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Iced Cocoa posted:while not suffering the multitude of grammartical and spelling errors. quote:
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Chapter 11 – Monster in Disguisequote:
Twisted may be a terrible book on the macro-level, but it makes up for it by being hilarious when read in small chunks at a time. I laughed for a good solid minute at the above internal monologue. quote:
Again, Rodney proves to be reckless of the perils to human life caused by his actions even in his human form. quote:
The step-by-step detailing of the most mundane actions never stops being a thing, does it? quote:
I could actually buy that argument, if Rodney ever, ever showed the slightest remorse for the things he does and the damage he causes as Railrunner. quote:
The previous day Rodney was breathing heavily and “let out huge puffs of air” after running for a few minutes through the House of Mirrors, and now he can effortlessly run “for about an hour”? This is taking suspension of disbelief too far, I say. quote:
Note again the utter lack of any remorse for the destruction he caused or any sympathy for the people (including his friends Buddy and Sly) hurt by his rampage. Which actually means Miranda Leek has successfully portrayed Rodney / Railrunner as the alien being he is. Kudos where kudos is owned. quote:
Again Rodney goes out of his way to make up easily disprovable lies. Just say you’ve been sick and resting at home! Sheesh. quote:
As a deviantart-dwelling roller-coaster furry, Miranda Leek should have been more sensitive to issues of fat-shaming. quote:
“Me me me me me me me ME!” quote:
This whole section really feels like a bullied child’s fevered revenge fantasy. quote:
This is the dumbest transformation sequence ever. I mean, “My shoulders shook as seats sprouted from them”? Is that supposed to be awe-inspiring? quote:+ + + Why is Rodney carrying a mirror? quote:
“And then I opened my trenchcoat and pulled out my Hanzo steel katana and Desert Eagle and the bully dropped to his knees and begged for mercy and everyone in the canteen cheered.” quote:
Oh come on! This thing is “twenty-feet long” and “weighs twenty thousand pounds”! How does it “hide within the buildings” and “quietly creep forward”? It’s not the first time Miranda Leek has completely ignored the size and weight of her own protagonist, but it will never stop grating on my nerves. quote:
Even if you had managed to hide from Railrunner, you would have given your position away with all that noise from shooting blindly into the alley. Why is everyone in this story (other than Detective Black) so bloody stupid? quote:
Wait a minute. When the dude “pitched the knife into the darkest alley behind him”, it actually managed to hit Railrunner? And the knife got stuck in his chest? Aren’t were-roller-coasters supposed to be metal on the outside? quote:
I defy anyone to read this and say that Rodney / Railunner isn’t the psychopathic villain of the story. quote:
Now this is just gratuitous aggression from Rodney / Railrunner. The policemen hadn’t even caught sight of him yet. quote:
Now bullets “only bounced off of Railrunner’s hide”, but a few minutes ago a blindly-thrown knife managed to puncture him in the chest. quote:
In contrast to the psychotic Railrunner, we have the heroic policemen indomitably struggling against impossible odds to defend the public against a rampaging mass murderer. Why couldn’t Miranda Leek have written the book from their perspective instead? quote:
A twenty-foot long, twenty thousand ton were-roller-coaster “leaped off buildings and their walls”. quote:
“Gaining power from proximity to amusement park rides” is and will forever be the dumbest superpower ever. quote:
I just wanted to highlight that the policemen “grabbed” and not “covered” their ears. quote:
And now Clare displays her own sociopathic tendencies by not running and screaming from this murderous madman. quote:
Dude, take responsibility for your actions. You are totally an uncaring, unrepentant rear end in a top hat in your human form as well. quote:
You don’t have to put quotation marks around that word, Miranda. Men have breasts too, you know. quote:
Man, Clare sure is fast to put her trust in someone who tried to murder her yesterday and whom she just saw brutally killing people who had already surrendered and lost the will to fight. quote:
“Me me me me me ME!” quote:
You aren’t a were-wolf, you’re a were-roller-coaster. Why do you care about “running with the moon”? Aaargh! quote:
And YOU! You are sitting on a wanted mass murderer! One who tried to kill you one day ago! Why are you so gosh-darn happy? quote:
Wait, now he gets “sorcery” as well? Does he get super-weaving next chapter? quote:
Clare is either dumb as a box of rocks or as sociopathic in her own way as Rodney / Railrunner. The number of unlikable characters in this series continues to rise chapter by chapter. quote:
Do dragons “hiss”? Aren’t they supposed to roar? And what the hell do roller-coasters have to do with dragons? Also, gratuitous animal cruelty. Clare has the worst taste in quote:
So this town has a police station, a hotel, an amusement park, and a museum, but is also close to vast tracts of forest and is sufficiently rural that a twenty foot long, twenty thousand ton were-roller-coaster can sneak around in the open without being immediately detected.
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How convenient that Rodney just happens to come across his ex-girlfriend being mugged by rollercoaster train fodder right after she dumped him. If we weren't in his POV I would be arguing that he'd set it up to put Clare in her place. "Here's fifty bucks, go threaten this woman so I can chase you off and look heroic - no of course I won't turn into a rollercoaster train and murder you horribly, that would be ridiculous."
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quote:“My god why!” I said trying to hold back my anger. “I am a monster! I almost killed her! She tried to kill me! I am of roller coaster blood! We can never be together! Never ever again!” This is a thing of beauty.
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 11:17 |
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Guys, guys. How the gently caress did Clare beat Railrunner and a speeding cop car to the loving amusement park on foot?!
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Mercedes posted:Guys, guys. How the gently caress did Clare beat Railrunner and a speeding cop car to the loving amusement park on foot?! Miranda's Magic
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 11:48 |
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Why would he have a heart of clockwork? Rollercoasters aren't powered by clockwork. I really think this is a magical story though.
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 12:11 |
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Miranda is lazy. That whole thing with thugs robbing Clare is just one of it. Though that incident is worth remembering in the long term. But for an another example of her lazyness, I would like you to see this image: This is from the night before, where Railrunner changes at the carnival. Look at that goddamn moon. Unless this story takes place in the southern hemisphere it's waning. And even if it were waxing it would be still few more days until the full moon. It's just telling how little research went into the book other than some random amusement park rides facts.
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JosephWongKS posted:This whole section really feels like a bullied child’s fevered revenge fantasy. Nah, it's not really a revenge fantasy so much as it is the oldest superhero cliché in the book. Some helpless young (or occasionally elderly) woman is being accosted by muggers in a dark alley! It's up to ~our hero~ to beat back the vicious foes and provide a quick demonstration of how his/her powers work in a self-contained crisis where the bad guys are incontrovertibly evil and deserving of punishment! One thing I will give Miranda credit for: the mugger did not throw his gun once the bullets were spent. He still managed to do disproportional damage with a knife, but even so, points for trying.
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 18:24 |
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The knife had a silver blade, obviously. Actually, maybe it was a carney knife; it would make sense that his body would be impervious to everything except that made of carnival.
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Kjoery posted:The knife had a silver blade, obviously. It was a +2 Bane Dagger of Coasters.
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I still find it totally bizarre that Clare now refers to him as nothing but "Railrunner" despite having known him as Rodney for, ostensibly, years. If my boyfriend came to me and told me that he was in actuality a magical fairy prince named Bedoodidoo, I don't think I'd just start calling him that like it was the most normal thing in the world. The transformation sequence with the robbers is probably the most awkwardly written thing I've ever seen.
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 21:28 |
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Okay what the gently caress Miranda? I was promised roller coaster on roller coaster combat. So far I got a monster story about the coolest police precinct in America from the point of the monster. Rob and Harrison are supposed to be the deadmeat characters and yet look at them. One manages to outmaneuver our were-coaster while scared out of his wits. The second tries out some Lethal Weapon poo poo by firing at it from the back windshield. Hell, Harrison even managed to throw Rairunner off. The only reason the latter recovered was because of ~Protagonist Plot Powers~ quote:I bolted into the woods; it went on for miles and passed by Clare’s house. My wheels dug into the mossy forest floor as I ran. A whole new wooooorrrrrlllld...~
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# ? Apr 13, 2013 21:29 |
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I'd love to see a Syfy film adaptation of this book, get some terrible over the top actors and it'd be great especially lines like:quote:“Railrunner, you’re a vehicle.”
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SSNeoman posted:
Holy poo poo I laughed harder than I should have at this joke
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GUEST REVIEW BY ICED COCOA Chapter 12 – Investigations of Separate Species I hate the fact that this book exists and I'll tell you all about it. quote:The next morning I got up early to yet again see myself on the news. After getting tired of hearing it, I got into my car and headed for the museum. After my arrival, I parked and locked my door and then turned to see Thunderbark behind me. He held two photography cameras and press badges. Wait, a museum in a small idyllic town? We know that amusement parks are usually by smaller towns not that far away from cities, but it's been already established that there are farms and enough space around for hunting deers. I think there was a description of the town somewhere... quote:I sat calmly in my seat listening to music as I steered the sports car along the wooded roads of Huntersberg, a quiet town in which nothing had ever happened. Huntersberg got its name from the lush woods that surrounded it; the forest was a gold mine for those who desired big game. However, Huntersberg finally got onto the map when Mystic Park was built, making the undetectable city not only for hunters but also thrill seekers as well. I tried to make my way to the summer escape before, but I was robbed of that because of the countless hours I spent at the factory, time that was wasted in the end,. Now I was to finally go to Huntersburg’s playground; because I had an invitation and a reason to be there. Oookay... Both a town and a city and has two different names in the same paragraph. I guess asking why there is a museum with a special "Unknown Artifacts" exhibit can exist in a rural town/city is moot. Usually small towns have a museum which is just some guy collecting stuff. I guess some guy buys some strange things on ebay and touts them as artifacts of ancient times when Snopes clearly says they're not. quote:“Umm, sure.” I said trailing him to the entrance of the museum. A man at the entrance asked us to hold up our tags, we passed through undetected. Thunderbark guided me to the elevator, he pressed floor 6. The doors opened and we stepped onto the new level. There was scarcely anybody around. Only one or two press members. We began to walk among the exhibit’s artifacts; however we didn’t stop to snap any pictures. Thunderbark was looking for something, something important. Then we went into a very secluded dark room containing jewelry. Pieces were displayed in separate cases with their own lighting system. Then we arrived at the back of the room. Thunderbark stopped and gazed at the thing in front of us in awe. Thunderbark, shut up for a moment because I need to say something. This is the Augu Ra. I found it on Miranda's DA. By the power of having suffered through the book before, I know for a fact that the necklace appeared in "the real world" sometimes in or after 1972. Now who the hell would look at this thing and decide that it's worth investigating because it might be some ancient thing or whatever? It's a crescent moon and on it is a mine cart train thing with a face. Yet someone apparently latched on it and thought that it was worth investigating. And it's important enough to be put in a darkened room away from the other exhibits instead of being easily accessible. And another thing, note that I said here "the real world". Because this is how Thunderbark has so far referred to the world of the humans. I would have thought that he and other living amusement park rides would think "Amusement Park Between" to be the real world. quote:“Rodney, the Augu Ra is the necklace of the red roller coaster. It will give you the power to transform in this word whenever you want. It has powers that are very vital to you and to be discovered.” Oh good, even more powers. Now he can change at will, and some other unspecified powers tied to the necklace. quote:“So you’re saying this big chunk of gold is mine?” Is it also a requirement of every object made of this metal to be inscribed with those markings? Also, if they need Firinium on before they enter Amusement Park Between, would it mean that other living rides have to give them some Firinium jewelry when they're still machines? But if Firinium is from the Amusement Park Between how did it start? Is it some “chicken and egg” thing? Or is Thunderbark talking about "the real world" again? Miranda! Actually, this will never come up again. None of it. quote:“Woody, how come I have a necklace?” I asked perplexed. And Thunderbark decides not to answer Rodney's question. Why a necklace? I guess he's just so frustrated that Railrunner cannot really figure out by himself that even though Thunderbark has a ring it doesn't mean that everyone else does. quote:“Again, interesting.” Apparently this is a big enough museum to have six or more floors, and a small room filled with jewelry has security cameras, plural. quote:+ + + Five sheriffs? From what wikipedia tells there is one sheriff for a county or about so. I guess when a living Roller coaster has attacked the town/city twice, they need to call in everyone nearby, including neighbouring counties. I guess at that point it's time to bring in the FBI? quote:“Morning gentlemen, take a seat.” Black started. The FBI’s men sat at the remaining spots, their captain sat at the other end, a lean man with silver hair and a solemn stare. He then cleared his throat to speak. Detective Black is such a badass that everyone else recognizes his badassery and despite the fact that he's just a Detective, he can boss everyone around, including five sheriffs. quote:“Yes. There are various things to support this statement. It only attacks at night, so it seems to be nocturnal. It eats meat, particularly cattle. It has organs and senses. And a predatory drive. Plus I’ve seen this thing a little to [sic] close, I’ve fired at it, and it made me bleed my own blood.” He stated as he pulled up his shirt to reveal the slashes made by Railrunner. Several men gasped in horror. And Detective Black is such a badass that he doesn't have any bandages around injuries he received only two nights ago. Only so that he can show off the injuries he got. quote:“Hmmm - very interesting detective. Is [sic] there any other pieces of information that is valuable? Detective Black has been busy! He has had time to interview every single witness and figure out from their descriptions of the several people that were at the carnival, bar and mall that there was a single person with the same description at all locations, then he figured out who this person was just from descriptions and not plastering a sketch of him on TV and cross his fingers that someone would call in. quote:“What is that Detective?” How are you going to catch someone off guard when "your forces" will be searching the city and already make news announcement about hunting down the beast? At least, they're not going to catch him relaxed. quote:“Captain we have no records showing where Rodney lives and we can’t get him at work because the park is on its off season.” What's so hard about finding an address? Especially for cops? quote:+ + + But the Augu Ra is on display on the sixth floor? And how will she guard the first floor if she's destroying cameras on both first and second floor? I don't think Thunderbark really had a plan and just wanted Railrunner to shut up. quote:“You are fanatical, but - this may be possible. Say did you drive here?” So can Thunderbark change at will since he came to the museum on his own power? Or did he camp out there ever since the sun rose? Was he banking on Railrunner to give him a ride back? quote:+ + + I guess Detective Black is being a badass elsewhere. At least "Captain" Vick tries to fill in his shoes, doesn't care about any proper police procedure along with ignoring the fact that the rank of "Captain" does not exist within FBI rank structure. quote:“Ok,” Clare said trying to not look nervous. Rodney hasn't been a roller coaster engineer for a week, yet it's easier to find that out than his address. Did we miss a scene at the bar where he announces to everyone that he's a roller coaster engineer? quote:“Clare, we know something is going on with Rodney. You can’t deny it any longer.” That can't be healthy. quote:“Rodney is not involved with any of this! If he was he would tell me.” She replied roughly. Of course he is. There needs to be some sort of "Bad Fiction Bingo" or "Mary Sue Bingo". Mysterious destiny, unique individual, part of a society and unique in it as well, Powers out of the wazoo, Is orphan? I think we'll hit BINGO before we're halfway through this book. quote:+ + + Black! Solve the mystery of the Red Rampaging Roller Coaster all by yourself. You don't need no stinking FBI quote:+ + + Of course he is. quote:“Clare, did Rodney mention at any time in your relationship the subject of roller coasters?” "Have you seen them at the same time? Has anyone seen them together?" Clare, it's hard to like you. In fact it's impossible. Everything that's about you is about Railrunner. You don't have a shred of individuality and you only exist to serve as some plot device for Railrunner. Usually when someone is such a blank slate, it's for the reader to interject themselves into the story into that role. This was done in the Twilight books where Bella was so bland every-day girl and helped with propelling Twilight as the hottest book ever. However, in Twisted!, this falls flat because of a simple fact. The book is about Railrunner. It's not a romance novel about his undying love for her or the other way around. This is a novel about a hero who will prevail and defeat the bad guy in the end. The focus will never stay on Clare for long enough to "live" her in the novel. quote:Before Clare could answer, Captain Vick’s phone rang. She sighed in relief. Detective Black, who's too cool to be looking up Rodney's address in the white pages and has to dig it up in the old files. And he did it at a record speed. I would like to nominate Black as the true hero of Twisted!
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Unfortunately as Detective Black is not a rollercoaster Miranda hasn't drawn any art of him, so have this as a consolation.
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Geokinesis posted:Unfortunately as Detective Black is not a rollercoaster Miranda hasn't drawn any art of him, so have this as a consolation. that thing, man.
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JosephWongKS posted:that thing, man. Honestly I'd much rather see a drawing of a bloodied Detective Black leaping at a roller-coaster with a machete. crime weed fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Apr 14, 2013 |
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Why does he have a navel?!? JosephWongKS posted:Thunderbark, shut up for a moment because I need to say something. Lunatics. The "Ancient Aliens" guy, people who apparently thought "V" was a documentary, Young Earth creationists. Probably the last group in particular since they will look at something like this: And say that it (alone among the other images of fanciful animals on the very same temple) is proof positive that humans and dinosaurs coexisted. Because it looks like a stegosaurus, you see. Well, if your only reference for what a stegosaurus must have looked like in life is the marshmallow shape in this cereal rather than, say, this. They'd probably say Railruiner's image on that pendant thing is meant to be a tyrannosaurus, known for their giant heads and... wheels... Anyway, everything in these past two chapters has been the most wonderful thing in the world. But especially this: SSNeoman posted:A whole new wooooorrrrrlllld... This is exactly what I deserve for trying to give Railrunner more reasonable anatomy. There was no saving Clare. Rahonavis fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Geokinesis posted:Unfortunately as Detective Black is not a rollercoaster Miranda hasn't drawn any art of him, so have this as a consolation. Spoilers dude, he's wearing the necklace when we clearly haven't gotten that far yet. I figured out why I love this thread: it's basically MST3K in book format.
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Kjoery posted:Honestly I'd much rather see a drawing of a bloodied Detective Black leaping at a roller-coaster with a machete. Ask and you shall receive. Got a non-SA friend of mine, Coydog, to draw this for me. I guess I'll have to give my friend some massive load of booze in apology. Also this conversation followed: Coydog: It's actually worse than Miranda's Iced Cocoa: I know, but who wants to put some effort into drawing her stuff? Coydog: That's all the effort it deserves. Edit: JPEG artifacts because it was breaking tables. Original here Iced Cocoa fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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JosephWongKS posted:Apparently this is a big enough museum to have six or more floors, and a small room filled with jewelry has security cameras, plural. I don't think most major museums have six floors, at least not ones that can be accessed by the public. Usually they're built as sprawling affairs, and if they aren't donated or appropriated mansions, then they're patterned after such. Then again, more modern museums tend to be built more vertically, so what do I know? quote:Five sheriffs? From what wikipedia tells there is one sheriff for a county or about so. I guess when a living Roller coaster has attacked the town/city twice, they need to call in everyone nearby, including neighbouring counties. Another note: most county police don't have the budget for specialty professions, such as CSI or detectives, and so a fellow like Detective Black would most likely be brought in from the nearest city to help with the case, much like these FBI agents. But then the community is evidently big enough to house a six-story museum, so who the hell knows? quote:Detective Black has been busy! He has had time to interview every single witness and figure out from their descriptions of the several people that were at the carnival, bar and mall that there was a single person with the same description at all locations, then he figured out who this person was just from descriptions and not plastering a sketch of him on TV and cross his fingers that someone would call in.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 02:44 |
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I think Miranda just doesn't want to expand narration into other city/town so she jam every plot setting into this Huntersberg/Hunterburg because Hmm, yessss, this is Detective Black alright!
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Rahonavis posted:
You even got Clare's tombstone teeth in that picture! I imagine Detective black to be more of an older dude, he seems so over this poo poo. I picture him more like this guy:
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Rahonavis posted:
my dad posted:Replace the wheels with big sticky toes (like those on tree frogs)(check), OK, I'll admit it, I was flat-out wrong. Even someone who can draw can't make this werecoaster thing work. I really love your depiction of Clare, though. Also, the in your signature made me laugh way too much. edit: Mind you, I don't know poo poo about drawing, so it's quite possible that I'm missing a fuckton of things that are wrong with the sketch. I can only judge drawing by the emotion it brings up in me. my dad fucked around with this message at 09:03 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Rahonavis posted:
I think you managed to render Clare just perfectly And JWKS, it might be time to put stuff in your currently empty contents post.
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JosephWongKS posted:Now bullets “only bounced off of Railrunner’s hide”, but a few minutes ago a blindly-thrown knife managed to puncture him in the chest. I think this has to do with movie logic. Of course bullets will bounce off metal as shown in the movies, but in order to show that Railrunner can be vulnerable in some way, he has to get stabbed. It doesn't matter for Miranda that knives will also bounce off metal, but it seems that only when it comes to bullets Railrunner's skin is metal. Because how else is your precious mary sue going to look cool because bullets have no effect but still have some sort of vulnerability just so that you can claim that your precious mary sue is not invincible, totally ignoring the healing factor.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 10:45 |
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Ugh, gently caress. She didn't actually draw that, did she? Let's get a dog out again.
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my dad posted:OK, I'll admit it, I was flat-out wrong. Even someone who can draw can't make this werecoaster thing work. I really love your depiction of Clare, though. Aw, thanks! There are some things wrong with this drawing (but mostly the fact that it's depicting an utter doormat who is riding in her murderous boyfriend who is a were-rollercoaster/dragon/personification of DeviantArt throwing up all over itself), since I wasn't keen on putting much into... not-a-fan art? E: Well, for shits and giggles, I went to look at the other art in the Miranda's Magic website and... Rahonavis posted:There's something about Railrunner's behavior, the "broody dude learns he's really a super-awesome magical creature" plot, how little the author seems to care about the other ride characters, and especially the design of the roller-coasters and their powers that make me wonder if maybe Ms. Leeks used to be just another crazy dragon person on DeviantArt. Then one day, very likely due to Internet Drama, she decided, "Well, now my dragons are ALSO roller-coasters! Because I need to be more different and special than YOU!" Seems I may have at least been right about the dragon obsession. What's crazy is her rendering skills are pretty good throughout and that she has pages of animal anatomy studies. And it's kind of depressing when a few of the pieces look like this: But then most of them look like this: E: SSNeoman posted:To be fair, those dinosaur things are alright. It looks close enough to the dinosaur species that eventually evolved into birds. Have you... have you ever seen a bird? Rahonavis fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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To be fair, those dinosaur things are alright. It looks close enough to the dinosaur species that eventually evolved into birds. She can't draw humans proportionally to save her life though. And her fantasy images are pretty iffy at best. And those watermarks, goddamn.
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The whole thing reeks of FYIAD-syndrome. Honestly you could replace all instances of "roller coaster" and "coaster" with dragon and the story would be quote:
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# ? Apr 16, 2013 08:21 |
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List of damage caused by Railrunner Chapter 4 1. Shattered the beer bottles being held by his friends Buddy and Sly, injuring their hands 2. Killed a cat 3. Wrecked the ambulance that came in response to Buddy and Sly's injuries 4. Wrecked a bar 5. Attacked the bar-owner 6. Attacked the police officers who came in response to the chaos Chapter 5 7. Killed and ate a bull Chapter 8 8. Attacked his girlfriend Clare Chapter 9 9. Attacked Detective Black when he jumped in front of Clare to defend her from Railrunner's assault 10. Ran through the carnival, destroying nearly everything in his path, from toppling over small rides to completely obliterating food stands 11. Killed and ate a "fat black and white dairy cow" 12. Attacked a SWAT officer who came in response to the chaos 13. Attacked his girlfriend Clare again 14. Attacked Detective Black again 15. Tried to attack Thunderbark with lightning Chapter 11 16. Cold-bloodedly murdered a gang of thugs who had accosted Clare but who had swiftly surrendered after seeing Railrunner's were-roller-coaster form 17. Attacked a pair of police officers who had come in response to a report of armed robbery in the area 18. Pushed large trucks out of his way while chasing the abovementioned police officers on the road, presumably causing multiple vehicle collisions
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# ? Apr 16, 2013 17:33 |
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Didn't he murder the SWAT guy? Or am I remembering that part wrong?
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# ? Apr 16, 2013 18:04 |
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JosephWongKS posted:List of grievous wounds, murders, and property damage
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# ? Apr 16, 2013 18:12 |
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Chapter six:quote:“This unusual coaster took many victims on the night of his raid, including five police officers. One of the survivors was bar owner, Geoffrey Callaway. I was pinned in the wine fridge, and it was slashing trough the metal door! Calloway said. It destroyed the whole bar! He continued as he waved his hands in the air. Another event that authorities believe the coaster committed; was the slaughter of a local farmer’s bull. It was sucked dry, it was nothing but bones, but I remember seeing a pair of bright red eyes” Chapter nine: quote:He then heard footsteps behind him, he grinned to himself. You’re in for it. He then looked up and at his stalker. It was a swat team member. Blood dripped from his jaws as he stared at him, his eyes full of hatred. The man aimed his gun at Railrunner, who reared backward and extracted his claws. Then he charged as a juggernaut at the succorless man. Before the swat team member could fire, Railrunner’s claws pierced through his chest. He fell with a soft thud on the concrete. Railrunner snorted in disgust then he turned and saw, Clare. I'm pretty sure that in chapter six his kill count was at least six (five officers + undetermined number of civilians which is at least one) And I'm sure that the SWAT guy is dead. Also, Have fun counting the destruction he'll do after he gained control of his roller coaster body. That list will come in handy. JosephWongKS posted:List of damage caused by Railrunner I would like you to remember this. Iced Cocoa fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Clearly Rodney will have a repentance phase where he works to somehow make up for his wrongdoings via. community service work. I mean it's not like he'd go through the rest of the book without feeling some kind of regret for the bloodshed. R-right?
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Miranda Leek posted:“Rodney is not involved with any of this! If he was he would tell me.” She replied roughly. Running out of adverbs, more like. Miranda Leek posted:
JEKYLL. JEKYLL JEKYLL JEKYLL. It's one of the world's most famous books. It totally would be a thematic inspiration for this story of a normal man transforming into a monster, if the normal man wasn't a raging sociopath. Also, 'it certainly has its ups and downs'. Is that actually a roller coaster joke, or unintentionally hilarious bathos when applied to mass murder? I can't tell any more.
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