Critics' Corner

Friendship

dnite — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:01:58 GMT

Moving closer to impending doom

Guilt and greed moves us on,

We fled but face the evening dawn

Quivering and racing towards our death

Asking for forgiveness, we try our best

Such grief and sadness we hold in our hearts

We shall always be apart in mind

Hate and curses that controlled us

Shall make our souls, forever bound

Last two we jest until one falls

But end up that we both don�t stand at all

Two hearts competing, two friends now rivals

A fate not as cruel as the ...

perspective

Rho981 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:58:44 GMT

Walk down the hallway lined with doors

Nameless doors,

faceless doors, colored with

the blandest shade of reason.

Walk, down the hallway, past the walls lined with photos

landscape photos, those

Hateful photos, surrounded by

thick white barriers

And the edge of darkness they

call frames.

Tiny, framed,

spiteful wishes of freedom, Disgustingly,

Futile.

Walk to the window at the end of the hall

To find no glass or object there

Just, Empty,

the precipice ...

Ghostwalk

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:04:11 GMT

Welcome to the City of Manifest! Built on ancient ruins that guard the entrance to the land of the dead, this mystical place has some unique qualities, first and foremost among them being that the city is full of ghosts --- spirits that have traveled to the land of the dead's border but are not yet ready to leave behind their former lives. In most parts of the world, ghosts are incorporeal and unable to affect the people and things around them, and many are carried along in the currents of the ...

Pirates, Pearls, and Profit (an English essay)

AriEmeraldstar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:05:34 GMT

This is a rough draft of an essay I have to write for my English class, about how archetypal and mythic patterns, particularly a retelling of the hero's journey, explain the success of a film -- in this case, it's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I also need to discuss what aspects of our society or cultural evolution this film appeals to, as well as show if it deviates from the universal forms (discussed in an essay in our textbook) and explain the significance if it ...

Mummy: The Resurrection

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:38:40 GMT

Over the course of thousands of years, ancient Egyptians perfected the art of preserving the bodies of the dead. Their intent was to maintain the body for the family of the deceased. After death, the individual's soul passed into Duat, the Egyptian Underworld. There, in the spirit city of Amenti, Osiris ruled over the dead. The god Anubis guided new arrivals before the judges of the afterlife, so that they could determine the spirit's reward for its life. When incorporated with the mummification ...

Sanguine: Vampires through the Ages

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:55:24 GMT

Vampires walk among us to this very day, and have done so since the ages of myth wound to a close. Every child learns the story of the first vampire, perhaps before he or she is taught to walk. Who is it, you ask? Cain, son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer? Lilith, first human rebel against God? Count Dracula? Kingu? The hindu goddess, Kali? The monstrous Libyan queen Lamia, cursed by the gods and transformed into a wormlike beast? No... none of these, actually. The first Vampire's story ...

My Surrender

psychicpixy44 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:38:49 GMT

Hold my hand and lets take the step off the edge

Here you purge yourself of misery and disgrace

I feel your hopelessness at my fingertips

And it's why i have led you to this dreadful place

You've confessed your life is a reckless mistake

So please listen when i admit mine is too

I feel the breath of suicide at my neck

That's when i realize that I'm just like you

An imposter, a fake, and a horrible mess

I cry in the dark and now I'm screaming your name

I'm over pretending ...

X-men: DeciMation

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:18:20 GMT

M-Day was a day like any other. You went to work. Went to school. Went on dates. Talked with family. Traveled. Saved the world. Threatened the world. Everything. You were a mutant, one of the special ones, and people said that at the rate things were going, normal humans would have faded away and EVERYONE would be a mutant. And you had a head start on them. You had powers. You looked different from everyone else. You had an extra gene. You could fly. Play with fire without getting burned. Dive ...

The Rise of the Superiors: A retake on an original team

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:04:00 GMT

Humanity is changing, evolving, becoming something greater. Already, humans with superpowers, known in common parlance as "Superiors," have been born. There were a few who cropped up in the Cold War with unreliable powers, but only in recent years have there been those born with superpowers that were both functional and devastating. Recognizing a need for training, strong leadership, and solace for these emerging superiors, Dr. Andrea/Andrew Zephanias, a noted psychologist, surgeon, ...

Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin Shelley U: Mad Science Ed

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:17:14 GMT

Welcome to Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin Shelley University, home to the greatest (and scariest, and most unhinged) scientific minds in the world! Here the best, brightest, and most explosive all come to study, research, invent, explore and redefine the laws of reality. Each member of the university is a Spark, gifted with a sort of natural talent that enables them to gain a spark of inspiration for inventing or designing theories. This is usually accompanied by a great deal of rapid experimentation ...

The Rainbow League!

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:56:11 GMT

(Just in time for National Coming Out Week - this still needs a lot of work, but let me know what you think. More characters will be added in further increments until I have a team... and at least one antagonist)

Ring!

Biff!

Bam!

Pow!

"Ugh," groaned Roberto "Rob" Rossi, 25, as he struggled to pick himself up off the floor and the tangle of sheets, books, and items of clothing he'd fallen into while trying to get out of bed to reach the phone. Luckily, he only ...

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!'s Poems

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:50:53 GMT

A Tribute to a Valiant Knight

The lord strode from his grand throne room

And left his favorite chair,

To confront the dragon of doom

Within its dark and filthy lair.

The dragon, it was vicious; a fierce and deadly brute.

The Burnished Knight it planned to slay, for thrill and for loot.

The Knight was a brave and noble lord,

A scholar, statesman, and skilled with sword,

Strong of body, mind and heart,

past the dragon�s claws he�d dart.

Out the ...

Reminisce With Me

AriEmeraldstar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:09:23 GMT

Quite possibly the most random bit of writing I've ever done. You've been warned.

Reminisce with me

So much has changed

Consciousness flows away like water

The inspired goon

Finding a cure for life

The killer is safe

With the paparazzi

Energy is home

The gear of time is sweet

Like candy, and always welcome

In it's deluxe gold wrapping

That caused the extinction

Of Halifa --

Dynamites!

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:36:23 GMT

Flight. Superstrength. Laser vision. Shapeshifting. Telepathy. Blizzard breath. Electricity control. Regeneration. Sonic shout. Phasing. You know the powers, right? Everyone does. They belong to Wonder City's greatest hero, Captain Dynamo, right? Well... not anymore. Captain Dynamo's body was found in a hotel bed a month ago... undressed and with poisoned lipstick on his lips. The killer has thus far eluded authorities, though that hardly matters, because with Captain Dynamo one, all of his foes ...

hey

TheDog392 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:29:51 GMT

well hello i'm new here so uhh hi.I'm just starting to write so I came here to get people I can trust to help me at times and i'm looking forward to working with everyone

The Plane of Air

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:20:50 GMT

Centuries ago, in a forgotten world, a particular dark wizard and a student of necromancy managed to overwhelm all opposition to his rule, until only a handful of old magic-users and elderly priests remained with any sort of power to protect their people.... and they knew that if they tried to stand up to the Necromancer Lord, they would fail, and their charges would be killed and enslaved for all time. But they also knew that together they had the power for one vast, intricate spell, one that ...

Defenders of Gotham

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:37:09 GMT

Batman is gone. He has protected the city for years, against any number of villains, but now he is gone. And the city needs a protector. Or protectors. So Oracle, also known as Barbara Gordon, daughter of Police Commissioner Gordon and former Batgirl, has used her computer networks and connections throughout the city to reach some unlikely heroes, all from her wheelchair. But these young "heroes" know Gotham's crime very well indeed, for each of them is the child of one of Batman's ...

Look Closer

AriEmeraldstar — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:08:46 GMT

All right...certainly not my best work ever, but I wrote it while sitting outside the bookstore at my college, looking down at a planter filled with rocks and knowing I had to present a poem in a few hours for my spoken word class. Enjoy the inner workings of my mind when I just let it wander.

Look Closer

Shades of brown and grey

Look Closer

Beige and orange

Sulfurous yellow

Ruby red, slate blue

A cigarette butt

A paper clip

Carelessly tossed

Vibrant purple

Winding ...

The Changing Breeds

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:02:50 GMT

Man has almost ruined Nature, inside-out. His boundless ego, carelessness absolute conviction that he is the center of his universe have torn the wild world apart. Forests fall. Oceans become cesspools. The weather itself screams in protest, and while it's fashionable to blame outside entities for this catastrophic state of affairs, human greed and stupidity are the real demons here. And now Nature has had enough.

For almost three millenniums, the clever monkey has had his way. Now, with life ...

Legends of the Forgotten

AriEmeraldstar — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:32:46 GMT

It has been fifteen years since a shaky peace has settled over the Pokemon world. Fifteen years since Team Rocket began it's shadow rule of Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, becoming a veritable mafia which the law has only limited power to hold in check. Fifteen years since the massive war between Teams Aqua and Magma tore the Hoenn region to shreds, leaving it only a shadow of it's former self. Fifteen years since Team Galactic�s scientific prowess helped it become the force � seemingly ...

Horace Hutchins

Matkin22 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:07:46 GMT

Well, I'll give a bit of background on this before going into the actual work. In April of 2007, I went to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge with 12 other classmates from my school. Our school was one of many who went to the event (over 5000 other high school students from across Canada went too, and there were over 25 000 other spectators had come from across Canada, Britain, France, and Belgium). It was a huge affair; the Prime Ministers of Canada and France went ...

Hello, all

RedSnow — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:41 GMT

RedSnow here. I'm a bit eccentric, but I'll be on sporadically whenever I find something I'm interested in.

At the moment, I'm going to be a participant in the Pokemon RP, and the more the merrier, so please participate too!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-The FanFic

TheDog392 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:18:18 GMT

I'll post part of the story then Matkin22 will post some more of the story plz no interruptions untill it's finished.

.||.Poststructuralism.||.

Rho981 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:03:40 GMT

It reeked.

Of blood, decay, stale air, feces, formaldehyde... the list went on.

It was even difficult to breathe, too, for those whose forced residence was in that underground cesspool.

Cesspool? understatement.

Immorality, where 'ethics' was a strange, forbidden word, and 'whim of a loaded madman' was apparently a law.

The underground laboratory, for all its indelible filth, extraordinarily expensive instrumentation, and overpaid staff (what few there were for such an establishment) ...

I am Yours - An Avatar: The last airbender fan fiction

WeirdPerson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:40:15 GMT

A/n: Yay! I have succesfully beaten off writer's block! I do hope somebody besides me if active. I'd like to get some feedback on this before I post it on fanfiction.net

Summary: The fire lord fears that his daughter is becoming too powerful, and must be dealt with. Oc x Azula

Ch.1

The fire lord sat meditating on his throne; eyes closed to the dancing flames around him. His thoughts ran from the success of his war, to his daughter Azula. A slight frown creased his pale brow at this ...

Hi!

ferrariguy1000 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:17:01 GMT

I'm a new user here. I'm also new at this fanfic stuff, but I have released a few fanfica and series. I am interested in exotic and expensive cars no matter how new or old. I have an interest in Pokemon, sims, architecture, and histoty.

Ash Ketchum: 700 - From Sinnoh with Love

ferrariguy1000 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:21:38 GMT

DISCLAIMER: I did not have permission by EON productions (copyright 1961-2008).

This is like James Bond: 007 - From Russia with Love. I hope you like it. The Prolouge, however, will be short, but the rest will be longer.

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(Before the prologue)"STOP"..."LOOK"...*Ash shoots at the person aiming the gun at him. see blood trickling down the screen*

the very short prologue:

Ash was walking ...

Spin Doctor

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:17:36 GMT

Stories, children, are patterns that are multidimensional. They have length, width, depth, time, and stranger qualities that even our many eyes cannot identify, that our graceful fingers cannot grasp. Sometimes their true beauty evades us, while at other times we get tangled up in them. Would you, my children, like me to tell you a story of how I was a child, and how the patterns came to fall as they have for me and mine? Because the hours are long before you emerge into the world, and you will ...

Changeling: The Lost - Runaways from Faerie

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:50:10 GMT

You remember your home.

You remember what it was like, before They took you.

The sound of your family's voices, the smell of your home, the colors of your neighborhood.

Even after the blinding glories and pitiless dark wastes of Faerie, you remember.

Your memories were a beacon.

Without them, you would never have found your way back through the twisting maze of the Thorns, to collapse torn and exhausted on the cool earth of the world you were born in once more --- to find that your ...

Noble Causes: Revisited

Joy&RaptorsUnrestrain — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:33:43 GMT

They are the world's greatest superheroes. They are the world's most fascinating celebrities. They are one seriously confusing family. Back in WWII, superheroes first began to emerge, and some of the greatest of them married each other. Nuclear Man (blasted by accidental radiation and given flight and radiation-controlling powers) married Alienne (a metamorphic lady alien from a distant planet), and Dr. Noble (a genius inventor of high-tech armor, weapons, and devices) married Alchemystic (a ...