Emma Flournoy

@emma-flournoy

Yeah. Matthew Patrick of Game/Film Theory’s here too. 😛

I think it’s not so much the fact that the characters are robots, but we anthropomorphize the robots. Like, R2-D2 had a sort of stubborn, quick-witted side about him, WALL-E was curious, and the robots in the movie Robots were heavily anthropomorphized.

I’m still mentally w…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Yeah. Matthew Patrick of Game/Film Theory’s here too. 😛

I think it’s not so much the fact that the characters are robots, but we anthropomorphize the robots. Like, R2-D2 had a sort of stubborn, quick-witted side about him, WALL-E was curious, and the robots in the movie Robots were heavily anthropomorphized.

I’m still mentally w…[Read more]

Thanks everybody. The overall tone of the story is somewhat dark– think Lord of the Rings— but it’s about finding hope in the midst of darkness and strength in the midst of persecution, so from the beginning I’ve tried to show admirable qualities in the story’s protagonists, in hopes that the depressing circumstances will draw readers to the…[Read more]

@alia @emma-flournoy Thanks! 😀

@daeus  @kate-flournoy  @emma-flournoy  @lady-iliara  @dragon-snapper  @aislinn-mollisong  @catwing  @daughteroftheking  @sam-kowal  @alia @KAPEEFERS!

I am currently on the third chapter, and I decided that it was time to show you guys the full prologue!

So here you go! Please feel free to make suggestions and comments!

Prologue

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, I guess… (what do you mean, exactly? … :/ :P)

Welcome to the club. 😛

Yeah, I know. WHY, though?! :S

Okay, the robots are humanoid shaped, but they have to wear clothes to disguise their cladding and mechanical underneath. They usually wear hoodies that match their primary color when they’re in disguise. Their cladding…[Read more]

Hey guys, sorry it took me a bit to get back. 😛 Thanks so much for all your feedback, it was so helpful.

I think I might have found a different option though… what do you guys think of Valiant?

@Daeus @Dekreel @That_Writer_Girl_99 @Audrey-Caylin @Jane-Maree @Shannon @Sam-Kowal @Winter-rose @Ethryndal @Emma-Flournoy

@emma-flournoy

Indeed.

Yes. 😛 Before you can have things to edit into videos, you have to animate them, if you’re doing animation. Yes, Blender has a fairly steep learning curve, but so does every other 3D animation and modeling program.

You can not only edit videos in the VSE, you can also layer sounds, make wipe and text effects (even export…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Actually, never mind. I like the diminutive form of the name Tristan, Tris/Triss. 😛 So, yeah. 😛

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, that makes sense. And, as sad as it sounds, that’s probably it. No such thing as Kokoro (heart in Japanese, applied in the 2003 Astro Boy series referring to robots with a heart and soul), or Quaza stone (the stone that gives the Heroes in Hero Factory sentience), or anything like that. As you said, only God can create…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy 😀 Yes

@shannon I think horses would charge away… unless we had warhorses, and those are kind of hard to come by

That would be super epic though 😀 😀  A Kingdom Pen conference on horse…

@epicaddie2 We would need some way to hide our chairs really quickly… they would have to be collapsible, or @dragon-snapper would get…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy @sam-kowal

There’s also the argument that the human brain is basically an organic computer… What separates animals from insects, and humans from animals? Insects are basically robots. In fact, a creationist (I can’t remember the name) calls insects God’s robots. Animals, especially seen in mammals, have Nephesh Chayyah, or the…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy @sam-kowal

The reason I made this up, is because the idea of sentient androids has intrigued and fascinated me ever since… well, basically since Bionicle G1 (2001-2009 set releases) came out. And LEGO Hero Factory added on to that fascination.

Sure, why couldn’t God give a sentient android a human soul? I think an encouragement…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy @leumeister Wow, this is a really intriguing topic. It’s really interesting to see what you guys are saying.

I think, the idea of completely sentient robots, who can reason, is pretty sad too. Because of course they couldn’t have souls, and they would be the picture of hopelessness. Of course, God could give them souls, but for…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

I think you hit the nail on the head. I almost feel like crying myself from reading your paragraph. :’)

Yeah… It’s tough. Yes, they’re machines. Yes, they’re manufactured by fallible humans. Yes machines can’t have souls. But… If a robot were to pray, and ask Jesus into his or her heart, would God seriously not answer? Even…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy the name of the website came to me in an email from someone… I think it was from Brett Harris’s email list. And then I found it and read some of the articles, but I didn’t come back and realize there were KaPeefers here until… well, until I came back and realized there were KaPeefers here. And then I observed it was the…[Read more]

@anne-of-lothlorien THIS
Is totally, spectacularly wonderful 😀

Kingdom pen really is the bestistest place to ever grace the internet… I’m so glad I found it

@kate-flournoy @dekreel @alia @introvert_girl @supermonkey42 @daeus @aratrea @shannon @emily @dragon-snapper @seekjustice @ethryndal @emma-flournoy @jane-maree @epicaddie2 @all the other…[Read more]

@mariposa

No problem. It was my pleasure. I love to answer questions pertaining to 3D and animation. 🙂 I do strongly encourage you to give it a try, at least, and to stick with it until you learn the basics. Then if it isn’t your thing, you can at least say you tried. 😛

@emma-flournoy

Hopefully, he’ll understand soon enough. 🙂 I love…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Why do you think it sounds kind of sad? I think I know, but I’d like to hear it from you.