Herculine

Mmm... juicy, succulent... chicken? Oh yeah, chicken!

I guess what I was really asking was that, if I am offended by that picture, do I have reason to be offended by it or am I just being too sensitive? As a newbie I had actually posted this topic elsewhere originally, and before it got moved many of the responses I was getting were basically telling me not to let it bother me. Hence the phrasing.

Glad to know our matron is still watching over us! Clicks to all...

Hmm... maybe we should get an admin. to move this to the Debates section? The pros and cons of genetically manufactured foods versus organic? Any takers?

I'm beginning to wonder if the best word to describe your writing style would be "prolific". One of the pieces I've posted literally took years for me to write. At the rate that you produce narrative, you definitely should try this as a profession.

Okay, so we went to KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) for dinner this evening and ordered a full meal deal complete with two sides, one of which was mashed (whipped) potatoes. With the potatoes is served a gravy. What kind of gravy? BEEF. Not chicken gravy. Beef gravy. Nowhere else on the menu does anything containing beef appear. It's a chicken place, for cryin' out loud! WTF! Has anyone else ever noticed this and realized just how unnatural it is? Why hasn't anyone over spoken up about it?

Thank you. As I said either in this thread or another, my goal is not superiority, simply equality.

I understood what Species5478 was saying about how her role in the military is limited. What I was unclear about was whether or not Antonkr was agreeing or disagreeing with the military's position on this.

I've always wanted to be a part of the video game industry, but my studies and life in general have taken me in a different direction so modding is probably as close as I'll ever get. I'm currently working on a mod that will add a large number of companion characters to Oblivion, and as I'm testing them I find it very satisfying to walk up to an NPC who has a name and face that I've created. Being a creative person, having an outlet for that creativity is almost as essential as food and water. It also feels good to be a part of this huge, worldwide community that loves the same game I love and I'm anxious to finish my first major mod so I can share it with the community. So these feelings of accomplishment and belonging are why I mod.

Thank you. That was really the point I was trying to make. Whether this is their lifestyle or not, it is a gimmick to get attention, publicity. Most pop icons have some sort of gimmick.

"Now you will d--aaargh!"

Antonkr, surely you're joking...

I'll be on the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment!

Amazing! Thank you for sharing your work with us, Warrior-Bard. Now that I've learned more about your background from your other posts I'm anxious to read the next passage, which appears will contain a battle. You are truly gifted!

That wasn't a ramble. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. It sounds like your gaming skills would put most of us "girl gamers" to shame as well!

ummm,me too! :biggrin: Perhaps that should be the topic of another thread... :whistling: :biggrin:

You boys are so gullible! Can't you see that these kids have come up with a sure-fire gimmick? Whether famous or infamous, it's making them well-known! Remember T.A.T.U.? Oh, that's right... you didn't complain about them because guys get off on seeing girls kiss each other. But when it's two guys, suddenly it's "OMG! WTF?". So immature...

If the character is intended to be stoic, one of very few words, then silence makes sense. During character exposition, however, a bit of dialogue, even if the character is just talking to herself, or trying to encourage a stubborn mount, goes a long way towards establishing a personality. (I.E.; cursing the mount for its weakness, or speaking to it kindly, or mumbling some sort of trance-chant to help endure the cold, or what-have-you... one of the great weaknesses of Eragon, if you saw that film, was that the characters had no real differentiation in their dialogue... their speech-patterns, their choices of words... the young naive hero spoke exactly like the grizzled veteran spoke exactly like the evil wizard spoke exactly like the flippin' dragon, f'r chrissake... dialogue goes a long way to establishing a personality.) Thank you again for taking the time to give me such in-depth feedback. I wholeheartedly agree that dialogue should be differentiated, i.e. the peasant and the nobleman have two very distinctly different vocabularies and speech patterns. And I also agree that dialogue is, in both writing and even more so in films, very important in conveying the personality of the character. When I wrote this passage, or "scene" if you prefer, I wanted to convey to the reader exactly how alone this character feels at this moment, so dialogue just never found its way into the mix. I suppose she could say something to the animal, but it's just a rented beast she's really not attached to. But, either way, you've given me things to think about so I again give you my thanks.

Thanks. I think this is the soundest advice I've ever heard given to a new writer.

Thank you for the advice, I really do appreciate it. But... she's alone in a wilderness. Who should she be talking to?