Ben Powell

Another one of my favorite parts. For good reason. Mwehehehhh…

The GIF-Hiders: An Easter Story

Part Nine: Disbelief

“Halt!!” barked another new voice. “Halt in the name of the law!”

Jenna pulled her palms from her eyes, and peeked at the troll, who, much to her relief, hadn’t squashed Valentine. His foot was in mid air, and Valentine…[Read more]

@seekjustice  It makes me wonder if marrying at thirteen was common during that time? I suppose so since they wanted to marry Juliet to Paris. Still… I would think that a thirteen-year-old would value life so that she wouldn’t have to kill herself if her lover died.

But I suppose that’s symbolic, come to think of it. I wonder…

@seekjustice Yes.  Totally pointless.  It shows you the importance of communication.  One thing I really hate about it is that I absolutely adored the character of the priest who counseled Romeo amazingly well and married him and Juliet secretly and sweetly, but then completely failed to help in the end when he held the information about Ju…[Read more]

@seekjustice  That does seem a little weird for a thirteen-year-old…

@rochellaine  Ahh, I should have known. XP

@seekjustice The only thing that reconciles me to Romeo and Juliet’s sad end is that they did actually get married before they died.  I think most people forget that part.  My brother hated West Side Story because he doesn’t like sad endings.  You, on the other hand… 😀

@dekreel Hello!  We’ve been talking about musicals, as usual.  Bobert isn’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice  @rochellaine  Hello! I’m doing some formatting, and hopefully some writing in there, too. What have we been talking about?

BTW, Rochellaine, CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING AN ECCENTRIC MENTOR IN TWO MONTHS!!!!!! That’s amazing!!

@alia  Coming right up XD

@seekjustice And I’m just the opposite. 😀  I would probably love Newsies and Phantom if they were done by singers from the 60s.

And that’s why you might like West Side Story, since it’s about fighting, and the songs are more modern.

Sierra Boggess is on the better side of modern singers, at least. 🙂

How’s your work going?  I have actua…[Read more]

@seekjustice I actually listen to hardly any modern music, including musicals.  I just started listening to them because you’ve been recommending them to me. 🙂  I don’t know the names of hardly anyone, and what I mean when I say I’ve listened to a lot of modern singers is that I’ve listened to/seen new versions of The Sound of Music or other su…[Read more]

@seekjustice Well, it is technically nearly 10:00 p.m. where @alia lives, and not everyone in America is such a nightowl as myself and @dekreel 😀

@seekjustice I’ve only listened to a couple, so let me listen to a few more and get back to you on that. 🙂  But I have listened to a lot of modern girl singers, and I really haven’t found more than one or two (only one that I can name at present, besides whoever plays Anastasia,) that I like.  The singing style has changed since the 30s-70s, an…[Read more]

@alia I’m very picky about types of voices and musical arrangements, so though I like a few of the songs from Newsies, most of them don’t impress me as very beautifully done.  My favorite from that would be King of New York because the song’s style works well with the uncultured style of the voices the singers use.

I dislike Phantom for the sam…[Read more]

@alia @seekjustice Both, actually.  Right now it’s the Broadway version, though.

I love it!!!  Way better than Newsies or Phantom.

@seekjustice I’m listening to Anastasia!!

@catwing Who is this character, exactly?  Which of your stories does she belong in, and why is she running around on the forums?

@sam-kowal *looks it up* Oh!  It was actually @warrenluther04  No, Batman ’66 is totally different from the modern Batman types.  It’s crazy and really campy…and I love it.  😀

Hmm, I don’t know.  I think I act pretty conventional, but I am also considered slightly strange by some people. 😀  Maybe I can use my position to convince you all to…[Read more]

@sam-kowal 😀 😀  (Dynamic Duo?  Oh yeah!  You’re the one who watches Batman ’66, aren’t you?)

Just what do you think being eccentric entails?

@filewriterbase13x I think what you’ve outlined here sounds alright, and I bet a lot of authors do this, as already mentioned above. Just make sure whatever you do is intentional and important to the story 🙂

@sam-kowal @rochellaine I’m signing out now. 😀 Wrote 763. 😀

@filewriterbase13x I’ve actually read several books that threw in random chapters from the villain’s POV.  🙂  So I think it could work fine.  Those include such great authors as Frank Peretti and Chuck Black, if I remember correctly.

(Yes, people, I do read fantasy once in a while! 😀 )