Friday, December 30, 2011

New Yeaaaaar

So I derped up this Barmas. So derped. I was pretty much stressed from the beginning: After going into full-on panic mode during and after finals, I pretty much took my time at home to be the most complete and lazy bastard there has ever been on the face of the earth. And I do mean lazy. Sorry about that guys. Also, Goops, rest assured that Alex got Sarah a trip to the best spa in Levia for christmas. And a ride on a phoenix.

At any rate, what am I doing now that I'm home? Weeelll...

For one thing, I've been chugging some MMORPGs lately, just so I can take my mind off things. Also, I've been playing a bit of Fire Emblem and a bit of Kirby (I am sad that I am always player 1 and thus do not get to play as Kusamochi. Is there something wrong with me?)... all that sort of thing.

Also, I've decided to get to work on For Whom the Bell Toll's prequel and set the whole mythos and backstory for it. It's called "The Dark Tide," and it pretty much covers how a band of weird people managed to kick a God of God's ass. And then some. RedSpy has been helping me out a little, even supplying a whole new mythos to add into Levia's collection of monsters and creatures. I'll try to get this up  somewhere soon, but for now, just know that I'm working on it.

With that said, happy almost new year, guys!

Friday, November 25, 2011

Trying to Beat an Undead Horse

And the horse SPARKLES.

So, I'm going out to see Breaking Dawn today. No, I'm not a Twilight fan or a Twihard or anything like that. I wanted to do something with my sister tonight and wanted something to riff, so why the hell not? But before I get into all that, I must apologize for the rant that will surely follow. I know, its a horse that has been beatten to death a lot of times. However, in the light that BREAKING FUCKING DAWN has become the #1 movie not just in america but in the WHOLE WORLD, I think for everyone's benefit, I have to reiterate just WHY the Twilight series sucks balls.


Man yer girders, mates. Just do.



Dat Purple Prose

I can barely, just BARELY read the books as they are now. They're just so fluffed up with material that don't really add to the story except for a couple hundred pages. Just like nobody likes seeing a million episodes of filler for, say, Naruto, NOBODY wants to read pages upon pages of nothing but boring excursions that have little to no relation to the plot. It is completely pointless, its boring, and all four (five if you count  Midnight Sun, which was leaked) books are noothing but purple prose. So many big words that mean the same goddamn thing. That poor theasaurus....

The Main Characters are Mary Sues/Gary Stus

This is another gripe of mine (and many others.) : Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are just OH SO PEEERFECT it hurts. Its like... um.. fuck. They're like what happens when you let a character like Sine get too out of control and become the tool of a madwoman's fantasies. (After all, Stephanie Meyer DID start these pieces of shit as a result of seeing a sparkling fucktard in a meadow somewhere.) Hell, when she described Bella, she basically described herself. A self-insert. And oh no, she can't do any wrong! She has no real flaws. Oh suuure, she was an utter "martyr"(which resulted in everybody praising her) and had two left feet (only when the plot needs her to!), but her true flaws were never exposed. If they were, then NOBODY pointed it out and ripped her a new one. But nope, Bella's selfishness, bitchiness, and manipulitiveness gets off scot free while everybody is bowing down to her like slaves. Doesn't help that Nessie, Bella's speshul baby, is so super awesome that Bella doesn't have to experience the horrors of motherhood. Hell, she doesn't even experience much of the pain of pregnancy! Well, aside from spewing out fountains of blood after Eddiekins does a C-Section with his FUCKING TEETH URGH....

The same can be said of "Eddiekins", too. He's portrayed as handsome, an Adonis, the perfect man... Yet... he can be as manipulative, as cruel as Bella, only he has emotional abuse and violent tendencies to go with! He's a monster that couldn't pry himself away from his succulent prey. The monster won, under the guise of the perfect gentleman. Sad part is, Meyer isn't a good enough writer to capitalize on THAT aspect. Nope, it has to be about more vampiric aspects. The bloodsucking. Edward can't resist Bella's smell but...he doesn't suck her dry or even attempt to.  What the fuck? That's not a real flaw! His abusiveness is a real flaw, and NOBODY calls him out on this!

Most of the characters are fucking bland as fuck, but these two are the blandest. If you guys want to know who my favorite char in Twilight was, it was Jacob. Jacob, BEFORE he became the piece of crud he was in Eclipse. He had actual character development. He had actual CHARACTER. He was the closest thing to a real guy in the goddamn book. And what does Meyers do? Makes him as douchy as Edward in Eclipse. Mind you, reading his bits in Breaking Dawn was awesome, but the moment he fell in love with BELLA'S FREAKING BABY was the moment his characterization was flushed down the shitter.

Stephanie Meyer. Just... Stepahnie Meyer.

This is the last point I'll cover. Freaking. Meyer. She is RUDE to her fans. Just TERRIBLY rude. Writes them off like nothing. She's just milking them for all their worth like the greedy witch she is. And while I am glad it is not released, she goes on and throws a bitchfit after Midnight Sun was leaked on the internet a few years ago and then goes on to stop working on it. Now that's just plain stupid. Then again, after reading what was leaked... I think it was for the best. (Eddiekins becomes even more creepy when you see Twilight from his point of view.) She also went and said that if Edward or Jacob turned up at her door, she would leave her husband for them. RUDE, MUCH? Jesus, even in jest, that stings! And she doesn't improve. Oh no, she doesn't improve. She only gets WORSE with each book she writes. They're all bland and dry, like a piece of stale bread left out for way too long. Yet, fangirls jizz their panties over her shit. The witch keeps gloating like the Lord would if he actually managed to kick the Bar's collective ass.

In the words of Stephan King, "She can't write worth a damn."

Congrats, Meyer. You have made a mind-numbingly boring, bland, disgusting, plot-less, characterization-less wet dream about a pixie golem and his future pixie golem-to-be wife.



Do yourself a favor and shove yourself back to the womb you came from and never come back.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

RP Ruins Everything

So Goops was talking about how RP pretty much can't see Ramza without seeing Alex. Its kinda lolzy, but he did have a point: RP does ruin everything.

Why do I bring this up? Well, in Kirby's Dream Land 3, you have to go through a bastard of a puzzle pyramid to collect parts and build a R.O.B. for a HeartStar. Normally, everything would be okie-dokie, but its FREAKING R.O.B. Thanks to RP sheenanigans at ZF, R.O.B. was protrayed as an unfeeling, scary, and even somewhat demonic (All that Warp energy from his fite with Del, mang), toy. So I pretty much thought that Kirby single-handedly doomed us ALL.

He loves doing that these days. Sheesh.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

What Awaits Us Now

Zoofights is over. The curtains have closed. Alex has set sail for the skies with Sarah and friends. Garnet is probably wrestling bears with Pech. Stella is ruling over a continent with  good ol' Nicky-poo.

Question is...what of the future?

Alex will return. No artifact title from me, guys. Kirby will also return, depending on circumstances. Stella... well, she'll be demoted to minor status if she DOES return, I'll tell you that much.

As for Garn-Garn...well, you'll see.

Oh, I believe Goops had a question...


"GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHO COULD THIS "SHERILL" PERSON BE"

A hint: Someone you might see next year!

And now, this will become a blog of solitude, Alex sheenanigans, and vidjah gamin.

Also, DBZ Abridged. Ballin.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Bummed out.

Oh boy, am I bummed out.

I was so fucking hyped for final. SO fucking hyped. I was hyped to see people biff the shit out of each other. And guess what happens?

Just when the final was about to end, SOME DUMB FUCK DECIDED TO FUCKING PULL THE FIRE ALARM FOR NO REASON.

So now, I stayed in the cold for HOURS, had to attend a MEETING where they basically told us that EVERYBODY WILL PROBABLY GET FINED, I GET MY PHONE STOLEN, and I MISS THE FINAL.

I liked the final, even if the lobster was a bastard. Oh yes, I did. But it was just..muddied by all the other shit that was going on in my life.

 Maybe tomorrow, I'll reread it all and appreciate it a lot more than I do now.

Still... I'll miss you guys a lot. If you need me for anything, add me on Skype or Facebook.

Skype: harpykuro
Facebook: Mariann Fortuna

See you later, space cowboy.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Some more Creepypasta

WARNING: LONG POST IS LONG AND CONTAINS CREEPY STUFFS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT... UM... GO KICK ASS IN BRAWL OR SOMETHING.


Three...two...one.





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Would he ever return?

                King Dedede looked towards the skies, unusually pensive this night. He was only thinking about an enemy who had the gall to possess him not once, not twice, but thrice! That Dark Matter… and by extention, Zero. It had been years since he had seen them last, their last appearance being when they corrupted Ripple Star. Kirby defeated them thrice (at least, in Dark Matter’s case), each with a different ability: First, the legendary Rainbow Sword formed by the Rainbow Drops; second, the Heart Rod, or Lovelove Stick, formed by all the love and friendship of the people he helped along the way; and finally, the Crystal Gun, formed by the power shards of Ripple Star’s Power Crystal. It had been enough to banish them… at least for now, he thought.

                Dream Land had been relatively peaceful ever since Zero was destroyed. Sure, there was that Mirror World mishap, that cake rampage Kirby went on, that Necrodeus incident, everybody turning to yarn, and now that ship repairing work, but really, there were no Nightmares, no Dark Matter, no absolute chaos. If he wanted chaos, he had to make his own. Not that he went out of his way to do that, mind you. That cost too much effort, and would only result in seven kirbies beating him up for his trickery. One angry kirby was bad enough, but seven? Well, Kabi was angry aaaall the time, so it didn’t matter, but an angry Timmy or angry Kusanagi? That would be painful, rather painful. Keeby was a different story altogether…. A story he didn’t want to even talk about.

                For a moment, King Dedede wondered if Zero would return. It had been too long since something remotely threatening had come along. He needed a challenge or two. Sitting on his buttocks all day was no way to do that. Sure, it was fun being lazy, but come on! He sighed and went back to bed, though. There was no way Zero would return. Just no way…

               
                A strange dream came to him. The penguin found himself strangely alone in his castle. He walked the corridors, trying to find out where everybody was at. Fumu wasn’t home, Escargoon wasn’t in his room, the Waddle Dees weren’t tending to their duties… what was going on?

                When Dedede got outside, he found his answer.

                Something descended from the skies. Red feathers fell slowly to the ground. Dedede picked one up, only to find it melt in his hands like a snowflake exposed to heat. Melt into blood. All of Dream Land were gathered here in front of his castle, watching the strange spectacle. Even the Kirby Brigade was there, staring high into the skies. Kirby was strangely pale, his pupils shrinking to the size of tiny pebbles.

                “O, YE OF LITTLE FAITH….” A voice boomed out from the heavens, capturing everyone’s attention. The skies were stained black with streaks of red, crimson feathers still falling from the skies. “DID YOU TRULY THINK YOU COULD ESCAPE ME?”

                The ground was  stained with blood. The people began to feel uneasy. Keeby shuddered, hiding under her parasol as Kusanagi tried his best to comfort her. Dedede  grit his teeth and pulled out his hammer, pointing it towards the heavens right at the source of the voice. “Hey, you dere!” he yelled. “Why you causin trouble here? I didn’t order no monstah to clobbah dat Kirbeh! Git out of here, or I’ll clobbah yah!”

                A cruel, wicked laugh echoed from the clouds. “FOOLISH AS EVER, ARE YOU… KING DEDEDE?”

                “Oh, shut ya mouth and leave! You’re not even worth our time!”

                “UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU WOULDN’T BE WORTH MINE. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE BEEN A THORN AT MY SIDE FOR TOO LONG.” Now the feathers stopped in midair and formed into blades of blood, pointing right at Dream Land’s population. The commoners felt the urge to scatter, run away from whatever threatened them. The Brigade, however, stood their ground. So did the Waddle Dee and Waddle Doo army and their beloved King. Another laugh from the skies. “HOW CUTE. YOU STILL OPPOSE ME LIKE THE LITTLE WORMS YOU ARE.”

                “Git out,” Dedede warned, anger bubbling in his heart, “or I’ll MAKE YA GIT OUT!”

                Something white hovered above all. It was not a cloud, not at all. It was merely a white blob, just floating there. Yet… it began to form wings. Many wings of blood and torn flesh formed on the blob. Three spiked, green tails formed from the bottom. A crimson halo appeared above the blob while tiny little wounds opened up around it. Finally, in the middle of it all… was a gigantic red eyeball.
                Reality twisted around him, shifting into nightmares. A dark aura surrounded him, the essence of evil radiating from every pore of his body. He laughed again as some of the blades floating in midair crashed into the land, crashed away from the castle… and turned all that they touched into ashes.

                “I AM THE HARBINGER OF DESTRUCTION.”

                Screams rang through the air like a twisted siren song.

                “I AM THE SERAPHIM OF DEATH.”

                One by one, the people disappeared. The cappies, the Waddle Dees, the Waddle Doos, the Kirbies…

                “I EXIST NOWHERE AND EVERYWHERE.”

                Until only Dedede remained, staring the creature right in the eye, entire body shuddering.

                “YOU THINK YOU CAN OPPOSE ME?”

                Thump. Thump.

                “ME, ZERO CUBED?”

                The penguin resisted all urges to scream, but fell down onto the ground as the red eye  stared right through him…right in front of him…

                “I AM THE EMBODIMENT OF NOTHINGNESS ACROSS THREE DIMENSIONS. YOU ONLY WISH YOU COULD STOP ME… DEDEDE.”

                A hammer raised. All fear, gone.

                “HOW CUTE. YOU STILL OPPOSE ME.”

                A weapon swung.

                “BUT AS YOU WILL SOON FIND…”

                A piercing scream. The ground, rended.

                “… NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BANISH ME…”

                Nothing remaining of the last Dream Lander. A cackle.

                “YOUR DOOM BY MY HANDS WAS INEVITIBLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.”


                Dedede woke with a start. Carefully, he looked around the room for any sign of life. Bandana Dee was sleeping in his own little bed, unharmed. Owls were hooting late at night, trying to find their prey. With a sigh, the penguin shook his head, then went back to sleep.

                It was a good thing that Zero would never come back. Thank goodness for that.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Why you do this, Harpy?

I did the amnesia thing because herpaderp. At least Meat Boy got a chance to fry pan someone in the head. To help someone! Nevertheless, that one thing is trite now, so I will never do THAT again.

Hypercam seems to be working just fine for me. Which is awesome, because I need to show off my uber failing skills in KDL's Extra Mode. Because that's terrible.

And as for why I keep chugging out more minor characters? Because I'm bloody insane. Waddle Drone is probably the last, although he might make an appearance for next year. Depends. I also need to get that one Elite Four story out of the way, but I keep forgetting like a herpaderp. I so sad.

Quick question for you guys... Out of the seven members of the Kirby Brigade, which one is your favorite? Which one do you believe is the most badass, too?

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Where I'm At

This is all about contact info, dufes.

http://www.fanfiction.net/~harpykuro

For your fanfiction needs.

And I have no vids on youtube, but I'm HarpyKuro there, too.

Skype: harpykuro
Xfire: harpykuro
Steam: Dark Harpy
E-mail: mari-fortuna@live.com


I'll be testing out hypercam later tonight. Yaaay

50th Blog Post Special!

Helllooooo everyone! Welcome to "Harpy  Lists Projects and opens a Q&A!" In THAT order! Today will be fuuuun, and there's something for everybody! Hopefully.

For now, projects.

What will I do aside from college work when Zoofights is over? Well.. I'll separate it into several different categories.


FANFIC RELATED


I intend to start chugging a crudload of Kirby Fanfiction in celebration of the pants-shittingly awesome Kirby: Return to Dream Land. I will be working on the Amazing Mirror, a Mass Attack Spoof, and the backstories of all of the colored kirbies I roleplay as. All of them will go under my fanfiction account so you don't have to go scavenging for them. For the last project, I dub it the "Rainbows in Dream Land" Project, since the kirbies cover almost all of the colors in the rainbow. Part of this collection is "Pink in the Darkness" and my current part of it, "Brown in the Clockwork".

I might write some silly Mario, Sonic, or Final Fantasy fanfics for shits and giggles. If I write one on FFI... Keep an eye out for a certain white mage, if you know what I mean.

VIDEO GAME RELATED

I might just restart Bowser's Inside Story. I mean, I completely whooped that game's ass so many times (well, the final boss anyway. That one Dark Star DX, though...), I might as well. Give me a decent challenge, you guys! I'm up for it!

I am also looking into desktop recorders that I don't have to shell out a ton of money for, mainly because I want to make an LP of KDL3. If you guys have any ideas, let me know!

Work on KDL2 has begun, and my, have I forgotten where all the Rainbow Drops were? What a shame. I also started up on Golden Sun, aaand I think to need to work on that some more. Garet is a derp, though. A complete and utter derp.

FICTION RELATED

I haven't had much to read lately. I've been reading fanfiction, but no actual, original fiction binded by pages. Its kinda sad, really. As for writing fiction, I haven't done anything yet, but when I have the time, I'll most likely put up a little teaser for "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

And now with most of that out of the way, feel free to ask me any question you'd like. I'll be sure to answer them in the next blog I make.

Friday, October 21, 2011

How Harpy Got into Gaming Part I (and a few other things)

Before I get into retro mode, I need to make a quick announcement. All of you who are curious about "For Whom the Bell Tolls", worry no longer! I have a Fictionpress account now, and so by Sunday morning, I should have a little short starring Alex, Xavier, and Chuck. Okay, by short... I mean like 3,000 + words. Haaaa...

Anyway, onwards!

I'm a 90s girl, being born in good '93. I have to admit, I lived the high life. My parents would spoil my brother, my sister, and me with games of all kinds. The first system we had was a Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendo was pretty much my childhood. I would watch my brother play Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Final Fantasy II (IV), and all those other retro classics nobody could possibly forget. Delicious, delicious retro goodness.

Well, there's retro classics, and then there's Earthbound.

My elder brother, Elvin, had a friend. Said friend let him borrow Earthbound, and being the little curious 5 year old I was, I watched him. Holy shit, it was mind blowing for a kid like me. To beatting up runaway dogs to facing Giygas (oh boy, the nightmares it brought), it was pretty fun to watch AND play. No other game stuck out in my mind at the time, but.. Earthbound!

Elvin also had a Game Boy with Pokemon Blue, Tetris, Super Mario Land 2 (I think), and something else. I played the living hell out of Tetris, even if I sucked donkey balls at it. Pokemon Blue, on the other hand... well, I didn't play it often, but my bro showed me how to play. He had a Blastoise (yay!) and a relatively high leveled team. The last I remember of it, he was in Victory Road when we all went to a cousin's house in Florida. I put the Game Boy on my cousin's bed and went to go play with the others, then when I came back.. It was gone! I looked all over for it, but too late: the damage was done. I had lost my bro's precious GB AND his high level team of pokemon. I think he secretly hates me for it. Heh heh.... bluh.

I'd go into how I got into Emulation, but that happened during the GBA era! Or between the Super Nintendo and N64 eras, at any rate. For now, though, let me list and explain my list of favorites:

Harpy's Favorites: Super Nintendo

Super Mario World: I really love this game based on the difficulty balance and that goddamn Yoshi. Also because of the cape because CAAAPES. It was my first real Mario Game (unless All-Stars' remake of SMB3 counts), and boy was it exciting! With boatloads of secrets, it has a bit of replay value. With charming music, fun levels, and a goddamn YOSHI, this game was a blast to play through. Have I beaten it? Yes. Yes I have.

Super Mario All-Stars: What would happen if you revamped the graphics of the classic Mario games of NES lore, fixed up a few bits here and there,  add in a Japan-Only Mario Game, and, in one version, toss in SMW?

You get this package of undiluted AWESOME.

You get Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros 2 (based on Doki Doki Panic), Super Mario Bros 3, AND, on a special edition cartridge, SUPER MARIO WORLD. This is a Mario lover's wet dream, I can tell you that much. I can spend time to tell you what I think about each individual game, but the package in general... Its terrific. No kidding.

Super Mario Kart: DODODO DO DOOO DODODO DO DOOOO

Yep, its the very first Mario Kart in the series! The game was fun to play with two players, especially in battle mode (I WILL POP ALL YOUR BALLOONS, YA JERK). Computers whoop my ass in 150cc, though. The mechanics are a bit weird at times (Coins for speed? What?), but aside from thaaat... I usually play as Yoshi, since its-a Yoshi!

Earthbound

Kirby Super Star

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Harpy's Game Boy (Color) Favorites:

Pokemon Blue/Yellow
Pokemon Gold/Silver
Tetris
Super Mario Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land 2

If I left any of them blank, its because I didn't have the time to add a description. Be sure to check back later for more stuff!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

YOU WILL ALL SING ALONG

Boogie boogie Kirby
Boogie boogie Kirby
Boogie boogie Kirby
Boogie boogie Kirby

Boogiiiiie boogie Kiiirby
Boogiiiiie boogie Kiiirby
Boogiiiiie boogie Kiiirby
Boogiiiiie boogie Kiiirby

Boogie boogie Kirby
Eatting all the melons
Got your head stuck in a big black cannon
Boogie boogie Kirby, whatcha gonna do?

Boogiiie boogie Kiiirby x4

Boogie boogie Kirby x4

Boogiiiiie!

No points for guessing what this is a spoof of :V

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Harpy Reviews Kirby Mass Attack

Woo, boy. I just got done with this game and MAN, it was a doozy! And it will still be a doozy trying to 100% it! BRRR.

And now, its time to rip this apart.

Kirby Mass Attack is a puzzle platformer in which you, the player, get to abuse flick up to ten kirbies around using your almighty stylus. You use them to solve puzzles and beat the living crap out of enemies. Also, if you hate Kirby's "poyos," don't get this game. You will HATE it. Because "POYO POYO POY POY POY."

Basically, Kirby is snoozing in a field one day when this douche named Necrodeus (hahaha, corpse god. I see what you did there, HAL) swoops in. He wants to, as most dark, scaaary villains do, drown the world in darkness. So he screws Kirby over by zapping him with his staff and splitting him into ten, which only had 1/10th of his original power. Then he fucking kills nine of them. Like a douche.

Thank god Sarah isn't involved in this. Otherwise the game would have been over before it even started!

He's about to zap the last kirby when OH LOOK A STAR! It happened to be Kirby's heroic heart! Or spirit! Whatever, it's a plot device! It leads the kirby to safety, and then our epic adventure starts!

Yeah, if you're trying to look for a "WTFEPIC" plot here, I'm gonna have to ask you to GET OUUUUT

The main two mechanics are flying your kirbies to safety (pressing an area and gathering them up in a bubble, then dragging them around) and flinging them (tap a kirby and flick your stylus).  You will be using these two a lot if you want to get past this game. The kirbies can pull out turnips, knock down trees,  swim underwater like fast little buggers, and other things! If you have enough kirbies, you can get other goodies, too!

There is plenty to collect, too: Medals. Lots of them. They unlock little minigames in the Extras section, which are a BLAST to play through. Well, some of them anyway. There's a timing game along the line and its jolly good fun. Lots of cameos, too... and Canon Immigrants from the anime! Yay!

The graphics are pretty good here. Its all cutesy, reflecting the peaceful and dreamy... well, Dream Land.  Pretty good music, too! Air Ride lovers will recognize a few mixes of Air Ride songs tossed in, so be aware! Necrodeus's theme is creepy, though. Its like what you get when you combine a skeleton and a clown togethe-

Oh. Skelly. from Chrono Cross.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa- *bzzzt*

Okay, so that is creeepy. Very catchy, though!

Onto gameplay! Some people will complain about the lack of copy abilities and floating. And to them, I say... wait a few more days. Return to Dream Land is coming out soon, dagnabbit. For what its worth, hot damn this game. Every level has its own particular gimmick, so you're not stuck in doing the exact same thing over and ooover again. There is always something new to do and more to collect. The bosses are pretty fun, too. There's a balance of difficulty, unlike some. The levels start off as easy, then progressively get harder and harder as you go along. Also, autoscroll. It will squish your kirbies and kill them all. ALL OF THEM.

Only problem I see is that your kirbies can die easily to just about anything remotely dangerous. Pink kirbies that take a hit turn blue; a hit to a blue kirby and that kills 'em. You can always drag their souls back with the other kirbies, but you can kiss your silver (or gold) star goodbye. And even then, they come back as blue rather than pink.

Oh yeah, there's always a great challenge. See if you can collect ALL of the medals in each and every level and clear it with no Kirbies damaged at all (basically that nets you a gold star). Complete each and every checklist item. I DARE YOU.

All in all, this game is buckets of fun and has quite a bit of replay value. At least, if you're a perfectionist. Or maybe because you just like playing through your favorite levels again. Its good for just about everybody, and its a perfect way to end the dying DS's game line. I give this a 9/10. Not absolutely perfect (sometimes you might have trouble flicking your kirbies), but pretty close.

I managed to clock in 36 hours on my first go, and collected 114 Kirbies along the way. (You can only keep 10, but a lot of kirbies die. A lot. Along the way. ) And of all the kirbies that were knocked out, I saved 288 of them. Yay~

                                                              Kirby be pickin up chicks. Also, hi Blue Kirby!

                                             AAAAAAAAAH JUMBO KIRBIES. SO MANY

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Up to Eleven

Okay, that thing about Dreamland not being able to handle Grimdark?

...Weeeeeelp. Thanks to having the most evil idea possible and October being... October, I just wrote the most depressing piece of Kirby work ever.

I'm glad that this is AU stuff and, if I do write out something about Pestus and friends, there will be a happier ending than this.

Now please feel free to let loose the complaints here :V

Saturday, October 15, 2011

A Lolzy Conversation

I had this convo yesterday with Tom. Yes.

[10/14/2011 1:52:49 PM] Mari Fortuna: yay
[10/14/2011 1:53:12 PM] Tom Newton: and now I has the music player
[10/14/2011 1:53:15 PM] Tom Newton: yay
[10/14/2011 1:53:20 PM] Mari Fortuna: :D
[10/14/2011 1:53:49 PM] Tom Newton: lookit them there kibies dacin'!
[10/14/2011 1:54:00 PM] Mari Fortuna: YEAH
[10/14/2011 1:54:16 PM] Mari Fortuna: you count nine kirbies at first
[10/14/2011 1:54:22 PM] Mari Fortuna: watch the top screen for a bit
[10/14/2011 1:54:36 PM] Tom Newton: okay
[10/14/2011 1:55:33 PM] Tom Newton: oh lol
[10/14/2011 1:55:40 PM] Mari Fortuna: that's the 10th kirby
[10/14/2011 1:55:41 PM] Mari Fortuna: aka
[10/14/2011 1:55:43 PM] Mari Fortuna: Derpy
[10/14/2011 1:55:51 PM] Tom Newton: xD
[10/14/2011 1:57:01 PM] Mari Fortuna: can I even think up of 10 names for ten kirbies?
[10/14/2011 1:57:40 PM] Tom Newton: let's try
[10/14/2011 1:57:46 PM] Mari Fortuna: Derpy
[10/14/2011 1:57:50 PM] Mari Fortuna: Pinky
[10/14/2011 1:57:50 PM] Tom Newton: george
[10/14/2011 1:57:58 PM] Mari Fortuna: Joe
[10/14/2011 1:58:00 PM] Tom Newton: Harry
[10/14/2011 1:58:04 PM] Mari Fortuna: Henry
[10/14/2011 1:58:19 PM] Tom Newton: Doc
[10/14/2011 1:58:25 PM] Tom Newton: because you gotta have a Kirby called Doc
[10/14/2011 1:58:30 PM] Mari Fortuna: xD
[10/14/2011 1:58:38 PM] Mari Fortuna: he'll be wearing spiral glasses
[10/14/2011 1:58:41 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 1:58:42 PM] Mari Fortuna: like Fawful's
[10/14/2011 1:58:50 PM] Tom Newton: Sammy
[10/14/2011 1:58:57 PM] Mari Fortuna: Pop
[10/14/2011 1:59:08 PM] Tom Newton: and Timmy
[10/14/2011 1:59:09 PM] Mari Fortuna: ...his parents didn't like him all that much
[10/14/2011 1:59:10 PM] Mari Fortuna: xD
[10/14/2011 1:59:16 PM] Mari Fortuna: TIMMY FELL DOWN THE WELL!
[10/14/2011 1:59:21 PM] Tom Newton: Not again!
[10/14/2011 1:59:28 PM] Tom Newton: Come on, Kirbies, let's go save hiM!
[10/14/2011 1:59:30 PM] Mari Fortuna: the Warp Star is now dubbed Lassie
[10/14/2011 1:59:37 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 1:59:41 PM] Tom Newton: YES
[10/14/2011 1:59:43 PM] Tom Newton: BEST THING
[10/14/2011 1:59:51 PM] Mari Fortuna: this is terrible
[10/14/2011 1:59:52 PM] Mari Fortuna: yet so awesome
[10/14/2011 2:00:00 PM] Mari Fortuna: someone needs to draw this for lolz
[10/14/2011 2:00:26 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:00:40 PM] Tom Newton: give Timmy a child's haircut and a stammer
[10/14/2011 2:01:03 PM] Mari Fortuna: Doc has glasses and Dr. Wily hair
[10/14/2011 2:01:09 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:01:18 PM] Tom Newton: Sammy (he writes songs)
[10/14/2011 2:01:18 PM] Mari Fortuna: Harry can be...Harry
[10/14/2011 2:01:26 PM] Tom Newton: No-one remembers Harry
[10/14/2011 2:01:34 PM] Tom Newton: Pop is always eating some candy thing
[10/14/2011 2:02:09 PM] Mari Fortuna: Harry is Harry Potter
[10/14/2011 2:02:27 PM] Mari Fortuna: his scar is actually just something he drew on his face
[10/14/2011 2:02:32 PM] Tom Newton: yep
[10/14/2011 2:02:33 PM] Tom Newton: lol
[10/14/2011 2:02:38 PM] Mari Fortuna: Henry
[10/14/2011 2:02:42 PM] Mari Fortuna: nobody remembers Henry
[10/14/2011 2:02:48 PM] Tom Newton: Joe's the badass one
[10/14/2011 2:02:57 PM] Mari Fortuna: No, he's Zephyrus
[10/14/2011 2:02:58 PM] Mari Fortuna: xD
[10/14/2011 2:03:02 PM] Tom Newton: LOL
[10/14/2011 2:03:09 PM] Tom Newton: let me write this down!
[10/14/2011 2:03:11 PM] Mari Fortuna: because Joe = Zephyrus = Joe (the Kirby)
[10/14/2011 2:03:24 PM] Mari Fortuna: MY MATHS IS EXCELLENT
[10/14/2011 2:04:46 PM] Mari Fortuna: you know you could just blog this
[10/14/2011 2:05:16 PM] Tom Newton: probably
[10/14/2011 2:05:19 PM] Tom Newton: but I must do this first
[10/14/2011 2:05:21 PM] Tom Newton: Derpy (The silly one)
Pinky (The leader)
George (The badass)
Joe (Always apologizes)
Harry (Harry Potter)
Henry (The nondescript bookie)
Doc (Crazy Inventor)
Sammy (musician)
Timmy (the clumsy, socially-awkward one)
[10/14/2011 2:05:23 PM] Mari Fortuna: lol
[10/14/2011 2:05:31 PM] Mari Fortuna: Pinky is clearly Meta Knight
[10/14/2011 2:05:34 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:05:40 PM] Mari Fortuna: WELP
[10/14/2011 2:05:45 PM] Tom Newton: and now I shall blog this
[10/14/2011 2:05:51 PM] Mari Fortuna: that's a sign of reading too much BitF right there
[10/14/2011 2:05:58 PM] Mari Fortuna: ...Kirby Komedy
[10/14/2011 2:06:04 PM] Tom Newton: lol
[10/14/2011 2:06:11 PM] Tom Newton: Kombat Komedy
[10/14/2011 2:06:14 PM] Mari Fortuna: oh god I give myself too many ideas
[10/14/2011 2:06:19 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:06:19 PM] Mari Fortuna: Kirby Kombat Komedy
[10/14/2011 2:06:37 PM] Tom Newton: Jake just texted me
[10/14/2011 2:06:38 PM] Tom Newton: saying be on ZF
[10/14/2011 2:06:44 PM] Mari Fortuna: I AM ON ZF
[10/14/2011 2:06:47 PM] Mari Fortuna: RAGGLE FRAGGLE
[10/14/2011 2:06:49 PM] Tom Newton: yay
[10/14/2011 2:06:57 PM] Mari Fortuna: KIRBY OVERLOAD
[10/14/2011 2:07:26 PM] Tom Newton: damnit
[10/14/2011 2:07:31 PM] Tom Newton: this is what happens when I don't respond
[10/14/2011 2:07:33 PM] Mari Fortuna: ?
[10/14/2011 2:07:39 PM] Tom Newton: people think my characters are stupid
[10/14/2011 2:07:45 PM] Tom Newton: and slow to respond
[10/14/2011 2:07:55 PM] Tom Newton: and then they take things into their own hands and aaaaaargh
[10/14/2011 2:07:59 PM] Mari Fortuna: D:
[10/14/2011 2:08:13 PM] Tom Newton: because celestia is all like nvm
[10/14/2011 2:08:22 PM] Tom Newton: and i'm like NOOO I WAS GOING TO RESPOND
[10/14/2011 2:08:25 PM] Mari Fortuna: that's why I always refresh
[10/14/2011 2:08:26 PM] Mari Fortuna: :P
[10/14/2011 2:08:27 PM] Tom Newton: YOU JACKASS GOOPS
[10/14/2011 2:09:23 PM] Tom Newton: damnit, I need to get off skype
[10/14/2011 2:09:28 PM] Tom Newton: or I'll miss more posts
[10/14/2011 2:09:31 PM] Mari Fortuna: nooo
[10/14/2011 2:10:02 PM] Tom Newton: suddenly, the frogs
[10/14/2011 2:10:04 PM] Tom Newton: "O_O"
[10/14/2011 2:10:06 PM] Mari Fortuna: yep
[10/14/2011 2:10:16 PM] Tom Newton: I like those frogs
[10/14/2011 2:10:27 PM] Mari Fortuna: they need to show up more often
[10/14/2011 2:10:46 PM] Tom Newton: they do
[10/14/2011 2:10:51 PM] Tom Newton: we need more comedy frogs
[10/14/2011 2:11:00 PM] Mari Fortuna: we need more comedy period
[10/14/2011 2:11:06 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:11:13 PM] Mari Fortuna: d'aaw is nice
[10/14/2011 2:11:20 PM] Mari Fortuna: but with most of the drama out of the way
[10/14/2011 2:11:21 PM] Mari Fortuna: lolz
[10/14/2011 2:11:26 PM] Mari Fortuna: they must be had
[10/14/2011 2:11:33 PM] Tom Newton: brilliant idea
[10/14/2011 2:11:36 PM] Tom Newton: d'aaawmedy
[10/14/2011 2:11:39 PM] Mari Fortuna: oh lawl
[10/14/2011 2:11:49 PM] Tom Newton: cute things happening
[10/14/2011 2:11:55 PM] Tom Newton: with lolz in the background
[10/14/2011 2:11:56 PM] Tom Newton: all in the same post
[10/14/2011 2:12:07 PM] Mari Fortuna: like the frogs dancing
[10/14/2011 2:12:21 PM] Mari Fortuna: or Ring of Fire
[10/14/2011 2:12:31 PM] Tom Newton: while Saralex happens
[10/14/2011 2:12:32 PM] Mari Fortuna: YES.
[10/14/2011 2:12:35 PM] Mari Fortuna: xD
[10/14/2011 2:13:14 PM] Tom Newton: god, I can't multitask very well
[10/14/2011 2:13:21 PM] Tom Newton: I can chat on skype and be on ZF
[10/14/2011 2:13:22 PM] Mari Fortuna: aww
[10/14/2011 2:13:23 PM] Mari Fortuna: D:
[10/14/2011 2:13:27 PM] Tom Newton: but I have to focus on one thing at a time
[10/14/2011 2:13:35 PM] Tom Newton: well, you know what I mean
[10/14/2011 2:13:38 PM] Mari Fortuna: yeah
[10/14/2011 2:13:40 PM] Tom Newton: I get distracted
[10/14/2011 2:13:45 PM] Mari Fortuna: it happens
[10/14/2011 2:13:47 PM] Tom Newton: and then suddenly AAARGH POSTS
[10/14/2011 2:13:51 PM] Mari Fortuna: lolz
[10/14/2011 2:14:03 PM] Tom Newton: anyway
[10/14/2011 2:14:30 PM] Mari Fortuna: we should probably rename one of the kirbies to Gary
[10/14/2011 2:14:39 PM] Mari Fortuna: just so he could have this theme song
[10/14/2011 2:14:42 PM] Mari Fortuna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-B2cnSqPy8&feature=related
[10/14/2011 2:14:54 PM] Tom Newton: wait
[10/14/2011 2:14:57 PM] Tom Newton: this is a thing
[10/14/2011 2:14:58 PM] Tom Newton: that happens?
[10/14/2011 2:15:14 PM] Mari Fortuna: maybe?
[10/14/2011 2:15:24 PM] Tom Newton: as far as I know, game ends once you catch the legendary dragon
[10/14/2011 2:15:32 PM] Tom Newton: probably fan-made, bleh
[10/14/2011 2:15:45 PM] Mari Fortuna: I'm pretty sure its official
[10/14/2011 2:15:51 PM] Tom Newton: hang on
[10/14/2011 2:15:52 PM] Tom Newton: we forgot z kirby
[10/14/2011 2:16:00 PM] Tom Newton: we only have 9 D:
[10/14/2011 2:16:07 PM] Tom Newton: so this will be Gary
[10/14/2011 2:16:16 PM] Mari Fortuna: I was about to say "Ziggy" but okay xD
[10/14/2011 2:16:24 PM] Tom Newton: loll
[10/14/2011 2:16:34 PM] Mari Fortuna: so now we have two badasses
[10/14/2011 2:16:39 PM] Mari Fortuna: one's a douche, one's lolz
[10/14/2011 2:16:44 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:16:59 PM] Mari Fortuna: give him Gary Oak
[10/14/2011 2:17:00 PM] Mari Fortuna: 's
[10/14/2011 2:17:05 PM] Mari Fortuna: douchy hairstyle
[10/14/2011 2:17:11 PM] Tom Newton: yes
[10/14/2011 2:17:17 PM] Tom Newton: and make him speak like a jerk
[10/14/2011 2:17:28 PM] Mari Fortuna: "SMELL YA LATER"
[10/14/2011 2:17:35 PM] Mari Fortuna: *da nana na na na na NA NA da nana na na na NA NA*
[10/14/2011 2:17:50 PM] Mari Fortuna: as he leaves
[10/14/2011 2:17:53 PM] Tom Newton: lol

Friday, October 14, 2011

Well shit

Oh noes, Kirby has a backstory! It's totally not canon! Oh Sakurai, strike me down with all your might!

...Actually, please don't. I don't like being shot by coins.

But yeah, I gave Kirby a bit of a backstory on his birth and all. I got the inspiration from the anime and that Nightmare nonsense. I think Nightmare created Meta Knight instead of Kirby, though. I mean.. dat sword.

I might elaborate more in a piece of fanfiction, but we'll have to see.

All I can say is... it'll be kinda grimdark for a Kirby fanfic. D:

It may be relevant to next year's plot, but who knows? I don't.

Also, random facts that comes to mind...

Pink Kirby- Kirby of Love and Friendship
Yellow Kirby(Keeby)- Creampuff of Kindness and Crazies
Red Kirby (Kabi)- Puff of Power and Anger
Green Kirby (Kusamochi)- Puffball of Courage and Concern

Wheee~

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Buckets of Fun! (and PLOT SHEENANIGAAANS)

Oh man, I have Kirby Mass Attack. If you see a lot of kirbies in the bar, you know what my deal is.

CLEARLY, I HAVE ISSUES~

Poyo! :D

All joking aside, I will be tossing a few references here and there. I swear, though... For a kirby game people tend to complain about ("WAAAH WHERE ARE MY COPY ABILITIES AND FLOATING WAAH" "shush Kirby: Return to Dreamland will be out soon ya wankah" ), it is BUCKETS of fun. Seriously. The music is great, the graphics are good, you get to control up to ten.. count 'em, TEN little kirbies and flick them around! The game is based off of taking this buggers, solving puzzles, and flicking them around like a douchebag. Also, they zerg rush enemies. They are cute little dangerous zergs.

My favorite part about this game? The puzzle element. Trying to get everything involves a lot of thinking and maneuvering around obsticles. You gotta use your head for most of the game! You also have to be very careful, for kirbies die EASILY. (Two hits and they're out.) Fortunately, you can just zerg rush their souls and drag their asses back to earth to revive them... 

Not only that... Poyos. Lots of them. To some, this might be the equivallent of Navi's "HEY, LISTEN!"  To others, like me, it is the most adorbable thing ever. I shit you not. 

Also, ten jumbo, rainbow, invincible kirbies. The Kaijus of Dream Land, surely.


And now, to more serious matters... Plot for next year. RedSpy mentioned on skype once that instead of choosing characters that fit around the theme, we just make fit our own characters to the theme. Like, here... we have a lot of characters that aren't from the 80s, but they still do 80s things. So yeah, most of my characters will return, barring major issues. I have a plot idea for next year..

It will revolve around a dark force that Kirby accidently (and unknowingly) brought  to ZF on his way there, one that possesses others at night and causes them to do dirty deeds. It'll be the typical "WOOORLD DOMINATION" kind of villain, but this one is a bit smarter than the rabble. He will try to get others blamed for his crimes, and even gets Kirby imprisoned by possessing him and releasing horrid monsters never meant to roam the world. 

This will tie in heavily to SteelKomodo's RAEG plot if it happens. This force FEEDS on anger and hatred. With all the tension and people shoving blame on others, he'll be making the most delicious ham, cheese, bacon, and mustard sandwich out of that rage. Kirby may not rage at all, but he WILL be absolutely miserable. All for the sake of character development for all. 

I'll try not to be invasive with my plot, though. And I'll only possess those who will allow me to control their characters... Usually it will happen when everybody else is offline, the darkest hours of the bar. Or earliest. Who knows?

It will probably take a month or two to come full circle. I'm not trying to make a Legend of Zelda, I'm trying to make a Kirby game... in terms of plot length anyway. Might go on for longer, depending on how others feel. I just don't want to repeat the same mistake that caused the whole tension between Cornwind and the others.

For now, what do you guys think?

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

DELICIOUS.

Yay, its midterm week.

yaay. D:

anyway, holy smokes I beat Squeak Squad 100% on my first go! I died to Dark Nebula, though. For shaaame.

I wish the Triple Star worked differently than the Star Rod (aside from the barrier of stars and range limitation), but what can ya do? Well, edit it in fanfiction, of course! Maybe later, though.

With the addition of spray cans from Amazing Mirror's already huge collection... Man. I really love Lavender, White, Shadow, and Carbon Kirby in addition to the Kirby Brigade colors, Ocean, and Sapphire. I still hate Cherry with a passion, though. That's an ugly combination of colors. Urgh.

And now, more Kirby sheenanigans! Kirby Mass may or may not be included :V

Quick question, though...did I make Alex a bit too OP? I tried to balance his abilities and make the gods give him more stuff, only with drawbacks. I play those four off for comedy, anyway. Those four are never serious, unless shit happens. I should probably go into detail about them later. Ah well.

Monday, October 10, 2011

The Bell Tolls...

Its time. Almost time. In a few hours, the final battle between good, evil, and everything inbetween will happen. Friends fight for friends, and enemies who you never thought would team up will work together to destroy the bar.

Tiamat.

Lich.

Air Man v2.

Mr. Ice Man Hand and a shitload of golems.

Ragnarok.

Each one has their own personal grievences with the bar. Today, they make their last stand.

Yet, why do ravens fly off into the distance? Why does the bell toll? For whom does the bell toll?

A dark force would grin if he had a face. His mortal enemy would fall to his might... and turn against his friends. One who was once noble and kind, corrupted by the darkness.

Would love and friendship free him? Or would they ultimately fail?

Only time will tell...

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Puppies. Puppies everywhere.

Oh man, this is GOLD. Stella and Nick are now married. They have tons of pets to look after. Why? FOR TEH LOLZ.

As for Juan and Kisha, they're just oneshot characters unless people start begging me to make them fringe characters. Juan will be too busy partying with a certain Loki-based god, while Kisha will return back home.

Tomorrow, though..

Tomorrow marks Ragnarok...

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Blatant Favoritism

I figured that hey, I talked about my characters... why don't I talk about other peoples characters? Fuck yeah. Particularly ones that I like. A lot. Maybe.

First up, Sarah. Just... Sarah. And I will bullshit a last name for her... Yes, Sarah Drasil. Shut up, I know it's lame, but whatever! She's a buckets of fun to RP with, and BREAKFAST WARS with the Tridens is turning out to be hillarious as all hell. Of course it had to be the character I totally ended up shoving Goops into the RP Mania with really RPed alongside first. Yeeep. And so, eventually, she'll be launching into space with Kirby and Alex, probably searching for the Sweetest Planet in the Universe to devour.

Sorry Candyland, but you're going to have to deal with three "cosmic horrors".

Next up, Widow Maker. She is probably the most hillarious character out there, and she seems to have an emote for every occasion. You've seen me use some of the emotes in Alex's Adventures in the Underworld. They are JUST. SO. FITTING.  I hope she (and by extent, Goops) manages to get over her cold soon. Maybe tea and soup will help? D:

Zephyrus. When Joe (RedSpy) brought the idea up, I was like "UUURGH FUCKING AIR MAN" or something. I honestly didn't know what to expect out of this, but I wasn't going to say no or anything. (Herp, passive herp.) Then RP Explosion happened and holy son of a bitch Zephy became one of the most important people in the bar. His helpfulness and optimism is... well, I'm gonna have to be honest: its rather reflective of his author's personality. Yeah, sometimes its bad and it makes me want to facepalm, but this is one guy I love. Also, he needs to grow a spine. Not kidding.

EREBUUUS. WHEE. Goddamn was he grimdark to begin with, but look at him now! He's fucking MARRIED to the MOST INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THE BAR. (Okay, one of them. Ssssh.) Oh, fuck it, why don't I shove all of Dross's/Erebus's characters here? Erebus went from Grimdark to Noblebright thanks to a particular turtle of the bar, and HOW. His development was incredible, and I really enjoy seeing his antics. What I look forward to is a war between Kirby and him over chocolate. Pech is funny in his own sarcastic, bitter way. I can just see him as Santa though, with a sleigh full of snakes led by a red-nosed hydra. Only the only presents he leaves is death for all who try to challenge him. Antoinette (or Fang Four) is just so adorably innocent, its not even funny. I can see her growing up to be a veternarian (oh hey, same job I'm trying to gun for) and volunteering her time at an animal shelter. While petting the shit out of cats. Like I did when I volunteered at my shelter..

Jonesy. Wooaaah. She's another wild one and I love her for it. She used to be emotionally unstable and had a lot of issues. Yet... for all her flaws, she turned out to be a really awesome person! Not to mention, she's a fellow pyromaniac. She recieved a lot of development over the past few months; its incredible to see her where she is now. Now she's the one who gets the crazy ideas to swim in the chocolate fountain with her hubby. And mai, that IS delicious!

And finally, Eddie and Rain. Oh boy, where to start? For one thing, the minute Eddie walked in was the minute I knew epic shit was going to happen. I wasn't wrong, either: the bar now had its own personal musician and roadie, always helping others out. Prankster? Fuck yes. Rain also turned out to be lolzy, then turned out to be sweet as hell. I have only myself to blame for that... He went from CREEPAH! to d'aaaaaaaaw. All because I wanted a happy ending for the ninja (and wanted to see what would happen if i paired Stella up with him. WELP...)

There are more, but these are my particular favorites. Yep. Next blog post, I think I'll go into more detail about Alex's grand adventure... and Levia in general.

Say whaaat

I was on a homecoming parade float for the summer program I was in during most of the tournament. Yeees. I had to go through the horrors of Calculus for six weeks. At least I got a 4.0 out of it...

Also, wanna know the best thing to use when you simply do NOT want something to happen?

                                         Yeaaah, mothafuckah. Take that plot point and shove it up yo' ass.

In even weirder news, i managed to get into Golden Sun and NOT get terribly lost like I did as a child. Whoop whoop. It is great and wonderful, I daresay.

Peoples be loud here, though. Veddy loud XP

Thursday, October 6, 2011

More Kirby Mania

Goddamn it Goops, you got me into a tangent. A Kirby tangent.

Like I mentioned in his blog, I was really hooked on Kirby. Kirby is the whole reason I'm here now... I really started foruming around Kirby's Rainbow Resort (bless your souls, KindarSpirit and friends) and actually got my (mediocre) start in RPing there. Mind you, it was more casual than serious, but eeeeh.

As for Kirby games I have played? Weeeelll... Most were emulated rather than owned, so I'm terribly sorry D:

Kirby's Dream Land (Extra Mode... I WILL CONQUER YOU ONE DAY)
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (My first exposure to Kirby, and probably one of my favorites)
Kirby's Tilt 'n Tumble (Dammit why can't I play you anymoooore)
Kirby's Pinball Land (Addicting songs are addicting.)
Kirby's Adventure (I admit, I haven't played the original 'til recently. I'm sorry.)
Kirby Super Star (OH MY GOD THIS GAME IS GODLY)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Pitch 4 Life, bitches.)
Kirby's Dream Course (Read: Kirby Golf.)
Kirby's Avalanche (I used to suck at this, then I became a total boss. My sister hates me for it, though.)
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (YES. JUST PURE AND UTTER YES)
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (If the AI weren't so stupid, I'd 100% this game no sweat... *sigh* )
Kirby Air Ride (Only at a cousin's house. I never actually owned the game...)
Kirby Squeak Squad (This was stolen. JUST as I got the Green Spraycan, too! FUCK.)
Kirby Super Star Ultra (When I heard KSS was remade, I screamed. Then it had more games. Then I exploded.)

I intend on adding Kirby Mass Attack and Kirby: Return to Dream Land to this list of games I played. Fuck yeaaaah.

Also, I pose two questions for you all... What are YOUR favorite abilities and, if you've played Amazing Mirror and/or Squeak Squad, what's your favorite Spraycan? Oh, favorite Air Rides too!

As for me, I love the hell out of Ice and Plasma, and I typically use the Green(Kusamochi), Ocean, and Chocolate spray cans.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Whoosh.

What a day! We had a cruise, a tapogre fight, Alex losing an eatting contest, and other such things. It was fucking epic. Also, I managed to get a fan on Fanfiction.net already. Sweeet.

Now, Amazing Mirror Adventures insight! And more detail into what I plan to do with it.. Spoilers may be inbound, so be careful!



I'm going about this the same way I would go about Alex if he managed to split into two people and he couldn't be merged back: Let them be merely a facet of the original. At least, at first. I always do love exploring the sort of faces a character has. The sum of the parts make up the whole, you know. And now, Kirby Brigade...

Kirby! (He's the cool guy.)

He's more like his Anime self: A baby/young child with little to no experience in life. He's so naive, he puts Zephyrus to shame. Worst part is... Well, you'll see in the next part. He is absolutely curious about everything, even a blade of grass can distract him. The Brigade have to keep a close eye on him, or he might run off into more trouble than they bargained for.

Keeby! (She's the crazy one.)

She represents Kirby's more feminine side, and all of his ditzyness. She has a bad tendency to space out and is the klutziest of the bunch. Not much else makes sense around her: she appears whenever her name is called somehow, she materializes pies from nowhere, and she tends to bend space and time sometimes. As in, VROP. Most of this is for shits and giggles, though, so eh. She remains to be Miyamoto's favorite Kirby.

Kabi! (He never smiles.)

Red has never looked so angry. I never really had a name in mind for him... But this will surely get confusing with the japanese! (In which case, Kirby is named Kabi, and he would be just Kirby. See how confusing it is?)  Anyway, he represents Kirby's angrier, smug side. He's an asshole, through and through. Okay, not really, but eh. He's usually the Deadpan Snarker of the group and cynical about a lot of things, but shove him front of a kitty and he will hug it two ways to tomorrow. He also has his collection of unusual euphamisms (SON OF A SUBMARINER)... which I think I need help on, because Dream Land doesn't have swearing. (But of course, it has alcohol!)

and Kusamochi! (He's the Leader)

Nobody ever expects player four to be the leader. Well, bitches, he is now. Kirby's a baby, for cripes sake! You don't put babies in leadership possitions! Kusa's really just the part of Kirby who leads others and helps others, although he can become a real worry wart. ESPECIALLY when Kirby is running off and finding trouble. He tries to keep the Brigade together and summons them whenever help is necessary.  He can be pretty easygoing, too, but so formal when meeting new people!

Now with that in mind, you are armed with the knowledge needed to survive longfic. Yesss. I might make a separate blog for this.. but who knows?

Fanfiction Sheenanigans

Oh hey, finally, I got a fanfiction.net account working!

http://www.fanfiction.net/~harpykuro

There was going to be more to this post but I forgot them. I'll just update this later. WATCH THIS SPACE GUIZE

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Wedding Sheenanigans!

Ah, weddings. The day I will probably regret bringing eight freaking characters at once. I mean

How HIGH do you have to be

Anyway, RPing as the Kirby Brigade is turning out nice, but Kabi apparently established himself as the resident badass of Dream Land...

What I'm wondering is... how many people have actually played Super Mario RPG? I've beatten it before (not Culex though, the douchebag), but I want to make ooone throwback..

Okay, I'll spoil it for you: ZEE CAKE IZ ALIVE!

Only way to beat it?

EAT IT.

It will be the most delicious boss battle ever.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Missing Out

Sadly, Tuesdays and Thursdays are my worst times to RP. I am usually booked 'til 7 or 8... yeaaah. I might miss a part of the wedding while i'm gone...sadly. If I'm not there, please, somebody control my chars while I'm out. Please?

The Kirby Brigade will be there. Oh, YES they will be there. Speaking of, I began the great task of putting Amazing Mirror in my own words:

http://s1.zetaboards.com/JestersToybox/topic/4529742/1/

Enjoy! I'll be putting it up on Fanfiction.net soon enough!

You crazy kids

...and yer darn RP problems! When I was yer age, we didn't even have INTERNET!

Oh, oops. I am your age. Pretty much. Whooooops.

Yeah, yeah, all this hooplah about Cornwind's RP. I know I'm eons late, but really... If he's trying to stretch it for another year, then I might as well start planning on ways to counteract it with d'aaw. Because its what I do best. Evil beast that sets your shit on fire? Fuck you, I got Sarah and Alex frolicking through Peppermint Palace with coats on! Monster that devours your memories? Stella and Rain are currently commanding their armies for an epic prank war between realms. Warlock that has a tendency to quote the most cryptic shit from Shakesphere ever? Pech and Garnet, riding a hydra. Oh hey, brought the Lord's brother Dylan around for more smug sheenanigans? Kirby Brigade. Just, Kirby Brigade.

Okay, that third one is more badass than anything, but you get the idea. For all that is dark, there is light. A sun for all the moons. Yin and Yang. Balaaaance. And I intend on helping with that balance!

On a slightly related note, I started up my fanfiction.net account  yesterday, so I should be able to put Kirby Brigade sheenanigans by tomorrow. With any luck, you might get to read my take on Amazing Mirror!

...Yeah, I'm totally doing it. For teh lolz. And it will have Dedede intermissions. Amazing Mirror lacked too much Dedede! D:

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Fanfiiic!

I can't host my fic on Fanfiction.net for the moment, so for now, I have opened up my forum (temporarily) just so you guys can see Kirbyfic in all its glory. i don't think the forum is restricted to guests or anything... well, you can't post, but you can see it.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/JestersToybox/topic/4527306/1/#new

There you go. I have shame-ish for bringing this old place back from the dumpster.

HAHAHAHAHA oh god

This is what happens when I stay up late. This is a skype convo I had with SK and Del (Tom and Jake, respectively):

[4:28:47 AM] Mari Fortuna: ..bow chicka bow wow
[4:28:59 AM] Mari Fortuna: I'mokaywiththis.jpg
[4:29:21 AM] Tom Newton: well, you'vwe got me there
[4:29:39 AM] Jake Newton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ
[4:30:24 AM] Tom Newton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvllQl5t4Ww&feature=related
[4:30:41 AM] Jake Newton: well
[4:30:47 AM] Jake Newton: you got me there
[4:31:06 AM] Tom Newton: indeed I have
[4:31:21 AM] Mari Fortuna: you just dissed your own mom there, dudes
[4:31:26 AM] Jake Newton: yep
[4:31:34 AM] Mari Fortuna: what do you have to say for yourself
[4:31:34 AM] Tom Newton: and we're still alive, right?
[4:31:42 AM] Jake Newton: I regret nothing
[4:31:43 AM] Mari Fortuna: something tells me
[4:31:44 AM] Mari Fortuna: not for long
[4:32:01 AM] Tom Newton: oh no
[4:32:04 AM] Tom Newton: i can hear footsteps
[4:32:12 AM] Tom Newton: NO MUM DON'T KILL ME AAAAGH
[4:32:18 AM] Mari Fortuna: :munch:
[4:32:20 AM] Jake Newton: Tom is ded
[4:32:24 AM] Jake Newton: not bir surprise
[4:32:33 AM] Mari Fortuna: this would make a great  horror movie
[4:32:42 AM] Jake Newton: it would
[4:32:52 AM] Mari Fortuna: it would probably win an oscar or two
[4:32:57 AM] Tom Newton: I LIVE
[4:33:09 AM] Mari Fortuna: pfft
[4:33:15 AM] Jake Newton: but for how long?
[4:33:21 AM] Tom Newton: I don't know
[4:33:23 AM] Mari Fortuna: and now, for reactions with stella
[4:33:30 AM] Tom Newton: I'm still putting my guts back in at the mo
[4:33:37 AM] Jake Newton: yay
[4:33:40 AM] Mari Fortuna: Tom is a self-made doctor
[4:33:46 AM] Mari Fortuna: :V
[4:33:58 AM] Tom Newton: That's how I lost my medical licence.
[4:34:16 AM] Mari Fortuna: oh wow xD
[4:34:31 AM] Mari Fortuna: I'm so glad I did not drink any water
[4:34:48 AM] Tom Newton: One time, they were performing a heart operation
[4:34:56 AM] Tom Newton: when I woke up, my skeleton was on back-to-front
[4:35:03 AM] Tom Newton: so I twisted it round with my bare hands
[4:35:09 AM] Mari Fortuna: bear hands?
[4:35:12 AM] Tom Newton: YES
[4:35:16 AM] Tom Newton: MY BEAR HANDS
[4:35:20 AM] Tom Newton: WHICH I TYPE WITH
[4:35:24 AM] Mari Fortuna: RAWWR
[4:35:30 AM] Jake Newton: Tom is secretly a Zoofights experiment
[4:35:34 AM] Tom Newton: The doctors were never heard from again
[4:35:40 AM] Jake Newton: We just never told you
[4:35:47 AM] Tom Newton: Reactions with Del plz :3
[4:35:50 AM] Mari Fortuna: Tom for Zoofights VII
[4:36:04 AM] Tom Newton: I don't count as a human
[4:36:09 AM] Tom Newton: so I'd get in no problem
[4:36:15 AM] Mari Fortuna: pfft
[4:36:19 AM] Jake Newton: I'd support him
[4:36:24 AM] Jake Newton: IN THE LOSER'S LEAGUE
[4:36:29 AM] Tom Newton: damn you
[4:36:29 AM] Mari Fortuna: xD
[4:36:36 AM] Mari Fortuna: I have to blog this
[4:36:39 AM] Mari Fortuna: because lolz
[4:36:51 AM] Jake Newton: do eet
[4:36:57 AM] Tom Newton: now

as for what we were talking about earlier...

.....lets just say it had something to do with Raincake

also yes, my last name IS Fortuna. I hate myself :V

Insert D'aaaaw Here.

Here's the full lyrics to Alex's little love song, sung to Smiles and Tears (SSBB Lost Music version)

I haven't lived as long as some people have
I have nothing but my ship and pinwheel hat
A smile, a laugh, and you in my heart
As well as my little cat.

The times we laughed and the times that we cried
No matter what, you were there by my side
I thought the two of us were just friends
but I hid my feelings inside

We had a long journey, filled to the brim
With fun and hardship; the time flew so fast
Though we've now returned back to our homes
The moments still seem to last.



You made me smile just for being yourself
Just like the wind swaying all through the grass
I'd give anything, oh anything
To see that your smile really lasts

We had a lot of smiles and a lot of tears
Yet I still stay here and wait for you
Even if I am just  rotting away
Even if I am just replaced...

Oh, I would give anything to be by your side
My heart, my soul, my everything
With all those things and then even more
I'd give you anything

I will just sit here until you finally return....
I'd wait for you 'til the end

I would do just aaanything...

(I miss you...)

...to get my one chance..
my only chance...
To say one thing...
I love you so...


Also, I tossed in some Kirby d'aaaw for you all because I need to drown you all in diabetes before the FINAL FIGHT yeaaaaah

Kirby cannot create diabetes.
Kirby IS diabetes.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Holy Batshit, Batman!

I made the Kirby fanfic.

I totally did it.

9 pages, 3,716 words WITH author's note. Single spaced.

Now, question... Where the fuck can I put this? D:

It's time to play a game!

A game of "Give Harpy a Decent Plot to Work With!"

I'm trying to work on a Kirby fanfic, a shortfic if you will, involving the Kirby Brigade. Thing is, I don't know what kind of plot to have. Of course, Grimdark plots are a no-no. This is supposed to be a funny kind of thing. My brain is kinda "bluuuh" on all of this, though, so tell me...

What kind of plot should the Kirby Shortfic have?

Friday, September 30, 2011

Big Mistake

Oh maaaan, i thought bringing Pech and Erebus along would be a good idea.

Welp, I thought wrong. Worst yet, I actually planned on combat. More like the "hahaha this is silly *knock out*" kind of combat rather than "RAAAWR I EAT YOUR SOULS" combat.

I must seriously make it up to you guys.

With Kirby shortfic.

Starring the Kirby Brigade.

I'M DOING THIS ONLY FOR YOU GUYS.

Alex and Co.: An Analysis

It's nearing the end of the tournament, and I think it's about time I wrapped up all the changes with my characters throughout the tournament. Besides, a walk through memory lane is always nice!

Alex the Janitor was once but a simple janitor, cleaning up giant, gory messes and keeping the place tidy for others. Yes, five years ago he was a knight, but that didn't matter. Until the Big Bar Brawl, he was rather timid and usually hid in the shadows, popping into the bar from time to time. Once the big bar brawl happened, though...

Dear god, did my inner RPer bloom. I got rid of the generic Fighter avatar I had and put in Ramza as a placeholder; I wrote down stupid amounts of words describing Alex and his past alongside with his preparations... This was where the REAL fun started. I ended up dragging Goops into it with Sarah crushing on Alex, and I regret absolutely nothing. Writing for the tiny knight has never been so much fun! He went from being shy and timid to actually swinging into the bar every day and being ad'aaaawrable alongside Sarah, and telling his snippets of his time in Levia. He became a memetic badass of sorts with all of his deaths and ressurections. His idiot hair rose to glory and now has a girlfriend of its own! Alex HAS come a long way ever since that fateful day, hasn't he?

Now I'm just eager to just put this quote into play...

"During the war in Levia, people began to call me the 'Wind God.' Let me show you WHY."

James the Squirtle was once a scardy-cat. He cared for his trainer a lot but was treated poorly once Morris got his hands on a Charmander. He never really had a friend to talk to about this, so he grinned and bore it until he came into the Bar. He made friends with Erebus and gave him a pair of his shades, then cheered him on in the Big Bar Brawl. The little turtle got a lot of development after that: He found his trainer, found the Charizard tamed by Sine X. Cosine, got his ass kicked but managed to level up JUUUUST enough to become a Warturtle... Then he went back with his trainers and later returned as a Badass Blastoise.  I kinda fell off the wagon with him, though...  he's back as MechaJames, though! Once the string of Fites are over, I WILL request a MechaJames vs. Erebus fight. I can't hold back with that anymore.

Stella Lockheart was introduced as a derpy babysitter who loved blabbing her mouth off. She forgot about everything concerning the kids by combining a Pineal Colada and a CP Smasher/Stunner, then after calling up the hospital for Alex's sake after the triple B, she went back home to chill. She came back as still a chatty orator, but she was a tad snarky and had a lot of prankster in her. Oh my, it was fun. She class changed to Ninja much later in the tournament after someone mentioned she could pass as one, and with it, she became a bit more hostile and snarky. It led to an outburst later, but now she's back to her chatty, decent self.  This ninja orator was a curveball of sorts, and I spontaneously came up with the idea of Stella x Rain when she was relatively new. Out with the bad memories and in with the good! I must say, all worked out rather well.

Garnet came in at first as a joke posing as Sarah for Alex's sake. I wasn't sure if I wanted to bring her back, so I decided to let a tractor determine whether she stays. Well, that's history, and now she's working under JRM and managed to reveal Pech's softer side. Pech, possibly the grouchiest active bargoer, is in a relationship with her. Holy crap, I did not see that coming. Okay, I admit, I kind of did, but hot damn. She's not as easy to write for...mainly because she's a barbarianness and can't really talk right. Most of her backstory is intertwined with Alex's and Stella's. I'll probably think of something...one day. Still have to send her off on that mission Harry was talking about...

And finally, Kirby. He's a fairly simple character with a background most people know about. He is probably the second most fun character I could ever write for, mainly because I blended game canon and anime canon together. I wondered if I should have him talk, but I pretty much stuck with the anime's portrayal of him: Lots of "Poyos," the ocassional word, names.... and added in expressing what he wants through pictures. It's not as easy writing for him, but with plenty of expressive pictures given by the Kirby Wiki and a lot of determination, I managed to make it work for the sake of fun. And goddamn, I regret nothing about it. He is just d'aaaaaaw. I had to pull a fast one, though... Kirby came out in the early nineties, and since this is 80s Zoofights we're talking about... Well, puffball, you better take up Sintendo's offer to make your life a series of video games fast!

Honestly, I love writing for all of my characters. All the relationships and all the drama... it was all just a little game of "How would THEY act?" to me. It was rather enjoyable! So I give all of my fellow RPers a big thank you for helping me have a blast writing all of these characters.

A special thank you, however, goes out to RedSpy. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even be here! I actually considered giving up RPing and just quietly gaming, but he dragged me into this and..well, the rest is history.