User talk:Lalainee

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Hi, welcome to Total Drama Island Fanfiction wikia! Thanks for your edit to the User:Lalainee page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Nalyd Renrut (Talk) 19:17, March 20, 2010

Welcome to the wiki. I always appreciate my unseen readers. :) I hope you enjoy your new membership, and I look forward to your chapter critiques (if I'm so fortunate to receive any). Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 20:05, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Ah, a critic user I see. Well welcome to the Wiki, we could always use flattery! (XD, just kidding, I really want to know how I can improve my stories. Please do a review of me sometime.) With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here we are now,  entertain us 22:28, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, this is really random, but I just wanted to say that I noticed AC/DC as one of your favorite artists, and I would just like to say that, they're my favorite band, so I thought it was cool to see that. TDIwriter 21:56, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

I think she looks quite nice. Good job. I'm excited to hear that you're thinking of writing. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 02:20, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Lalainee, "Old Man of the Wiki" here. I noticed your conversation with Sprinklemist regarding your character drawing, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I go by Gideoncrawle, but I will answer to any reasonable variation. (Bye the bye, I think your character looks quite attractive, allowing for the drawing style, although it's clear she has an unusual fashion sense.) In any case, if you check out my User page you'll get a proper appreciation for just how proudly strange a person I really am.

Since your primary purpose on the wiki is to read and critique, I would be much obliged if you would do so with my stories. I currently have two noncompetition stories posted, and my User page has links to them. One is ~22 pages (8.5x11 equivalent) and the other is ~4 pages equivalent. I'm told that my writing style is like no one else's here. The shorter story (part of the Fake Souls anthology) is in particular need of feedback. The longer story, which is what put me on the map around here, has had a good deal of commentary, but can always use more. In addition to these stories, I will soon begin posting a mammoth hybrid project that will be the wiki's largest page when finished.

You indicated that you may soon try your hand at writing, so I have a couple of resources to suggest. You may have seen the Writer's Workshop that Sprinklemist posted on his blog page today. I posted a similar Writer's Workshop on my blog page last weekend. His focuses on character creation and development, because that's an area where people often ask him for advice; and mine focuses on writing style, because that's the area where I get asked for advice. Anyway, I hope to hear from you. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O! A wandering minstrel, I--  05:13, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

TDI/TDA/TDWT/TDR/TDetc. is allegedly a kids' show, but it's really a "kids of all ages" show; and it bears mention that I'm not even the oldest TDI fan I know. My mother, then 73 years old, also liked it. She didn't watch TDA, though, because (a) she'd had all she could take of Chris; and (b) she had seen one fart joke too many. (The prevalence of bathroom humor is one of the most solid indications that TD targets a young demographic.) Her favorite character was Chef Hatchet, largely because the style in which he is drawn reminded her of a carcaturist from her own generation.

A certain lady friend, whom we joke about being the closest thing I have to an "Other Woman" (don't get me wrong--I keep no secrets from my DW) is also a fan, and has pronounced the show "addictive". She's 64 years old. She hasn't seen TDA yet, because she doesn't have pay TV, but is looking forward to it. I have warned her that it's not as good as TDI, although I liked it well enough for the most part and think she will, too.

As for "taking the time to type all that" on your page, one thing you will quickly learn about me is that I am nothing if not thorough. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O! Sing me your song, O! A wandering minstrel, I--  00:56, April 25, 2010 (UTC)