So I sit here, bored and not altogether sleepy despite the hour, and wonder to myself; when is the next issue of Green Lantern (Issue #39) coming out? So I go to DC Comics website and not only do they have the cover art and a description up for issue #39, but they have cover art and descriptions up until issue #42.
Previously, as my second prediction of a possible resolution to the Blackest Night, I said...
"2. One being will somehow come into possession of one of each of the seven rings, and will use them all at once to create a White Light, and turn the tide of battle. My candidates are Hal Jordan and Sinestro, in that order. Hal Jordan has currently wielded four of the seven rings (green, yellow, red, and blue) while..."
Behold!! Link
If the cover art for issue #42 is accurate, we may find Hal Jordan having wielded FIVE of the seven rings, leaving only Violet (Love) and Indigo (Compassion) left for him to try on.
I'll find out about issue #42 on June 24th, and I'll let you all know.
Coincidentally, I've decided that I may need to make updates regarding the Blackest Night Prophecy with any given Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issue as their content pertains to my predictions or inspires thoughtful questions.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My Blackest Night Prophecies.
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern's light!"
Long thought to be just another part of the Green Lantern Oath, a part once changed out of political correctness to “darkest night” the blackest night was just a counterpart to the brightest day. It was a statement…and is now a prophecy, hanging over the heads of every Lantern Corps, of every color of the Spectrum.
A War of Light is coming, and it could destroy the universe. The Black Lanterns, whose rings only the dead can bear, will rise up in a tide of darkness, every death they cause a chance to increase their numbers…
And so I make my predictions of how the forces of life, not of good and evil as this war will go beyond that, will prevail in the coming “final” battle.
I offer four possibilities:
1. Just as Ion (green) is the living embodiment of Will, and Parallax (yellow) is the living embodiment of Fear, the other five Lantern Corps will reveal that they too have patron beings that embody their portion of the emotional spectrum. Parallax will have to be released from his imprisonment, and find a host (perhaps Sinestro himself) and the hosts of these seven living avatars will have to work together to create a White Light (think prism, in reverse) to defeat the Black Lantern Corps’ master stroke and end the War of Light.
2. One being will somehow come into possession of one of each of the seven rings, and will use them all at once to create a White Light, and turn the tide of battle. My candidates are Hal Jordan and Sinestro, in that order. Hal Jordan has currently wielded four of the seven rings (green, yellow, red, and blue) while Sinestro has wielded two (green and yellow) and recently a great deal of importance was placed upon his fate when the Green Lanterns were escorting him to his execution, with members of the Blue Lantern Corps stating he was of great importance, and members of the (so far) all female Star Sapphires (the Violet Lantern Corps) saying that no sentient being is so far gone that there is not an ember of love inside waiting to be fanned to life.
3. Working together, at least one or more groups consisting of seven members, one from each Corps, will create a White Light and turn the tide of battle. This is perhaps my most generic prediction.
4. The “Ultimate Power” option. One being or a group of beings will merge all seven weapons of light into a super ring with a white energy aura, and “The White Light of Life” will save the universe; a corollary to this is that using this super ring might be fatal to the user, requiring the willing gift of life to fight death. We already know that the Zamarons are collecting examples of all seven rings and power batteries.
One additional thought to tease your brains with.
The Blue Lantern Corps are both nearly powerless while not in the presence of an active Green Lantern, but their aura and nearness boosts the power levels of a Green Lantern Ring up to 207%. Will any of the other colors support and enhance each other? Will Compassion (indigo) and Love (violet) strengthen each other? Will Greed (orange) gain strength from Fear (yellow) or perhaps give strength to Rage (red)?
Only time will tell…
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern's light!"
Long thought to be just another part of the Green Lantern Oath, a part once changed out of political correctness to “darkest night” the blackest night was just a counterpart to the brightest day. It was a statement…and is now a prophecy, hanging over the heads of every Lantern Corps, of every color of the Spectrum.
A War of Light is coming, and it could destroy the universe. The Black Lanterns, whose rings only the dead can bear, will rise up in a tide of darkness, every death they cause a chance to increase their numbers…
And so I make my predictions of how the forces of life, not of good and evil as this war will go beyond that, will prevail in the coming “final” battle.
I offer four possibilities:
1. Just as Ion (green) is the living embodiment of Will, and Parallax (yellow) is the living embodiment of Fear, the other five Lantern Corps will reveal that they too have patron beings that embody their portion of the emotional spectrum. Parallax will have to be released from his imprisonment, and find a host (perhaps Sinestro himself) and the hosts of these seven living avatars will have to work together to create a White Light (think prism, in reverse) to defeat the Black Lantern Corps’ master stroke and end the War of Light.
2. One being will somehow come into possession of one of each of the seven rings, and will use them all at once to create a White Light, and turn the tide of battle. My candidates are Hal Jordan and Sinestro, in that order. Hal Jordan has currently wielded four of the seven rings (green, yellow, red, and blue) while Sinestro has wielded two (green and yellow) and recently a great deal of importance was placed upon his fate when the Green Lanterns were escorting him to his execution, with members of the Blue Lantern Corps stating he was of great importance, and members of the (so far) all female Star Sapphires (the Violet Lantern Corps) saying that no sentient being is so far gone that there is not an ember of love inside waiting to be fanned to life.
3. Working together, at least one or more groups consisting of seven members, one from each Corps, will create a White Light and turn the tide of battle. This is perhaps my most generic prediction.
4. The “Ultimate Power” option. One being or a group of beings will merge all seven weapons of light into a super ring with a white energy aura, and “The White Light of Life” will save the universe; a corollary to this is that using this super ring might be fatal to the user, requiring the willing gift of life to fight death. We already know that the Zamarons are collecting examples of all seven rings and power batteries.
One additional thought to tease your brains with.
The Blue Lantern Corps are both nearly powerless while not in the presence of an active Green Lantern, but their aura and nearness boosts the power levels of a Green Lantern Ring up to 207%. Will any of the other colors support and enhance each other? Will Compassion (indigo) and Love (violet) strengthen each other? Will Greed (orange) gain strength from Fear (yellow) or perhaps give strength to Rage (red)?
Only time will tell…
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My 2009 Book List.
Below is a list of the books I have read so far this year, 2009.
I will update the list as I read more.
If anyone would like to know my opinion as opposed to the info that Wikipedia might provide, just leave a comment and I'll respond.
1. Bloodlist by P.N. Elrod
2. Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod
3. Bloodcircle by P.N. Elrod
4. Art in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
5. Fire in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
6. Blood on the Water by P.N. Elrod
7. Chill in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
8. Dark Sleep by P.N. Elrod
9. Lady Crymsyn by P.N. Elrod
10. Cold Streets by P.N. Elrod
11. Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod
12. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
13. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
14. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
15. The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
16. The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
17. The Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
18. A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
19. The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
20. Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
21. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
22. Rogue Angel: Polar Quest by Alex Archer
23. Night Passage by Robert B. Parker
24. Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
25. The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
26. Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
27. The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
28. Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
29. Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
30. The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
31. Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton
32. Stone Cold by Robert B. Parker
33. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton
34. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
35. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton
36. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
37. Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton
38. High Profile by Robert B. Parker
39. Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton
40. Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton
41. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
42. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
43. Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
44. Night and Day by Robert B. Parker
45. Rogue Angel: Eternal Journey by Alex Archer
46. Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson
47. The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell
48. Maximum Ride: Saving the world and other extreme sports by James Patterson
49. Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn
50. Terminator Salvation by Alan Dean Foster
51. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
I will update the list as I read more.
If anyone would like to know my opinion as opposed to the info that Wikipedia might provide, just leave a comment and I'll respond.
1. Bloodlist by P.N. Elrod
2. Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod
3. Bloodcircle by P.N. Elrod
4. Art in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
5. Fire in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
6. Blood on the Water by P.N. Elrod
7. Chill in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
8. Dark Sleep by P.N. Elrod
9. Lady Crymsyn by P.N. Elrod
10. Cold Streets by P.N. Elrod
11. Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod
12. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
13. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
14. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
15. The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
16. The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
17. The Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
18. A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
19. The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
20. Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
21. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
22. Rogue Angel: Polar Quest by Alex Archer
23. Night Passage by Robert B. Parker
24. Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
25. The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
26. Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
27. The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
28. Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
29. Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
30. The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
31. Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton
32. Stone Cold by Robert B. Parker
33. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton
34. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
35. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton
36. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
37. Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton
38. High Profile by Robert B. Parker
39. Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton
40. Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton
41. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
42. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
43. Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
44. Night and Day by Robert B. Parker
45. Rogue Angel: Eternal Journey by Alex Archer
46. Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson
47. The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell
48. Maximum Ride: Saving the world and other extreme sports by James Patterson
49. Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn
50. Terminator Salvation by Alan Dean Foster
51. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Friday, March 13, 2009
Popularity on DeviantArt
It turns out if you are popular on Deviant Art, you're set.
You have legions of rabid, foaming at the mouth (and sometimes the crotch) fans who will happily grab their pitchforks and torches at the slightest provocation to defend your honor whether it was ever actually insulted or not.
How do I know? Because recently I got the chance to make like Frankenstein's monster. But I didn't run from the villagers, nor did I simply stand my ground. For all the difference it made, I actively tore into each one of them who came after me.
The primary rule to fighting back on the internet is this: every website or forum where you can comment or make posts has guidelines or rules about what you can say. Well except for 4chan. Anywho, when you fight back, you have to make sure that you stay inside the rules.
In my case what happened was a very talented artist who does beautiful work posted a series of character art pieces that all belong to an original story he has developed. And he wants to know what people think.
Well one of them, a one-armed bad-ass had a few problems with how he was wearing his weapons. If the guy was a live person, and needed to draw those weapons it would be a slow and horribly awkward process. So I left the artist a polite, well written comment pointing out the problems, explaining why they were actually problems, and offering at least one solution per problem. You see, I really like this guy's art, and I want him to have the best possible "product" in terms of his stoy, to sell to publishers. In short, I want him to succeed.
And I never heard a peep back. So for all I know, he never saw my comment, so later on I sent him a Note, which is Deviant Art's version of a Private Message. I never heard anything back from that either. So I proceeded to make mention of my comment and note whenever the artist brought up his project. I thought that was much more professional than bombarding his message center whenever I felt like it, like some rabid fanboy.
So, I'm about to give up on it when the artist posts another journal about his story project, and I make one last post, Saying I'm a little disenchanted and jaded over his project, but that I wish him well.
Miracle upon miracles, he responds. I respond back referencing my comment and note, and telling him I'll resend the note to him so he doesn't have to dig deep into his inbox looking for the original.
...and here comes the rabid army with pitchforks and torches, and a zealot-like belief that they know all of the relevant details and are entitled to interrupt, inserting themselves into what is in all essence a private conversation being held in a public place.
And no matter how many times I tell them that this is a conversation they are not part of, that they don't know everything that has been said, and that their interruption was not welcome they just kept coming back to try and tell me not only was I wrong, but that I essentially had no business correcting anything this guy did, nor did I have the right to tell them to shut the hell up because they weren't involved.
I have met mentally retarded people who had a greater ability with social interaction, with understanding what they're told, and with learning than these zealots.
The moral of the story is that no good deed goes unpunished, especially when people with internet access are involved in the process.
Edit: Something has been brought to my attention that needs clarified. The comments and communication attempts was around 6. And they were made over the span of several months. I was not constantly pestering the artist, which is definitely the wrong way to go about giving critiques.
You have legions of rabid, foaming at the mouth (and sometimes the crotch) fans who will happily grab their pitchforks and torches at the slightest provocation to defend your honor whether it was ever actually insulted or not.
How do I know? Because recently I got the chance to make like Frankenstein's monster. But I didn't run from the villagers, nor did I simply stand my ground. For all the difference it made, I actively tore into each one of them who came after me.
The primary rule to fighting back on the internet is this: every website or forum where you can comment or make posts has guidelines or rules about what you can say. Well except for 4chan. Anywho, when you fight back, you have to make sure that you stay inside the rules.
In my case what happened was a very talented artist who does beautiful work posted a series of character art pieces that all belong to an original story he has developed. And he wants to know what people think.
Well one of them, a one-armed bad-ass had a few problems with how he was wearing his weapons. If the guy was a live person, and needed to draw those weapons it would be a slow and horribly awkward process. So I left the artist a polite, well written comment pointing out the problems, explaining why they were actually problems, and offering at least one solution per problem. You see, I really like this guy's art, and I want him to have the best possible "product" in terms of his stoy, to sell to publishers. In short, I want him to succeed.
And I never heard a peep back. So for all I know, he never saw my comment, so later on I sent him a Note, which is Deviant Art's version of a Private Message. I never heard anything back from that either. So I proceeded to make mention of my comment and note whenever the artist brought up his project. I thought that was much more professional than bombarding his message center whenever I felt like it, like some rabid fanboy.
So, I'm about to give up on it when the artist posts another journal about his story project, and I make one last post, Saying I'm a little disenchanted and jaded over his project, but that I wish him well.
Miracle upon miracles, he responds. I respond back referencing my comment and note, and telling him I'll resend the note to him so he doesn't have to dig deep into his inbox looking for the original.
...and here comes the rabid army with pitchforks and torches, and a zealot-like belief that they know all of the relevant details and are entitled to interrupt, inserting themselves into what is in all essence a private conversation being held in a public place.
And no matter how many times I tell them that this is a conversation they are not part of, that they don't know everything that has been said, and that their interruption was not welcome they just kept coming back to try and tell me not only was I wrong, but that I essentially had no business correcting anything this guy did, nor did I have the right to tell them to shut the hell up because they weren't involved.
I have met mentally retarded people who had a greater ability with social interaction, with understanding what they're told, and with learning than these zealots.
The moral of the story is that no good deed goes unpunished, especially when people with internet access are involved in the process.
Edit: Something has been brought to my attention that needs clarified. The comments and communication attempts was around 6. And they were made over the span of several months. I was not constantly pestering the artist, which is definitely the wrong way to go about giving critiques.
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