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An Old Tradition and An Update
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Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf -lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
It's that time of year, again!
For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge fan of The Lord of The Rings. I love the books, I love the movies, I love some of the video games I've managed to play; hell, I've even faved some really nice pieces of fanart over on DeviantArt from time to time! Ever since I've watched the movies for the first time during my middle school years (I think), I've been heavily interested in the franchise for a long while now! So when my older brother was kind enough to give me his copy of the book containing all three parts to the entire trilogy during my Sophomore year in high school, you can imagine how hooked I was back then!
As for why I'm bringing this up... Well, that's because today, September 1, marks the day I uphold a tradition: You see, I was so enamored with the books so much, I decided that I would re-read through them all over again every year starting on this month! This is partially due to me having read these books for the first time during the Autumn months, partially due to September actually being an important month in the timeline of the story (I'll explain why later on, this month), and partially because I wanna honor one of my all-time favorite actors, the late Christopher Lee, who was also a fan of the series who read the trilogy annually! Regardless the reason, though, this is a time of year where that I'm always itching to return to, and I can't wait to get started on my read-through!
Since this is a Journal, however, I would also like to give a bit of an Update on my writing. Throughout most of the year, I've been on one REALLY long case of Writer's Block where I just couldn't get thing's done. And not helping in that regard is me having a serious issue with procrastination, where I keep on holding off finishing something for some dumb reason or another...
For this month, seeing as I'm planning on making this month a positive one for me in the ridiculously stressful year that is 2020, I decided to try and take my work both on Fur Affinity and my DeviantArt account more seriously. I'm gonna try to work on the stories I've planned to write down, as well as look up ways to deal with both the aforementioned Writer's Block and Procrastination issues I have. I do this because I wanna get better with my writing, get more of my Zodiac Knights stories and my own fanfics out there, and to entertain you guys and any other person who stumbles upon my accounts 'cause God knows we need more optimism in this day and age!
I say this because, as Samwise Gamgee (favorite character, by the way!) said in The Two Towers movie, "It's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass." Those words should really ring out far and wide, nowadays, and I plan on making it that way by trying to stay as hopeful to the future as I can and bettering myself!
That's all I have to say, for now. Until then, have a pleasant day!
Oh, and here's a list of Story Ideas I plan on trying to write down at the moment!
Aries Vs Capricorn Idea: A Zodiac Knights story following Aries as he flees from a battalion of bounty hunters who're after the hefty reward placed on his head by the kingdom he's travelling through. While taking a shortcut that'll get him closer to the border, the Anthro Ram has an encounter with a certain Goat Knight; one who seems very familiar...
Aries and Pisces Idea: A Bondage-themed Zodiac Knights story involving Aries getting captured and held prisoner by a city of Bermudas who seem to have a bone to pick with him. There, while writhing in his bindings, the Knight of The Ram is rescued by a new ally; one who's just as fishy as his captors...
The Flirty Prince Idea: A Zodiac Knights story following Aries getting a job from a famous, but far-off principality of magic users. The task? To serve as a temporary guard for the city's newest prince; a flirtatious fellow whom the Anthro Ram has had history with back when they were kids...
The Backwater Human Village Idea: A Bondage-themed Zodiac Knights story following Aries travelling into the woods while on an investigation job from the nearby kingdom. While there, he ends up getting captured by and taken to a village of Humans deep within the forest; Humans whom, strangely enough, don't know anything about Anthros, and as such, mistake the poor Anthro Ram for a monster that's been plaguing them...
Male Byleth X Claude Story: A retelling of the S-Rank Support Conversation between Byleth and The Golden Deer's Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses where the former is Male instead of Female. Companion piece to 'The Boar and The Fell-Star'.
Krystal Bondage Story: A Bondage-themed story centered on Krystal from Star Fox: Adventures getting captured by a group of Sharp-Claws. Based off of a post I requested from Yalleo over on DeviantArt.
Undecided Collab Story: An undecided Bondage-themed collab story with
TheTopTier.
Seven for the Dwarf -lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
It's that time of year, again!
For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge fan of The Lord of The Rings. I love the books, I love the movies, I love some of the video games I've managed to play; hell, I've even faved some really nice pieces of fanart over on DeviantArt from time to time! Ever since I've watched the movies for the first time during my middle school years (I think), I've been heavily interested in the franchise for a long while now! So when my older brother was kind enough to give me his copy of the book containing all three parts to the entire trilogy during my Sophomore year in high school, you can imagine how hooked I was back then!
As for why I'm bringing this up... Well, that's because today, September 1, marks the day I uphold a tradition: You see, I was so enamored with the books so much, I decided that I would re-read through them all over again every year starting on this month! This is partially due to me having read these books for the first time during the Autumn months, partially due to September actually being an important month in the timeline of the story (I'll explain why later on, this month), and partially because I wanna honor one of my all-time favorite actors, the late Christopher Lee, who was also a fan of the series who read the trilogy annually! Regardless the reason, though, this is a time of year where that I'm always itching to return to, and I can't wait to get started on my read-through!
Since this is a Journal, however, I would also like to give a bit of an Update on my writing. Throughout most of the year, I've been on one REALLY long case of Writer's Block where I just couldn't get thing's done. And not helping in that regard is me having a serious issue with procrastination, where I keep on holding off finishing something for some dumb reason or another...
For this month, seeing as I'm planning on making this month a positive one for me in the ridiculously stressful year that is 2020, I decided to try and take my work both on Fur Affinity and my DeviantArt account more seriously. I'm gonna try to work on the stories I've planned to write down, as well as look up ways to deal with both the aforementioned Writer's Block and Procrastination issues I have. I do this because I wanna get better with my writing, get more of my Zodiac Knights stories and my own fanfics out there, and to entertain you guys and any other person who stumbles upon my accounts 'cause God knows we need more optimism in this day and age!
I say this because, as Samwise Gamgee (favorite character, by the way!) said in The Two Towers movie, "It's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass." Those words should really ring out far and wide, nowadays, and I plan on making it that way by trying to stay as hopeful to the future as I can and bettering myself!
That's all I have to say, for now. Until then, have a pleasant day!
Oh, and here's a list of Story Ideas I plan on trying to write down at the moment!
Aries Vs Capricorn Idea: A Zodiac Knights story following Aries as he flees from a battalion of bounty hunters who're after the hefty reward placed on his head by the kingdom he's travelling through. While taking a shortcut that'll get him closer to the border, the Anthro Ram has an encounter with a certain Goat Knight; one who seems very familiar...
Aries and Pisces Idea: A Bondage-themed Zodiac Knights story involving Aries getting captured and held prisoner by a city of Bermudas who seem to have a bone to pick with him. There, while writhing in his bindings, the Knight of The Ram is rescued by a new ally; one who's just as fishy as his captors...
The Flirty Prince Idea: A Zodiac Knights story following Aries getting a job from a famous, but far-off principality of magic users. The task? To serve as a temporary guard for the city's newest prince; a flirtatious fellow whom the Anthro Ram has had history with back when they were kids...
The Backwater Human Village Idea: A Bondage-themed Zodiac Knights story following Aries travelling into the woods while on an investigation job from the nearby kingdom. While there, he ends up getting captured by and taken to a village of Humans deep within the forest; Humans whom, strangely enough, don't know anything about Anthros, and as such, mistake the poor Anthro Ram for a monster that's been plaguing them...
Male Byleth X Claude Story: A retelling of the S-Rank Support Conversation between Byleth and The Golden Deer's Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses where the former is Male instead of Female. Companion piece to 'The Boar and The Fell-Star'.
Krystal Bondage Story: A Bondage-themed story centered on Krystal from Star Fox: Adventures getting captured by a group of Sharp-Claws. Based off of a post I requested from Yalleo over on DeviantArt.
Undecided Collab Story: An undecided Bondage-themed collab story with
TheTopTier.
Also, sorry for not reading The Boar and The Fell-Star. I'm currently playing the Blue Lions route and don't want anything spoiled. But when I'm done I'll come back to it. :)
Dude, you got Three Houses!? That's great to hear! Are the Blue Lions the very first House you chose to play as, or is this a second playthrough and you chose a different House for your first? Either way, I hope you're enjoying the game as much as I did, and I can't wait to see your comment on my first fanfic! :D
And speaking of games on the Switch, I just got back from playing a long session of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition! Great to finally replay through one of my all-time favorites, for me! :D
Cool! Must be nice to have it on that system!
It's VERY nice to have it, especially considering the updated graphics and the new additions to the gameplay! :D
As for Claude, you can't recruit him because he's the House Leader of a rival House; meaning he's only playable in his House's route in the game. That's also why you can't recruit Edelgard, either...
Yeah, I know. Still a bit of a bummer, but nothing I'll lose sleep over.
They're also not recruitable for story-related reasons, too. You'll find out about those later, especially the reason why you can't have Edelgard...! ;P
Hmm, interesting ...
Oh, and since you like Anna, here's a fun fact: Anna is the most recurring character in the entire Fire Emblem franchise, having appeared in all but two of the games. She mostly shows up as a shopkeeper who sells very rare items, but recently got promoted to a playable character back when Awakening came out.
I knew she was familiar! I thought for sure I had seen her before this game came out, but shrugged it off! XD
Yep! She's been a mainstay in the franchise ever since its inception all the way back in 1990, when the series was exclusive to Japanese audiences. The only two games Anna doesn't show up in are the second game in the series, Gaiden, and by extension, its 3DS remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia; just in case you're curious. ;)
Definitely see why she stuck around all this time! :D