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[Tryynity]

CBGB wrote...

jenovan wrote...
The original Zevthread can be found here:
What's the (Romantic) Appeal of Zevran?

As the original poster of that thread, I really wanted to hear from other players (and did I ever! 1400 pages). I didn't dislike Zevran... I just didn't get him.

That thread and this one are great reading not just for Zevfans but for those who felt there was more to him than he shows at first meeting. Now I see why, and I'm returning to DAO to have Zevran at my side. Thanks for showing his appeal!

LOL

Look what you started - so glad you did  like a tiny drop into a still pond your ripples are still rippling ... or something to that effect --

I paid no attention to Zevran first time round - I paid him attention 2nd run thru coz of Alibear (he made me hate him) failed to score full points - 3rd run thru scored the proposal but only thanx to Ejoslin's blog post I happened to google....

TOP

BORED ZEVRAN says
 
"Kyerra - Hurry up and do the damn puzzle - I wanna go home!"

I suck at puzzles even if I have done them 10 times already LOL

Modifié par Tryynity, 18 octobre 2011 - 07:48 .

[Sresla]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

@Klidi - Not all of them are voiced, I believe. They exist only as text, which is why we never hear them.

Edit: I believe there are some zip files somewhere with all of Zevran's voiced comments? Maybe someone can flash a link for you?

All his voiced comments, or just what might be classed as his battlecries? He's got over 1400 lines of dialogue...

I can zip up the Nagale et all set though (I'll cut out him just yelling), if someone wants them. I'm actually pretty sure all of those lines are voiced although I've never counted to make sure - I've got 192 files though, if someone did want to count to see (which does include just the ones like AAAAAAAAAHHHH or URRRRRRRRRRRRHHHGHHH).

Doing everything might be tricky; it's something I haven't even finished because a lot of his dialogue is imbedded in strange places so it's a matter of going into ever fsb file and extracting it to listen and see if he's in there somewhere. Like his line at the Urn of Sacred Ashes where he talks about fighting himself is under urn230_party_reaction. He talks about fighting Loghain at the Landsmeet in den600_landsmeet (line 315), his conversation with Taliesin is den920_taliesin and his lines are spread throughout den400_rescueparty when assaulting Fort Drakon.

Also, welcome back OP and thank you, 1500+ pages later, for being willing to keep an open mind about Zevran, both as a companion and as a love interest. :happy:

[Klidi]

 1400 lines? I never thought there would be so much of it
But if you could zip up the battlecries, it would be awesome. Zevran cursing in Antivan... hmmm

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Congrats Sushifier!

And great prompt, it seemed to inspire a lot of interest

Corker

Red-haired archer sighs
"Poetry reveals the heart."
- I remain silent

Short and sweet. And Zev, as usual, hiding what's inside by not being the poet.

Nice one.

[Sushifer]

I won? I won! Ahh, that's so awesome! Thanks, guys, that's really cheered me up

Great to see you around, Zev-thread OP! You certainly managed to unintentionally spawn something awesome. I mean, DA is pretty much my first fandom, and I've only been actively involved in it for a few months, and already I'm having such a lovely time, mostly thanks to this thread. It seems to be a pretty great corner of the fandom, IMO. I don't think I've encountered an unpleasant Zevran fan, as of yet.

@Kildi I'm really quite thrilled that you like my warden! He should be getting his own full length Blight-fic, at some point, if I can manage to finish my replay of his game and assemble a more coherent plot-arc plan, so, uh, stay tuned for the continuing adventures of irritable, awkward Mahariel!

@Zaxarus So, I'm guessing BSN mucks up your formatting when you copy and paste text directly from word? If so, I had the same problem, and I figured out how to fix it! I was discussing the same thing with Bite not so long ago, so this is more a less a direct transcript of that (apologies to Bite) : copy and paste the writing into a plain text application like notepad. The non-formatted sort you can use for coding, if that makes any sense. Copy it again, from notepad, and then paste it to BSN. That should, hopefully, remove the Word formatting that messes up the post formatting, so you don’t have to tinker with it afterwards.

My plot comes to fruit
I've spread a plague: to haiku,
All the thread succumbs.

Modifié par Sushifer, 18 octobre 2011 - 01:41 .

[Corker]

Re: Formatting, another way to get around it is to hit the "BBCode" button before you paste into the editor, paste, then hit it again to get back to rich text. You will lose any italics, boldface, etc., that you got by using Word's formatting, unless you actually type in the BBCode format tags for it, but your linebreaks will be OK. (After years and years of using BBCode-based BBSes, I do this automatically myself - which is fine until I'm posting to LiveJournal, which uses HTML markups. There will be war between the square brackets and the pointy ones!)

Modifié par Corker, 18 octobre 2011 - 01:45 .

[tklivory]

tklivory wrote...



Pearl of Wisdom

Interpret this as you will!  Whether this refers to a moment of wisdom dispensed by (or to) our favorite Antivan, or an excursion to our favorite Denerim establishment, or anything in between, I want to see the creativity within our community!  Have fun!

Time Limit: 3 hours

Deadline: 8pm PST Monday 24th October

Media: Any which way but loose (errr, I mean, anything and everything)

Prize:  Not being an artist, I've come up with a couple of different alternatives from which to choose:
1) A DA:O .mor/mrh/mop file designed to your specifications (or at least as close as I can get it) - sorry, PC users only!
2) Copyediting of a piece of your own writing (max word limit: 200K) and conversion to eBook format of your choice
3) A lovely stick figure drawing (ummm... like I said, I'm not an artist)
4) Unstinting praise of a job well done

Obviously this is a non-entry (since it's my own darn prompt), but I couldn't get this blasted story out of my head, so I thought I'd share it with y'all.

Time: 20 minutes
Prompt: 1?  (not sure if it counts when I answer my own prompt


Wisdom of the Ancients


The bantering had finished, lines had been drawn, and the fight with Taliesin and his fellow Crows proceeded in earnest.  Bodies lay scattered across the alley as those with lesser skills fell by the wayside early, leaving the Warden's party to face the deadlier adversaries with a growing level of exhaustion.

Zevran whirled and danced his deadly dance, his twin daggers glistening with the special demonic poison he had been saving especially for his former comrades.  Ducking, weaving and dodging, he fought, heedless of the sweat on his brow and the growing shortness of his breath, pushing aside all thought of his own weakness and focusing only on the enemy before him.

The stitch in his side grew, however, as the numbers of dancers around him diminished, and he found himself fighting two Crows, desperately fending off both of their attacks at once.  Suddenly his footing betrayed him as he backed up one too many times and ended up against the steps where the confrontation had first began.  Stumbling slightly, his daggers faltered for a moment, and he saw a flicker of satisfaction in the eyes of his opponents as they pressed in for the kill.

Abruptly both of their heads disappeared in a rather unpleasant shower of blood and other unmentionable bodily liquids.  As their headless bodies crumpled to the ground in a graceless duet of death, Zevran stared at the large stone figure standing behind them with arms still held akimbo at head-height.

Zevran tipped his head in acknowledgment to the golem as he paused to catch his breath.  "Ah, my dear friend.  I am grateful for your assistance.  Those two were... rather persisitent."  He nudged one of the bodies with his foot.  "You managed to take them out quite efficiently, as well, my friend.  My congratulations."

The golem's eyes glowed as Shale cocked her head slightly.  "Surely the painted elf has heard that it is better to kill two birds with one stone?"

Zevran regarded his companion for a moment, then turned to run up the stairs where his remaining companions were engaged in a furious battle with Taliesin and the last of the Crows.  "I am not even going to dignify that with a response," he declared before dashing up the slope.

Behind him, he heard a faint stony chuckle followed by a softly murmured, "Squish!"

Modifié par tklivory, 19 octobre 2011 - 12:04 .

[Corker]

First thought: Yay Shale! Oh, that's funny! XD

Second thought: Oh, so you could do the prompt using aphorisms. What other sayings have a bird in them?

Third thought: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

    

[Zaxarus]

@Sushifer/Corker
I'll try that next time. Thank you.

[tklivory]

Corker wrote...


First thought: Yay Shale! Oh, that's funny! XD

Second thought: Oh, so you could do the prompt using aphorisms. What other sayings have a bird in them?

Third thought: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

    

I, for one, would NOT OBJECT to a prompt following this line of thought. :devil:

[Corker]

tklivory wrote...
I, for one, would NOT OBJECT to a prompt following this line of thought. :devil:

The ghost of Benjamin Franklin is about to be horrified with what I'm preparing to do with the contents of Poor Richard's Almanac. 

Alas that the 'bird in hand' one isn't in it, although he does express similar sentiments. I may leave it in (ahem) anyway, since it's what's kicked this whole demented project off.

[tklivory]

Corker wrote...

tklivory wrote...
I, for one, would NOT OBJECT to a prompt following this line of thought. :devil:

The ghost of Benjamin Franklin is about to be horrified with what I'm preparing to do with the contents of Poor Richard's Almanac. 

Alas that the 'bird in hand' one isn't in it, although he does express similar sentiments. I may leave it in (ahem) anyway, since it's what's kicked this whole demented project off.

DO EEET! :innocent:

[Corker]

I don't usually post WIP stuff, but this is too cracktastic not to share. 100% of the dialogue is by Poor Richard.

R: The things which hurt, instruct.
R: Love well, whip well.
Z: The honey is sweet, but the bee has a sting.
R: The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
Z: Knaves & Nettles are akin; stroak ‘em kindly, yet they’ll sting.
R: Silence is not always a sign of wisdom but babbling is ever a mark of folly.
Z: Beauty & folly are old companions.
R: He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.

[Sushifer]

Corker wrote...

First thought: Yay Shale! Oh, that's funny! XD

Second thought: Oh, so you could do the prompt using aphorisms. What other sayings have a bird in them?

Third thought: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

    

It's lucky I'd just finished drinking my tea when I saw this. Or it'd be all over my laptop screen XD Oh, the mental images...

And I never thought of that work-around for formatting problems! Thanks, that'll be much easier than my method. And, wow. Who knew Poor Richard was such a gold mine for crack- I think my favourite is 'love well, whip well'

@tklivory  Ahh, great idea! Good ol' Shale. Again, I'm glad my tea was drunk when I read your entry.

[Tryynity]

My favourite approval score in the entire game received from Zevran is the +4 you get if you bed Cammen - even if you are romancing him. I laugh myself stupid at that every single time.

He remains emotionless during every major decision you make (except I think with the Anvil & Harrowmont) and every minor one that comes along.

But that little action with Cammen scores a 4 - i luv it.

[tklivory]

@Corker - I'm really looking forward to your (and everyone else's) submission!

BTW, I thought I would link this here.  I giggle every time I read it, and think it's a great combination of humor, drama, and "darn it, DA!" moments that we can all relate to.  Why in the Zevran thread?  Ummm... he's the LI in the story?  Yeah, that's the ticket!

Also, never hurts to look at an alternative method of story-telling, amirite?

(Apologies if it has been posted previously)

edit: link hopefully fixed

Modifié par tklivory, 18 octobre 2011 - 09:18 .

[Sushifer]

tklivory, the link's not working for me I think you might have inserted the post-text as the link, not the link itself.

@tryynity Hah, I might have to bed cammen just to see that XD Bless his little cotton socks, but he just looks so dopey and clueless that I can never quite bring myself to taint his innocence.

[Sialater]

Oh, drat. I won't even have time for that prompt. It sounds like a blast, though.

[tklivory]

Sushifer wrote...

tklivory, the link's not working for me I think you might have inserted the post-text as the link, not the link itself.

@tryynity Hah, I might have to bed cammen just to see that XD Bless his little cotton socks, but he just looks so dopey and clueless that I can never quite bring myself to taint his innocence.

I think i fixeded it.

And Cammen is the one person I *always* change the .mor file of.  And I never look forward to playing on PS3 when I'm trophy whoring hunting.  It's those cheeks!  He's an elf, not a squirrel!

[pant][pant]

Modifié par tklivory, 18 octobre 2011 - 09:37 .

[Sushifer]

Oh, Birthright! Birthright is indeed awesome. I don't think many fanworks have managed to make me laugh out loud and go and break my heart straight after. Did you know it was written by our very own Corker, though?

A squirrel! Yes! Exactly! He's part squirrel! I'm not about to bed a man with a squirrel heritage face, I mean, I have *some* standards and think of the hideous halfbreed offspring all the other, worthwhile people whose pants you could be getting into.

Modifié par Sushifer, 18 octobre 2011 - 09:31 .

[tklivory]

Sushifer wrote...

Oh, Birthright! Birthright is indeed awesome. I don't think many fanworks have managed to make me laugh out loud and go and break my heart straight after. Did you know it was written by our very own Corker, though?

No!  That makes me so happy to know!   Now I'm really looking forward to CorkerRichard... Errr...

Wait.  That sounded better in my head.

[Bitenomnom]

Bahahaha. XD First: those sayings/that dialogue [posted by Corker]. Awesome. I agree with Sushifer; "love well, whip well" definitely had me giggling the most.

Second (though really first): awesome prompt. I really hope I have time this week to give it a shot. =D Lots of possibilities!

Third: Oh Cammen. I've never tried that, er, uh, option...even with my currently-being-replayed Warden, Rima, who has a long history of indiscriminately sleeping with elves (she doesn't precisely have room to be picky, anyway, but I s'pose with Zev standing right by her Cammen's...lovely...squirrelcheeks...lose their...allure...?). Hah, he could choose some, ehm, cheek-slimming tattoos?

Fourth: Definitely gonna have to give that (Birthright) a read, then.

There, I think I'm more or less caught up...well, I'm not caught up on reading/commenting on prompt entries from last week, but...

[Tryynity]

Sushifer wrote...

tklivory, the link's not working for me I think you might have inserted the post-text as the link, not the link itself.

@tryynity Hah, I might have to bed cammen just to see that XD Bless his little cotton socks, but he just looks so dopey and clueless that I can never quite bring myself to taint his innocence.

Oh I feel dirty when I do - but Zev's +4 remedies that feeling....

Another funny thing (save game first in case you dont like outcome) go over to other side of camp and tell Ghenya you just did him (screamed out his name as I made love to him)  and watch the fireworks *chuckles*  - make sure Zevran is in the party -  what Zev says/comments caps off the whole Cammen/Gheya story perfectly.  Why I always do it.

[Tryynity]

tklivory wrote...

tklivory wrote...



Pearl of Wisdom

Interpret this as you will!  Whether this refers to a moment of wisdom dispensed by (or to) our favorite Antivan, or an excursion to our favorite Denerim establishment, or anything in between, I want to see the creativity within our community!  Have fun!

Time Limit: 3 hours

Deadline: 8pm PST Monday 24th October

Media: Any which way but loose (errr, I mean, anything and everything)

Prize:  Not being an artist, I've come up with a couple of different alternatives from which to choose:
1) A DA:O .mor/mrh/mop file designed to your specifications (or at least as close as I can get it) - sorry, PC users only!
2) Copyediting of a piece of your own writing (max word limit: 200K) and conversion to eBook format of your choice
3) A lovely stick figure drawing (ummm... like I said, I'm not an artist)
4) Unstinting praise of a job well done

Obviously this is a non-entry (since it's my own darn prompt), but I couldn't get this blasted story out of my head, so I thought I'd share it with y'all.

Time: 20 minutes
Prompt: 1?  (not sure if it counts when I answer my own prompt


Wisdom of the Ancients


The bantering had finished, lines had been drawn, and the fight with Taliesin and his fellow Crows proceeded in earnest.  Bodies lay scattered across the alley as those with lesser skills fell by the wayside early, leaving the Warden's party to face the deadlier adversaries with a growing level of exhaustion.

Zevran whirled and danced his deadly dance, his twin daggers glistening with the special demonic poison he had been saving especially for his former comrades.  Ducking, weaving and dodging, he fought, heedless of the sweat on his brow and the growing shortness of his breath, pushing aside all thought of his own weakness and focusing only on the enemy before him.

The stitch in his side grew, however, as the numbers of dancers around him diminished, and he found himself fighting two Crows, desperately fending off both of their attacks at once.  Suddenly his footing betrayed him as he backed up one too many times and ended up against the steps where the confrontation had first began.  Stumbling slightly, his daggers faltered for a moment, and he saw a flicker of satisfaction in the eyes of his opponents as they pressed in for the kill.

Abruptly both of their heads disappeared in a rather unpleasant shower of blood and other unmentionable bodily liquids.  As their headless bodies crumpled to the ground in a graceless duet of death, Zevran stared at the large stone figure standing behind them with arms still held akimbo at head-height.

Zevran tipped his head in acknowledgment to the golem as he paused to catch his breath.  "Ah, my dear friend.  I am grateful for your assistance.  Those two were... rather persisitent."  He nudged one of the bodies with his foot.  "You managed to take them out quite efficiently, as well, my friend.  My congratulations."

The golem's eyes glowed as Shale cocked her head slightly.  "Surely the painted elf has heard that it is better to kill two birds with one stone?"

Zevran regarded his companion for a moment, then turned to run up the stairs where his remaining companions were engaged in a furious battle with Taliesin and the last of the Crows.  "I am not even going to dignify that with a response," he declared before dashing up the slope.

Behind him, he heard a faint stony chuckle followed by a softly murmured, "Squish!"

LOL too funny !  Just read it now

I luv Shale's bird hating fetish - Oh and I did not realise Shale was a female - I thought he/she was like a Drag Queen person... oops   my bad!

[Tryynity]

Okay - so I tweeted my Entry to Dragon Age Comp - how do you know if they got it?

Does anyone know?

It doesnt show up on their profile ....

Modifié par Tryynity, 19 octobre 2011 - 12:19 .