Dragon Quill

http://www.dragon-quill.net/

2016-03-25T13:38:00.005-04:00

Hey!

So http://www.dragon-quill.net/ is up and running, with all the content and comments intact. There are still some bugs, but once we work them out we'll redirect this URL to the new one.

we're like a real website it's adorable

An Informal Poll

2016-03-24T21:18:00.002-04:00

does anyone have feelings on:

~~- d-q.com vs .net or (heh) .org~~

- whether or not we continue to use Disqus as the comment system

update: my idiocy has locked us out of .com for 363 days. just going to do with .net.

Continue to debate Disqus.

The Ongoing Disqus/Blogger Wars

2016-03-24T15:18:00.001-04:00

All comments seem to be gone now.

I think I'm just going to migrate us over to Wordpress, finally. We can apparently retain all posts and comments from Blogger. Also I'll probs just create dragon-quill.com.

Stay tuned. If you can.

UnWholly Part Five Ch36-37 Connor, Risa

2016-03-23T18:16:00.000-04:00

We're reached the fifth part! Matters of Necessity. There are seven parts total. There's also eighty-four chapters. Luckily, it looks like the "parts" option is a more accurate measure because we are indeed most of the way done and it's just there'll be a lot of micro-chapters to come.

Wait, you say. That can't be right. If that's so, the plot should've kicked in a while ago.

Yes. It really should've.

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Higurashi: Massacre Arc [Part 3]

2016-03-22T09:00:00.000-04:00

Last time, the saving of Satoko.

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UnWholly Ch30 - 35, Nelson, Miracolina, Lev, Miracolina, Lev, Nelson

2016-03-21T18:16:00.000-04:00

We're back to our one recurring adult character! He's griping about how he's got this really great trap but during storms it floods and then there's a dead body and ugh so inconvenient so he's got to check it now rather than keep looking for safehouses like he wants to.

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Shameless Promotion Post

2016-03-21T11:26:00.003-04:00

Hello dears. My office is once again hiring. If you'd be up for working in the Boston area and have writing experience, shoot me your resume and I'll pass it on to HR. We're also looking for writing-focused Social Media people to do blogs and stuff.

If you've ever dreamed of me being your boss, now is your chance. <3 Our team enjoys Pokemon, puns, and 'that's what she said' jokes.

Higurashi: Massacre Arc [Part 2]

2016-03-20T09:00:00.000-04:00

Last time, we see the world through Rika's eyes, this world is one in which no one goes insane, and then Satoko doesn't come home.
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I Miss the Sunrise, Episode 3 Part 4 (Guest Review)

2016-03-20T00:00:00.000-04:00

Last time, the Inquiry severed themselves from EROS, but Willis wanted to stick around for one last chat.

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Higurashi: Massacre Arc [Part 1]

2016-03-18T09:00:00.000-04:00

First of all, if you've been reading along but haven't played the game, go do it before reading this arc. This is the point of no return. Much of this game is the mystery, and this route lays all the cards on the table, so enter at your own risk.

Anyway! Time for the next arc. Who the hell knows where this will start... or where it will go. Can't be zanier than death alien parasites and also reincarnation and demons! OR CAN IT

Also, the gutsyness of this being called the "Massacre Arc" when every other arc has ended in the death of the entire cast is amazing. What could this arc possibly do to be more of a massacre than everything before it?
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UnWholly Ch28 Cam

2016-03-17T23:30:00.000-04:00

New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor

Welp, that's it. It's the end times. Soon we'll ban abortion, build massive state warehouses for abandoned infants, and have Christian childmurder cults. Even worse, we'll have the dumbest anarchist group ever and some asshole sue walking around nice-socksing people.

That's how bad these books are, they even ruin great scientific progress by association.

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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle

2016-03-16T23:41:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the jungle / It ain't all fun and games...

Hello again, everyone! Now that I'm close to finishing my Master's, I'll try to go back to posting semi-regularly. To (re)start things off, I'm going to cover something which I promised Farla quite some time ago: the "Dresden Files" comics. I won't be looking at them as adaptations of a preexisting work, however, but rather, as original works themselves - as if they were an entirely separate franchise. I believe that will allow me to evaluate them in a fairer manner than if I analysed them as part of a book series which I already dislike. That also means I don't have any plans of covering the comics that are straight adaptations of the novels.

So, without further ado, let me start with Welcome to the Jungle, the first "Dresden" comic book - one that is chronologically set before the first novel, Storm Front, although it was released in 2008 (which means the book series was already up to Small Favor at that point).

Oh, before I forget: there will be spoilers.
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Higurashi: Atonement Arc [Conclusion]

2016-03-16T09:00:00.000-04:00

Last time, Rena is convinced aliens are replacing Hinamizawans with clones, and she's probably going to solve this perceived problem by nuking it from orbit.

Preemptive apology for the weird-ass formatting, Blogger is a huge pain.

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Ides of March!

2016-03-15T18:16:00.000-04:00

Alright, it's the Promised Time.

I think this is actually spread across more tumblrs but fuck if I'm doing that much legwork. I should've been keeping up but I didn't and now the posts about who the fuck this newbie is who doesn't know it's supposed to be capitalized are lost to time. We'll just be focusing on the main saga.

Higurashi: Atonement Arc [Part 4]

2016-03-14T09:00:00.000-04:00

Last time, bioterrorism and glowing red eyes.

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I Miss the Sunrise, Episode 3 Part 3 (Guest Review)

2016-03-13T00:00:00.000-05:00

So hey everyone! Somehow Blogger overwrote the next two posts with a different one while I was editing it, so I lost the whole thing and had to rewrite it from scratch. I did not even know that was possible and I still don't have any idea why it happened. Fun!

And it really sucks because this is the part where all the plot happens! Sorry if my disgruntled rewrite can't do it justice.

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Higurashi: Atonement Arc [Part 3]

2016-03-12T09:00:00.000-05:00

Last time, Rena kills Rina, her friends find out, and they decide to help her get through the aftermath. Then, Rena gets conspiracy notebook from Takano.
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UnWholly Ch28 Risa

2016-03-11T16:08:00.000-05:00

So hey, remember Risa? She's now damseled. She's getting questioning as dumb as Lev's:

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Higurashi: Atonement Arc [Part 2]

2016-03-10T09:10:00.000-05:00

Last time, we learn Rena's backstory. Her father is being conned by his girlfriend, and Rena needs to get rid of her. Rena arrives home from school to find her at their house.
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UnWholly Ch25-27 Lev, Miracolina, Lev

2016-03-09T23:14:00.000-05:00

He's going on about how incredibly attractive Miracolina's disdain for him is.

No, seriously, this is looking endgame ship and it's squicking me out - like, this can be cute if there's the sense it's because the guy recognizes and respects her opinion, but here there isn't, it's just the novelty and he's trying to stamp it out at the same time. Worst of all options, really.

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Higurashi: Atonement Arc [Part 1]

2016-03-08T09:08:00.003-05:00

This arc is long as hell.

Anyway, what I did was take notes as I played, then go back and clean them up. This is how I'll do the rest of the arcs, as I think it worked pretty well. I won't post any of these until I'm totally done with the arc in question, so you can spoil away for Atonement, but if anyone else fucks me up for the endgame I will never post one of these again and you will lose Umineko privileges for good, I s2g.

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Yggdra Union

2016-03-07T09:22:00.000-05:00

I was once again incredibly surprised by this series. This is an excellent game, and if you're a tRPG fan I highly recommend it. It shines in the way it explores the moral complexity of war, the nature of just war, and the effect conflicts of the elite have on civilians. The game was also remarkably egalitarian, both in costume design and gender ratio. The art style was pretty odd, but it grew on me and I think it gave the game a unique atmosphere overall.

I Miss the Sunrise, Episode 3 Part 2 (Guest Review)

2016-03-06T00:00:00.000-05:00

Last time, we were introduced to a completely new organization that appeared out of nowhere. Today we're going to learn a lot more about them.

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So I know I've been quiet lately, but...

2016-03-05T09:00:00.002-05:00

...it's because I've been ~~so stressed I can barely function and when I do I just spit venom at people~~ working on something that's a long time coming...

Pokemon Author Replies Part 13

2016-03-04T23:11:00.000-05:00

"Thanks for the english lesson, it's not really needed but thank you. You seem to be under the impression I have no idea what I'm doing, but I assure you, I do"

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