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[wildannie]

TanithAeyrs wrote...

@ wildannie - Zev and Isabela, fits well with the pirate theme and Zev's comment "A pirate you say? I like that!", you can just hear him thinking. I have to confess that I am in awe of anyone with artistic skills - at 90 minutes I would still only have stick figures.

thanks Tanith, my 'skills' are rusty at best but now with my new graphics tablet and Artrage I'm hoping to improve...
I'm in complete awe of all the writing! everyone really capture's Zevs character, but in so many different ways that all ring true as your read them - marvelous!

[Addai]

Hello Zevranites,
If you haven't come across it yet, there is a mod called Rendezvous at the Tavern that allows you to have an "intimate" evening at the Gnawed Noble- in a real bed, heh.  It's very nicely done.

Modifié par Addai67, 31 août 2010 - 05:47 .

[Sresla]

We have it up in the Team Zevran group mod listings but I feel obligated to mention here, as I did there (unless this has been changed recently) that the scene only works with human and elven females. If I'm incorrect, I apologize but last I heard cmessaz wanted to re-work the already existing scenes before expanding it further?

Modifié par Sresla, 31 août 2010 - 06:20 .

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

I was pondering entries for this week's prompt, and LOLed at the idea of a Dread Pirate Zevran.

This is not an entry since it's practically lifted from someone else's work (The Princess Bride), but I thought I'd share the laugh factor. And possibly an 'aw'.

And so...an excerpt from...
The Princess Consort

Dread Pirate Roberts: Rest, Highness.

Warden: I know who you are. Your cruelty reveals everything. You're the dread pirate Roberts, admit it!

Dread Pirate Roberts: *bows* With pride. What is your desire?

Warden: You can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces.

Dread Pirate Roberts: *tsks* Hardly complimentary, your Highness. Why loose your venom on me?

Warden: You killed my love.

Dread Pirate Roberts: It's possible. I kill a lot of people. Who was this love of yours? Another king like this one, clueless, rich, and human?

Warden: No. An elf! Poor. Poor and perfect. With eyes like amber in the sunlight. On the high seas, your ship attacked, and the dread pirate Roberts never takes prisoners.

Dread Pirate Roberts: I can't afford to make exceptions. I mean, once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you and it's nothing but work, work, work all the time.

Warden: You mock my pain!

Dread Pirate Roberts: Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. *pause* I remember this elf of yours, I think. This would be what, five years ago? Does it bother you to hear?

Warden: Nothing you can say will upset me.

Dread Pirate Roberts: He died well, that should please you. No bribe attempts or blubbering. He simply said, "Please... please, I need to live." It was the "please" that caught my memory. I asked him what was so important for him here. "True Love", he replied. And then he spoke of a Grey Warden of surpassing beauty and faithfulness. I can only assume he meant you. You should bless me for destroying him before he found out what you really are.

Warden: And what am I?

Dread Pirate Roberts: Faithfulness he talked of, Highness, your enduring fathfulness. Now tell me truly, when you found out he was gone, did you get engaged to your king that same hour, or did you wait a whole week out of respect for the dead?

Warden: You mocked me once, never do it again! I died that day!

*King Alistair and his entourage appear on a distant ridge, distracting Roberts...*

Warden: And you can die too for all I care!

*The Warden pushes Roberts down a steep hill*

Dread Pirate Roberts: *rolling* As... you... wish!!

Warden: Oh my sweet Zevran, what have I done?!

*The Warden leaps after him*

[maradeux]

@wildannie - *haha* "Pillow-talk" about pirates and earrings - like it.

@SoLD - I don't really understand the context (the warden is dead, but speaks with a pirate and the pirate is Zevran? huh? ), but the dialog itself is funny

I have a question: Has anybody ever noticed that no other Crow in the game (except Zevran) has tattoos in their face? And all other crows in the game are humans - what seems strange if the crows use to recruit their juniors on the slave market... What do you think does that mean? Are only the elven crows tattooed in their faces? Are elven crows usually not allowed to leave Antiva? Other ideas?

Modifié par maradeux, 31 août 2010 - 11:11 .

[Corker]

@Maradeux, there's a book, later turned into a movie, called "The Princess Bride" which just about every geek in America has seen, probably more than once.



The lovely Buttercup (here, the Warden) bosses around her farmhand, Wesley (here, Zevran) but all he ever says is "As you wish." One day, she realizes that she loves him and *cue songs and butterflies.*



But Westley leaves for some reason (I forget) and his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who takes no prisoners. Buttercup/Warden does not *really* die that day, but she is so taken with grief that she feels like she has died.



Meanwhile, a scheming prince decides to marry her for (reasons not important here). She is kidnapped from her wedding by a giant, a Sicilian and a Spaniard, but then rescued by the masked Dread Pirate Roberts! *gasp*



When the dust settles, Buttercup/Warden has this conversation with the Dread Pirate Roberts. When she throws him down the cliff and he says, "As you wish," she realizes that the mysterious masked pirate actually *is* Westley/Zevran and rolls down the cliff after him.



As it turns out, the Dread Pirate Roberts doesn't kill *all* his prisoners, just most of them. He kept Westley around and, when he retired, gave the name and his ship to the lad. Westley came back for Buttercup and found out she was marrying a prince, which made him wonder about her fidelity - hence he's testing it here.

[Corker]

Lads, there was this one time, right about the time of the fifth Blight... we was sailing from Antiva City to Denerim, hold full of smuggled hides and poisons, and cap'n up and says we're shipping some lubber.  'Course we all grumbled a bit; lubbers always gettin' underfoot and such, but cap'n says he's one o' them Crow hooligans what run Antiva.  Oh, so he's Mr. High and Mighty, we're thinking.  We'll just knuckle our brows and get to it, then, ser, if it please ye and all that rot.  

Ended up he was an easy-goin' sort.  Friendly.  Really friendly, if you catch my meaning and if you don't, the chantyman went and wrote a song about the whole voyage.

Our chantyman's a bit rough around the edges, 'course, so you ladies and the fainting sort of gentleman might want to cover your ears for this next bit.

Tail Wind Blowing
To the tune of "The Bonny Ship the Diamond"
(Highlight text to read)

We landed in Antiva
It was just three weeks ago
We took on some fine cargo
And one Antivan Crow

We barely had set sail, lads
It was just a day or two
When that randy elven killer
Began to rut and screw

Chorus:
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail
With a Crow aboard your sailing ship
You'll never want for tail

He blew the mates all down
And then he buggered all the crew
But fair was only fair and so
the crew all did him too

He kept us all quite busy
Almost more than we could take
But the cabin boy, I'm glad to say,
Was thankful for the break

Chorus

The hairy quartermaster
He undid all his locks
The helmsman came so hard he nearly
Crashed us on the rocks

He went and did the captain
And then, upon my life
That horny elf Antivan
He did the captain's wife

Chorus


We finally made landfall
At Denerim's old docks
We were so worn that we've all sworn
Off more Antivan ****s

Chorus


Well, *that* was "fun with formatting."  Why is there a text color button if it doesn't work? 

Modifié par Corker, 31 août 2010 - 12:51 .

[jenovan]

@Shadow, LOL, most excellent parody XD Zev really does work pretty handily as The Man in Black...



@Corker, ohhh dear, rofl. Excellently done!

[Sarah1281]

Corker wrote...

@Maradeux, there's a book, later turned into a movie, called "The Princess Bride" which just about every geek in America has seen, probably more than once.

The lovely Buttercup (here, the Warden) bosses around her farmhand, Wesley (here, Zevran) but all he ever says is "As you wish." One day, she realizes that she loves him and *cue songs and butterflies.*

But Westley leaves for some reason (I forget) and his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who takes no prisoners. Buttercup/Warden does not *really* die that day, but she is so taken with grief that she feels like she has died.

Meanwhile, a scheming prince decides to marry her for (reasons not important here). She is kidnapped from her wedding by a giant, a Sicilian and a Spaniard, but then rescued by the masked Dread Pirate Roberts! *gasp*

When the dust settles, Buttercup/Warden has this conversation with the Dread Pirate Roberts. When she throws him down the cliff and he says, "As you wish," she realizes that the mysterious masked pirate actually *is* Westley/Zevran and rolls down the cliff after him.

As it turns out, the Dread Pirate Roberts doesn't kill *all* his prisoners, just most of them. He kept Westley around and, when he retired, gave the name and his ship to the lad. Westley came back for Buttercup and found out she was marrying a prince, which made him wonder about her fidelity - hence he's testing it here.

I might possibly have most of the dialogue memorized. But it's an amazing movie! 

And I think he leaves to go seek his fortune so he could marry her but I haven't seen it in awhile (I should really do something about that...)

[jenovan]

Sarah1281 wrote...

Corker wrote...

But Westley leaves for some reason (I forget) and his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts,

And I think he leaves to go seek his fortune so he could marry her but I haven't seen it in awhile (I should really do something about that...)

Yes -- I don't remember if this detail is in the book or the movie (or both), but he leaves to go to America (to find his fortune, more or less), and IIRC the Revenge attacks his ship near the Carolinas.  (omg useless details why are you still cluttering my brain)

I highly recommend the book; there is a lot more of Inigo and Fezzik if you like them, for starters, and the author's framing commentary is hilarious.

[maradeux]

Corker, your chanty is wonderful! Really funny and good and totally Zevran! I also thank you for your enlightenment about "The Princess Bride".

[TanithAeyrs]

@shadow - Zev is amazing as dread pirate Roberts- I'm so glad you did this
@Corker - so wrong (but right for Zev)

Modifié par TanithAeyrs, 31 août 2010 - 05:59 .

[wildannie]

@ corker - that cheered me up!

@ shadow - not seen the film either but i like your version.

[TanithAeyrs]

some Princess Bride links for those who haven't seen it

Sword fight with Inigo : Wesley as Dread Pirate Roberts in black

Battle of Wits : I could see Zev trying this.

Trailer : a remastered version of the movie trailer (all the versions of the original trailer I could find had terrible graphics)

[wildannie]

TanithAeyrs wrote...

some Princess Bride links for those who haven't seen it

Sword fight with Inigo : Wesley as Dread Pirate Roberts in black

Battle of Wits : I could see Zev trying this.

Trailer : a remastered version of the movie trailer (all the versions of the original trailer I could find had terrible graphics)

thanks Tanith, I really can't believe I've never seen this! how strange...

[Tellervo]

Failing at my entry for this week again. Thusfar, I got nothin'.

Re: Princess Bride stuff; The bit about the attack being near the Carolinas and the specifics of Westley seeking his fortune are only in the book, if I'm not mistaken.  Though there is a particular part of the movie I can never remember any specifics from, just that there's this scene I can't remember... eh.

Modifié par Tellervo, 31 août 2010 - 08:09 .

[ejoslin]

 *cry* This has turned into a creative-person thread.  Which I am not!  So I'll post the occasional irrelevant comment anyway because it's what I do best.  That, and I'll toss the occasional dwarf kiss as well just because I like them 

[maradeux]

ejoslin wrote...

 *cry* This has turned into a creative-person thread.  Which I am not! 

But of course you are! You created so important and wonderful mods and the Zevran FAQ for DA:O. see: 
Zevran Dialog Fix ++ City Elf Romance Alienage Fix ++ Zevran Romance FAQ

ejoslin wrote...anyway because it's what I do best.  That, and I'll toss the occasional dwarf kiss as well just because I like them 

This thread is always what we ZevFans make of it. And I've always appreciated your posts very much. :happy: (with or without dwarf-kiss )

[TanithAeyrs]

ejoslin wrote...

 *cry* This has turned into a creative-person thread.  Which I am not!  So I'll post the occasional irrelevant comment anyway because it's what I do best.  That, and I'll toss the occasional dwarf kiss as well just because I like them 

*HUGS* You are a creative person - I LOVE MY ZEV MODS

Fistbump for dwarf kisses

[ejoslin]

Awwww, *hugs*, thank you, but I always feel guilty when I don't contribute to these amazing works of fanart that are out there. But I love LOVE them! So thank you

[Tellervo]

Oh Ejo--maybe you can help me with a creative endeavor, hm? Do you know how/know of any good tutorials on editing body meshes? I know that's not your thing, but I thought you might know where to find out about it. Someone brought Custom Bodies to my attention, and there are no body tats for Zev available anywhere! Custom Bodies makes using them viable and easy, they just need to be made, and I am pondering how to do so.

[ejoslin]

Ah, hmmmm, I didn't realize Custom Bodies had even been finished (I haven't been keeping up with the modding community at all). Charsen would probably know more about that, but I haven't seen him on the boards. I know there was, awhile ago, a project being started for tattooes for Zevran based on the concept art. I know, not very helpful. Hmmmm, is tmp7704 still active on the forums? I'll look around, but it truly is nothing I've looked at at all. Sorry :/

Edit: From what I've seen, Custom Bodies is not finished yet.  I think it's possible to make a body mesh, but Zevran uses the standard elf male.  However, I looked at DANexus and found this -- I'm not sure how well it works, but it's a start.

Modifié par ejoslin, 31 août 2010 - 09:39 .

[Tellervo]

The version of Custom Bodies that is out is a compiler for other meshes. As far as I know, the original Custom Bodies was abandoned. It configures just like Natural Bodies, but has options to configure each individual companion/Warden instead of the universal models.

[ejoslin]

Ah, ok. I know very little about working with meshes -- as in, well, nothing! I'd suggest asking either tmp7704 or Charsen if either is still around.

[caridounette]

Seeing how most of you guys are skilled writers ( yes yes, i insist to say), I was wondering if there have been something written about what happenned between Zev, Rinna and Talisen ? Thats always been a part of the story that got my curiosity. I'd go through the old thread but its a bit huge to go fishing.