tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post8695006542746852676..comments2024-02-22T03:26:34.604+10:30Comments on Monster-Blood Tattoo: Brandenbrass, or: there was a time once when I blogged often...D.M. Cornishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-33395225061606262852022-05-01T12:55:33.279+09:302022-05-01T12:55:33.279+09:30Can anyone help me find the location where Cloche ...Can anyone help me find the location where Cloche Arde, Europes Manor would be on this map?<br /><br />It's been bugging me for months I still can't find it.Con Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601729596913580409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-47532096021545423492014-03-31T16:45:10.746+10:302014-03-31T16:45:10.746+10:30Thank you so meaningful
Meaningful InspirationThank you so meaningful<br /><br /><a href="http://www.meaningfulquotes.us/2014/03/meaningful-quotes-and-motivational.html" rel="nofollow">Meaningful Inspiration</a>MeaningfulQuotes.Ushttp://www.meaningfulquotes.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-17186905397358993862013-08-05T07:59:04.934+09:302013-08-05T07:59:04.934+09:30Congratulations on a beautiful design ...Congratulations on a beautiful design ...Tattoo By Tayfun Sakarya Dovmecihttp://www.tattoobytayfun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-72296347475558145322013-07-06T21:48:54.993+09:302013-07-06T21:48:54.993+09:30Anime seems like an excellent format for telling t...Anime seems like an excellent format for telling this first MBT story. But a possible hang up I see is that Master Cornish, though a writer, is also fundamentally an artist. So, unless he found time to illustrate a whole anime himself (no small task, and something I don't see happening in conjunction with creating new novels) he would have to let go and let someone else be the artist for Alyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-66242919104197620212013-07-05T10:30:40.177+09:302013-07-05T10:30:40.177+09:30HAppy BloggingHAppy BloggingInfo Gadgethttp://infogadgetku.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-32097064884137517492013-05-12T23:05:08.304+09:302013-05-12T23:05:08.304+09:30I think MBT as an anime would be a really good ide...I think MBT as an anime would be a really good idea! At the very least, it would make a good topic for the forums...Master Come Latelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-82993714326658119872013-05-12T00:31:08.365+09:302013-05-12T00:31:08.365+09:30Hi all
Maybe it's just me, but if a live acti...Hi all<br /><br />Maybe it's just me, but if a live action movie isn't in the cards, wouldn't Monster Blood Tattoo make a good anime? The amount of pugnacious women, the bizarre setting and technology, and the overall grim view of violence and monster/human animosity reminds me of some better Japanese fantasy/sci-fi stories. Not saying there's any possibility of it happening (not Ben Bryddianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-33579837075266852672013-04-15T13:58:25.218+09:302013-04-15T13:58:25.218+09:30Norton 360 new variation of Norton Antivirus is es...<a href="http://www.boutiqueantivirus.com/" rel="nofollow">Norton 360</a> new variation of Norton Antivirus is especially good from finding and attending to malware.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-13687232178787285882013-03-27T14:59:21.715+10:302013-03-27T14:59:21.715+10:30Alyosha
The idea that you're talking about is ...Alyosha<br />The idea that you're talking about is treated differently in other fantasy works (I know Star Wars is this way; I think maybe D&D started it). Essentially, humans are able to stand against these incredible non-humans because they're adaptable, and they will change to fight any opponent (see habilists). The other races, say hobbits or zeltrons, would all be a bit more one Ben Bryddianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-50009513730265266012013-03-24T22:36:31.590+10:302013-03-24T22:36:31.590+10:30Thank you for the kind words, but I don't thin...Thank you for the kind words, but I don't think that fans can aspire to the rank of legendary. I'm just enthusiastic about MBT, which is enough. And as for what wisdom there might be in what I wrote above... all credit goes to the great Lapinduce :-).Alyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-72949850266033011542013-03-23T13:14:46.639+10:302013-03-23T13:14:46.639+10:30That's pretty deep, Alyosha. That meaning may ...That's pretty deep, Alyosha. That meaning may or may not have been meant in the story, but it's a great one that I will now apply to my head-<br />canon.<br /><br />By the way, it's a pleasure for me to meet a legendary fan of MBT such as yourself!Master Come Latelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-30886259766304393482013-03-20T11:52:26.264+10:302013-03-20T11:52:26.264+10:30Until recently I’d viewed Everymen, or Phlegms, or...Until recently I’d viewed Everymen, or Phlegms, or any other humanish race, as just a branch of the euriphim (“born of the mud, as we” says the Lapinduce) especially gifted at self promotion and reproduction. But as I was re-reading favorite portions of Factotum last night I began to wonder if there wasn’t, after all, a clear divide between the two tribes. <br /><br />The euriphim are in touch Alyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-87445813263035642052013-03-01T03:19:20.794+10:302013-03-01T03:19:20.794+10:30I just learned about a recently discovered marine ...I just learned about a recently discovered marine invertebrate called the Carnivorous Harp Sponge (look it up!) that is visually stunning and frightening because it actively catches prey with barbed hooks and then digests them slowly. I wonder if these also live in the vinegar sea? I can imagine giant versions of them being grown by mariculturists for transplantation along harbor entrances and Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-74810783705511249532013-02-10T06:07:10.558+10:302013-02-10T06:07:10.558+10:30Ben, I'm no geologist but I think that's p...Ben, I'm no geologist but I think that's pretty much the scientifically accepted theory. Evaporation concentrates mineral and ion levels from riverine and rain inputs, so the ocean stays salty. Hydrothermal vents are a big factor also as they release chemicals up through the crust (and man, do they have some CRAZY communities of weird organisms living around them!!!)<br /><br />I too Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-61736634954447084562013-02-09T16:44:22.567+10:302013-02-09T16:44:22.567+10:30This discussion makes me curious. Once heard it po...This discussion makes me curious. Once heard it postulated that the earth's oceans originally had very little salt. This source also stated that errosion has picked up salts and other minerals from the land mass surface runoff crosses, then deposited said minerals in the oceans. A good example of this is the Dead Sea, which receives surface run-off from a very large basin and is continuously Ben Bryddianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-44436152923814176102013-02-06T14:08:37.347+10:302013-02-06T14:08:37.347+10:30True enough about the swimming. I remmber being sh...True enough about the swimming. I remmber being shocked the first time I heard that until modern times, most sailors couldn't swim. What a frightening experience it must've been to be out on the open sea and know that you're toast if you fall in! <br /><br />Bases can definitely be caustic to skin. (Fish can get ammonia burns if it builds up in the aquarium, but they have much more Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-48146122233264943872013-02-06T13:05:23.748+10:302013-02-06T13:05:23.748+10:30Ahh, yes, I see, but what about alkalai/basic flui...Ahh, yes, I see, but what about alkalai/basic fluids? Would they affect the blood in the same way?<br /><br />The term "vinegar sea" is not a reference to the sea actually being made out of vinegar fyi, it is a poetic reference (me aping Homer's "wine-dark sea" in fact), so don't get too hung up on that. Moreover, it will be drowning that is the biggest killer of crewsD.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-17257711885120933732013-02-06T12:36:21.381+10:302013-02-06T12:36:21.381+10:30You guys are way beyond awesome!
Master Come Lat...You guys are way beyond awesome! <br /><br />Master Come Lately, I think we were pondering the same question: well-trained (non-leer) lurksman with sthenicon VS falseman (or maybe just laggard) without sthenicon. <br /><br />I'll revise my story to change the vinegaroons to packeteers, and increase the crew size (that'll mean a drop in the survivorship rate of our crew since the brave Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-84287214742913976502013-02-06T11:18:52.654+10:302013-02-06T11:18:52.654+10:30Also, Master Cornish, would it be a problem if we ...Also, Master Cornish, would it be a problem if we posted the definitions from the 3 explicaria over at the forums? Would it be infringing on some plagiarism/copyright thing, or is it not in your knowledge?Master Come Latelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-32343424574025864592013-02-06T08:50:32.320+10:302013-02-06T08:50:32.320+10:30Thank you for your kind words, Master Cornish!
&q...Thank you for your kind words, Master Cornish!<br /><br />"As to whether a lurksman could have sharper senses than a leer with a sthenicon."<br /><br />Do you mean "...a lurksman [with a sthenicon] could have sharper senses than a leer *without* a shtenicon?" Forgive me if I misread.<br /><br />Honestly, I didn't get into research for effects of corrosion on the body, as IMaster Come Latelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-69763450320547869052013-02-05T09:58:07.737+10:302013-02-05T09:58:07.737+10:30Oh, and there is little that can be done to spare ...Oh, and there is little that can be done to spare a soul when jumping into the vinegar seas. And apart from the causticity (not acidity - except in a few rare cases), most vinegaroons and marchantmen do not know how to swim. There is a concoction of grindewahl blubber that a soul can smear on themselves if they have time, but this is about it. I to like the notion of a potive that protects D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-53451982997521173532013-02-05T09:53:08.487+10:302013-02-05T09:53:08.487+10:30Well, I check at last to find that I have complete...Well, I check at last to find that I have completely missed a raft of necessary questions from you, Meg. Great answer, Mr Come-Lately - you beat me to the punch with the leer with either eye laggard/falseman; it would involve closing one eye or the other as needed to get the best result (I would imagine the two together providing a bewildering spectacle, tho it could well be got used to by the D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-57367034503923919482013-02-01T18:31:15.845+10:302013-02-01T18:31:15.845+10:30Thanks for posting the location, and thanks in adv...Thanks for posting the location, and thanks in advance for joining the forums!<br /><br />By the by, the book that has the complimentary definition for packet ram is Factotum, not Lamplighter. My mistake.Master Come Latelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-89481582952687991092013-02-01T13:50:20.068+10:302013-02-01T13:50:20.068+10:30The packet ram was just what I needed, thanks! I j...The packet ram was just what I needed, thanks! I just finished my short story "Captain's Tally" (rated T for moderate non-violent gore) and posted it at fanfiction dot net in the MBT category, but I'll add it to the yuku forum as soon as I get approved as a member. I have about a million questions for my longer story, so I'll move myself over to the forums to ask them. Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-34733469651636665852013-01-31T16:34:48.521+10:302013-01-31T16:34:48.521+10:30Looking at pictures of Giant Vinegaroons now. Thos...Looking at pictures of Giant Vinegaroons now. Those are some nasty-looking animals (in a good way), like a cross between a scorpion and a hornet!<br /><br />On topic, I think I have just the ship you're looking for. If you have a copy of Lamplighter, the complimentary definition for chapter 1 defines "packet rams," described as thus: Any class of ram that has been radicaled (had Master Come Latelynoreply@blogger.com