mdk

The Score for the MLP thread is now 9.

The score for the overtake thread is zero, plebs.

This Riddle tho...

Pregnancy test.

edit: Looked up the answer, and I like mine better.

RPGC#4 -- Lies

Oh god. A showdown between Key, Terminal, and mdk. Wonderful.
*hides in shame in the mediocre-author corner*

@RomanAria

The first rule of Write Club is you do not talk about Write Club. The second rule of Write Club is you do not. talk. about. Write. Club.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

Just wanted to swing back and claim my story, "So Much for the Woman." I was on vacation -- planes and boats and cars and even a horse, and I *barely* got done in time -- and never did get time to review anything yet, but I'm coming back for all of you now that I'm at my home computer and back on my own time. One real (REAL) quick response to reviews before I dive in:

so much for the woman

Name confusion -- it was almost way, way worse. Luanne didn't even get a name until I was almost done with the hanging, and finally I decided she really needed one. Also 'Temmel' is a borrowed boss from one of my other stories, so it was confusing for me too while I was writing (actually if you go back to the first labor, his name shows up in that abomination I submitted).

Thematically, I mean, it's a western, and most of 'the point' is usually something along the lines of 'how a man acts.' Ames had a very peculiar moral code -- he was totally willing to stab his boss to death in his sleep, but not to sell him out to the law. I was trying to convey his misgivings about criminal life in general by showing him giving up the booze and waking up early for mornin' thinkin'.... Anyway there was a lot of 'coulda given up X at such-and-such a time and it would've worked out,' but he never could. At the same time Luanne was making morally gray choices too -- she could've had what she wanted too, if she'd just set Ames loose on Temmel, but she couldn't do it. I was trying to come at the challenge from both angles. Everyone would've been happier if the good person would get her hands dirty and/or the bad guy would clean up his act. Maybe that was the theme? It's complicated.

also

swordmaster follow-up

The actions and dialogue and expositions -- all necessary -- were pretty much straight to the point. "I killed my parents. I wanted a challenge, but they weren't a challenge. I need to find another challenge, here's how, now I'll do it." Again -- it totally worked for this story, it's more of a personal preference and occasionally consensus-opinion that character-driven scenes are more interesting -- so like, instead of saying 'Here's why I kill people, and now I'm going to set up a big fight,' you might have Nathaniel sitting in the tent, confused and angry, and the kid is scared poopless, just trying to not get stabbed, and gradually it comes out that Nathaniel has to set the stage for his greatest battle yet. I hate suggesting totally different approaches like that -- do not put any value in it at all, it's just an example of a different way to handle the same story. When I wrote 'more character development in an active way,' what I meant was a step or two away from the plot -- just two characters in a tent, being humans, and the friction between them, independent of the battle. It's narcissistic to even mention it but.... contrast 'so much for the woman' and 'swordmaster.' They both begin with one-on-one conversations leading up to a battle -- we handled them very differently. Since I'm me, eventually I'm always gonna tend to like my way better -- that's all it is I guess.

RPGC#4 -- Lies

Ha.

Challenge Accepted.

Stand aside, little Motes. I take large steps. Terminal has joined the bout!

@Terminal

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

What is cosplay?

You won't become a smoker after a practice pack. You will look (and feel) absolutely miserable if you try to do it for the first time on camera.

Anti-smoking commercials have you convinced you can get addicted just from looking at the things. You can't. In moderation, cigarettes are actually healthy for you. Don't go crazy or anything but there's no point in unthinking terror either.

The flipside is, if you're not going to practice puff, then you *really* shouldn't do it in costume. It'll look the exact opposite of 'in character.'

What is cosplay?

But then what happens when I do a non-smoking cosplay? How will I cope??

I may light one up for a couple of pictures though.

@Raxacoricofallapatorius

But seriously though, if you're gonna do that, smoke a little first to get used to it. Because the first couple cigarettes are NOT pleasant. Nobody gets addicted to smoking after a single pack. Get comfortable, look cool, make memories and shit.

What is cosplay?

The joke is that I'm so dedicated to my cosplay that I'd buy one pack of cigarettes from Singapore, and I don't even smoke.

@Raxacoricofallapatorius

Well that's just stupid.

Start smoking immediately. The only real acting method is method acting.

The 90s Nostalgia Thread

Who could forget America's first Black president.

@Darcs

Rutherford B. Hayes.

.....shit what show is that from? I can't remember, it wasn't 90s enough.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

Ugh. Not super happy with my new ending -- part of it is better than what I had, but most of it's worse. Ugh. Well that's all the time I got, let's see how it goes. Really had fun with this challenge -- let's see if that was enough!