Damsel of Darkness / Comments

I've been meaning to type back to you since you always write me such long awesome comments! I've been all busy since last night though, had to go grocery shopping and all that jazz.

I can't believe you're still doing the Foo's contest. Lol. I don't think it's a contest anymore, more like a nice thing you're doing for me. Whatever the prize was you can totally have it. Thank you for still participating. :) It means a lot.

And thank you for lending me a shoulder. I probably will take you up on that offer. Right now I'm trying to stay away from my friend.... I'm keeping distance. Maybe it'll wear off if I don't see her as much. Ya know?

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Hey! I updated He Smells Like the Ocean, my Brian story! I apologize for the long wait between updates, and I can assure you that it won't happen again! If you still wish to read, here's the link for my story. Any comments are appreciated, as well.

http://www.mibba.com/Stories/Read/526650/He-Smells-Like-the-Ocean/

Same here, I tend to ramble on about anything and everything, haha. I like long comments though, gives me more to reply back to. I hate one or two word answers, I'm like, how do I respond to that? XD Six days now, I think the old memory is getting better!

Exactly. I know the one person probably has a problem with me cause I may have accidentally talked bad about her favourite band. Woops. But even so, if that person actually talked to me, I think she would find that I'm not all that bad, I just have no filter between my brain and my mouth sometimes.

I know what you mean, I'm the same. I just can't seem to get into the original stories on here. But reading a book, I have no problem with that. Strange. Yeah, I came to this site for the A7X fiction, too. I'd never even heard of fan fiction before I found Mibba, haha. And now my free time revolves around it haha.

I think it was when me and mine were going through a bit of a rough patch, I felt like I was nagging him all the time to spend time with me. I was starting to piss myself off haha. He asked me what makes me happy, and the first thought I had was writing, and reading. So he said, well do that then. So I did, haha. And we're doing good now. I can completely lose myself in writing, it's my happy place. I'm rambling now, haha.

Hahaha. Luckily, my USB drive is sitting in a pot right next to my bed, so I don't have to move at all. I need to do it again, soon. There's a few chapters I've written out that need to go on there. I spoke to someone the other day who deleted their story from here and didn't have it backed up anywhere. That would suck!

Yeah, Syn's side gets pretty crazy! Haha. I was on that side last year, kept getting shoved around and pushed forward. At one point, my friend Sam and I were on the outskirts of a circle pit. Scary stuff! I've only ever been in one pit, that was at a Bullet For My Valentine gig. I got elbowed in the face, not good. Zacky's side is much safer! Haha.

That kind of sales, I'm comfortable with, cause the customer has come in and approached you, they're at least interested in the product. But calling people up, more often than not while they're at work or at home, and bugging them, not my cup of tea.

I was really shocked that he did, I didn't think he's ever sacrifice his precious playstation for anything! Haha. He gave his mum some of the money too, cause she's short at the moment. Which was nice of him. Awww, well that was nice of him. Don't worry, I get those moments too, it must be a girl thing, haha. I feel stupid afterwards, but at the time, you just want to curl up into a ball and tell them to go away. Well, since it's been 6 days since you replied, I'm hoping he did spend the Sunday with you and not with his games console!

Damn right we do! Haha

Definitely not.

Yeah... I know. Preferences are subjective anyway. As you said, if everyone likes the same thing, there'll be no originality. And this world will be a boring place. Not to mention the literature world will be filled with the same kind of stories. No. I don't want that.

Well, it's all a matter of preference, I guess. What I can't stand most is when every single male character in the fic falls in love with the girl. I can't even... no!

I can still stand it, if the girl goes on tour and only one guy fall in love with her. But to have every one? Dude! It's not like there's no other women in the world. But as I said, it's a matter of preference. I'd always been a bit picky about stuff like that.

That sounds interesting. I always prefer reading AU rather than about the band as famous people you know. I guess I'm sick and tired of the cliche plot lines where the lead female character goes on tour with the band for some reason and then suddenly, there's like no other girls that go on tour as well. And it's like that girl is the only girl in the group. And it's not only in A7X fandom. I'd seen that kind of plot lines in almost every fandom and I try to stay clear of it.

Two days and I'm replying, is that some kind of record? Haha

That's exactly how I feel, I think because of the avatar and name most likely, they instantly decide that they don't want to talk to me. Which is fine, if that's what they want to do then who am I to stop them? But it does suck. I tried posting in a few of the other clubs that are starting up, but I got ignored completely so I gave up. Same here, I only write A7X fan fiction currently (tried writing Avengers but I sucked XD), but I read other fandoms and comment, hoping to strike up a conversation but nope, nothing. I've tried reading original fiction but I just can't get into it.

Oh, well that's good! Haha. And I'm glad you're both doing better! Yeah, trying to find that balance is a nightmare. Keeping it is almost as tough, too. I'm trying to be more active on here and write more, too, just to give myself something to do that's solely for me. He has his playstation, so now I can say I have my writing.

I commented on your blog about it rather than ramble on here, haha. But that does suck. You'd think that going through a bad time, your friends would be there to help pick you up, ya know? Exactly, that's the best attitude to have, you have your boy and your family, and your writing, you don't need people like that.

You've just reminded me to do it, haha, I forgot all about it the other day! Backing up everything as I type! XD

I'm really jealous, but I'm glad you had a good time! :D Watching the fireworks on youtube, they looked awesome! Jesus, that is a long time, especially in hot sun! I probably would have flaked after about 4, haha. But you were rewarded though! Barrier on Zacky's side, that's so cool! I remember when I saw them last year, I wasn't quite at the barrier, like two rows back, but I was on Syn's side and I could see him really clearly, so I was happy!

Yeah, I'm a lot happier now than I was. If I was allowed to stay in the office part where I was at the start of my trial, I would have been happy to stay, but not in the call centre making those calls all day. Exactly, I hate it when I get cold calls, so being the person to make them, I felt like a bit of a hypocrite. I don't understand people that enjoy that type of work.

That's a good one, and it is true! Haha. He's certainly benefiting from a happier me, too! The days that I don't work or finish early, I go over to his house and tidy his room, make him a cuppa for when he gets home, so he can't complain at all! Haha.

Mine had to sell his PS4, it was either carry on playing it or have his phone cut off. So he sold it to a mate and paid his phone bill, haha. But he's happy, he's still got his PS3. Hopefully the "shiny new feeling" will wear off for him soon, so he can pay you more attention. Mine was the same when he got his PS4, but after a while he didn't play it so much as he was.

We should start some sort of club, game console widows or something, hahaha.

That's an interesting title. When I'm starting a story, I always play around with the photoshop and just let my hand to do whatever. I never really plan how my layout would look.

Cool. I'm glad I could help. Although I don't think I'm all that helpful.

Ah... starting a story is always so exciting. Making the banner and layout and all.

Exactly! That's why I prefer third person. But in the end, it's all a matter of preference.

You really should link me that story of yours once you start posting it. I wanna read it.

If you think it's easier for you to write in first person, then do it. I know what you mean when you say it's easier to convey feelings and stuff. Also, in first person, it's easier to get the readers into the character's head without it seemingly forced because we are telling the story through the character's eyes. So the readers are seeing what the character is seeing you know.

Like me, I prefer third person because I'd like the readers to read between the line. Not really telling them how the characters feel or see. But just what happens as a whole in the story. Does that make any sense?

The kind of POV changes that I dislike is when they're basically talking about the same thing, but in different POV. It gets boring after a while, reading the same thing over and over again, you know.

And I think you should do what would sound best with the story. I personally prefer third person POV.

Oh... actually I'm one of those people who's not too fond of switching POV. But then, that's what I'm doing with Lady story. I guess as long as it's not confusing, it's alright.

Yeah... I hate it. That's why I try to steer clear of the thread What You Hate to See in Stories at the Forums section.

I mean sometimes, the things they hate are the things we do and it's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just not what they prefer. So I don't wanna ruin my own writing mood by thinking about stuff like that. But I think it's normal that we feel insecure about our own writing. We put too much hard work into it and we want other people to love it as much as we do. It's like we're parents and the stories are our children, you know.

I realize that my writing style is more dialogue-driven.

I used to try to please everyone and take every con-crit. But then I realize. Every author has different style. So although it's good to get one of those con-crits and try to make myself a better author, I also need to develop my own unique style that people can recognize. You know.

YES!! The sex scene. I don't mind sex scenes. But when it's overly descriptive and it's in every single chapter, like the sex is the driving force behind the story, just no. I mean, even if it's a story about prostitution, I don't need to read how they have sex in different positions in every chapter, you know.

And you're right. We can't please everyone. In the end, we write because we love it. So... we can take all the con-crits but make sure we love what we're doing. Because in the end, that's all that matters, right?

If the story is worth reading, I don't mind reading it no matter how long the chapter is. In the end, it all comes down to how the authors tell their stories. I'm not one for too many descriptions. It gets tiring reading a whole paragraph talking about the color of someone's eyes or how the person's lips move and all. I guess I can endure it if there's enough balance, you know. Not too many descriptions, not too many dialogues.

Movies are a great source of inspiration for stories. I know I do that a lot too. Like one of my stories, How to Date an Avenged Sevenfold Fangirl is actually inspired from a Japanese movie with the title How to Date an Otaku Girl. Actually, that story is the only story that I haven't planned out. All my other stories, I'd at least planned how it's gonna end. Although, it always ends up different that I originally planned.

You amaze me! I can never write a chapter with that length! Well, it depends really on my mood when I was writing. As I'd mentioned before, I don't want the chapter to become too long because the readers might get bored. I know I'm one of those people who can't keep focus on a chapter that is too long. Sometimes, it takes me a few sittings to finish a chapter that is above 3000 words in length. But that's just probably me.