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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: A Rapist's View of the World: Joss Whedon and Firefly

    Is it me or does this woman not grasp the difference between realism (calling a ranking officer "sir") and sexism (having a group of female characters unreasonabely inferior to male ...

    Sep 9, 2008
  • Archive Re: Dragon Riders

    "Let's go back to the river massacre site and see if there are signs of other Al'aran," said Garrel, his tone thick with sarcasm. "It was a good idea at ...

    Sep 9, 2008
  • Writing Activities Re: Ask a stupid question...

    Toenails, unless you wear really, really tight shoes. (Or strap your feet). For an even contest in the case of the latter, wear gauntlets.

    Sep 9, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: A hierarchy of evil?

    Gahks you've shown me things that are evil, but not given a meaning for evil. For instance, If I ask you "what is the colour blue", and you say "the ...

    Sep 9, 2008
  • Archive Re: Dragon Riders

    *Hanik is the strongest ruler around. He may not need, or at least, may not think he needs, Azrayel to win. If he thinks he doesnt, then Azrayel is merely ...

    Sep 5, 2008
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Future Final; Chapter One - Part One.

    Hah, you're the first to ask for a review, so I'm duty bound to respond, but this seems to have been gone over pretty thoroughly! Most of what I'm going ...

    Sep 5, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Bible: Literal or Allegory?

    I meant that I didn't really care about your thoughts on Christianity. We're never going to get anywhere with a debate on a religion's validity. Ever. Maybe the reason we ...

    Sep 5, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: A hierarchy of evil?

    Evil is ambiguous. Give me some terms with definitive meanings and I'll tell you whether you can rank them. When determining the severity of crimes, the principles of offence, harm ...

    Sep 4, 2008
  • WRFF Archive Re: First in best dressed.

    I do good reviews. They are detailed, precise and you want them. I love to be one of the first to review a new piece, if you check my reviews ...

    Sep 4, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Thief in the Night

    Hey, I'm Rubric and I'll be your literary surgeon this...well it's 12:24am where I am at the moment. The cloak flowed behind him, like a hovering, rippling body of black ...

    Sep 3, 2008
  • Writing Activities Re: Ask a stupid question...

    Exactly (and I think the stereotypical answer is 42 not 47) Why do people mistake Frankenstein for his monster?

    Sep 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Likable bad main characters

    A decent anti-hero will always show into sharp relief a flaw, not in himself, but in the world around him. "Well, I guess the schooling system, parents and eurasian butlers ...

    Sep 2, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Killing few to save many

    There's never any hard and fast rule, I think to try and set one is to allow for the wrong decision to be made.

    Sep 2, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: I Hate Emo

    I like black because I'm "dark" and "sophisticated" and no-one understands that my emotions are so much more "real" than theirs. And I mean, people only hate emos because they ...

    Sep 1, 2008
  • Archive Re: Dragon Riders

    Garrel Viedna was walking into the room where the other riders had gathered to meet when Garrel grabbed his shoulder. "That was foolhardy." "No more so than Crysilla, and certainly ...

    Aug 31, 2008


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