A response to NCsoft

[Tubbius]

That's a wonderfully touching video, Ms. Lackey.  Its creator certainly did you, your characters, and City of Heroes justice.

[Victoria Victrix]

Did you write the story VV? Is there a direct link to it?

I wrote the script.  I'm writing the story that mirrors the script tomorrow.

http://www.cccpgroup.us/storyarc.php?ID=123  This is the story arc that partly explains Bella and Zach; the same site has a lot of Bella and Zach story arcs, but this is the post pertinent

[Perfidus]

Oops! Sorry Mercedes. Didn't mean to misplace credit.

[johnrobey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_128380&feature=iv&src_vid=T8S0GMdpK-U&v=FXv7Da0ueso

Please watch this in HD if you can.  There are little bits you will miss otherwise, mostly on the television screens.

I've been a fan of Samuraiko's videos ever since the first time I happened to surf into her "Avatar - CoH Style" on youtube.  Your collaboration video makes this extra special.  Thank you and Samuraiko for sharing this with us.

[Victoria Victrix]

[Atlantea]

I got a touch misty-eyed at the videos, but for some reason - as excellent as they were - I didn't cry.

This made me cry.

[Globetrotter]

The full story behind the video made it even more emotional. 

Found out I still had tears to shed 

[Blitzwing]

Amazing story and video, too!

...it's been late 2009 since I played, but I'm pretty certain that the CCCP was a Pinnacle SG...I'm working on a story of my own featuring my own Scrapper(an anime-inspired OC I've written about in other mediums since 1997) set in Pinnacle during the final day; it's going to be a very light-hearted affair, as my way of celebrating the joy and love of CoH's run....

CapeMike(the above-mentioned Scrapper) has figured a way to sync his own vibrational frequency(ala DC's Flash) with a Portal Corps portal set up in Pocket D...and anyone who wants to escape to CM's original home of OtakuWorld(think every anime cliche/meme rolled into one and given physical form) is given the chance to..either permanently or until, by some miracle, the link to Paragon Earth can be restored.
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Basically it means rthat anyone who wanted to could allow their characters' adventures to continue, even if it's just 'off-panel', until when(not if) we ger CoH back!  :]

Would anyone want to make an appearance, even if it's just a cameo?  :]

Finally, I'd be -thrilled- if you'd be willing to brainstorm ideas with me, Mercedes...send a message!

[corvus1970]

Found out I still had tears to shed 

Amen.

[Samuraiko]

Glad to see that people enjoyed it, and that I was sufficiently faithful to VV's intent and script.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

[DrakeGrimm]

* DrakeGrimm sobs pathetically after reading the story and watching the video

[gypsyav]

I didn't think I had any tears left. I was wrong.

[Merana]

You two made me cry. 
And i always liked VNV Nation.

[DrakeGrimm]

That is the saddest song VNV Nation has ever done. And Posty played it on his show, during the shut down. T.T

[Victoria Victrix]

I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all

The feeling sometimes wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
I truly understand, please don't cry now

Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you

Being like you are, well, this is something else
Who would comprehend? But some that do lay claim
Divine purpose blesses them, that's not what I believe
And it doesn't matter anyway

A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last but I'm still not sure
But what I do know is to us the world is different
As we are to the world, I guess you would know that

Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you

[corvus1970]

That is the saddest song VNV Nation has ever done. And Posty played it on his show, during the shut down. T.T

I'd never heard of them until that vid, and now the song won't leave my head. I even purchased the MP3.

Part of it revolves around being far from my wife and daughter and being alone. I can't seem to separate my own personal circumstances from it.

[Victoria Victrix]

I'd never heard of them until that vid, and now the song won't leave my head. I even purchased the MP3.

Part of it revolves around being far from my wife and daughter and being alone. I can't seem to separate my own personal circumstances from it.

VnV Nation is...magical.  I love their songs, and a scary number of them seem to resonate or foreshadow the Secret World Chronicle plot.  I do believe Ronan is the equivalent of this generation's Dylan Thomas.

[corvus1970]

I'll definitely add them to my Pandora. I don't think I could avoid doing so at this point.

Its going to have to wait a little while though... I get choked-up a little too easily at the moment.

[Atlantea]

I've never heard of VNV Nation before either. But I'm looking up their stuff now.

Thank you Misty and Michelle for that as well.

[Twisted Toon]

I'd never heard of them until that vid, and now the song won't leave my head. I even purchased the MP3.

Part of it revolves around being far from my wife and daughter and being alone. I can't seem to separate my own personal circumstances from it.

That is why a song will stick with you,even if you never really liked the type of music in the beginning.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Rob Zombie. But, I like Living Dead Girl. Mainly because of its association with a friend of mine. It is one of her favorite songs.