As it was in the old ages…so it was in the new. The Guardians upheld their oath that night. They made strong the weak and mended the broken. And when the sun shone again that morning…all could see that they had vanquished the evil.
Category: Uncategorized
Only a few more issues of Seeley’s run on Green Lanterns. I can get through it; it’s not that bad.
The secret to writing a story as a character telling the story in-universe: I don’t have to worry too much if the reader won’t find it as funny or interesting as I do, because I have another character reacting in-universe to respond “i don’t know why the narrator is laughing at this or wasting time telling me all this, but I’ll humor them.”
Oh excuse me, madam. Sorry, this may see strange, but have you seen a fallen star anywhere?
Stardust | 2007 | dir. Matthew Vaughn
DC comics asks
1. “Duet” from the Flash or “Mayheim of the Music Meister” from Batman the Brave and the Bold?
2. Do you like the arrowverse? If so what’s your favorite show?
3. First comic read?
4. What introduced you to the DC universe? Was it a show, comic or movie?
5. Favorite character?
6. Favorite cannon ship?
7. Favorite non-cannon ship?
8. Pre-N52 or N52?
9. Rebirth or N52?
10. Death in the Family or Death of Superman?
11. Favorite live action movie?
12. Favorite animated movie?
13. DCEU or DCAU?
14. Favorite member of the trinity?
15. Dark trinity or trinity?
16. Outsiders or Titans?
17. Teen Titans or Young Just Us?
18. Favorite animated show?
19. Favorite superhero family?
20. Young justice(show) or Teen Titans(show)?
21. Do you watch Teen Titans Go?
22. Favorite Robin?
23. So you prefer Superman and Wonder Woman, Batman and Wonder Woman, steve Trevor and Wonder Woman or does it even matter?
24. If you had total control what would you change?
25. Batgirl or oracle?
26. Whos your favorite batgirl?
27. Batgirl and the birds of Prey or Redhood and the Outlaws?
28. Favorite comic run?
29. Favorite comic artist?
30. Favorite comic writer?
31. Do you like the joker?
32. Who do you think is the most overused or overrated characters?
33. Batman the animated series or Superman the animated series?
34. Legion of Superheros or Batman Beyond?
36. Justice league or Justice league Unlimited?
37. The Batman or beware the Bat?
38. Who do you think is the most overlooked or underused character?
39. Do you watch Gotham?
40. Do you like marvel?
41. Jon kent or Damian Wayne?
42. Renee Montoya or Vic Sage
43. Kate Kane and Renee Montoya or Apollo and Midnighter?
44. Barry Allen or Wally West?
45. Kara Zor-El, Stephanie Brown or Cassie sandsmark?
46. Kord Industrues, Wayne Tech or Lex Corp?
47. If you could have any characters powers who’s would you have?
48. Favorite villain?
49. DC Bombshells, Injustice or Kingdom come?
50. Injustice or the Arkham Asylum?
51. Justice League or League of Assassins?
52. Are you excited about the upcoming titans show? What about young justice?
what she says: I’m okay
what she means: indis deserved more
Re: the mermaid’s story. Well, I related hard to Gislin going “I don’t know these names”, haha! There is, thus far, a certain lack of emotional resonance, probably caused by the distant way the tale is told. Do color me intrigued though by all the neat concepts: forest-taint, greensleeves, etc. The Mirror Realm’s inversion of sea and sky. Amabel’s description of Iro was a highlight, really beautiful prose. “Only one hurricane” – loved that and also – “a whale pod escorted me.”
😀 Yep, this isn’t the proper quest story with the main cast, just a completely unrelated scene that came into my head about the idea of a complicated royal family tree inspired by Aquaman (the punch line involved the revelation that they were naming their kids after the daughters of triton), but then, even though I knew I wasn’t going to write a full fic about it, I tossed it into the “Rose Red” world and asked myself where it could be made to fit. Gael’s character as a lover of popular ballads and former apprentice artist is partly an excuse to have a character to retell all these side fairy tale stories.
Amabel was already a mermaid (and harpy on the other side of the Mirror Realm- think of the world as a giant shallow bowl, ocean in the center, and in the center of that is a floating island where the Celestial Court lives surrounded by a waterfall that flows upward, very Narnia-esque, and on the underside of the island is the entrance to the Underworld). Most of Amabel’s backstory was already plotted out (she’s another story transplant where I changed and added details to make the idea work for this fantasy world. This is the giant sludge pile story), but not the beginning of it, before she ends up isolated in the human kingdoms. So there was a gap in the world that needed “Mermaid Society” anyway. Having Amabel tell a story about her homeland was, as I started playing around with the idea, a good way to introduce the important connection between her and Gislin. If the goal wasn’t to get the ‘Iro royal family comedy of errors’ out of my head and written down, for the Rose Red main story, it would be mostly cut to get to the last few things that Amabel says which have the most relevancy to Gislin. (It involving eating livers). Instead, it’s a rambling storytelling of “people whose names we don’t know” -which was me as the author making fun of myself.
The only one small hurricane was supposed to be funny, so yay!
The greensleeves especially are a concept that I think could work on their own for a fantasy story. At first it was just a power-set to give to the main character, but then I tried to think of a way to make a fantasy-world unique version of the Green Lanterns and mixed it with the Hanseastic League and maritime pilots.
…and yeah, wow, my Teleri bias is really obvious.
self-indulgent writing ( + little mermaid soundtrack)
stretching the creaking writing muscles, posting bits of the original fic stuff (that slush pile of ideas and AUs for canons I don’t want to officially play with, so I blend them into a more ‘generic fantasy’ world,
master-tagged: that dumb rose story
).
Tried to make it more or less understandable as a standalone, but is a bit of a sequel to this bit with the werewolf boy. Story within a story, hopefully funny towards the end. It’s long, so breaking it into parts.
…
“Boy, get up here!”
The stretch of road ran through semi-arable land, too dry for crops and only a few scattered trees, but the barrier-markers were well-tended and thick with green moss, so towns could not be far off if the cleansings were applied so frequently. There were the sounds of bleating goats in the distance, even if the animals or their shepherds were not visible, and at least one bird hidden in the grass or perched in one of the distant trees was making a valiant effort to fill the quiet with song. Aside from their party, the road was deserted. The sense of calm isolation fit their mood. Gael was asleep in the cart, covered in a blanket that covered all but the top of their head and one pale arm curled around in the pose used for sculptures for displays of extreme grief. With the bandages around their fingers and the lingering scent of the poultices that Great Lady Manon had applied to their wounds, it was a disconcerting image, but Gael’s sleep seemed untroubled, and with their injuries they needed the uninterrupted rest for healing. Rohese knew her feelings of guilt were excessive, and Gael would be the first to reprimand her for them, but of their group, one needed more reassurance.
Amabel called Gislin to climb up onto the gently rocking cart, patting at the cleared spot she made for him on the chest in the back of the vehicle. “Come talk with me, boy. Rest your feet.” The young man dropped his eyes, mumbling some unintelligible words about how unnecessary it was for him to break from walking, even if the rest of their party was riding astride a horse or on the cart. He pulled at the corners of his mouth in what was intended to be one of his customary blindingly wide smiles, but the effort failed. Amabel tapped again the seat next to her, calling as one did a cat. “Get up here, Gislin.” The tapping gesture definitely transformed into a pounding noise. “I shan’t shout to you, and I’ve not the leg strength to walk this awful road. Why ever did I think it a good idea to come this far into the Rim? Aie, the words I would yell at my younger self – I thought I left such stupid decisions behind me two hundred years ago. Now stop skulking and join me. I have a story to tell you.”
Gislin hesitated. “Gael is the one to like stories. Perhaps you can wait until they wake and tell them.”
“No,” Amabel snapped. “This is for you.”
heget's WordPress 