It is a sad thing to see the old days and the worn ways leave, but there is no stopping this infinitely-pendulous sun which has guided us so far. She wanes, and all seems to diminish, but time continues on.
Madness, they say, is what drives these days. So there is not only fear invoked in this change, but hope. Hope for the new day and the fresh ways. We shall thrive for these, and they shall continue thriving for us. Hope, the core, and courage, the skin, which shall keep this apple of our lives forever falling. The doors are swung open, yet we are hesitant. One may take a step forward, only to take another step back. Why? One must ask another. He shall turn to his companion, and explain to him why there is such fear in these people's hearts. It is for one reason.
The unknown, the dark, where even the smallest glimpse of light would shed forth countless amounts of hape. But we will be strong, and with undaunted courage, take our first step into the stronghold of the mysterious.
I'm still not sure if this has anything to do with anything, like the rest of your threads.
But at least it sounds cool :)
Quote from: Marth Xero on October 03, 2008, 08:16:16 PM
I'm still not sure if this has anything to do with anything, like the rest of your threads.
But at least it sounds cool :)
Is this how you get off? Of course it has to do with something! Read it seven more times, each time thinking about a different theme. Try expressionism, the struggle of mankind, and depression for a start. Then from there maybe go to more tangible ideas such as the economy, political ideologies, classic cinema & literature.
Stronghold. Fortress. Mistress.
The Stronghold of the Mysterious beckons each man forth, but do men answer the call? Nay, for he is mortal, and she is divine. She eludes him, and he is hesitant. But now is his chance, and once again, he stutters...he steps into the darkness, the veil of doom, but alas, it is an opportunity wasted...
Mystery. Curiosity. Intrigue.
Mortal or not, stepping into the darkness petrifies the weak, but can I step in? What if it condemns me? I will. I must.
Man Dill posts a lot more as of late. Why didn't he post when he was Sebastion?
Quote from: Ridley on October 03, 2008, 08:50:32 PM
Man Dill posts a lot more as of late. Why didn't he post when he was Sebastion?
Maybe because (and this is a huge rumor) some idiots kept getting his name wrong.
I think I actually understand Dill.........for once at least.
Quote from: Ares300 on October 04, 2008, 08:43:57 AM
I think I actually understand Dill.........for once at least.
You've reached a new level of consciousness. Buddhists call it brahma, Scientologists call it OT VIII, Christians call it dead.
Cool; but what is "hape?"
Quote from: britneymahboy on October 04, 2008, 11:55:09 AM
Cool; but what is "hape?"
If only you weren't so ignorant. Do you not know your English roots? Ape, coming from the ape, meaning insane, or uncontrollable. H, coming from the sound of a hiccup, meaning fullness, or happiness. When you combine the two, you get hape, meaning an unbound amount of happiness or excitedness.
O, what a destructive and daunting task
To drink from the perpetual giver's flask
Becoming oh so delirious
In the Stronghold of the Mysterious
Is an answer too much to ask?
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 04, 2008, 08:41:10 PM
O, what a destructive and daunting task
To drink from the perpetual giver's flask
Becoming oh so delirious
In the Stronghold of the Mysterious
Is an answer too much to ask?
Yes, the experienced will say
Courage is all you need
For when misery's here to stay
It takes a true hero to lead.
Quote from: Dill on October 04, 2008, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 04, 2008, 08:41:10 PM
O, what a destructive and daunting task
To drink from the perpetual giver's flask
Becoming oh so delirious
In the Stronghold of the Mysterious
Is an answer too much to ask?
Yes, the experienced will say
Courage is all you need
For when misery's here to stay
It takes a true hero to lead.
Who am I to lead
The mad droves of clock faces
Pale to the last day
Hey I'm Phatyo nice to meet you.
Quote from: phatyo on October 04, 2008, 10:15:44 PM
Hey I'm Phatyo nice to meet you.
The darkest corners of your inner world wait in silence
Asking for your soul
They hunger
For the feeling
The feeling of your flesh being drawn into a duct
And then distorted to fill its empty void
Quote from: Dill on October 04, 2008, 08:16:10 PM
Quote from: britneymahboy on October 04, 2008, 11:55:09 AM
Cool; but what is "hape?"
If only you weren't so ignorant. Do you not know your English roots? Ape, coming from the ape, meaning insane, or uncontrollable. H, coming from the sound of a hiccup, meaning fullness, or happiness. When you combine the two, you get hape, meaning an unbound amount of happiness or excitedness.
Please, don't verbally castigate my ignorance as if I were some insolent child. Only an insensate would scoff at someone for having made a perfectly fine inquiry.
As for the contribution of the word to the piece as a whole, it leaves me uneasy; it engenders a certain dissatisfaction. It seems more of a heterodoxy of yours to say that one would become extremely happy at the smallest glimpse of "light;" it seems that supplanting "hape" with the word "hope" would make the work--at least for me--feel slightly more eloquent.
QuotePlease, don't verbally castigate my ignorance as if I were some insolent child. Only an insensate would scoff at someone for having made a perfectly fine inquiry.
I could tell it was a pointed question, as there was another thread of mine where you posted specifically for the purpose of pointing out a typo I made. Either you are far too dumb to tell what I'm talking about when I don't spell something correctly, or you are an insolent child.
QuoteAs for the contribution of the word to the piece as a whole, it leaves me uneasy; it engenders a certain dissatisfaction. It seems more of a heterodoxy of yours to say that one would become extremely happy at the smallest glimpse of "light;" it seems that supplanting "hape" with the word "hope" would make the work--at least for me--feel slightly more eloquent.
Why would one not be happy to see light? In this story, they did not anticipate light during their journey. If you were in a cave without a torch, and suddenly someone handed you a torch, wouldn't you not be happy as well?
Also, if you're going to look up words in the thesaurus, at least make it look like you didn't just turn from a babbling moron into a 15th century poet.
Quote from: Dill on October 07, 2008, 06:28:51 PM
QuotePlease, don't verbally castigate my ignorance as if I were some insolent child. Only an insensate would scoff at someone for having made a perfectly fine inquiry.
I could tell it was a pointed question, as there was another thread of mine where you posted specifically for the purpose of pointing out a typo I made. Either you are far too dumb to tell what I'm talking about when I don't spell something correctly, or you are an insolent child.
QuoteAs for the contribution of the word to the piece as a whole, it leaves me uneasy; it engenders a certain dissatisfaction. It seems more of a heterodoxy of yours to say that one would become extremely happy at the smallest glimpse of "light;" it seems that supplanting "hape" with the word "hope" would make the work--at least for me--feel slightly more eloquent.
Why would one not be happy to see light? In this story, they did not anticipate light during their journey. If you were in a cave without a torch, and suddenly someone handed you a torch, wouldn't you not be happy as well?
Also, if you're going to look up words in the thesaurus, at least make it look like you didn't just turn from a babbling moron into a 15th century poet.
But 15th century literature is what I read... Anyways, I truly thought It was a real word (it seemed like one at least) only after like a minute or two did I realize that it was a typo; I guess I just wasn't expecting one. Also, a thesaurus is hardly apt for finding words by meaning; I don't see how you would think that. Although, I did write some words randomly, like "heterodox," that appeared a bit extreme when talking about such a trifling topic.
Quote from: britneymahboy on October 08, 2008, 01:51:58 PM
Quote from: Dill on October 07, 2008, 06:28:51 PM
QuotePlease, don't verbally castigate my ignorance as if I were some insolent child. Only an insensate would scoff at someone for having made a perfectly fine inquiry.
I could tell it was a pointed question, as there was another thread of mine where you posted specifically for the purpose of pointing out a typo I made. Either you are far too dumb to tell what I'm talking about when I don't spell something correctly, or you are an insolent child.
QuoteAs for the contribution of the word to the piece as a whole, it leaves me uneasy; it engenders a certain dissatisfaction. It seems more of a heterodoxy of yours to say that one would become extremely happy at the smallest glimpse of "light;" it seems that supplanting "hape" with the word "hope" would make the work--at least for me--feel slightly more eloquent.
Why would one not be happy to see light? In this story, they did not anticipate light during their journey. If you were in a cave without a torch, and suddenly someone handed you a torch, wouldn't you not be happy as well?
Also, if you're going to look up words in the thesaurus, at least make it look like you didn't just turn from a babbling moron into a 15th century poet.
But 15th century literature is what I read... Anyways, I truly thought It was a real word (it seemed like one at least) only after like a minute or two did I realize that it was a typo; I guess I just wasn't expecting one. Also, a thesaurus is hardly apt for finding words by meaning; I don't see how you would think that. Although, I did write some words randomly, like "heterodox," that appeared a bit extreme when talking about such a trifling topic.
Are you mad? A thesaurus is perfect for finding words by meaning, assuming that you have another word to explain it with. It's quite obvious that when you said eloquent that you looked up a more simple word, such as strong or powerful.
You also drew a bunch of random (if even real) words out of a hat, which shows that you do have access to literarily potent words, but refuse to use them with anyone except for myself. Which, although flattering, is quite sad. You could have easily won this argument by saying that I was an idiot for neglecting spell check in your native tongue.
Quote from: Dill on October 08, 2008, 06:20:30 PM
Quote from: britneymahboy on October 08, 2008, 01:51:58 PM
Quote from: Dill on October 07, 2008, 06:28:51 PM
QuotePlease, don't verbally castigate my ignorance as if I were some insolent child. Only an insensate would scoff at someone for having made a perfectly fine inquiry.
I could tell it was a pointed question, as there was another thread of mine where you posted specifically for the purpose of pointing out a typo I made. Either you are far too dumb to tell what I'm talking about when I don't spell something correctly, or you are an insolent child.
QuoteAs for the contribution of the word to the piece as a whole, it leaves me uneasy; it engenders a certain dissatisfaction. It seems more of a heterodoxy of yours to say that one would become extremely happy at the smallest glimpse of "light;" it seems that supplanting "hape" with the word "hope" would make the work--at least for me--feel slightly more eloquent.
Why would one not be happy to see light? In this story, they did not anticipate light during their journey. If you were in a cave without a torch, and suddenly someone handed you a torch, wouldn't you not be happy as well?
Also, if you're going to look up words in the thesaurus, at least make it look like you didn't just turn from a babbling moron into a 15th century poet.
But 15th century literature is what I read... Anyways, I truly thought It was a real word (it seemed like one at least) only after like a minute or two did I realize that it was a typo; I guess I just wasn't expecting one. Also, a thesaurus is hardly apt for finding words by meaning; I don't see how you would think that. Although, I did write some words randomly, like "heterodox," that appeared a bit extreme when talking about such a trifling topic.
Are you mad? A thesaurus is perfect for finding words by meaning, assuming that you have another word to explain it with. It's quite obvious that when you said eloquent that you looked up a more simple word, such as strong or powerful.
You also drew a bunch of random (if even real) words out of a hat, which shows that you do have access to literarily potent words, but refuse to use them with anyone except for myself. Which, although flattering, is quite sad. You could have easily won this argument by saying that I was an idiot for neglecting spell check in your native tongue.
I guess that you could if you had another, similar, word, but not by exact meaning. I didn't mean eloquent in the sense of powerful but in the sense of beautiful and expressive. I actually didn't use the thesaurus to find "eloquent" (I didn't even know it was a big word); I rarely do use it, because I'm afraid that a word might have a certain meaning but only for a special occasion. Using words just because you saw it on the thesaurus may end up causing malapropisms.
Well, it was meant to flatter you, sir. I'm pretty sure all the words I used are real words--maybe. And, just so you know, I would never, ever, call you an idiot for misspelling a word, even if it means winning an argument. It was a common blunder that, at first, I failed to recognize. And neither would I start insulting you in my native language because I'm afraid that would cause even more confusion.