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Post by Rider on Nov 23, 2003 13:21:54 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Thanks Lappi. *blushes* And Rishiy, I like the idea. Hmm...[/glow]
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Post by Stal on Nov 23, 2003 13:25:36 GMT -5
*realizes he has not checked on this in a long time*
Ack!
Oh, I don't mind at all if you include me in anyway like fights or whatever. You can even drop me out, if you want, but I don't care how I'm portrayed.
As long as I'm not an uber-jerk. XD
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Post by Rider on Dec 23, 2003 15:43:14 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]AND AFTER ABOUT AN AGE AND A HALF, IT'S DONE!!! WHOOT!!! (It's the dumbest story in the world, but who cares.) [/glow] Once in a White Weewoo… By: Ridergirl333 All it takes is a single spark to set a fire blazing…Laurensama sighed again, rolling over on her Regal Oak Wood Bed and staring at her sketchpad, the pitter-patter of rain on the roof soothing her and inspiring her. Quick strokes of the pencil brought her artwork to life, leaping and dancing on the page. Peace and quiet at last. Perfect for drawing comics. For the longest time, the only sounds were the sounds of pencil on paper. Sccrtch-sccrch. Scritch-scritch. Sccrch scch scctch. “MOM!” All ridiculous notions of quiet were thrown aside as a leaping bolt of blue fur made Linny jump. “Mom, can we paint my Weewoo white?” “Harri!” Laurensama (AKA Linny) groaned at Harri_Koibito her Electric Gelert. “Harri, white Weewoos don’t exist. Now let me draw.” Sccrch sccrch. The Gelert wasn’t going to give up that easily. “Why not?” “They just don’t.” Scrrtch-scrrtchy. “They should exist. I want a white Weewoo! I’m Harri, aren’t I? And my Weewoo is Hedwig. So shouldn’t she be white?” A pause. A picture in Linny’s mind, of a Weewoo of pure white. The girl nodded, pondering her Gelert’s words. Why weren’t there white Weewoos? Such wonderful creatures should exist. Gliding softly as a ghost through the blackness of night, it looked upon the Neohome with eyes like golden moons. Storm clouds obscured the moon and stars, plunging the streets of Neopia into almost total blackness. Yet still it saw everything from its position in the sky, from the thundering of an Elephante crossing the street to the scurrying of a Miamouse in the grass. Gliding in the air outside Linny’s house, hardly more substantial then air itself. It was no more than a dream, an idea, and an impossible one at that. Its soft, haunting cry echoed throughout the neighborhood. “Weeeeeeeeeeewooooooooooooo.” * * * The rising of the sun saw Linny packing her backpack furiously and stuffing pieces of omelette into her pets’ mouths. Her double-ended pencil. A yellow lined notebook. A learn-to-paint set for sketching comics. Her bike helmet and bike. “You take care of the other pets while I’m gone, Okay Tahoshi?” she asked her Christmas Lupe. A curt nod. That was as close to an answer as Linny was going to get from her grumpy Lupe. “You know where I’ll be. Emergency neomail addresses are on the fridge. Don’t eat too many sweets and be nice to your siblings. I’ll be back before 5:00.” “You’re going to that Neopian Times whatsit again?” Harri asked. Linny nodded. “The Neopian Times Writers Forum. I’m going to see if they can help us get a white Weewoo. How’s that sound, Harri?” “Sounds good.” Harri said with a goofy grin. His sister Kuraiiro called to him in the living room and he was off. With one last wave to her Lupe, Linny was off, pedaling down the street to the entrance of the Art Centre, which was no more than a ladder leading downward behind a bronze statue of a Chia with a feather pen and scroll. Swiftly and surely, she climbed down the ladder and hurried through the winding, twisting tunnels of the catacombs. She knew her way around here by heart. She practically spent more time in the Neopian Times Writers Forum than she did at home. “Hey guys!” She said cheerfully, throwing her backpack on a red beanbag chair. “Hey Linny.” Replied a chorus of people. It was one of those slow sort of weeks. A lot of people, myself included, were feeling uninspired and were sitting around a cheap table playing Cheat! Oily106 and Roxycaligirl101 were doing each other’s nails, filling the room with the vile smell of nail polish. CreggaRoseyes2000 and RoxyFoxyRoxy were nearby, Roxy applying blush and looking at herself in an Aisha Compact Mirror and Cregga talking to her owner about Kacheek Seek. Stoneman3x and Tdyans were listening to the Gormball game on the radio, Reallyconfused wrapped around Stone’s legs and Achilles81 barking frantically at the radio as if that might cheer his favorite player on. “And the fire faerie gets the Gormball… Boom! That ought to douse her flame!” A few people in the corner were trying to figure out the Volcano Mystery but that was about the height of the excitement. Linny tried to get our attention again. “Guys, I have a beyond-brilliant idea!” She flopped down on the rainbow beanbag chair. “How would you guys feel about a white Weewoo?” Silence. Suddenly, uproar broke out. “That’s the most wonderful idea I’ve ever heard!” “What are you crazy? It’ll be impossible!” “White Weewoos would be pretty!” “Oh yeah. Pretty ugly!” Cards flew. Chairs were kicked. I found out that Stal0s had been cheating all along. I threw a pillow at him. I missed, and his Meerca LtKettch got it in the face. Hard. Stoneman3x (who was already tall enough. His 2 ½ foot-tall Meerca only reaches the top of his Lucky Green Boots) climbed onto the table, upsetting a bottle of nail polish. “QUIEEEEEEEEEEET!” More silence. “Thank you. Now Linny, tell us about your idea. I want absolute silence. Save all comments until the end. Stal and Kettch, pick up the cards and Roxy, clean up the nail polish, please!” I stared at the Lucky Green Boots. My Uni RubyRainbow333 pawed at the nail polish-stained ground, commenting, “Pink is a good color for you, Stone. And your boots should sparkle more often.” He replied with an exasperated groan. “Well, Harri asked me for a white Weewoo. And I thought, why can’t there be white Weewoos? They’d be absolutely gorgeous, don’t you think?” “No, we don’t think.” Snapped a voice in the back of the crowd. A few sharp glares shut him up quickly. Ignoring the voice, Linny continued. “I know I sound so random… but white Weewoos… can you imagine? Pure beauty in petpet form. Can you imagine?” A few brave people nodded in agreement. The doubters criticized the idea under their breath. These muttered comments soon turned into full-fledged arguments. Only one person remained silent. Snowflake, the Neopian Times editor who hangs around the forum sometimes. Sifting through Neopian Times submissions in a corner, listening to the debates flying thick and fast around the room, occasionally making marks on submissions with a red pen and humming a tune to herself. I didn’t pay her much heed, mainly because I was defending my Weewoo sketches against Weewoo haters. |
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Post by Rider on Dec 23, 2003 15:43:51 GMT -5
* * * For several weeks, the battles raged; the comics were drawn, the comics were vandalized, the stories were written, the stories were criticized, and a Weewoo was accused of kidnapping the Mystery Islanders. Neo_Tomi wrote up a white Weewoo petition and got a fair number of signatures. The haters of white Weewoos, dubbed the “Black Weewoos”, started a petition for black Weewoos. The Black Weewoos never really gained power, though, because so many influential writers were white Weewoo fans. Also, Linny learned how to turn the Weewoo white <a href=http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=12996&week=104> without a paint brush. </a> The white Weewoo soon became a bit of a joke in the Neopian Times, not unlike Chet Flash. (Who, by the way, wuz here!) But at least Chet Flash didn’t have to put up with people like sirussblack and Neo_Tomi. At fist, Tomi didn’t want the Weewoos to be released, and said, “As I said on another thread, I think White Weewoos SHOULDN’T be released, I dunno, it just became the talk of everybody, and as someone mentioned, like Chet Flash, once they get released, it will basically take the word "issue" out of ‘a Neopian times issue’” www.angelfire.com/mo3/brge/linnyhelp.jpg “soo... YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Needless to say, he changed his mind. “This is so stupid.” Sirius groaned, glaring wrathfully at yet another picture of a white Weewoo that had been hung on the wall. The picture just stared back with innocent coal-black eyes. “Leave my picture alone!” Adoriblelapin hollered, snatching it off of the wall and hiding it behind her back as if Sirius might shred it with his gaze. I don’t care about your stupid picture.” Sirius snapped. “First, I don't like weewoos, second, I thought white weewoos were even stupider...” Stal0s gasped, eyes wide with shock. “You didn’t just say that.” Sirius nodded solemnly, knowing that his Weewoo-hating ways were tearing poor Stal up inside. “Yup. I seriously do hate Weewoos...for some reason...I also hate Phnards...” Well that was the lost straw for poor Stal. He lunged, knocking Sirius off his feet. For a few moments, all was enveloped in a dust cloud. (It’s been ages since the floor of our little cave has been swept.) Kettch panicked, attempting to pry Sirius off of his owner with his stubby Meerca arms. Mial_2000 the Christmas Gelert bounded to his owner’s aid, battering Kettch with his antlers. Harri_koibito (who had decided to come with Linny to the forum today) leaped into the fray, teaming up with Kettch against Mial. This spelled trouble for poor Mial, whose stats were nowhere near as good as those of Harri alone. My Uni RubyRainbow333 and I watched from the Cheat table, mouths agape with shock. Never before had a controversy in the forum resulted in violence. Some people dashed over to break up the fight. Ember188, one of the peacekeepers of the forum, seized Stal’s shirt collar, prying him away from Sirius. Lapin seized Sirius’s collar and her Pteri, Lappinny, protected Mial, diving at the other two pets, pecking frantically. Plushieowner’s Faerie Scorchio HeartofPlush grabbed Kettch’s tail and watched in amusement as he attempted to run away while Heart was holing him firmly in place. Plushieowner was attempting to wrestle Harri to the floor. “What in the name of flamin’ faeries is going on?” Tdyans groaned, looking up from her random Weewoo doodles and glancing over at the snarling pets and their owners. Stal was giving Sirius a look that could crack the Tyrannian Plateau. “He-he…” Linny interrupted the stuttering Stal with a wave of her hand. “I didn’t mean for this to become such a big deal, Stal.” “Well it is.” Stal replied. “It’s a big deal. To all of us.” Wriggling free from Ember’s grasp, he looked Linny in the eye, his expression fierce. “Weewoos are cute and all, but that’s not what this is about. This is about us. The writers of Neopia, making a difference.” I nodded, walking over to the scene of the fight. “It’s about our voices and the power of words. After all, if words can’t change the world, what can?” “Nothing.” We all turned to see Snowflake standing nearby, her hands behind her back and a mysterious smile on her face. “A single word can move a mountain. A note from a song can touch a heart. A spark can start a fire that warms you in the cold… or burns down a city. If you put your will behind it, words can do anything. And it was using words and will, Linny, that I got you this.” Stepping aside dramatically, she held out her hands. Sitting there was a white Weewoo, feathers white as new fallen snow. It blinked its beady eyes and struggled to stand. Shifting its weight uncomfortably, it balanced for a moment before tumbling down again in a poof of white feathers. The Weewoo, solidified and made real. |
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Post by Rider on Dec 23, 2003 15:45:49 GMT -5
Linny’s initial reaction: “jhfiefkjhref!!!!!!!!IWQY HREOIHJ3J44 R098U43O IFEIRHFKJHRFJKH!!! EKHFRKJEHF KJREH!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” “Congrats, Linny.” Snowflake whispered, her voice soft and sweet as the Weewoo’s gentle coos. “You did it.” “No.” Linny said quietly, stroking the Weewoo’s feathers. “We did it. Together.” A moment of brief silence. By now, the entire forum had its eyes locked on Snowflake and Linny. It was Stal who started the cry. “Speech!” He called. Soon, others joined in. “Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech!” Laughing dryly, Stone handed Linny a microphone. Gingerly, Linny touched the microphone, blowing into it. “YAY! “Really though, I have all of you guys to thank for this, I really do. I have wanted a white Weewoo so badly for this past year or so, and I'm sure that if it was just me sending in things, then either I would have given up or Donna would have frozen me for annoying her with all those editorial questions. “Because of you guys simply pushing asides in, Patjade talking to Felicia (who we can assume passed the word along) something was actually created! It had totally changed my viewpoint on Neopets when people cry and yell that you can never get anything done by the team, because they actually made the one thing that, as odd as it may seem, occur. “I don't care about the credit nor if I get an aside in the news or any (though Sim's note on neo news now was really nice). To simply have a Weewoo and, you know, maybe have it for PPL, is enough that any rabid Weewoo stalker lover can hope for!” Cheers erupted throughout the Forum. I exchanged high-fives with my friends and nearly strangled Plushieowner in a bear-hug. Ruby was galloping around the Forum in joy. Speck started a party. Lapin got a Weewoo and painted it white, becoming the first person in the Forum to officially own a white Weewoo. Rishiy seized the microphone from Linny’s hand, shouting, “WOOOOOOOO! WEEEWOOOOO EVEN! THIS DATE SHALL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS WHITE WEEEWOOOOO DAY! Its shall hereby include: -The Linny appreciation parade. -The others festival (a show of all the other white Weewoos created throughout time, e.g. Lapin’s) -The fighters drinking competition (In memory of all who fought for the WW) Now... Quoth the Stal... Now what?” Random_Joy stood on top of a table, doing a giant happy dance and singing, “Come brethren, rejoice for we have done it!!!!!!” Leb388 changed her signature to: “WEEWOOS EXIST! October 29, 2003, will go down in history along with August 5, 2026, when Neoschools will come out!” Neo_Tomi broke out the peachpa cocktails and Dandelion and Burdock Drinks. Stone poured himself a cup, saying to Linny, “LMAO-- oh great! Let's start spamming the NT with White Weewoo PLUSHIES now...” Alenta, who had overheard Stone’s comment, nodded. “And then we can take the White Petpet Paint Brush Plushie and apply it to our Weewoo Plushie to make it a White Weewoo Plushie and give it as a plush petpet to our Plushie Zafara Plushies who were painted with the Plushie Paint Brush Plushie.... And then we come to Petpetpets. Oh yeah. Only on NeoPets...” Ember 188 went back to her house in the real world, and according to her, “I ran to the top of the staircase in my apartment and started shouted ‘WHITE WEEWOO!’ then ran to my room and locked it and shouted ‘White Weewoo! White Weewoo! White Weewoo!’ Then I went over to the window, cupped my hands against it, and shouted into them ‘WEEWOO! WEEWOO! WEEWOO! WEEWOO! WEEWOOWEEWOOWEEWOO!’ until my dad called my name in a very threatening manner. I went down stairs to take my medicine and whispered ‘White Weewoo.’ ’What is that?’ my brother asked. ‘Something that makes me very, very, happy,’ I said, then ran back up here to my room.” I even caught a glimpse of Roxy dancing around in her White Weewoo mascot t-shirt saying, “HUG MEEE!!!” “WEEWOOS!” She cried, hugging the Weewoos and dancing around, “WE LOVE WHITE WEEWOOS!” She hugged everyone. “We fought the power and won! YAY!” The other mascots of the white Weewoo movement were Tomi in a donkey suit and Teghan62 in a bunny costume. We even came up with Weewoo symbolism. “You could probably use the white Weewoo thing as a example of achievement… and an encouragement for trying to succeed.” Said herp14. Stal nodded. “Or maybe (we can say) ‘Once in a White Weewoo,’ when a rare event occurs, like ‘Once in a blue moon...’” To Oily106, the White Weewoo became a symbol of being courageous enough to be different. www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=14001&week=113To me, it became a symbol of dreams coming true. www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=14690&week=120A lot of comic writers still referred to the Weewoo as a joke. Linny still says it’s “just another symbol of my sick and possibly unhealthy Harry obsession.” Pink PT even treated it as a joke., saying, “Ridergirl333 set's us straight with the real origins of the White Wee Woo. It was a bright and sunny day, and one lone strider, the Neopian citizen formally known as Linny, the amazing, the awe-inspiring and the wonderful, decided that the novelty value of a White Wee Woo would be tremendous (you may also remember Linny from such comics as "Faeries and Foes" from the Neopian Times). Gaining the support from all the cool people at the [Neopian Times Writers Forum] (a very cool forum by the way! - This plug is going to cost you guys 500 bucks!), momentum grew while everyone got in the spirit. Quickly becoming a crux of many inside jokes in the Neopian Times (see if you can find them!), Snowflake, the ever-beautiful staff member bugged and badgered Donna until she gave in. In the wise and profound words of Ridergirl333, one person's dreams can come true if you have the will, and the friends, to back you up.” (Yes, I did actually e-mail them telling them about it. I’m obsessed! Why do you think I’m writing this story? And why do you think I’m the Weewoo Queen?) Weeks may have passed since then, but the legacy of Weewoos is still fresh in our minds. Hopefully, this tale of mine shall help the story of Weewoos stay alive. Because Neopia must never forget that once in a white Weewoo, a dream can come true. [glow=red,2,300](It's more of a chronicled history than a story, but the true history of the Weewoo is funnier, more whacky, and more sappy than any story could ever be. Thank you to everyone who helped me make the story.)[/glow] |
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Post by ghostision on Dec 23, 2003 15:59:59 GMT -5
I LOVE IT! And wow, I actually recognized some of these conversations, or at least, some things people said, (I joined the forum right at the end of the White Weewoo Movement.) Great job, Rider.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2003 16:02:43 GMT -5
Wow, it's reeeeeaaaalllllyyy good! Too bad I wasn't here when you guys were doing the whole white weewoo thing.... oh well, GREAT STORY! ^_^
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Post by Rider on Dec 23, 2003 16:38:24 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]THX!!!111! why the fail LOL I ACTUALY COPEID AND PASTAD A LOT OF THASA QUOTES FROM DA NTWF BOARDS1111!1 why the fail GLAD U GUYS LIEK IT1!1! OMG(ALSO I WAS DAERD 2 WRIET IN CHATSP3AK FOR A WEK BUT I WANT OF DA R B/C LETS FAEC IT WHO WANTS 2 RAAD AN ANTIER S2RY IN CHATSP3AK?!!  OMG U AL KNOW WUT FELI PUTS UP WITH)!!!11!! OMG why the fail LOL Translation: Thanks. I actually copied and pasted a lot of these quotes from the NTWF boards. Glad you guys like it.  (Also, I was dared to write in chatspeak for a week, but I went off the dare because let's face it; who wants to read an entire story in chatspeak? You'd all know what Feli puts up with.)[/glow] |
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Post by ghostision on Dec 23, 2003 16:45:16 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]THX!!!111! why the fail LOL I ACTUALY COPEID AND PASTAD A LOT OF THASA QUOTES FROM DA NTWF BOARDS1111!1 why the fail GLAD U GUYS LIEK IT1!1! OMG(ALSO I WAS DAERD 2 WRIET IN CHATSP3AK FOR A WEK BUT I WANT OF DA R B/C LETS FAEC IT WHO WANTS 2 RAAD AN ANTIER S2RY IN CHATSP3AK?!! OMG U AL KNOW WUT FELI PUTS UP WITH)!!!11!! OMG why the fail LOL Translation: Thanks. I actually copied and pasted a lot of these quotes from the NTWF boards. Glad you guys like it. (Also, I was dared to write in chatspeak for a week, but I went off the dare because let's face it; who wants to read an entire story in chatspeak? You'd all know what Feli puts up with.)[/glow] Ah, so thats why you were writing in chatspeak (and putting translations.) |
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Post by Rider on Dec 23, 2003 18:22:51 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]YUP
Translation: Yup[/glow]
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Post by Rider on Dec 26, 2003 19:07:38 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]NO ONE HAS A PROBLEM WIT ME SUBMITNG THIS 2 DA PINK INK RIGHT??!!!! OMG why the fail LOL (I CUD NEVER GET IT IN2 DA TIEMS NO MATER HOW MUCH EDITNG I DO SO IL SEND IT 2 DA PINK PT N3WSPAEPR)!1!11!!! OMG
Translation: No one has a problem with me submitting this to the Pink Ink, right? (I could NEVER get it into the Times no matter HOW much editing I do, so I'll send it to the Pink PT newspaper.) [/glow]
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Post by opalgirl26 on Dec 27, 2003 0:00:21 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Also, I put a desc. of the NTWF int he story. In my imagination, it's a large room in the catacombs filled with tacky furniture, dim lighting, and NT writers and fans.[/glow] You're more imaginative than me. In my imagination it's a stone palace with a roaring fire in the fireplace. I just based that on the background colour. |
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Post by Rider on Dec 27, 2003 10:41:23 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] *BLUSHES* THX OPAL1!11! why the fail LOL BUT I CAN IMAGIEN IT AS A S2NA PALAEC WIT A NIEC LITL3 FIERPLAEC!1!1
Translation: *blushes* Thanks Opal. But I can imagine it as a stone palace with a nice little fireplace. [/glow]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2003 22:08:29 GMT -5
That's a really nice story ^_^ I think you should send it into the NT, what have you got to lose?
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Post by Rider on Dec 29, 2003 9:17:31 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]ID HAEV 2 PUT IT THROUGH SOOOOO MUCH R3VISION IN ORDAR 2 GET IT IN111!1 why the fail ID RATHER STIK WIT WUT HAPEN3D11!!!1!! OMG LOL ID RATHAR S3ND IT IN 2 DA PINK INK OR SOME OTHAR NEO FAN NAWSPAEPR!!!1!11 OMG why the fail ONE LAST CAL111!1! OMG DO3S ANYONE HAEV A PROBLAM WIT M3 SUBMITNG THIS11!! why the fail LOL
Translation: I'd have to put it through SOOOOOOOOO much revision in order to get it in. I'd rather stick with what happened. I'd rather send it in to the Pink Ink or some other Neo fan newspaper. ONE LAST CALL! DOES ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME SUBMITTING THIS! [/glow]
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OMG U AL KNOW WUT FELI PUTS UP WITH)!!!11!! OMG why the fail LOL
(Also, I was dared to write in chatspeak for a week, but I went off the dare because let's face it; who wants to read an entire story in chatspeak? You'd all know what Feli puts up with.)[/glow]