Ariel Ashira

@rochellaine

I don’t usually watch ballet. I did once in London but it was a modern, experimental dance piece that dealt with very strange and uncomfortable subject matter…

But I am a fan of Tchaikovsky though so I like listening to that kind of ballet music. 😛

@seekjustice

I would be interested to know what kind of star-crossed lovers story your futuristic society will come up with. The society does not seem to really be the sort to glamourise emotion or romance so I am really curious.

@rochellaine

I am very nervous at the thought of you over analysing my story when you read QOD. 😛

@valtmy Hello!  Are you interested in ballet?

@seekjustice Because of my tendency to try and find basis and origin for things lately I’ve been wondering if Beauty and the Beast was inspired by Nebuchadnezzar.  What do you think? 😉

I’ve been over analyzing this question and came up with a few things.

One, I seem to remember that Jean was the only one who really kept the old books, and…[Read more]

@valtmy

No worries 😀

Yes, that’s true. So they might not be performing the actual Romeo and Juliet. But since those “Star-crossed lovers” stories are so common, there’s likely to be one or two Romeo and Juliet-esque stories, I suppose.

@rochellaine

Hi!

@seekjustice

Sorry had work to do just now.

From what I know of your story, the society you are writing about is concerned about the ‘future’ right? So they may not be very into things of the past like Romeo and Juliet right? I thought Jean was supposed to be considered odd because of that.

@rochellaine

yes, I see. It’s really interesting! in the movie version of Anastasia, the ballet they see is Cinderella, I believe, and it’s not really a big deal, but I like the fact that they put such interesting symbolism in the stage version 😀

I have been in a number of ballets. Never dancing ballet, since I don’t do that, but dancing…[Read more]

@seekjustice I hated Chessy and Justice in the first book, because he was not a Christian.  But that was fixed in the second book – and they had window scenes – so I liked them. 😉

Thanks again for the window scenes. 😛

@seekjustice Well, in the stage play, Odette comes on to dance first, then Anastasia sings while she’s dancing.  Next Siegfried comes on, and Dimitri sings his part while he’s dancing.  Then the corps de ballet come on and the grandmother sings, and then the magician comes on, and Gleb sings while he’s dancing.  So that’s simple.  But that got me…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Chessy and Justice seem to be a polarising one. Either people love or hate it.

Everyone does like Sapphire and Quillon though.

And no, Chessy was never supposed to be particularly romantic. The romance between Justice and her wasn’t even supposed to be in the story!

@seekjustice

I still maintain I’m not great at romances.

You keep saying that, and I keep telling you that there are several couples in your Infinity series that people liked. 😛

• Chessy and Justice (Your sister, Jen, me, possibly others that I don’t recall)
• Sapphire and Quillon (Everyone… 😛 )
• Chessy and Jonas (Everyone)
• Chessy and Z…

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@rochellaine

Well, I’d noticed the Swan Lake music in “Quartet at the Ballet” (I’ve been a dancer for too many years not to 😛 ), but I hadn’t really noticed it as an overall thing, having never seen the play itself. And yep, I do know the plot (several different versions of it, in fact).

Oh yes, I remember that story. I’ll have to dig through…[Read more]

@seekjustice I noticed something about Anastasia in the live production that I hadn’t noticed before, which was the symbolism/parallels between Swan Lake and Anastasia’s story, when they go to the ballet. (I was a huge ballet fan as a kid… 😉 ) I think it became one of my favorite parts of the show.  Do you know the plot of Swan Lake?

Also, @ali…[Read more]

@valtmy

Unfortunately, yes 😛

I feel I have improved slightly since then, but I still maintain I’m not great at romances. Though Quillon and Sapphire were met with much acclaim, so maybe I’m not as terrible as I think I am.

@seekjustice

So you’ll get thrown into the Pit of Shame? 😛

Ooh I hope I’ll be able to do a better job at building romantic tension than that. Granted, I did say that QOD was NOT a romance story but you know what I mean. 😛

@valtmy

I’ve definitely been noticing that, especially as friends go off to university and lose circle of church goers they might have had before.

I’m sure I would have plenty of fun writing about it. And I did think of writing a romance parody the other day. Some day, when I’m not doing anything deep and serious 😛

I don’t think she would.…[Read more]

@seekjustice

As one gets older, the difference between non-believer friends and believer friends gets really apparent and sometimes it is not easy to handle.

You writing about romance? Haha I would like to read that post! 😀 Maybe you can write your own romance parody and give me a run for my money. 😀

Are your old romance plots the sort that…[Read more]

@valtmy

Well, all my friends are really close to their cousins and it looks like so much fun!

That is pretty sad 🙁 And I definitely know what you mean about those people who have had so much success in life that they don’t think they need God because they seem to be doing just fine without Him.

Well, I’ve been thinking about doing something a…[Read more]

@seekjustice

That’s the first time I ever heard someone describing cousins like that. 😛

I have quite a few cousins myself (a few of them are in Australia!). Childhood was fun with them but as we all grew up, we only ever meet a few times a year now at most. There’s this weird feeling now that we cousins should know each other very well but you…[Read more]

@valtmy

I’ve often wondered what it would be like to have a small family 🙂 I think I’d find it very lonely, since I’m such a poor introvert (not to mention physically living a fair way from where all my friends live) that my family is my main source of talking, hanging out, etc.

It’s funny though. My immediate family is quite big, but neither…[Read more]