Rest In Peace, Michael Clarke Duncan December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012

Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder, treason should ever be forgot.

That two first panels from the last page yell COBRA in ways that HYDRA never did. Not a surprise given that the Joes were a spin off of SHIELD lead by Nick Fury jr. on their inception.

Captain America: Steve Rogers #12

When you ask to speak with the manager.

Saludos mis queridos lectores 

ok, en el mundo del comic, el humor gráfico, o mejor aún, en el arte en general; es frecuente y bastante entendible que existan coincidencias creativas. En un mundo tan grande, es de esperar que en ocaciones dos artistas coincidan en el mismo concepto. Pero lo que si me parece un acto vergonzoso y bastante patético es que alguien en este caso las personas de @Gymqueen.de  tome tu idea original tal cual como la concebiste (al menos hubieran cambiado algo, asi al menos se vería un minimo afan de disimular su cinismo)   y lo reproduzca para llevarse el credito y lucrarse del trabajo ajeno. Esto mis queridos lectores es una muestra indignante de la falta de respeto que tienen algunas empresas por el trabajo del artista o del afan que tienen algunos por conseguir fama con el minimo efuerzo, esto, mis queridos lectores es una situacion que no debe continuar.

Hello my dear readers 

ok, in the world of comics, graphic humor, or better yet, art in general; It is frequent and quite understandable that there are creative coincidences. In such a large world, it is expected and likely that two artists concur on the same concept.But what I find a shameful and quite pathetic act is that someone, in this particular case the people of @Gymqueen.de, take your original idea as you originally conceived it (at least they would have changed something, so you would see a minimum eagerness to disguise their cynicism) and reproduce it to take the credit and profit from the work of others. This my dear readers is an outrageous sample of the lack of respect that some companies have for the artists work or the thirst that some have for achieving fame with the minimum effort, this, my dear readers is a situation that should not continue.

Election 299 AL by Izaach

Cybermen: Tenemos 5 millones de Cybermen ¿cuantos sois? Dalek: Cuatro! Cybermen: ¿Vais a destruir a los Cybermen con cuatro Daleks? Dalek: Destruiremos a los Cybermen con UN dalek. Dalek: Sois superiores solo en un aspecto. Cybermen: ¿en cual? Dalek: Sois mejores muriendo.

Pacing your Romance

How many of you guys have played a game in the Harvest Moon series?

In this game, your romantic interests have a “heart level.” It starts from black, then as you give them gifts, interact with them, do events with them, buy from their store, etc, etc, the heart level goes up from black to purple to blue, green, yellow, orange, and finally, red. When their heart is red you can marry them, as long as you’ve bought the upgraded house and the large bed.

Along this road to winning them over, there are certain “heart events.” They’re basically scenes in the storyline where you and your love interest have a special moment. Sometimes the conversation is about the relationship, the love interest’s past, their passion, a secret—it really depends. But it’s a one-time intimate moment that brings the two of you closer.

Depending on the heart level, what that person says to you will change. At the black heart level, their lines are generic. They’ll mention something random, work-related, genetic—nothing with depth: “My mother minds the store, and my brother looks after the chickens!” As the heart level increases, the things they say will be more specific to you. They aren’t things they would say to absolutely anyone. Like Gray, at his green heart level: “Grandpa and I are very impressed by you!” And we can assume by that, he really means “I’m impressed by you” and he’s using his grandpa because he’s embarrassed by how much he likes you.

Now think of this way of pacing, and apply it to your own stories. This is how Harvest Moon tends to organize things:

Black heart event: This introduces you, the player, to the love interest. It’s a first impression to who they are, their personality, their family, their role in the town, and so on.

Black heart: Your characters might start off with a black heart if they hardly know each other. Conversation is shallow, boring, and generic—more like small talk. In the picture, you can see that Gray even starts off a little rude.

Purple heart event: Typically in the purple heart event, the player will be given a choice between the love interest and another character—usually not something serious. For example, “I want to send him roses, and my mom wants to send him daisies. Help us pick!” Obviously, you need to pick your love interest’s side. This is probably when the love interest notices or recognizes the player as a friend.

Purple heart: The conversation will get a little friendlier.  Not much in the way of flirting yet.

Blue heart event: In the game, the love interest gives the player an item, but obviously you don’t have to stick to that.

Blue heart: At the blue level, things are definitely at or ever-so-slightly beyond the friend stage. Conversation is no longer generic—it’s tailored to you. There may be some minor flirting.

Green heart: Flirting. All the flirting. They will compliment you and want to spend town events with you.

Yellow heart event: The event is more serious than at the blue or purple level. The topic may be more solemn, such as their father leaving or angst in the family. At the end of the event, the love interest may admit they like the player (as a friend, or maybe more).

Yellow heart: We’re starting to get sappy. Major flirting.

Orange heart: Conversation is romantic. Probably goopy. At this point, the love interest is definitely into you. They may start asking what your future plans are.

Red heart: They’ll marry you if you propose. I’m sure you can imagine what a game character madly in love with the player would talk like.

Obviously you need to tailor these levels and events to you story. And even if your characters are too young to think about marriage at the red heart level, that’s fine. The point I’m trying to make: you should occasionally have “heart events” between your two characters, ranked in order of seriousness—they shouldn’t mention love until the later heart events. Between events, their relationship will be more friendly or comfortable than it was at lower heart levels.

At the same time, you don’t want to mash in a heart event every other chapter. They need to be spread out with lots of romantic tension between so that your readers are aching for your characters to reach the next level!

–E

english: coconut oil

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: oil of the nut of the coco