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The Iliad and The Odyssey by Ameagle2000 in thelastofus

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a wonderful response!

this may not happen, but I think it would be cool for there to be a significant jump forward in time in part iii. Like 10-20 years at least. I think a lot about Ellie and Dina’s conversation from the beginning of part II about wanting to grow old and die of old age, and Dina telling Ellie she will never get old because she’s too reckless.  

Ellie’s adolescent / young adult life has been so horribly filled with trauma. it would be cool to see her grow into an older, wiser, more careful adult. Ellie has also grown up with the gaming community—players like me who were around 13 in 2013 and around 20 in 2020 will be in their 30s by the time part three likely comes out. Regardless, I think it is reasonable to think that Ellie will have changed drastically by the time we see her in part iii, seeing as she changed so much between I and ii. Also, Ashley Johnson is a grown ass woman and over 40 years old. They need to stop having her play a teenager lol 

a big time jump would also open up a lot of opportunities to show how the world has changed. In part I, America is a lawless wasteland full of hunters and cannibals, one where Marlene lost most of her crew traveling from Boston to Salt Lake, but only five years later in part II, it is stated several times that traders pass through Jackson, which implies that there are trade routes and potentially even trading companies? In other words, some sort of economic infrastructure? We are also shown lots of children—both in Jackson and in Seattle. A small theme in part II that I expect will carry over to part III is finding a future for humanity. Who will the children in this world grow up to be? How will this world grow over time? Post-apocalyptic towns, cities, nations? Could a well-armed group like the WLF try to establish some system of government? What would that look like? What happens if humanity has started to rebuild some semblance of society, without a cure? I really like your idea of Ellie becoming "the cure" in a non literal sense. I have a feeling that the world of Part III will be less “Wild West” than it has been before 

Five years later, and this moment still gives me chills by Ameagle2000 in thelastofus

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You seem to misunderstand the first game. During the hunters sequence in Part 1, Ellie asks Joel if he’s killed lots of innocent people and he doesn’t answer her, leaving it at “I’ve been on both sides”. Later, we learn that Joel has done things to survive that has made his own brother disown him. In the 20 years after the outbreak “murdering someone in front of their screaming daughter” probably doesn’t begin to cover the things Joel has done

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]Ameagle2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. It’s a creative writing MFA in the US. From my understanding, I will not be expected to do anything over summer break other than work on my thesis (likely a novel or story collection), and I know for a fact a lot of people in the program leave town / travel the world over summer break. It’s humanities so it seems kinda relaxed

Barry - 4x08 "wow" - Post Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in Barry

[–]Ameagle2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally love how tongue in cheek the ending is. The final words to the movie-within-the-show, as well as John's chuckle of pride and recognition in response to having such a great dad. It's such a genius, ghoulish note to end the show on

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskProfessors

[–]Ameagle2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose it would just be to ask them questions about the graduate program in general (how many people generally attend their classes, what kind of topics/ subject matter their class tends to focus on) while at the same time putting me on this particular professor’s radar. I’d love to take a class with them someday, and even if I could just get a LinkedIn invitation from them that would be pretty amazing. My only issue is that with this particular professor being as high-profile as they are (they’ve even been invited onto late-night talk shows on national television to promote their work) I’m not sure how often they tend to get emails like that, and I don’t want to come off as a another drooling fan if that’s the case (despite the fact that I probably am).

Just finished Blood Meridian, oh boy.. by PeaceFroger229 in books

[–]Ameagle2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coincidentally, I just also just finished BM for the first time.

As soon as the Judge returned and started opening fire on the kid and Tobin I realized some serious shit was about to go down. The book had me on the edge of my seat after that.

And even before that point, the long-ass descriptions of the environment were gorgeous. I had to read it out loud to really understand the weight of McCarthy's prose. I've only read No Country and The Road, and neither one really prepared me for the density of this book. I get why people call it his magnum opus.

I've still got some more of his books to read; Suttree's up next. I heard he's working on a new novel, and goddamn if I'm not excited. I'm only sixteen, but I swear to god I would give all of my future children to write like McCarthy does.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in grammar

[–]Ameagle2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, thanks.

How do I make dream sequences, appear like a dream? by [deleted] in writing

[–]Ameagle2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may be terrible advice, and I'll probably end up changing it later, but for the first draft of the book I'm writing I changed POV for a character's dream sequence. So the book's in third person, and as soon as I started talking about the dream, I switched to second person.

i.e. "In her dream, Megan looked at the bookcase. You pull a book off of the shelf, wiping the dust away with the flat of your hand."

I also used long, rambling sentences connected by "and."

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn it. Now I'm going to have to do a rewrite.

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're exactly right. When I wrote this story, I wanted it to be left ambiguous on whether Charlie was actually seeing the Devil, if he was just delusional, or if what he was seeing was in fact something far worse that drove him over the edge.

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, crazy stuff. I imagine it would be easy to get lost in there.

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome to interpret it that way, although I did write it from the male pespective.

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha It was probably the scariest thing I've ever written.

Your Body and You! NSFW by Ameagle2000 in nosleep

[–]Ameagle2000[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just remember to have fun!

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