Coldfire FST [25 Dec 2009|06:30am] etrangere [ mood | tired ] [ music | Queen - One Vision ] Sacrifices of Erna a Coldfire Trilogy FST "The efficacy of sacrifice, the Prophet had written, is in direct proportion to the value of that which is destroyed." ( 40 songs ) Anyway, hope you enjoy. Comments very much welcome ^_^ Download 4 Separations Let's Break-up

[23 Dec 2009|04:13am] etrangere [ mood | okay ] [ music | Dar Williams - Your Fire Your Soul ] I need to remember to post an entry about stuff I did lately, and stuff I failed to do, reviews of anime I watched, and fulfilling memes. For now: ANON CRUSH MEME Let's Break-up

[21 Dec 2009|01:11am] darkemagick So we were at the carnival, and Coach was being rode by the Jockey, being steered into the center of a zombie horde. Instead of using a gun, Nick steps in and slashed the Jockey with a katana, saving Coach. And another time, while Rochelle was being restrained by the Smoker, a Spitter came and spat on us trying to revive her, reducing all of our health to yellow in a matter of seconds. And yesterday, while we were doing the mad dash across the bridge before the military blew it up, we actually made it across the bridge and onto the helicopter before the horde and the tank overwhelmed us and we all died. Aha. This is Left 4 Dead 2, and as much fun as the first one was, the second one is so much better.   It's goodbye to Louis, Francis, Bill and Zoey....     And hi to a new band of survivors, Nick, Rochelle, Coach and Ellis!       Ever since L4D2 came out, I have been playing it excessively.Played by myself, check. Played for 7 hours straight, check. Played for one week in a row, not yet. But I have a feeling it's going to be achieved soon. :D Why do I love this game? Melee weapons. Eg, the katana sword (or axe, or frying pan, or even a chainsaw). One slash of the sword and every zombie in front of you dies. Amazing! The new Infected can either be annoying or exciting depending on which side you're playing. If you're a survivor, you'll hate the charger, the jockey and the spitter for making the game so much more difficult. If you are the Infected, however, playing these infected adds a whole new level of fun to the game because it forces the survivors to split up. The levels are much more difficult and diverse. It's not all just shooting zombies. You gotta find a pack of cola for this thirsty store owner so that he will blow up a barricade for you. You got to find gas cans to fill up this race car so that you can escape a zombie-filled mall. You need to set off fireworks in a rock concert to signal a helicopter. And so much more. The new characters. I think every L4D fan was dismayed when Valve said that there were going to be new survivors instead of the old 4. But the new characters are very interesting - especially Ellis and Nick. Their dialogue in the game makes me laugh. "I think I hear my ex-wife," Nick, refering to the witch. "TITS!" Nick. "You must be this tall to ride. Sorry Ellis. You'll be missed." Nick again. "The last time I saw this many crying women was at my wedding." Nick at one stage in Hard Rain when there were many witches. I friggin' love him. "DIE, DIE, MY DARLINGS! DIE, DIE!" Ellis when using the chainsaw "Sorry about that Nick, didn’t meant to kill your mom." - Ellis after killing a spitter Rochelle: "Ellis? Does your tattoo mean anything?" Ellis: "Oh, this here? This means I'm a bad ass killin' machine." Rochelle: "Wow. You must have amazing foresight to have gotten that."   Alrightt. So that's me squeeing about Left 4 Dead 2. Now go play! 1 Separation Let's Break-up

interview meme answers [17 Dec 2009|01:15pm] etrangere [ mood | awake ] for tomboy_typist 1. ASOIAF: Your top five pairings. Gushing is a bonus. Sandor/Sansa : hit me hard from reading the book. It's an interesting mix of creepy and sweet and a great execution of the classic Beauty & Beast archetype. I remember when I first finished read CoK I went back to re-read all their chapters together ;) Jaime/Brienne: they're so adorable and snarky together! Also love the reverse Beauty&Beast and the way it works on several layers (the honour as well as their appearance). Theon/Jon: probably my favourite crack hatesex pairing for ASOIAF. Besides the hot hatesex appeal, it's an interesting pairing to explore their respective daddy issues and feeling of not!belonguing (which is exactly why they hate each others so much ^^) Jaime/Loras: Well that scene where Jaime is all "Loras is minime!" and they are all cocky and snarky at each others is pretty awesome, thus pairing created. Yummy. Cersei/Sansa: soooo messed up, but an excellent pairing to explore mindfuck and fairytale archetypes. 2. Do you write at all in French? If so, is there a difference in what you write/how you write it? Speaking of which, is French your first language? Well, I'm capable of writing in French, and it is my first language, but I seldom write fiction in it, at least not for a long time. I never wrote any fanfic in French (though my first Buffy fanfics got translated back in the days). I think there' a difference in how we wrote any languages because of the inherent differences between languages lol so yes. They have their own rhythm, sonorities, structures, so of course it influences how we write. I find writing in English helps me not feeling like it "sounds false" when I write fanfiction. 3. If you could change just one thing about the world, what would it be? Discuss. I'd like to make people more aware about issues of racism, sexism, homophobia etc. not just the way they seem obvious, but the way they seep in everywhere unconsciously. 4. Dancing with the Wolves or Singing in the Rain? Why one and not the other? Errr, one's a racist overly long movie with Kevin Costner and the other is a charming and fun musical. I think I'll take Singing in the Rain!! 5. Just very randomly, your opinions on Tolkien? I don't remember whether or not you're involved at all with that fandom etc etc. I'm not in the fandom, though I read Lord of the Rings many times when I was younger. I don't have any particular opinion (especially since I haven't read it in a loooong time). He's a good writer with a lot of qualities, but neither do I think he's the best ever; I find accusations of manicheism etc. levelled at his writing are very unfair since his work was much more nuanced and his characterisation contained many grey areas. Anyway if you wanna know, my favourite part of the book was the return to the shire, my favourite character Faramir, and my favourite pairings Legolas/Gimli, Merry/Pippin, Faramir/Eowyn; and I had a big soft spot for all the almost-mostly-evil characters like Saroumane, Gollum, Grima & Orcs who captured Merry & Pippy #1 & 2. I never liked Gandalf. I liked the movies but mostly for opposite reasons to what I liked in the books. 3 Separations Let's Break-up

[17 Dec 2009|12:57am] etrangere [ mood | drunk ] [ music | Noa - If I Give You Everything ] I have a new layout! etrangere etrangere etrangere I had gotten soooo tired of the previous one! (almost one year of it). Also I need a Friend Only banner now that my journal is basically semi friend only, might as well make it official. I never use to save FO banners!! I thought maybe this one, but it might just scare people away XDDD 18 Separations Let's Break-up

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