{"generator":"StatusNet 1.0.1","title":"Conversation","count":14,"totalItems":14,"items":[{"actor":{"displayName":"Narwhal","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-410-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"410","height":"410"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-48-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-24-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"28430"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"narwhal","displayName":"Narwhal","note":"cool","addresses":{"formatted":"I come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@ceruleanspark<\/span><\/a><\/span> Except I don't think that gave Asgore the right to kill them. I mean, it makes him less of a traditional "murderer" in that regard, but the narrative sure as hell doesn't reward him for it. The whole premise of nonviolent conflict resolution the game proposes is that more than anything else harmony in society comes with valuing life, because Undertale values life and people. Asgore makes promises to save face, which makes him a great leader but not a great representative for his people. His character arc is specifically to move from "fight fire with fire" to "mutually embrace a new progressive ideology".<\/span>","body":"@ceruleanspark<\/span><\/a><\/span> Except I don't think that gave Asgore the right to kill them. I mean, it makes him less of a traditional "murderer" in that regard, but the narrative sure as hell doesn't reward him for it. The whole premise of nonviolent conflict resolution the game proposes is that more than anything else harmony in society comes with valuing life, because Undertale values life and people. 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Even if it means dashing myself against the evil and cruelty of this wasteland until there is nothing left of me. And then, when I am too broken to go on, I will float my dying body right down the throat of the darkness and make it choke on me.","addresses":{"formatted":"United Kingdom"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Go back to the ruins and talk to Asriel after the only ending he lives through. He tells you that people generally only climb Mount Ebott to kill themselves. Those 6 people (and it's never stated that they were children. One of them had a handgun!) all wanted to die. <\/span>","body":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Go back to the ruins and talk to Asriel after the only ending he lives through. He tells you that people generally only climb Mount Ebott to kill themselves. Those 6 people (and it's never stated that they were children. One of them had a handgun!) all wanted to die. <\/span>","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042743","object":{"displayName":"@noelnarwhal [sp]Tb onpx gb gur ehvaf naq gnyx gb Nfevry nsgre gur bayl raqvat ur yvirf guebhtu. Ur gryyf lbh gung crbcyr trarenyyl bayl pyvzo Zbhag Robgg gb xvyy gurzfryirf. Gubfr 6 crbcyr (naq vg'f arire fgngrq gung gurl jrer puvyqera. Bar bs gurz unq n unaqtha!) nyy jnagrq gb qvr. 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Even if it means dashing myself against the evil and cruelty of this wasteland until there is nothing left of me. And then, when I am too broken to go on, I will float my dying body right down the throat of the darkness and make it choke on me.","addresses":{"formatted":"United Kingdom"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Nah, Asgore killed 6 children. That's way better","body":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Nah, Asgore killed 6 children. That's way better","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042740","object":{"displayName":"@noelnarwhal Nah, Asgore killed 6 children. That's way better","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042740","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042740"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042736","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042736"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T20:07:34+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T20:07:34+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@noelnarwhal Nah, Asgore killed 6 children. That's way 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come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Papyrus is the true unproblematic fave","body":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Papyrus is the true unproblematic fave","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042736","object":{"displayName":"@spots Papyrus is the true unproblematic fave","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042736","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042736"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042734","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042734"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:54:15+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:54:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@spots Papyrus is the true unproblematic 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I was too quick to judge the 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come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> It's funny because you say that while having an avatar who's a skeleton that's also a dynamic and complex character","body":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> It's funny because you say that while having an avatar who's a skeleton that's also a dynamic and complex character","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042731","object":{"displayName":"@spots It's funny because you say that while having an avatar who's a skeleton that's also a dynamic and complex 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come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Yeah, questions of motivation and identity are the cornerstones of what set actual characters apart as people as opposed to narrative surrogates","body":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Yeah, questions of motivation and identity are the cornerstones of what set actual characters apart as people as opposed to narrative surrogates","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042722","object":{"displayName":"@spots Yeah, questions of motivation and identity are the cornerstones of what set actual characters apart as people as opposed to narrative surrogates","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042722","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042722"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:37:11+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:37:11+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@spots Yeah, questions of motivation and identity are the cornerstones of what set actual characters apart as people as opposed to narrative surrogates","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042722","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042722","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Hotpotato 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pchoo","addresses":{"formatted":"heckville"}}},"content":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> This time around I decided I should ask more in depth questions, not just<\/i> the basic "what's their name", "how old are they", "where do they live", etc. type of questions, but also what motivates them to do what they're doing in the story, how does the setting and other characters affect them, and questions like that. I'd left out things like that in the past, and I feel like if I knew these things the characters would feel more real and there would be more of a force to push the story forward.","body":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> This time around I decided I should ask more in depth questions, not just<\/i> the basic "what's their name", "how old are they", "where do they live", etc. type of questions, but also what motivates them to do what they're doing in the story, how does the setting and other characters affect them, and questions like that. I'd left out things like that in the past, and I feel like if I knew these things the characters would feel more real and there would be more of a force to push the story forward.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721","object":{"displayName":"@noelnarwhal This time around I decided I should ask more in depth questions, not \/just\/ the basic \"what's their name\", \"how old are they\", \"where do they live\", etc. type of questions, but also what motivates them to do what they're doing in the story, how does the setting and other characters affect them, and questions like that. I'd left out things like that in the past, and I feel like if I knew these things the characters would feel more real and there would be more of a force to push the story forward.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:35:43+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:35:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@noelnarwhal This time around I decided I should ask more in depth questions, not \/just\/ the basic \"what's their name\", \"how old are they\", \"where do they live\", etc. type of questions, but also what motivates them to do what they're doing in the story, how does the setting and other characters affect them, and questions like that. I'd left out things like that in the past, and I feel like if I knew these things the characters would feel more real and there would be more of a force to push the story forward.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042721","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042721","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Narwhal","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-410-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"410","height":"410"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-48-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-24-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"28430"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"narwhal","displayName":"Narwhal","note":"cool","addresses":{"formatted":"I come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Yeah, understanding your characters is a great way to understand your story. I remember when I did my creative writing class in high school we had to do pretty detailed character bios before we could even start any actual plotting. I don't think that's always the route to take, but character building is undeniably a very important tool in writing.","body":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Yeah, understanding your characters is a great way to understand your story. I remember when I did my creative writing class in high school we had to do pretty detailed character bios before we could even start any actual plotting. I don't think that's always the route to take, but character building is undeniably a very important tool in writing.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718","object":{"displayName":"@spots Yeah, understanding your characters is a great way to understand your story. I remember when I did my creative writing class in high school we had to do pretty detailed character bios before we could even start any actual plotting. I don't think that's always the route to take, but character building is undeniably a very important tool in writing.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:24:06+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:24:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@spots Yeah, understanding your characters is a great way to understand your story. I remember when I did my creative writing class in high school we had to do pretty detailed character bios before we could even start any actual plotting. I don't think that's always the route to take, but character building is undeniably a very important tool in writing.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042718","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042718","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Hotpotato Butterfingers","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-256-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"256","height":"256"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-96-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-48-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-24-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-96-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"33282"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"spots","displayName":"Hotpotato Butterfingers","note":"pchoo pchoo pchoo","addresses":{"formatted":"heckville"}}},"content":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> I've written down some little fragments of information on a potential character and some story stuff on whatever's been handy cause I've heard it's really the best thing to do","body":"@noelnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> I've written down some little fragments of information on a potential character and some story stuff on whatever's been handy cause I've heard it's really the best thing to do","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717","object":{"displayName":"@noelnarwhal I've written down some little fragments of information on a potential character and some story stuff on whatever's been handy cause I've heard it's really the best thing to do","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:17:35+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:17:35+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@noelnarwhal I've written down some little fragments of information on a potential character and some story stuff on whatever's been handy cause I've heard it's really the best thing to do","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042717","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042717","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Narwhal","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-410-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"410","height":"410"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-48-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-24-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"28430"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"narwhal","displayName":"Narwhal","note":"cool","addresses":{"formatted":"I come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Best thing you can do is just write a bunch of them out into rough drafts while the ideas are still fresh then edit\/revise and add to them later","body":"@spots<\/span><\/a><\/span> Best thing you can do is just write a bunch of them out into rough drafts while the ideas are still fresh then edit\/revise and add to them later","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716","object":{"displayName":"@spots Best thing you can do is just write a bunch of them out into rough drafts while the ideas are still fresh then edit\/revise and add to them later","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:13:20+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:13:20+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@spots Best thing you can do is just write a bunch of them out into rough drafts while the ideas are still fresh then edit\/revise and add to them later","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042716","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042716","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Hotpotato Butterfingers","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-256-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"256","height":"256"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-96-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-48-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-24-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/33282-96-20161111020807.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/33282","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"33282"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"spots","displayName":"Hotpotato Butterfingers","note":"pchoo pchoo pchoo","addresses":{"formatted":"heckville"}}},"content":"I really should start writing again, I've been developing some ideas in my head for the past few days and I think I could get an actual decent story out of them","body":"I really should start writing again, I've been developing some ideas in my head for the past few days and I think I could get an actual decent story out of them","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714","object":{"displayName":"I really should start writing again, I've been developing some ideas in my head for the past few days and I think I could get an actual decent story out of them","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714","type":"note","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714"},"context":{"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900"},"published":"2015-12-10T19:09:09+00:00","postedTime":"2015-12-10T19:09:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"I really should start writing again, I've been developing some ideas in my head for the past few days and I think I could get an actual decent story out of them","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4042714","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"4042714","source":"web"}}],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3452900","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}