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#3421 Mara=^.^=

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Posted 08 May 2011 - 01:27 AM

And yes, I knew about the Future Carl x Laudya pairing. I learned about it on the TOSOT tvtropes page which is under "Pair the Spares". But yes, it did surprise me when I first saw it.

Wait there's a TVtropes page for TOSOT with a Pair the Spares listing??? OMG LOLOLOLOLOL

But Future Carl's role throughout the whole thing interested me the most. So far...I've hated him since he appeared (not as much as FS though).

You hate Future Sheen? Why? :huh:

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#3422 JimmyxxCindy4EVER

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Posted 08 May 2011 - 01:49 AM

Wow, FC stood up for himself! Good for him!
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 01:58 AM

Annnnnnd Future Carl's gone completely off his rocker. That's what you get when you dress him up in futuristic goth clothes.

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Posted 08 May 2011 - 02:00 AM

I love how half of you think Future Carl's lost it, and the other half thinks April has.

Mission accomplished :thumbsup:


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Posted 08 May 2011 - 02:29 AM

Wait there's a TVtropes page for TOSOT with a Pair the Spares listing??? OMG LOLOLOLOLOL


You hate Future Sheen? Why? :huh:

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Yes, I hate Future Sheen. I guess it's because...he's just not the same funny Sheen, and seeing him act like his old self kinda disturbs me. He also kinda gives me the creeps for some reason. I know the reason is for being tortured half his life, but I still just can't picture him like that as a future version of Sheen.

And yes, the TOSOT TVtropes page is right here... http://tvtropes.org/...rSideOfTomorrow

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Posted 08 May 2011 - 02:34 AM

He also kinda gives me the creeps for some reason.

Mission accomplished x 2 :thumbsup:

And yes, the TOSOT TVtropes page is right here... http://tvtropes.org/...rSideOfTomorrow

Enjoy it (I sure did)

Thanks!

EDIT: wow, people sure have added a lot!

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Posted 08 May 2011 - 03:04 AM

Wow, April was acting like a huge bully during this chapter. It was like she singled out the weakest person she could find to make herself feel stronger and more in control after losing Nav.

It was cool how future Carl, who really is so different from April, still managed to make a convincing argument about their similarities. It was almost cold and calculated the way he went about it. There were a couple of low blows, You can definitely see Dictator Jimmy's influence. I liked seeing future Carl kind of "lose it", since he had been so dulll previously. It kind of reminds me of when he freaks out in show from time to time all of the sudden. ("can't you see that you're fighting is tearing us all apart!?")

I've always had a problem with April's lack of characterization, but I'm not sure how I feel about this either. I think maybe you were trying to show that her lack of personality comes from the fact that she's not self reflective and from the fact that she doesn't really know how to do anything except approach the world in war-mode. If that's what you were trying to show, then that's pretty clever...it's kind of a nice loophole to get out of my earlier criticisms about her character.

I still can't decide whether I like her... I guess it's not fair to judge her on this, which is probably one of her lowest moments. I guess I'd probably act like a savage too if my fiancé just got blown to smithereens.

either way, I really liked the interaction of two characters who don't get a lot of screen time or development. It made me realize for the first time that some of the characters feel really marginalized by the unhealthy, obsessive relationship between Aurora and Dictator Jimmy. As a reader if you have such a fun time watching him and Aurora get their hate on that you forget how much both of them hurt the other people in the story because they're so fixated on each other. I can really relate to the "third-wheel" feeling, since often times in my own life I get the impression that I'm not really wanted in the group.


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Posted 08 May 2011 - 04:55 AM

Hm... I don't know, I just don't like Future Carl... he is a coward - no matter what - and he's not going with April because he wants. Come on! If April had only suggested it, with no guns or violence at all, he'd never have gone with her... That whole "Dictator was my best friend" thing is also ridiculous - I agree with April.

I liked some parts of the dialogue, others were perhaps too crazy (both of them kinda lost it, seriously). The only reason I didn't love it was because FC and April are not characters I particulary like ^^'

I think no dialogue will ever be more epic than the one between Aurora and Dictator during their fight!
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 06:03 AM

Hm... I don't know, I just don't like Future Carl... he is a coward - no matter what - and he's not going with April because he wants. Come on! If April had only suggested it, with no guns or violence at all, he'd never have gone with her... That whole "Dictator was my best friend" thing is also ridiculous - I agree with April.

So you think everything he said was just a cop-out? Interesting. As author, I'm not really sure myself. I think maybe it's a mix of genuine contrition and excuses to assuage his own guilt.

So in the "FC sucks in this chapter camp" we have: Crys and Anita
In the "April sucks in this chapter" camp we have: Corinne and Lizz.
And in the "LOLOL FC X April" camp we have: Sonicjet and Pig
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I think no dialogue will ever be more epic than the one between Aurora and Dictator during their fight!

This is true. :xmasjoy:


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Posted 09 May 2011 - 12:28 AM

I agree that April was too harsh on FC. I mean, I know she's a war-mongering species and her fiance was just killed, but I think that was a bit too harsh, even for her. On the other hand, I LOVE how FC stood up for himself! Way to GO, FC!!!
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Posted 09 May 2011 - 04:30 AM

Ya, both characters kind of went off the deep end in this chapter. :rolleyes:

Aurora on the other hand goes off the deep end all the time, so we've been desensitized ;)

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 02:03 PM

A little something for you April X Lee fans. "Lee's Dream" LOL

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Now the question is whether or not April will settle for a tour guide >.<

...Anyway, just wasting time instead of doing my paper. His face keeps getting girlier and girlier every time I draw him.


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Posted 15 May 2011 - 01:28 AM

So how many chapters are left? Also you've probably been asked already but how much time has past in the younger versions own universe since they entered the one they are in?
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 01:36 AM

Hey, I've wondered that, too! Or, it could be like Back to the Future, where no time has passed at all in their own universe when they get back. Or that could only be for just time travel alone... Not exactly sure...
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 07:12 AM

Hey, I've wondered that, too! Or, it could be like Back to the Future, where no time has passed at all in their own universe when they get back. Or that could only be for just time travel alone... Not exactly sure...


I have a ridiculous pseudo-scientific explanation all prepped for this. Yep, BS of the highest caliber, as you will soon see.

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Posted 16 May 2011 - 06:43 PM

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 02:19 AM

I AM FINALLY FREE I CAN FINALLY FINISH THIS S.O.B.!!!

In the meantime enjoy this magnificence by my Malaysian art buddy Genki-de:

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 06:53 PM

:) Yay! That is an awesome picture by the way! :D
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 08:59 PM

That is awesome, Mar! And that is some awesome artwork she made! :thumbsup:
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 09:01 PM

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