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« on: January 31, 2004, 02:05:39 pm »
If I ever disliked you, Rowan-- and I don't think I do, but just in case-- you are officially redeemed.  Magical Project S is probably my favorite Tenchi derivative, with Misa being my favorite character therein (although Ramia and Tsunami are great too; mostly because of the absolute incongruity between MPS/Pretty Sammy Tsunami and the OAV one).
Gilda was cool too, now that you mention it. I forgot to point out just how neat it was for a female soldier to actually dress like one.
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« on: January 30, 2004, 10:45:39 pm »
Interesting. There's no arguing with opinion, of course-- and that's a good thing. The Internet would be a most boring place if we all got along. *laughs*
My chief issue with STM (Shin Tenchi Muyo; you'll have to forgive me for not wanting to use "TiT" as an acronym, heh) is how they changed the characters so much from the OAVs (my favorite continuity). Kiyone, yes; was terrible. But most of them seemed extraneous-- besides Ryoko (who I never liked) and Sakuya (who I really didn't like), of course. Ayeka was my favorite character (Kiyone is now, but she's not in the OAVs)-- like Fatora, she's the Princess character who really is a snobbish... female at times; but she had a lot of depth. In STM (and less so in TU) they cut everything but her stereotypical qualities-- it's amusing, a little; to watch Ayeka in action, but it just feels like an insult after the OAVs. That's the biggest reason.
The secondary one would be the artwork-- again, no accounting for taste; but I hated it. Thirdly would be the plot. Years of trying to block it out have paid off, heh (I saw it in full on CN during its run in 2000-2001).
But anime is a medium where likely no two people will agree on everything-- there's just so much variety between series (even ones under the same name); and that's cool. It's fun to talk about, anyway.
Can't undelete the hard drive copy. Can't recover the floppy disk copy. So, I just lost about 1200 words forever.
I should be able to rewrite it yet tonight. But if I didn't have such a large backlog of rough ideas in my head, I'd just quit for a few more months. Arrgh. Gah, I know that all too well. :-/ Fortunately 1200 words isn't that long; and who knows-- maybe version 2 (or however many, heh) will be better, y'know? Which tale are you referring to; the "dark" one? If you tagged it on FFN under "Angst" I probably haven't read it. *laughs* Seriously... I have nothing against dark, serious tales; at least within reason (something like the latter part of Evangelion, for example; is borderline anathema; while something like FFT, which is a rather dark story, is fine; because of how it's paced and presented); and in fact my own writing tends to lead in that direction. Life is bad, even in fantasy; and people that write realism tend to end up with [at least some] amounts of angst. It's something to take in measured drinks, much like fine wine. Not something to wallow in.  ...hm. This is getting further and further removed from the topic. Um... Shayla has the best outfit in AW!   [/font]
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« on: January 30, 2004, 10:25:10 pm »
It's a refreshing one degree Fahrenheit here in Missouri. On our way back home we had frost inside my car window (first time in awhile that's happened). :|
But anyway... ha ha, those are great. My favorite's probably "Ifurita needs a jumpstart"... it's tough to run out of jokes about the superpowered android that has to be wound up. *chuckles*
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« on: January 29, 2004, 10:53:34 pm »
Nah, wouldn't shoot you or anything. *chuckles* I agree about Excel Saga, actually-- I've seen about half of it (scattered episodes), and the only parts I liked were with Nabeshin (who was just so bizarre he's hard not to like). Beyond that... some people like that sort of insanity/inanity, but it's not my cup of tea.
I can knife you in the ribs or something for liking Shin Tenchi Muyo!, though, if you're still interested. :]
(Seriously; I'm glad to hear you're thinking about picking the pen as it were back up. I used to write a fair bit-- Final Fantasy Tactics was the biggest project; I finished a 20-chapter work just over 100K words for the first "chapter" of the game, and plenty of online stuff since then... but it's not something I've been able to keep up with, for various reasons; and I'm sure you can relate to that, being that much older than I am. *chuckles* It's a shame when people aren't able to put their talents to good use, for whatever reason; and I'm looking forward to more (a wee bit lighter on the angst, though; if you handle requests-- life is depressing enough as it is ).
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« on: January 28, 2004, 04:42:12 pm »
*commits seppuku for using "they're" instead of "there"* 
And (regarding Fuji's last post)... I think Floristica is officially out of soldiers, between the crash and the Bugrom infiltration. If the next RPG thread isn't "Keep Roshtaria from being invaded by one of its multiple enemies!" I'm going to be very disappointed. *chuckles*
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« on: January 27, 2004, 04:14:47 pm »
Eh, I guess it's a matter of taste. I'm not a huge anime fan (I've only watched through about two dozen series, out of the hundreds out there), but The Alternative World was one of the worst I can remember seeing... I personally rank it lower than Tenchi in Tokyo/Shin Tenchi Muyo (and yes, in my opinion, it is that bad).
If TAW had, say; actual plot consistency, better artwork (*shudders*), fewer ridiculous elements (Jinnai gaining 200 pounds in less than a week? Right...)... and even fewer ridiculous plot devices, then maybe I could rate it mediocre. Kidding. But TAW has so many strikes against it I just can't like it. The fact it follows TMW, which is [arguably, but not by me :]] one of the best anime series of all time, makes it look even worse.
Wanderers I can at least respect as a sort of internal parody; it wasn't as good, but it was funny in places, and they did expand on the characters and sidestories (the big advantage long-running TV series have over numbered OAVs).
And regarding fan fiction... heh, yeah; some good stories can make up for a myriad of wrongs. *chuckles* It's really not the same, though (even though there are some very talented writers out there... I've read a bunch of Mr. What's stuff on FFN; and much of it's amazing).
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« on: January 26, 2004, 08:54:52 pm »
Heh, cool. *wants to see how this palace thread ends*
More filler for now, I guess. Oh; and Fuji gets major points for the Resident Evil 28 joke-- although knowing Capcom, they'd probably spin it off into Resident Evil X (then with a full series), and then another spinoff series.... --- At Xan's slowed pace it took the pair nearly half an hour to circle back through Floristica, to the safehouse of sorts the other Shadow Tribe members had been using. It was surprisingly close to the palace; perhaps six blocks northwest, although as broad and long as Roshtarian streets were, it was still quite a walk. " Here?" asked Xan, surprised; as his ally had stopped in front of a run-down older house. It was inconspicuous enough; typical off-white colored stone walls, and a flat ceiling that bespoke primitive, at least by his peoples' standards, brickwork. "It's bigger inside than it looks. Trust me. We couldn't have anything too ostentatious." "Hm." "Can you make a big house invisible?" said the scientist in way of reply, and Xan shook his head. "No, of course not." "Neither can we. So there. ...now, after you... ah, watch that step up... there." He followed the younger man inside and closed the door behind him; as he did a third Tribesman, sitting so still as to be nearly invisible in the dark; switched on a lamp on the table, and stood. "I'm surprised you found him, Tulkata." This man, who appeared even older than Xan's benefactor; had the light wrinkles around his eyes and mouth that suggested early middle age, and he wore a plain, long black coat with many pockets-- Another scientist, the assassin mused. " Doctor Tulk atia," the other scientist snapped; although it had the patient refrain which suggested he did so out of habit, rather than irritation; and the older man laughed. "Don't mind him, young man," he said, walking in an unusually proud manner for a researcher, toward Xan; and offered his hand. "Doctor Caeus Silrani... and yes, I picked out this name." he explained, grinning. "This fossil--" "Four years younger than you, Kai," he replied without missing a beat. "--is Doctor Mato Tulkatia. And he would be the current lead operative for this cell." His smile broadened as Xan glanced quickly toward the man next to him, and then back. "And you are...?" "Xanas Antares. Assassin." He gave a quick nod, then shrugged off Mato's hand and shook Kai's-- the dimunitive form of "Caeus's"-- hand. "And I would like to be taken to the lab for healing." "Before you have to use it for an autopsy, eh?" said the old man; but his smile faded. "Come with me, then... and we'll get you looked at." "Thank you." Xan stepped back, respectfully giving Kai room as he went toward the back wall-- opening the wooden door there to reveal an unsurprising set of stairs down. It led to a very large underground facility. The original area of a basement was still clearly defined-- the passageway was a little narrower, and the supports above his head weaker-- but it had been widened out far in excess of that. The hallway loomed many meters back into the darkness; a series of rooms on either side in a sort of underground suite, leading to the traditional Phantom Tribe laboratory. There were two operating tables set up with a dizzying array of equipment and machines around them, and the old man led Xan to the first one. "You'll probably want a tour later, but... first things first. Take off your jacket and lie down, and the automata should tend to your major wounds. ...what do you think you have, so I can make the scan faster?" "Probable broken rib, ruptured blood vessels on the lateral right, possible organ damage; severe burns to the back with multiple lighter abrasions and bruises." the assassin replied promptly, and Caeus chuckled. "I see you didn't sleep through class, boy. ...assassin, you said earlier? Do you mean Hunter?" "No," he replied evenly, grimacing as the tingle of the first scanning waves washed over him. "...I meant Assassin." "...ah. Well, you might be interested to meet Senalyia when she gets back from reconnoitering the palace... she just left a few hours ago. Tulkata went out about an hour and fifteen minutes ago... just after the fire broke out. You were lucky he's so thorough... Xanas, wasn't it?" "Just Xan." he replied, giving a single cough. "...how did you know so quickly?" "I see you prefer using a nickname too. Must be something about you young people... Sena insisted we call her that, and after a few months everyone was using a shortened name. At least around her--" "The fire?" Xan repeated, although he was more interested than he let on about his comrades. "Ah, right. Well, it's a simple thing, really... when you have instruments that can analyze, measure, duplicate, and recombine genetic material... it'd be rather silly to look out a window and not see the light and smoke, wouldn't you think?" His rough voice betrayed humor underneath, though; and Xan smiled. "I see. ...Doctor, how long will this healing take?" Kai sighed. "You'll be under direct regeneration for at least six hours. There's no organ damage, but you were otherwise right-- two ribs will need knitted, and you had major hemorrghing on that side. Most of the regeneration time will be for skin and blood... you lost a few layers of the former and far too much of the latter. What'd you get into a fight with, anyway? A group of armor Bugrom?" Xan closed his eyes, and tried to relax. "...no, doctor. One human." He whistled. "Must've been one hell of a fighter." "He was... good." the assassin managed. "No doubt. Well, once you heal we do have some training areas down here... when the full group is in we usually have several Hunters; they requested it. You're free to peruse what we have, of course... just be careful. Sena will be back soon... she's close to your age anyhow, so I'll probably have her fill you in." "Sounds good." "And of course, we'll discuss your options for repaying this service we're done." "My what?" Xan protested; but Kai was already lowering the shielded shell of the regeneration device over Xan, and locked it into place. "Couldn't that have waited?" Mato said wryly as his senior came back to the stairwell. "Do you expect him to relax now?" "I was nice enough before that to balance it out, Tulkata. Besides, better that he get the time to simmer over it rather than get mad after he's already gotten what he needs." "Point." the doctor conceded, and started back up the stairs. "I merely hope that Sena comes back with no news. We can't send anyone else back to the Shadow Nation until Aerun's group gets back... and that could take weeks." "Knowledge enough to almost crack the Eye of God," Kai said, bemused; "...and we can't make a bloody wireless phone."
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« on: January 24, 2004, 10:48:00 pm »
I've been noticing that my filler posts are longer than some of the recent "content" posts. *chuckles* That's not a problem, is it? I don't mind if no one reads or not; but I want to make sure it's not construed as clutter or anything (I know a lot of people in RPs simply want "relevant" material).
And it's a shame about Rosh (for "Jewel of Roshtaria," the member, I'm assuming? Confused me for a bit, heh)... it just doesn't feel like, y'know, El Hazard, when they're aren't a lot of women running around outnumbering the men.
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« on: January 24, 2004, 10:43:15 pm »
Just a wee bit more filler while I'm waiting to see what happens.... :]
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"He took it pretty well, I think," Xan said to no one in particular, limping back toward the southern sector of the capital. "...considering I had tried to kill him and all."
He coughed again, but the pain was subisiding; he simply felt the dull ache that was left over after so much exertion; but he knew-- physiology and anatomy being key studies in an assassin's training regimen-- that the damage he had taken was severe, and he knew he needed medical attention; and he also knew that he had only one place to turn, as the brief firefight happened just outside the door of the palace doctor's house.
He concentrated, focusing on the pictures he'd seen long before. Phantom Tribesmen, as a rule; could detect others' illusions-- the ability to see through them or not varied on the individual, but absolute deception between illusionists was impossible. As a result they had made several plans governing problems in hostile territory... and the one most pertitent to a wounded Xan was the illusion they traditionally adopted to find one another while still appearing normal to those around them.
When the young man relaxed, his form had changed-- he now resembled a handsome nobleman in his twenties, in rich Roshtarian dress with a circlet and long silver hair.
How the original Galus maintained this farce, I would never know. Xan complained to himself, and sighed. As long as the other Tribesmen in the city were active-- it was late-- they wouldn't have any trouble finding him now.
He continued walking south, crossing another street, nodding stiffly toward an outdoor merchant, who simply stared. He had no idea where the Floristican enclave was-- the more people that knew about it in the capital of Roshtaria, the less likely it would stay hidden-- but he assumed it'd be toward the poorer sector, so as to remain more easily hidden.
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"Excuse me... Sir?" came a voice from behind him perhaps twenty minutes later; and Xan tensed. The pain had returned with interest, and he moved slowly around, mentally trying to keep his focus on his illusion; something he very rarely needed to do.
"Can I help you?" he replied quietly.
"Ahh... no, but I believe I can help you." A young man clad in brown stepped closer toward Xan; and as he moved there was a swirling of light, and his skin changed to blue-- his conservative outfit remaining unchanged.
The assassin gave an audible sigh of relief and dropped his own illusion, staggering forward and taking the older man's hand. "I thank you. I wasn't certain where the facility is...."
The other man chuckled and waved his hand vaguely. "No, not a concern. I have to admit, I was surprised when I saw you walking this way... even with the old disguise. Do you realize you were going in exactly the opposite direction?" He grinned as the embarassed assassin shook his head. "Well, you have good instincts, even if you don't pay as much attention as you should. Come with me, then... there's only three of us stationed here currently... half returned to the Center to directly report to Nahato..." he paused as Xan frowned at the name; "...regarding the recent... changes." He smiled again, but there was no mirth behind it. "Funny how things work out."
"I'd like to hurry, if it's all the same to you," murmured Xan, hand clutched to his side. "I'd like to get--"
"To a doctor? That would be me, actually... well, a scientist, to be precise; but I can treat battlefield injuries. Why, even that useless Huntress probably could, with the supplies we have."
"Lead on, then." replied Xan, accepting the other man's hand, steadying himself.
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« on: January 24, 2004, 09:12:45 pm »
Wait wait wait wait wait. *Blinks in confusion.* You're saying that thing was written? I find that a little hard to believe.
Well, it was written by somebody. Stories (even really, really bad ones) don't spring up on their own. (Which is unfortunate, as I and some of our other writers can attest. :[ )
...of course, we don't know what they were doing when they wrote it ("Hey, boss, this stuff is terrible! It demeans what little credibility El Hazard had left after the last twelve episodes and is needlessly pandering!" "*puff* Mmm, that's some powerful stuff. ...were you saying something, rookie?" "*sigh* Lame humor and naked anime chicks it is. Hey, it's worked before...").
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« on: January 24, 2004, 05:45:31 pm »
Exactly. If you're going to have an episode of pure, shameless fanservice, you at least make the art look good!
...oh wait. *coughs* I mean, we should've had a thorough conclusionary episode to try to tie up some of the loose threads (many already mentioned). Of course.
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« on: January 24, 2004, 04:52:53 pm »
What he said. I tend to check in here even before the WarCraft site I moderate. *chuckles* It's pretty cool, and I'm glad the problems were only [very] temporary. I know it's trite to say "keep up the good work," but.... :]
...and the avatar uploader is very handy, as is EHOL's lack of image size restrictions.
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« on: January 20, 2004, 01:54:52 am »
I'd also be up for a PhotoShop-based graphic event of some kind. Not for any sort of competition (I hate competing with people, except for online gaming, heh); but just because it'd be fun, and it's something I don't have reason to do much of these days.
Going back to the "Pic of the Moment" thing... well, to be honest I think you might actually be cluttering things up too much. You tend to have several characters, usually doing different things, plus with a generally unrelated background. It makes the short, witty comments a lot harder to do (like the old Dragon Warrior riff you posted to this one ).
That's just my opinion, of course. :]
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« on: January 19, 2004, 06:10:00 pm »
Xanas Antares shook his head slightly. "No, Kane, I don't think 'luck' has any place. You're quite good... far better than I would have expected. But I will be prepared for you next time." Xan gradually turned, and took a few steps away before Kane offered his last, confident reply. "...well, then I'm looking forward to it." The Shadow Tribesman glanced back over his shoulder. "Indubitably. Well, for what comfort it offers you needn't watch the shadows. When I return to deal with you... it will be as a hunter, not an assassin. You have earned that honor." He cloaked himself and vanished just as Miles and Nolan came up from the other direction. Both looked around, seeing only Kane; and Miles blinked. "...what happened?" --- We now return you to your regularly-scheduled RP.
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My point was that his more recent pictures have the "cluttered" problem, while older snapshots from the series, basically, were the ones that better made for the "witty comments." Such as "Thy Hits decreased by 1!" *chuckles*