Comments on: This is not my *SHAME* face http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Athena http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Athena Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:24:07 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1506 love those covers.... as much as the books they cover i think.... sometimes it's the cover that draws me but i need to read something on the back of the book to decide to buy and read it.... or as lately happens I get ideas from forum members.... Yep, Valejo's (spel) work is great but more than a few times I find it more suited for my brother's late-teens room... myself I am more on the Victoria Frances field. PS STorm and Rogue in those cards are priceless.... love the toughness and hardness and the action of them.... (also love Wolverine.... but tha's another topic alltogether) love those covers…. as much as the books they cover i think…. sometimes it’s the cover that draws me but i need to read something on the back of the book to decide to buy and read it…. or as lately happens I get ideas from forum members….

Yep, Valejo’s (spel) work is great but more than a few times I find it more suited for my brother’s late-teens room… myself I am more on the Victoria Frances field.

PS STorm and Rogue in those cards are priceless…. love the toughness and hardness and the action of them…. (also love Wolverine…. but tha’s another topic alltogether)

]]> By: Athena http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Athena Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:13:03 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1505 I can't believe i forgot that cartoon.... Yep, I still love Storm (the comic one) I remember waiting for the X-Men movie and when I saw Storm in that movie i wanted to smash something... (yep I am ranting) They had a strong, powerful woman that could fly and control the weather and what did they create in the film? I can't find the words to describe it but really it was a dissapointment to me.... Thanks for the intro there... It sure brought back some memories... I can’t believe i forgot that cartoon….

Yep, I still love Storm (the comic one) I remember waiting for the X-Men movie and when I saw Storm in that movie i wanted to smash something… (yep I am ranting) They had a strong, powerful woman that could fly and control the weather and what did they create in the film? I can’t find the words to describe it but really it was a dissapointment to me….

Thanks for the intro there… It sure brought back some memories…

]]> By: Kaikes http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Kaikes Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:38:20 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1497 You are now my hero. I thought my sister and I were the only ones who went cuckoo over Rogue and Gambit and X-men and all its awesomeness. I played the PS2 X-Men game and one part that I love is that they let you unlock all the different outfits that for the characters over the years. I also totally agree with you about the two book covers. The main reason I've been waiting for Demon Forged and Archangel's Kiss is because were so amazing. There's so much fire and awesome about them. You are now my hero. I thought my sister and I were the only ones who went cuckoo over Rogue and Gambit and X-men and all its awesomeness. I played the PS2 X-Men game and one part that I love is that they let you unlock all the different outfits that for the characters over the years.

I also totally agree with you about the two book covers. The main reason I’ve been waiting for Demon Forged and Archangel’s Kiss is because were so amazing. There’s so much fire and awesome about them.

]]> By: Meljean http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Meljean Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1485 Yes. Yes, you can *g* Yes. Yes, you can *g*

]]> By: MaryK http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 MaryK Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:40:30 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1447 "The characters have to have something to fight for, but if the world is all just depressing and yuck, what’s the point? So we make them laugh and we make them love, and that is the reason they fight through all of the bad stuff." Wow, love that! Excellent justification for HEA endings. “The characters have to have something to fight for, but if the world is all just depressing and yuck, what’s the point? So we make them laugh and we make them love, and that is the reason they fight through all of the bad stuff.”

Wow, love that! Excellent justification for HEA endings.

]]> By: XxxXLozXxxX http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 XxxXLozXxxX Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:11 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1441 Wow that brings back memories! Such a cool cartoon. Is it possible to buy the cartoon on dvd lmao *giggles and hides* Wow that brings back memories! Such a cool cartoon.
Is it possible to buy the cartoon on dvd lmao *giggles and hides*

]]> By: Misti http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Misti Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:21:25 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1440 Wow, that cover for Demon Forged is awesome. That definitely makes me want to run out and buy it right now. I started buying Nalini's books because of this website, when Ilona (I think) posted her cover up. That's when I looked up Nalini's website, read the book excepts and put in my orders for her books there and then. And now I want all of Meljean's books. Wow, that cover for Demon Forged is awesome. That definitely makes me want to run out and buy it right now.
I started buying Nalini’s books because of this website, when Ilona (I think) posted her cover up. That’s when I looked up Nalini’s website, read the book excepts and put in my orders for her books there and then.
And now I want all of Meljean’s books.

]]> By: Jacqueline L. http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Jacqueline L. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:14:58 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1439 Heh, ya, I did mean that whatever they do, it's oh so well done. I'm with you on the subject matter not always necessarily being my cup of tea. Heh, ya, I did mean that whatever they do, it’s oh so well done. I’m with you on the subject matter not always necessarily being my cup of tea.

]]> By: Meljean http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Meljean Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:35:46 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1437 Ha! I am also a fan of the parentheticals (though I'm trying to break myself of the habit.) On the funny next to the angsty: I remember a quote from Joss Whedon that went something like, "Make them scream, make them cry ... but then, for god's sake, give them a laugh." And I think it's true. One, it releases tension and gives the readers (and the characters) a breather. And unrelenting darkness just doesn't appeal to me anymore than it does to most readers, I think. But more than that, I think it's hard to show how dark their world is if EVERYTHING is dark -- and how valuable those light moments are if there aren't any. The characters have to have something to fight for, but if the world is all just depressing and yuck, what's the point? So we make them laugh and we make them love, and that is the reason they fight through all of the bad stuff. (That, and writing characters who don't have senses of humor would make me go slit my wrists.) Ha! I am also a fan of the parentheticals (though I’m trying to break myself of the habit.)

On the funny next to the angsty: I remember a quote from Joss Whedon that went something like, “Make them scream, make them cry … but then, for god’s sake, give them a laugh.” And I think it’s true. One, it releases tension and gives the readers (and the characters) a breather. And unrelenting darkness just doesn’t appeal to me anymore than it does to most readers, I think.

But more than that, I think it’s hard to show how dark their world is if EVERYTHING is dark — and how valuable those light moments are if there aren’t any. The characters have to have something to fight for, but if the world is all just depressing and yuck, what’s the point? So we make them laugh and we make them love, and that is the reason they fight through all of the bad stuff.

(That, and writing characters who don’t have senses of humor would make me go slit my wrists.)

]]> By: Meljean http://www.theoddshots.com/2009/10/this-is-not-my-shame-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Meljean Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:54:29 +0000 http://www.theoddshots.com/?p=359#comment-1436 Ha! You bitter hag. Ha! You bitter hag.

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