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openmoments

"I'd love to leave my door unlocked when I leave the house, but this ain't Canada!"

Jun 08, 2010 16:51

Dear Marvel,

Thank you for owning Iron Man. And thank you for turning the comics into movies. Even though Iron Man 2 was crap compared to the first movie, Tony Stark is fucking ace and exactly my type of hero. The fact that he's completely made of sex doesn't hurt, of course. His lines are like gold, except I can't sell them.

Love,

-A

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darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 02:07:31 UTC

Iron Man is awesome.

And anti-heroes make the world go around. Or the galaxy spin.

(I think I misposted this before)

openmoments June 9 2010, 04:08:43 UTC

I really need to go comic book hunting now. Srsly. The original source is (usually!) 1223904390% better than the movies SO I AM THINKING THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA!!

And anti-heroes make the world go around. Or the galaxy spin.

THIS THIS THIS!!! -squishes her anti-heroes- This is what I want more of!!

Ahahaha. It's not a problem. =B

darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 04:37:37 UTC

Have fun with the comics! I should check out more about Cade Skywalker.

I like anti-heroes because I like taking a villian and showing where the villian might acutually have a good point. Or, if the villian is so rotten and bad, they deserve the meanest fate done to them by someone who isn't squimish about getting nasty. I could be wrong, but from what I've learned about Darth Krayt, he seems kind of pathetic in a way, and a waste of a hot jedi master that he was. IDK, I need to actually read the story.

Hey that little car thing you have in front of user names instead of the lj head thingy, how do you do that? I've been doing a lot of work on my journal changing its look into something I like, learning a little bit of the web design. (I'm so seriously going to learn web design)

openmoments June 9 2010, 04:52:49 UTC

They're ending the Legacy comics soon, which is the verse Cade's part of. :( The last comic comes out in July. DO NOT WANT THE ENDING!!!!! =(

I just like them because, even though they keep saying they're not the right person for the job, even though they seem too bad to be good, they end up making the right choices in the moments where it matters the most

If you go to this link
and if you scroll to the very bottom, there's the CSS to have them show up. Just sub the links for the mini!icons you want. =B Hopefully that helped!

darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 05:09:35 UTC

Thanks for the css info! Check out my journal, it's totally opposite yours, all black with these big letters in white (I'm kind of farsighted) I worked all night on it, trying to get the right effect with the features I want.

Yeah, I hate it when a good series ends. I know what you're saying, the rough guy ends up doing the right thing even though he feels like killing everyone bothering him XD

Love the icon!

openmoments June 9 2010, 05:18:21 UTC

Not a problem! Hopefully you end up getting what you want with your journal! =D I just use pre-made layouts. Though...I don't really like the pink on this one. I've gotten used to it though, and I like the simplicity! =D

I'm hoping someone will continue it. Or...I could justwrite more fanfic for it. Except there doesn't seem to be a lot of people out there who are Legacy fans online. :(

Thanks. =D

darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 05:33:19 UTC

My journal's mostly what I want it to be, thanks =D, still working on details.

I would go ahead and write the fics, you never know. I've been posting mine in my journal, and I don't know how many people would be interested in it. It's mostly about Revan and Malak, and some (sensible) OCs I've made to fit into the Knights of the Old Republic theme. To me it's more important to have a few people who really get into it, rather than a bunch of people who are snarky. IDK, I'm pretty new at this.

openmoments June 9 2010, 05:38:44 UTC

That's good!

Oh no. I definitely agree. And as soon as I get my hands on some more Knights of the Old Republic comics I'll be checking out your fics. I'm just not as in tune with the verse as I'd like and want to know what's going on before checking out fics.

And I'm still planning on writing them, but I do want to try and find out what kind of fan base there is. BEcause there's got to be SOME people out there who like it as much as I do! It wouldn't be so popular if there weren't!

darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 06:05:20 UTC

I'm sure there's people out there who will be into Cade as more people discover him and Krayt. Star Wars is just so popular that it will never die.

I'm not really following the KotOR comics that came out recently. I wrote most of my stuff after playing the xbox game made by Bioware,, and from the old comics by Darkhorse about Exar Kun and Nomi Sunrider, which was long before those new comics. The new comics are retcon to me, as I'm following the spirit of KotOR 1. I have a whole bunch of fic that I am slowly fixing up and putting on my journal. It's essentially AU because I am mostly writing about the Dark Side Revan, who is not canon. And my light side version will be a bit more canon compliant. A little bit more.

openmoments June 9 2010, 22:09:51 UTC

Apparently all I have to do is google it. There were a few places that I found. I'll look into it more as school finishes. I agree. Fandoms may come and go (though a lot of really good staying power) and Star Wars is one that's definitely stood the test of time.

Really? I've been dropping the ball on KotOR because I've been trying to catch/keep up with Legacy, but as soon as it's over, that's what I'm turning my attention to. That and Invasion, which is amazing as well. I don't play video games, so that would be why. And AU fics are always fun. Well, the well written ones certainly are. :D

darth_eldritch June 9 2010, 23:42:45 UTC

I'm finding fandoms that are for old stuff and for things that I never thought there would be fanfic for. People really do get into a lot of things, no matter how old it is ( ... )

openmoments June 10 2010, 05:35:04 UTC

This is true. That's what keeps fandoms alive, in my opinion.

I'll definitely have to check that out sometime! And here's the link to the Cade story: http://onyxexistance.livejournal.com/106027.html#cutid1

Let me know what you think. :)

darth_eldritch June 10 2010, 06:55:13 UTC

I like! It was artfully done to show the more vulnerable side of the tough guy without him becoming embarassingly gooey with emotion.

Cade smokes deathsticks in canon?

openmoments June 10 2010, 16:04:57 UTC

Thank you! I hate it when people turn their bad guys into woobies to show weakness. Bad authors! That's honestly one of my greatest fears while writing; that I'll end up turning an amazing character into something pathetic.

Cade is a serious druggie in canon. He fights it for a good portion of the comic series. It was actually brought back up in a recent issue.

darth_eldritch June 10 2010, 16:26:37 UTC

:) It was well done, how you had it from the Twi'lek woman's POV and it creates sympathy for him.

I find that interesting about Cade and addiction problems because it's like they would never show that in Star Wars, especially the death stick thing. I have a couple of OCs who smoke cigarras, one occasionally, and the other fairly often, and I felt that challenges the SW theme of no smoking.

openmoments June 10 2010, 16:57:26 UTC

Well, Cade has no qualms about who he sleeps with. =P

I thought death sticks were introduced in A New Hope, when they're in the Mos Eisley Cantina. Or maybe that wasn't until Attack of the Clones. Either way, it was with Obi-Wan. And Jedi don't deal with things that will become addicting. Though, once Cade's dad dies and he becomes a space pirate, he doesn't exactly embrace the ways of the Jedi. In issue #46 he says that he's neither Sith nor Jedi: he hates he Sith, but he's not good enough for the Jedi. One of my favourite moments. Ever.

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