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Great Dragon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Howdy y'all. I thought I'd dip my hand into some SR3 fanfiction one last time, and I reckon y'all are about the only ones who'd care to read it. These two pieces have to do with the final campaign arc, System Failure. I hope you enjoy.
One of the appeals for the otaku, to me at least, was their relative youth. Kids forced into a grown-up world, learning about life and death as they play Matrix games. Countdown is a story about the Children's Crusade, a feud between those who follow the Resonance and the Dissonance. All the imagery and mythical hightones of the Winternight plot caught up with me when I wrote Happy Trails. After all, there was FastJack and his JackHammer, a Nordic setting, and one mother of a wyrm... |
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Ancient History One Last Time Nov 12 2005, 03:02 PM
Ancient History That good, eh? Nov 13 2005, 12:20 AM
Dawnshadow I personally liked them.. I just haven't read,... Nov 13 2005, 12:56 AM
SL James I think my views on System Failure are well known.... Nov 13 2005, 01:49 AM
Ancient History Well, I appreciate you taking the time to read it ... Nov 13 2005, 03:34 AM
ShadowDragon8685 Countdown was....
Fragging creepy. Nov 13 2005, 03:54 AM
SL James Well, there's nothing worse than going through... Nov 13 2005, 05:05 AM
DocMortand Yeah, I gotta go with creepy in Countdown. Decent... Nov 13 2005, 06:04 AM
SL James Creepy? WTF?
The Norse imagery was nice, but I... Nov 13 2005, 06:08 AM
DocMortand Hey SL - keep your commentary to yourself, and I... Nov 13 2005, 06:15 AM
SL James Well, I just fail to see where it is "creepy.... Nov 13 2005, 06:19 AM
DocMortand It was mostly because two reasons in my case.
A) ... Nov 13 2005, 06:23 AM
SL James Well, I know what they mean as well, but I hardly ... Nov 13 2005, 08:13 AM
ShadowDragon8685 Dude, you don't find a bloody to-the-death gan... Nov 13 2005, 01:14 PM
Ancient History C'mon guys, no need for arguing, everyone... Nov 13 2005, 01:49 PM
hyzmarca The pacing was ominous. I knew that something ver... Nov 13 2005, 05:18 PM
SL James I'd edge towards the former, because when it h... Nov 13 2005, 08:38 PM
PBTHHHHT Man, that was creepy and pretty good. I kept expe... Nov 13 2005, 09:27 PM
Lindt Im not reading them untill I get my hands on SF. Nov 14 2005, 03:08 PM
Reaver Countdown was alright.
I really loved Happy Tra... Nov 14 2005, 05:17 PM
bclements QUOTE (Lindt @ Nov 14 2005, 09:08 AM) Im not ... Nov 14 2005, 05:35 PM
Ancient History Countdown is an SF story, but you really need to b... Nov 14 2005, 07:55 PM
Hasaku Countdown was definitely creepy, what with little ... Nov 14 2005, 08:44 PM
TheNarrator These were both quite good. You should keep postin... Nov 14 2005, 10:52 PM
Lenice Hawk Really awesome stuff AH. I especially liked ... Nov 15 2005, 12:35 PM
Ancient History McNope. But McMaybe McLater. Nov 15 2005, 01:48 PM
Lenice Hawk Drek, why am I craving a happy meal? Nov 16 2005, 03:09 AM
fistandantilus3.0 Good deal on both. THe first story sotr of felt ch... Nov 16 2005, 06:46 AM
Lindt So having now read Countdown, I fully agree that i... Nov 16 2005, 04:02 PM![]() ![]() |
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