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Hi everyone; Christian again.
I really should've posted this yesterday right after I found out, but... this excerpt was taken from Wikipedia's main article on the Legendary metal band, KoЯn:
"On May 2, 2013, it was announced that Brian "Head" Welch has been recording the upcoming album with the rest of the band, as well as, according to his Twitter page, that he is officially back with Korn. Rolling Stone also premiered a video preview of the upcoming album, once again confirming Welch's return to the band."
My response:
For those of you who aren't aware, I fucking love KoЯn.
I grew up in a pretty secluded environment, with very limited ranges of music, so I never really got exposed to KoЯn until the latter end of 2005... but holy shit, did I love what I heard. I became more captivated by KoЯn's music than I am by ponies. The loving album artwork parodies I made for them way back when on my Deviantart site were pieces I obsessed over for weeks. I've listened to some songs of theirs well over a thousand times, and I still enjoy them. KoЯn was the first band that I ever went to go see back in June of 2010, and to this day, my brothers still tell me that I was so elated by the experience that I sounded like I was high for several days afterwords.
And I especially fucking love Head.
His guitar piece in this song is not only what sealed the deal and got me permanently hooked on the band, but it's what single-handedly inspired me to pick up an instrument and learn how to start playing. Those three guitars that I own: Threshold (a broken-ass Yahama acoustic), Phlex (a Squire with a custom neck that I bought from some guy off Craig's List), and Apostasy (my Ibanez RG 7321, seen here), I own ultimately because of Head. The countless hours I spent practicing to get at least semi decent at playing guitar? Because I wanted to (still do) be as good as Head. My love of the Ibanez brand? Because of Head. The original reason why I started growing my hair out? Because I had wanted to get it done like Head's.
I even painted this back, based off an old photo-shoot, in my senior year of high school.
Some of you will note the irony that I didn't pick up on the band until after he left, but that still doesn't lessen the profound impact of his influence any less. I'm serious, I fucking love this guy. #1 on my 'guys I would go gay for (but not really)' list. I missed the presence that he left behind when he originally separated from the band, but I still understood why he had to go, wished him the best, and enjoyed his solo work none the less. Hell, you know that one part in Fallout: Equestria where Little Pip is sobbing from all the shit her addiction put her through as she dumps all of her drugs down the toilet? I was listening to this when I read that. TRUE STORY.
KoЯn have been coming in and out since his departure, but I still stuck with them. See You On The Other Side? Love that album. Untitled? ... Not even. Remember Who You Are? Really like that album. Path of Totality? .... eh... But then I hear that not only was their next album not going to have any dubstep (sorry, Vinyl), but that it was being produced by Don Gilmore; the same guy who produced Hybrid Theory and Meteora by Linkin Park (their only good albums), and I started getting really excited. But to hear that Head's back and working on his first album with them in a decade?
Excited doesn't
EVEN...
FUCKING...
DESCRIBE IT!!!
The future holds good things for KoЯn... and I'm psyched out of my God damn mind to see it.
- Christian 'Got the Life' Harisay
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>>373891 Oh really? Which comment in particular?
All of us (Brian, Joseph and Christian (myself)) have very descriptive styles of writing, but I in particular am notorious for being wordy. Most of what's been published is what I've written, which is why the word count is so high. I'm probably the most descriptive of all my brothers, but unfortunately I'm also the worst with typos.
I've actually been spending a lot of time reworking the prelude, so while the end result may not be as wordy, hopefully it'll be much more polished.
- Christian 'Needs to learn to type faster' Harisay
?Watching you because of a comment of yours I read,
prolly reading your stuff too you or you both seem to have a talent for being verbose so at least it won't be lacking in detail. ~Chalice
>>349475
Thanks for the reply, let me detail a nice response
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I don't need the critique so badly badly, but I seem to lack sufficient negative criticism. Especially since I have some random dislikes which I cannot explain... well that's why their random, well that's beside the point. My main worry is my sudden rise to acclaim. Just because something pulls out a lot of favs and likes doesn't mean its good. It just means it's different. (Twilight series *shudders). Past sins is another example... i liked it, but I also find it flawed. Not to mention, I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I know this story isn't perfect and given the difficulty level of some of the further chapters I am writing, I need everything to be PERFECT. Especially since I'm pioneering this idea at the moment, I cannot afford a slip up.
As to your arrangement... I agree, but the review will be slow incoming because I got some work I need to get on or else I'm screwed
Also, if you like review for a review. I run a group called "Authors Helping Authors" which runs by that system. Check it out
Oh why is it goddamn Celestia the Changeling of all ponies?
No comment upon question because that'd just kill the first part/point/conflict of the story. But I have a goddman good continuity/canon proof of a reason.
Sincerely,
vren55
>>348238 Hmm... well, you'd be right to assume that I poke at Changeling stories, especially 'X is a Changeling' stories with sticks... really big sticks, and it usually takes something pretty damn impressive to hold my attention when Changelings are involved; I'm talking Smoke and Mirrors level spectacular. (Which reminds me, I still need to leave a long-ass review on that story, too.)
It also has to be something that makes me care enough to bother putting down that many words, because I type at about ten words a minute, if that quickly, so I really have to be invested in order to dedicate the time towards it. To add to that, I've got other stories I need to read and I'm behind on writing chapter five.
However, I'll admit that being given a green light to tear into a story does have it's own temptation to it... but I can't help but notice that it's already pulled in a lot of acclaim rather quickly, so I can't help but wonder; what exactly do you need my critique so badly for? Yeah, I'm picky as hell when it comes to Changelings, but I don't go looking for bad things in stories, and I'd try to kick people of their pedestals if they earned their time in the spotlight; I just comment on what stands out to me, whether it be good or bad.
Though I do detect the potential for a very beneficial mutual arrangement, so tell you what; maybe this is a bit unfair to propose, especially considering how G
d d
mn long it is in comparison (as well as mostly unedited or refined), but how about we make the an 'I'll read yours if you read ours' arrangement? Seems somewhat fair... so long as we're not factoring for word count...
Plus some publicity would be nice if it strikes you as one of those 'needs more love' fics...
I'll give it a try, but it will have to wait until at the earliest tomorrow; I need to get some sleep for work tonight.
And I'll expect a damn good reason/explanation for why it turns out that Celestia of all ponies is a Changeling...
- Christian 'Sleep < Ponies' Harisay
Hi HarisayBrothers,
Name is vren55. I saw your comment/megapocalypse review on Wanderer D's The Three Sisters and I decided to go to you. For what reason am I looking for you? The thing is, I need a kick in the pants. My story is called: Princess Celestia: The Changeling Queen. Yes, it's an X is a Changeling story, but hold it and hear me out. I have only gotten, spectacularly awesome positive feedback, a lot of pointers/neutral criticism and only well actually none purely negative criticism (though I have some random dislikes) and even then most of my 'critics' still support most of my decisions and follow my story. I need right now the most severe review to kick me out of my hotseat because I know I'm not perfect and you seem to read deeply enough to find the good and the bad in stories.
Sincerely,
vren55
>>316058 Your Welcome! Good work deserves good praise, so behoove it of me to be the one to bestow such, especially when so many others just leave a quick comment and move on.
Got to give thorough reviews to get thorough reviews, right?
Right?
- Christian 'Pushes the issue too much' Harisay
Thanks for the fav and your long review.
Hello again! I'm very glad that you enjoyed A Cup of Joe! Thanks so much for the Fave!
Thank you so much for the Fave of my story Dear Idiot! I greatly appreciate it!
>>254176 *bows humbly to applause* "Thank you, thank you everyone and everypony! First, I'd like to thank Ariamaki for his kindness and generosity for this award... Id also like to thank all the great artists on Deviantart for helping me hone my critical reviewing skills...."
In all honesty, I wouldn't call Beating the Heat terrible, just terribly disappointing. If it was terrible I would have ranted that what little I could get through before throwing up was bad and that they should feel bad. Truth be told I was really liking it; I thought it was really funny and well written... right up until the end when it utterly ruined itself. Something actually has to have had promise and value and some level of enjoyability for a bad final pay-off to be that infuriating. Gamers wouldn't have been rioting in the streets over the ending of Mass Effect 3 had they not been so invested and involved for all those several hundred hours for the rest of the series.
Either way, glad to have you aboard. And as long as you're here, I hope you find our story much more satisfactory. I learn from the mistakes of others, so we won't let DECEPTION end with such disappointment... though, it is an Inception concept crossover....
So what do you think of it thus far?
- Christian 'Within The Purview of Your Conundrums of Philosophy' Harisay