Darkened Fates discussion

Heh, why does everyone say that?

I don't know. It is good to be confused. Then you get to learn more.

Ehhhhhhhhhh
i would like to actually watch the series
but stupid youtube doesnt even have the FIRST EPISODE
gah
anyway sry victor -.-'

Watch what series?

Heh, I told you, I have to whole season. You can just ask me. -.-

what series are you guys talking about?

Fate/Stay Night

Oh....

Meh, it only gets good after episode 14.

Gilgamesh looks cooler, even though I really like Saber's dress o-O;;

That's cool. I bet the characters are even cooler.

Yep! Gilgamesh PWNS.

I like Gilgamesh in the anime because he's less of a jerk. Note the less.

He's plain awesome in Fate/Zero. =P

Yeah, and Shirou wonders how he grows up to be such a jerk.

So...Gilgamesh=good, Shirou=bad???///

Yes, exactly. Who should the new people be?

We should pick a story. Any book. ^^

Oooooh. We should do Name of the Wind. It's my favorite book of ALL time. And I've read a lot of books.

Of course, that's if enough people know the book. But if you don't you should go to the library and read it because it's so awesome I recommend it to everyone.

Seconded, the BEST. *starts to drool* Maybe I should reread it again. The next one is comming out soon. *pulls it off the shelf*

Tell me more. I'd like to read it.

Okay, how to describe it... wow.

Um, first of all it's by Patrick Rothfuss.

Second... well, I don't know. Whenever I try to describe it to convince someone to read it they usually go, "Oh, that's nice." And never think about it again.

Well, this book deserves more than that.

What does convince people to read it is telling them to just read the introduction - or prologue or whatever it's called. By the end of it you will be hooked. Garenteed.

It starts out, "There was silence in the Waystone inn, and it was a silence of three parts."

I love this because it doesn't just say that it was quiet or even that it was silence. The silence was there.

It continues on past that though, to describe, what, exactly, silence is.

... anyway I'm blabbing. It's an awesome book. Fantasy. Science fiction? (I'm not entierly sure about that one.) And it's unlike any other of it's kind.

Sometime last year, in a thread on the NaNoWriMo forums, a user commented that they don’t mind cliches if they’re done well and in a fresh way.

The “in a fresh way” part is obviously important here, but something about stumbling into a fantasy world that you feel like you know is kind of comforting. You’re already aware of many of its characteristics, rules and limitations - any small variations of the generic setting can be easily digested as you go along. If a wizard or elf or goblin or troll comes along, you immediately have some idea of what that might mean.

(These “preexpectations” all began with Tolkien’s Middle Earth, I suppose, and were reinforced by the numerous fantasy epics released since then.)

I mention all this because I think it’s one of the main reasons I like The Name of the Wind so much. It has a lot of the things that are unsurprising in a high fantasy novel - largely stereotypical inns and innkeepers, a troupe of traveling performers, a school of magic, an ancient evil - but it manages to remain original at the same time.

The first thing that sets it apart is the writing itself. It’s done in first-person perspective (except for a few interludes scattered throughout), something that’s rare in a high fantasy novel.

Also, the writing tequnique, which is what I was trying to blab about for so long here.

Anyway, I should probably stop blabing on about this in this little box.

Yea... Tell me if you still want to know more and I haven't completely overwhelmed you. If I have, I'm terribly sorry. Pretend I haven't said anything and ask someone else about the book, because it would be a tragedy for you to not read it just because I don't blab eloquently.

clueless here.....

what???

I'll look for it. Jump the Cracks is good. I cried.

Wow. I tried nanowrimo this year. It was really fun!

How'd you do?

Finished. ^^

Do they have one every year, or are there more than one?

what is nanowrimo?

It is like a big writing contest. You compete and see who can write the best. It is like writing a book. I think this is right, right Victor?

Kinda, actually, it's more like you're competing against yourself. And yes, they have one every year.

Oh, against your self. Go figure.

Yeah. Those are the best competitions.

You win, but you lose.

Yep. That's correct.

An interesting competition.

Of course.

How do you compete with yourself?

what about two on two? we could choose two characters from the same story, make a team, and put them up against two form a different story. (sorry to break up your conversation) i vote Yoko Kurama (yu yu hakusho) and Hiei vs umm.... i dunno choose someone.

how about link or someone? i don't really know many videogame people, but i guess you guys should know at least one side........sorry for being such a manga freak. do i talk too much?

XD, no you don't. Manga's cool with me too. ^^

so who can we put up against Yoko and Hiei? Is there anyone who could beat those two? hmmmm.......

Haha, that's easy, Haru Glory.

maybe.......i don't really know how powerful he gets 'cause i'm still on the first few chapters.....;)

could he really kick both Yoko and Hiei's butts? i thought hiei was like, unbeatable

Well, he has the ten commandments sword which is like insanely powerful.

how do you pronounce hiei? like, hee? or hi? sighz.....*feeling incompetent....

He-ay lol

yeah, thats how they pronounce it in the anime......