@Madame Kitten Kitten, did you fall asleep again?

I suppose my decrees do have a half life of about 3-4 hours...

@Vocab
She's currently at a play. She sent me a message a little while ago.

Whether or not she'll fall asleep at said play...*shrug* :P

Someone post PWEEESE.....*COUGH* @agentmanatee*COUGH*

wow it's dry in here... *Runs of to get a glass of water*

Well, I was TRYING to wait for our fearless leader @Madame Kitten but alright, I'll get to work

@agentmanateeyou can allways edit your post afterwards....kinda like what I did....

@AerandirNAh, I'm posting now

@agentmanateeI Couldn't help but laugh my ass off at that Germanish accent you wrote your character speaking in.

@AerandirWhat can I say? Accents are fun

@Karl Kadaver I Just had a thought reading your last post over again.....you used the phrase jumped the gun. "to start before the starting signal. (Originally used in sports contests that are started by firing a gun.)" And the more appropriate way you used it for, "to do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it"

It got me thinking. and I'm no way trying to say you did anything wrong, but as a writers thought. Can someone get away with saying Jumping the gun when there is no mention of the word 'guns' in this period...usually called cannons, or hand cannons (Or handgonnes). The earliest referring to 'Gun' was nordic for Gunilda which was an engine of war. which was roughly the end of the 14th century. While the black plague ended roughly the same time. as we are just near this time, we are to close to the beginning of the use of the word "Gun"

Now I know we have a musket wielder in the group. and we all think of this


But that was mid 16th- 17th centuryish... as for our time, they were more like mini canons than guns we think of. So he is a bit early in his use of a musket, but i'm not picky on that as it is an alternate earth universe thing we are dealing with.

But I digress. Can us as writers really use terminology for our life time in a setting before it was even conceived of or never existed?

(Second example, Calling a room Spartan.... if you used a world where Spartan's (Greek soldiers from Sparta) doesn't exist?)

Can we still do this to help the reader understand what the character is feeling doing what ever? Or should we find an example of that time period that would fit closely enough that the reader could still get it?

@Aerandir

Personally, I am not so particular about the writer's terminology with respect to his setting. I think that, since we are writing in modern English, we should be able to use terminologies that are familiar to us - to a point, as of course, the word "internet" would be incredibly out of place anywhere in this RP.

@SillyGoyI would agree with you on the subject, but it is an interesting concept...

BRB Will finish Alexina's post.

@Aerandir

As I said before, the time period was just a reference. I also explained that this is basically a parallel world to earth and we never really advanced in science all that much. Terminology is not a huge thing, just as SillyGoy said, just don't use things such as the internet or vaccines, or anything too modern. You can use common modern phrases just don't go over board, you know? ^~^

Also you just double posted! x3

@Aerandir
I never really thought about it until now. Usually when I'm writing I try to stick to at the very least, the general terminology of the time period. But this mostly pertains to when I'm "in character". Like when a character is speaking of thinking to themselves. In italics, you know?

But generally, I think that the narrator exists outside of time and space, so much like the Genie in Aladdin, I may drop a reference to the present day without thinking about it. More for the reader's benefit, I suppose.

I'm not even offended that you called me out on it, because like you said, it's an interesting point and something I'll have to keep in mind for the future.

That, and autocorrect is my sworn enemy... :/

@Aerandir

As I said before, the time period was just a reference. I also explained that this is basically a parallel world to earth and we never really advanced in science all that much. Terminology is not a huge thing, just as SillyGoy said, just don't use things such as the internet or vaccines, or anything too modern. You can use common modern phrases just don't go over board, you know? ^~^

Also you just double posted! x3

Yeah..... I didn't know I accidently hit qoute....me...sorry bout that must of been my computer glitching

Also I do realize its just a reference, but as my brain works it just comes out that i like to know facts like this. also it was really only to bring up the fact of using the modern term of jumping the gun, im perfectly fine with the weapon, if I wasn't I would have said something. I just thought it interesting to bring up.

@Aerandir
I never really thought about it until now. Usually when I'm writing I try to stick to at the very least, the general terminology of the time period. But this mostly pertains to when I'm "in character". Like when a character is speaking of thinking to themselves. In italics, you know?

But generally, I think that the narrator exists outside of time and space, so much like the Genie in Aladdin, I may drop a reference to the present day without thinking about it. More for the reader's benefit, I suppose.

I'm not even offended that you called me out on it, because like you said, it's an interesting point and something I'll have to keep in mind for the future.

That, and autocorrect is my sworn enemy... :/

It wasn't a call out, and i'm glad you were not offended, totally not why I brought it up. I like how you explained that, its a good point. Another reason I brought it up was because my high school creative writing teacher couldn't give me a straight answer. Didn't like him anyways.

@Aerandir

No prob Bob! ^~^

Also yeah, it was interesting! :3

The amount of hunters piling in that tavern. xD
But can the tavern hold em all?

@NanoFreakV2
Yeah, I wonder about that! x3

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Uh.... Anyone have any Dunkin? Please, tell me someone has some Dunkin! >.<

@NanoFreakV2
Yeah, I wonder about that! x3

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Uh.... Anyone have any Dunkin? Please, tell me someone has some Dunkin! >.<

eh...........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcE5wjCrQ1c

Aaaand I've just casted the post that should see the two sisters interacting with other characters, finally! Woohoo!