Anatra

I dreamed of a song-I heard it sung;

In the ear of my soul its strange notes rung.

What were its words I could not tell,

Only the voice I heard right well,

A voice with a wild melodious cry Reaching and longing afar and high. Sorrowful triumph, and hopeful strife, Gainful death, and new-born life…

-GEORGE MACDONALD,

1842

@anatra23

George MacDonald was a Scottish author in the mid-late 1800s. He wrote some fantasy (The Light Princess for example). His fantasy is unique in its beautiful reflection of Christian morals/themes (it’s in there deep), and he was a major influencer in C. S. Lewis’ work. He also wrote some, what do you call it, in-our-world-fiction (Sir…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting *side-eyes Haikyuu fandom* yeah I feel that.

@devastate-lasting I have a friend who got into Bungou Stray Dogs recently, and she seems to really like it!

@anatra23 ooh that’s a tough one.  The dub is way funnier than the sub, since it’s super chaotic and really just perfectly captures actual conversations that high school kids might have (so it’s basically dumber lol).  Personally, I prefer the sub because I can’t understand the swearing (haikyuu has some language, but it’s nothing too intense.  Th…[Read more]

OOH OOH HAIKIYUU!

That’s the only anime I watch, but it’s soooo good.  The manga is absolutely amazing, too.  I still need to read the first half, but so far it seems like the anime adapted it really, really well!  Hopefully season five comes out soon…

I don’t even like sports and I think it’s fantastic.  It’s definitely a slow burn (S1 is kin…[Read more]

The question is, if I tag someone am I apparently forcing a response? (Ok, I get timid at times.)

@keilah-h

Sorry. By the way, if I ever forget to tag someone, don’t hesitate to pop on anyway. I’m still getting used to using the forum.

@trahia-the-minstrel

Thank you!

@anatra23 @koshka

Wasn’t it? And it’s good to end a series before it gets fizled out. He ends it with “Hey, there’s more coming, it’ll be better than what’s here, but that’s a new epoch. Let’s go and have our own adventures.”

And I love the George MacDonald quote as the epigraph. It’s so perfect.

Plus,(sorry this has been a bit of a ramble) if…[Read more]

@anatra23

Oh how many books have I at least confused by reading ahead? Almost every book I read. =|

His books are sooooo good. I hope mine may somehow measure up.*sigh* I would probably have written waayyy to far and ruined it.

@elfwing

Yay! My reason for writing too!😁😄😊

@anatra23

Yeah, the second season has a lot more drama. But the mangas go way further in the story than the anime, so I’m really enjoying reading them! (We’re up to 16 in English, now, cause I can’t read Japanese that well😅😂)

Yeah, Shirayuki’s character growth — she kinda doesn’t develop a lot for a bit. But in the mangas, after where the a…[Read more]

@trahia-the-minstrel you mean what I mainly write?? I have been making it for the reason C. S. Lewis once said; The world does not need more Christian literature. What the world needs is more Christians writing good literature.” if I can make a good book to be enjoyed by all while keeping the values of the Scriptures enough to be recognized, I am…[Read more]

@koshka

You are really good at drawing animals! Love it! And @keilah-h , yours is so cool. Love his unimpressed expression😂.

@kathleenramm I would say it has done similar things for me.

I can read people well and figure them out pretty quick, or so I’m told. I evaluate and if someone asked me to describe I can and I’m usually correct. The problem with that, is, among other things, that if I’m not careful I can get cocky, and start thinking I see things that aren’t…[Read more]

Here’s my other pic. I had to put them on separately.

Incomplete sketch. Mouth is only half open.

Aurrgh!! It ate my response three times!!

@elishavet-pidyon

Oh I love birds of prey! Those are some long wing and life spans. Does the fact that they mourn tie in with the book any?

@keilah-h

Are your Ailurids animals or something like the cloven of Wingfeather? Can they and if they are animals, can they think (like people)?

@anyway

Here is…[Read more]