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Tag, You’re It

I was tagged by @anaryo Thanks for single handedly being the thing that has roped me back into posting since... dear lord, November. Well without further ado, here’s my acrostic list.

Saving the World - Prehistoric Park

Eyewitness Theme Remix - Fishstix (I know it’s kinda cheaty, but I love it too much. Link will be below)

New Tail - How To Train Your Dragon Soundtrack

To Take Back the Night - CaptainSparklez

I’m Still Standing- Taron Egerton Cover

Non-Stop - Hamilton

Egg Man - Big Bad Bosses

Life is Beautiful - Tim McMorris

San Diego - Peter White

Toothless Lost - How To Train Your Dragon 2 Soundtrack

Opening - Prehistoric Park

Rasputin - Boney M

Move Your Body - Blessed By a Broken Heart

Wow that’s a lot, curse my long name! Not really as I got to recommend so much good stuff. Now, who shall be my tags... how’s about:

@athingofvikings @blueteamchurch @nerf-ed

Feel my burden, fellow long user-named. Well excluding nerf-ed, I guess you get off easy. I look forward to going through your recommendations (including you anaryo, I still have to go through them).

I however am not getting off easy, as I suppose I should start posting again - maybe this is exactly what I need to get of this funk (both writing and otherwise). Stay tuned, I guess, as I actually have a handful of followers now. And all it took was not posting!

Oh! Here’s that link, please do check it out:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x7JN4hbQtNQ

Stand Against the Storm!

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All MUST spread this to the winds! Read it and ACT everyone!

we all better be stopping that Article 13

because if not then it’s good bye. It’s worse than this weird tumblr purge, no internet user has a good excuse not to search it up and find and do all the ways we can to stop it

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NaNoWriMo 2018 Day 6 Progress Report

Dang it! I accidentally added more words than I really wrote today on the NaNoWriMo website. And I am still under daily counts! I guess tomorrow I have to write the amount I over-inputed today and exceed it to actually add words. Woe, thy name is NaNoWriMo...

Daily word Count: 1,235/1,667

Total Word Count: 4,685/50,000

Stand Against the Word Counts!

#fanfic #NaNoWriMo #NaNoWriMo 2018 #writing update #For the Love of a Memory #halo #red vs blue #alpha church #master chief #Stand Against the Storm

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Reblog this meme *while in the middle of writing

Enjoy this meme I made instead of writing

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NaNoWriMo 2018 Day 5 Progress Report

AHHHH! I missed a day! And I am still under daily counts! Argh, let’s just focus on school and make up for it on the weekends.

Daily word Count: 675/1,667

Total Word Count: 3,450/50,000

Stand Against the Word Count!

#fanfic #nanowrimo #nanowrimo 2018 #writing update #halo #red vs blue #alpha church #master chief #for the love of a memory #Stand Against the Storm

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NaNoWriMo 2018 Day 3 Progress Report

Lincoln County IRL write-in is all the writing I did today :( 

But at least I finished my main action scene!

Daily word Count: 867/1,667

Total Word Count: 2,775/50,000

Stand Against the Limits of Time!

#fanfic #writing update #halo #red vs blue #alpha church #master chief #nanowrimo #nanowrimo 2018 #Stand Against the Storm

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NaNoWriMo 2018 Day 2 Progress Report

Words, words, words! 500 to start my day, and 900 to end it. Not bad, but those are rookie numbers! Gotta boost those numbers tomorrow! Should be fun as I’ll be going to my Regional IRL Write-in.

Daily word Count: 1,485/1,667

Total Word Count: 1,915/50,000

Stand Against the Storm! Literally! The winter rains are here in my area!

#fanfic #nanowrimo #nanowrimo 2018 #writing update #red vs blue #master chief #alpha church #halo #Stand Against the Storm

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Henceforth, there is no FtLoaM updates - only NaNoWriMo 2018 updates!

For the Love of a Memory will be my NaNoWriMo subject! I shall forge into the tide and write like I’ve never written before! Today I started late, but Thursdays are my Fridays so tomorrow shall bear more fruit!

Daily word Count: 430/1,667

Total Word Count: 430/50,000

Here we go y’all! Stand Against the Storm!

#fanfic #for the love of a memory #halo #red vs blue #scifi #so excited #nanowrimo2018 #nanowrimo #alpha church #master chief #writing update #stand against the storm

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*Reading post*

Hahaha

*Scrolls*

Nice comments, can relate

*Scrolls more*

Heh indeed it not perfect system

*Scrolls more, record scratch*

WAIT! Krog? Torg? MERG? LRR quotes in the wild?! What sorcery?!

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The Dragon Manual

So I LOVE the fanfiction A Thing of Vikings, if any of y’all who see this haven’t read it - I implore you to do so it is probably the best fanfic I have ever read (top three guarenteed). It was so great in fact that when a group of friends and I wanted to get together and do a D&D 5E campaign, I (as the DM) decided that this shall be our setting. For those ATOV readers, the story begins the morning after the Battle of Berk Sound.

Now, of course the players are going to be training dragons. So they needed an additional resource to help them out. The Dragon Manual.

Now this simplified manual acts as their Pokédex more or less, and I will add (and post) pages as we keep going on in the campaign. The in-world explanation is that each dragon training cohort gets their own simple manual with species they can see flying around Berk, and they will add to their book as they learn and grow as riders. So far I have 15 dragons completed, and I am really happy with them. 

Now these pages are not D&D stats (although I do have them all statted out if any of you want those, special abilities and all), these are meant to act as training tips for them. However, as this is D&D, I have created a rules system for training.

With a mysterious note on the back of it.

Anyways, let’s get to what everyone really came here for. Dragons.

Stoker Class dragons are known for their intense fire and heat, this book has three of them so far.

Now, a quick note. On a few of these pages - the ones completed first - I left blank space on the second pages for my players to add their own notes. However, after giving them a sneak peek, they stated “We can’t write in this! It would just end up ruined and with dicks in it.” And, you know what that warmed my heart (the not-writing bit, obviously). So, as the book goes on the pages will get more filled out.

This next one has more text and seems out of place - because it was the second dragon added to the book by an encounter. The dumb-dumbs walked right into a nest. They survived, lightly singed.

Oh right ‘Life Size’. For scale these are all on 8.5″ by 11″ paper.

These dragons are characterized by rocky hides and rocky appetites.

Ugh, my least favorite drawing in the book. I love all the others but this one came off way too cartoony and doesn’t look like dead on like the on-screen models.

Sharp Class dragons are known for their wicked sharp body parts and a healthy dose of vanity.

Far and above the best drawing in the book, I love it so much.

So, I know I didn’t get this one quite right - especially on the back plates and the tail. Seriously, why did the RTTE crew create such a complex model?

Tidal Class dragons are known for their love love of the sea, and are faster in the water than some dragons are in the air!

Does anybody know what those weird barnacle-esque growths are on the side of the head? Because I got no clue.

Okay so there is no Fear/Tracker Class in here because, well if I’m completely honest I don’t like those classes. Fear dissolved right after the first movie, and its dragons got absorbed into Mystery as seen below. But Tracker class! Gosh I do not like it! I think this mostly stems from the fact they changed Nadder, if I really psychoanalyze myself - but like it was also just sloppy in my opinion.

Ah, my favorite of the mini-sketches. Just look at the little indecisive Zippleback!

This one’s notable as it is both the first dragon added from an encounter and the first untrainable dragon in the book.

Strike Class. These dragons are known for their blazing speed and fierce intelligence.

God I love the Skrill. This is my favorite drawing in the whole book, not the best as noted above, but my personal favorite.

And there you have it! The Trainer’s Dragon Manual as of 9 sessions in. Again much love to @athingofvikings for the awesome, fantastical story. Playing in this world is so fun, and the players are loving it!

If anybody has any questions, like wanting the dragons’ stats for instance, just message me. This is SentinelStorm signing off, and remember...

Stand Against the Storm!

#a thing of vikings #httyd #fanart #dungeons and dragons #d and d #d&d 5e #Stand Against the Storm

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Discord changed their TOS to disallow class-action lawsuits and enforce arbitration. It’s possible to opt out but you have to email them at [email protected] with the email you signed up with, within 30 days. The devs are spinning it as protection from frivolous suits, but in all likelihood it’s a precursor to a move toward selling your personal info like other social media sites.

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Oooh, no one is listening...

A tiny blog on my little corner of existence, this is nice. No turmoil, no worry, no concerns about what tomorrow holds.

Free to philosophize and reflect on my inner thoughts. To dream and hope, to wander and drift.

I wonder what my later self will think upon rediscovering these words buried thousands of posts deep, or potentially floating at the top of a forgotten piece of myself abandoned long ago.

I hope to continue on, to write, to read, to just be better - but I continue to fall short of what I want to do. Why is it that I am the biggest impediment to the things that fill me with joy? Why is it that infinitesimal moment, the speck of time that is the mere initiation of an action or plan the hardest thing to do?

How can something so...small loom like a gigantic summit? Something so finite, lost to the sands of time even as it is created, stops me. How can it hold such power?

Am I lacking in will? What is my true source of strength? How can I identify and dissect it, or should I embrace rather than experiment?

I hold no answers, for I am a mere mortal. Just a soul trying to unravel itself to weave back stronger, refusing to acknowledge that I will lose my original tapestry in pursuit of the greater, grander work.

Why do I hope to preserve the original piece while I simultaneously wish its undoing for a better work? These are questions for tomorrow, not for the now.

For now, I will sit in my corner - engulfed in wondrous worlds of my own making in the world of rest.

I release you, my little musings. Float out into the cosmos, ephemeral. Only touched by your progenitor, to be forgotten.

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For the Love of a Memory Update #7

     Well back-to-back tests have really drained my time, BUT I got a good deal of planning done on my study breaks! The next three chapters are all planned, and writing begins tomorrow. So excited to be properly on the horse now.

Stand Against the Storm!

#red vs blue #halo #alpha church #master chief #scifi #chorus trilogy #fanfic #writing update #For the Love of a Memory #Stand Against the Storm

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Echoes of Thunder Writing Update #1

     Well after a double whammy of tests I haven’t written much, BUT I got a majority of the story (or at least what I’ll dub ‘Season 1’) all planned out on my study breaks. I am very excited I’ve got a charter line to follow, but stories follow their own path - so who knows? Maybe some things will change, maybe not. Gotta say that I love this story though. 

Study Against the Tests!

#primeval #primeval: new world #the future is wild #evan cross #dylan weir #mac rendell #cassiopeia g #nick cutter #speculative evolution #dinosaurs #scifi #time travel #fanfic #writing update #Echoes of Thunder #Stand Against the Storm

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hi im bitter about people not commenting on fics. im sad seeing all these authors get so discouraged because no one comments. it takes like 5 seconds! just do it!! dont know what to type? me neither! heres some handy pre-written comments for you! “I dont know what to comment! That was great! thank you for your hard work!” “That was lovely! I really enjoyed this chapter/fic.” “How dare you?” “AAAAAAAAAAAAA” “Extra kudos because one is not enough!” if you read a fic and dont know what to say, leave the tab open, come back later! see if theres a line you really liked! tell them if it reminded you of something dumb! tell them if your roommate saw you crying while reading it and now your roommate is reading it!!! SHARE WHATEVER. BE INCLUSIVE! everyone wants to hear SOMETHING. silence kills passion. show authors you care! show artists you care!!!! 

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| THE SPAGHETTI JUNCTION – UNKNOWN TIME AND PLACE |

Blood. It roared through his ears and poured out of the corpse. He had done it, he had finally avenged Brooke’s death. Even if he was also the cause of it. As the body of the Albertosaurus cooled, he allowed himself to breathe. He turned around to Dylan, still processing that it was finally over.

“Are you okay?” Evan asked shakily as he hauled Dylan to her feet.

“Yeah…yeah.” She stuttered, checking Evan over to see if he was hurt as she got up.

Dylan couldn’t stop looking at the dinosaur’s body. Evan had killed it, would that put him at ease? The unrest crept into the back of her mind, will the Evan that nearly blew up Cross Photonics return in this moment, or be dispelled for good? She thought.

Before she had any time to think of answers to the question, or Evan had time to process the events that just unfolded, they both heard a very familiar sound. They both spun to see which anomaly had closed, hoping it wasn’t theirs. It was in fact a different anomaly, but before they had time to be glad about that – another anomaly closed. Then another. Anomalies began collapsing all around them, and Evan’s mind raced to figure out why.

“We changed something.” He stated. They both looked at each other and knew. In unison they began racing as fast as they could toward the anomaly home, their legs pushing them to their limits to the last anomaly still open – another to their right closing as they ran. They lunged forward in a desperate bid to return, and…

#primeval #Primeval: New World #the future is wild #speculative evoution #fanfic #first original work #first chapter #so excited #Stand Against the Storm #Echoes of Thunder #new fic

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Silence.

Two days of deafening silence as the Pelican travelled along its path through slipspace. John should have been astounded that Church could be quiet for that long, or even for more than twenty seconds. He wondered if the A.I. would keep this up for the whole week of travel, but it appeared Church desired to prove him wrong. Again.

With a brighter than necessary flash as his hologram appeared, Church materialized with a stern posture and arms crossed.

“So, here’s everything I managed to gather on Chorus.” He stated flatly, “It’s a very new colony, settled just before the Great War, colonized for its wealth of xenoarcheological sites.”

Church paused, almost waiting for the Chief to cut in.

He didn’t.

“Due to the fact it was such a late settlement, the sites never really had a chance to be examined.”

John nodded slowly, which caused Church to let irritation bleed into his voice due to his stoicism.

“Which means there’s a shit ton of alien tech lying around! Charon must be trying to get it all off-world covertly. Which can’t be easy I imagine, dodging the batshit-crazy natives.”

“Crazy?” Master Chief asked as softly as he could manage.

“Yeah, crazy. And you won’t like ‘em at all Chief. See, after the War Chorus was mostly forgotten by the UNSC and the people thought that they could govern themselves.”

Master Chief’s face darkened.

“Insurrectionists.”

“Yeaaaah, kinda. Except these guys almost immediately broke out into a civil war, and a pretty bloody one at that.” Church stopped for a moment, and John thought it was to wait out some fit of anger Church imagined he would have at the mention of some groups similar to his first enemies. If Church thought that would rile him up, he was wrong. But Church still hadn’t continued after a prolonged silence.

“…And?” John tentatively asked.

“And, what?” the last word biting, to which John responded with quiet.

“Oh! You think there’s more? Well there would have been, if you hadn’t pulled me from the GODDAMN SYSTEM WITH TWO FUCKING MINUTES TO SPARE!” Church screamed.

John signed, there was the response he was waiting for. Well, no use putting this off.

“I’m sorry.”

“Yeah! No shit you’re sorry! We almost had everything, but you were too goddamn stubborn to admit that Mr. Savior-of-the-Fucking-Galaxy could be wrong on a mission!”

As Church’s voice pierced his ears again, John was annoyed. Couldn’t Alpha see how hard this was for him? To admit there was something wrong? That he would fail in his mission?

Again. A stray thought nagged him.

John pushed it aside to work through the issue at hand. An irate A.I. that was determined to show that he was right and John was wrong in the most immature ways imaginable.

“If we are going to work together–” John started but was quickly cut off by an increasingly angry Church.

“Together? Listen cockbite, this hasn’t been anything close to a partnership. You have ordered me around, didn’t listen to any of my fucking suggestions – which are based on calculations faster than you can fucking think – and you treat me like a goddamn TOOL. I am a PERSON not a fucking thing you can torture and rip apart just because you fucking want to!”  

Neither of them said a word as Church huffed as if he was breathless from his screed. It appeared that they both had pasts that were tearing them up inside. Maybe they weren’t so different…

“We need to start over.”

“Yeah no kidding dipshit.” Church retorted, to which John almost allowed himself to roll his eyes at.

“In order to truly be partners, we need to be able to trust each other. This,” gesturing to the gulf between them, “has been chaos. Two people each trying to do the job their way. Alone.” Pain seeped into John’s voice on the last word, not to a degree that many would be able to tell but to those who knew John – it would be jarring the amount of emotion he just let out into the open.

Talking past each other in the objectives that mattered wasn’t working. This requires a different approach, John reflected.

“My name is John-117, and I am a Spartan.” Whatever Church was about to say, he quieted. “I was made to be a soldier from childhood, to serve and to sacrifice everything for humanity’s survival.”

“Yeah, I know. I read your file.” Church contended.

“But what you – who you don’t know is the man who lost so many of the things I hold dearest, including my last partner… because I wasn’t good enough.” John paused, surprised at the words moving past his own lips before continuing. “And now that I know she could have been saved, I can’t help but look at you and see my failure to save her.”

“So? You’re not that only one that’s lost somebody.” The bitter edge bit back into Church’s voice, and John paused. Maybe I should have read his file. John thought sarcastically, even though he had already done so.

“I know that you and I have lost something so similar, something others will never have. But we both need to move forward. And in order to do that, we have to rely on each other. I know we haven’t started on the right foot, but I need us to start over.” John’s hand extended, and Church looked up at him. “Can you do that?”

“I think I can manage.” Church admitted, his avatar not moving an inch.

“I need to be sure that we both know the other will keep them from harm.” Chief pushed.

A warmth eased in to Church’s voice, “Sure Chief, I got your back. And one other thing?”

“What?” John prepped himself for a smartass comment.

“Want to go over all of those ancillary objectives?” Church cajoled as he raised his hand to meet John’s.

John almost smirked.

Almost.

#For the Love of a Memory #red vs blue #halo #fanfic #first original chapter #so excited #writing #Stand Against the Storm