Arasoi

[quote][i]Originally posted by Dragonstar[/i] [b]I have a nice little philosphy on this... if you feel like doing something that coud be considered childish (within reason, obviously) then go do it, even if you think you're too old. Don't be in hurry to grow up, cos you'll miss childhood once it's gone. Growing old is compulsory, growing up is not. ^_^[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]I agree entirely. I wanted to go trick-or-treating this year, but my parents wouldn't let me, because they said I was too old. Too bad my parents don't share in that philosophy... Plus, I didn't have a costume, and I'm not so desperate for sugar that I'd go around in normal clothes and deprive little kids of their candy. Maybe next year, though. ^^[/color]

[color=royal blue]In the end, I guess it's all just based on what your definition of anime is. I don't really know what to think of Teen Titans. What I consider anime to be is Japanese animation, but Metatron and Rockstar Haruko brought up good points as well.[/color] [quote][i]Originally posted by Metatron[/i] [b]So... if a Japanese producer, along with an entire team of Japanese artists make an animation in... lets say Australia, then it automatically doesn't become anime?[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]I used to consider anime to be any cartoon done by a Japanese artist, but this made me think about it more. If an American drew a cartoon and a Japanese producer drew the same thing, would they both be considered anime? Now, I think they both would. That makes the most sense, because then no one but Japanese people would ever be able to make anime, and that doesn't really make much sense to me.[/color] [quote][i]Originally posted by Rockstar Haruko[/i] [b]Let's also not forget that Japanese animation was influenced by American animation. I can't remember where I read it, but little details on Disney characters, like the big eyes (i.e. The Little Mermaid, Bambi), were adopted into anime. So I don't think that it's right to say whether something like Teen Titans is "wannabe" or not. Both kinds of animations have borrowed something from each other. They're even.[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]If Japanese animation was influenced by American animation, then it doesn't seem like it should really matter what the artist's ethnicity is. Both American and Japanese animation are connected, so I guess it's just a matter of opinion, and your own definition of anime. And still...I remain undecided.[/color]

[color=royal blue]As usual, I can relate to this poem, especially now. That poem describes how I feel constantly, particularly now, from events that have been happening over the past few days. It's an awful feeling, one that no one should have to experience. Regardless, though, many do...every day. Stereotypes rule this world, and they hurt everyone to varying degrees. Well, anyway...that's enough of my rambling. This poem was absolutely beautiful. The lines go together so well, and when I read it out loud to myself it sounded wonderful. I was almost moved to tears...it's very sad. "Hated" is definitely my favorite out of all your poems thus far. And...I hope the response to your letter was a good one...but...somehow, from the poem, I get the feeling that it didn't go too well. If that's true, then I'm very sorry. I hope you feel better.[/color]

[color=royal blue]Goodness. With all the short responses, I'm surprised this thread lasted as long as it did. :sweat: Sora acts the way he does because, as has been said before, he's only in fourth grade. I understand his behavior because when my brother was younger, he used to play a MMORPG, as did I. Actually, I think he was in fourth grade. Like Sora, my brother used to lose his temper easily and act childish at times, and I'm sure even he would admit that now. I also know that, like Sora, my brother was interested in PKing. However, unlike in "The World," there was no way for him to PK another character, except by cheating. I doubt he would have done it for fun like Sora, but who knows.[/color] [quote][i]Originally posted by IkkiMechaPilot[/i] [b]player killers arent some sort of human monsters. the act of killing doesnt always suggest a bad bringing up or anything and in most cases in a non-serious enviorment such as a game the act of killing is self-expression. when they come out with the world for all of us to play online ill be a player killer just for the fact killing others is expressive of me. and ive had a good unbringing but i see killing as ok in certain circumstances. also to kill a player in a game where your chara is reincarnated is much like defeating an enemy in battle in real life cause if you think about it taking a game chara to within an inch of their life and then letting them go is like beating someone just to beat them. so the expression killing people is fun in relation to games and such is not some sort of monsterous attitude but more of an expression of anticipated selfexpression.[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]I agree. Just because Sora was a PKer, doesn't mean that he's really a bad kid. Sometimes, people who play games just find it amusing to PK others because they don't understand what exactly it is that they're doing or how annoying it is. It's possible, too, that they just think it's fun. And as proof that not all PKers are bad, [spoiler]Sora betrayed Morganna in the final episode, "Return," so that Tsukasa, Mimuru, Subaru, and Aura could escape to safety.[/spoiler] Sora's selfless action in that situation shows that just because he acts childish and occasionally kills other players, that doesn't mean that he's a bad person. [spoiler]Though...I do question whether or not he still would have done that had he known he would be Data Drained.[/spoiler][/color]

[color=royal blue]I'll try to help out a little, and explain the episode that you saw on Sunday. The last episode was called "Epitaph." Up until this point, Tsukasa seemed rather arrogant and didn't really care about anything other than himself. This episode, I think, is the turning point in his mood. It kind of makes him realize that he's not the only one with problems. Like AzureWolf said, there are explanations and comments about most of the .hack episodes up in the .hack//directory thread, so you can probably get information about past episodes there if you need to. I have a correction, as well. It was posted that Sora, the "green-haired guy," is the only real villian in the show. [spoiler]Though he may seem like it at first, it's unknown as to whose side Sora's really on. He isn't really an enemy, he's more of an annoyance. Even if Sora is considered a villain, he's certainly not the only one. There is another, more powerful enemy, who isn't really discovered until later in the show.[/spoiler] (I used spoiler tags just in case...I like to be cautious.) That's all I really have to say. Everything else seems to have been previously mentioned. If there are any other questions that you need answering, I'll do my best to help.[/color]

[color=darkslateblue]Yeah...I didn't think this poem was nearly as good as my others. Thanks for the constructive criticism, DerelictDestiny. I'm going to try to make this next poem better. Karma, I'm glad you still liked it. As long as someone does, that's all that matters.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I'm going to try to write a poem that I've wanted to write for a long time now, but didn't really find the words until last night...[/color] [b][u][color=darkslateblue]Nightmare[/color][/b][/u] [i][color=darkslateblue]There's no way for me to escape[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The hell I'm trapped within[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I try to see into the light[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But the future's looking grim[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Whether I'm awake or sleeping[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I remain forever haunted[/color] [color=darkslateblue]By my terrifying dreams[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I am mercilessly taunted[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Dreams like funhouse mirrors[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Reflecting falsehoods and dark lies[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The shadows hiding close to me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Lead me to my demise[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Pitch blackness all around me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]With life so melancholy[/color] [color=darkslateblue]This punishment is necessary[/color] [color=darkslateblue]To redeem me of my folly[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But no matter what I try to do[/color] [color=darkslateblue]To escape my gloomy fate[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I must accept my destiny[/color] [color=darkslateblue]All that's left to do is wait[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The dark messenger arrives[/color] [color=darkslateblue]To take me away tonight[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And met with no resistance[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Shadows lead me to the twilight[/color][/i] [color=darkslateblue]...Huh. I don't know how I feel about that one. It's definitely...weird. It certainly reflects my current mood, though...[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That one, too, I just made up on the spot. I think it's better than my last one, but...who knows. It's up to you all to decide.[/color]

[color=darkslateblue]Thank you to Dragonstar, KarmaOfChaos, animangademon, and Rockstar Haruko for your comments.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I have a few of my own comments, as well, before I share my next poem. When I first wrote "Demon Song" it was meant to be a song, but I ended up reading it as a poem instead. I don't think I could find a way to set it to music. But I think Dragonstar would be correct, it might sound good. But I don't know, I don't think very highly of my work. Or anything having to do with me, for that matter.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I'm glad everyone's liking my poems. Thank you to all my commenters, you're helping to make my poetry better. I'm actually going to write this one now, because I'm in a writing mood. Plus, the rest of my poems don't suit my current mood. And so, without further adieu...[/color] [b][u][color=darkslateblue]Halt[/color][/b][/u] [i][color=darkslateblue]Enough with all this lying[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Your promise so unreal[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I'd rather you just tell me what[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You really, truly feel[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You always get my hopes up[/color] [color=darkslateblue]When you tell me you'll be there[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But then when you don't come see me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]It makes me wonder if you care[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I want to tell you how I feel[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But I don't know what you'd say[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Would you tell me that you love me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Or leave me lost here in dismay?[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I know I need to ask you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]For my sanity's own sake[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I cannot keep assuming this[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Is not one big mistake[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I know inside this isn't real[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And so I shouldn't want it[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But yet I'm so used to this love[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That my feelings remain split[/color] [color=darkslateblue]So now the moment comes[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And I ask the dreaded question[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Not knowing whether it will help[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Or just lead to depression[/color][/i] [color=darkslateblue]Hmm...I don't know if I like that one very much. I just made it on the spot, so...it's probably not nearly as good as my others. Oh well. Tell me what you though.[/color]

[color=royal blue]That's amazing. It's so simple, yet so beautiful. That's what I wish could happen with me and someone else...to just get away from everyone and be ourselves. I wish that people could always be themselves...but, that will never happen. There will always be those who pretend to be someone else... Another excellent poem. ^-^[/color]

[color=royal blue]Well...I guess it's kind of pointless to use spoiler tags at this point, since my post won't reveal anything not already shown by someone else. But, I will, just to be safe. I figured that Tsukasa might be a girl from the very first time [spoiler]it was suggested by Bear[/spoiler]. I forget what episode that was in, but from then on, I was always on the lookout for signs that Tsukasa might be a girl. I did notice that when it showed the scenes with Tsukasa's real self, it seemed that the person shown [spoiler]could be of either gender.[/spoiler][/color]

[quote][i]Originally posted by maladjusted[/i] [b]That's where shounen-ai comes in. Yaoi cannot be made without pornographic material because if it is roughly translated, it means hard-core boy/boy romance.[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]Ah. That's right...I forgot about that. Shonen-ai means "boy love" and is generally not sexual, whereas yaoi is hardcore...and sexual. Now I understand. In that case, I don't see any point to watching yaoi other than for sexual pleasure. As for shonen-ai, it's just like any other romance anime, but with male/male couples instead. Shonen-ai would be the sort of thing that I like, not yaoi.[/color]

[color=royal blue]Wow...excellent, as always. Your poetry's touched me once again. I know I feel like the tin angel described in that last poem a lot, particularly now. My favorite part of the poem was "Damaged soul no one will steal / Broken without the ability to heal" because I always feel that way, regardless of how I may appear on the outside... Simply amazing, Karma. ^-^[/color]

[color=darkslateblue]Thank you again, Karma. Errm...well, this guy...actually, is not with me. Nor will he ever be again, for that matter...it's a very long story. A very long, depressing story...[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Anyway. Thanks to Karma's comment, I can post my poem of the day. I was beginning to think that I'd have to edit my last one and add the new poem to it, since double posting isn't allowed.[/color] [b][u][color=darkslateblue]Empty[/color][/b][/u] [i][color=darkslateblue]Worthless and unloved[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Undoing happiness[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Senseless, wasted hope[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Sadness will not rest[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Alone, trapped in nothingness[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Missing pieces of my soul[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Confused, unsure of what to do[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Rejection takes its toll[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Unable to hold it in[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The tears begin to fall[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Crying endlessly until[/color] [color=darkslateblue]There is nothing left at all[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The suffering's eternal[/color] [color=darkslateblue]This life a horrid nightmare[/color] [color=darkslateblue]No one left to run to[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Forever lost and scared[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Self-hating and lonely[/color] [color=darkslateblue]The shadows start to rally[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Bent on my destruction[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Begin depression?s finale[/color][/i] [color=darkslateblue]Goodness. That was certainly the most depressing, worthless poem I've ever written. Rather short, too.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Well, I'm not gonna go back and change it...so...tell me what you thought.[/color]

[color=royal blue]First Name: Ben Age: 15 Hair Color: I'm not entirely sure. It's like brown with blond highlights. Eye Color: Brown Height: 5'8" Wardrobe: Entirely random. Everything from flannel pants to the most gothic pants I've ever seen. I have a little of everything...except sports stuff. Eww. Personality: Moody, a lot of the time. My mood can change instantly in a fraction of a second, but generally I'm depressed. However, I always try to be as nice as I can to everyone...and on rare occasions I can be hyper and silly. Hair Style: Either spikey or parted in the middle...up until recently it was only spiked, but I've started to stop with that. Favorite Music Type: Rock, mostly. I like some Punk too, and I dislike Rap. Favorite musical Band/Artist: At the moment, my favorite band is Evanescence. I love how their music is so depressing, because somehow it makes me feel better to listen to it. Hobbies: Writing, drawing, reading, playing video games, watching anime...and thinking way too much about things.[/color]

[color=royal blue]Wow...that poem almost made me cry. It reminds me so much of someone I used to love...and how I used to feel about him. And, on some rare occasions, still do. My feelings for him used to be [i]exactly[/i] like that. I have a poem about that, but seeing how I wrote it a long time ago, it's not that great. Your poem says everything so much better. I'm going to have to stop by this thread every day to see what your newest poem is, because I love them all.[/color]

[color=royal blue]I don't really know what I want for Christmas this year. The things I want most can't be bought...or are otherwise too expensive. The thing that I want most that might be somewhat possible to get are some or all of the .hack soundtracks, but I don't think I'll get those. Realistically, I want a Hot Topic gift card, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, and .hack//QUARANTINE if it happens to be out by then. Maybe a DVD player, too. I can't really think of anything else while still remaining in realistic boundaries.[/color]

[color=royal blue]My biggest regret so far in life is probably ruining a great friendship because of a stupid crush. I'm not gonna go into detail because I really don't want to, but that was probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done. Now I have one less friend for it. Not only that, but I tend to beat myself up over stupid, random things, as well. Even if I know that whatever it is couldn't possibly be my fault, I'll still feel bad about it.[/color]

[color=royal blue]My brothers are twelve and nine (and one of them might be reading this...heh, heh) and the nine year old one expresses more sexual interest than the twelve year old. Then again, it's probably just because the nine year old thinks that's what he should do, and the twelve year old just may not be at that point yet. I know I didn't have my first crush until I was about thirteen and a half...then again, though, that was a [i]same[/i] sex crush, so I don't know if it'll be the same for either of my brothers. Probably not.[/color] [quote][i]Originally posted by Syk3[/i] [b]So, while on the topic of little brothers and girls, would you consider this to be normal for a 13 and a half year-old (8th grade) to not like girls yet, or even to still be denying it? I remember that I got my first crush when I was something like 10, lol.[/b][/quote] [color=royal blue]I used to be like that...but I really didn't like girls. The only reason that I denied it was because I honestly didn't like them...so...I don't know. It's entirely possible that he could just not like girls yet, or maybe just be starting to. I can't be sure, since my situation was different than that of most others.[/color]

[color=royal blue]You're all very lucky...there is absolutely nothing cool about my school. That's probably because it's so small. The teachers are strict and give lots of homework. We have a half-hour lunch period, in which we have to stay in the cafeteria for the entire time. There really isn't anything cool about my school at all, and there probably never will be, either.[/color]

[color=royal blue]I liked your poems. They were mostly rather dark...and those are the types of poems I like best. The rhyming, when it was done, was done very well. I feel like the person described in your poems a lot...so I can relate. The only complaint I have is that it might be better if you separated the poems into stanzas, because that way it would be easier to read. Other than that, they were very good.[/color]

[color=royal blue]Yeah...I don't think you needed to make another thread about that. But okay, I'm gonna go check out your poems now.[/color]

[color=royal blue]I liked both of these poems. The first one was short, but it still had a lot of meaning to it. The second was good, too, but it would have been easier to read if it had been broken up into stanzas. Otherwise, wonderful poems, and I hope you continue writing them![/color]

[color=royal blue]I absolutely love your poems. You're a very talented writer. The very first poem, though, was my favorite. I don't think it had a title...at least, not one that I could find. It just reminded me so much of my own situation every day, where I don't like God, and then he spites me, and I hate him more, and the cycle continues. "Game (The Art of Suicide)" was really good too. All your poems seem to remind me of something in my life, and that's what I love about them. All of your poems are absolutely amazing.[/color]

[color=royal blue]I liked that a lot. I seem to be attracted toward poems with a depressing mood more than anything else. I liked the repitition of "the hardest thing" during the poem. It reminded me of someone who's been affecting me that way for quite some time now...someone I used to love. Anyway, this is a very good poem.[/color]

[color=darkslateblue]...Oh dear. I just realized that I messed up entirely. The poem that I posted first is not "False Salvation," this one is. I don't know how I made that mistake. As I edited above, the real title of that one is "Demon Song." I thought something seemed messed up about that...[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Anyway, thank you to all of you who commented on my poetry.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Keiko, you're right, it should be something different. What I was trying to get across, though, would be something more like "And forbid any contradiction." Thank you for pointing it out to me, though! And yes, I do have problems with school...though I deal with them. [/color] [color=darkslateblue]I'm glad you liked it, too, KarmaOfChaos. I always do my best to make my poems sound real, and I don't write about anything I haven't been through myself. I've tried to do that, but it always sounds so fake.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Thank you to Rockstar Haruko for your comment, as well. I'm glad you liked it.[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I have another poem that I'd like to share, too. The real "False Salvation."[/color] [b][u][color=darkslateblue]False Salvation[/color][/b][/u] [i][color=darkslateblue]Please listen to me one more time[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I?ve learned so much from you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I want to show you what you?ve taught me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And how in the end I grew[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You said you liked me from the start[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And I could not have been more pleased[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But back then little did I know[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That this bliss would be diseased[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And this care for me I realize now[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Was the major instigation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That brought about my love for you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My eternal, false salvation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]For so long you loved and cared[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I wished forever you?d be there[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Letting my defenses go[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Entangled in love?s snare[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And I believed you truly loved me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I was foolish and naïve[/color] [color=darkslateblue]So caught up in my love for you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I could not imagine you might leave[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But little did I know that this[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Could bring such indignation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I had no idea that I?d be hurt[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My beloved, false salvation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]It took me so long to realize[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That not everything was real[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Your love for me just would not last[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You no longer felt the way I feel[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And you finally told the truth to me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]On one dark, lonely night[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I didn?t know how this could be[/color] [color=darkslateblue]What could have caused this plight?[/color] [color=darkslateblue]These thoughts of me here without you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And unknown intimidation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Hurt me more than I could know[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My unloving, false salvation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You once saved me from the dark[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But it seems so long ago[/color] [color=darkslateblue]What I thought I knew I know that I[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Will never truly know[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I thought I wouldn?t live through this[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And that my heart would die[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I didn?t want to part with you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I just couldn?t say goodbye[/color] [color=darkslateblue]But spending time trapped in my mind[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Despite my devastation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I realized that you meant no harm[/color] [color=darkslateblue]That you?re not my false salvation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]You?ve helped me through so much[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And though so many tears I cry[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Sometime I will get over you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Maybe I?ll find another guy[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I just need for you to be my friend[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And help me not to fall[/color] [color=darkslateblue]I need someone to help me up[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Alone I can?t stand tall[/color] [color=darkslateblue]And so I see I don?t need you[/color] [color=darkslateblue]In a romantic sense[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Because of what has happened[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My love?s no longer so intense[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Now that my heart has realized this[/color] [color=darkslateblue]It ceases to bring grief[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My sanity returns again[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Bringing my soul relief[/color] [color=darkslateblue]With romance no longer needed[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Just your friendship brings elation[/color] [color=darkslateblue]Thank you for all you?ve done for me[/color] [color=darkslateblue]My friend, my true salvation[/color][/i] [color=darkslateblue]Again, leave comments if you wish. I'd like to know how I'm doing.[/color]

[color=royal blue]My favorite book of all time would have to be [i]Leave Myself Behind[/i] by Bart Yates. I've read it at least three times over the past few months. I love the book mostly because there's homosexual romance within it (which I love). However, I like it even more because it isn't just that, it has another storyline incorporated into it as well, rather than just the romance. I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in gay literature.[/color]