Shanaar

Kelar was running for his life. The slums were never a safe place, but he had really taken the bull by the horns when he stole Drens and a sword from the Burning Dragon gang. As with so many other small gangs littered across the city, the Burning Dragon was a small and petty criminal organisation that survived purely because such a gang was the only protection the orphaned children of the slums could get. The children stole and kept watch for the gang leaders and in return were protected from

I think the strength of the first half was the setting and concept, rather than the characters. They never really utilised the concept as well as they could have - whilst it was still enjoyable, it could have been much better. The idea of having 10,000 modern day people stranded in a medieval fantasy world and having them actually die if they died in-game created a lot of possibilities for some very interesting world building. I think it would have been nice to see how they built a society and what dictated who went where and did what. Instead, they skipped all of that part and focused on some rather weak characters in small plot lines that didn't really go anywhere. Ranting aside, it's still one of the better recent animes.

Hey and welcome Finn. Yeah, it's a good series, although it gets a little bit odd in the second half. Also far too many girls after him all the time. Also hi to the Wicked Witch. Don't frog-ify me, please.

An aging assassin tutors the Prince of an upstart nation in politics and in death, without the knowledge of its weak Emperor. An orphan, lost in despair, finds himself an unwitting tool of predestination as his unusual gift for magic brings him to the attention of the world at large.

Arkan’s eyes flickered open, taking in his darkened surroundings at a glance. He was lying on a slightly squeaky bed in the corner of the cheapest room in the tavern, and it showed. Pushing the itchy cover aside, he sat up, blinked, and grabbed the nearest item on the bed-side table; a long dagger. Whilst it had clearly seen a lot of use, the dagger was impeccably clean and just a slight touch would be enough to draw blood. Satisfied, he placed the dagger in its place on his belt and stood u

Haha, I think I just got a little self conscious. I'm sure I can do one when the time comes... I'll just close my eyes and not read it too much

Thanks for the welcome and advice I reckon I should be fine - I'm sure there'll be some sex in the stories but it's hardly the main focus, and I'm not sure how 'in depth' I'll go with it. Last time I tried to write a sex scene it made me feel a teensy bit awkward

Hey everyone. I didn't notice that there was an introduce yourself thread - I pay attention. I'm not entirely sure what is normal to post here, but I'm a 20 year old Englishman who doesn't like tea (the horror), and I've read a fair amount of stories here over the past year or so - Mark Arbour and Comicality have probably held the most of my attention in that time, so thanks to both of them. With any luck I'll post a couple of stories myself here, although I'm not the best at writing regularly, so we'll see what happens. Nice to meet you all

Merry Christmas, everyone. Although I feel I'd rather just say Bah Humbug.

Snow is so rare in England that it's still exciting every time as a novelty. It also amuses me to see the entire country grind to a halt when there isn't even enough of it to make a snowball. Same question, because I'm too lazy to think of something else.

All of the stuff by Radical Face is awesome, especially the lyrics.