tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post6828086345746270353..comments2024-03-29T02:08:43.739-05:00Comments on Diary of a Dorkette: Adora's Search for Honor Part 2: Chapter 26Michael Lynn P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-76270727741807312992012-08-06T15:20:50.433-05:002012-08-06T15:20:50.433-05:00Well I have read a few Spider Man comics in my day...Well I have read a few Spider Man comics in my day, but not enough to say I am a huge fan of him. I do like him as a character though and his sense of humor is reall fun. I love whenever there is a scene with him and Black Cat. the banter is always fun to read. Now I do like sme DC characters, I just have never really read anything. I've always heard good things though about particular arcs and whatnot. And I do follow the changes that go on, like the whole 52 thing. I just haven't read it. lol Maybe that will change.<br /><br />I do love Betty and Veronica. I used to read them a lot when I was younger, and I pick up some books every now and then. I love them. Archie comics are actually really good. I have always loved them, they were basically the old school 90210 teen type story. I love it. <br /><br />Now X-Men is a big deal for me because it was really the first comic series I was shown that really had such a great ensemble cast of female characters. There are so many diverse and wonderful female characters that I just have always liked reading the series. I also like the soapy elements that are also thrown into the series. As for Ellen Page as Kitty, I love the actress and the character but I never quite felt it. But I think that was because the third film had so much potential and it was just sort of meh. I mean after the first two, I was really expecting greatness, and the 3rd film just tried to tackle too much.Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-76501919992860251592012-08-06T02:15:33.186-05:002012-08-06T02:15:33.186-05:00I used to be a Marvel guy when I was a kid. My fav...I used to be a Marvel guy when I was a kid. My favorite title was -well, all of the Spider Man titles.Spidey really was the best super hero from about 1962 to 1994. He was funny, an every man and an antihero. The Sam Raimi films by the way, don't capture spider man as a character at all, mostly due to Tobey Maguire's awful portrayal. He does a good version of how Peter Parker acted when he was really nerdy and young , like in the first couple issues of the book-but he evolved into a funny confident, sarcastic awesome guy by the second year of the title. The movies make Peter Parker a complete dork who isn't even likable at all, and they don't make spiderman nearly funny enough with his quipping. It really made me mad, such a good director fucking up such a great character. (and would it have been so hard to have him make web shooters like he has in the comic instead of changing it to being organic?) I didn't even bother with the new spider man because I get so pissed off whenever they try to do a movie about him.<br /> Anyway, I loved spidey comics, but this was before they blew the continuity to hell and introduced "the scarlet spider" and made us believe that the Peter Parker we knew for years was a clone. This turned out to not be true, but the stain it left on the continuity could never be removed. I sort of dropped out of being a regular reader then of mainstream comics then. When I was young though I collected whatever books I could get my hands on.<br /> Then, in college, after I loved the Justice League cartoon and the Teen Titans cartoon so much, I started trying the DC titles more. They weren't that good at the time, but now, they relaunched the DC universe with this "new 52" thing. 52 rebooted titles starting over from a new issue one. There are no good comic book stores around where I live anymore so I have to buy the titles at the local grocery store like I did when I was really young! But the titles are good. I buy Jim Lee's Justice League every month now, and the Flash has been good lately too. <br />i also collect any old comics I can get, I love silver age stuff. And this is goofy, but I always buy Betty And Veronica every month. Archie has had a big influence on how I draw my girls. <br /> I always read x-men, it was THE most popular comic book in the 80's and 90's. but I was never obsessed with it. I actually thought they did a good job with the x-men movies because it would be impossible to make them exactly like the comics, so they had to just pick elements. But Patrick Stewart as the prof was perfect! And I really loved Ellen Page as Kitty in the oft-maligned third film.spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-23876478863171798152012-08-05T19:28:40.175-05:002012-08-05T19:28:40.175-05:00Oh my goodness! Your site sounds like it is going ...Oh my goodness! Your site sounds like it is going to be really good. I look forward to you getting it up and running. It sounds really cool. The drawing styles also sound really cool! I really look forward to the launch of your site.<br /><br />And I do read comics. Mostly X-Men titles, I have been reading steadily since 2000-2001, but I was reading on and off during the late '80s early '90s. I also read the Saga comic as well as the Mega Man series because I like how they are basically turning the video games into comic stories. I would probably read other titles, but with so many X-Books to read from, it is very difficult to read other stuff. What comics do you read?Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-3229837808977662432012-08-04T01:20:26.213-05:002012-08-04T01:20:26.213-05:00Actually Whedon I believe was a script doctor on t...Actually Whedon I believe was a script doctor on the first X-Men movie-or one of them, I believe he was the one who wrote the line where Wolverine call's Cyclops a dick.<br /> I didn't know you read comic books! I thought you just watch cartoons and collect toys but you read Astonishing X-Men? What other comics do you read?<br /> <br />The problem with my website is that I'm a control freak, I had wanted to work with a friend but he wanted to draw everything and I couldn't give up ALL of the art to someone. I may not be the worlds greatest cartoonist, but I like my style, and I couldn't just stick to writing. So now I'm going to be writing, inking, lettering, penciling and coloring all the comics myself, and I plan on doing seven different original series that will be ongoingon the site-I.E each character gets his or her own title to run on the site and each title will be about 22-23 pages per issue, like a normal comic book. So that's a lot of work. Fortunately I have at least the first five issues plotted for each character-and the other thing that helps is that my artwork style is(if you can picture this) a mix of Archie Comics, Harvey comics (I.E Casper, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff) and Hanna Barbera.( the more human looking Hanna Barbera stuff like Jabberjaw, scooby, and the HB superheros like Space Ghost, Galaxy Trio etc. that were designed by Alex Toth-also influenced by the shows that mixed the hero stuff with funny stuff, like Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles) <br /><br />So, even though the stories are more or less campy super hero fare, the art style is very cartoony. This is easier to do than drawing ultra realistic like modern mainstream comics, so it shouldn't take me forever to launch at least the start of it.spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-58930560192039027182012-08-03T14:34:58.742-05:002012-08-03T14:34:58.742-05:00Well I do have a secret confession, there are part...Well I do have a secret confession, there are parts of Batman and Robin that I do actually enjoy. Ume Thurman's Poison Ivy was a lot of fun. I think the dark stuff isn't bad, but I really enjoy when there is a mixture. Especially when there is a nod and wink style of humor too. I like the characters providing a sense of humor in their context, but also saying something that is like an inside joke for the audience. Those moments are really fun, which is one reason why I love reading X-Men comics. And Joss Whedon is fantastic. Super fantastic. His run with Buffy and even the Astonishing X-Men was just amazing. If they were going to do a sequel to the original X-Men movies, I would want him involved. I really think he knows how to blend all kinds of great story elements together. <br /><br />I would maybe post the original character material on here, but I would get it copyrighted first. I am a trusting person and couldn't imagine that someone would want to take my ideas, but I also wouldn't want to leave anything open. I will eventually share that though, I think people would be interested in it. and you better let me know when you get a site set up for your comics, your ideas sound so cool and I look forward to seeing what you do with it. : )Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-74231039425605903232012-08-02T23:01:11.835-05:002012-08-02T23:01:11.835-05:00I think the movie "Batman and Robin" rui...I think the movie "Batman and Robin" ruined the reputation of camp forever in the mainstream. Although, when I watch that movie on tv when I'm drunk, I actually really enjoy it! It's like so over the top that it falls into the so bad it's good territory. My friends and I when I worked at DQ always used to quote Mister Freeze! <br /> Problem is, after the first Tim Burton Batman movies and the animated series first incarnation, the mainstream couldn't accept a campy batman anymore. In the comic books he had been heading towards the "dark night" image ever since the 70's-but in the cartoons that aired up until BMTAS (like Super Friends) they still depicted him as campy, so it was really the first Tim Burton Film that caused the sea change in how mainstream America saw Batman. Batman the Brave and the Bold was a good attempt at bringing camp back into the animated cartoons, and even the Justice League Animated Series(which was maybe the best superhero cartoon ever) which was a continuation of BMTAS could often get pretty campy. But in the movies people want "the Dark Knight" now, and they despise the camp image of the silver age stuff and TV show. It's a shame because people forget sometimes that comic books are supposed to be fun. Darkness is fine too, but can't we have room for both? I mean these are people in capes for cripes sake! How seriously can we take this stuff? "Avengers" was a good balance, not dark at all,but with serious moments, just the right amount of camp and some intentional outright comedy-but of course it was Joss Whedon so I shouldn't have expected anything less. <br /> Will you ever post your original character material on the blog? Or would you want to get it copyrighted first?I am going to start a website for my comics at some point( at which point I guess I will probably have to reveal to you my real name so you can see them!)but I'm gonna see if I can copyright my "universe" first, because I heard you can do that instead of doing one character at a time.spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-14443527379142991252012-08-02T21:43:39.588-05:002012-08-02T21:43:39.588-05:00Well I think most of the characters are virgins. F...Well I think most of the characters are virgins. Frosta is not one of them. lol I wouldn't say she is a globe trotter, but she has experienced intimacy. I wouldn't say it is a frequent event, but that is partially due to just who she is as a person. She is, in a word, picky. Now as for the others, it may be obvious for some, but for others I will leave it with a bit of mystery.<br /><br />But with aging, I have always thought of them as being in their 20s. I know Adam was meant to be seen as a teen, but in this story I like to think of them as being a lil older. Angella is obviously older because she is Glimmer's mother, but I think the group of Adora, Bow, Catra, Sea Hawk, Perfuma, and Mermista are very close in age, while Frosta is a couple years older and Glimmer is a couple years younger. Castaspella is in between Frosta and Angella. I think of the Adora group as being in their mid 20s and Glimmer is in her early 20s. <br /><br />Now I do think these characters have concepts on death and what may happen after they die, but I kinda think of it as, once the Horde has taken what it wants from a planet, than all the hope and magic that is gone leads to despair which then leads to people wanting to search for a god and forming religion as a way to cope with the loss of magic making thinks easy in many aspects of life.<br /><br />Now I love camp (I am a huge soap fan) but I like a blend of things. I like it all. I like crazy campy out of control moments that can then become serious or filled with action. I think a good story has to have all kinds of storytelling tools to make it something worth investing in. Because you are right, a story with a character named Vampra can not be taken too seriously, but there is so much love and excitement for these characters that it is also taken seriously too. I love stories with a bit of everything.<br /><br />As for my own stories that I have created myself, it all depends on what I want to tell. Some stories lend to a mix of things, while other stories are just pure camp while some can be serious. It really just depends on what I am wanting to tell. I'm glad you like these various elements and also embrace camp. I feel like sometimes people don't know what to think about camp and it gets a bad reputation.Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-12717136008586447312012-08-01T23:53:26.680-05:002012-08-01T23:53:26.680-05:00Even Frosta's a virgin? She seems so "bee...Even Frosta's a virgin? She seems so "been there, down that darling!"<br />I guess another point to consider is, how old are these girls supposed to be?<br />I don't remember if ages were ever revealed for the characters in anything before-I know Adam is supposed to be a teen so that would make Adora a teen too right? If they are twins. But if they transform do their physical bodies age for that time? <br />I have always felt He-Man came across as an adult and so did She-Ra. Like when they transform they must age to be in their 30's.<br /> And the other girls, I dunno, Glimmer seems youngish-but all of them were drawn to look pretty mature. Late twenties early 30's looking to me. Of course, when I was a kid teenagers looked very old to me, like being 16 was like being a hundred years old. I guess it's all in your perspective. <br /> Religion in fiction is always tough- I guess in Star Wars you have the force, which is complex but they seem to get it, and there doesn't seem to be a supreme being. In Marvel comics meanwhile, you have characters rooted in Christianity like "the son of Satan"-interacting with Greek Mythological characters like Hercules and Norse Mythological characters like Thor who all have their various gods and godesses to answer to! It's a sticky wicket.<br /><br />As for swearing-I understand if you don't want to use that kind of language for character based reasons, like "Adora would be too proper to say that" and such, but I do see Catra as being someone who use the word bitch in combat. <br /> I don't think you have to worry about swearing making the dialog seem too campy because nothing in the history of the universe has ever been as campy as the motu universe! I don't think anything could make it more campy. In fact, the swearing is one of the aspects of your fan fic-(along with the drinking) that makes it slightly more realistic feeling than the actual shows were. I personally LOVE camp-but there are two kinds of it. The camp that's intended to be camp ( like the films of John waters, the Adam West Batman Show, Rocky Horror) and camp that had been intended to be taken seriously, but was later recognized for it's camp value (50's B movies, old comic books, some soap operas) I think motu fits in the second category because the audience it was intended for was children. So they were supposed to take it seriously. It wasn't like Batman of the 60's show where kids took it seriously, but the adults could watch it too and get that they were winking and nudging the whole time.When your a kid it's action adventure, when you see it as an adult it's hilarious intentional satire.<br /> My comic book characters I've created as a writer/cartoonist are all that type of cheesy on purpose kind of thing. I love that feel, cuz you can come up with something as ridiculous as having a girl become a flying cave woman with a magic spear that the characters will take seriously, but you know the audience will laugh at how insane it is. It's more fun for me than being straight up "funny" where you need to have a gag at the end of every single line, or straight up "serious"-where you have to be super dark about things like death and violence.<br /> I like how in your fic for she-ra, you mix in the down to earth reality of the horror of death and such, but that you haven't lost touch of the ability to embrace the campy feel of the original by doing things like making a character be named "Vampra" with a species called "pyres"-which is in touch with the original feel because it's in the vein of having a character whose a mechanic, who has a mechanical neck, whose name is "Mechaneck." <br /> It's an interesting mixture, and I have to wonder if in your own original fiction, with characters you've invented yourself, if you lean more towards a camp style, a realist approach, or this "Search for Honor" type of a mix.spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-85028246974813713372012-07-31T22:11:21.092-05:002012-07-31T22:11:21.092-05:00And as a P.S. there are a few reasons why religion...And as a P.S. there are a few reasons why religion is not really brought up in this story. One is personal, I wouldn't want religion to try and mirror how it is thought of on Earth, but the other has to do with magic. The way I have thought of it on Etheria, is that with the use of magic and having these powers, Etherians have not really had to formalize ideas on a god or whatever. I hope this doesn't sound vague, but it is something that will be addressed as the story goes on, sort of as an aside.Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-73640269636749535762012-07-31T22:01:39.325-05:002012-07-31T22:01:39.325-05:00Well I don't know that Glimmer and Sea Hawk wo...Well I don't know that Glimmer and Sea Hawk would get it on, but I do view Glimmer as a virgin in this story. I actually think of most of the characters being virgins, if only because there have been other experiences and worries that they have had to deal with, so recreational activities like sex, lol don't really happen as often. <br /><br />And as for damn, I think of it more like being akin to a curse or a hex, or condemning something. Like I don't usually think of that word being only assoiated with religion. I know that it has been used in religious scripture and goes hand in hand with that, but I could also imagine that word coming up in some sort of context. Especially when Etheria has been plagued by oppression and oppressive forces. So I don't think if the word was used that it would be like, "I'm condemning you to hell." If that makes sense. I do think that the word damn would exist without hell.<br /><br />And in terms of curse words, I guess what I should say is that those words would exist, but I don't know that they would be used regularly. I dunno. I guess that is just my own preference though because I may use certain curse words in my daily life, but I don't know that they need to be over used. I feel like once those words are used over and over, something gets lost. I don't know how to explain it. Like in our society certain curse words elicit a reaction, they are loaded. I'm not sure that they would be loaded in the same way. Like I can't imagine Catra and Adora fighting and saying, "I hate you bitch!" or "Oh you are such a bitch!" Like I feel like it would be comical. I would need to go back and see if I have used that kind of sentence before, but I think that in some instances the use of a curse word could makethe dialogue come off campy or a bit over the top. I hope I am making sense. It does make it hard though, because there are times where I want to write something but once it is typed, I'm like, "Would I like hearing that? Or would it seem off or silly?" I dunno, it gets tricky.Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-11273610267630275522012-07-31T19:28:25.796-05:002012-07-31T19:28:25.796-05:00Maybe sea hawk and glimmer could get something goi...Maybe sea hawk and glimmer could get something going on-There are really only two big male characters in the rebellion, and I know he's got a think for Adora, but so does Bow. There aren't really a lot of males to go around for all the ladies. Although I do seem to remember seeing pics of Frosta being pretty sweet on He-Man,but he seems predestined to be with Teela-which I don't know, I was never a huge Teela fan-she makes sense for Adam, but not so much for He-Man. <br /> I forget how much you've delved into these characters sexual experience levels -but glimmer has GOT to be a virgin-am I right? Frosta seems like she's been around the block a bit, either that or she just talks big. But Glimmer needs to have some sex.<br />And you have to be careful about what words can and cannot be used in a world without a God or a Haven or Hell. Fuck, shit, cock etc. etc. can be used in a world without a heaven or hell to believe in, but you used "damn" in this one somewhere. I'ts a theological query, but would "damn" still exist without hell? I mean "doom" could, you could be doomed to anything, but "damn" is pretty explicitly religious. Maybe Etherians have a different place they damn things to. Like Despondos or somewhere.spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-84652485442671562262012-07-30T14:06:15.564-05:002012-07-30T14:06:15.564-05:00I loved the exchange between Sea Hawk and Glimmer....I loved the exchange between Sea Hawk and Glimmer. I want to try and get everyone interacting with each other, not just in big fight scenes. So I loved the idea of Sea Hawk and Glimmer uniquely bonding. Because they are really sooo different, his wanting to drink and being a bit brash and her being cheery and looking at the bright side of things. No matter what Glimmer has been through, I want her to always have the lightness to her.<br /><br />As for Frosta's quote, I debated phrasing it like that because there are some words I do not want to use in this story. For example I don't use the word God or hell, or Earth. I want this to be a world where there are certain concepts and words that they don't know about. And "fuck" was going to be one at first, but then I thought it would be an appropriate word for Frosta because she tries to maintain a certain demeanor. And when she gets so upset or annoyed at something, I could imagine her saying something like that.<br /><br />Skeletor, for me, will always be about his own needs first and foremost. At one time the Horde may have served him a purpose, but now they do not. Though the Horde is totally trying to keep him in that vise grip.<br /><br />Vampra is a character I made up. She is not from the cartoon or toyline. Eternia had the Snake Men for a group of evil beings after the planet, and I wanted to have a group of similar beings that have long been trying to take over Etheria. So I thought it would be cool to have an ancient race of vampires on Etheria, but they are called Pyres and Vampra is their leader. The Horde has immobolized them, like they did with the Snake Men, but now the Pyres are making a comeback! I introduced them in Part 1, and in the next chapter there will be a recap on them.Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-81463039313821787072012-07-30T01:53:38.649-05:002012-07-30T01:53:38.649-05:00I love sea hawk even more now that I know he is a ...I love sea hawk even more now that I know he is a day drinker-I would need some hooch myself to deal with someone as aggressively chipper as Glimmer that early in the morning. <br /> Although the quote of the week award goes to frosta."bugs fucking in the woods" was priceless. Just even imagining the word fuck existing in the She-ra universe is hysterical. <br /> Glad old bone face made an appearance, and that he is not a willing servant of the horde.<br /> I don't remember Vampra though. <br />I'll have to look into that character. Was she a vampire?spazzblisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-73403412069928000612012-07-29T01:02:35.722-05:002012-07-29T01:02:35.722-05:00Thank you! I wanted to make sure I kept Skeletor&#...Thank you! I wanted to make sure I kept Skeletor's story as close to the mini-comics, cartoons, and bio as possible. There wil be some things about him that will be "new" and unique for this fanfic, but I really love what has been established for how Skeletor became Skeletor.<br /><br />And poor Glimmer indeed! As for who is jumping out after her, it might be the cocoon winged woman, and it might not! : )Michael Lynn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03371185397200027726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132358890134520474.post-39990785165525598862012-07-28T23:50:56.553-05:002012-07-28T23:50:56.553-05:00nice . for espically love skelator being a prison...nice . for espically love skelator being a prison cell and tieing his origin as keldor fused with demo man plus even Hordak not trusting him. poor glimmer she seems to not only be bad in love but now Perfumas little surprise from the cocoon has now taken her as its next victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com