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Everyone seems to be writing the fascinating and hilarious little informative capsules of

kadrin’s invention on their original universes, and it looks rather like fun but I cannot join in on account of not having any original universes of my own, alas. I am just not an innovative person, which is sad. It’s why I don’t write original fiction and why I like those ‘prompt me to write’ memes and playing the ‘Go On, Write The Crackfic, You Know You Want To’ game: I can write once I’ve got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself. My 2004 NaNo was original fiction, and I quickly discovered that I was completely incapable of creating a world that made the least amount of sense: I blatantly ripped off Silent Hill, stuck features wherever I needed them regardless of whether it was remotely logical (‘A TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA OF PERPETUAL SNOW AND COLDNESS? WHY NOT?’*) and was so engrossed in making the characters yell at each other that I failed to notice that I had inadvertently made them complete idiots by having them walk to their destination instead of taking the already-established train.

My point is that ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN CREATE HUGE AND DETAILED AND FASCINATING FICTIONAL UNIVERSES SUCK, and that all those of you who are interested in huge and detailed and fascinating fictional universes should definitely check out

kadrin’s notes on Avarr, the awesome awesome awesome original universe about which I never tire of finding out more and for which I envy him hugely. And look! Here is his fiction set in it, although I am sure that there has got to be more of it somewhere, and basically the entire point of this post is that

kadrin is amazing.

And now I must apologise to him for being ever-so-slightly creepy and fangirlish. Sorry,

kadrin.

* not an actual example.

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Having characters yell at each is more fun anyway :p. Plus, by having them walk there the story would take longer which ups your word count! All my nano stuff is 'original' too in that I've ripped off things as well and the only two recurring characters are Kyle Katarn, who is a Jedi from the Star Wars game universe, and Russell Watson, who is a British singer.

No, don't ask me why I brought those two in it, I'm not entirely sure why I did that myself.

Having them walk there did wonders for my word count, but it made no logical sense. Still, there's only so much you can have the characters do on a train.

and the only two recurring characters are Kyle Katarn, who is a Jedi from the Star Wars game universe, and Russell Watson, who is a British singer.

I find this indescribably awesome, and I have no idea why. It's just such a random combination! (Do they fight crime together?)

Well, Kyle fights crime with his light sabre, and Russell follows him around because in Nano 2003 Kyle killed Russell, in Nano 2004 Russell sued Kyle and it was deemed appropriate punishment for Kyle to be stalked by Russell, which led to Russell whining about being forced to be around Kyle, and in Nano 2005 they did cameo appearances from a desert, and in Nano 2006 they annoy the author into writing Russell back to life so they can once again go their seperate ways.

It, er, is supposed to make more sense in the nano's themselves.

On a train there could've been a robbery! With cowboys!

...I am very impressed that you spent two years writing NaNo with a character who was dead.

On a train there could've been a robbery! With cowboys!

There could have! Damn it, why didn't I think of that?

Russell made a very handy ghost, although sometimes he touched stuff and sometimes he whined about being incorporeal and others made him walk through doors so the continuity was WAY off but I got plenty of word count out of his arguements with Kyle.

See, cowboy robbery, remember it for next year.

I can write once I've got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself.

I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I FEEL IT SO VERY MUCH.

I AM SO GLAD THAT I AM NOT ALONE.

ALSO YOU HAVE THE BEST DOCTOR WHO ICONS IN THE WORLD AND I JUST WENT TO LOOK AT YOUR OTHER ICONS AND OMG YOU HAVE AN ICON OF GENERAL LEE. GENERAL LEE! WHAT SORT OF LUNATIC ICONS TAKESHI'S CASTLE? AN AWESOME LUNATIC, THAT'S WHAT.

My last English coursework was awful, I tell you, well it wasn't, it was alright once I got started, but it was basically "write 1500 on ANYTHING AT ALL LOL! LOOK AT YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, DO YOU?!" The week I spent staring at a blank Word document was hell.

HAHAHAHAHA GENERAL LEE! I haven't watched Takeshi's Castle in about eighteen months. I actually miss it. If it makes it slightly less lunatic, I only made one icon. However, I should probably retract the "not a lunatic" thing and say that I quite clearly would have made more if a) there were any more pictures or b) anyone at all would actually want them, which seemed incredibly unlikely. And also, have you heard the Docteur Qui Belgian Jazz thing? IT IS THE BEST EVER. "Il voyage dans la TARDIS--la boite de telephone!"

RISIKO/AVARUS REMAINS MY OTP

I feel the urge to link to the actual good Avarr stuff I have written, and I shall! ...Some time soon. When my brain is less mushy.

I look forward to this linking enormously! I really need to set some time aside and read through everything Avarr-related ever, because your recent capsules have reminded me of just how awesome it is.

(Also I have now seen the first four episodes of Avatar, and, although I'm not insanely addicted yet, I definitely intend to keep watching.)

I don't think I was insanely addicted after the first four episodes, myself. Though there were two moments that I have since watched over and over again:

- Zuko's Agni Kai with Zhao. Mostly because it was awesome and the bit where he does the flip and the music is all quiet for a moment and then it comes back up and goes DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE, and partly because he is not wearing a shirt and I can be shallow when it comes to Zuko sometimes.
- Sokka crossdressing, entirely because it is hilarious.

I think I wasn't really addicted until The Storm, and not really insanely addicted until The Blue Spirit. So, one never knows. THINGS COULD GO EITHER WAY.

[I can write once I’ve got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself.]

DO YOU WANT IDEAS? I CAN GIVE YOU IDEAS. I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS THAT WILL NEVER GET WRITTEN. YOU MAY HAVE THESE IDEAS. AND MORE ARE ALWAYS ON THE WAY.

I KNOW BETTER TO ACCEPT AN OFFER OF IDEAS INVOLVING THE MAGIBRAIN ICON, MADAM. But thank you for the offer, even though I 'eep'ed out loud and physically backed away from the computer when I saw it.

Man, I knew I should have used the "Dude!" icon instead.

Also, thanks to you I now have an idea for a fic on the forbidden love between Zell and Squall's Revolver. I'd say you owe me something, but I made you write Pyramid-Head-is-Quistis fic.

thanks to you I now have an idea for a fic on the forbidden love between Zell and Squall's Revolver.

...I have absolutely no idea how I managed that, but I am so proud of myself. I cannot wait to see this.

You linked to

personobjectotp and my brain did the rest. (Also in the works: Sam Carter/Stargate.)

Amusingly enough, the recent infodump EXPLOSIONS have already brought to birth at least one new original universe from someone without one, just so he could infodump about it damnit.

(What I am really saying here is; You want the Most Angry At Infodumpers Award? Baby (http://eisenhart.livejournal.com/37974.html), you will have to Work at it (http://eisenhart.livejournal.com/38173.html).

With rage.)

...I think this is like the second time I have commented on a entry of yours since we mutually did the 'friends' thing.

Hello!

To be perfectly accurate, it's the twenty-eighth. I think that you're thinking of the number of times I've commented on your entries, because I am utterly utterly useless at commenting. But hello regardless!

...did you do some research to find that number, or did you know it off the top of your head?

(It is okay to not comment. I plan to make a post consisting solely of the words "CARS SEXY MEN CARS" to ensure you fulfill your comment quota.)

Much as I'd love to be able to say that I just knew it, I had to do some research (although not very well, because I now realise that it was at least the twenty-ninth).

I plan to make a post consisting solely of the words "CARS SEXY MEN CARS" to ensure you fulfill your comment quota.

Hee! That would be the perfect strategy to draw me in, were it not for the fact that I am particularly attracted to a man so unsexy that I went looking for a picture to illustrate this, kept on looking because I wanted to find a picture of him that wasn't so hideous that I was embarrassed to show it to you, and eventually gave up.

"CARS UGLY MEN MAKING WITTICSMS AND BEING EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY HOMOEROTIC CARS (harry potter torchwood doctor who)"?

I will land upon the Perfect Formula.

(Also, how do you do this research? I find the concept of comment hunting interesting.)

"CARS UGLY MEN MAKING WITTICSMS AND BEING EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY HOMOEROTIC CARS (harry potter torchwood doctor who)"?

Oh, yes.

(With the miracle of Gmail's marvellous 'search e-mails' function and my utter inability to make myself delete any comment notifications ever. Hurrah!)

Oh, good Lord, I feel so inadequate. Obviously I am absolutely useless at being angry for reasons of questionable validity.

But walking is better than taking the train.

I have original universes but no one ever hears about them because they hate me. They walk up to me and are all, "Hey, so, here we are with this totally awesome idea. Look at our awesomeness. Wouldn't this be fun to write?"

Of course! So I spend a little while pondering it all, then go to write it.

"Hooray!" declares the universe, before promptly sticking its tongue out (and since when did universes even have tongues, I mean really) and running away. FRUSTRATION!

...Then they come back a few months later and we do the whole thing all over again.

So I am terribly envious of people who can actually write their original stuff. Darn them! *shakes fist*

But walking is better than taking the train.

That was... pretty much the excuse I used when I realised. "WE HAVE TO WALK. WE ARE HEROES. WHOEVER HEARD OF A HERO TAKING THE TRAIN?"

(and since when did universes even have tongues, I mean really)

This made me giggle out loud. I love your comments so much!

WHOEVER HEARD OF A HERO TAKING THE TRAIN?

Well, off the top of my head, Squall does, but look where that gets him! ZOMBIES. (And lots of other nasty things, but zombie body-doubles are the most immediate problem.)

I love your comments so much!

And, uh, wow. Thanks!

That's true: taking the train in the VIII universe can never mean anything good. Either you're going to be roped into a mad scheme involving running over the roofs of trains and hanging precariously off the side while entering codes, or you're going to fall unconscious and hallucinate about being Galbadian soldiers, or Selphie is going to stand at the window singing 'Train, Train, Take Us Away', and nobody wants that.

It was probably better that they walked.

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.

And maybe a little bit mine. BUT MOSTLY YOURS.

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Richard nodded. “He’s been trying to write poetry to it, I think, and has been doodling. See, look, those are little hearts.”

“No, they’re not,” Jeremy declared after a brief examination. “Richard, the Stig is not in love with the Koenigsegg. You can’t fall in love with a car.”

“You fell in love with that Veyron,” James said, taking the wad of rejected poetry.

“That was different! The Veyron was an amazing car, and there will never be another one like it ever, and it’s the best car of our time!”

“I bet you wrote poetry for the Veyron,” Richard replied. “And then threw it away because it was horribly bad and you didn’t want anyone to see it.”

“Either way,” Jeremy said loudly, “Stig is not in love with the Koenigsegg. He just likes it a lot. Perfectly natural.”

"See, look, those are little hearts."

I love this so much!

Hee, I love it when Jeremy 'declares' things. It's got such an air of 'I'M RIGHT AND I AM ALWAYS RIGHT' about it. And "You can't fall in love with a car. Well, yes, I did, but that was different."

And ahahaha loudly changing the subject! He so did write poetry for the Veyron.

I think everything Jeremy says has an air of 'I'M RIGHT AND HOW DARE YOU SAY OTHERWISE PUNY MORTAL'.

"He so did write poetry for the Veyron."

But it WAS horribly bad, I bet.

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