I would say give it a few more days, @Mr Rage, but if things do not change, feel free to join us. As I said, this was a great idea and deserves to be kept going.
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The Harbinger of Ferocity
Agent of the Wild, Aspect of the Ferine
Nature, red in tooth and claw.
"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage."
- Carl Van Vechten
I am, at my core, a personification and manifestation of those things whose blood and hearts run red with the ferocity of the animal world. It is this which convicts and controls my works, my writing, my being; the force and guidance in which I gain wisdom from. It is what inspires me as a creator and weaver of words, the very thing I admire as an author.
My leanings, savage as they are, are of the feline sort as there exists no greater lineage of beasts whom can be drawn from. No others captivate and motivate my talent and skill as the greatest of cats do.
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At the other man's hastened rise to his feet, the ghost white corona faded from Brannor's palm and so too did it withdraw from its point of contact upon the orc-blooded, dispelled into a mist. It certainly proved itself effective enough, for the man scooped up the bloodied machete from its resting place not even a foot away and thrust his arms triumphantly. The vigor Orchid had was fairly astounding and the divine warrior rose ever so slightly, listening to the man as he observed the kobolds with curiosity, distinctly contemplating something about the massacred lizard-like beasts.
"Orchid skin small dragons? Make new things. Orchid do quick."
"Ah... No. Don't do that Orchid. We have to help the village first. Maybe after we're done you can... Do your thing. Oh! But tie up that one of there."
Shaking his gauntleted fist off as he was, Brannor attempted to not crack a smile at the woman's reaction; it avoided an issue he would rather not contend with. As wicked as the kobolds were in service to this dragon that set itself on assaulting this city and its keep, he could not imagine skinning one for any purpose. Perhaps the half-orc knew more than he did about this sort of thing, but the halfling was right all the same anyway; now wasn't the time. Allowing the conversations to continue without interference, he placed his fingers to his fresh wounds, which were already stanched - their thin cuts, on the leg and against his abdomen, were already thick with coalescing blood.
He reserved the rest of his otherworldly pool of restoration, hoping that he would not need make use of it, but truth be told, he would not be surprised if another poor soul would need it. So to these ends, Brannor approached Trear and the commoner family, attempting to look less intimidating a man than he truly was; not an easy task for him or Orchid. In either sense he looked over the woman, the man, then the children, then to elven huntress.
"... object the carriage master's orders?"
He folded his solid arms across his chest, less than pleased to be told what he was doing as an "order". It was simply the thing that should be done - one didn't need instructions on that part. Brannor's brow perked at the elf who smirked, daring them all to decline the push toward the keep. Shifting slightly, his fingers absent mindedly stroked the fierce silver symbol around his neck; for a man capable of healing, he certainly fought with channeled fury.
"I will do what I can to keep you safe if you are accompanying us to the keep." His strong tone was sincere, but honest enough as fighting through the partially burning town to a keep a dragon drifted to and from was an inherently dangerous task.
"If any of your children, or even you," He said as he looked to Cuth and Linan, "Need healing, I can call upon enough to take worst of it from you."
The wilderness warrior's divine power was only recently manifest and its depth was still growing. The restorative pool that was a cooling, soothing touch, was not as deep as it would be with time to come; he needed at least save the tiniest fragment of it to save a dying companion. The rest? It was an offer he needed to extend, which he knew within him. He and his company were one of many small points of light in the darkness of this night.
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"Orchid skin small dragons? Make new things. Orchid do quick."
"Ah... No. Don't do that Orchid. We have to help the village first. Maybe after we're done you can... Do your thing. Oh! But tie up that one of there."
Shaking his gauntleted fist off as he was, Brannor attempted to not crack a smile at the woman's reaction; it avoided an issue he would rather not contend with. As wicked as the kobolds were in service to this dragon that set itself on assaulting this city and its keep, he could not imagine skinning one for any purpose. Perhaps the half-orc knew more than he did about this sort of thing, but the halfling was right all the same anyway; now wasn't the time. Allowing the conversations to continue without interference, he placed his fingers to his fresh wounds, which were already stanched - their thin cuts, on the leg and against his abdomen, were already thick with coalescing blood.
He reserved the rest of his otherworldly pool of restoration, hoping that he would not need make use of it, but truth be told, he would not be surprised if another poor soul would need it. So to these ends, Brannor approached Trear and the commoner family, attempting to look less intimidating a man than he truly was; not an easy task for him or Orchid. In either sense he looked over the woman, the man, then the children, then to elven huntress.
"... object the carriage master's orders?"
He folded his solid arms across his chest, less than pleased to be told what he was doing as an "order". It was simply the thing that should be done - one didn't need instructions on that part. Brannor's brow perked at the elf who smirked, daring them all to decline the push toward the keep. Shifting slightly, his fingers absent mindedly stroked the fierce silver symbol around his neck; for a man capable of healing, he certainly fought with channeled fury.
"I will do what I can to keep you safe if you are accompanying us to the keep." His strong tone was sincere, but honest enough as fighting through the partially burning town to a keep a dragon drifted to and from was an inherently dangerous task.
"If any of your children, or even you," He said as he looked to Cuth and Linan, "Need healing, I can call upon enough to take worst of it from you."
The wilderness warrior's divine power was only recently manifest and its depth was still growing. The restorative pool that was a cooling, soothing touch, was not as deep as it would be with time to come; he needed at least save the tiniest fragment of it to save a dying companion. The rest? It was an offer he needed to extend, which he knew within him. He and his company were one of many small points of light in the darkness of this night.
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@Ojo chan 42, I think we can work with the plot at hand. There's ample reason for it to keep going as it was a good idea to start.
As I could only hope, @Carantathraiel. As for myself? Tonight is another night off into nowhere, so with that, farewell for now.
This topic is still seeking members and has a main thread here.
I admit it changes too rapidly and I tend to keep conversations for a time until they change. More the river, less the wind. As for how I am? I suppose I am well, at least where it matters most. What of you, @Carantathraiel?
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I still vehemently disagree, as fandoms are "safer" in that their audience is already established, the material already created and much of the tenants of the plot laid out.
This is not a matter of "absolute originality", for as you have said that's not something to come. What it is a matter of, is that there's a stark contrast between "original content" and building directly off a framework that has come before. It is as simple as asking one's self if it is more difficult to build a house of sticks while they are all in a pile versus one wherein you would be building on top of existing framework.
I cite my earlier example in that a fandom requires significantly less effort than constructing an entire world. At most one simply needs alter the existing format, moreover fandoms are usually exceptionally well documented by their fans; pages, Wikis, general circulation of the media. The two are not the same and I do not believe them directly comparable, as while both creative, one is constructive and the other dabbles far more in alteration.
An unrealistic expectation when fandoms are entrenched and as popular as they are. It would take a major change in the social dynamics of the Guild abroad to turn this into a credible factor. To steal a quote from a fandom, "Quicker, easier, more seductive." They are hardly difficult to build up by having already ample source material available, just as easy to recruit for by having a vast audience, and lastly by being inherently more marketable to an audience. Because that audience is such a high concentration, you get great overlap so one fandom is likely to attract other, similar fandoms; it feeds itself and you create a microcommunity which often has intense activity.
While I cannot speak for those of us who write everything ourselves and purposefully skirt fandoms, I admit the idea of "just try harder" is almost insulting. You would be just as successful attempting to rouse independent small business owners to dive into the general market arena and throw themselves against some giant corporation, choose any of them you can think of for reference. Why would people risk their time on a roleplay they are not sure of when they know a genre they like is always thriving? Truth be told, many of these topics rise and fall just as quickly as they began, but for some reason that feels safer and more rewarding. Not many original works last long either, most tending to die out because the Guild has one of the highest turn over rates I have ever seen for roleplays.
This is the only matter I can safely agree on that people have the right to choose. My issue is and will remain that they're over represented, seldom of quality, and not meriting their popularity. No, I do not hate them explicitly because they are successful - that's a foolish notion - but I do dislike them that they are something so easy and all feeling quite the same. I ceased reading a few here that even held the faintest of my interest because they all just devolved into the same thing.
Seeing all the complains about "lack of creativity/originality", "no diversity", "annoying fandom spams"...
Creativity only can arise through inspirations of existing things - meaning, you cannot create something from absolute nothingness. No matter how "original" you claim your idea is, there's always someone out there who will shoot you down with, "Hey, isn't this idea very familiar? Haven't I seen this somewhere before? Isn't this based on/inspired from <insert existing work by other creators, or some fandom here>?"
This is not a matter of "absolute originality", for as you have said that's not something to come. What it is a matter of, is that there's a stark contrast between "original content" and building directly off a framework that has come before. It is as simple as asking one's self if it is more difficult to build a house of sticks while they are all in a pile versus one wherein you would be building on top of existing framework.
Instead of just making sweeping statements such as "fandom is killing creativity", "fandom is limiting and stealing attention away from potentially good original RPs", why can't people try to think out of the box: who says you can't be creative even within an existing work's world?
I cite my earlier example in that a fandom requires significantly less effort than constructing an entire world. At most one simply needs alter the existing format, moreover fandoms are usually exceptionally well documented by their fans; pages, Wikis, general circulation of the media. The two are not the same and I do not believe them directly comparable, as while both creative, one is constructive and the other dabbles far more in alteration.
Or be more ambitious enough to work even harder to be able to shift their attention away from all these "hateful fandom whores" by making people to get inspired by your "original" ideas instead?
An unrealistic expectation when fandoms are entrenched and as popular as they are. It would take a major change in the social dynamics of the Guild abroad to turn this into a credible factor. To steal a quote from a fandom, "Quicker, easier, more seductive." They are hardly difficult to build up by having already ample source material available, just as easy to recruit for by having a vast audience, and lastly by being inherently more marketable to an audience. Because that audience is such a high concentration, you get great overlap so one fandom is likely to attract other, similar fandoms; it feeds itself and you create a microcommunity which often has intense activity.
While I cannot speak for those of us who write everything ourselves and purposefully skirt fandoms, I admit the idea of "just try harder" is almost insulting. You would be just as successful attempting to rouse independent small business owners to dive into the general market arena and throw themselves against some giant corporation, choose any of them you can think of for reference. Why would people risk their time on a roleplay they are not sure of when they know a genre they like is always thriving? Truth be told, many of these topics rise and fall just as quickly as they began, but for some reason that feels safer and more rewarding. Not many original works last long either, most tending to die out because the Guild has one of the highest turn over rates I have ever seen for roleplays.
Also, it's people's freedom to be interested in whatever they want to like as much as you hate what they like, and they are free not to be interested in whatever your "original" idea is because they simply don't click with what you like.
This is the only matter I can safely agree on that people have the right to choose. My issue is and will remain that they're over represented, seldom of quality, and not meriting their popularity. No, I do not hate them explicitly because they are successful - that's a foolish notion - but I do dislike them that they are something so easy and all feeling quite the same. I ceased reading a few here that even held the faintest of my interest because they all just devolved into the same thing.
I have noticed this topic went from having a few days time between matters usually to hours, to even minutes. It has all steadily become a blur, but then again I have mostly refrained.
I will post tomorrow, that way @Ryonara still has their opportunity to intervene and interact.
It might not be what any of us had in mind, but it certainly is a fair enough talent to perform. I have no issue with it personally, in that it is a flavorful way of stabilizing a fallen ally.
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