Darth_Yuthura

Good morning.

I have been content to stand on my own, but only because I thought it took a lot to be above the rest of society. I thought that if I could live without others, then there's no need to be dependent on them.

I guess I have always believed I was too good to waste my time with stupid, drunken fools, but if I can't do it (if I can't just have a beer with a friend and have a good time) then I really am not above them. I'm just too different to fit in and unwilling to change.

Helping people truly weakens yourself. The reason why to try and be pleasant and helpful is so that when you are in conflict, yourself, you establish a mutual dependence that benefits the individual and the society.

One of the things I tried to show in SiD is that often even selfless acts are only done because it would pay dividends for the future. If you knew a person were not going to give you the same respect or help you give them, would you?

I try to watch for that kind of thing. I have been with a few people that made me feel more important than I really was, but it was only to get me to do their work for them. When they start whining and getting angry, I realized that they were nice only because I was useful.

Now I am getting more suspicious of real compliments because I try to figure out what they want from me. It could be for major reasons or it may be just to have someone to talk to and one really doesn't mean anything he says...

That was a joke. If it were true, I certainly wouldn't admit it.

I am not so cynical as to say everyone dies and nothing matters. I would just say that if someone is content to know how to make a spam sandwich and clean floors at a Whitecastle restaurant, then it's alright. If he wanted something more and chose not to work for it, then he should be disappointed with himself.

The greatest achievers are those that set the greatest goals and don't surrender because it's hard or not rewarding. If it's not rewarding, then the person should abandon the goal, but not be disappointed with his choice. If he didn't want it anymore, then it's alright. If he just gave up because it was too hard...

The people I respect the most are those who aren't happy with themselves and drive to change that. It is a good thing to not be content as we are.

You're wrong!

You can make people say anything if they are afraid. If you can't convince them, then make them chose to say what you want to hear. Does this have any validity when you say questions are ALWAYS more convincing?

Odds are that you didn't use the word 'Always.' It's best not to overgeneralize or any flaw in the argument could be used against such claims. Don't you just hate that?

I think that 'happily ever after' is never what truly happens to anyone. The world is not a balanced scale where everyone is equal. I think that irony is the greatest attribute of almost anything.

Although it would be great to know how things and beliefs relate to each other, there is little room to expand. If you already can guess the answer, then what's the point?

Superman is simply the WORST hero ever devised. You know he can't be harmed, so you know he'll always win. He doesn't have to be cunning or worry about himself, so there is no point in reading if you know he'll never lose.

Vader and Yuthura each became sith because they deluded themselves into thinking that they did it for noble reasons. Vader wanted to save his wife and Yuthura wanted to end slavery, but when they set out for their quests to those ends, they used it as an excuse to do what they knew was wrong.

I would say Yuthura was a more extreme and believable character because her past and reasons for turning away made sense. I don't think one as bitter as Vader would have come back to the light because Skywalker just said 'there is still good in you.' Revan just asked 'has anything changed?'

I think that it is much more understandable that a person come to their own truth instead of it being forced upon them.

On fanfiction, I got a few reviews...

I just came to realize that the greatest dramas I've read or seen are those that have the most irony. I know I use that word too often, but when I really think of it, that is the greatest thing an author should try to establish.

If the story is predictable and easy to understand, then there is little point in reading any farther. It's when one can fit seemingly opposite or unrelated ideas together and explain something that wouldn't have been believed to work. I think that when you try to write, you should be able to relate two very different subjects together and make them work in harmony with the other. Does this seem to make sense, or am I spouting off on something I know nothing about?

I'm not for the same characters, but I prefer having a reference from which to compare the story to. I prefer KOTOR era over the trilogy because the conflict/plot was much deeper than an evil force that needed to be wiped out. Mira is just out there trying to make the best of herself.

We know who the heros and the villains were in the trilogy, but the Mandalorian/Sith wars had a much broader horizon than Palpatine's rise to power. I also think Yuthura resembled Vader in a great degree. Would you agree?

I don't really like original characters, so I generally gravitate to familiar plots and established backgrounds. I think that's the way of most people opting for consistency more often than not. If a new thing seems interesting enough or builds upon an established upon a base, like Mira.

I don't know that much about the character and wouldn't consider a story like Huntress if everything was original. It wouldn't have been because I thought something was bad, but because I am more enthused about something I know about.

Right now, I've got some sod who is playing loud music with extremely low base. I can't just turn the volume of my computer up to compensate; the low base of the moron's music is mixed in instead of being masked. Now that I could use some sleep, he starts playing instead of when I wanted to be awake.

So what is your favourite part of the SW novels? I don't care much for the sequel's storylines, but they are pretty catching. I have about a dozen of them which were going to be thrown away, so I spared them from a landfill.

Oh... when you said 'best friend,' I thought you meant Chewbacca and the story was about twenty years after the last SW movie. I don't know anything about that period, but am catching on pretty well. Anything from the last several years was explained pretty well.

I especially liked how Han was so angry at his son because his actions were what lead to Chewbacca's sacrifice. Then Han is offered another wookie's life to compensate for Chewie not fulfilling his debt. Han isn't too thrilled about that.

It takes place shortly after Chewbacca has died and Han is still grieving for the loss. Meanwhile, the Yuuzhan Vong are at war with the Republic and one senator was expressed that the Jedi aren't standing with them, but have started the war in the first place.

It reminds me much of George W Bush starting the war in Iraq... his part of it... and I think that the rest of the senators were foolish to follow Skywalker and the jedi implicitly. It's like the Mandalorian Wars in the opposite direction.

I've been trying to read 'Hero's Trial' today, but I guess that wasn't helping with the situation. I should save boring novels for when I really need them.

At least I saw that many of my storylines were really not so original. The SW books are well written and I should have started going through them years ago.

Hello there.

I've been drowsy all day because I 'accidently' took amdien the morning. I guess I wasn't fully awake when I took it, because I though it was a stimulant. So all morning, I've been waiting for it to kick in, but falling asleep and couldn't understand why.

I shouldn't keep sleep aids and pep pills right next to each other. lol

That's great to know.

Pleasant evening.

It would be better to be inspired to do something constructive. Writing is great and all, but it doesn't seem to do much beyond that. If you don't play halo 3, then why try it?

I read that poem from deviant art just a while ago and it makes sense. A lot of them touch key issues of life and are understandable, but not simplistic. Thanks for the deviant you sent me.

I'm the one who started posting again, remember?

I guess that I'm not really in the mindset. I should not try to force creativity, or it won't yield anything, right?

I guess I'm just distracted at the moment.

I'm trying to write SiD, but not getting anywhere. And I still have goals I have to keep in mind at Whitewater. I will just have to press on and not look back.

Back online.

I have a similar arrangement of a dedicated desktop windows computer and an ibook that has absolutely no games of worth on it.

How are you?

I was just looking on the most recent posts I've sent and realize that I must have been difficult to understand. I'm just dealing with a difficult matter and while I should keep it secret, I just have the urge to talk about it with another.

I have gotten my head back together and realize that I should not skirt anything if I don't say it directly. It's not like a crime or anything, but it's an issue I should not have brought it up at all.

I guess that the only reason I use cheats in TSL is because all the honest paths have been taken. I will get around to doing a portrait of the exile and/or yuthura for k3.

I'm sorry if I offended you or that I was incoherent.

I'll leave you alone.

Writing the Yuthura/Revan chapter and I think that my situation could enrich the story more than originally intended. It is one thing to write while taking life's experiences into account; it's another to write about something and then put fiction into reality.

I am also playing KOTOR II with some cheats. It's not fun anymore.

Who are you drawing? You enjoying it? (If I weren't, now would I be drawing?)