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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 11, 2009 23:01:01 GMT -5
YAY!!!  (Damn your word count >.> heh kidding ;D - I'm nearly on 25k) Let my inner-editor out for the night. Some of my chapters were too long and it was causing me to fret. Just separated two in to new chapters. Got a lot of work to do - 2 chapters I need to add to. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 16, 2009 14:04:17 GMT -5
Homage to my fav author: Terry Brooks. He and Terry Pratchett both provided big inspiration for Bel-Gonows.
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He wandered a good mile away from the old lady’s place, to a small pond in the middle of nowhere. It looked stagnant, weed and mud floating and mixing in some kind of horrid soup. He sat down on a spare rock near the pond, surrounded by small yellow wild flowers and reeds. His mind scattered about the World like grains of sand.
He must have sat there for nearly ten minutes before a small voice piped up. “Hello!”
The voice was irritatingly cheery and squeaky, bringing Joneigh out of his fog filled misery. “Hello?” He questioned.
“Hello!” The voice came again, squeaking in its high pitch and somewhere near his side. “It is fate that we have met!”
Joneigh turned a little and looked down. He couldn’t believe what he saw. There was a tiny little girl with the same type of wings Pruella had. She sparkled in a disgustingly beautiful way. It was the type of way that would even make the manliest of men say “aaw.” She had bright green hair and was wearing a flower for a dress. She was no bigger than his thumb.
“Fate?” He questioned.
“Yes! Fate.” She smiled obnoxiously. “For we are to be married.”
“Married?” His mouth dropped open. “I have only just met you! That is a silly thing to say to a stranger.”
“But it is fate!” She tried again.
“Yes, you said that already – but right now I don’t believe in fate. In fact I think it is just something used as an excuse.”
The small fairy like creature opened her mouth and then shut it again. She fluttered near Joneigh’s arm, looking at him with wide eyes thinking. She obviously found what she was thinking about because her insistent and irritating voice burst out again quickly.
“It is written in the pond. We are to be lovers, married happily ever after.” She grinned.
“What a load of old …” He began. “Show me! Prove it.” He dared.
The fairy swooped over to the middle of the pond and pointed at a piece of weed that had curious circle shaped flowers on it. “See? There.” She said then crossing her arms.
“All I see is a bit of weed.” Joneigh taunted.
“Well, that’s because you aren’t a fairy-kind. You cannot possibly see it – but it is there.” She retorted, almost sticking her tongue out.
“That is the worst excuse I have ever heard. Please go away. I have other more important things to worry about.” He turned away.
The fairy flew up to Joneigh again, right into his face like an irritating bug. “But I love you!” She wailed.
“I do not love you! This is madness.” He leaned back, trying to swat her away.
“You cannot ignore the pond!” She wailed again.
This time Joneigh’s aim was good. He caught the fairy square on the butt with the back of his hand. The whack sent her zooming away at an extremely quick pace, to land on the soft grass just down the hill. She landed with a thud falling unconscious.
For a moment Joneigh felt bad, rising and picking up the fragile fairy. He placed her carefully down on a large strand of grass, using it as a hummock for her. He stood staring at the prone body of the small fairy, glad to see her still breathing, her chest falling and rising. It was never like him to take his anger out on anything, let alone a living thing. Yesterday it had been Terina and today it was the poor fairy.
He stood for a while hoping the fairy would wake up but soon realized that she really had brought it on herself and that he really didn’t want to be there when she did wake up. He walked away, not looking back. He knew she’d be fine, he hoped. He also hoped she wouldn’t follow him. She’d only talked to him for a minute and she had managed to annoy him more enough for him to flick her away.
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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 16, 2009 14:08:34 GMT -5
Ha! Silly fairy! Trix are for kids!
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 16, 2009 14:09:57 GMT -5
Ha! Silly fairy! Trix are for kids! Hahaha *YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE POND!* ;D |
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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 16, 2009 14:12:18 GMT -5
Ha! Silly fairy! Trix are for kids! Hahaha *YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE POND!* ;D And something tells me that it's not some random encounter. I think that the fairy will be back... ;D Perhaps even with a way to shrink him down to her size?  |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 16, 2009 14:15:22 GMT -5
Hehe. If you've read Terry Brooks Landover series you will recognize the reference to Willow The fay creature who succeeded in wooing the King and ended up marrying him. Oh how different that story could have been if he had just flicked her away. I may bring her back in the next book. For now - she is just a homage Doesn't even have a name. |
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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 16, 2009 14:18:49 GMT -5
Ah... See, try as I have, I haven't been able to find -any- of Terry Brooks' books. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough?
Ah well, such fun to be had with random characters, yes? I snuck in a secret daughter to my old guy. Entirely inconsequential to the entire story, and he doesn't even know that she exists or is alive. XD
As for refrences... Hrm... Not sure if I have any... I guess I have a few unconscious ones, but I'll keep an eye out when I read it through.
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Post by Kaez on Nov 16, 2009 14:24:12 GMT -5
You must not have been looking at -all-.
I'd say only Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin would be easier to find than Brooks in regards to modern fantasy authors.
And I liked it, Ref, though if the character isn't going to come back... the scene seems kind of odd. Sort of a, "Okay, that happened, but what did it add to the story?" The scene would have to be given some sort of significance.
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Post by James on Nov 16, 2009 14:41:16 GMT -5
I'd say only Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin would be easier to find than Brooks in regards to modern fantasy authors. I'd say Martin is actually quite hard to find on bookshelves, just because Brooks has so many more books. Martin gets a few inches of space, Brooks usually gets his own shelf. And your problem of it appearing a little too childish is probably because of the Landover inspiration, Reffy. Blame Brooks! He's making Phantoms darker because I'm using the Word & Void as inspiration. Let us blame all our troubles on Terry Brooks. *sage nod* |
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Post by Kaez on Nov 16, 2009 14:46:20 GMT -5
I'd say only Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin would be easier to find than Brooks in regards to modern fantasy authors. I'd say Martin is actually quite hard to find on bookshelves, just because Brooks has so many more books. Martin gets a few inches of space, Brooks usually gets his own shelf. And your problem of it appearing a little too childish is probably because of the Landover inspiration, Reffy. Blame Brooks! He's making Phantoms darker because I'm using the Word & Void as inspiration. Let us blame all our troubles on Terry Brooks. *sage nod* But... Brooks has been inspiration for me... and I'm perfectly happy with the way things are turning out. >.> |
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Post by James on Nov 16, 2009 14:53:46 GMT -5
I'd say Martin is actually quite hard to find on bookshelves, just because Brooks has so many more books. Martin gets a few inches of space, Brooks usually gets his own shelf. And your problem of it appearing a little too childish is probably because of the Landover inspiration, Reffy. Blame Brooks! He's making Phantoms darker because I'm using the Word & Void as inspiration. Let us blame all our troubles on Terry Brooks. *sage nod* But... Brooks has been inspiration for me... and I'm perfectly happy with the way things are turning out. >.> ...I don't see it... |
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Post by Kaez on Nov 16, 2009 14:58:31 GMT -5
But... Brooks has been inspiration for me... and I'm perfectly happy with the way things are turning out. >.> ...I don't see it... Probably because I call about 20 different authors inspiration for me. I can't imagine anyone would be able to see a single one of them. |
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Post by James on Nov 16, 2009 15:00:02 GMT -5
Probably because I call about 20 different authors inspiration for me. I can't imagine anyone would be able to see a single one of them. You're writing Fantasy. Tolkien. Done. Now lets stop hijacking Reffy's thread. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 16, 2009 15:24:31 GMT -5
Hehe. More importantly - Did Kaez and Agro catch the Willow reference? And did you like what I did with it? (even if it has no real impact on the novel) I'll put up the Pratchett homage in a second  Truth be told - the meeting with the fairy is just a tiny nod of respect. It doesn't give any meaning to the story apart from maybe a giggle and respect to my 2 fav authors. |
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Post by James on Nov 16, 2009 15:25:24 GMT -5
...I don't read Landover.
DON'T KILL ME!
*hides*
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