Discussion: Tainted Cube Code Geass

I figured some people might not have seen the conversation in the comments section for the last tainted cube post (which had a lot of interesting ideas) so I thought to myself, let's get a scene by scene breakdown of what is intended for this next episode written out.

Story: Tainted Cube: Outgoing Spirit

So this is about a week later than I had hoped... But here it is now either way. Let me know what you make of it.

Story: Cursed Joketsuzuko

I actually had this written a week ago before going offline. I've also written quite a lot on Curvy Akane, but couldn't access my notes on Asuka WP so that's not really got anything done on it yet. I'll finish off those two before working on ANDFR, and hopefully this weekend I'll be able to have everything all caught up.

Discussion: ANDFR

So here we are again, discussing ANDFR! My goodness, but this thread consists in its popularity week to week! While I don't have the time at the moment to properly look into what I had set in motion last time, I would like to hear some ideas and thoughts from all of you regarding what this thread could do next. I'll probably see it tomorrow, either if my Internet comes back up or if I come back around here to check.

Happy discussion!

Thread Voting: Closes 3rd March

As some of you may have surmised, my Internet went down again last week. *Sigh of annoyance*. It should be back up again tomorrow or tuesday, or maybe even wednesday. Though my instincts (and optimism) say that monday is the safest bet. For now, let's go on with the voting and I'll add everything on (and sort out the list order) when I can get back on at home.

Tainted Cube Poll Closed, New One Will Begin Shortly

Again, my Internet went down last week but should be working again shortly. Let's get things on the road, shall we?

Story: You Bet!: Storm Warnings

Part of the brief interlude between games and a lead up to the next one. Last updated here.

Story: Milly Gets a Geass

I've decided to include a little vulnerability here, so please enjoy the next installment of Milly Gets a Geass. Last updated here.

Story: Ranma Meme: Shuffle

Here is the Ranma Meme's latest update, for your enjoyment. Last updated here.

Discussion: Tainted Cube Sailor Moon

Been thinking a bit about this one, come up with a few ideas I'd like to run by you all before writing anything. See what you think.

Discussion: Curvy Akane, Asuka WP, Cursed Joketsuzoku

Made a little alteration to the site to make things slightly easier to navigate. You'll notice the top bar has a few additional things in it. I'm considering the possibility of having the "story" and "discussion" links be drop down menus to the various series, if I can work out how to make that work. Anyone that knows anything about that, please let me know.

Also, Sirocco appears to be having trouble posting through livejournal. I think it should be possible for him to post non-anonomously without needing livejournal, but if the problem is on the blog's end I don't know what it is. Help for either of us would be greatly appreciated.

Meanwhile, discussing the three winners of last week! Let's get to it!

Thread Voting: Open Until 24th February

Unlike last week, you get one set of votes as per the normal rules and only the top will win. Let's get this ball rolling!

Oh, and I'm considering a site redesign to make things easier for people to navigate it. I'm open to suggestions on that particular issue.

Tainted Cube Poll Closed, New Poll Open!

I accidentally made the poll stop a day later than intended. Oops. Well, never mind, it's done now so we can start a new one. Sailor Moon wins out, demonstrating that it will almost certainly be the most common series to prevail out of all of them.

Story: Tainted Cube: Guilt Trip

Here's this week's Tainted Cube. I know, the poll is running a little longer than I had intended it to... But I'll let it run out and then set up the new one to close next Saturday.

Meanwhile, here's Tainted Cube. I have considered adding the Angel fight to the episode, but I think it's probably fine the way it is. Any thoughts?

Story: Urusei Retcon: Consequential

I think this one needs a bit more smoothing out among the edges, but I'd like to get some feedback about it from all of you. This is the second story I intend to update to make up for my time offline!

Story: Love Normal: Mysteries

Here we go, with the first of the ten additional threads I'm updating over the next couple of weeks to make up for my time away!

Discussion: Remaining Eight Threads Discussion

I've decided to set up a thread to discuss the remaining eight threads for Operation Catch Up and Make Up here. I'm eager to hear your ideas about these threads, so please do make comments here and I'll probably wind up posting comments here as I get to them.

Discussion: Tainted Cube: NGE

Sometimes ideas sneak up on me in the middle of working on something. Sometimes I find myself really taken with them. This is one of those times.

Discussion: Urusei Retcon

The second of the ten threads I intend to update over the coming weeks in an attempt to make up for the week and a half I was offline is Urusei Retcon! It left off here.

Discussion: Love Normal

As part of my effort to make up for going offline for a week and a half, I will be working on ten threads. This is the first one, and it left off with Cross C's contribution here.

Let Operation Catch Up and Make Up commence with a discussion thread!

Story: Sexy Akane: The Tomboy, The Chef, The Warrior and The Gymnast

So here's the winner of the last voting thread, a week late but here nonetheless. I hope you enjoy it. Now I'm going to work on Tainted Cube's NGE update, and Love Normal. There will be a discussion thread for that shortly.

Oh, and here's a link to where this thread ended off.

Story: Kiss-O-Matic

Have this short Love Hina story, while I put together Sexy Akane. It's coming along pretty well, and I should be able to post it by monday. Enjoy!

Story: Tainted Cube: Succubus And Changes

So here it is, a week late but fully formed and ready for consumption. The ending was inspired - structurally - by a movie that damn near everyone I ever hear talks about it loves, see if you can guess which one. It was on television while I was leaving the house one day, and were it not for the fact I was meeting friends I'd have sat down to watch it there and then.

If anyone isn't happy with the direction this takes, or thinks that things could be improved... Please, tell me! It's the only way I'll improve!

Beware: I LIVE! Operation Catch Up And Make Up Begins!

And so, my Internet has returned! God, what a week and a half that was. But I think I'm just about caught up on all the stuff I'd missed out on recently, save of course my own work.

To that end, I've editted a couple of posts this last week. I'll put some links below. I've also started up a new Tainted Cube poll, which should last until about a week from now.

Story: Haruhi Suzumiya Paradox

I got this written up last week, I happen to have it with me right now, so... Here it is. Enjoy! Also, be sure to check out the Tainted Cube post I made last week, because I'm about to put up my thoughts for the next NGE bit.

Oh, and while I remember. This is a new story, from my Haruhi fatesplit.

One Week Later... Still No Internet

I'd like to start off by saying that as frustrated as some of you may very well be in waiting for me to get back online - and I wouldn't blame you for that, the Internet breeds impatience by its very nature - I am in point of fact ten times more annoyed, more frustrated and more impatient than all of you put together. Quite easily. It's been a weeks since Tuesday, when my Internet went down. I immediately identified the likely culprit as the router, which we got about six years back now, but called up our ISP to check with them. They insisted it was likely the ADSL filter, which we replaced and still had trouble with. Then they said it was the line, and we had to wait a few more days until they could send us an engineer who would deal with the problem. He arrived on Monday.

And then he told me that the problem was... the router! Who could've fucking guessed! Now I had to order in a new one, which cost money because the old one was out of warranty, and it would take up to five working days for it to get here! Fucking wonderful! Thanks a whole fucking lot! If they'd just let us order in a new router in the first fucking place instead of giving us this runaround, I'd probably be back online by fucking now instead of having to ask a relative if I can use theirs to check up on stuff.

Well. As angry as I am about this, as completely bloody furious as the whole situation makes me... It also makes me feel a bit on the guilty side. Leaving you all hanging, waiting for another post. Well, here's the update. And I'm also gonna tell you this, make you all a promise that I fully intend to keep.

I am going to make up for this week and a half. Oh, sure, I've been writing a few things here and there while offline. Nothing wrong with my computer at all. I'll post it all when I'm back on at home. But that's not nearly enough for me. When I get back on, I promise you I will write. And write. And fucking write. Because I love you guys. I do. I love you for motivating me. Love you for inspiring me. Love you for pushing me on to do what I love doing more than anything else. Entertaining people. And I swear to all of you once again that I will make up for lost time. Not through Tainted Cube, for the thought of doing more than one of that in a week gives me the chills. Seriously, usually comes out at almost twenty pages, and sometimes more. Can't bring myself to do that twice in a week, especially now I'm employed! But I will find another way. Somehow. You'll see when I'm back. Plans are already forming. Plans are already just about there...

See you when I see you. Wish me luck.

Discussion: Sexy Akane

Once again, this post has been edited now that my home Internet is working at full capacity. Let's talk about Sexy Akane and where it might go.

Voting Thread: Open Until the 17th February

You may have noticed that I changed the date to the 17th. There is a good reason for that. See, even though I did everything in my power to get online sooner I still feel guilty about being offline for a week and a half. To that end, I'm extending this week's voting for another week as part of Operation Catch Up, Make Up. What is that, you say? Well, to begin with I'm doing something a little extra special with this week's voting thread. Recall how I did a sort of holiday special, where I did two episodes instead of one? The top two threads being written up and treated as the winners? Well, I'm doing that again... Except in this case, it's the top three. Yep. You're getting to pick three threads for me to write, and you got until the 17th to make your choices. To make things a little fairer, for the two of you who have already voted in this thread, I shall give everyone permission to make two sets of votes for this thread with each set obeying the same rules as usual.
 
So, DarkHereticMadman and Anon Writer? You can make another selection of five different threads if you would like to do so, and everyone else can make two selections. For this thread only. Just do it before the 17th. At the end of that, everything will be sorted out and the top three will have a discussion thread opened for them. Happy voting, and -

And now for the make up part of the plan. Yes, that first part was just the catch up part. See, I was gone for ten days thereabouts. I don't like that. Leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna update ten threads. Those being:

1. Love Normal
2. Urusei Retcon
3. Ranma Meme
4. Milly Gets a Geass
5. Bimbo Nabiki: Dojo Daydreams
6. Cocknosis Geass
7. Ah My Succubus
8. You Bet
9. Quirky Detective

And a wildcard. This one will be randomly selected from the list, unless a clear preference is stated in the comments for this or any other relevant post. Better hurry, I'll be making the pick by Monday, midnight, GMT.

Happy voting. Let's make up for lost time.

Tainted Cube Poll Closed: New One Will Begin Whenever I Get My Goddamn Internet Back

My Goddamned Internet is back, and so we can begin a new poll. Let's get this done, shall we?