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New anime reviewAnimes so far that caught my eye.
K
A simple name for the extraordinary animation in this piece just by watching the first 5 seconds i was hook up by the music, then watching a badass dude smoking a cigar i was knocked out. The return of the badsssssessssss in anime form, i was getting tired of dudes tha looks like a 5 year old surrounded by ladies of look 4 year old.
This anime its like persona 4 meets samurai champloo, the fish eye shots on skateboard were so cool, this also have a bit of vibe like final fantasy versus. Main character has white hair so i was guessing it was K dash as kid, hhahaha joking
Probably king of the season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDLL5E26GU
Tonari No Kaibutsu
The character Maka from soul eater meets a crazy dude named Morita from honey and clover and a romance starts, thats how i should resume this anime, expect the unexpected things, that guy is as crazy as morita. I must say music its awesome in this anime fits every situation, it seems it will have

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Trust the FallTrust the Fall

Is everything you tell me true?
Or will I live to know you lie?
Is there a way for me to know?
Do you?

UnusedUnused
Here I am.
Is it hard to see?
It's not for me.

I barely know you.
One summer isn't long.
Yet here I am,
Girl of sense,
Going crazy,
Because you're not.

I don't know.
What am I doing?
Why did I tell you?

What are you saying?
Are there more to your words?
Don't you understand?

I'm giving myself.
To you,
Love me.

Completely fresh.
Mint condition.
Never been opened.
Never been used.

I told you.
You agreed.
You let me fantasize.
And it was wonderful
You backed out.

Now I'm confused
Am I used?

The Re-Order: Chapter SevenChapter Seven:

Hours pass. The four of us sit against the wall with the vending machine, at a loss for any other means to pass the time. I eat two candy bars. I reminisce on a time when I considered eating two sweets in one day to be the eighth deadly sin. I’ve never been anorexic like Ana, but I was a cheerleader and proud of my rockin’ bod, nonetheless. I do not enjoy the chocolate and caramel. The sugar makes me jittery, but leaves me weak at the same time. We’ve all agreed not to touch the nuts and more nutritious snacks until tomorrow, since we all had meals of sustenance just last night. I don’t particularly want the peanuts, anyway. I want meat. I want bread. I want carbs and protein, not sugar and salt. I want a full stomach, and the prospect of never having one again makes me long for it even more.

I watch for hours as soundless tears roll down Julie’s cheeks. It’s finally catchin

The Re-Order: Chapter 6Chapter Six:

    What now?

    How could we make the sixty mile journey with no food or water? In our pajamas? How can I ask my friends to even attempt it, when they have less than the absolute conviction I have that to have gone with the military would have meant a fate worse than a death in the bombing.

    Death by bombing would have been quick, mostly painless. We probably wouldn’t have even felt it. I almost envied those poor souls lost to the explosions, or even smoke inhalation. Sure, dying of smoke inhalation would have been painful, relatively slower, scarier… but still, somehow I know that it would have been preferable to being captured. I don’t, however, envy those who burned to death. I burned my leg on a muffler of my mom’s old van once when I was a kid. It hurt like hell. I can’t imagine suffering through that all over my body. I’d follow those soldiers an

Hope? No.Hope; Ominous, Painful...Existant?

Not Obtainable.

The Re-Order: Chapter TwoChapter Two:
Julie and I sit at the edge of the wood, leaned against a large tree trunk and watch as the dust starts to settle again. There are still a few small fires flickering in some of the houses, but the last explosion was more than an hour ago. "What should we do?" Julie whispers to me, glancing over at Anamarie, where she lies, curled into a ball, shaking, "Should we go back to the gym? I hear there's strength in numbers; there has to be two or three hundred people in there."
"Did you notice how the explosions seemed to chase us in there? And once everyone left standing was tucked safely away inside, the explosions just stopped. We were herded there, Jules. Like cattle. Whoever is doing this, they have plans for the people in that gymnasium. And I don't exactly think we want to be a part of those plans, if the methods they used to get us there are any example." I'm not sure why we're whispering. Who do we think is going to overhear us? The

The Re-Order: Chapter ThreeChapter Three:
As the hours pass, I find myself thinking about my other friends: the girls from the cheer squad, the other kids on student council, all the girls in my sorority, this one girl- Cassie Matthews- who had four different classes with me. She had curly, red hair and freckles. She was one of the brightest girls I've ever known- so sweet and friendly, and knowledge about pretty much everything. She was also in a wheelchair. There is no way in hell she lived through the bombing. And then there's the kid with Asperger's that I tutor every Tuesday. How could he have survived?
I can feel the lump forming in my throat and I know I'm dangerously close to that breakdown I've been avoiding. Anamarie is still curled into a ball and Aiden seems to have given up trying to comfort her and is now just sitting and watching her, as is Julie. I wonder if she'll ever come back from this. What an awful way to lose your first real boyfriend…

The Re-Order: Prologue    Prologue-
    My name is… I mean was…Paige Emily Perkins. I was born and raised in my beloved America. I was the stereotypical Florida native. I had sun-bleached blond hair, tanned skin, stood five foot eight inches tall, and had a knock-out bod. I attended The University
of West Florida, and I was majoring was Social Work. I was on the student
government, I was a homecoming maid both freshmen and sophomore years, and I
was a cheerleader.
    All of these things are in the past tense. Because now, none of it matters. I am but one thing now: a survivor. I’m not the only one, but I am one of few. I miss the way things were, before. They were so easy, so full of simple pleasures, so free…
    It was the year 2020, but honestly, not much had changed in America for the last ten years. Presidents came and went, their various ideas for advancing the nation blocked by politics and the ignorant

What is Love?Love...?

Hurt.

Regret.

Yet still...beautiful.

Reminiscent of ChildhoodLazy autumn days;
Crimson leaves falling with grace
Down, down forever.

Rainbow sprinkled bread
Like fairy dust on my tongue,
A delicious treat

A humble teddy,
Waiting expectantly for
Me. I’ll come tonight.

Wet Saturday morn,
A field of sludge and grass
Torn by flailing wood

Now, reminiscing,
I remember childhood joy,
So fresh, so vivid

If only those days
Of innocent play & smiles
Would return once more

For now, however,
I am content in memoirs;
So, I reminisce.

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by ~AmayaElls, Mar 6, 2012, 2:28:16 PM
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Angels and demons have been in a war for thousands of years, waged in the skies above a neutral human kingdom. Few remember what started the war, but it continues through racial hatred and continued wartime atrocities committed by both parties. Demons and angels both seek the favour of the lesser human beings in order to gain a small strategic edge, but time and time again wise kings, or wise advisors have turned them down, maintaining an uneasy equality in their kingdoms.

Yethzer is a member of the Demonguard, an order of demons equal to great generals when not protecting their king in battle. One day, on a routine training reconnaissance mission he and his young flock are attacked by a group vastly different from any they have encountered before. They are attacked by a flock of demons supported by an angel choir, an impossibility due to the strong inherited hatred in every single member of both races. Yethzer alone escapes and takes his story to the humans, sure that mind control magic is a good reason for the humans to finally side with demonkind. He is thwarted however and the human king is forced to send him on a mission to uncover the truth.

Yethzer must travel with a young human spellcaster and an angel swordsman in order to prove his case. Along the way they must fight mutual enmity as well as the forces which attempt to stop their quest for the truth and for a way to fight a greater enemy then has been seen in 3000 years.

Casting Runesongsby ~AmayaElls

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I thought a blurb might be useful, something to show to people to get them interested in the novel, because the first chapter is not my best by any stretch of the imagination. It any of you have any suggestions on what to add to this just tell me.

Also a poll for this novel [link]

Casting Runesongs

Chapter 1 - Betrayal
Chapter 2 - Diplomacy
Chapter 3 - Companions
Chapter 4 - Walking South
Chapter 5 - Forest
Chapter 6 - Inn
Chapter 7 - Bandits
Chapter 8 - Puppies
Chapter 9 - Wyvern
Chapter 10 - First Date
Chapter 11 - Information
Chapter 12 - Shovel

I will not be posting any more of the novel on dA, but if you are interested let me know and I can contact you personally when I publish my novel. And please vote on this poll so I can collect numbers. [link]

Critique by *merrak Jan 4, 2013, 2:29:20 PM

I haven't read the other chapters yet, but since the blurb is supposed to entire new readers, I thought I'd leave you the perspective of someone who fits that criteria.

The blurb sounds interesting. I like the direction Para 2 and Para 3 take it, and I think you've done a good job building up some mystery.

I think you could tighten the last two paragraphs quite a bit. Ideally, your blurb should fall between 100 - 200 words. (200 is the maximum allowed for Amazon listings). Your word count is over 250, so it would be good to trim some things.

I don't think you need "by a group vastly different from any they have encountered before", since you're giving us that information in the next sentence. I think you can delete that entirely, then you only use the word "attacked" once.

Further down, how does mind control magic fall into the incident that just happened? I think you can just stop at "takes his story to the humans.", and maybe expand a little on why the king is forced to send him on a mission. Is it a test? Is something needed? etc. See three paragraphs down for a continuation of this point.

Para 3 looks good. I think you meant "that hasn't been seen in 3000 years?"

Frankly, I don't think paragraph 1 is needed at all. Like the other person mentioned above, the general idea of angels vs demons isn't new. The story seems to be about Yethzer, so why not start with him? His story is what is unique, anyway.

I think you can drop "due to the strong inherited hatred in every single member", and work in the war there. Perhaps, something like "due to that they have been at war for thousands of years". The second part of Para 1 could be worked into Para 2. If you drop the part of mind control magic, and work in its place that the demons want the small strategic edge there, I think you'll not only get your wordcount under 200, but it can also make more sense why the king is "forced" to send Yethzer on a mission.

Hope this is helpful! If I missed any marks, let me know. Like I said earlier, I wanted to give you the impression from someone who hasn't read the rest yet - since this is who the blurb is written for.

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Critique by ~mystichuntress Aug 4, 2012, 1:38:56 AM

I have not read any of the other chapters, but the blurb sounds interesting and I intend to do so in the future.

I'm addicted to the fantasy genre, so I tend to get picky.
The general storyline itself is fairly cliched - there are already many stories out there about wars between angels and demons. Take the "Fallen" novels by Lauren Kate, which kind of fall into the dark romance category.
It is not uncommon to find quests in such stories, and I feel as if your story may take the traditional path of most fantasy quests: the land is threatened, the king sends a group of Champions to save the land, they succeed and are made into heroes.
Interesting though. You mention that the demons and angels hate each other. Yethzer is a demon and he is forced to work with an angel swordsman. I'm interested in finding out how that works.

The only advice I have for you is to work hard. World-building and slowly uncovering the history is important in maintaining the readers' interest. So is, unsurprisingly, character development. I find that in general, fantasy characters are quite flat as development has been sacrificed for a better plot.

To set your story apart from others that are similar, develop your characters. Give them life. What are their hobbies, interests, mannerisms? What was it like for them, growing up, and is there a particular reason why they behave in such a way?
This quest is a life-changing quest and as such, your characters should change through the course of the story. And if they don't change, you should provide a reason why.

I would love to have you publish your story and I would get a copy, but I don't have money haha.

Not sure if this helped or not...

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~vedabitsaha Apr 6, 2013

Whoa!!
I'll take my time and read through these chapters sometime!
Good luck with being published! The story seems rather interesting! It reeks of awesome fantasy! WOW!
And let me know when you publish it! Here's my email! vedabitsaha@gmail.com

~AmayaElls Apr 6, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I am glad you like it, I'm sorry there's been such a delay in getting it published.

~vedabitsaha Apr 6, 2013

Let me know when it's done! ^.^

~AmayaElls Apr 7, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I will.

~vedabitsaha Apr 7, 2013

thanks!

~Prehnite Jul 31, 2012 General Artist

It sounds pretty interesting. I think this is a good plubicity move

~AmayaElls Jul 31, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I am glad you like it.

~lucidcece Jun 13, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I love the detail you put into your work.

~AmayaElls Jun 13, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you very much. I am glad you enjoyed it.

~lucidcece Jun 13, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

No prob. Ur works amazing. Is ur whole story on ur page yet

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