Accidental epicness (artsy machinima recreation of the torch vigil)

[TimtheEnchanter]

Well, this was just going to be just one element of a composite shot, but it ended up looking so great on its own that I'm leaving it as is.

If anyone wants to add to this and turn it into something SaveCoH-ish, feel free.

[Mentalshock]

Wow.  That's very cool.

[emu265]

I loveeeee it!

[Vulpy]

I love dark pictures and minimalistic art. Heck, one of my characters even became a miminalist abstract artist...

[Rotten Luck]

LOL I got something!  Send that out with the text "Even when the servers go dark, hope shall burn on."  Or something to that effect.

[healix]

[Rotten Luck]

healix you just got a badge of epicness.  You summed it up just right.

[Turjan]

Nice

I'll swipe both the original and captioned pics and add them to the MMOKiller Photobucket site

[Atlantea]

Awesome!

I apologize if this comes across as shameless self-promotion, but it does tie in nicely with the thoughts I had over on this thread here: 

http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,5655.0.html

Keep the Flame

For those who came before us and passed it on to us
For those who live with us today...
For those that come after us,
Keep the Flame.

The Flame is you and me everyone we have ever known.
The Flame is those who came before us... and left for us what they learned
The Flame is the promise of those who will come after us and profit or suffer by what we've done.
The Flame is truth.
The Flame is honor.
The Flame is duty.
The Flame is selfless devotion to others.
The Flame is mothers and fathers, husbands, wives and children, teachers and students.
The Flame is relationships.
The Flame is Love.
Our love for each other, our past, and our future is the tiny spark of the Flame that lives in all of us.
The Flame is death, and the knowledge that there is something greater that waits for us on the other side of death.
The Flame is courage, faith and commitment, even though we will die.
The Flame is the pyre on which all fear dies and is consumed for all eternity.
The Flame is within us as we are within the Flame.

The Flame is not a burden to be lifted lightly.
The Flame can burn and hurt and frighten,
Because it is nothing but the pure immanent force that drives this universe,
Beautiful and terrible to behold.
But although the Flame can kill you,
If you do not have the Flame you are dead already, and none can save you.

The Flame will change you, purify you, burn away what is unworthy in you,
Leaving only the best in you, what is eternal, stainless and unbending.
And once it has exposed those things, it will burnish them until you gleam in the light of that Flame,
A beacon, a guide in the dark knight of the soul for all who need it.
And if you die keeping this Flame you will never die.
You will live on, forever, in the hearts of all who have seen you.

For those who have never seen it,
Keep the Flame.
For those who would never see it were it not for us,
For those who have seen it but do not believe,
For those who have seen only fraudulent imitations which led them to scorn it,
For the countless souls who were defeated by their dreams,
And for those who do not yet know how to dream...
Keep the Flame

When it is dark,
Keep the Flame.
When you are weak,
Keep the Flame.
When you are afraid,
Keep the Flame.
No matter how much it hurts,
Keep the Flame.
With your last gram of strength,
Keep the Flame.
When those around you scorn you,
Keep the Flame.
Although it may kill you,
Keep the Flame.
Even if you are the only one,
Especially if you are the only one,
Keep the Flame.
Because you are not the only one -- you will never be the only one,
But the Flame that you hold will shine out to those others who also thought they were alone,
And encourage them to hold theirs stronger and higher,
And together you will save those whose Flames have gone out.

Because we belong to each other...
Keep the Flame.

[Terwyn]

John McCrae comes to mind.

[Tommy2Toes]

You guys keep playing around with torches and you'll eventually end up like poor Tex.....

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