Chivalry: Dead or Alive?

If you've been with me since the time that this blog started or actually took the time to actually read the 100+ entries I've written (perhaps over half of them about my anime ideas) you'll know that I've mentioned this word called chivalry and how it applies to guys like me in general. Now again for those with a short attention span or are vocabulary impaired, simply put guys be a gentleman around ladies. I know that I said that its rare to find such acts of chivalry are rare and when I look around campus I wouldn't waste my time on being a gentleman to girls who seem to be foul tempered since I wouldn't be recognized for it (a simple thank you would suffice, but I get none).

It's strange now that a year's gone by I've actually found a group of young women that I can show my honorable side to. They showed me the love and warmth that I had been deprived of during my high school years in which my life fell apart socially. We would always have dinners together in the dining halls and I was one (or the only one at times) of the few guys around and even though I was a freshman guy they still accepted me for who I was. Even though around those days I still felt the same way about being a gentleman I began to meet people who thought the same way I did about it. I began to see this around last year, when I went out to my friends' apartment (who are now my roomates and where I now live) they told me that whenever they had girls over they would always walk them back to thier cars, apartments or wait with them at the shuttle stop. At that moment I found guys who were actual gentlemen. From there I finally realized that maybe nice guys like me weren't in short supply.

I guess its fair to say that this is one of the scars in my heart that has finally healed. I've finally found people who aren't afraid to be gentlemen and a group of young women I care for. So Ashley, Ide, Delphine, Christine, Natalie, Nate and Cliff thanks for helping me heal this wound in my heart.

A Look Into A Pitch III

Landmark here, the last demon general I write about. Demons are a strong race of beings, but much like humans they are constantly advancing in magic and technology. Plague General Radune, head of demonic sciences and technology. Gifted in all forms of science: biology, anatomy, psychology, alchemy and medicine. He finds the most pleasure in researching new demonic viruses as well as collecting deadly human viruses. Armed with the poison hammer Glar, he can summon wells of poisons or deliver crushing blows. However he is a demon unsuited for fighting, to make up for it he replaced his entire blood stream with a specialized poison that he can manipulate into any substance or disease. With a high healing rate he can release acid or any deadly disease into the bodies of his opponents through their own wounds. He is a force to be reckoned with.

A being born once every two thousand years, it is said that if such a being were ever born it would prove to all realms that every being was capable of salvation. A half demon and angel taking the body of a human, the most powerful being of all time and all existence: the Demon Savior. Ryo becomes this powerful form in his final confrontation with the Demon Emperor, the helmet of trechery is shattered revealing Selpha's face for the first time since his exile. The character design is pretty cool to me, the torso takes the form of demonic armor so its all gnarled and dark and the legs take on the form of angelic grieves all bright and shiny. The form has the bird like wings of an angel and bat like wings of a demon. Equipped with a sword and shield with one demonic arm and one angelic arm the two can be changed into anything. The weapons are also interchangable between the two arms so the demon arm stresses more offensive weapons or shields and the angelic one stresses more defensive ones. In terms of story it will become apparent that more than one of these beings can show up from time to time, this is seen with Ryo and Naokis' daughter Rei, but more on her another time.

Well with that I can say that all of the generals have been covered and more looks are on thier way. With that I give you another preview of the next look, two (or should I say three) of the next generation of saviors in the world of Demon Savior.

Praise

Well its been an interesting summer. I've hit a landmark 100 posts in this time period (although a majority of them being about my third pitch idea or about random stuff). But anyways heres something thats been on my mind as of late.

Its about receiving praise from others. I'm pretty sure all of us whether young or old all want to hear words of praise from others. I'm not saying that praise is a bad thing oh no, its just that I'd like to take a look at it from my perspective. Growing up people have always been critical of me, whether it be from instructors, my parents or my fellow classmates. All through out my career in junior high and high school I usually ended up being the verbal punching bag of the campus. I vividly remember on one in-class essay for my 10th grade English class that I ended up getting a "C" on; my teacher wrote and I quote "good job, your lack of textual support really hurt your grade". It was a rather interesting comment, I really didn't know whether it was a suggestion or insult. Anyways I usually recieved praise from my parents (so life during high school wasn't all that bad). But you know parents are parents, depending on what kind of relationship you have with them you can almost feel that parents will always be proud of you; so sometimes you don't know if they're just saying it to make you feel better about yourself.

So with all these things happening to me its kind of hard for me to recieve praise for somethings. Like whenever I cook things for others and they tell me that its good I can honestly say that it makes me feel awkward at times. I don't know what to say sometimes, I've been insulted and picked apart by people so much that hearing something nice come from someone else's mouth is strange. I also can't give words of encouragement to others too. Like I mentioned earlier growing up with people who have always insulted me (my 10th grade English teacher) I just don't know what to say to encourage people. So when people ecourage me or praise me about things I usually ask myself, how can I recieve all these nice things people are saying to me when I can't praise others myself?

People can say that its a guy thing that guys sometimes can't give encouragement because some of them have higher standards that others, but I'm not like that. I just like to thank those that have given me words of praise or encouragement and I hope that one day that this is one scar on my heart that will heal over time and I'll be able to give praise and encouragement to others one day.

A Pitch VIII

As promised here's a pitch VIII. I can't believe I came up with eight ideas, and none of them will ever become animes or manga =(. Oh well, where people have poetry and stories I have my anime ideas, so without further adue, I present a pitch VIII.

Sogorra, it was once a small village in Asia of awol soldiers and renegades since the Vietnam and Desert Storm. While many of them had yet to be court marshalled the worlds' governments paid no mind to these individuals. However times have changed, the once small village has now become a thriving city. Even more shocking is when high ranking soldiers and commanders began to seek the city out. Soldiers come seeking this city for one thing, a soldiers' paradise. A place where the heart and soul of a warrior is woven into the norms of society and where wars can be waged on terms of a soldier and not of a higher power.

But that was ten years ago, now the thriving city has become a country. A country so dangerous that it now has the potiential of swallowing the entire world into never ending warfare. The country of Sogorra now split into warring territories between ex-Russian, American, Chinese and Iranian armies now face those whom they have betrayed. Now is the time for the country of Sogorra to show the world the meaning of war. To show them that war is not fought with information or superior intelligence, it is fought with the blood and sweat of each individual soldier. To show the world that every one fights, regardless of rank. Now is the time to show the world the true meaning of war.

Paradise Sogorra: The Rise and Fall of True Warfare.

There you have it, a soldier's paradise vs the world.