Infinite Stratos Character Creation and Fanfiction Discussion

[Eratas123]

So....even scholarships become gender determined? That is bull.

[ZeroXSEED]

No, Scholarship sure don't, but it's the school offering it that is limited by numbers assuming my initial hypothesis is right.

You hafta be the top student in that region or something like that to join male super elite school, I assume

[agetreme]

Alternate future where IS is not introduce to the world because Tabane wanted to perfect the machine...

Unfortunately for guys, things just get worst due to alien invasion.....

You see... because majority of the the army is made out of guys and based on biological analysis (average male have more muscle than female, therefore stronger.....) the alien assume that males are bigger threat than female.....

So... they decide to exterminate them all first.... until the female prove them otherwise but by the time it happen: 80% of male population has died out...and no males have been born for years to come due to a virus that the alien released into the air.

Only few canon character's status is known:
Chifuyu gone M.I.A.
Laura K.I.A.
Ichika survived the first wave of alien invasion and is fighting back using Byakushiki.
Tabane went to cryogenic sleep but have a avatar running the whole operation.

the original cast is suspiciously similar substitute of the canon... but they are a little different from the original.....

Tabane Avatar....does not similar to Tabane in one bit.
> Serious most of the time... but still have a playful side that rarely surface.

An original pilot (gender undecided) similar to Ichika, having missing parents
>but get really reckless when emotional.
>have attitude problem...

"Houki" get into argument with Tabane a lot....(namely because Tabane trolled her..... a lot)
> Has a violent blood-lust personality..... in battle.
> A berseker at the worst.

"Cecilia" can't get along with her father....
> ironically, is because her father is too "manly" (testosterone poisoning level....the reason why he survive is obviously due to being a complete badass....)

"Rin" came from a broken family (her mother divorce her father)
> She IS one of the youngest in the crew.... have issue with that.

"Charlotte" cross-dressed as a guy....
> Actually she has a twin sister....Can jokingly appear in two places at the same time.
>Pilot third Gen version of the same unit.

"Laura" is the solider type, disciplined, take-order-with-no-question type.
>really similar to the original....

"Kanzashi" and "Tatenashi" still have relationship problem......
> due to having reversed personality:
Kanzashi is the playful one while Tatenashi (team leader) is the serious one.

[demino_hellsin]

How odd is it nowadays to see a girl with a height of less than 5 feet?

[ZeroXSEED]

What? You described like damn near every 12 year old girl out there.

[Eratas123]

And some above that, particularly most asian ethnicity's (Not being racist, it's statistically shown that most Asians and Blacks tend to look younger than westerners).

[ZeroXSEED]

^ What he said

[demino_hellsin]

okay then... an adult woman of less than 5 feet, sheesh. I'm cool with racism. I mean I'm probably in a place that's about to stick a knife in me and torch me on a stake depending on what happens in the next 1-2 years. Maybe even less.

EDIT: so pretty common?

[ZeroXSEED]

Adult women above 30 is especially common, above 50... like 80% of them.

History do it, due to improvement in nutritional intake those years, the younger generation is inevitable taller.

[Eratas123]

New topic: Need to know how to write action scenes. Any ideas?

[demino_hellsin]

Ever been in a fight?

[ZeroXSEED]

Realistic approach: ask someone well experienced in such kind of situation, tend to be boring for most, but when done right, is truly awesome.

Flashy approach: add some impossible and idiotic stunt that is physically impossible.

Middle approach: have both elements mixed.

[Eratas123]

I meant the wording. It always feels stiff or bland to me no matter the fight.

[demino_hellsin]

Maybe you can't quite envision yourself in the fight?

[Eratas123]

I can, it's just that it makes it hard to write. For example: Your character gets punched in the face and then says it makes it hard to think or see. This doesn't stop him from naratting like 4 more paragraphs before the next punch or going into absolute detail about every action.

[demino_hellsin]

Ah... you're writing it from 1st person perspective...

[Eratas123]

Yeah. 3rd person's not too hard, but 1st person feels ridiculous.

[demino_hellsin]

Not quite. The fact is that you're trying to pour too many details into it I gather. First person only tells of what the character feels. If he's being beaten that badly, he's more focused on the pain but what happens to be major he can still make out somewhat. For example, he gets hit in the face suffering a broken nose. His eyes water up so he can't see, but only to an extent that it's blurred. He describes what he can see... which is mostly blurred patches of color. Basically he feels the pain but doesn't mean he only knows that much. He's still awake so he can describe more. Think of it as giving a report of how your fight went.

[Eratas123]

Taking a nap,see ya later.

[ZeroXSEED]

As TvTropes put it "if your character being punched, don't mention he's in pain, SHOW that he's in pain. Exaggeration optional"