http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:AvikaW&section=today deviantART RSS for by:AvikaW en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:51:12 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/28663339/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/28663339/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:22:48 PST
I'm still freaked out about a sciency show I watched almost last January. I can't help but wonder if anyone else watched or read something that changed their life, for better or worse. Mine was changed for the worse. Life has lost its magic and wonder, leaving me living in a world that feels far too real. There's less joy and I'm stuck wondering what's going to happen to me when I die. Am I going to heaven or doomed to hell? Egyptain-style afterlife? Would kinda suck living my current life again after I die, even if effort required no effort at all. It would suck more if there was no afterlife. What would that be like?

Really makes me wonder. (lol, Zeppelin line)

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And guess who had to remove her body? Me. The body was so stiff you could probably use it as a baseball bat. Why am I always the one who has to move the dead animals? Especially when they're starting to smell funny and they're stiff. It's disturbing.

How the hell am I supposed to get over it?

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/28022280/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/28022280/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:02:52 PDT
I finally got a fox costume/pajamas. Well, I got it a few weeks ago. I'm wearing it on Halloween.

I've got an idea for Unadapted. I'm going to stray from the whole Fox/Krystal thing and get back to Falco, specifically him outside the house. Rent/mortgages don't pay themselves and one paycheck probably wouldn't be enough. I'm thinking of having it deal with the outside world's reaction to Fox's "disappearence".

I also have an idea for a new fanfic, as if I didn't have enough. Basically, Krystal's been through something tramatic (whether it be getting lost winding up in a very foreign place with almost no hope of returning home or a violent attack, possibly rape if it won't make the story too offensive for my taste, that leaves her in a constant state of fear and paranoia. Everyone and everything brings back memories of the attack and she soon begins to blame herself.

But first, I'm going to submit a drawing for my 200th submission. If you've seen my previous works, you'll know it'll involve one or more furries. I can't draw people.

Tell me what you think of my ideas and whatnot.

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Often, it forces me to abandon a story for a bit. I often start a new story because I have nothing else to do. But that makes the problem bigger. Fortunately, there sometimes comes a story that I am able to complete, like "Haunted".

Then comes the sequal. The story is done, but what happens afterward? There's sometimes a problem that needs a solution, but not enough to continue the story. That's why there are sequals. So that you can focus on a completely different aspect without making the plot too complicated.

So there's another question I ask myself: Is the main problem solved? If no, then I can continue the story without needing a sequal. If yes, then I can make a sequal.

I guess that's why I do Star Fox fanfics. The characters are already made and the personalities are already there. Having the characters stay in character is a lot easier when it's clear how they should talk and act. While Zelda and Mario focus on the adventure, Star Fox has a bigger focus on the character interaction without delving into that creepy Final Fantasy territory. You actually care about the characters. You care what they say, what they do, and how they feel.

So I have come up with a few rules for writing stories that focus more heavily on the characters than on the adventure.

1. Have a clear idea about who and what the characters are. While too much predictability can be monotonous, too little gives the reader little reason to stick around for the next chapter. Give the reader some idea of how the characters will react to various situations. Are they good or bad? Stubborn or willing to compromise? Brave or cowardly. Give the reader an idea of who to root for.

2. Focus on a few key problems. Is the protagonist at risk for losing his job? Is an evil warlord trying to take over the land? Are aliens trying to destroy the world? What are they fighting? Why are they fighting?

3. Balance. Too few details make the story boring while too many can make it too much of a chore to read. Make the protagonists too powerful and there's almost no conflict. Make them too weak and they can't win without the story becoming too unbelieveable. Try to find a nice balance.

4. Stay on target. Is it a love story? Then focus on the love. Is it an adventure? Keep them on their journey. Is the main antagonist an evil clown? Don't keep him out of the spotlight too much. Good villains aren't like the video game final bosses of old. It's not enough to keep them in the final castle. If they're the main antagonists, then they should get some occassional attention.

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Now this begs the question: Where the hell is Earthbound? What about Mother? Or Star Fox? What about Star Fox 2? They could milk that one for 900 freak'n points, maybe even a full thousand.

I know what you're thinking. Why not just download them illegally? Maybe because I don't want to become a cheapass that won't even shell out ten freak'n dollars for one of the greatest games ever made.

So yeah, with Majora's Mask available for download, the Wii is now the console to get if you want to be able to play every freak'n console Zelda game ever made, thankfully exclusing the Cd-i disasters. If you want to play the gameboy ones too, then get a Gamecube, Gameboy Player, and DS. Oh how I miss being able to play Metroid Fusion on the tv screen.

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Anyway, I caught a Mew today. For those of you who have Red (or Blue or Yellow) for the gameboy, but lack Mews, here's how you do it.

1. North of Cerulean City, there's a kid with a Slowpoke. No other pokemon. Just a Slowpoke. Do NOT fight him yet. If you did and saved, start a new game. Just don't fight him yet.

2. There are two guys near the entrance to the underground cave thing east of Saffron City. Do NOT fight them yet either. If you fought them both and saved, start a new game.

3. Stock up on some pokeballs.

4. In your party, you should have a pokemon that knows Fly. If you don't, get one.

5. Remember the guys in step 2? Stand in front of the tunnel entrance building's door, making sure to NOT fight those guys yet. If you managed to avoid fighting them, save now.

6. This is where it gets tricky. While standing in front of the door, take one step down and pause. If done right, you shouldn't be fighting the Gambler yet.

7. Use Fly and fly to Cerulean City. The Gambler will notice you, but you'll be gone before the battle could start.

8. Go to the Slowpoke guy and defeat him.

9. Fly to Lavender Town and head west. Upon leaving the town, the pause menu will pop up. Hit B.

10. You'll suddenly be battling a wild Mew. Catch it.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/23243048/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/23243048/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:51:19 PST
Anyway, I still have writer's block. If you have any requests or anything, I'm all ears.

PS How do I get rid of that unhappy smiley thing? It's getting annoying.

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It feels like my sanity is crumbling again. The world growing darker from my perspective, I begin missing the older, brighter, carefree days of childhood. Despite controlling less of my life back then, I controlled more. I could do more without the everlooming threat of failure taking away what little I have accomplished. The world was brighter, the possibilities endless, and even the most mundane of everyday things magical.

My sanity has been slowly crumbling away again ever since I watched that science show about the universe and its cold, lonely end. I was reminded again just how temporary everything is. And I shudder to think about my future. An expanse of time stretching from now until my eventual death. It's nearly impossible to tell how expansive it is. All I know is that it's shrinking.

Time seems to flow faster and faster the older I get. Oh how I curse these shrinking seconds, minutes, hours, and days as they seem to mock my ever loosening grasp on what little sanity I have left.

Oh how I wish that this is just another phase in my life and nothing permanent. I have yet to attract a mate and insanity would only serve to make mating more unlikely. And now I must leave for what I hope isn't yet another sleepless night.

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I'm depressed now. There are some things we're better off not knowing and I found one of them. I'm probably going to be depressed until I find something to distract me long enough to forget about it.

Doomed to a frozen doom. Colder than you can imagine.

Of course, we're all doomed to die long before then. Not a pleasant thought. What happens when we die? I believe in an afterlife, but what would happen if none existed? Our minds, our thoughts, what would become of them? what would it be like for all our brain functions to cease?

Now I'm even more depressed. I hope I feel better in the morning.

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And then there's that quantum stuff. And that cat. That cat that exists and nonexists at the same time. With the smallest, most basic building blocks of the universe so unstable, does stability exist? Can a house stand with weak bricks?

And death. Is it real? Is life? Is anything real? Maybe it's the lack of sleep talking, but I think there's a likely answer: Everything exists and nothing exists. At the same time. At all times. Bad times. Good times. Decent times. God fearing times. Times everyone else gave up on, but we didn't because we knew better. We knew those times listened to Zeppelin and that's why we helped those times. Because that's what decent people do.

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And I still can't think of anything to write or draw. I'd continue one of my stories, but I have writer's block. Not that anyone would look at the drawing or read the chapter. But it's nice to "publish" something rather than just have it linger in some notebook until the day it gets thrown out.

Life sucks. It always sucked. It will always suck. It sucked for everyone since the dawn of time and will continue to always suck for everyone until the end. And maybe after the end. Sucking for all of eternity. Perfection only existing in fantasy, always sought after, but never achieved. Always taught to go after the unattaiable, to seek a level one can never achieve. To hope when hope will do no good, to continue on when the objective is impossible and to give up when you're almost at the finish line.

Some quit when the rain merely sprinkles, when the wind is a bit breezy. Others fight on in the flooding streets, in the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes. Never giving up even if it kills them. Me? I may retreat strategically, when the battle is unwinnable, but I never give up. I fight the war to the bitter end, only knowing defeat when I draw my dying breath. As long as blood flows through my veins, I will fight on. Though I'm not exactly sure who the hell I am fighting or what the hell I am fighting for. That's life for you. Always doing, but never really knowing. We know all we need to know, yet we know nothing. Continuing on past the finish line, for we know not where it is. Futility and fustration.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/22588173/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/22588173/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:44:29 PST
Still taking requests.

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I'm running out of ideas. So if anyone who bothers to read these wants to help, send me some ideas. I won't necesarily do them all, just the ones I can do. Yeah, I'm doing requests and stuff. Just some things to remember:

1. No nazis, terrorists, or anything like that. I won't draw anything to do with anything related to those. If I do draw them, they will be altered. This is not Xenuland, where terrorism, nazism, and tom Cruise are celebrated.

2. I can't draw people very good. If you ask for people, remember that. I draw furries kinda good, but not people. I'll try, but it'll look shitty.

3. If I can't draw it, I can't draw it. Simple as that. I'll try, but if it's hard to draw, expect crap.

4. Nothing anti-Led Zeppelin. I'm fiercely pro-Zeppelin.

5. For stories and songs and such, the previous rules apply.

6. Sometimes I find writing easy and sometimes I find it hard. There's nothing I can do about that.

7. No photography or anything like that. Just drawings, stories, and poetry.

8. I don't know what half the poetry choices even mean. So please just keep it songs or general poetry or haikus.

9. I'm also pro-foxies, pro-jackals, pro-wolves, pro-America, etc. Keep that in mind.

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Also, I've been playing internet checkers. I'm getting better. The most important part of the checkers game is the beginning. Whether you creep up on the left or right or start with a full frontal assault or even inch your front lines closer to the enemy, it's the beginning that sets the tone. It determines if you take heavy losses early on or not. It also lets you create weaknesses in your enemy's front line, allowing you to set up traps and deal heavy damage on the enemy.

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What sets him apart are his flaws. He hides them because life could make any one of them fatal. He seeks, he desires the warm loving embrace of death but his will to live is strong.

He knows that there are those who get death and there are those who deserve it and he seeks to be the latter. He works hard, working so that he only gets it when he deserves it. He knows that freedom is so much sweeter when you've earned it, when you've sought it and worked hard for it.

He conforms in a society that preaches, and punishes, individuality. His needs matter not. His desires matter not. All that matters is the world's needs and desires. Until he is willing to fight, suffer, and die for the freedom he wants, but still lacks, he matters not. Until he deserves different, he is but a cog in a machine.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/20578231/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/20578231/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:58:18 PDT
How boring was this book? It was the first book that I actually fell asleep reading and I wasn't even tired. It was less fun than being given a lego and a pebble to play with. Wait, the lego and rock aren't boring. Go, lego. Kill that freak'n rock!

I'm still working on page one of the comic.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/20432634/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/20432634/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:58:29 PDT
Anyway, all my stories are on hold until my writer's block goes away. Starting a new story. It will feature such beloved stereotypes/cliches as:
-the guy who gets all the credit
-the guy who lives in the former's shadow despite doing most of the work.
-some leader one or more of the other characters follow
-a cult. An actual cult with strange beliefs and wacky ceremonies. Can't have a cult that isn't wacky. It's just not done.

I'll try to keep it in comic form.


And the whole Sniper Fox thing from last journal is still going on.

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A few weeks ago, I saw Super Metroid in a used game store. It was $50 (plus tax) and I only had $40. I brought enough money the enxt week, but they had already sold it. So close. So very close to one of the only Metroid games I am missing (the other being Metroid Prime 3). So very very close.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/15842404/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/15842404/ Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:09:00 PST
My Wii got more attention. Tried to beat Chapter 7 of F-Zero GX's story mode. Hard as hell. I once beat all nine chapters, but the memory card erased itself.

My new hobby is designing video games that will never be made. It's fun. Drawing maps. Designing weapons and vehicles. Drawing characters and giving them little bios. Writing the rules. It's so enjoyable. I can design any game I want. I think I'll make a sports game that revolves heavily on tanks. Big, heavily armed tanks. And the rules will make no sense.

]]> ~AvikaW http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/15714546/ http://AvikaW.deviantart.com/journal/15714546/ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:08:46 PST
I've been playing Guitar Hero II on my 360. Today, my mom basically monopolised the 360 all day so she could play Guitar Hero II. She still struggles with Easy while I improve on Medium and attempt (and fail) at Hard. I guess I am more "hardcore". I might suck at a new game at first, but I usually get good within a few days, regardless of genre.

That reminds me of arcades. You put in a few quarters, play for a while, lose all your lives, and put in your initials if you got a new hi-score. The ever omnipresent gamer "AAA" must be the best damn gamer in the world because he or she has the hi-score on EVERYTHING. I mean EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need more comments. I put all this effort into my deviants and everyone who looks at them ignores them. It gets lonely.

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