alexander

Darn... I wanted to sound all deep in that blog, like... Sun Tsu in The Art of War...

But to clarify, for me, a story is... like, everything that happens in whatever medium it's in.  And by everything, I include all that stuff about acting and lighting and whatever.  So, the movie Star Wars would be a story, or the book And Then There Were None would be a story.  But the actual events that occur in a story, regardless of HOW you tell it, I'd probably call that the plot.  I know "plot" and "story" sound similar.  But to reiterate, "story" for me means everything that goes into a specific movie, show, book, whatever.  And plot means actually what happens in the story, like the script.

Sorry, I know this is all kinda confusing  ><.  I have lots of ideas about storytelling and I JUST started writing them down in my blog.  But they're gonna be out of order, and I'm going to write them as they come to mind.  So... it'll be confusing at times.  Sorry  >_>

Well, I deliberately checked it out more for his reputation of being hilariously terrible rather than its part in the Aura Battler Dunbine universe. It tells the story of the Metomeus tribe who have rebelled from the Ashibaga tribe and want to reach the Great Barju Tree whose magic powers will help them to victory; this plot is not resolved and I wouldn't know how it fits into the Dunbine universe as a whole.

heyas, that's a nicely varied top5 you've got going there ;)

sorry to hear about your subjection to Kanokon ova :P you'll recover eventually!

you may take solace in the fact that during my restless and reckless search for awesome anime, i almost lost my life to 18 minutes of Angel Sanctuary. *shudder* 

goodluckgodspeed

Also, I saw from your profile that you like traditional roleplaying games.  I'm interested in trying that kind of stuff but I don't have any friends who are into that stuff.  Are there any other way to like... play with others online like you're playing a traditional game?

A story does not exist by itself.  It is a combination of many elements working together.  Light is but one type of element in one kind of story.  Imagine watching a movie that has no light whatsoever.  You would simply stare at a black screen.  Without this one element you can still tell a story, but it would suffer a severe handicap.  do you understand?