory play itself out from a distance. "I remember both, Harry," he said softly. 

"Both?" 

"Yes. The conversation I shared with you before, and the one you just witnessed. They're both in my head. Two versions of the same event, two retellings of the same story, one with an infuriatingly cryptic detail." 

"You don't know what Voldemort meant by that—'I know it was you'?" 

"I'm afraid not, Harry. I've considered the matter a dozen times, and I still don't know." 

The fear stabbed him again, cold and sharp and quick, twisting in his gut and sending icy shafts all through his body. Harry had always known, somewhere in his mind, that Dumbledore was not omniscient. That his memory, his mind, his knowledge, could be as fallible and inaccurate as anyone's. But to have it fail on this, on a memory he himself carried—a memory that had clearly been altered with the original left in place—this somehow felt worse than he'd thought it might. 

"So," Harry said after the silence stretched past comfort and then some, "what now?" 

Harry hadn't expected a plan. Not quite. But Dumbledore's words were the opposite of what he'd hoped for. 

"I don't know." 

 

I approve of seeing more of this universe

11 hours ago, Captains Domon said:

If you guys have ever read DC Comics, Kryptonians can unleash a burst of energy quite like an atom bomb.(@Quiver, correct me if I'm wrong)

You mean the solar flare, right?

So far as I know -which isn't enough, my user name really ought to be Jon Snow- that's a fairly new move, so I'm cautious about adding it to the canon of Superman's powers; the fact that we've only seen New 52 Supes use it once, and it hasn't been seen since, does a good job of suggesting it might not be a permanent addition to his powerset.

(As a comparision... the fact that Spider-Man, for a while, had stingers isn't generally considered one of his "iconic powers", and has kind of been quietly forgotten about)

On the other hand, the solar flare made it's way into the Supergirl show, and Kryptonians can burn their powers out under specific circumstances; Clark lost his for a year after the Infinite Crisis, and that says nothing of the effects of Kryptonite. So... DC Canon can be weird. Shocking, I know

Anyhow. Entertainment rambles after work; I have a few topics in mind I've been wanting to talk about for a while. The kind of stuff I'd ordinarily post in the Random stuff thread, but...

@Left @RippleGylfI'm debating whether or not to dabble in FEH. Right now though, I'm trying to focu on getting through Fire Emblem Fates.

... On which point! Very nearly finished the Conquest route, and damnation. The gameplay for this has been one of the most downright satisfying experiences I've ever had.
The story has been... less good, but still. The actual gameplay was fantastic.

I have, I think, three or four maps to finish, then onto Revelations... which I have heard very bad things about, and am debating doing some kind of a Let's Play for on that accord

37 minutes ago, Claincy said:

*Quickly Googles* Hmm, sounds interesting. I might check it out at some point.

You... probably don't want to get me started on that series, because I WILL GUSH FOREVER.

On topic though... do you plan on doing anything more with this stable loop idea?

On ‎22‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 4:29 AM, AnanasSpren said:

Just finished Assassination Classroom....i just....

The feels, my body cannot take the feels

So... it's good? I've been debating whether to add it to the list

Right now... well, I saw Ghost in the Shell (2017) a few weeks ago. And it... wasn't very good?
So I decided to start watching Stand Alone Complex instead, and it's been significantly better

This is an important question. So important. It is, without a doubt, the most important question you will be asked in this thread:

Have we done Jim the Fish yet?

...And, okay, as a serious question:
You mentioned the Flash as one of the shows you've been bingewatching. Do you watch or have any opinions on the other DCCW works?

21 hours ago, Claincy said:

Thankyou all 

@Quiver Which visual novel is that?

Steins;Gate. Which is kind of one of my favorite stories period at this point, so I have strong feelings

You guys ever wonder if, when humanity makes first contact, aliens are going to look at our sci-fi and be terribly offended? Like...

"By the third sunheart, I can't elieve you people thought we'd act that way! We have more important things to do than invade and uplift species, you know!"

...So hey, topic bump, but season Tennant started.

Actually, it started last week, but still. I haven't watched it yet, to be honest; in fact, I only just got around to watching the Christmas specials that aired in between. But I'm planning on watching at least the first episode this evening, so I figured I'd bump this up and see if anyone else is watching.

Time travel is one of my favorite tropes.

It's definitely the sort of thing I would need to read a few times to wrap my head around though. And -full disclaimer- probably does't help that one of my favorite visual novels is a time travel story, so I will, inevitably, compare back to that. Also, the fact that I am dumb, meaning I need to read it through a few times.

On 4/14/2017 at 1:26 PM, Darkness Ascendant said:

On Harmony, and the Creation of the world

I have to be honest, I kind of hate commenting on this stuff.

It isn't anything personal; I've mentioned on the forums, and in PM's, that I've been batting around ideas for a music-based fantasy of mine own for a bit. The problem, then, is that I'm kind of worried of stealing ideas by reading this stuff, or by letting my opinions on stuff colour how I'm viewing yours.  So... apologies in advance if I'm not exactly 'on point' when it comes to commentaries.

So far as this creation myth goes... it seems solid enough to me. The opening lines, about a sphere developing from nothing, kind of puts me in mind of the Egyptian creation myth, with life springing out of chaos; I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but it was how I read things.

Out of interest, you seem to be using a lot of nautical imagery (as in the Mariner). Which, makes sense: the Sirens are probably the most famous expressions of music in mythology, after all. I'm just curious if that marine theme is one you'll be exploring in the work itself?

Only thing I have to ask is... why a dove? Given the fact that it dies, and the fact that the Mariner is water themed, I would have expected... well, waterfowl. Specifically -as cliché as it might be- I would have been expecting perhaps a swan. I mean, 'swan song' is a turn of phrase that people use, even if swans themselves aren't particularly musical.

And are only a few degrees less evil than geese. Good lord. 

But... sure, nice creation myth. Kind of reminds me of the Silmarillion in terms of tone. I'll... try and get to the rest of your posts in due course? Apologies for the delay!

'Whoah!' Snake's words took her aback for a moment, but only for a moment. Lyla might have been able to pull the wool over Autumn's eyes, but she should have known that Vapor Snake would pick up on what she meant; after all, he was Vapor Snake. Lyla wouldn't expect anything less from the man who defeated Laserius.

"Nu uh," she objected quickly. "I wasn't sneaking anywhere, it's why I was asking for permission first! So, the epic  who came to town was called the Panda? That's cool! I was just callin' him that 'cause I didn't know what else to call him... are you saying that you guys know where he is?!"

Truth be told, Lyla wasn't sure what to say if Snake said 'yes'. She had managed to snag a few shots of the invading forces, animals, the guard and epics, but she didn't think she had a good shot of the Panda himself. Granted, until just a few moments ago, she hadn't been aware he was called 'the Panda', but that was besides the point; having that blank spot in her scrap book was going to bother her. She couldn't help it; she was a collector.

Of course, a single epic photo was nothing compared to the opportunity Shiny was offering... but the chance to go looking for an epic with Vapor Snake was tantalizing in it's own way. Shiny had skewed the list some, but Vapor Snake was still one of Lyla's top five coolest epics in the Dalles. There was something about it that just screamed 'cool'; the way he turned up his collar, the spark in his eye, the way he was appraising her. It was another thing that made him so cool; he was, without a doubt, one of the epics who recognised and totally respected her..

There was a special connection between them, after all. Sure, Jack had gifted his powers to a whole bunch of people when Laserius arrived, and okay, it hadn't lasted long, per se.. but still. There was a thing.

Fate worked in mysterious ways. If Lyla hadn't been caught outside during the invasion, she probably wouldn't have been sent to the medics. She probably would have just gone straight to the bigwigs to try and peddle the photos, probably would have met Jack, and ended up en route to tracking down the Panda as his apprentice. She did feel a little bit of sadness for the lost opportunity... but fate had put her on a shinier path.

"I mean, about leaving, I was just wondering, I guess? I mean, I was talking to this cool lady, and she said she was probably heading out of town and invited me to come along, so, you know. Figured I'd check out how to do the thing, ya know? Huh, Ms Glass?" Lyla turned back to Autumn, trying to look composed. "Is there, like, forms I have to fill out or anything? I mean, hey, 's'not like I can get any parental permission, heh..."

4 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Dammit, you broke my train of though >>

Masterfully accomplished!

And what was I going to say...

Oh yeah.

I WROTE 6K WORDS ON SONGWEAVERS TODAY AND I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THIS MYTH >> I should sleep. All I've been doing is writing and eating and homework and crap >>

oh and @The Honor Spren It's all me trust me. Aaaalll me >>

As someone who has vague ideas for their own music-based fantasy, I am unsure whether I should congratulate you... or shake my fist and decry you for being more active on actually writing than I am

57 minutes ago, Chaos said:

You found them! Yay, you get some cookies. 

...So, by cookies, do you mean cookies, or "cookies"?

...Look, it's not my fault that the Shard has turned cookies into a byword for "heamulrgic spikes"

3 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Guys the show was amazing.

Symphony Sanders high fived me. 

I got a t-shirt and a poster.

No selfies with the cast, but plenty of good photos I'll try to upload by tomorrow.

If you have the chance to go see this show, do it.

Well, this is convincing

I'm waiting for UK tickets to get released. Soon as they do, I'll be snagging a set and booking a week off of work.

13 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Recess was my favorite show growing up and I am not ashamed to say it. 

6 minutes ago, Edgedancer said:

Just googled it and I know the show. Disneys Große Pause. Very fond place in my heart.  

I grew up watching a lot more of the shows that aired on Cartoon Network rather than Disney Channel; we didn't have Disney for years, and by the time we did...

That being said, there were shows on Disney I did like, including Recess (and Kim Possible); it's just that by then, I started feeling kind of self-conscious about watching them.

2 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I'm in Children's today. 

''Tis a strange place. The books are so small and they are so numerous. And the easy reader section is organized by some system that was probably not devised by human minds.

... I have no idea why, but I'm suddenly reminded of the Kindergarteners from Recess.

... You know, Recess? That old Disney cartoon, about the school kids?

God I'm old

5 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Spent the day wandering Sydney cos my mum had a meeting at a hotel there, had to go to the hotel tho in the end so I spent the day reading really weird and old books in the hotel's small but strange library.

That one was a *very* strange read. 

3 hours ago, A Budgie said:

@Darkness Ascendant ...I'm asuming by 'magic' they mean belief...either that, or you may have stumbled into the secrect magical world that lies hidden inside our world and has been documented in a thousand slightly different ways by different books.

There are people who do practice magic in the modern day; I know that Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, for instance, both fall into that category, though I don't know enough about their beliefs or about that stuff in general to comment on it.

Basically, that book could, in fact, be talking about MAGIC, rather than magic being a synonym for something else.

(Or it could be talking about the historical context of magical practices and how they related to political ideas, whether in the context of rulers being divine (like Egyptian Pharaohs) or representatives of such (as Christian kings were supposed to be). There's a lot of stuff that a book with that title could be talking about.) 

So, I finally caught th latest episode.

Honestly, the most interesting thing about this, for me, is Jack's behaviour. He's spent the last few episodes all alone, and we've seen him having a more dour, depressed personality... then today, when he has a chance to actually interact with another person, he kind of goes back to being the old Jack again. It's cool; he's trying to win over Ashi, certainly, but it's a nice point of writing, showing how people interact with themselves and with one another...

Also, comedy. So much comedy, which was great. I've seen someone compare it to a "real" old chool Jack show, and that vibe definitely is in place; there is comedy, there is action.. over all, I liked the episode.