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The first strike against Dr. Beatrix's prison of madness is nigh. But what the children do not realize is, no matter how long you plan out a revenge, no matter how hard you try to compensate for the unexpected, something always, _always_, goes wrong...
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Just a note;
I watched 'Pet Sematary' an hour or so ago and, aside from noting that it ought to go in the 'creepy goddam cat' and 'creepy goddam laugh' halls of fame, and that casting Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall was utter brilliance, I completely hadn't realized how much Always-Jimmy-Never-James is the spawn of Victor Pascow. It was like my brain went, 'Well, DUHHH!!!' ;)
I watched 'Pet Sematary' an hour or so ago and, aside from noting that it ought to go in the 'creepy goddam cat' and 'creepy goddam laugh' halls of fame, and that casting Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall was utter brilliance, I completely hadn't realized how much Always-Jimmy-Never-James is the spawn of Victor Pascow. It was like my brain went, 'Well, DUHHH!!!' ;)
Victor is a high school kid who dies gruesomely early on in the novel (and film), but who sticks around as a ghost in an ultimately futile effort to keep Louis Creed, the protagonist, from fucking around with the spooky Micmac burial grounds. In the movie especially, Pascow's got this undead coolness to him. He struggles to interact with the living world and prevent the inevitable disaster, and has several honestly funny moments.
That would be MUCH too painless.
I would prefer to strap her into that machine and turn it to just below comatose level, switch it on with Keith slowly burning her feet, Jimmy burning her forehead, Holly insulting her (seems like that would hurt her the most), and Victor farting "Weird Al" songs (in memory of Tyler) into her face until she suffocated.
But then again, Victor+Keith=BOOM!
Yay for alternative torture!
I would prefer to strap her into that machine and turn it to just below comatose level, switch it on with Keith slowly burning her feet, Jimmy burning her forehead, Holly insulting her (seems like that would hurt her the most), and Victor farting "Weird Al" songs (in memory of Tyler) into her face until she suffocated.
But then again, Victor+Keith=BOOM!
Yay for alternative torture!
Indeed. After having some time to ponder about it, I've come up with three or four alternate deaths.
All very, VERY painful.
Plus one involves the entirety of Organization XIII, which makes my inner fanboy go squee.
All very, VERY painful.
Plus one involves the entirety of Organization XIII, which makes my inner fanboy go squee.
Wow. Just, wow.....
Alex, I bow at your feet and humbly, like the fledgling writer that I am, worship the ground at your feet. I don't think I have been this excited about reading a book and waiting for the next installment to come out in a very long time.
Excellent work, my friend. And on one side note, that bitch "Devil-Trix" had BETTER get whats coming to her. And I know you will deliver in spades.
Also on a side note: I actually knew a guy like Monsoon when I was in the "mental clink". He had some similarities to your character and was one of the few reasons I made it out of there better than when I came in. Completely unintentional, I know, but thanks. He was just a good friend to me as he is to the kids in the story.
Alex, I bow at your feet and humbly, like the fledgling writer that I am, worship the ground at your feet. I don't think I have been this excited about reading a book and waiting for the next installment to come out in a very long time.
Excellent work, my friend. And on one side note, that bitch "Devil-Trix" had BETTER get whats coming to her. And I know you will deliver in spades.
Also on a side note: I actually knew a guy like Monsoon when I was in the "mental clink". He had some similarities to your character and was one of the few reasons I made it out of there better than when I came in. Completely unintentional, I know, but thanks. He was just a good friend to me as he is to the kids in the story.
Sorry, but since cash is short for me these days, what with the line of work I am in and all, howzabout a favor or two? I am pretty handy with a spellchecker and do enjoy reading.
Or you can come up with your own ideas. I am pretty much open to suggestion here, considering I STILL think I am lucky that you actually respond to my insaniac posts. ;)
Or you can come up with your own ideas. I am pretty much open to suggestion here, considering I STILL think I am lucky that you actually respond to my insaniac posts. ;)
o.o I think you may quite possibly become my favorite author. You have an exteremely well placed sense of timing in all four books so far, sending a shiver down my spine in all the places where it was called for almost like clockwork. (I especially liked the ditsy kangaroo's second line. I almost fell out of my chair after that because of the combined factors of having fallen into a stare from not being able to tear my eyes from the page for more than 2 and a half seconds and the shock from reading that passage.)
And I have to say: In another context, I might posible like Beatrix due to her quick hit and obvious cunning, as well as her ability to manipulate others, but the general subjects of her torture as well as her uncaring attitude and sloppy cover-up methods disgust me enough to offset this. In short, just like everyone else, I hate Beatrix.
And I have to say: In another context, I might posible like Beatrix due to her quick hit and obvious cunning, as well as her ability to manipulate others, but the general subjects of her torture as well as her uncaring attitude and sloppy cover-up methods disgust me enough to offset this. In short, just like everyone else, I hate Beatrix.
"I think you may quite possibly become my favorite author."
*creams in jeans* Thank you!!!
Glad you like the little 'roo. She's yet another character who was originally only supposed to have just one line or so, yet she was just too darn cute to resist!
And yeah, let that be a lesson to all villains; Madness can only take you so far, and then you start making mistakes. Tsk tsk!
*creams in jeans* Thank you!!!
Glad you like the little 'roo. She's yet another character who was originally only supposed to have just one line or so, yet she was just too darn cute to resist!
And yeah, let that be a lesson to all villains; Madness can only take you so far, and then you start making mistakes. Tsk tsk!
Well, a lot of your stories DO involve harmless Vore... or were you referring to ZephonTsol?
In either case I honestly feel I did not technically did not earn your compliment with that particular post of mine... although following through on the logic to arrive at an absence of poo flinging might qualify.
In either case I honestly feel I did not technically did not earn your compliment with that particular post of mine... although following through on the logic to arrive at an absence of poo flinging might qualify.
Hey, y'know, strange people tend to hang around each other, and those who know me would probably say I am about the oddest nutball out there.
Besides, knowing Alex, you're right, the monkeys wouldn't even come close to his standards. I must be tired today.
BTW, just Zephon works fine by me. :D
Besides, knowing Alex, you're right, the monkeys wouldn't even come close to his standards. I must be tired today.
BTW, just Zephon works fine by me. :D
Well, to each his own I guess. Not to say that your idea doesn't have merit, but 1) I don't have any access to the Duke of Destruction's Omni-Tool O' Pleasure, and 2) I DO have this handy-dandy Inflate-o-matic 3400 right here.
Feel free to use it, and your imagination, at your convienience. ;)
Feel free to use it, and your imagination, at your convienience. ;)
Thanks! Though, to be honest, the "Duke of Destruction" part comes from the arcade version of "Battletoads". The omnitool bit just popped up in my head at that moment. Like you said earlier, sometimes the best things in life are the stuff that hits us at the spur of the moment.
Man I loved that game.
Man I loved that game.
Call me utterly naive, but the one thing I simply cannot fathom here is how any person can be so purely evil as this Dr. Beatrix. I do understand that she wants the world to be pure or "cleansed" of the "unnatural" children, and that she will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. But even if I "think myself into her place", including her motives, I utterly cannot understand this excessive and absolutely cold cruelty, and the joy she finds in it. I am too stupid for that, it seems.
For example, and in particular, take Tyler. Yes, he has created a bit of a ruckus, but as far as Dr. Beatrix knows, he has not really done anything to impede her plans. A death sentence for that?
Thurston's motives in going along with all this seem to be of a sexual nature (which may explain a bit, but definitely excuse nothing whatsoever); but Beatrix apparently harbours no such motivation.
So "Why?!?" is the question I would like to put to her. But I suppose it's pointless. If I asked her, I guess I would only wind up in Ward Zero myself ...
Is Beatrix's middle name "Adolf", by any chance? *wry grin* [Actually I seriously feel that her thinking is very similar to Hitler's.]
*silently cries for Tyler*
For example, and in particular, take Tyler. Yes, he has created a bit of a ruckus, but as far as Dr. Beatrix knows, he has not really done anything to impede her plans. A death sentence for that?
Thurston's motives in going along with all this seem to be of a sexual nature (which may explain a bit, but definitely excuse nothing whatsoever); but Beatrix apparently harbours no such motivation.
So "Why?!?" is the question I would like to put to her. But I suppose it's pointless. If I asked her, I guess I would only wind up in Ward Zero myself ...
Is Beatrix's middle name "Adolf", by any chance? *wry grin* [Actually I seriously feel that her thinking is very similar to Hitler's.]
*silently cries for Tyler*
Oh, you're not at all stupid for not understanding Beatrix's motivations! The bitch is _insane_! She completely lacks a conscience, meaning that other people are Less Than Nothing to her. Why does she go after Tyler? The same reason you'd pluck some lint off your shirt. That's exactly how she regards anyone who so much as disagrees with her.
Believe me, count yourself lucky if you can't understand her. It means you have a heart.
Believe me, count yourself lucky if you can't understand her. It means you have a heart.
At this point in the game, all that we can hope is that somehow, things turn out right and Beatrix truly reaps what she has sown.
Besides, knowing foxie-boy here, I have a good idea that Alex has cooked up somethin' truly devilish and purely FTW.
Y'know, one of those moments you can't help but throw your fists into the air and scream, "YES!!! Take that you <fill in your choice of expletives here>!!!!", no matter WHO may hear it.
It's just how Alex does things and I personally cannot wait.
On a side note, Alex, your next chapter will come out next Monday, right as I finish a withering 18 hour drive from Georgia to Nebraska. Book Five will be a welcome relaxer.
Besides, knowing foxie-boy here, I have a good idea that Alex has cooked up somethin' truly devilish and purely FTW.
Y'know, one of those moments you can't help but throw your fists into the air and scream, "YES!!! Take that you <fill in your choice of expletives here>!!!!", no matter WHO may hear it.
It's just how Alex does things and I personally cannot wait.
On a side note, Alex, your next chapter will come out next Monday, right as I finish a withering 18 hour drive from Georgia to Nebraska. Book Five will be a welcome relaxer.
How do you do it? How do you create a work if fiction that captures and holds my interest, and actually forces me to hold back several sobs? Its uncanny I tells ya :)
I can't tell if I want Dr. B skinned alive and shocked into jerky, or Take both of those dorks and do rather ungodly things that would make Vlad "Tepes" go "That is just F#$%'d up."
I can't wait to see where this one goes.
I can't tell if I want Dr. B skinned alive and shocked into jerky, or Take both of those dorks and do rather ungodly things that would make Vlad "Tepes" go "That is just F#$%'d up."
I can't wait to see where this one goes.
How does one do it? Simple. Love your characters as if they're more real than you are. Feel everything they feel as deeply as they feel it. And always, *always* write what's true to that character in that situation, no matter what you think your audience's reaction to it would be.
And that's how you write better than 99% of Hollywood scriptwriters. (shit-eating grin)
And that's how you write better than 99% of Hollywood scriptwriters. (shit-eating grin)
Wow... I've never met someone else who understood that before. I like you, Alex, I really do. I'm not all that much of a writer, but I know exactly what you mean. When I draw, I really feel the emotions I give to my characters, but that's the tip of the iceberg.
Have you ever had a conversation with one (or all) of your characters? I tend to, and it teaches me a lot about myself, given that it's a bit of me I'm talking to.
Have you ever had a conversation with one (or all) of your characters? I tend to, and it teaches me a lot about myself, given that it's a bit of me I'm talking to.
Really? Neat! I've never had a direct conversation with my characters, but I imagine long narrative fantasies in my head with them interacting in scenes that are separate from the main story in one way or another. And yes, when I do, I'm not deciding their words or actions, merely sitting back and letting them speak. I really do believe that good stories are your subconscious mind trying to tell you something about yourself.
Interesting. I've never really had an epiphany like that while writing, myself, although I have used writing as an emotional outlet before. What tends to come out of my hands is usually some drive that I want to burn...
The way I've always seen creative writing is a tad... unconventional, or, perhaps, non-institutional is a better term. I rarely find myself plotting out all the elements of a story. instead, I start out with one or more characters, and then I write. Somehow, the things that should happen, and the things they should be doing are always clear to me. I suppose that's the benefit of my semi-imaginary friends: they tend to do the hard part for me.
You know.. you've kind of got me feeling inspired... i think that maybe, just maybe, I might be able to, at long last, write something of some decent length...
The way I've always seen creative writing is a tad... unconventional, or, perhaps, non-institutional is a better term. I rarely find myself plotting out all the elements of a story. instead, I start out with one or more characters, and then I write. Somehow, the things that should happen, and the things they should be doing are always clear to me. I suppose that's the benefit of my semi-imaginary friends: they tend to do the hard part for me.
You know.. you've kind of got me feeling inspired... i think that maybe, just maybe, I might be able to, at long last, write something of some decent length...
So, I'm reading through this for the second time, and the more I read through this time, the more I REALLY want to make it an animated film someday. Oh my fucking GOD it would be so amazing. Not to mention emotional. I have to say, it would be so different from how so many audiences view cartoons, I know it would blow people away.
That, and imagining Uma Thurman as Dr. Beatrix somehow makes her even more frightening and hate-invoking. Not that I have anything at all against Uma Thurman (if I was to go straight for anyone, it would probably be her, especially the Kill Bill her), but she just has the perfect voice for such a part.
That, and imagining Uma Thurman as Dr. Beatrix somehow makes her even more frightening and hate-invoking. Not that I have anything at all against Uma Thurman (if I was to go straight for anyone, it would probably be her, especially the Kill Bill her), but she just has the perfect voice for such a part.
Believe me, I wrote this as if it WAS a movie and I was adaptng it into a novel. Everything came to me visually, as my stuff usually does. The hard part is doing everything I can to make the reader see what I'm seeing.
Also, yeah, Uma's my girl. Although I also came very close to choosing Halle Berry. Her voice has that same sweet-but-could-be-dangerous sound to it. Ever seen Swordfish? Still though, I thought Uma'd be much better for the role when Beatrix goes into full-blown rage and loses her mind.
Also, yeah, Uma's my girl. Although I also came very close to choosing Halle Berry. Her voice has that same sweet-but-could-be-dangerous sound to it. Ever seen Swordfish? Still though, I thought Uma'd be much better for the role when Beatrix goes into full-blown rage and loses her mind.
Yeah, I'm sure Halle Berry could fit the part, but I think Uma Thurman's voice has a more sinister quality to it when she wants it to (ala Kill Bill), while still being creepily cheerful. She's quite awesome.
And no, I've never seen Swordfish. I suppose I shall have to now. ^^
And no, I've never seen Swordfish. I suppose I shall have to now. ^^
The first Matrix is a perfect movie. There are no adjectives for how much it rocks and how much it influenced future movies. Matrix Reloaded has some eye-poppingly astonishing action scenes, but not much plot. And I'm convinced Matrix Revolutions is the Wachowski brothers' way of punishing anyone who liked the first two. It's *almost* as bad as Michael Bay's Transformers.
I was pissed when I saw the final fight between Neo and Smith. There was nothing exciting about it. The blows didn't seem to impact either one at all. The music was awesome, but that can't get an action movie very far.
I need to rewatch the Matrix. Then maybe see the other two just to know what the fuck happens. Sounds like it's not really worth it, though.
I need to rewatch the Matrix. Then maybe see the other two just to know what the fuck happens. Sounds like it's not really worth it, though.
I love Dr. Beatrix. She's not just an awesome villain, she's a SCARY villain. That's hard to come by. She's like a female version of the Joker played by Heath Ledger (rest in peace you wonderful, crazy man). Not only that, the heroes are great too. Most of the time I'm rooting for the villain because I hate the hero so much. But you have turned my view around.
Also, for some reason I keep thinking Monsoon is a moose.
Also, for some reason I keep thinking Monsoon is a moose.
Stephen King has said, to scare your audience, write about what scares YOU. And Beatrix is everything that ever scared me about my mother as a kid. To me, mindfuckery is far more frightening than someone who's just gonna beat the crap out of you.
Also, I'm really glad you like my protagonists. As I've said elsewhere, the way to make your readers love your characters is to love them yourself, and throughout writing this I treated all my characters like real people.
Monsoon as a moose? Yeah, I could see that, actually...
Also, I'm really glad you like my protagonists. As I've said elsewhere, the way to make your readers love your characters is to love them yourself, and throughout writing this I treated all my characters like real people.
Monsoon as a moose? Yeah, I could see that, actually...
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