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ode2sokka In reply to innocent-rebel [2009-12-09 19:27:11 +0000 UTC]
Thus Lee and Neji maintaining that she's the favorite, she always will be the favorite, and the sooner they accept it the easier their lives will be.
It was more for interrupting, I think. Because after the fact, she realized how scary that really was.
It's genetic! Or something o_o.
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innocent-rebel In reply to ode2sokka [2009-12-10 18:47:44 +0000 UTC]
And you know right after turning them down Neji would probably go right over to Tenten not even thinking about it. Just because she's the one he wants to hang out with and talk to.
^___^ Must do it sometime!! And soon!!
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ode2sokka In reply to innocent-rebel [2009-12-10 19:14:20 +0000 UTC]
Yep. TenTen isn't a girl. She's in a completely different category!
By the way, finished the book. Was very interesting.
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ode2sokka In reply to innocent-rebel [2009-12-10 20:45:46 +0000 UTC]
I can read all 7 Harry Potter books in under a week if I try hard enough. I've been reading since I was 2, so by now it's just kind of...easy...
The writing was weak mostly because so much was skipped. Cultural details were used, but there wasn't a whole lot of description over all. None of the characters but Spider were very well described, physically, and all the locations that weren't full of specific Japanese culture were generic if they were described at all.
The characters were weak because they lacked any real emotion. Koji was sort of...frustratingly blind. Yes, I could see his situation being hard, but so much reasoning was given to the ninja without balancing reasoning or emotion from him, even on the inside, that it was difficult to give him that. The other characters may as well have been cardboard cut outs. They were predictable and well...just boring. Not at all people complex, with almost none of their motives being described.
The plot...had a lot of holes. WHY was the dye master in such a hurry to leave the first time? Why didn't they just kill the Lord instead of going to all the trouble to foil his plans? I still don't understand his parents at all. They seemed remorseful for trying to kill him, but didn't really act it well for most of his life.
On that note, I would think a slightly more emotional reaction would be good for that news.
So, while it was well researched and the ninja stuff was interesting the rest was very...generic.
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ode2sokka In reply to innocent-rebel [2009-12-11 18:23:29 +0000 UTC]
My brother HATES reading too, although he doesn't mind a good textbook now and then. It's mostly my sister and I that adore books.
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ode2sokka In reply to Water-Earth-Fire-Air [2009-11-08 01:44:52 +0000 UTC]
I don't like how jerky it looks. The shadows don't blend at all >_>.
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ode2sokka In reply to Water-Earth-Fire-Air [2009-11-08 01:55:21 +0000 UTC]
That's the thing of it, I don't blur this one at all. If I do, it looses the crisp clean look people seem to like. It's a vicious cycle.
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Water-Earth-Fire-Air In reply to ode2sokka [2009-11-08 01:58:59 +0000 UTC]
Hm...that's tough. Could you select the shadows and just blur them together so the shadows are still crisp compared to the base colors, but blend together better?
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ode2sokka In reply to Water-Earth-Fire-Air [2009-11-08 02:08:37 +0000 UTC]
Possibly, when I flatten them down one layer (I have two shadow and one highlight layers per color) I might be able to...
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Water-Earth-Fire-Air In reply to ode2sokka [2009-11-08 06:11:38 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I was gonna suggest that, actually. You should try that out.
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