So... someone want to ask something?

So there are tons of people in Colorado who have loads and loads of children. I nickname them "Rabbit families".

One rabbit family in general apparently can't control any of their kids - and didn't realize this until after they had six kids.

So who is in this family, we have:

Mom

Dad

Snitty Teen Brat, who has hit that age where she doesn't care about anything at all, and honestly wishes everyone except for her would die.

Angel, the kid who has just discovered the wonders of technology and occupies himself reading on the phone... or probably texting... or playing a game.

Thing One and Thing Two. Or Cain and Abel, whichever you prefer. These are those two siblings who absolutely hate each other. Neither can live while the other survives, so as a result, their but one goal in life is to kill the other one. And even then at the funeral, you might have to restrain the sruvivor from jumping in the grave and trying to beat up his brother's corpse to ensure his death.

The Girl Flash, whose diet consists entirely off of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs and espresso.

And Babby! S/he has just learned a new letter: E. S/he also has another gift: The stamina AND vigor that would allow her to play the role of Brunhild in the opera. S/he is so proud of both her vocal vigor and that s/he has just learned the letter "E" that s/he will let everyone know!



The minivan drives up to the restaurant. Girl Flash probably runs out and makes three laps around the world in the time it takes for Mom and Dad to pull Thing One and Thing Two apart. Snitty teenage brat just can't care at all. They enter, and ask for a table for eight. They have to look away from Thing One and Thing Two... and in the three seconds that they look away, tehy are already trying to strangle each other, while Girl Flash is hopping up and down on a bench like a trampoline.

The entire family spends roughly five minutes trying to decide who should sit where, and make perhaps the dumbest seating arrangement ever: Thing One and Thing Two are apart from each other. Mom and dad pay no attention to that side of the table because Angel is too busy reading anything. Mom and Dad start going off on a huge lecture to Sabrina, the Teenaged Bitch, while occasionally trying to stop Babby from shouting "EEEEEEEEEEE!", and once yelling at Thing One and Thing Two to knock it off or they will be punished. (Presumably, the punishment is allowing the other to live another night.) They also don't look at the Girl Flash, who has on three occasions run in and out o the bathroom, and then pranced around in the middle of the aisles while servers are trying to carry plates full of hot food.

Great seating arrangement, huh?

The cornbread and rolls end up on the floor while the Snit is too busy being a usual 14 year old self to care at all that her brothers are kicking each other under the table, or that her little sister has just caused a sonic boom running around the restaurant. (Or maybe that "boom" was just her baby sibling screaming "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE") Babby has by this point screamed for five minutes straight without stopping once to breathe.

Thing One and Thing two fire straw-wrappers at each other, and then realize they could use the straw to fire spitballs... none of which actually hits the intended target. Mom and dad brush off when people from the nearby tables complain at Thing One and Thing Two ripping up their napkins up and firing them at the nearby customers and servers. The Girl Flash finally gets bored of running around, and wears down all the crayons to a nub, while Thing One and Thing two throw them at each other like throwing darts, before trying to wrestle the last one from The Girl Flash.

Angel is actually well behaved and departs from the table to stop his little sister from running into a server, and occasionally picks up the crayons from the floor and keeps them, so they don't end up on the floor again. The Girl Flash manages to somehow get them, and manages to colour the entire table frantically.

Mom and dad don't care at all that Thing One and Thing Two are still tryign to kill each other, or that babby still keeps screaming "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!".

Food comes. Sabrina, the Teenaged Bitch gets in a fight with her parents. Thing One and Thing Two throw sugar packets at each other, pour salt in each others' drinks, and hurl pepper around. They have a sword fight with their dinner knives before Angel, mom, and dad confiscate them, then turn their attention to their own meals. The Girl Flash decides not to eat her macaroni and cheese and instead smashes it up into a million pieces under the table.

The family finally departs, much to the applause of the rest of the staff. The servers get an extra big tip for that, and two other customers even walk over to help clean up the mess despite that it is not their job.

Seriously guys, why did you have six kids if you can't even control one?!? You should ahve at least stopped with Angel, since he spent the entire meal minding his own business and trying to look out for his little sister. (He probably didnt' want to step in between his brothers' feud or else they'll decide that he must die.)

Everyone suffers tinnitus from the baby who screamed "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" non-stop for about an hour.

For starters, I recommend that you read  Cyrin 's journal detailing this thing. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3922694/

So here is my addendum to this, apart from proper stream etiquette. (eg don't let people feel like they don't belong simply because they are not a close friend of the artist or the people in here.)

"How to contact customers."
It is important to note that I will not be giving any names of bad examples to protect the irresponsible. Anyways, here are a few examples of what NOT to do, and WHY you should NOT do them.

I've seen several people who only communicate to certain users that they're open for commissions. I understand not wanting to take business from certain people who have a proven history of scamming others (Such as Andrew Rinaldi - the only person I will refer to by name here.) but I have seen a lot of people who use multiple galleries flat out not communicate to the people on them that they are open for commissions. I actually didn't know that one artist I watched on deviantART took commissions for average every day people until one of my friends said the only way to contact him was via a note... on FurAffinity
...which he had under a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT USERNAME.
Note that neither his deviantART, SheezyArt, or InkBunny page included this information. And this wasn't something similar like how a user may be "TyeMyShoe" on deviantART but "TyeMyAShoe" on InkBunny. This would be like if I registered an account on Weasyl as "Wolfmoonfourtyseven." You'd probably think "...who ARE you?!?"

I encourage people to use multiple sites - Look on SoFurry sometime, will you?
You'll notice there are people using this site that aren't on this site right now. In fact, there are a good number of people who use SoFurry and ONLY SoFurry. (And in fact, I and my friend Tera have been attacked verbally for not only using SoFurry.) Some of these guys may actually respect your artistic, musical, or literary talent. Using multiple sites is simply called "Getting your name out". You don't go to just one publisher with a novel to publish. You don't submit your pictures to just one gallery. You don't run advertisements in only one magazine and hope to sell your product. GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE!!

So I encourage you to say, open up an account on sites like InkBunny, SoFurry, or whatever. And at least try and communicate that you are open for commissions or not - you might lose a lot of potential customers simply because they do not even know you exist, or that you actually do take commissions to average every day people and not a close circle of friends.

One of my suggestions? Use a system that can allow everyone from every site (because they may only use one site, like the aformentioned SoFurry-only clique, the InkBunny-only clique.). One way to do that?

Emails.

This is one reason why I have commissioned  Jakkal and  Virmir, as they make it very easy to contact them. Virmir doesn't say "Comissions open" on one site and not the gallery on Weasyl he forgot to update - Virmir redirects you to his site with a way to contact him. Similarly, Jakkal tells all potential commissioners that if you want a slot, email them since that's what they check first.

They likewise also include detailed instructions on what to put in the header, so you don't get lost in a bunch of spam messages or automated "You have received a tweet from blablabla", etc.

When I heard people say "rawr rawr rawr, FA's down and I have every right to bitch because I rely on the site to make a living"... I simply ask myself "Why on earth don't you use email and other sites to get your name out?"


Another way that I have found that works to get commissions out? Google Docs forms.

This is one reason why I have commissioned from  AggroBadger and  Sonsasu , and intend to do so again in the future or direct others.

Aggro Badger has this down to a tee. Similar to virmir, he has a system in place - he created a docs form wherein you include information such as when you are available, whether or not you "need" to be in the stream, and how to contact you. He then will have himself or Talosar contact you after reading it to tell you whether or not it's accepted.

Similarly, Sonsasu requests an email in which he can send you the files as well as the paypal invoice.

It's simply more reliable than asking people to only contact you on one site. Especially if you are limited with the slots you have available.
"Whoops - I completely forgot to check my deviantART so I guess those guys will just have to wait a week even though they sent their information before I read all the notes on my SoFurry!"

So yes, it can help to send notes on sites... but really, if you have an email, then you don't have to check every single site for a person asking if you are open for commissions. It's simply a lot more efficient that way - and I wonder why more artists don't do it.


-Keep your information on all sites current.

I found one artist advertising on SoFurry, and they simply said "Email me at Blablabla@gmail dot com." I emailed them...
...and got a very rude email in response saying "CAN'T YOU READ? I AM NOT OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!" (Language toned down.)
They may ahve been frustrated due to people on SoFurry contacting them, but given that their SoFurry page had been updated with new art, they completely forgot to take down their little advertisement on the SoFurry marketplace, and their Weasyl had "Commissions: open". Really, can you blame people for thinking you're open for commissions when you didn't update your site?

Another time, I saw the opposite - I saw one person wonder why nobody commissioned them. A few clicks later, I noticed that their "Commissions: Open" page that they used to keep track of their commissioners had still said "Commissions Closed" on it, since they had closed commissions to keep themselves from amassing a huge backlog. Oops. Not only that, it was buried under a pile of their personal art and commissions. So... how were were supposed to know they were open?

Some artists put a link to the "how to commission" or their docs in their profile. Some sticky the art in question (usually a price sheet). Some link to a google doc where they have a table with all the current in-progress commissions, like my good friend  KitsuneKit

You seriously need to keep track of your work. Which leads to the next point:

-Keep track of your work

One of my friends decided to write off an artist since they had literally forgot their work. One time I saw an artist open up for commissions on a slot basis, take slots, finish three of them, vanish off the web for a few weeks (or less), then open up again with the other two people who had gotten their slots confirmed left behind. :/ This happens a LOT with Livestream commissions - seriously, one rason it took so long to commisson one artist was you had to be online in their stream, and the streams were SO active I saw someone trying to contact them get drowned out. Similarly, one person was simply asking for a "Do you have a commissions sheet?" only to be drowned out by random RPing and people having full-blown cybersex inside. :|

This relates to one of Cyrin's points that was made in the article - Limit how much work you can do. Seriously. I was actually told (by Inflatophin, no doubt) that a certain artist I wanted to commission had art that was commissioned in 2008 still owed and was incredibly disorganized. They would take commissions with payment up front, spend the money, then open up for more commissions before they were finished. They were also so disorganized they needed a poke to know who needed what, and some people who made their commissions AFTER certain people got their stuff BEFORE others.

This has happened with so many artists. :V I know not all of oyu guys are doing this for a living, but really, that's no excuse to be so ungodly disorganized.

-Don't engage in "Microsofting"

You know who you are. ;) I'm not naming anyone... but trying to steer people to certain sites by only offering commissions over those or only posting sketches and thumbnails isn't advertising the site - it's just being a douchebag. :) And in fact... I feel less inclined to commission you.

If you attack people for their choice on where to hang out... then you're just being a douchebag. :) Using multiple sites with a certain preference (eg, where your most active commissioners hang out, or your own) is advertising. Cockblocking and frustrating people into going to another site is just being a douchebag. ;) So is attacking others for not using one site.

In other words... don't be a dick.

For the rest of the week, if you need to contact me, I may not be in skype to answer due to the fact that I will be in Las Vegas. I you need to contact me you can do it via email or notes - I might have wi-fi but yes, I can try and connect.

I might drunk-text or whatever. Maybe not.

Well Ha$bro, you've begun to redeem yourself for My Little Bratz: Saved by the Bell and that awkwardly done season 3 finale.

*Wilhelm scream plays*
...Seriously?

SERIOUSLY?!?

Rule #1 of writing movies and series: You do not use a Wilhelm Scream. Rule #2: You do NOT use a Wilhelm Scream. Come on, nobody uses it anymore - even if they're parodying old movies.


How lovely in-character for Discord (with his magical vanishing Goatee) and how... strangely out of character for twilight's friends. o.O Guess friends don't stick together. But don't worry - she'll be back within ten seconds. :D Maybe you shouldn't have pulled a Naruto on the flashbacks of Luna and Celestia so you didn't have to rush all the present time.

That aside, good touch on Discord snacking on the seeds - as well as the reveal where it all makes sense.


Also, I have a letter for the princesses!

Dear Princess Celestia and Luna

Why do you guys have such a terrible tendency to not mention things until they become relevant? You got the elements of harmony from the tree of harmony... why did you tell nobody about it until now? This is about as bad as having to explain who Discord was despite him being such an important figure in Equestrian history.


Seriously, why on earth do these guys not mention anything as important as the tree of-
oh right, that's it. :P It didn't exist until season 4 when it suddenly became relevant. Like how Twilight forgot to mention she had a brother for pretty much all of season 1 and 2. Or how areas in Oz seemed to appear at random.


Before you comment and say "Well I for one liked it", eh, I kind of liked it as well.

But are they going to be doing the whole horizondal narrative, or starting ot make it more animeseque where it genre-shifts into a plot-driven show? I don't think that'll work as much for MLP... I mean, it's like Funky Winkerbean.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5177975/ here you go. :P

So anyways, Playing Pokémon X so far is feeling so much like the first time I ever played Blue or Pearl - I honestly just don't know what's next. Even though I don't find it too foreign because I'm not forced to learn an entirely new system, it still feels new for me because I don't know what's coming next and haven't sort of explored everything, or even known what was coming.

See, With Gens 1, 4, and 6, I actually didn't really know what was coming next. With 2 and 3, I had a guide that I had beforehand. (I still have my guide for Gold&Silver and Diamond&Pearl. Chainsaw chewed up my Ruby and Sapphire guide.) With Diamond and Pearl, I actually didn't look at the guide until a bit later, so I still was like "Whooooaaaa" while playing it. Just like Gen VI.

And as for Gen V... Basically I treated it like a Monster Hunter game. :P I had my teams planned out from the start. (Cept for White 2 which I just winged it.) Enjoyed virtually every second of it - in between all four games I've put a good 200 hours in.

X and Y game of the year? Eh. Gaming Journalism will just nominate GTA V because Rockstar threw more money to give them a good review, and their fans will accuse them of being a blind nintendo hippie if they dared give it that. If for some reason they decide they'ce sucked Rockstar's cocks enough, they'd probably say Ni No Kuni, and I doubt that Level 5 blowed 'em.

Me personally i'd say Fire Emblem Awakening. I tallied this morning - I've put no less than 90 hours into that game. That's a starting point on the rough estimate - including all the times I've restarted because I do the "Casual Challenge"

~ ~ ~

Okay are you still reading this? Well if you came for the FA-cebook, then I warn you that it ends here.

Still reading? Stop now if you're easily offended.

You know I'm just going to stretch the page to make you go "COME ON! I wanna see what you meant in that journal title!"

So yeah. Flaming comments will be hidden, and comments on skype will not be responded to. Please don't tell everyone if you're offended - or rather, do. :D Helps get publicity. (Ask Rockstar.)


This idea has actually been suggested by me several times before - mostly in part from the realm of Digitalpotato Dreams. This is "Corrupted Candy Land". In the recent weeks, I have become the op of a channel on Furnet after laying out several suggestions. :P So this suggestion is a magical quest through Candyland.

...cept you may not leave.

You can enter Corrupted Candy Land. But you can never get out. You are stuck there! Muahahahaha! Ahahahaaha!! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! AAAAAA-HAHAHAHA!- AAAHAHAHA-*cough choke gag* I swallowed my mint.

So who shall dare enter Corrupted Candy Land? There is but one goal, just like in that board game you probably remember: Get to the end. But what is at the castle, apart from Too Much Candy and your dentists' worst nightmares?

Let's just say... things are about as saccharine as they look. It is the Fisher Kingdom, they say - you change to fit the kingdom. And see, the Kingdom is all CANDY!!! Maybe you can escape.

...that is if you make it to the castle.

So who all would like to be in here? :P I'm thinking there'd be room for five characters in the story opportunity. If there are less, I can simply use my Random Character Generator™ or simply Starfish my personality again and put someone else in there. ;)

I assure you nothing bad* will happen here.

*Unless your definition of bad involves a character being turned into a candy version of themselves with various levels of animate-ity at all. Side note: Digitalpotato is not responsible for what sorts of things can happen in Corrupted Candy Land or any potential lingering effects such as an unusual craving for all sorts of saccharides or a decrease in physical performance resulting in objectification. This disclaimer is only here to prevent the lawyers from suing you. We advise all lawyers visit the Frostine sea with the other great white whipped cream jellyfish and sharks.


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EDIT

Well, due to a surprising interest, slots are filled, and there will be a sixth ranger to this five man band exploring corrupted Candyland.

1. Pheagle
2. Pawpy
3. ssj3mewtwo
4. Jarmore / Synix
5. Chaz
6. Frysco


Please send a note with the following form filled out for Corrupted Candy Land Tourists:

Character name
Description (Preferably sfw.): Pictures can be used.
Favourite Candy*:
Wish for a long term or a short-term visit?**:

* What you will become. We're not tellign you. Ssssh. :P

**: Wanna stick around or not? :P aka... want to be a moving candy critter, or do you want to be just candy? :P

Here, go check it out. :P

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11813044/

So anyways. Pokémon has officially reached North American shores. And with it...

...the haters, the hipsters, and the people who are like "I have zero interest in Pokémon. I feel like telling you all."

Well I have one thing to say to you people. You are like Storm Spirit. Doom, what is on everyone's mind?

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dot.....m_rival_07.mp3

Exactly.


We know you "are bored of Pokémon". We know you are a "True fan" because you don't like the newer stuff. We know you have a complete inability to appreciate anything that isn't online. We know you never liked it. We know you think it's the same thing over again.


Consider it payback for all the times you ragged about something we have no interest in.

Digital's MASSIVELY delayed reaction: Ni No Kuni.

While you guys were busy playing Ni No Kuni, I was busy watching Mila Kunis in Oz the Great and Powerful and videos of Milla using Supreme Elements on YouTube. Admittedly I should have picked it up sooner, but eh, a lot of other stuff really caught my attention.


Anyways, I'm not very far in the game yet, so here are my first impressions:

-This game has Ghibli written ALL OVER it. I've played the previous game Level 5 worked with Studio Ghibli on. Jeanne d'Arc looked a little more like Castle in the Sky or Princess Mononoke in tone. (...Unless Cussises was on screen. :P ) This is more like Spirited away with somewhat normal humans compared with wacky disproportional toony characters.

-This is definitely level 5 as well. It shows. One thing I liked in Jeanne d'Arc was how you would see the other characters around sometimes. (Even in some of the animated scenes - like how they are escaping, and you can see Gilles de Rais and La Hire making sure that Marcel, Colet, and Jean escape first.) Lots of activity on the screen at once.

-Great dubbing choice - Oliver SOUNDS like a kid!

-Excuse the HCBailly channeling here. It's definitely nice how the game drops you in on the action that you wanted to see. IT doesn't make you play through the characters' entire childhood like TALES OF GRACES! It also doesn't take like, forever for Oliver to get to the other world like in the book BRAVE STORY! (Don't take this as take-thats to the game and the book - interpret them as more playful jabs because I actually really liked those.)

-Did I miss an NPC say "Oliver don't worry your mom too much - she has a weak heart" or something? Allie's heart attack seemed to come out of left field. It was like...
"Well Oliver. That's great. You're safe. ACK! Did I mention that I have a weak heart?"
"NO! It's For Better or For Worse all over again!"
I'm willing to think I might have missed something - MAYBE it would have been TOO Blatant.

-ahahaha... I signed the pledge "Tip Dover". And I named my first Familiar "Wudge". Ahahahaha... hey at least I don't abuse the naming feature to name my character "PissBagel".

-Ah, that miracle stone. Sure I'd love to try it mr Scottish doll... the boss just has to get OUT OF THE WAY!!! I can't turn on noclip!

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2942367481

Who sold their soul for this level of internet connectivity?!? We're lucky if our upload speed breaks 11 mb/s. (When the top upload speed is supposed to be around 15. It's always at least 5 mb/s below what they say.)

Even mom, who has a separate router so she can work from home, is lucky to get upload speeds that aren't even 10% of what this is. This is a BUSINESS PLAN, too.

Seriously why in the fuck are internet connections in the U.S. and Canada such JUNK?!? We got ISPs in Canada lobbying to keep Verizon out of Canada because they might offer better services than they do, big ISPs lobbying for town-run ISPs to be illegal... wtf.

No matter how often we complain about it, we're told we "don't have the infrastructure" to get better connection.

WTF then how does CSU get this much?!? Business plans out here have unwarranted rip-offs at best and a joke at worst.

So anyways! Two furs I know of who are open for story commissions.


Like inanimate transformation? Well!
 ssj3mewtwo is now formally open for commissions, specializing in inanimate TF.
Check it out here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4988837/



And one of my friends,  Dragonien is also opening up for some Macro and related theme stories. Watch for him here http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Dragonien/



Last but not least,  wyraachur has said he might be opening for commissions when he gets back from Devon. Dont' send him a note asking for one yet... wait until he's open since he can't check FA while in Devon.

I stole this from  wyraachur I figured it'd be humorous to answer with two characters and have them interact with each other because I love this stuff. :P

1.) What's your name?
Polec: Polec

Drew: Drew.

Polec: You have such a mundane name.

Drew: *sarcastic faces*


2.) Do you know why you were named that?
Polec: Because that's what we're named?

Drew: Do I have to answer.

3. What is your status?
Polec: Reptilian and.. oh no wait. You meant marital status? Single?

Drew: Don't care.


4.) Have any abilities or powers?
Polec: Depends strongly where we are.

Drew: One thing that always follows is that I can whip you with my tail. >:(


5.) Stop being a hornswoggle!
Polec: I'm terribly sorry but I suggest you, old bean, to watch your troffle, old boy.

Drew: Ya weird brits and your Ginger Beer language.


6.) Uh... if you were to get in a fight with a strong wrestler, do you think you'd win?
Polec: Depends what you mean by strong wrestler. I'm freaking EIGHT FEET TALL at my shortest. :| I think I'd win if I don't wind up accidentally cutting them with claws! You're lucky i'm not a Scytheclaw.
...I think you call those "Raptors", right?

Drew: Yes those are called "raptors".

Polec: at least I'd be able to outwrestle lanky longneck here.

Drew: Here comes another chinese earthquake.
*Wraps his tail around Polec's neck*

Polec: *GACK!* Ebrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr!


7.) Right... Have any family members?
Polec: *is too busy being strangled*

Drew: Why should you know?


8.) Oh? How about pets?
Polec: *pulls the tail off of him* Can you stop that please?

Drew: Nope.


9.) Cool, I guess. Tell me something that you don't like?
Polec: When spiky here tries to STRANGLE ME WITH HIS TAIL!!!!

Drew: Idiots... Usually I just whip them or headbutt them.


10.) Something that you do like?
Polec: Transforming people, hunting...

Drew: That sorta stuff.

Polec: What do you hunt, salads in the hidden valley ranch?

Drew: You know as anthros we technically are omnivores, right, you derptile.


11.) Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?
Polec: Transforming people and playing video games.

Drew: Graffitting walls. You know that I can reach above.


12.) Have you ever gone through pain yourself?
Polec: It didn't even hurt when Drew tried to strangle me with his tail. So nyah ha ha.

Drew: *whips*

Polec: HEY!!!! *Bites Drew*

Drew: OW!!! Well I just went through pain right here!


13.) Ever had a strange dream before?
Polec: Ask my narrator.

Drew: Who the hell are you, some kind of a freudian psychologist? What do you care about my dreams?


14.) What kind of animal are you?
Polec: I'M A MUTHAFUCKIN TEEEEEEEE REX!!!!

Drew: Diplodocus.


15.) Your worst habits?
Polec: Uhm... I don't know.

Drew: How about my tendency to scratch ceilings in houses I enter? These aren't actually, you know they weren't made with longnecks in mind.


16.) Do you have a favorite artist you look up to anyone at all?
Polec: You know these guys paint so much better than those other humans did...

Drew: Those were CAVE PAINTINGS YOU DERPTILE!!

Polec: You saw them too.


17.) Gay, straight, or bi?
Polec: A.

Drew: Do I care?


18.) Do you currently attend college?
Polec: Depends which version of me you're talking about. :P I graduated with top honours in the military university, thus qualifying me to start on the invasion of this planet earth, which is believed to have been home to a precursor civilization.

Drew: o.O


19.) Ever wanna get married one day?
Polec: Nope. We don't practice political marriage.

Drew: ...you know marriage is a lot more than that, right?

20.) Do you have any fangirls/fanboys?
Polec: I hope drew doesn't.

Drew: >:E


21.) What are you most afraid of?
Polec: Breaking the fourth wall.

Drew: Oh please. There are all sorts of things. What about what kinds of sadistic things your narrator might think about doing to you?

Polec: you know there's something called Mun Hell, right?

Drew: ...ooooh I like your thinking. >:}


22.)What colour is your hair?
Polec: ... I don't HAVE hair you fool!

Drew: Neither do I.

Polec: What about your spikes?

Drew: Well silver if that counts.


23.) Eyes?
Polec: Yellow.

Drew: Grey.


24.) What do you usually wear?
Polec: Sometimes nothing. Nothing wrong with wearing a DNA-cloak or military gear. You know, you need to carry stuff, you need it. Again this depends which version of me.

Drew: My shirt and indigo pants.

Polec: hahaha Indigo.

Drew: *whip*

Polec: Ow. My foot.


25.)What's your religion?
Polec: None. My kind doesn't have religion. At least... religion in the way you consider it. You know, we sort of just had faith that many of our understanding of nature was correct. Depends which version of me you're talking about.

Drew: I'm an ultra conservative Christian who believes strongly in SARCASTIC ANSWERS TO STUPID QUESTIONS!!!!!!

Polec: Buddy... calm down.


26.)Do you wish this quiz is over?
Polec: Nope.

Drew: yes.


27.) Well, it's still not over.
Polec: Gee, what a shocker. Drew, put that down.

Drew: time to crack the whip. *bang, tumble, crash, tinkle*


28.) Anyways, where do you live?
Polec: I wish I lived on Venus. :P But you know long degrees.

Drew: Wish you lived on Jueonques.

Polec: Do I look like a Chiss to you? Or a Mammoth?


29.) What class are you? (Low class, middle class, high class)?
Polec: Well I say - one is ah jolly high class. one will noh jolly well goh doh high class things fancy lashing cups of teah or eat bangers and mash. because one is high class.

Drew: *headdesks*


30.) How many friends do you have?
Polec: A lot.

Drew: A lot.


31.) If you could change anything about you, what would you change?
Polec: Hm... I don't know.

Drew: Depending which version I am it's already me being changed... so what else is there?

Polec: Maybe your attitude?


32.) What are your thoughts on pie?
Polec: FEED MEH.

Drew: Depends what kind of pie you're talking about. There are some things that should not be made into a pie. Ever.


33.) Alright. What's your favourite food?
Polec: Pies. You know there is a delicious delicacy that almost everybody eats. It involves a kind of pie that you take all sorts of meats in, then you sort of...

Drew: o,O

Polec: Better get used to it buddy... depending which version we are, you'll have to eat that.

Drew: But... can I still eat Pizza.

Polec: Of course. Except as long as you have scales or feathers you better eat like it.

Drew: What about putting our own twist on things, like what we Americans did to pizza?

Ben300: THAT IS NOT PIZZA!

Drew: Hey! This is my character meme. Get out of here Ben.


34.) Favorite drink?
Polec: the sour fruit juices of one of our conquered planets, then the one we terraformed to match it. @_@ I hope we some day terraform a planet in this solar system to be like that. I'm thinking maybe we could always try one of our 'lunar colony' plans too... I hear you got several gas giants with nice moons but they're just too cold. Great place to grow these things.

Drew: *just stands behind Polec and makes a yammering mimicky face*


35.) What is your favorite place?
Polec: Venus.
...at least what we did to it.

Drew: Boiling hell?

Polec: Buddy... you haven't seen it. Again this depends on our version. Maybe we'd love amusement parks.

Drew: You know us longnecks don't do well in those places. >:(


36.) Least favorite?
Polec: FREEZING HELL!!!!! Jueonques!!!

Drew: Or like Titan.


37.) Are you still wanting the quiz to end?
Polec: It's going to end when you make something like this.

Drew: You're way past twenty questions at this point.


38.) Well, it's over you bonkerballs!
Polec: Bonkerballs... I like that.

Drew: Good.

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Anyways,  KB-Unlimited is looking for OCs that are deemed creative once a week, draw an art picture of them.

So go check it out and see if your character is deemed interesting enough.

Check it out here. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4842306/

Now anyways, as a warning, this journal will have spoilers in it.

If you like to see movies that have a nice story that you perceive to be original... then this is not your movie.

It's best to think of this as an homage to Kaiju movies - rather than a different take on giant monster movies a la Cloverfield. Because well, it's a Cliché Storm. But, just because something is a Cliché Storm does not make it a bad thing - it depends on a lot of factors.

There are all sorts of ways to get away with an absolute Cliché Storm. (Deconstruction, Reconstruction/Homage, Parody, Timing) Pacific Rim manages to take two things - it's best to think of it as an Homage to Kaiju movies - and it also has timing. One reason it manages to work is that we just don't see many Kaiju movies in general out here. So a Kaiju movie being released out here manages to stand out because well... we just don't see those. (Timing in general helps a lot of stuff... it's one thing the original Star Wars trilogy had that the prequels and Abrams don't.)

I mean, it's an homage or reconstruction - if you really want to use the terms interchangeably. It's just del Toro trying to make "A Kaiju movie". He's not trying to make an artsy Kaiju movie because well... you just wanna see a Kaiju movie to watch them destroy buildings. The Marketing crew was great at conveying this - That's what Pacific Rim is. A popcorn movie. :D And that's what Kaiju movies are pretty much: Popcorn flicks.

So is it a Cliche storm? Yes. It is. You know those guys introduced as badasses are going to be worfed. You know there's a personal connection between several characters. You know the guy will get the girl in the end. You know that the monster is attacking San Francisco because OMG LOOK THEY DESTROYED THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!!! THE BASTARD!!! You know the monster attacked Sydney because look - it's the Opera house! You know the quirky guy who thinks outside the box will have the right idea in the end. You know the answer to everything will be a nuke of some kind. You know that those guys introduced as badasses will be worfed. You know that the guys who are considered too dangerous to fight because of their inexperience or emotional traumas will be the ones to save the day. You know that Pragmatism will often be the answer but then it'll be an idealistic take that will save the day. You know there will be a rousing speech at some point. You know that the arrogant douche who thinks he knows everything will eventually see the light. You know WHO will sacrifice themselves. You know that it may seem like the guy is dead but will be alive. But it works despite this - it's just more of del Toro saying "This is a Kaiju movie. These are what you'll see here." It's kind of like an epic rundown of the genre.

It's not a painful Cliché Storm. A good example of that would be say, James Cameron's Avatar or Ha$bro's Equestria Girls. Except Avatar manages to at least save itself from "The kind of movie you expect the Nostalgia Critic's successors to be mocking in 10-20 years." because it has good CG-I. So at least it has that redeeming value.

Overall, just don't expect anything new or to be played with enough - it's just "Here's what a Kaiju movie is. And here's why we like them" not "Here's what a Kaiju movie is... and here's what the critics DON'T like about it." or "Here's a Kaiju movie... and here's why everyone liked a PREVIOUS Kaiju movie and not why you'll like THIS one." (You know - like "When Time Ran Out" or "Equestria Girls.")

But there is still one thing about Pacific Rim that, if you think about it, is actually quite horrifying in hindsight.


See, the monsters come from a breach in the Pacific Ocean. They go towards all the most populated cities. (Make sure that if you're going to Sydney, you always start at the Opera house so the news cameras can make sure it's in the shot.) But consider this.

At the start, the governments are walling off the pacific rim from Kaiju. But wait a moment... What about the millions of people who live in the Pacific? o-O
Did the Kaiju just ignore them because there are only about eleven or so million in the pacific regions and much more in say, Australia, Hong Kong, and the US? Or did the Kaiju find humans in countries like Kiribati, Tuvalu, Tonga, and Solomon Islands and just flatten them? o.o The death toll would be MILLIONS. Unless the Kaiju never flattened pacific islands, then they might have essentially genocided the pacific islanders. (Save for a few who say, live on the coasts of the bigger countries on the Pacific Rim.)

And since the Kaiju are gone for good due to a NUKE blowing up the breach, just think of one thing: The Jaegers are basically running in the ocean. If the reefs aren't in pieces from either them or the Kaiju stepping on them, just think of all the damage done by them and the Kaiju. Since a nuke was detonated in the ocean to clear the way for the Gipsy, there's gotta have been SOME damage from that explosion that'll ruin any fishing in the area. (Hopefully it wasn't close enough from any oceanic islands that were populated.) Since they already took a massive hit from the unsung death of the Pacific Tourism industry, then they'll be stuck with irradiated fish and trying to rebuild their world back from nothing... that's assuming it's still there.

And depending on how close the breach was to say, China (I think) then China will have to deal with a LOT of environmental damage.

Gota say this... poor Pacific people.


ADDENDUM: Let me clarify - I liked the movie. Really. Just that you shouldn't expect anything new.

This is the GOOD Kind of Cliché STorm people.

For those of you who READ journals. :P

Okay so starting tomorrow, I'll be visiting my grandmother and uncle in Michigan. :P

Okay, you really came for the observation.

The YCH Trend.

Do I mind it? Not really. I just vote with my feet because most of those YCHes tend to be people getting gang-raped, tied up to be raped, engaging in fellatio, or are having sex with someone in some form, etc. They're just like those things in those boardwalk theme parks where you put your head in. I'd much rather see how somebody writes me in a story or see my own idea manifested.

Do I care if you want to do YCH? Well... they seem to be profitable. Even if I myself do not like the idea, the fact that they're still making money indicates one thing: They're doing something right. I know one particular artist made a YCH thing and the auction bidding got so high it would have been cheaper to just regularly commission them. And sure enough people complained about how they felt alienated because of how high the prices got.

Several times I saw something happen where someone watched the auction all week... only for someone to swoop in at the last second and bid at the last second. Let me give some input:

-Don't let it become all you do.
Let the YCHes saturate your gallery? Then eventually commissioners will start voting with their feet and go to where they could get their original ideas manifested. They're already pretty much like those things at theme parks where you just put your head in there. If it's all you do, then people are going to just decide "Eff this I'm out of here" and

-Don't encourage sniping
Why does nobody use eBay except to use "Buy it now" anymore? Because snipers. Most auctions are bid by bots that are programmed to bid with the minimum amount within 0.0005 seconds of closing. In fact, sniping is against your interests as well - it's to keep others from outbidding them, and to make sure that they pay the artist as little as possible. Do something like extend the bidding period by x mins or wait until nobody else speaks up. Real life auctions don't let someone wait around until the last second and swoop in without giving others a chance.
Once again you don't want to piss off your customers. They're much more likely to return if they aren't annoyed by most bidding being done within the last five seconds.


I honestly do not mind adoptables or YCHes. Just keep in mind that not everyone does and that some of them are going to get a little annoyed. YCH can also mean "Your Creativity (down the) Hole".

...meanwhile I want to see someone with three sets of arms, three heads, an octotaur, and wings bid on a YCH Auction. Just because it would be really funny. >:D

One dream of mine was simply inside an eldritch location that may not have been too far out of place in a Junji Ito work. Namely the Town without Streets or Uzumaki. It was never given a name. But after speaking with someone I have devised a demon castle.

Everybody happens to have a demon castle. within them. The question is... what form does it take, and who wishes to explore it? Do you dare do it? But what is the most important thing?

What is inside Demon Castle Digitalpotato?

Overall the castle is unusual in that it is not like a gothic building. It is simply a giant L shaped building that is only three stories tall, and goes down as far as the eye can see. It is nothing but one right turn and then you go down. Down. Down. DOWN DEEPER STILL. It is a mall that was taken from Digitalpotato’s own dream.

The mall is abandoned and is three stories. It seems to go forward endlessly. The shorter part, the L bottom right part, is simply two stories. It’s the less mindfucky things. Once you get to the right turn? Then it goes completely dark.

The simple part of the mall that is shorter still looks like something from an abandoned area. Piles of trash apparently. You can’t make out what it is. There are plushies. However, the “stores” seem to be more organized and you might be able to rest there. But do you want to sleep, knowing what might be next to you? It’s close… very close. It’s in the dark.

When you enter the darkness of Demon Castle Digitalpotato, you cannot see. Keep in mind… what you see in the ‘mall’ is only some of the story. There are all sorts of hidden hallways and passageways that you do not see.

There are… beings inside? You hear moving. But do you dare find some way to turn on the light?

Do you know what you might find? Do you even want to know? Do you want to know what they can do to you if you can see them, and they can see you?

One of the most important aspects of this dream was the fact that this was where they live. There was nowhere else for the demons of Digitalpotato to go.

And mind you. These demons are not hungry for mortal and immortal flesh. They do not eat you. You do not have to worry about them hurting you because that is how they live. You do not have to worry about simple organisms who have only the instinct to eat or be eaten.

No instead they act certain things out. What is in here? Do you want to know? What kinds of mutants have been here, and what kinds of mutants live in here now?

Well do you dare explore the Demon Castle of Digitalpotato? And how far will you go down, before you are either forcibly stopped, or you decide you just cannot take it anymore. Do you dare even wander in the darkness, not knowing what it is you might find?

I dreamt that I was walking up some kind of mountain and entered a cave where there was some kind of large looking reptile that was blue-scaled and speckled yellow a bit, telling me that I was doing alright. They apparenty failed at sealing me somewhat. Then apparently after I get out of the mountain I’m now a scalie and am in some kind of anthro gym class and we have to do this weird obstacle course over a pool constantly. It makes no sense even - like why do I have to bounce really high off of something?

Though there are also humans in this strange gym thing too and there’s this kid who is posing as the angry german kid and making everybody else laugh. He drops some rubber thing in the drinking fountain before everybody starts laughing again. Then I get told to go onto some kind of obstacle course and hold out all these weird handles that are connected by wires or something like those bowflex things. And for some stupid reason tehre is barbed wire.

Then I’m in a place where we’re filming a movie where some kind of super-hero alien or whatever appears to the kids and helps them out but is so completely foreign. They’re playing Magic, the girl character glares at them and wishes she never gave them that card. Then suddenly the weird character of the group sings the lion king theme, the girl takes otu a lighter and walks off-screen (“Off-screen”) and the weird kid goes “Agggggh!” as she pretends to hold the lighter to his skin in a display of comedic sociopathy.

then the alien comes and starts doing weird things. We have to get back to the school but there are dogs inside a fence in the way. eVentually a weimeraner sneaks in the fence past the scary dogs, says something, then there is a fake explosion and that ‘clearas the way’. Inside the school now things are going crazy as that alien superhero is wreaking havoc with reality. One of the teachers yells that she’ll call his parents to tell him taht he missed hsi swimming lesson (?) and then yells that he forgot his lunch.

don’t ask me what I ate.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4666647/

Be sure to check this out. However, don't check it out if you don't like mechs and latex.

For those of you who don't know (Which is essentially everyone seeing as I can't count anyone who has known me around that timeframe), in 2003, the closest I had to a fursona was a winged unicorn. He basically was a dark brown horse with a black mane, and wings based off of a hawk. :P

So yeah, I laughed really hard when I was shown  rickgriffin 's Yeshii, because that was almost exactly how I imagined him.

Oh wait, what am I getting at? Well lessee... there's a disc of some of my old work from 2002 - 2005. I found it buried inside my room and found one of the stories on there. That story featured a guy who found a piece of jewelry (Want to take a guess what it was?) that happened to have had the stone made with... an alicorn.

And note that this is the original definition of Alicorn, before Piers Anthony and MLP's fans popularized the term "Alicorn" to refer to a winged unicorn. :P

Also there is a brown jackalope in there.

Anyone else think this is a bit hilarious in hindsight?


Also, regarding this... I think now looking back on it I'm glad that winged equine didn't really stick for several reasons:
1) Wings. Some artists charge extra for them.
2) Equine. Some artists find them difficult to draw.
3) People would probably start looking in my pants for a cutie mark. :|
4) The amount of "lol alicorn" comments, as well as how, in like 2011, I'd have had even more "DUDE! CHECK OUT MLP!!!" messages to the point where they outnumbered the "DUDE!!! WATCH HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN IT!!!" comments I received the year prior. That and I'd have to constantly fend off people saying "Hey who're you related to? Luna and Celestia?" and "Dude get a picture of you drawn with Luna/Celestia comments!"Hooray for typecasting.
5) Inspeaking of typecasting... there happens to be one unfortunate stereotype with equines... and I'm not just talking about the tendency for horse-furs to be into stuff like bondage and pony play. (Seriously, I look up furry art of equines and whenever I'm not digging through hundreds of ponies, every horse is either wearing a bridle, a saddle, a harness, or all of the above.) You know what I'm talking about...

As another bit of hilarious in hindsight... you familiar with the "Werehorse"? :P Well... this disc also has what was left of a series of stories featuring like 19th century European lords who TFed at night and were considered to be some form of were-animals... you can see what I'm getting at now, right?

Much much much different than that werehorse thing on FA that everyone loves. Unless Wyraach was writing about faeries cursing a European lord with an anachronistic name (Dude sounded Dutch) while one of his best friends turned into a bear and another turned into a hawk... I wouldn't know. :P All I just do is make passive aggressive comments about it and how I feel it typecasts equines.


Of course then again though I get typecast already. One downside of being a kangaroo? The number of times I've been groped by people looking for a pouch. Dude, even if I was a female kangaroo and you put your hands in my pouch, you'd get kicked. You don't randomly stick your hands in marsupials' pouches - that's rude. Think of it this way... do you like when random people reach into your pocket or put their hands in your backpack or purse? That's what it's like. So don't do it. :|

Especially if I decided to go with a Thylacine in 2009. Then I would have had a pouch.

For those of you who don't know (Which is essentially everyone seeing as I can't count anyone who has known me around that timeframe), in 2003, the closest I had to a fursona was a winged unicorn. He basically was a dark brown horse with a black mane, and wings based off of a hawk. :P

So yeah, I laughed really hard when I was shown  rickgriffin 's Yeshii, because that was almost exactly how I imagined him.

Oh wait, what am I getting at? Well lessee... there's a disc of some of my old work from 2002 - 2005. I found it buried inside my room and found one of the stories on there. That story featured a guy who found a piece of jewelry (Want to take a guess what it was?) that happened to have had the stone made with... an alicorn.

And note that this is the original definition of Alicorn, before Piers Anthony and MLP's fans popularized the term "Alicorn" to refer to a winged unicorn. :P

Also there is a brown jackalope in there.

Anyone else think this is a bit hilarious in hindsight?


Also, regarding this... I think now looking back on it I'm glad that winged equine didn't really stick for several reasons:
1) Wings. Some artists charge extra for them.
2) Equine. Some artists find them difficult to draw.
3) People would probably start looking in my pants for a cutie mark. :|
4) The amount of "lol alicorn" comments, as well as how, in like 2011, I'd have had even more "DUDE! CHECK OUT MLP!!!" messages to the point where they outnumbered the "DUDE!!! WATCH HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN IT!!!" comments I received the year prior. That and I'd have to constantly fend off people saying "Hey who're you related to? Luna and Celestia?" and "Dude get a picture of you drawn with Luna/Celestia comments!"Hooray for typecasting.
5) Inspeaking of typecasting... there happens to be one unfortunate stereotype with equines... and I'm not just talking about the tendency for horse-furs to be into stuff like bondage and pony play. (Seriously, I look up furry art of equines and whenever I'm not digging through hundreds of ponies, every horse is either wearing a bridle, a saddle, a harness, or all of the above.) You know what I'm talking about...

As another bit of hilarious in hindsight... you familiar with the "Werehorse"? :P Well... this disc also has what was left] of a stories featuring like 19th century European lords who TFed at night and were considered to be some form of were-animals... you can see what I'm getting at now, right?

Much much much different than that werehorse thing on FA that everyone loves. Unless Wyraach was writing about faeries cursing a European lord with an anachronistic name (Dude sounded Dutch) while one of his best friends turned into a bear and another turned into a hawk... I wouldn't know. :P All I just do is make passive aggressive comments about it and how I feel it typecasts equines.


Of course then again though I get typecast already. One downside of being a kangaroo? The number of times I've been groped by people looking for a pouch. Dude, even if I was a female kangaroo and you put your hands in my pouch, you'd get kicked. You don't randomly stick your hands in marsupials' pouches - that's rude. Think of it this way... do you like when random people reach into your pocket or put their hands in your backpack or purse? That's what it's like. So don't do it. :|

Especially if I decided to go with a Thylacine in 2009. Then I would have had a pouch.

Here's a link to  RondoGator 's raffle, he's basically trying to see who would like to see who could win a raffle. You must state what you are thankful for however! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4624919/

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4582719/

No cost - just simply fill out a form on Google Docs forms.

I stole this from  redflare500

Who is your favourite pony from the main cast?

Twilight Sparkle.



Why do you like her?

I figured that she would have been the one I most relate to. Despite that personality tests show that I am most like Pinkie Pie, initially I wrote "Pink Personal Hell and Altering Fate" to sort of show how much she would get on my nerves.

No, I actually don't plan to ship Nickel Steel with anypony in the fanfic series. He does escort Rarity to the Grand Galloping Gala, but that was her idea. (He thinks it was to stuff it in Prince Blueblood's face... though nopony expected him to have blueberries in his face. :P )



Who is your favourite non-main cast pony/character

Spike.



Who is your least favourite character

Can I say the ponies whose cutie marks are likely to be bitten ankles?



If you could be best friends with anypony from ponyville, who would it be?

Twilight Sparkle would be most likely, honestly.
Then Pinkie Pie because Pinkie tries to befriend everyone.
Rarity probably next.
Then probably Fluttershy. (Buuuut she's better friends with Draco Scales anyways.)
Then likely Applejack (Buuuut she's better friends with Nightshade anyways.)
Then Rainbow Dash... who's too busy showing off her pegasus skills to notice a unicorn.

I'm assuming this is all mane six. There are other people in ponyville too. Like the other OCs Nightshade, Daisy Chain, Draco Scales, Full Beats, and I think there's somepony else over there.... some lavender pony who, like all these others, aren't from around here. :O (that one's you  mintgreenightmare :P )



If you could live anywhere in Equestria, where would you live and why?

If I could live in the house Nickel Steel does, Ponyville. :P I thought it was kinda cool.



What would your cutie mark be?

I like the idea I came up with for some kind of a magic spell circle to be the cutie mark. It's a "magic" cutie mark but I didn't wanna copy Twilight or Trixie.



What would your favourite food in ponyville be?

Qway-sa-dilla.



What would you most likely be doing in Equestria right now

Wudging about. Probably looking around. Or visiting Dr. Discord for dream analysis.



If you could be any pony in ponyville, who would you become?

Discord in Pony form. (By the way did you guys know that black actually has a rather bland flavour?)



You wake up one morning to discover you have turned into a pony, what do you do?!

"...oh no. I'M GOING TO BE KILLED AND STUDIED FOR SCIENCE!!"

If I was in Equestria, then I'd go "...Great now I can tally how many times I fall down the stairs or send an orange into my eye."



Finally, what is your favourite none-pony thing in the show

Discord.