RWBY be a Gem (sorta?)

Any Roosterteeth fans out there?
Does Roosterteeth even HAVE  fandom?
*hears shouts of the roosterteeth fandom* Ah, there you guys are.
How many of you non-roosterteethers know what I'm talking about?
*chirping crickets*
As I thought. Okay, first an explanation of Roosterteeth is in order.
(Keep in mind that I didn't know anything about Roosterteeth prior to this post, besides the fact that they made RWBY.)
Apparently, they're an entertainment company that works out of California. They've made a bunch of other webseries like Red vs. Blue and A Simple Walk Through Mordor.
That's all that I could wrestle out of the wikipedia page. I'm sorry.......
Anyway, let's talk about RWBY now.
So RWBY is this CG cartoon made by these Roosterteeth people. It's about a girl named Ruby Rose, who wants to become a huntress. In this world, there are demons and monsters that run around and hurt people, so there are hunters/huntresses to keep people safe. They use magical weapons that run on this fancy stuff called dust.
Of course, to become a hunter/huntress, you have to go to school. Ruby is accepted into Beacon Academy (the best hunter school EVER), along with her sister Yang. On their very first day, all the new students are sorted into teams. Ruby is on a team with a girl named Weiss (the heiress to the biggest dust company ever), a girl named Blake (a book worm) and Yang. Together, they make team RWBY.

From left to right, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang
Picture from: www.dek-d.com

There are other students at the school such as Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Pyrrah Nikos (and others) that become friends with these girls.
Of course theres more to the story than just school. Outside the school, a war is brewing. There is a group called the White Fang, that is made up of people that have animal traits. You know, cat ears, monkey tails, etc. These people (Faunus) have long been discriminated against by regular people. In the past, the White Fang have peacefully protested this discrimination, with no violence involved. But in the past few years, the White Fang have changed, and become a violent terrorist group. The girls have constant encounters with the White Fang, and have to fight to stop them.

So I'd heard a lot about Roosterteeth before I'd seen this series. My friend Bailey was freaking out about this show, and wouldn't stop talking about it until she got someone to watch it. Since I'm weak, that someone ended up being me. Besides, there were only sixteen episodes. It couldn't be that bad, right?
It wasn't actually. I finished the series in a day, and it was very fun. There weren't any traumatizing feels or anything, so it spared my soul at least.
I'm going to admit, I was a bit underwhelmed by the animation. In the show, there are some AMAZING fight sequences. Seriously, in the first episode alone there is a great fight between Galinda Goodwitch and this other lady, and it's the freaking coolest thing ever.
But besides the fights, they were lacking a bit. The character's movements were jerky, or they had confusing body language. They had strange angles in a lot of unnecessary places (though that might just be artistic choice or something). Now, I get that there were complications with this type of animation.
The way they animate this (at least I'm pretty sure they do it this way) is that they get these special suits on the actors, and put them in front of a green screen. The actors do the motions of their character, and later the skin of the character is put over the suit, so it looks like the character was doing it. Then the background and sound effects and stuff is put in, and VOILA! You have an animation thingy.
You'd think that the gestures and stuff wouldn't be a problem since they do it like this. But apparently it is. *shrug*
The story was a little dry too. There wasn't a ton going on in most of the episodes. It was a one story plot, which I don't think is complex enough nowadays. They'd move from one story to the next, rarely even hinting at other storylines.
Something I REALLY liked about the show was the music. Seriously, the theme song is amazing! Here's the grooveshark thing for it so you can listen to it. The background music is also really pretty, and each character's song is excellent.
So, I guess I'd give this a 6/10. I like it, I really do, but it has some flaws. However, they do get some elbow room since this is only the first season, and they have yet to figure it out.
You should make an opinion for yourself! This goes to the first episode. Go watch it. Have some fun.
Bye!

From: rwby.wikia.com

Frozen.......just like the entire stinking country.

If you live anywhere north of New Mexico, then you've most likely been hit with this random snowstorm. For most of you, you're probably griping about how it's ridiculous that you have to walk to school in -2 degree weather or how your car is snowed in and you can't make it to work.
I mean, we're griping about that where I am too. We aren't weird or anything. But for us there's a silver lining, since I live in a tourism town that depends on winter for it's entire economy (or at least I think that's how it works).
Anyway, that vaguely relates to Disney's new movie, Frozen.
My friend Maddie had been flipping out about this movie for the past week, after she'd seen it with her church youth group. She wanted to see it again and I hadn't seen it for the first time yet, so we went to go see it on Saturday.

Opening Clip....thingy:
So you know how Disney always makes a short film at the beginning of each of their animation movies? Lately, they've been these amazing works of art that sort of just leave you in awe. Remember Paperman? That short at the end of Wreck-It-Ralph? Ya, that won an OSCAR. An OSCAR FOR PETE'S SAKE. And what about that umbrella short from the beginning of Monster's University? That clip made me ship TWO UMBRELLAS. ONLY DISNEY CAN MAKE YOU SHIP UMBRELLAS.

From: www.indiewire.com

The short for Frozen was "Get a Horse" which is sort of a spoof of old Micky cartoons. It starts out all run of the mill. Micky and Minnie are having fun and singing with their barnyard friends, and then BAM! Pete kidnaps Minnie and Micky has to go save her.
But there's a twist.
You see, dear readers.
Disney broke the fourth wall.
Pete pushes Micky OUT OF THE SCREEN.
It's a lot like Epic Mickey, now that I think about it.
It's no Paperman, but it's very creative.

Plot:
Brace yourself for spoilers from this point on. Or you could just see the movie before you read it. That'd work too.
Okay, so the story centers around two sisters, Elsa and Anna. They're princesses (naturally) of the kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa is apparently a special snowflake (heh), because she has ice powers for some reason that never got explained. One night, when they're really little, Elsa and Anna are playing around with Elsa's powers, and Elsa accidentally hits Anna in the head with an ice blast. Anna's brain is frozen or something, and their parents take her to be healed by trolls.
Actually, apparently trolls are a big part of scandinavian folklore, which I guess is why they're in the movie.
Anyway, Anna's healed by the troll, and then Elsa is warned that if she hits anyone in the heart with her powers, they will be frozen and turned to ice. He also warns her about how the people of Arendelle might not accept her powers if they get out of control. This results in the king and queen deciding to hide Elsa in the castle, and they also get the trolls to take away Anna's memories of Elsa's powers.
Because of Elsa's isolation, Anna is forced to stay in the castle too (for some reason). She and Elsa grow apart over the years, which totally stinks cus that means they were both pretty much alone for their entire childhoods.
Then the king and queen die.
Because they have to.
It's a Disney movie people.
How did you NOT see that coming?
When Elsa turns 18, she becomes queen of Arendelle, which is sort of a problem because her powers have been growing and she doesn't think she can control them.
Meanwhile, Anna meets Prince Hans, who's in town for the coronation, and they fall in love and get engaged almost immediately.
Elsa thinks this is a totally batshit idea and refuses to let it happen (you go Elsa).This results in a fight, where Elsa accidentally uses her powers, thus exposing her secret. As predicted, the town goes crazy, and Elsa has to run away. She swears to stay up in the mountains and no longer endanger her people. She builds an ice castle and makes a Snow Queen dress and it's a really awesome scene. However, she doesn't know that she accidentally set off eternal winter down in Arendelle, and the people are freezing to death.
Meanwhile Anna goes after her, enlisting the help of an ice-guy named Kristoff and his reindeer Sven. They meet a magical little snowman named Olaf that Elsa built who helps them get to Elsa's castle. Anna fails to convince Elsa to come back and stop winter, and accidentally gets hit with ice in the heart. Her and Kristoff leave Elsa and go to the trolls (who adopted Kristoff when he was little) so they can fix her heart. Unfortunatly, since it's the heart, the ice can only be removed by an act of true love.
Also meanwhile, Prince Hans has gone after Anna, and ends up at Elsa's castle. She attacks some soldiers in self defense, and almost gets crushed by an ice chandelier as a result of the fight. She's knocked unconcious, and is taken back to Arendelle by Hans and imprisoned.
Anna and Kristoff ride back to Arendelle so that Hans can kiss Anna in an act of true love. It's VERY urgent since she's freezing from the inside. She gets in the castle, Hans is in the room, everything seems like it's gonna work.
And then.
Hans is evil.
BAM! PLOT TWIST!
He's 13th in line for his own throne, so to have any chance of becoming king, he would have to marry into the throne. He leaves Anna to die, saying they were married already, and goes off to kill Elsa.
Elsa gets out of her cell, realizing what's happening, and starts to run away. Of course, then she learns that Anna is 'dead' and breaks down, leaving a gap for Hans to come and kill her.
Meanwhile, Anna is looking for Kristoff, as Olaf has just informed her that she is an idiot for not seeing that he's totally into her. She's nearly frozen, and then they find each other and there's a massive expanse of ice between them and Kristoff is running towards her with lips puckered....
and then she sees that Elsa is about to be killed by Hans,
And throws herself between them
and freezes.
But guess what?
It was an act of true love.
Of SISTERLY love.
She unfreezes, and the winter starts to melt.
Elsa realizes that love melts ice, and stops the winter.
And everyone lives happily ever after.
Except for Hans.
Who gets punched in the face.

Reaction to plot:
This might just because I'm older now, but it seems like this movie was written less.....carefully, than the other movies. I mean yes, it's still an excellent story with wonderful dialogue and this one blip I'm about to adress is very minor to what I'm sure will be or was your viewing experience.
But I guessed the plot twist.
Which isn't a good thing, for me at least.
When Hans was preposing, that's when I figured out something was fishy. Now this might just be because I'm getting better at plot devices, but normally I can't do that with a Disney movie. The fact that I was able to be pulled out of the story and think about this potential plot twist sorta bugs me.
But that's just me.

Songs:
As I am writing this, I am listening to Idnia Menzel sing "Let it Go", and it is beautiful.
The problem is that I might've been listening to it on loop since yesterday.
Which could mean that I have a problem. *sigh*
As usual, Disney has delivered with happy songs, heart-wrenching songs, and love songs. I enjoyed all of them......except for the love songs.
Anna sang one with Prince Hans, which seemed really unfitting for the situation, and was just sort of annoying. Then the trolls sang one about how Kristoff and Anna should get together, but it was all about how they needed to change for them to be together, which though meant well, I didn't really appreciate.

Characters:

Anna was a little annoying for my taste, but I still really liked her. She had really awesome qualities like independence, optimism, and honestly was just as awkward as everyone I know. Actually, the only part I didn't like about her was her neediness with Hans. Also she was just really adorable the whole time so that was good.

Elsa was what you think a queen would normally be like. Calm, cool, collected. Grace and poise and all that whoo-ha. But what I liked was her depth as a character. Underneath the cool exterior, there was a storm of emotions. Fear that she would hurt her people. Sadness about being locked away. Happiness, and hatred about her powers. I just really really liked her.

Kristoff was lovable  and adorable, and sweet, and funny, and oh-em-gee I want him to be real so I can go skiing with him or something.

I'm sort of conflicted about Olaf. I know that he's the comic relief, and that his entire purpose is to be silly, but he was just so STUPID. It was aggravating  And he didn't really have any redeeming qualities either. He just blurted out random stuff that didn't really flow with the story at all.

Hans was a dick. That's all there really is to say on the matter.

Animation:
Oh my globity goodness the animation is great in Disney movies. My friends hate going to animation movies with me, because I'm always poking them and freaking out about the detail of that character's hair or how that one thing is moving in the breeze. I don't really know why this fascinates me so much, but it does, and I cannot help it.

So, that's that I guess.
Sorry that there aren't any pictures, but I just didn't want to take the time to put in any.
Trust me, my next post will have a LOT.

The Sound of Music......I Liked The Movie Better

The Sound of Music was a huge part of my childhood.
It's my mom's favorite movie, and she bought the movie on tape when I was really little (or she might've stolen it from my great grandma. The memory is a little fuzzy). For almost my entire life Julie Andrews singing "raindrops on roses" has echoed through my house, and we've all accepted it as a regular thing that isn't slightly obsessive on my mom's part.
So of course, when my mom heard that NBC was doing a live show, she nearly had a heart attack from happiness.
Seriously, in the middle of science on Thursday she sent me a text that nearly got my phone taken away (but I was a total ninja and silenced my phone before Mrs. Z could place who's pocket the Doctor Who theme was coming from), that said I can't wait to watch the Sound of Music with all of you tonight! :). Bottom line, this was a big deal.
So Thursday night, we all sat down on the couch with our dinner and turned the t.v on. Actually, that was a lie. I was up in my room franticly trying to finish my homework so I could go down and watch with the rest of my family. I got down there when the nuns were singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"
For the next three hours, we watched the musical version of The Sound of Music, which none of us had seen before, and I must say......it was a little disappointing.

Mostly I had problems with the casting.

From: www.nydailynews.com

Now, it's impossible to top the embodiment talent that is Julie Andrews, and it's certainly difficult for any actress that plays Maria to follow in her footsteps. But look at this picture.
<- Do you believe for a second that Carrie Underwood is Maria? All I can see is someone with WAY too much foundation who thinks that wearing sorta Austrian clothes and putting her hair in that braid thing makes her Maria.
Her acting in this was pretty much DREADFUL, but I guess I can't blame her for that since she's a singer by trade. Speaking of that, she was excellent with the singing part. Though it wasn't Julie Andrews, she did a very good job with singing the songs with the right attitude (most of the time), and was very powerful.

From:www.buffalonews.com

So this guy is Stephen Moyer. He's apparently a big deal on True Blood and my mom was freaking out about it for some reason. He played Georg Von Trapp, and I was extremely underwhelmed. I don't really know why he got the part. When he was 'stern' it looked much more like he was about to throw up or something. Also he wasn't a very good singer. He managed, but he didn't preform.

From:mamamich-mjay.blogspot.com

Again, he had some big shoes to fill. I mean look at this.
Look at this gorgeousness that is mid 1960's Christopher Plumber. Seriously, he was my first fangirl crush at the ripe ol' age of 10 when I was first starting to realize that boys might not be incredibly disgusting.
Have you HEARD him sing 'Edelweiss'? Have you HEARD THAT SINGING VOICE!?
*swoons*

From: www.broadwayworld.com

I don't have many complaints about the kids.
Liesel was sort of bratty, but I guess all 16 year olds are.
Freidrick was the only one I genuinely didn't like, but he didn't do much so it was okay.
Louisia was okay. She was spunky and it worked.
Kurt was a big ball of cute. That's all there really is to say on the matter.
Brigita was hilarious and filled with sass. It was awesome.
Marta was adorable, but cutely annoying.
Gretel.....I want to say bad things, but I can't cus she was such a cutie. So I'll just grit my teeth and say she was fine.


All the minor characters seemed to be fine casting. I'm pretty sure they were the actual broadway people that did this sort of thing for a living, which would explain why they were so much better than the others.

I know that this was the musical version of the story, but being a girl that grew up on the movie, I was a little confused by the differences. I know all you theater buffs are flipping your tables right now and screaming about how the musical is so much better than the movie. But hey, I'm entitled to my opinion, especially since this is a REVIEW blog.
Besides some audio problems, the rest of the musical was great!
The costumes were very fashionable, and looked right for the era.
The sets were AMAZING. Seriously, these sets were beautiful with a capital b. They built a freaking FOREST for pete's sake! Here's a scene where you can get a grasp for it.
The choreography worked for the show, I think? I'm not a big dancer, or choreographer, so I don't really know about the art of dance.

In conclusion, this is one of those rare cases where I liked the movie better. Though I think that this musical was a great project, and it went well as a whole, it just didn't work for me.

I have no idea what I should make this post about.

Seriously, I have not a clue.
I saw Catching Fire last Saturday, but I don't want to review it because it's everywhere right now, and why would you read a review of Catching Fire by me when you could get lots of shorter and more convenient reviews from your friends?
Also, I haven't read the book since 6th grade, and I don't remember enough to do a decent comparison of the two.
I'm know that I should start doing book reviews on here, since I made a big deal about that in my introductory post. But I do book reviews for my school newspaper and by the time I get here, I'm too reviewed out to even look at a book.
I don't know. I just don't know what to do a post about.
Maybe you, my small but lovely readership, could help me?
I need ideas. I need suggestions for things to watch, for things to read. I need to know what YOU like and what you want me to like (or hate).
PLEASE GIVE SUGGESTIONS.

Huh, I guess I figured out what to make this post about :)

Happy 50th Birthday Doctor Who!

I just found out that I don't have easily accessible spell check on this new/old/borrow/not blue computer. I apoligize for any spelling mistakes that I make.
Any who, yesterday was the glorious and highly anticipated 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DOCTOR WHO!!!!
HELLS YA!
Doctor Who celebrated it's 50th birthday on November 23, 2013. It was a massive deal in America, and pretty much the awesompocalypse in England. The BBC was holding massive marathons (the show kind, not the running kind), crowds were partying with daleks, heck I bet the queen had a drink or two in honor of The Doctor.
Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show ever (yes, even longer than Star Trek (original Star Trek only lasted for like 3 years (get your facts straight wannabe trekkies (Whovians 1, Trekkies 0)))) which makes the massive freakout justified.
The other part that justifies it is just the pure sweet awesome-ness that is Who.

Okay, here's the spoilerific part, so non-whovians should plug their ears.
Not that that would do any good.

So being a teenage girl by instinct I must go into the David Tennant aspect of this.

LOOK

From:www.guayageek.com

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From: blog.zap2it.com

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10 IS MY DOCTOR. I WAS SO CRUSHED AT THE END OF "THE END OF TIME" THAT I ACTUALLY LITERALLY CRIED. NOT JUST "OMG I CRIED" BUT CURLED UP IN A BALL, CRYING AND MY DAD CAME IN AND THOUGHT I WAS SICK OR SOMETHING.

HE COMES BACK IN THIS EPISODE AND I'M FILLED WITH A EUPHORIA THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS FUCKING ASDIFOJAKWNEILUKRJHTGNFOEI.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S A HAPPY ENDING. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO HATE HIMSELF ANYMORE BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID TO THE TIME LORDS.

(side note, I might have been watching "The End of Time" wrong, but I distinctly remember them going into the time lock thing.......HOLY SHIT HAVE MOFFAT/RUSSEL T. DAVIS BEEN PLANING THIS SINCE 2010!?!?!?!?!?!?)

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY HAVE TO GO AND PULL THE I DON'T WANNA GO SHIT ON US.

I MEAN GOD DAMNIT THAT IS LIKE CUTTING OFF SOMEONE'S HAND WHO'S OTHER HAND HAD ALREADY BEEN CUT OFF.

JEEGUS.

However, the rest of the show was excellent and didn't kill my feels too much and was actually very well written and preformed and just so freaking beautiful.

I suppose there's only one thing left that I want to say.....

Allons-y.

Let Me Tell You About Homestuck

To all the Homestucks, *hugs*
For all the non-Homestucks out there, I swear that this isn't as weird as it seems.
Also, this is filled with spoilers, so you might wanna scadaddle on out if you don't appreciate that sort of thing.
Okay, so Homestuck is a webcomic made by Andrew Hussie. It is one of the ten longest works in the English language at over 6,000 pages. It is largely made up of flash animations and pictures, which is what classifies it as a comic. However, there is a LARGE amount of reading.
So.
Much.
Reading.
However, if you're a lazy person who doesn't want to do the reading, then you can watch it on Homestuck CoLab. They have taken all of the animations and pictures and made them into handy YouTube videos, and even read aloud everything for you. Aren't you a lucky duck.
The fandom call themselves Homestucks, are obsessed with shipping, and love to draw fanart. It's pretty cool actually.
Okay, enough with this.
Time for pictures and A QUICK LOOK INTO HOMESTUCK.

Quick explanation:
So Homestuck surrounds a game called Sburb. This game basically creates new universes, by destroying the one that the players enter in (in the case of Homestuck, three universes are destroyed) and creating the egg for a new one to be born (so far, only two have succeeded in the comic) . The story mostly focuses on the destruction, birth, and protection of various universes.


Characters:

Beta Kids:
These first four kids make up the group called the Beta Kids. They are from our universe, and are the ones we follow for the majority of the time. They all started out as internet buddies, and didn't meet each other until at least act three (not sure about that fact, but it's still sad that they had to wait even THAT long).

From: rebloggy.com

This lovely boy right here is John Egbert, who is probably the most likely candidate for main character in Homestuck. Maybe.

He's a total dork who is obsessed with old films and has a fanboy crush on Nick Cage.

Actually, I want to tell a quick story really quick about Nick Cage. I absolutely DETEST Nick Cage.
I think he's a stupid actor that can't keep his nose out of a film that would've been perfectly good if he had kept his silly face out of it.
Anyway, I was texting my friend Bailey (who's blog is here btw) about how I had just seen Con Air and how I would've liked it if Nick Cage and his bad southern accent hadn't been the star. Her friend Tori was apparently sitting right behind her, because she was suddenly screaming at me about how we would have a duel at sunrise. Turns out Tori is a total Cage fan.
Since I didn't want to get up at sunrise and possibly die the next day, I suggested we duel it out over a nice carnival game instead. We were going to an amusement park the next day for Bailey's birthday anyway.
All morning we searched for the perfect way to duel over Cage's honor. It had to be a test that relied neither on luck, skill, or strength. It would have to have the perfect combination of all.
We decided on skeeball.
At high noon (more like 4:00 but high noon is more dramatic), we rolled 8 wooden balls up a track into holes with different point values. We each felt the pressure to win. Our friends watched in silence behind us, probably trying to use telekenisis to help the one that they wanted to win.
And guess who won?
Me.
Me.
ME!
BECAUSE OF THAT DAY, NICHOLAS CAGE IS FOREVER SHAMED AS A TERRIBLE ACTOR.

Original picture before I messed with it is from www.hdwallpapers360.com

Okay. I really got off topic there.

Anyway, John is a sweetheart who is the first to enter the medium (the game) and be awesome. His birthday is what kicks off the story.

from: mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Rose Lalonde. She is my favorite character in Homestuck. She is a bright young girl who likes to knit, read, write, and dabble in psychoanalysis. She's the smartest of the beta kids, and is really the brains of the group.

Also from mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This cool kid is Dave Strider. He enjoys layin down 'ill' beats, taking amateur photos, and maintaing his various ironic blogs and social networking profiles. He's really as big of a dork as John is, but he wears cool shades, which makes it all better.

from: soundcloud.com

And last but not least for the first group, Jade Harley. She's a total sweetie who lives on an island with a volcano, which I think is pretty cool. She likes science, shooting things, and is kind of psychic. At least she is for the first bit of the comic. I dunno.

Trolls:

These are the characters from the second universe, which comes in in Act 5.  There are 12 of them, each corresponding with a sign of the zodiac. They live in a society that ranks them by the color of their blood (otherwise known as the hemospectrum ((which is in the order of the rainbow)), so I'll introduce them in that order.

from www.plastimake.com

This is Karkat Vantas. He's the main troll. As you can see from his shirt, his symbol is cancer. He is very loud, very cranky, AND REALLY ENJOYS TYPING IN ALL CAPS AND SWEARING A WHOLE LOT. He has a blood mutation that makes his blood this color. This is irregular and therefore puts him at the end of the hemospectrum, making him an outcast. However, he hides it, so that's why he can still be friends with guys like Gamzee.

That reminds me. If you have an issue with swearing, then Homestuck isn't for you. I'm sorry that I went all this way without telling you.

MOVING ON.

Yet again, a picture from mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Aradia Megido. Her eyes are funny because she's dead for a good portion of the comic. Her symbol is aries, and her blood is this color. She's pretty bland while she's a ghost, but later when she's alive she tries WAY too hard to be happy. She died because Vriska (who will be explained later) mind controlled Sollux (who will also be explained later) to kill her.

When is it not from mspaintadventures.wikia.com?

This is Tavros Nitram. His symbol is taurus, which I didn't know at first but it really explains the horns. His blood is this color. He's in a wheelchair because Vriska pushed him off a cliff. He's a total sweetie that has NO self confidence whatsoever. He likes to rap with Dave sometimes, but sucks at it. A lot. He has a dream to fly, which was inspired by his favorite character Pupa Pan.

Hmm. I guess now it isn't. From:rebloggy.com

This is Sullox Captor. He has a thing for making computer viruses, and likes to eat mind honey, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO, YOUNG CHILDREN. His symbol is Gemini, which totally makes sense because of the parallels. I mean look at his shoes for pete's sake! His blood is this color. He was the one that introduced the troll version of Sburb (Sgrub) and started that session.

Oh look. We're back to mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This adorable little thing is Nepeta Leijon. She really REALLY likes cats, which makes sense since her sign is leo. She enjoys shipping her friends together (shipping is when you want two people to be in a relationship), and drawing. Her blood is this color.

*sigh* too many captions for mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Kanaya Maryam. She is really into fashion. She is probably the most level headed of the trolls, which is probably why she becomes Rose's patron troll. Her sign is Virgo, and her blood is this color.

Humdeedum.....mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Terezi Pyrope. Her sign is libra (my sign) and her blood is this color. She is blind, because of an attack by Vriska. However, she was taught to see with her other senses, including smell and taste. She enjoys dragons, and has a Batman-esque love for justice. She's my favorite troll.

Ooh! A different link! dr-amy.tumblr.com

And then there's this *****, I mean Vriska Serket. Her sign is scorpio, and her blood is this color. Her theme really centers around spiders, as she has eightfold vision, and just likes eights. It doesn't really make sense since scorpio has very little do do with spiders. Maybe it's cus she's in the eighth caste? I dunno. Anyway she's a total jerkface, but you sort of like her for it. The picture is from later in the comic, but she lost her eightfold vision (being forced to have only normal vision (which is SUCH a tragedy)) and her arm when a magic cueball blew up in her hand. The explosion was indirectly linked to Terezi, which is why Vriska blinded Terezi.

Maybe some of you should visit mspaintadventures.wikia.com. It definitely explains things better than I do.

This is Equius Zahhak. I really don't like him that much, so this is gonna be short. His sign is Sagittarius  and his blood is this color. He likes horses and archery. He's also super STRONG.

Moving on.

RAWRGERFARGAL! mspaintadventures.wikia.com

I despise this guy, but he's too important for me to be able to just skip over. Meet Gamzee Makara. He enjoys clowns *shivers in fear*, a soda called Faygo, and sopor slime (which is sort of a drug?). At first, he's a laid back guy who really doesn't do much but occupy space. BUT THEN HE GOES STINKING INSANE AND IT'S HORRIBLE AND HE KILLS EVERYONE YOU LOVE AND I HATE HIM SO STINKING MUCH FOR IT AND ALL THE HONKING!!!!

ALL THE HONKING.

ALL OF IT.

Sorry about that.

His sign is capricorn, and his blood is this color.

Hmm. I wonder what the link for this one could be.......BAM! mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Eridan Ampora. The two highest castes of the hemospectrum are made up of fish trolls. They aren't different from other trolls except for the fact that they have gills. He is bent on destroying the lower trolls, and whines about everything. His sign is aquarius, and his blood is this color.

Do I really need to say it? I do? Fine. mspaintadventures.wikia.com

Last but not least (for the trolls at least) is Feferi Pexies. She is the highest on the hemospectrum, with blood that is this color. In fact, she is so high up that she is the heir to the throne of the troll monarchy. She's really sweet, and just wants to swim around all day and use fish puns. 

OHMYGOD THAT TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE.

BUT WE AREN'T DONE WITH CHARACTERS YET.

Alpha Kids:
So these are the characters in the third universe we see. This universe was created by a dead session from the original kids session. They did this thing called The Scratch to reset their session. For them to do this, they'd have to die and other kids have to complete their mission. The whole process is more complicated than that BUT HERE'S THE ALPHA KIDS.

Will the ceasless waves of mspaintadventures.wikia.com ever stop? Will they go on and on like the seas of time, washing over the poor souls that can't escape?

This is Jane Crocker. She is John's descendant in the new universe. She is the heiress to the Betty Crocker cooperation, which is evil and is pretty much an evil empire. She enjoys baking, and tomfoolery.

Apparently not.
*sigh*
I hate mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Jake English, who is Jade's descendent in the new universe. He lives on the same island that Jade used to live on (she became his grandma in the new universe, btw. But she's dead so it sorta sucks). He really likes adventures, skulls, and bad movies. So hooray for that. Every Alpha kid has a major crush on him which is really annoying but he does get together with one of them. Guess which one it is?

This is so freaking repetitive. mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is Dirk Strider. He's Dave's descendent in the new universe. He builds robots for his friends and is just about as cool as Dave.

What sucks most about this is that I can't even get onto mspaintadventures.wikia.com on this computer.

This is Roxy Lalonde. She's Rose's descendent in the new universe. She's sort of an alcoholic. She enjoys science, and loves cats with too many eyes. She lives peacefully with various species of reptiles before the session starts.

Okay, I'm done with characters.
Yes, I know that there are tons that I haven't mentioned. Yes I'm aware that the dancestors, guardians, midnight crew, cherubs, and tons of others exist  BUT I ALREADY DID ALL THESE FREAKING CHARACTERS FOR YOU. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!?

Moving on.

The Settings:
There are a ton of places that this comic takes place in, but I'm focusing on realms and universes.

Beta Universe:

www.mspaforums.com makes the count  mspaintadventures.wikia.com: 15
Other websites: 6

This is the universe where the Beta Kids grew up, which isn't hard to infer since beta is in both names. It's just like Earth, so not much explanation is necessary.

Alternia:

*FACE DESK* mspaintadventures.wikia.com

This is the planet where the trolls grew up. It is filled with oceans, forests, and is actually a lot like earth besides the troll-ness.

Alpha Universe:

Oddly enough, this is from the actual Homestuck website www.mspaintadventures.com . Check it out!

This is where the alpha kids live. It is dominated by Crocker Corp (Betty Crocker) and was on it's way to ruin anyway when the alpha kids started playing Sburb.

Derse/Prospit:

multiverse-crisis.wikidot.com 

The thing with Sburb/Sgrub players is that when they dream, they go to either Derse (the purple one) or Prospit (the yellow one). They are both metropolis moons that orbit Skaia, and are kind of the prep ground of the big battle that occurs in each session.

Skaia:

I give up. mspaintadventures.wikia.com

Skaia is sort of ground zero for each session. Everything exists within Skaia, and the outcome of the big battle is what determines if there will be a new universe or not. It's VERY important.

Land of ___ and ___:

Yes it's in poor quality. I tried, okay? www.wallsave.com

In the game, each player goes to their own land where they can defeat their denizen (boss) and god tier. They each have two qualities, such as Land of Frost and Frogs.

Okay, since this post is already super stinking long, and I'm getting really sick of trying to explain things, I'll stop here. There's a ton of stuff that I left out, like God Tiers and Guardians and I'm super sorry. If enough people want a sequel, I can do that another time.

So that's homestuck for you.

go to mspaintadventures.com to read.

I'm tired. I'm done. I'm going to bed.

Bye.

Vlogbrothers: Best Wishes!

I'm a bit of a YouTube nut......
There! I admitted it! I watch Youtube WAY too much!
However, for me it isn't a really bad thing, since most of what I watch is educational.
You know......vsauce, TEDtalks, viheart, etc.
But my favorite YouTubers by far are the Vlogbrothers.

From:dftbaexpressions.tumblr.com

This is John Green (please excuse the sharpie face).
He is the author of The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherines. He's also collaborated with other authors to make books such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson,  Geektastic, Let It Snow, and more.
This guy is in my top 10 bestest people ever list.

From:effyeahnerdfighters.com

This is Hank Green.
He's a musician.
Also a huge science nerd.
He has released songs such as A Song About An Anglerfish, Strange Charm, and Accio Deathly Hallows.
He was also a producer of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which he won an Emmy for.
He's pretty cool (at least as cool as the geekiest geek to ever geek can get :).

These two are pretty cool by themselves, but when you COMBINE THEM......it's sort of like the emotional explosion that happened when the guy who made pizza first tasted his amazing creation.
Hank and John started a Youtube channel called Brotherhood 2.0 on January 1, 2007 ((well, technically December 31, 2006 since Hank did a weird starter video :/ )).
This channel was created with the idea that for an entire year, these two would use NO textual communication. No texting, emailing, letter writing (but face it, who writes letters anymore?), or anything of the sort. They could communicate through telephone calls, face to face, and of course, vlogs.
For one glorious year, they made a video every week day, going back and forth between themselves. But then that year ended, and their by then very large fandom ((a.k.a- Nerdfighters)) were thrown into a panic.
 "OHMYGOD THEY'RE GOING TO STOP MAKING VIDEOS!"
"WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY TIME NOW!?!?"
"THERE WILL BE TOO MANY PEEPS WITHOUT JOHNS TO EAT THEM!!"
However, their panic was unnecessary. John and Hank decided to continue the channel, renaming it Vlogbrothers. The channel is still going strong, with John making videos on Tuesdays, and Hank on Fridays.

Pretty cool, right?
What? You haven't seen the educational part of this yet?
Well okay then. Though Vlogbrothers is educational in itself, here are other channels that they've created ((or helped create)) that are VERY smartsy.

1. SciShow: This is a channel run by Hank, that's pretty much him explaining science things. He explains everything from Tardigrades to why we need sleep. Very educational, and very interesting.

2. Crash Course: This is a channel with both John and Hank. Each video is Hank or John giving a 12-ish minute lesson about whatever they're talking about that day. Hank does science lessons, John does Social Studies and Literature.

3.Mental Floss: Yes, like Mental Floss the magazine. John is the one that mostly does this channel, and it's basically him just telling us a list of obscure things. It's a trivia junkie's dream come true.

I guess while I'm listing all of the things that they do, I should include the charity part.

1. Project for Awesome: ((the link is for last year, since I couldn't find one I could get to for 2013. Sorry)).Once a year, the Vlogbrothers call on Nerdfighters to promote their favorite charities in a YouTube video. Then, they get these videos to be the most liked and most viewed to get them on the front page of YouTube, and encourage the online community to give back.

2. This Star Won't Go Out: Back in 2010, John met with a nerdfighter named Esther Earl. She was a sixteen year old who unfortunately had cancer. She was an awesome person, but she unfortunately died a few years ago. Since then, the charity This Star Won't Go Out has been made to support Esther's family and to support other families with kids who have cancer.

So ya, these guys really get around.
I don't think it takes too much explaining as to why I look up to them so much.
They're both super duper intelligent, and incredibly generous with everything they have. They give their time, money, and effort into helping other people, wither it's supporting charities, writing funny songs to get people through the day, or writing heart wrenching books that crush your soul.

From: www.pinterest.com

I'm looking at you John.

Be prepared for a post about this book later.

In conclusion, these guys are great. They're awesome and have really become a big part of my life in the almost year that I've known that they exist. 

So yep.

That's really all there is to say on the matter.

Adios.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Before you get your hopes up, no, this is has absolutely nothing to do with the Twilight series. If you are into that sort of thing, please go away. This isn't your type of blog anyway :)
Okay, now that the twihards have been directed elsewhere, who here has ever played a Legend of Zelda (which will be abbreviated to LoZ from now on)? I hope at least a few of you, cus then at least SOMEONE will understand my excitement.
Though I love the series as a whole, my absolutely favorite game is Twilight Princess. It is the 13th game of the series, and was the first LoZ game to come out for Wii. There are a few key elements to this game that make it special to the LoZ series (or at least for me).

Story:
It does follow the normal guidelines. Something happens to Zelda, and Link has to go out and save her by solving puzzles in 9 different temples.
In this version of the story, Hyrule has been invaded by the creatures of the Twilight Realm. Zant, the King of Twilight, steals the light from the guardians of Hyrule, plunging the land into darkness.
There is more to it than that of course, but I don't want to give any spoilers for those of you who haven't played. The plot is so complex and interesting that it makes you want to invest 20+ hours of your life into a game.

Characters:
I love the characters in this game so much. You have the necessary characters, such as Link, Zelda, and Gannondorf. but then there's the characters that are exclusive to this story.
This is Midna, your companion in the game. Normally, your companion is a little fairy who has absolutely no depth, and is very annoying. Midna isn't like that at all. She's a very snarky imp from the Twilight Realm that decides to help Link take down Zant. As the game progresses, you learn more and more about her which I can't tell you about now because spoilers but GOSH DARN IT SHE'S AWESOME!

Then theres these kids, Beth, Colin, Malo, and Talo. They go through the entire game with you. Well, not really, but they're there since the very beginning. At the begining, they're all really bratty (except for Collin, who's just a weakling), and you sort of hate them for bugging you about a slingshot. At first, they're simply characters to teach you how to do moves. They come back later, and are scared out of their minds because they've been kidnapped by monsters and are hiding with a shaman. You save them, they're safe, so what? But they come back a third time, and they're very brave and have become heros. I know I'm not describing it well, but the development is incredible.

I'm not going to go into the other characters for brevity's sake, but geeze it's great.

Enemies:
Again, the classic enemies are still there. There are still poes and Zelda's version of piranha plants, but there are still some great ones in Twilight Princess. This is a shadow beast, one of Zant's soldiers. I didn't know it's name the first time I played the game, so I went around calling them freaky-zombie-reggae-guys. I cringe at the thought, but in my defense, I was 12. This is just one of the awesome new enemies that debut in Twilight Princess.
Since they're the ones that you're running around and fighting the entire game, it's essential for them to be interesting. Trust me, the
dozens of different enemies you encounter in the game keep everything interesting.



Graphics:
I know that a bunch of people hate the more 'gothic' look, but I really enjoy the darker feel. I mean, I've played the games with toon Link, and I think that the more realistic look is great after so much chibi.

I just like the realistic feel better *shrug*

Music:

Music has always been heavily incorperated in this series. In Ocarina of Time, you play different songs on the Ocarina to transport, control time, and manipulate stuff. In Skyward Sword, you have the harp to unlock tests. In Twilight Princess, YOU are the instrument. While Link is in wolf form (I know I haven't addressed it, just roll with it), you howl the obligatory songs until very late in the game (when the harp comes in). 

Besides the gameplay aspect, the backround music is beautiful. It always perfectly fits the setting and theme of the moment. The music ranges from perky and fun (mostly for mini-games), to dark and ominous. 

In conclusion, I freaking love this game. I recommend it whole heartedly to anyone who enjoys video games, fantasy, or a good story. If you want to find out more about the game, here's the wikipedia page.

Photo credit: 

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/write.ign.com/4065/2012/09/223543-midna.jpg

but-when-i-grow-up.deviantart.com -

www.gengame.net 

caminorojo.activoforo.com

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/The_Legend_of_Zelda_Twilight_Princess_wii_wallpaper3.jpg

P.S: I'm sorry for any confusion that this has caused people that haven't played the game. I know some of it doesn't make sense out of context. If you have questions, you can leave a comment, do some research on your own, or play the game!

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2: Sometimes, Leftovers Can Still Be Good

Wooph, that's a long title, but I like stuff like that. Anyway, my friends and I went to go see Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 over the weekend. Actually they sort of forced me into the theater since I thought it would be a crummy movie. You can understand my apprehension. Kids movies can get a little tedious at my age. Also it has the dreaded curse of being a SEQUEL! DUN DUN DUUUN!! I finally agreed to get a ticket when my friends pointed out that the first movie was sort of awesome.

So we go into the theater, talk as all the families are coming in and taking their seats. We watch the previews (when of course I accidentally kick my popcorn and it spills all over the floor ((it was very upsetting))), and then the movie starts. Let me just say, this movie was not at ALL what I expected it to be.

A quick spoiler free teaser: Flint and the gang have been relocated from Swallow Falls since the food machine (the FLDSMDFR) went insane in the first movie and covered the island in giant food. Flint's childhood hero, Chester V, volunteers to do the cleanup since he has a big science corporation  (Live Corp) to clean it up. However, the teams that he sends into the jungle of food encounter a serious problem, which Live Corp cannot figure out how to fix. THE FOOD HAS COME ALIVE!!! As a result, Flint and his friends have to go back to the island and shut down the  FLDSMDFR to get rid of the living food.

The biggest thing about this movie is it's adorableness. Seriously, I nearly died from the cute that radiates from these living foods. For example, there is a family of pickle people that follow Flint's dad around, and theres one  girl with little fishhooks for earrings who has a pet onion. It doesn't sound very cute when I put it like that, but it's amazing. There are also these little marshmallow dudes that swim around in a pool, and they are FREAKING AWESOME.

LOOK AT THESE GUYS


AREN'T THEY AMAZING!?


LOOK AT HOW HAPPY THEY MAKE PEOPLE :D

Another thing is the puns. There are things like flaMANGOSs and WATERMELOphants and hipPOTATOmuses. There's BANANostritches and cantalope and wild scallions (I don't really get the pun there, but they look like giant dinosaurs which is just great in itself). The puns are incredibly amusing. However, besides the puns, the humor is a little bit dry. Don't look for sophisticated humor there.

Even though this is a little kids movie, it's pretty great. It'll keep everyone entertained (at least if you like the whole talking food thing), and you leave with a smile on your face and that fun 'aww' feeling. If you want to find out more, click here to go to the movie site. All in all, this was an excellent movie. 5 stars!

Picture credit: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2