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"RED LANTERN" RANT AND RAVE
13 years ago
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So... for some time now I have been keeping my eye on the user page of 👑. Not watching, mind you, just keeping an eye on it... Since long before we were introduced to "RED LANTERN". Whatever. So... when various things and pages and posters and necklaces and other items for sale kept popping up, I noticed but paid little attention. That's fine. Everybody has something to sell- (Salivini paper toys, human souls, whatever.) Anyway, some of the pictures of Luther and Amon were pretty enough to get my attention and so I faved them. But otherwise, I didn't care. I had read a panel of "Red Lantern" here or there - if the picture looked compelling enough- but I didn't follow the goings-on at the Divine. Hardly. I couldn't care less. I am not much of a reader of things furry- or anything for that matter. Ironic, since I have put out at least one furry story on F.A. Perhaps that makes me a hypocrite, but it was too much bother for me to actually READ the panels for "Red Lantern" and follow the story.
The only furry storyline I've ever read from start to finish was Leafdog's "Secret Fox and Closet Coon." Loved it. Felt grateful to stumble upon it. But what irritated the hell out of me was I would wait dutifully for six weeks for the next installment to come out only to have Leafdog put out this ridiculous scribble of the characters transformed into cocoanuts. (That is, if Leafdog even cared enough to put out anything at all.) I was not amused, even if you were. At some point Leafdog either grew out of it or was too busy or just didn't care anymore. So... it was dumped on Poop- who I guess maybe gave a crap- but never quite filled Leafdog's meager shoes. This changing of the guard took place right around the panel where Rick introduced HomoTaro to HomoColin. Whatever. The comic languished on the back burner until Leafdog mercifully put it out of its misery by adding a final panel that brought everything full circle. Even so, "Closet Coon" still brings back fond memories of when I was still just discovering the furry internet.
Another reason I'm not much of a reader is because I assume that no one is writing anything as good as what I have already dreamed up. You see, I have imagined stories in my mind.... Beautiful stories, epic stories- stories that will never see the light of day. Stories that will never be put on paper because I don't have the time, talent, ability- whatever. I feel guilty even spending time to write this journal. No one will ever know about those wonderful stories and no one will ever see the beautiful artwork that would have gone with them. It will never happen.
But that's alright, because we have "Red Lantern" from 👑/Alectorfencer/Myenia. For some reason, I don't know what it was- I began reading the panels. Something touched me. In the past two days I have read all ninety-five panels of the first volume. And re-read them; ( I haven't seen the adult ones.) The story is interesting, the artwork is lush, and 👑 is cramming in as many sub-plots as possible to keep us guessing. The writing started off a little unpolished and the dragons seem gratuitous, but things are improving as the story matures. The more recent panels even bring out the lovely colors of Amon's eyes- something that seemed overlooked in earlier panels. We, and perhaps 👑, are all getting more comfortable with the charactors as they evolve.
I guess what motivates me to write this is- I care about the charactors now. I shouldn't care, but I do. The tragedy of this is that events of late make me wonder if I care about imaginary furries more than I care about real people. Just wondering, that's all... and watching.
Love, -D.
The only furry storyline I've ever read from start to finish was Leafdog's "Secret Fox and Closet Coon." Loved it. Felt grateful to stumble upon it. But what irritated the hell out of me was I would wait dutifully for six weeks for the next installment to come out only to have Leafdog put out this ridiculous scribble of the characters transformed into cocoanuts. (That is, if Leafdog even cared enough to put out anything at all.) I was not amused, even if you were. At some point Leafdog either grew out of it or was too busy or just didn't care anymore. So... it was dumped on Poop- who I guess maybe gave a crap- but never quite filled Leafdog's meager shoes. This changing of the guard took place right around the panel where Rick introduced HomoTaro to HomoColin. Whatever. The comic languished on the back burner until Leafdog mercifully put it out of its misery by adding a final panel that brought everything full circle. Even so, "Closet Coon" still brings back fond memories of when I was still just discovering the furry internet.
Another reason I'm not much of a reader is because I assume that no one is writing anything as good as what I have already dreamed up. You see, I have imagined stories in my mind.... Beautiful stories, epic stories- stories that will never see the light of day. Stories that will never be put on paper because I don't have the time, talent, ability- whatever. I feel guilty even spending time to write this journal. No one will ever know about those wonderful stories and no one will ever see the beautiful artwork that would have gone with them. It will never happen.
But that's alright, because we have "Red Lantern" from 👑/Alectorfencer/Myenia. For some reason, I don't know what it was- I began reading the panels. Something touched me. In the past two days I have read all ninety-five panels of the first volume. And re-read them; ( I haven't seen the adult ones.) The story is interesting, the artwork is lush, and 👑 is cramming in as many sub-plots as possible to keep us guessing. The writing started off a little unpolished and the dragons seem gratuitous, but things are improving as the story matures. The more recent panels even bring out the lovely colors of Amon's eyes- something that seemed overlooked in earlier panels. We, and perhaps 👑, are all getting more comfortable with the charactors as they evolve.
I guess what motivates me to write this is- I care about the charactors now. I shouldn't care, but I do. The tragedy of this is that events of late make me wonder if I care about imaginary furries more than I care about real people. Just wondering, that's all... and watching.
Love, -D.
This form of Guerrilla theater can be used to find out what a person thinks about a given subject. You will find less canned answers, more from-the-hip responses too.
it is dice paper and pencil plus recent 1000 years of history game, the game is inverted, no one thought of that yet.
ie the players control the direction of the game by the campaign directions they choose. Meaning I have a successfully completed game that allows the maximum amount of freedom in any game, i pure furry races in it to make it perfect.