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The Writing Thread: Orlando Passaggio (aka The Writing Thread 3)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 10, 2021, 11:26:11 PM ---And with their powers combined, they are Captain Planet! lol
They're the odd couple. It works when there's enough balance to off-set the differences. :) And when they're characters, it's a nice built in juxtaposition.
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Yes! Captain Planet! Best superhero theme song ever. I wish they would reboot that for today's youths, but keep the song LOL. I wrote a little BSB Captain Planet parody into my second pandaskunk story and had so much fun playing that song over and over again LOL.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 10, 2021, 11:26:52 PM ---LOL Absolutely. Because I have learned that when I say I will "never" do something, I end up doing it down the road. So maybe I will write a 200-chapter Nick cancer fantasy epic. It would probably be better as a sci-fi. Maybe something like "Fantastic Voyage" (or that Rugrats episode where Chuckie eats the watermelon seed) with the other Boys shrinking themselves and going on an adventure inside Nick's brain to destroy the tumor.
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LMFAO! It's like the Magic School Bus human body episode/book, loved that one. Please give them magic science powers to defeat the tumor, lol.
Ms. Frizzle looks weird in the reboot.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 10, 2021, 11:26:52 PM ---I haven't even watched Masked Singer from last week! I didn't watch any of my shows until days later because I was so off schedule with my days of the week LOL.
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Woah! Spring Break has really mucked up your days of the week! You haven't missed much. Not sure if that's a spoiler or not.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 10, 2021, 11:44:24 PM ---Yes! Captain Planet! Best superhero theme song ever. I wish they would reboot that for today's youths, but keep the song LOL. I wrote a little BSB Captain Planet parody into my second pandaskunk story and had so much fun playing that song over and over again LOL.
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Haha, speaking of reboots. That song is great.
I love when they reboot things, but keep the old theme music or do little call backs. An example off the top of my head: Thundercats was one of my favorite things as a child, and I nearly died when they rebooted it and Lion-O's father in the reboot was voiced by the 80's Lion-O and you got to hear him do "Thundercats, Ho!" again.
Aww, BSB Captain Planet! They fit perfectly.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 10, 2021, 11:41:25 PM ---I think the last published novel that destroyed me was actually "The One and Only Ivan" LOL. I loved it, but it's one I will never be able to read aloud to my class because of a certain part in the middle that made me ugly cry. I can't handle sad animal stuff.
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Did you watch the movie on Disney+? Was it close to novel ugly crying? You're right, you definitely can't ugly cry in front of your class, they will judge you forever. I am not speaking from personal experience (yes I am).
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 10, 2021, 11:41:25 PM ---As far as fanfics go, Swollen Issues III wins for the most depressing one I've read. That story was like torture porn for medical drama lovers. In terms of darkest, though, I think I would have to go with a suspense story like Signal to Noise or Mind Games or one of Mare's, maybe It Stays With You. Something where the boys literally do get tortured, whether physically or emotionally.
From a writing standpoint, the most depressing novel I've written is probably Sick as My Secrets, and the darkest is definitely A Heart That Isn't Mine. I'm separating "depressing" and "dark" because although they go together, I define them differently. A depressing story is sad and angsty, but a dark story is also twisted or scary in some way.
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I think you're right, it's gotta be something with torture. Those were good examples.
It's good that you separate them. A sad, angsty, twisted, and scary story would be a rollercoaster of dark and depressing emotions, lol.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 10, 2021, 11:52:28 PM ---LMFAO! It's like the Magic School Bus human body episode/book, loved that one. Please give them magic science powers to defeat the tumor, lol.
Ms. Frizzle looks weird in the reboot.
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Yes! Of course that was my favorite Magic School Bus episode LOL.
I haven't watched the reboot, but I've seen pictures, and yes, she does.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 10, 2021, 11:52:28 PM ---Woah! Spring Break has really mucked up your days of the week! You haven't missed much. Not sure if that's a spoiler or not.
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I know! I think I'm caught up on everything but Masked Singer and New Amsterdam now. I don't really care about Masked Singer this season. I used to avoid Twitter until after I watched it to avoid being spoiled, but I've been on it and still haven't seen who was unmasked. Don't tell me, though; I'll fast forward through it at some point LOL.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 10, 2021, 11:56:50 PM ---Did you watch the movie on Disney+? Was it close to novel ugly crying? You're right, you definitely can't ugly cry in front of your class, they will judge you forever. I am not speaking from personal experience (yes I am).
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I actually haven't watched the movie yet! Did you? Was it anywhere close to as good as the book?
LOL I cried in front of them the one and only year I read Wonder aloud, which I knew was going to happen because that one made me ugly cry when I read it on my own too. The dog... I knew I wouldn't be able to get through that part. Now I save Wonder for lit circles so they can read it on their own, and then we can get together after the fact and talk about how much that part made us cry. Ivan will be the same way.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 11, 2021, 12:15:07 AM ---Yes! Of course that was my favorite Magic School Bus episode LOL.
I haven't watched the reboot, but I've seen pictures, and yes, she does.
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I am not surprised at all, lol. I always liked the bee one and the dinosaur one too.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 11, 2021, 12:15:07 AM ---I know! I think I'm caught up on everything but Masked Singer and New Amsterdam now. I don't really care about Masked Singer this season. I used to avoid Twitter until after I watched it to avoid being spoiled, but I've been on it and still haven't seen who was unmasked. Don't tell me, though; I'll fast forward through it at some point LOL.
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lol, of course you would fast forward through it. I got so many spoiler notifications last season because I would creep on twitter to see what people were saying about Nick, lol. But they seem to have gone away finally.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 11, 2021, 12:15:07 AM ---I actually haven't watched the movie yet! Did you? Was it anywhere close to as good as the book?
LOL I cried in front of them the one and only year I read Wonder aloud, which I knew was going to happen because that one made me ugly cry when I read it on my own too. The dog... I knew I wouldn't be able to get through that part. Now I save Wonder for lit circles so they can read it on their own, and then we can get together after the fact and talk about how much that part made us cry. Ivan will be the same way.
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I haven't! I've been meaning to read the book as well, actually, and just wanted to know if I should save myself some ugly crying and watch the movie instead.
Dogs in books are the worst. Crying every time. It's so much better when they can read things on their own and you can talk about crying later. Haven't had that luxury in a long time.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 10, 2021, 09:55:42 PM ---It's been a day!
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This is my writing update to say that I have now finished my tricky Kevin chapter (minus one bridge scene that I skipped to get to writing the interesting part) and have the next chapter ready to go in my head, but I have hit that post-chapter wall and figured 11pm was a good time to stop writing non-stop for the day, lol.
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