Something I'd like to recommend

[Daniel Krispin]

Just play it, I guess. For the twists... There are hints and winks towards it. It doesn't yell it out loud before the Plot, but an observant person can pick up all the hints, small and big alike.

If you put it that way, sure, that sounds good. Like I said, I'll see.

Oh, and Lord J, you're a writer, eh? Planning to be published some day?

[Lord J Esq]

Oh, and Lord J, you're a writer, eh? Planning to be published some day?

I have been published! But not for anything of novel-length, which is what I suspect you are talking about, so, yes, it remains at this point an intention rather than an accomplishment. That's one of the reasons I used to have trouble taking you seriously: You trumpet yourself as both a writer and an engineer. I am both, the one by self-teaching and the other by formal education, and I had trouble seeing the expertise you claimed.

[Daniel Krispin]

Oh, and Lord J, you're a writer, eh? Planning to be published some day?

I have been published! But not for anything of novel-length, which is what I suspect you are talking about, so, yes, it remains at this point an intention rather than an accomplishment. That's one of the reasons I used to have trouble taking you seriously: You trumpet yourself as both a writer and an engineer. I am both, the one by self-teaching and the other by formal education, and I had trouble seeing the expertise you claimed.

Oh, neat! In what way: articles and papers? I myself would like to be published in time - novels, that is, and maybe articles in my chosen field (which is Classics.)

Well, I never claimed myself in expert in either writing or engineering - I'm certain you're a more reliable a writer, as it were - better command of grammar, and the like. I'm more of a poet-vein, I think, tending to at times break certain writing conventions. But I AM a writer, that's for certain - I've written a lot, even if its value is questionable (I will say though that, to my slight discomfort, I think I have all of one person ever dislike my fiction writing.) And this ring on my finger proclaims me an engineer. Though in that I'm mediocre at best, I can rattle off a bloody lot of engineering-related (mechanical, that is) if really pressed - and I'm pretty good at design-work.

But if you failed to see that, I'm not surprised: my engineering, though it's my formal training, is something I am not inclined to be all too passionate for - my mind is for Classics, rather. And for writing... well, I don't make my fiction style apparent in forum posts. It's a different fashion of writing, after all. I'm most definitely not so intellectual or complex in style as are you.

[Lord J Esq]

Oh, and Lord J, you're a writer, eh? Planning to be published some day?

I have been published! But not for anything of novel-length, which is what I suspect you are talking about, so, yes, it remains at this point an intention rather than an accomplishment. That's one of the reasons I used to have trouble taking you seriously: You trumpet yourself as both a writer and an engineer. I am both, the one by self-teaching and the other by formal education, and I had trouble seeing the expertise you claimed.

Oh, neat! In what way: articles and papers? I myself would like to be published in time - novels, that is, and maybe articles in my chosen field (which is Classics.)

Well, I never claimed myself in expert in either writing or engineering - I'm certain you're a more reliable a writer, as it were - better command of grammar, and the like. I'm more of a poet-vein, I think, tending to at times break certain writing conventions. But I AM a writer, that's for certain - I've written a lot, even if its value is questionable (I will say though that, to my slight discomfort, I think I have all of one person ever dislike my fiction writing.) And this ring on my finger proclaims me an engineer. Though in that I'm mediocre at best, I can rattle off a bloody lot of engineering-related (mechanical, that is) if really pressed - and I'm pretty good at design-work.

But if you failed to see that, I'm not surprised: my engineering, though it's my formal training, is something I am not inclined to be all too passionate for - my mind is for Classics, rather. And for writing... well, I don't make my fiction style apparent in forum posts. It's a different fashion of writing, after all. I'm most definitely not so intellectual or complex in style as are you.

Such flattery! No need for that, now.

My only significant claim to publication fame was my work for my university's newspaper. Due to the story-sharing between participating institutions I appeared in a number of papers, but only consistently at the UW. A small claim, to be sure--but I would be lying to say I was not thrilled to get my name in front of so many eyes. You may still be able to find a few of my articles online, even today.

You are certainly a well-studied writer. I looked in on your Chrono fanfiction once upon a time; if you will accept my modest praise, I can see in your writing, if not necessarily an excellence in capturing your fascination with the subject matter, certainly the fascination itself--in abundance!

Now our flattery is even.

[Legend of the Past]

So I guess the game I was dicussing is now gone, destroyed with the cogs that mangaled this thread were moving?

[Burning Zeppelin]

Macbeth has the strangest plot twist of all time...I mean, how does a cesarean mean you are not born of a woman? But Polanski made the best version of Macbeth...just thought I'd like to add that.

[Daniel Krispin]

Macbeth has the strangest plot twist of all time...I mean, how does a cesarean mean you are not born of a woman? But Polanski made the best version of Macbeth...just thought I'd like to add that.

Well, I really didn't like the Polanski version, but it's the only one I've seen. I wish Kenneth Branaugh would make MacBeth.
However, here's an interesting thing. One person who hated that plot twist was Tolkien. He thought both that part of the prophecy, and the wood coming to Dunsinane, were stupidly executed. So he decided to do better. Now, for the first, not many people know the 'Tolkien world' history behind it, but essentially, in the battles wherein Arnor, the North Kingdom, is destroyed by the armies of the Witch King of Angmar, the king of Arnor is about to charge his enemy. However an ally of his, the Elf Lord Glorfindel (cf. the Elf at the Ford, and the elf who in ancient days died killing a Balrog at the fall of Gondolin) makes the prophecy that no man born of a woman will kill the Witch King. Fast forward to the Battle of Pelennor fields, where the same foe vaunts that prophecy, only to have it shattered - not because some man was born in a different way, but because his foe is in truth a woman! No man could kill him - but a woman could. And as for the second... Tolkien's incarnation of that event was Fangorn forest and the Ents coming to Isengard.

[Magus22]

Macbeth has the strangest plot twist of all time...I mean, how does a cesarean mean you are not born of a woman? But Polanski made the best version of Macbeth...just thought I'd like to add that.

Lady MacBeth is badass!

[Burning Zeppelin]

The "no man of woman born" was stupid...though it sounded cool!

And Lady Macbeth is a hottie in Polanskis

And Kubrick should've made a Macbeth film *hmph*  

[Lord J Esq]

That would've been interesting.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Remember that part where Macbeth finds the imaginary dagger?

Looks like Kubrick has been doing some work beyond the grave.
We need a *lame* BBCode.