Raid the Castle

[meltintall3]

Comics I quite like:

• Digger
• A Girl & Her Shadow
• Harfang
• Knite
• Book of Three

...and because it doesn't feel quite right to have only two three (I keep adding more...) links, a meme as well: Rules

1. Put your music player on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button for your answer
3. You must write that song name down, no matter how silly it sounds.

IF SOMEONE ASKS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY: "Leit af Lifi" by Sigur Ros -- and nobody would know what I meant, even me :p HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? "American Collection Theme" by Yo Yo Ma WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? "Eragon" by Patrick Doyle -- excuse me while I go die of embarrassment... I did write a derivative work based on this piece, but... HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? "Only Time" by Enya as performed by Robin Berry WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? "Laetatus sum, gradual in mode 7 (Liber Usualis No. 560, GR 139)" by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos -- which would be Latin for 'to be rejoicing' (if my translation is accurate); which is, if you stretch the point, praising God WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? "The Leprechan's Jig" by Robin Berry WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? "If I Loved You" by Charlotte Church -- uh-huh... WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? "Memoirs of a Geisha: As the Water" by John Williams WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT? "No One Cared: Opening Credits" by Louisa Sharp WHAT IS 2+2? "Linda Cholita" by Viento Andino WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Door in the Air" by Harry Gregson-Williams WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? "Phillipians 3:12-21" as read by my Mom WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? "Queen of Attolia: Chapter 10" as read by myself -- "How inconspicuous I will be when next I am in Attolia dressed in Eddisan formalwear with gold frogs down the front" WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? "Boadicea" by Enya WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Duel" by Harry Gregson-Williams WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? "First Snow" by Various Artists -- It's a piano piece, and I can't find any more info about it; but it'll be a slow dance, I guess :) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? "Media vita in morte sumus, responsory in mode 4" by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? "Unshakeable Kingdom" by Chiz Ryder WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? "Nutcracker Suite Overture" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? "Occuli omnium, gradual in mode 7" by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? "To Go Beyond, Pt. 1" by Enya -- Some of these answers are positively unhelpful... and with several multiples from different albums it's like the randomizer isn't going very deep at all HOW WILL YOU NAME THIS POST? "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Raid on the Castle" by Harry Gregson-Williams

Comments

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Aww, "A Girl & Her Shadow" was cute. I have a feeling "Digger" is a bit longer, so I'll have to come back and look at it later. :)

Ooh, these memes are always fun. ;)) I love the answers to "WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?" and "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?"---wasn't Boadicea the Celtic War Queen? *checks* Yep, she was. ;)) And for "WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?"---nods knowingly. ;) ;))
I do agree, though, that the shuffle button never seems to do quite a good enough job. :P

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Digger is novel length. But it's complete, which is always a good thing. :)

"WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?" was... I mean, out of ALL my music... something that was both semi-applicable andwould require mental gymnastics before it'd seem OK...

I thought wanting to be Boadicia when I grew up was kind of cute, though I'd rather not be dragged to Rome in chains before my death. ;))

No comment on "WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?" :p

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, completeness is a wonderful trait in any sort of story. :D (By the way, have you ever heard of Delilah Dirk? It's an online comic/graphic novel/pretty fun adventure story thingy that just finished, which is why I thought of it.)

:D! I know! It was quite funny...

True, true! ;))

Hey, maybe it just means you have strong feelings for that person. ;)

Also, I just did this and my results made even less sense then your's, which is how it always goes with me and these things. :P

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Deliah Dirk *sounds* familiar, but I think the thing I'm thinking of just started last fall so I don't think that's right...

On the other hand, I doubt I could find the thing I'm thinking of, so that's a moot point. ;)) *trots off to find and read Delilah Dirk*

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

This is what I was thinking of. I don't remember when it started, but it's not all that horribly long, so... :)

;)) I know how that goes. Let me know what you think if you read it, please! :)

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Huh... that IS what I was thinking of; what'd'ya'know about that? ;))

I think I'm just as happy to come back to it when it's come to a wrap-up of the story, though. I first found it while the last page was in the middle of the prologue. :)

I guess it's more or less what one would expect from the title? From my reading notes: ...explosions, escapes, death-defying leaps galore and while you know more-or-less what to expect from the characters there's not much depth to them...

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's kind of funny. ;))

Very true. :) It means you can read it all at once and not have to wait forever for it to come out bit-by-bit. ;) Though, the artist/author was very good about updating weekly, which helps a ton. :)

;)) Yeah, that sounds about right. I thought it was a pretty fun romp, even if there wasn't particularly a lot of depth to it. :)

[elaienar.livejournal.com]

I feel quite flattered about AGHS making your list of comics you quite like! ^^

I've read (or started reading!) the other three on your list too! I absolutely love the artwork in Harfang -- it reminds me of Mori Kaoru's work in Otoyomegatari.

Have you read Unsounded or Gunnerkrigg Court? They're both long and unfinished and full-colour. Unsounded is a high fantasy (I guess? but without the tropes you'd expect from your typical fantasy world-builder) comedy about a girl and her zombie. [Not for kids because of a) swearing; b) violence and fairly graphic gore; c) occasional remarks of the kind that people used to say weren't for "mixed company".] Gunnerkrigg Court is also fantasy but it's set in a British boarding school and was described by one reviewer as "Harry Potter as written by Lemony Snicket and set in an Industrial Complex designed by Lewis Carroll."

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

.... oooh, yes, Harfang does remind me of Otoyomegatari a bit. I hadn't made that connection. :D

I've never heard of Unsounded, but I read/started reading Gunnerkrigg Court some time ago after seeing your fanart for it. Good stuff, along with Dr McNinja and The Dreamer...