Ari Bach's Blog, page 73

Frozen blackberry

Probably being frozen, like a blackberry.

Enormous Peach (those words describe Varg pretty well actually??)

Varg’s greatest weakness is optimism. He actually could’ve prevented a great deal had he been able to anticipate along darker lines. This also affects his ability to kill without hesitation and his actions regarding his late-story mentor.

diced raspberry and diced apple please! :D

Veikko has always looked roughly as he does in Valhalla, save for the obvious. Always wild red hair, and often dressed in hot colors. He never found anything that could really make him cry, at least not while he has tear ducts.

Soggy Kiwi

I think Vibeke would get a tattoo of the collar coffin on her neck.

Rotten Apple!

The end of Page 192 and start of 193 in Ragnarok.

Tough Lime!

Nel’s ideal date: Mass murder, torture and destruction, explosions and fire all around burning the outed innards of thousands as their screams of torment echo across the desolate landscape, then a cannibal dinner in a nuclear crater as the sun sets and soaks the remains of the multitude in darkness, and cuddling in the ice cold nothingness where silence overwhelms sanity.

Or possibly a screening of “Not Quite Human.”

Let’s try this then...

facts-i-just-made-up:

Send me an adjective and a fruit, and I’ll answer about the Valhalla character:

Adjectives (Characters):

Liquified: Alf

Half Eaten: Balder
Fried: Cato
Poisonous: Mishka
Hairy: Skadi
Crusty: Toshiro
Rotten: Tahir
Frozen: Violet
Soggy: Vibeke
Diced: Veikko
Enormous: Varg
Tough: Nel
Infectious: Wart
Sliced: Hati
Scaly: Wyvern
Fishy: Pelamus
Clever: Pytten

Fruits (Questions):

Peach: Greatest weakness?

Grapefruit: Biggest strength?
Grape: What makes them angry?
Apple: What would make them cry instantly?
Kumquat: Favorite book/movie/album?
Orange: Hobby?
Pomegranate: Favorite food?
Kiwi: What tattoo would they get?
Lemon: Who would their ideal lover be?
Lime: What would their ideal date be?
Raspberry: What did they look like in high school?
Blackberry: What’s the worst thing that could ever happen to them?
Blueberry: What’s the best thing that could ever happen to them?
Plum: What do they dream of repeatedly?
Banana: What’s their online avatar?
Pineapple: What’s their Tikari?
Strawberry: What color is their Thaco armor?

facts-i-just-made-up:A selection of the more than 130 messages...

facts-i-just-made-up:

A selection of the more than 130 messages asking what the Valhalla books would be if they were… Something else. Some actually make sense if you know the books:

Valhalla - Ragnarok - Gudsriki

Favorite quote by a minor character?

I just scanned through them to decide and honestly I think I may have given all the best lines to main characters and narrator. If Niide is a minor enough character, that part where he’s examining Violet for the first time- “Hmmm, very severe… Poor condition, heavy infection… Disarticulation… Oh no, no… Clearly broken… Mm-hmmm… All right, then, all’s well, perfect health, clear to go.”

How to come up with names for your dystopian teen lit:

:

tabletop-rpgs:

deducecanoe:

carry-on-my-wayward-wesley:

alice-moran:

alice-moran:

alice-moran:

Try to say regular names with a bunch of Oreos in your mouth!

Examples:  Jocelyn = Jorslun.  Elizabeth = Lisbit.  Daniel = Dannel.

You’re welcome.

Following up on this idea.  I tried this method with a hamburger in my mouth, in lieu of Oreos. Results:

Alice = Allit.   Mark = Marth.  Tommy = Domi.

Confirmed: a mouth full of President Choice White Mac and Cheese  produces a subset of names with a more badass tilt to them.  

Examples: Chris = Rith.  Brittany = Brickney.  Megan = Mayhem. 

I JUST CACKLED OUT LOUD IN PUBLIC

This is an amazing tool.

Next time I need an RPG character name I’ll be using the Chubby Bunny method.

@geekwiththeglasses

Valhalla would’ve starred Volt, Fubka, Varg and Fico.

The walrus would’ve been named Omerta.