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NovaKing

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:57 pm


KirbyVictorious
YEshhh....having a twin must be superfun.

*wishes she was Kamile*



Kirbs im telling you its really not all that its cracked up to be. It's really just like haveing some one who's the same age as you around all the time and they're rarely into the same things that you are. All i want is a a nerd friend!!! there are no nerds at my school though! : , (

Me and my twin are the perfect cleche. Im a sciency nerd and hes the sportsy type! oh and he hits! its not just a bunch of laughs, sheesh.


[/incoherent rant]
PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:17 pm


Ah, don't be a fun sucker. xp


I love my Kat.

Except when she steals my awakeness. emo

Reese_Roper


KirbyVictorious

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:53 pm


Reese, didja get my PM?

BEcause if not, I'd like to know who I sent it to. O.o

I want a boy twin! That way I can fight him and he can tease me and I can invade his personal space and giggle when my friends think he's cute and beat 'em up when they say he's not and he can scare the hell out of people that bug me and give me hugs whenever I tell him to and I'll have someone to spar with and swim with and play Twilight Princess with and like, sneak into his room real late and then we'd talk about stuff, maybe, unless he was a shallow a*****e but that isn't gonna happen, and I was cheated out of a twin and now I'm sad but wouldn't it be cool?

*takes breath before she passes out*
PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:55 pm


gonk gonk gonk crying crying crying gonk gonk gonk gonk crying crying crying crying crying crying

F***ING GENETICS HAVE CHEATED ME!!!!!!

crying

KirbyVictorious


NovaKing

PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:18 pm


KirbyVictorious
gonk gonk gonk crying crying crying gonk gonk gonk gonk crying crying crying crying crying crying

F***ING GENETICS HAVE CHEATED ME!!!!!!

crying


yeah but your twin only lives in perfect ville which is the capital of make believe land, on planet fantasy. Im telling you twins barely ever have anything in common. Nothing that matters anyways. Its just a whole bunch of competition or indiference, or whining. Todays twins are hardly ever plutonic; unless they have really nurturing parents, and even then twins will try to avoid each other.


Not a lot of people would ask to have their pasts changed any ways. Who knows how that would effect your current personality. If you had a twin you might not even be into writing right now.

[This is my last visit. Again, i'll only be back when i have something to contribute.]

[If you ever need me though just post it somewhere and i should be able to get back to you on the weekend. I highly doubt you'll ever need me though. ]
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:42 pm


*confirms your doubts*

wink

But look at Tak and Alec! They're....they're exactly right! And KAt and Reese talk in unison and I was supposed to be born a twin, I really was!

But there was this whole issue...

and...

yeah.

Well, it was a really good possibility. I had over a 75% chance of being born a twin, and what happens? Just me. JUST ME. gonk

What is more, I had about a 90% chance after that 75% chance of being a pa...p...paternal (?) twin, meaning there would have been a 50% chance of having a boy twin... crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying

KirbyVictorious


Reese_Roper

PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:55 pm


Fraternal, Kirbs. surprised


Did you know 1 in 8 people are twins? But that many suffer Vanishing Twin Syndrome?
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:54 pm


What's that?

O.o

PS: updating Ametris right now. STOP PROCRASTINATING KIRBY!!!

KirbyVictorious


NovaKing

PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:44 pm


KirbyVictorious
Reese!!! HELP!!! MEEE!!!!!

gonk

I honestly don't know what to say at this point except,

NOVA!!! GO READ THE REST OF THE DAMN BOOK!!!!

*cough* okay...


Ok im done.
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:02 pm


Reese_Roper
Okay, I got more and more annoyed, both with you and with life in general, as I went on answering, so that may show as the text goes on. However, I did try to answer your questions as best I can. Kirbette, you can expand where you see fit.

Plain is your question, none edited.
Bold is my answer, censored.
Red is Kirby invading Reese's personal space. >.<






I beg your pardon kirbs, but wouldn't an adult ask where their parents were first before hireing them as guides through the woods, I mean the?

Mayhap they don’t care. Mayhap they didn’t think about it. Mayhap that isn’t important in this world. Mayhap it will be explained later. Mayhap it was already explained, but you don’t know because you haven’t read it all.

A) Why would they? Everyone in Ametris knows that kids explore more than adults. And why would their parents be out there? And why wouldn't the kids know the way if they got out there in the first place?

B) It's Kamile and Everan. They don't HAVE parents. And as you must have seen towards the end, Italis knows quite a lot about them, so why would he ask for parents that aren't there?


And what does "I mean the?" mean?


Yes, what DOES it mean?

Wait...why does everyone speak english? or is it that elves can understand everything?

WHAT DO YOU WANT HER TO DO, WRITE THE WHOLE FREAKING BOOK IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHE MAKES UP HERSELF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

But, as she’s mentioned before, if you’d bothered to read anything, she’s writing the book as if it’s translated from their language.


That's exactly right. They all speak one language: AMETRISAN. I translated it into English (NOT EASY!!!) and gave it to you guys. Swear words ("Eayo", "Oyae", and "AI") and terms like "saya" and "saiyo" aren't translated. I should note that Ametrisan is a phoenetic character language, with about 60 characters in the alphabet. 3nodding
hey reese, why does everything seem so surreal. I mean, that bit with the mermaids seemed so simple. hmmmmm but then they are a different race so I guess any type of behavior is possible.

Hmm, let me think. Mayhap ‘cause it’s a FANTASY NOVEL?!?!

Because they're humans with tails. They wouldn't act all different just because they're a different race, they've been under human influence since the humans tried to claim river and lake territory as their own before the war and there was a long, bloody fued. History.

Oh, PS: MerPEOPLE. Not mermaids. That's sexist and derogatory. ):<


what just happened? why are they having a party now ???????????? How did the mer cheif know it was their birth day?????? why is he being so nice???? why are the kids so blissful? iamsoconfuzzled. so what was that chapter about exactly?

If you don’t understand it, read it again, more slowly, and read ALL OF THE BOOK!

Dude, it's their birthday. Why WOULDN'T they be blissful and happy and nice? And if he knew it was their birthday, why would he be mean to them? I don't get it. The chapter was about THEIR WHOLE FREAKING LIVES OKAY.

like if you had to give it a name what would it be?

She did give it a name. Chapter Seven.

I was gonna name it "Water." Descriptive? VERY! o:

also, Would you mind spacing those paragraphs?

Mayhap she does. Mayhap she doesn’t have time to format it right now. You yourself have mentioned other things you are busy doing.


I found that spacing works, but if I do italics...too many characters.

I suppose 25000 is a far cry from their expected 5000. O.o

And I am a busy Kirby.


It was not elaborated on that kids explored more then adults. [Oh and im done with the book. ]

And just how are the adults (IE the merpeople and the humans) supposed to know that kamilie and everan have no parents?

***
I actually do want her to make up her own language. For that matter I want her to make up her own social system, economy and history. Anyways im only asking that she explains it in the book through the narrator or the cheif perspective.

...wait so that means everyone does speak a different language?

***

there, was that bit about the language so hard? [i didnt see that part though, hmmmmm which chapter was that in? how did i miss that?]

oh and devations from human nature should be noted and explained ( even if they are elfs, its usually good practice to explain social tendencies)


***

yes but how the frack does he know its their birthday? and why should he care? and why dont everan and kamilie find it strange that some one just randomly threw them a birthday party??????????

edit: ok from what i can see the mercheif was just giving them a present and the festival is just a festival not a party for them ( Though i only saw that when i remembered that they were having some sort of festival for the races)

BUT why does that matter??????????????

****

Im still confuzled...

So I do have a few criticisms at the moment. But Im getting the feeling that Im not welcome to share them.... so its up to you kirbs...

And thanks for that bit reese. I appreciate it.

NovaKing


NovaKing

PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:30 pm


i'll check for your response later.
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:36 pm


I appreciate that you appreciated it.


But seriously, dude, she isn't even done the freaking book yet. Chillax. No reader is going to be reading it like this. She'll explain when she gets to explaining.

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yes but how the frack does he know its their birthday? and why should he care? and why dont everan and kamilie find it strange that some one just randomly threw them a birthday party??????????

BUT why does that matter??????????????


Mayhap Italis is just a nice guy and wants to give them a freaking present. Must you question random acts of kindness?

And again, I reiterate: She isn't done the book yet. Wait for an explaination.


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I actually do want her to make up her own language. For that matter I want her to make up her own social system, economy and history. Anyways im only asking that she explains it in the book through the narrator or the cheif perspective.



You sure you read the WHOLE book that's been posted? o.O Try again.

Reese_Roper


NovaKing

PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:15 pm


Reese_Roper
I appreciate that you appreciated it.


But seriously, dude, she isn't even done the freaking book yet. Chillax. No reader is going to be reading it like this. She'll explain when she gets to explaining.


But reese, some reader just did read it like that.

I dont want to have that knowledge kept from me unless im being distracted by something far more interesting.

And I dont mean to be crass, but I just wasn't to keen on hearing the back and forth between kamilie and everan. It just wasn't to interesting.

I need a hook to keep me reading. I need a plot; anything to make me beleive that something more is over the horizon, anything to make me care about what that something is.

and dont tell me that there's going to be a plot, because Im not set in that mode of thought. Im looking at it as if im a reader who doesn't know that. Im looking at the story, nothing else.

(Im sorry, its just the way I think.)
(I expect no less from any of you, by the way.)

I cant wait through a few chapters, i need you to hook me instantly. You need to make me believe that something story worthy is happening.

So there, thats it. I dont think enough has happened. Nor, from the readers point of veiw, does it look like anything will happen.

Again! I know, kirbs. I know that you are going to have something happen, but that doesn't cut it. You need to make the reader, not me, believe that something is going to happen. You have to do it from page one.

sorry.
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:43 pm


NovaKing
Reese_Roper
I appreciate that you appreciated it.


But seriously, dude, she isn't even done the freaking book yet. Chillax. No reader is going to be reading it like this. She'll explain when she gets to explaining.


But reese, some reader just did read it like that.


Grr. I wrote the best reply to this ever, but because of my laziness combined with my malfunctioning computer, none but me will ever see it.

Unless Kirby has the ability to read my mind and somehow comes up with the same response. ninja

Reese_Roper


NovaKing

PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:52 pm


Reese_Roper
NovaKing
Reese_Roper
I appreciate that you appreciated it.


But seriously, dude, she isn't even done the freaking book yet. Chillax. No reader is going to be reading it like this. She'll explain when she gets to explaining.


But reese, some reader just did read it like that.


Grr. I wrote the best reply to this ever, but because of my laziness combined with my malfunctioning computer, none but me will ever see it.

Unless Kirby has the ability to read my mind and somehow comes up with the same response. ninja


eh? I dont understand? Why cant you re write it? I edited it by the way.

hehe alright, I've completed my task ( more or less.) I have to go in a few minutes. ( Two exams coming up next week, with one on monday. Every minute counts.)
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