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Posted in The Camp Half-Blood Chronicles(and other stuff by Rick Riordan.)
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: Riordan is writing the pilot himself, so it damnwell better not lol
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Posted in The Camp Half-Blood Chronicles(and other stuff by Rick Riordan.)
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: Yes agreed. My brother is happy and healthy in whichever camp he wants to be in, and I won't hear otherwise.
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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@Micki Chiba: I agree with that whole heatedly. Cr*p like Uncle Grandpa and the gross-out humor lowered the quality of entertainment and whole generations of children have suffered developmentally because of it.
I was lucky enough to have parents who didn't use the television as a babysitter, so they monitored what I watched and wouldn't let me watch things that were morally corrupt, disgusting in behavior or art, and empty of story, but I know that most people just view cartoons as all the same so they don't practice such diligence. But its hard to legislate what can be put on television, because when the government starts telling us what to see, we step closer to fascism - it impedes freedom of thought and expression.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance", and part of that is being vigilant about what our children are introduced to and allowed to emulate, because the government cannot be allowed to legislate the thoughts and ideas of its people. And that means for better or worse, because you cannot defend only what you agree with - all people's rights must be defended, or no one's rights have any value.
Anyway its almost 11pm here so i'm gonna get of this soap box and go to bed.
I was lucky enough to have parents who didn't use the television as a babysitter, so they monitored what I watched and wouldn't let me watch things that were morally corrupt, disgusting in behavior or art, and empty of story, but I know that most people just view cartoons as all the same so they don't practice such diligence. But its hard to legislate what can be put on television, because when the government starts telling us what to see, we step closer to fascism - it impedes freedom of thought and expression.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance", and part of that is being vigilant about what our children are introduced to and allowed to emulate, because the government cannot be allowed to legislate the thoughts and ideas of its people. And that means for better or worse, because you cannot defend only what you agree with - all people's rights must be defended, or no one's rights have any value.
Anyway its almost 11pm here so i'm gonna get of this soap box and go to bed.
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: I can only speak for Tennessee, which is where I got my Red Cross cert
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: I sure hope not, I like Disney a lot - not just as a fangirl of the content. Disney, at least theme parks, innovates technology, sets standards, and supports communities across the world. I plan to one day work with their Imagineering department.
@Micki Chiba: Think some states are close to that. Used to be that like you could only get your Red Cross babysitting license/certificate at 14
@Micki Chiba: Think some states are close to that. Used to be that like you could only get your Red Cross babysitting license/certificate at 14
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: tbh Tumblr is the worst of all humanity, and i'm basically only keeping my account because there are some useful posts there. 
But also theres a low chance, right now, that Disney will take Time Warner, because its parent is owned by Universal (which is part of Sony but I do not know the relationship), and Universal is about the only direct competition that Disney has in its particular genre of services and properties.
But also theres a low chance, right now, that Disney will take Time Warner, because its parent is owned by Universal (which is part of Sony but I do not know the relationship), and Universal is about the only direct competition that Disney has in its particular genre of services and properties.
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Posted in Xanthan's Xenodochial Xanadu
Posted 4 years ago
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@Xanthan: Aww dude that's really flattering! 
Also im a little dense, what is "ijs"??
Honestly if you felt like self-study I can point you to some videos that have been useful to me. I've only taken a couple real art classes a while ago, the rest has been trial and error and practice x')
Honestly I'm not sure how we're gonna go about distributing it, so it might be just a bit longer haha. I'll keep you updated on the status, though?
Top 5 Anime in no particular order are "Eureka 7" "Code Geass" "No Game No Life" "Assassination Classroom" and "The Seven Deadly Sins". (Also yeah honestly, I made the mistake of listing everything I'd ever seen and it was absurd.) I'm never like "up to date" on anime. I'm really picky about what I spend my time on since i have wayyyy too many projects going on lol, so like i watch things sometimes years after they come out haha.
Thank you so much for sharing these with me! The imagery paints the scene really clearly, and the emotions clearly are really deep and powerful!
Also im a little dense, what is "ijs"??Honestly if you felt like self-study I can point you to some videos that have been useful to me. I've only taken a couple real art classes a while ago, the rest has been trial and error and practice x')
Honestly I'm not sure how we're gonna go about distributing it, so it might be just a bit longer haha. I'll keep you updated on the status, though?
Top 5 Anime in no particular order are "Eureka 7" "Code Geass" "No Game No Life" "Assassination Classroom" and "The Seven Deadly Sins". (Also yeah honestly, I made the mistake of listing everything I'd ever seen and it was absurd.) I'm never like "up to date" on anime. I'm really picky about what I spend my time on since i have wayyyy too many projects going on lol, so like i watch things sometimes years after they come out haha.
Thank you so much for sharing these with me! The imagery paints the scene really clearly, and the emotions clearly are really deep and powerful!
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: Honestly, i doubt companies are ever truly malicious to their fan bases, but cartoon network is notorious for rejecting the demographics that actually watch their shows because it's not the one they [i]wanted[\i] for their shows. (See all of DC nation and GL:TAS, the fanbase was mostly preteen and teen girls, but they wanted it to be 9 y/0 boys)
But also I don't really care about the fanbase for any show, tbh. I lived on Tumblr for 10 years and I left for a reason. But Perversion always happens, tbh the SU fandom isn't half as bad to be in as say the BNHA fandom.
But honestly?? Fan behavior is not controlled by the producing company, let alone the creator. The Ben 10 fandom was very dangerous to be in, lots of inc*st and actual p*dophilia art showed up untagged in the general ben 10 tags. Its about the only good thing about the Tumblr NSFW ban.
Think about parent companies like gods -- they don't really care what the mortals are doing, why should they? Mortals are nothing to them, but they do give the gods more power. So let them be and reap the rewards.
But also I don't really care about the fanbase for any show, tbh. I lived on Tumblr for 10 years and I left for a reason. But Perversion always happens, tbh the SU fandom isn't half as bad to be in as say the BNHA fandom.
But honestly?? Fan behavior is not controlled by the producing company, let alone the creator. The Ben 10 fandom was very dangerous to be in, lots of inc*st and actual p*dophilia art showed up untagged in the general ben 10 tags. Its about the only good thing about the Tumblr NSFW ban.
Think about parent companies like gods -- they don't really care what the mortals are doing, why should they? Mortals are nothing to them, but they do give the gods more power. So let them be and reap the rewards.
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Posted in How's your ArtFight going?
Posted 4 years ago
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It's a little slow honestly haha, but that's my fault lol. This is my first year, so I didn't expect I'd get a bunch of interaction, but I did one attack and a revenge attack from that person. I think I'm more just honored that I got one at all especially since he's the protag of my manga omg : 
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Posted in Xanthan's Xenodochial Xanadu
Posted 4 years ago
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@Xanthan: Haha thanks so much for your words of validation 
I'm just glad it was so well received by the ones who did like it. If youd be comfortable with it, I'd love to check out your poetry sometime! Its such a subjective thing, and such a personal view into what someone values and how someone sees the world, I can absolutely understand anxiety when posting it!
We are actually really close to being done. We looked over the list last night haha, and its actually only a few items! Although some of them are kinda big items. But we went from 0 to this far in about 4 months! It's a system meant to be vaguely anime themed, but that is incredibly flexible and easily customizable. Ideally anything should be able to be made with it, but playtesting will tell us how much we've thought that through! He and I both have come against the problem that its hard to find systems that suit our worlds and stories, so we kind's just said screw it we'll make our own! x'D
I'm just glad it was so well received by the ones who did like it. If youd be comfortable with it, I'd love to check out your poetry sometime! Its such a subjective thing, and such a personal view into what someone values and how someone sees the world, I can absolutely understand anxiety when posting it!We are actually really close to being done. We looked over the list last night haha, and its actually only a few items! Although some of them are kinda big items. But we went from 0 to this far in about 4 months! It's a system meant to be vaguely anime themed, but that is incredibly flexible and easily customizable. Ideally anything should be able to be made with it, but playtesting will tell us how much we've thought that through! He and I both have come against the problem that its hard to find systems that suit our worlds and stories, so we kind's just said screw it we'll make our own! x'D
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Posted in The Lupa Clan: Where Werewolves plus other peoples gather
Posted 4 years ago
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Hey all, I'm a friend of Lupa's from Discord ^^ Just call me Bridgette, its nice to meet yall!
@Lupaprinceromulus: So i'm not terribly knowledgeable about the era's of cartoon network history, but the common thread to me has always been moeny. They realized with Johnny Test that they could produce basically garbage as long as it was bright and flashy, and it would make them a truckton. I think there was some scandal at the production side of JT that shut it down, otherwise i doubt it would have stopped.' Teen Titans Go is their refined product for the Johnny Test prototype. Its colorful and bouncy, so it sells to children. They play it 600 times a day, because it will absolutely get watched, which means they make bank. -- and while, yes, a new season of OF teen titans was supposedly funded on TTG, that's not really the end goal from cartoon network administration.
IMO, when the last vestiges of "Fridays" died out, so did the last true good in CN. Its an uphill battle for creators who want something valuable to get funded and produced. Steven Universe had almost 2 seasons of nearly no character growth, plot, or critical topics (ie blatant lgbt and POC representation) before it actually got to the important parts. All because R. Sugar had to basically sneak it in under CN's nose so that her show wouldn't get cancelled before she could tell her story.
@Lupaprinceromulus: So i'm not terribly knowledgeable about the era's of cartoon network history, but the common thread to me has always been moeny. They realized with Johnny Test that they could produce basically garbage as long as it was bright and flashy, and it would make them a truckton. I think there was some scandal at the production side of JT that shut it down, otherwise i doubt it would have stopped.' Teen Titans Go is their refined product for the Johnny Test prototype. Its colorful and bouncy, so it sells to children. They play it 600 times a day, because it will absolutely get watched, which means they make bank. -- and while, yes, a new season of OF teen titans was supposedly funded on TTG, that's not really the end goal from cartoon network administration.
IMO, when the last vestiges of "Fridays" died out, so did the last true good in CN. Its an uphill battle for creators who want something valuable to get funded and produced. Steven Universe had almost 2 seasons of nearly no character growth, plot, or critical topics (ie blatant lgbt and POC representation) before it actually got to the important parts. All because R. Sugar had to basically sneak it in under CN's nose so that her show wouldn't get cancelled before she could tell her story.
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Posted in This place is kinda neat
Posted 4 years ago
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@LupaPrinceRomulus: haha i don't know about famous, but the reception has been really nice! Thank you again for showing me this place! I'm really glad I joined
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Posted in This place is kinda neat
Posted 4 years ago
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@Xanthan: That would have been really cool! I'm really sorry to hear your ex couldn't be supportive about the project. It's really a lot of work to put together a comic, so maybe we can talk about your plansand making comics in the new forum too?
@0v7: I don't know! Maybe I should ask about it in the newbie help forum haha x'D
@0v7: I don't know! Maybe I should ask about it in the newbie help forum haha x'D
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Posted in Xanthan's Xenodochial Xanadu
Posted 4 years ago
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I love this so much! Also loving your new look!
I guess to answer your question the most recent thing is something that I didn't consider much of a risk at the time? My best friend irl and I are building a tabletop system, partly because we needed it to run tabletop stories we couldn't find a good system for, but also because the act of making it is keeping us sane during quarantine. But we're getting to the point where we need outside opinions to make sure everything works, since we're pretty like minded.
We put together a little document of the pieces we needed opinions on and we posted it. We hadn't really told anyone that we were working on it, or that we'd be asking for help if people were interested, and tbh we'd been riding the high of being excited and proud of our work. But when it came to posting it, it was really like,, anxiety causing. We put it in a discord where most of our tabletop friends gather, and that community is like 98% people I trust to be at least friendly. The first comment was from that 2%, though, and that super bugged me. I called that person out, but I wasn't doing it for my own benefit, it was more to make sure my best friend wasn't discouraged. Of course either that or the late hour killed the channel, but it picked up again the next morning and I was relieved. I was afraid by actually asserting myself I'd turn everyone off of actually looking at the thing we made. Later in that thread, when that 2% kept being rude, my best friend also put his foot down, and honestly I'm glad. He has a really high tolerance for mistreatment (and I have developed a very low one), but I was more relieved that he also felt empowered to stand up for himself.
The funny part was that I didn't really realize the "risk" until my dad - also mad at 2% for being a butt - brought it up that we'd shared a little secret part of ourselves to the greater group. And, barring that one guy, all of our friends were really supportive. They even took the time to give us some really depthful feedback that's seriously helped us out. It's been really nice to find out who we can rely on, ya know? Because like also a couple other people helped kinda redirect that rude guy, and it was nice to not have to hold the fort alone.
Anyway, I'm not super sure if that's the kind of thing you were looking for Xanthan, but i found the exchange interesting and reassuring.
I guess to answer your question the most recent thing is something that I didn't consider much of a risk at the time? My best friend irl and I are building a tabletop system, partly because we needed it to run tabletop stories we couldn't find a good system for, but also because the act of making it is keeping us sane during quarantine. But we're getting to the point where we need outside opinions to make sure everything works, since we're pretty like minded.
We put together a little document of the pieces we needed opinions on and we posted it. We hadn't really told anyone that we were working on it, or that we'd be asking for help if people were interested, and tbh we'd been riding the high of being excited and proud of our work. But when it came to posting it, it was really like,, anxiety causing. We put it in a discord where most of our tabletop friends gather, and that community is like 98% people I trust to be at least friendly. The first comment was from that 2%, though, and that super bugged me. I called that person out, but I wasn't doing it for my own benefit, it was more to make sure my best friend wasn't discouraged. Of course either that or the late hour killed the channel, but it picked up again the next morning and I was relieved. I was afraid by actually asserting myself I'd turn everyone off of actually looking at the thing we made. Later in that thread, when that 2% kept being rude, my best friend also put his foot down, and honestly I'm glad. He has a really high tolerance for mistreatment (and I have developed a very low one), but I was more relieved that he also felt empowered to stand up for himself.
The funny part was that I didn't really realize the "risk" until my dad - also mad at 2% for being a butt - brought it up that we'd shared a little secret part of ourselves to the greater group. And, barring that one guy, all of our friends were really supportive. They even took the time to give us some really depthful feedback that's seriously helped us out. It's been really nice to find out who we can rely on, ya know? Because like also a couple other people helped kinda redirect that rude guy, and it was nice to not have to hold the fort alone.
Anyway, I'm not super sure if that's the kind of thing you were looking for Xanthan, but i found the exchange interesting and reassuring.
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