Shoreben was "born" about Sunday night. He's a minor character for Avatar, the local exposition guy, if you will.
I'm also playing with an idea that, although it seems too much like Digimon, it's a likeable idea (from an artist's standpoint, anyway). Basically, the characters that last longer in the story will get less cute forms as they aquire more talents. (Played with Rondo's firebolt form, decided it was too much like Jamal's Acheron, and went back to the drawing board, heh.) I like the idea.

"I'm in a bad mood right now. If you want to fight me, I won't hold back."
--Sasuke, "Naruto: Ep.1o9"

Everyone's been there. You're listening to or watching a good friend say or do something completely out of their nature, something they wouldn't normally do. While they seem blissfully unaware of it, you just want to grab them by the shoulders, shake them a few times, and cry out, "What the HELL are you thinking?!"

Don't kill the messenger.

When a person is caught doing something embarrassing or wrong, the first reaction is to panic. The second is to shift the focus in order to regroup his/her thoughts. Meaning that s/he finds someone else to blame for what just transpired. Sometimes, the person at fault will own up to the mistake. In rare cases, s/he will own up, but not care about the consequences of the mistake.

In care you're wondering, no, this little rant has little connection to "N:1o9--The Sound's Invitation"; that episode just happened to have a similar theme to what I've been thinking on lately.

I've always liked the idea of free will, even if it made me wince to watch someone (metaphorically) ram his/her head into a brick wall constantly just for them to prove they had free will. And trying to tell someone they are doing something wrong--ugh. Most people today (me included) will make a grumpy joke about it when told they are in err. If they catch themselves doing the same act again, they look to the first person that told them of the screwup, and make a followup joke, such as: "Oh, that's right, so-and-so told me I wasn't supposed to do it this way, so I better not."

Ugh again.

For me, I've had to watch a very good friend make a very stupid mistake recently (even after constant jocular warnings that he was goofing up) and because of the action, I had to call him out on it (re: tell on him). Now, we're nothing more than two people that work together. And that hurts. A lot.

Everyone who knows what happened (a very small number, so don't feel bad that you don't know) keeps assuring me that it wasn't my fault, that I warned him, and that he made his choice.

Insert shaking of shoulders and crying of WHY?! here.

I guess that's a truth of life: you have a right to choose your friends, as do they. Just because you want someone as a friend, doesn't always mean they can be your friend. And so on and so on an-- *sigh* I just want it back to the way it was before the trouble happened, and not deal with the trouble.

I don't want to cause problems for people--I just want to go back to being the glue between the pages. The hidden person that keeps everyone else going.

Thanks, "Bendo"-kun!

What Does Your Inner Anime Character Look Like? (For Girls) by Rose Lover
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Role	Villain
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The quality that most appeals to you:	Strength
In a survival situation, you:	Do what is necessary
Your hidden talent is:	Adaptability
Your gift is:	Ability to acquire wealth
In groups, you:	Act as host/ess
Your best quality is:	Your compassion
Your weakness is:	Your coldness
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