Ben would probably want to pull her aside and gently explain the horror that was the battle for Serenity Valley if he happened to be around.
[OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
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RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-07-2018, 07:06 PM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2018, 07:06 PM by robkelk.)
If we add that to the Halloween party story, he probably would.
Speaking of the Halloween party story, here's a line for you, riffing off a comment you made on the PiratePad. Quote:"Ben, I'm the Goddess of the Past. All of my meaningful relationships - those kind of relationships - are in the past. That means I'm available. Want to go somewhere after this party, just the two of us?"
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown (09-07-2018, 07:06 PM)robkelk Wrote: If we add that to the Halloween party story, he probably would. Heh. Ben would have a counter for that, but he's pretty sure that saying it out loud would land him in hot water. That counter being, "But by your own logic, wouldn't that just mean I'm another notch in your headboard once everything is said and done?" I have all kinds of Asperger-style thoughts like this. The trouble for me? Balancing how badly needed the thought is against how many feathers it's going to ruffle. But in this case, Ben would go for an assist with Belldandy because he knows she'd understand, her not judging Ben based on one statement and instead taking the big picture view. And she'd understand his concern completely, and then be able to relate this concern to Urd in a way that's not going to anger her. Another bit we can have is Ben having a quiet moment with Keiichi, the two of them having talked about cars and engines for a bit. Quote:"You know, I envy you, Keiichi." Ah yes, the melancholy is strong tonight.
Oh, interesting. I'm not very observant, but one of the things I observe very quickly is when another person is autistic. See, I'm a programmer, and there's so many aspies in my peer groups that it's hard not to see the differences, even if each person has a unique set of behaviors. In person, I'm sure my SI would pick up on it right away (it's harder online).
And I need to write my story with Bell in it. When we get a security system, it will have a panic button like Rob's does. Then, well, think of who lives in my apartment. Also, if your SI says that to Urd, Brent will go up and say, "Urd-sama, can I offer you a drink?"
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
And when he does, someone gets to see me over at a wall hitting my head against it. "Always alone, always late" when asked will answer "Don't worry about it, it's just issues."
Wolf wins every fight but the one where he dies, fangs locked around the throat of his opponent.
Currently writing BROBd (09-08-2018, 08:47 AM)Rajvik Wrote: And when he does, someone gets to see me over at a wall hitting my head against it. "Always alone, always late" when asked will answer "Don't worry about it, it's just issues." Bonus points if that "someone" is Kaorin, who is in the same boat and wouldn't be interested in your SI.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
<sigh> Still can't find fanart of Mii in a Bunny outfit. At this point, I am seriously considering commissioning a piece.
Anybody have a favourite fanartist who's willing to take commissions and work in the anime's original style?
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-09-2018, 01:32 PM (This post was last modified: 09-09-2018, 01:44 PM by robkelk.) (07-29-2018, 08:57 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: Okay, how about this. I know I've put a moratorium on fanfic materials, but it was mainly to keep us from getting swamped by the various fanfic versions of the Sailor Senshi outside the two anime series and the manga. And this can be explained in that the version of the material that has the strongest following is the one that has the most influence on the Metacontuity - it's that whole malleability thing. I just had a thought... (consults Wikipedia to double-check - recollections confirmed!) ...and it just might work as a catalyst for my SI to start unlocking powers. And it's in-universe, too, tying together Chinese Astrology and a stanza in the Poetic Edda in a way that will benefit people who were born the year that I was born and curse everyone else: drink the waters from Hvergelmir, one of the Three Wells of Yggdrasil. Anybody else would risk taking on wyrmlike or woodlike traits (or a fusion of both, becoming a Níðhöggr-like being), but Chinese astrology says I'm already a Wood Dragon so the waters wouldn't do those things to Rob, especially if Sakura uses her Cards to divine the most auspicious moment for Rob to drink the waters from Hvergelmir. And with Ruiko unlocking her esper Skill, there's no reason for Rob not to have an ability of some sort, so there wouldn't be any mental blocks left in the way of him developing powers. As to what those particular powers might be, I'm not yet sure, but considering Hvergelmir is the fount of the rivers of Asgard, they should tie in with pure or holy water - giving my SI common ground with Sailor Neptune and Brent's version of Akari. (Considering also that Hvergelmir is surrounded by snakes, Rob might also pick up Parseltongue - and never know it. ) All I need to do is get Rob to actually obtain waters from Hvergelmir... but that shouldn't be too difficult to make happen. ("Urd, just what was in that drink?" ) Thoughts? EDIT: Oh - the Prose Edda also mentions that Hvergelmir is worse than poison, so drinking it would entail quite a risk. (Of course, in this setting that might refer to the risk of becoming a Nídhogg-like being.) Better make sure Sakura does that divination, and Urd treats the water appropriately.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
Hey Rob, anything there that would cover an earth horse?
Just a thought
Wolf wins every fight but the one where he dies, fangs locked around the throat of his opponent.
Currently writing BROBd (08-12-2018, 04:34 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote:(08-11-2018, 06:51 PM)robkelk Wrote:(08-06-2018, 11:59 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: Oh, and would anyone mind if Keichii and maybe Megumi, too, set up shop in San Antonio? They don't necessarily have to be residents at the apartments, but given the regularity that Belldandy is checking in on things, it would make sense if it was simply part of her commute. There's plenty of nice places they can possibly set up a home and a business... and just a few miles off to the east is the San Antonio Speedway... it isn't much. Mostly just a drag strip, but a well appointed one, and they also setup of drift racing events in the parking lot now and then. And lots of good sportsmanship - yeah, there's attitude, but it's always with a wink and a grin. It wouldn't be what Keiichi is quite used to, but he'd probably find himself quite at home in short order because all the people that show up for the events are completely and totally nuts over cars. (And believe me, a lot of these events are pretty much 'run whatcha brung', so it can get pretty crazy out there.) BA, just sent you a PM about this.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-09-2018, 03:30 PM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2018, 07:40 AM by robkelk.) (09-09-2018, 03:26 PM)Rajvik Wrote: Hey Rob, anything there that would cover an earth horse? Not a lot of horses in Norse mythology - the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Sleipnir. Mind you, Sleipnir is a pretty powerful horse, and does have ties to earth in that its dam sire was Svaðilfari, the horse that assisted in building the walls of Asgard. If you go that route, your SI has the potential to be more powerful than my SI.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown Quote:, so drinking it would entail quite a risk Unless someone just fills a water bottle from it in ignorance or recklessness - on a sort of, I just want to have this around and this is the only bottle I have - a sort of anti-freeze in a cokebottle surprise. I love the smell of rotaries in the morning. You know one time, I got to work early, before the rush hour. I walked through the empty carpark, I didn't see one bloody Prius or Golf. And that smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole carpark, smelled like.... ....speed. One day they're going to ban them.
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-09-2018, 06:21 PM (This post was last modified: 09-10-2018, 03:19 AM by Labster.) Rajvik Wrote:Hey Rob, anything there that would cover an earth horse?As long we don't have to deal with a Bad Horse. He's really, really bad. Water dog here. I'll just be chilling with Tadakichi, I guess. The Azumanga girls are all Wood Ox, except for Tomo and Chiyo. Chiyo's a Metal Horse. Tomo's an Aquarius, so she's either the oldest or youngest of the cohort... right now I'm thinking oldest is funnier, but I don't know when people decide to enroll their children in school in Japan. Like, what's the cutoff date? It's not the Coming of Age day, is it? I've been meaning to write some Sakura divination scenes, but I know very little of the tarot. Once I research that, I have ideas, because her cards make an interesting set of archetypes. As she gets more cards, her divinations will get better, too. EDIT: After reading a few sites that actually believe in tarot, it's easy to see it's all bullshit and I can do whatever I want. Yay! I'm writing a section now, based on a few ideas I mixed and matched, which is apparently what "real" practitioners do too.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-10-2018, 01:24 AM (This post was last modified: 09-10-2018, 01:26 AM by Inquisitive Raven.) (09-09-2018, 03:30 PM)robkelk Wrote: Not a lot of horses in Norse mythology - the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Sleipnir. Mind you, Sleipnir is a pretty powerful horse, and does have ties to earth in that its dam was Svaðilfari, the horse that assisted in building the walls of Asgard. If you go that route, your SI has the potential to be more powerful than my SI. Actually, Svaðilfari was Sleipnir's sire. Loki was his dam. Ain't shapeshifting, gender-bending deities fun? Of course, that makes Svaðilfari another horse from Norse mythology.
Ah, right. I plead distraction at the time.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
Metal Monkey here. Nothing in Norse mythology for me buuuu~uuuuut in Asian legends... Why, hello there, Sun Wukong! (aka Son Goku)
Huh, I'm coming up blank for water dog mythology. Plenty of dogs associated with fire, electricity, and the woods, but nothing in the doggy paddle. I might be forced to go with "This is Spring of Drowned Dog. One day, dog fall in Jusenkyo spring and die, very sad."
And uh, I made a research failure on one published story, the old Pacific Electric train tracks weren't on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, they were one street over. So I need to decide if I want to have her walk down to Electric Avenue, or maybe use the old tracks right next to the apartments? Uh, I hate retcons.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
Here, Brent. This might also be useful to you - a map that shows not only the rail lines, but also the original canal system.
https://www.westland.net/venicehistory/m...ce-map.htm And it looks like I was pretty dead-on with my own effort to recreate the canals using a snip from Google Maps: Venice3.PNG (Size: 194.16 KB / Downloads: 110) If you still need a reason for how they were able to keep the canals from stagnating, I just remembered that Coastal Cali is famous for the winds that come in off the Pacific. And all it's gonna take is for one Dutch aqueduct engineer to show up and go, "Sayyy, I got an idea..."
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-11-2018, 07:42 AM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2018, 07:42 AM by robkelk.) (09-10-2018, 09:50 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: Metal Monkey here. Nothing in Norse mythology for me buuuu~uuuuut in Asian legends... Why, hello there, Sun Wukong! (aka Son Goku) I think we may have discovered your real-life power, BA - the ability to tie yourself to trickster archetypes.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-11-2018, 07:49 AM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2018, 07:51 AM by robkelk.) (09-10-2018, 10:46 PM)Labster Wrote: Huh, I'm coming up blank for water dog mythology. Plenty of dogs associated with fire, electricity, and the woods, but nothing in the doggy paddle. I might be forced to go with "This is Spring of Drowned Dog. One day, dog fall in Jusenkyo spring and die, very sad." There's always Real Life to draw on. "Portuguese Water Dogs are originally from the Portuguese region of the Algarve, from where the breed expanded to all around Portugal's coast, where they were taught to herd fish into fishermen's nets, to retrieve lost tackle or broken nets, and to act as couriers from ship to ship, or ship to shore." Not the most glamorous power set to build from, but still a good set of support abilities that complement many of the Aria Company's skills. And the Wikipedia page says they've made it as far north as Iceland, so the Norse might already be aware of them. (There is the downside of being mistaken for a poodle, of course.) (09-10-2018, 10:46 PM)Labster Wrote: And uh, I made a research failure on one published story, the old Pacific Electric train tracks weren't on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, they were one street over. So I need to decide if I want to have her walk down to Electric Avenue, or maybe use the old tracks right next to the apartments? Uh, I hate retcons. Tell me about it. I'm going to have to do a minor retcon on my sidestory where the Host attack Mii - as I have it written now, Rob and Ruiko run right past the fight in order to get away from the fight. Oopsie.
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Rob Kelk Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words can break your heart. - unknown
RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Return of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
09-11-2018, 10:33 AM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2018, 10:40 AM by Norgarth.) (09-10-2018, 10:46 PM)Labster Wrote: Huh, I'm coming up blank for water dog mythology. Plenty of dogs associated with fire, electricity, and the woods, but nothing in the doggy paddle. I might be forced to go with "This is Spring of Drowned Dog. One day, dog fall in Jusenkyo spring and die, very sad." well, there's the term 'Sea Dog' (a sailor or pirate/privateer) as for the train tracks, Electric Avenue was always a nice song Hmm, a I recall, I was born in a year of the Tiger (does some quick research), ah, I'm a Wood Tiger (but not Tiger Woods ) huh, found a listing of the animals+elements and translations of the Chinese phrase that corresponds to each combo https://www.yourchineseastrology.com/zod...-names.htm My own Wood Tiger is 'Tiger Descending the Mountain' Water Dog is 'Sleepy Dog' Metal Monkey is 'Monkey in the Fruit Tree'
Yeah, research has been fun. Venice is the site of the original Gold's Gym at Muscle Beach, and thus the start of the whole bodybuilding trend. Venice High School was the location for Grease. And like Sakura's old school, it has a statue of a beautiful woman out front, except this time it's Myrna Loy. (My own high school had a nude statue out front with giant hoops just like the Sakura manga, but it was a dude, bearing the cryptic expression "ATOMS FOR PEACE".) Anyway <3 Art Nouveau.
Actually what started it was this pic: elec-ave.jpg (Size: 39.51 KB / Downloads: 108) And then I thought, hey, there's gotta be a real Electric Avenue somewhere... d'oh, there's one in Venice that I've even walked on ... wait, Pacific Electric Railway ... there's a lot of narrow parcels here... imma need a retcon. The route by the apartment was hard to find information about, but it was the Lagoon Line, a short line between Del Rey and Venice stations, that ran between the Ballona Lagoon and the Pacific. Except that now, most of the lagoon is a harbor with a much wider entrance, so it really can't be a route now. The bike bridge on the south side might be original to the train, but the Lagoon Line closed a good 20 years before Marina Del Rey was dug out. So, don't want to do that, don't want a service competing with gondolas, right? I think the least disruptive change would be moving it to Pacific Avenue downtown rather than Electric Avenue, because I described that as in the pavement, and I think the train had its own right-of-way next to Electric Avenue. I could even use the old stop at Windward and Pacific.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
Sup Dartz!
I've got a few things to ask you now that I'm caught up on BGC, or at least caught up enough to comment. First of all: I'm enjoying your stories about Name and Lout and Lew, but maybe they need a little editing, You wanna read back through, or do you want me to send you some edits? Your characters are effectively all original -- they had one episode down to one scene of screen time. Add onto that that they're effectively alien intelligences, at it makes it very hard for anyone else to write at your characters. Until you flesh them out more (pun intended), I don't really know how to include them in your story. I feel like I know the least about Meg. This might be true about Brent too -- I'm not sure -- but Rob has a lot of characterization. Can we get backstory on her human side... or any of them, really? Anri seems underused, which is funny that she probably got more canon screen time than any of them. The writing itself is spare in a really cool way, I realize now that I've read it a few times. It lets a lot of the exposition take place in subtext, which dang, I gotta learn how to do that. I doubt my SI will talk to them that much, he's had a thing against robots ever since that encounter with a venomous half adder. (OK not really) This thread needs a star and a title tag.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
Fixed.
Had a bit of an idea for Labster's crew (you're the one in LA, right?)
One (or more) of your tenants get home after driving somewhere, and mention they got a flat on the highway, but this nice man stopped and helped them. A guy described as a well muscled black man with a mohawk, several gold chains, driving a van with black and grey paint, and who introduced himself as B.A. Another idea for someone popping up, a new Youtube sensation; a cosplaying J-pop artist who goes by Minmei and sings the old songs from Macross as well as some new songs that fit her "inspiration's" style. |
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