I have an announcement...(Drum roll, please...)
I have finally finished 'Empire of the Cartnivores'...!
(Yes!... At last!)
*Waiting for Emmy*
*Takes bow*
*Listens to cheers!*
I know it's been a long time - nearly a year, maybe more!
I thank you all for sticking through it, and all the helpful suggestions you all made.
Want to see something funny?
Look below!
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OUTTAKES!:BY: Thundertail
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Please note that during the course of this fanfic, I had to keep my writing at or around the PG-13 rating nearly at all times. I had to do this for the kids that frequent these sites; even though I wanted to write this a LOT more hardcore! There were places where I could have written this a lot more bloody and violent, and described any of the seemier scenes in a much more graphic way. I couldn't do this for reasons mentioned, but I sure wanted to! Those I omitted, choosing instead a much softer way to put it; and I hope I didn't ruin the book for you because of what I did, but if I did, I'm so sorry!
Below is a few things I thought best to leave out. The first reason was that I didn't know where I could put them as they had no real bearing on the continuity of the book. The second thing was I thought some of them was way too racy and hardcore for little kids to read. Another reason was they would have made the book take a totally different direction than it did, and lastly... Well, you'll see for yourself once I show you!...
(These scenes I will merely describe to you, and I will try to keep the PG-13 motto into play. But even if even these descriptions still seem too hardcore for you, please bear with me; for it will prove that they were inapropriate for my fanfic...)
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"Love Triangle" This scene happens shortly after Stinger meets LaSage and her group of pirates for the first time. By some strange turn of events, Stinger becomes secretly attracted to her in a sinister sort of way; for her dark beauty and sinister ways appeals to him. After many visits on both thier parts, they grow into a relationship of danger and chicanery; and this grows into a wierd sort of romance. Well, things grow from there, unbeknownst to Mayday; and they share secret liasons on many occasions. It isn't long before they are seeing each other on a more intimate level, culmulating in lovemaking. During one of these sessions they pause; where she inquires about hoe the 'scalys' he lives with do the deed, and he proceeds to show her how Veloceraptors do it!
As nature eventually takes its' course, LaSage becomes pregnant; and as she comes to term, she wreaks havock on the other pirates. As the baby is born (A girl), she finds it impossible to take care of her; and summons Stinger there in a roundabout way, telling him to do something really uncalled for. She wants him to get rid of the baby, preferring that he kill it immediately; but as a compromise, he says he will in seclusion, saying he will have Rex eat the baby. He secretly takes the baby to Rosemary, explaining what happened and what was expected of him. He can not, with good concious, kill an innocent baby; and asks Rosemary to take it away, perhaps to a loving family somewhere. Rosemary does, and that was the last time he sees the baby again.
To hide what he has done, he takes a scrap of rag, dipping it in blood from Rex's lunch before going back to the castle; and would use that as evidence that he has indeed killed thier erstwhile daughter. He demands to see LaSage, then hands her the scrap of cloth as he announces the deed done; then promptly slaps her to the ground, coldly saying that he hates her and vowing to kill her. He leaves, and she simply laughs in his wake. When he gets home, Mayday, who has been suspecting something was up; confronts him about the whole affair, for she knows about the whole thing. Naturally, she promptly leaves him...
(Of course, and for many obvious reasons, this scene could
never be used. For one thing, is it is WAY too racy and violent to not even be considered using it. Another is it would alter the story so drastically that the story would be nothing but a pile of garbage. Besides, I think the story worked out much better without it!)
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"Merry Christmas" This scene comes about a bit after Stinger first visits the Millennium Queen for the first time. In this scene he has taken the captain's desk calendar during his visit, and months later is pouring over it; trying to work out his theory that the island mysteriousely can travel through time as well as space. All of a sudden he realises that Christmas is coming according to the calendar, and starts telling the others about it. Many saurians relish the stories, and begin to believe them; so much that they start asking more detailed questions.
Stinger tells all he knows about Christmas, and some of the newcomers give thier insight as well; and this gives rise to everyone in the Rainy Basin preparing things for the event (Trees, presents, decorations, carols, costumes, candies and everything uletide you can think of!). They go so far as to take thier celebration on the road, so they deck Rex out like a reindeer, fashion a cart to look like a sleigh, deck out dozens of Kirkys like elves and prepare thousands of small packages of candy for gifts to pass out. Stinger is padded out and dressed like Santa, and Mayady is Mrs. Santa.
The first stop is Waterfall City, and they don't know what to make of this foolishness! Stinger sings carols accompanied by the Kirky band, and the rest of them toss the presents to the crowds. Waldo, Rosemary and Marion all get specialised presents, and Stinger performs a pantomime of 'Twas the night before Christmas' with Waldo's volunteered narrating. They pack up quickly and leave Waterfall City before they are kicked out of town, and stop at the outpost where Frank Scott resides. There they give him and his boys a traditional Christmas, tree, presents and all; which was most appreciated as it took them back home in thier hearts. As they leave, Frank comments that the way Rex is decked out: he looks like a nut!; and the silly Tyranosaur responds by ringing the jingle bells around his tail with a shake and a nod. Before Stinger (aka, Santa Clause) prepares to go, he asks them if they want to join them on thier next stop; and the Scotts do not refuse.
Amid singing carols going along the road, the Scotts inquire where they were going next; and Stinger informs them that they were going to king Adolpho's castle, to give Lasage and her goons a Christmas party - which would surely surprise them! They arrive there, and the pirates stop and accost them; but fall flabberghasted at the antics of the Kirkys and the outlandish look of Rex and Stinger! LaSage finally lets them in after extensive explanation, but balks at all the 'scalys' roaming about. The Christmas crew set up in LaSage's eating hall, and the music and partying begins.
The Christmas music starts out traditional, from 'Rhudolph' to 'Frosty' to all the other traditional carols; and is broken up by the passing out of presents to all the pirates, plus a special gift for LaSage (A painting of Frank Scott's tavern where Quint and the rest of the crew are in the middle of a brawl, patrons scurrying out of the way and Frank and family peering out to see what's the matter. Commissioned by the Kirky artists, painted like that familiar one about dogs playing poker and entitled 'The Brawl!'.). LaSage laughs at the painting, and has it placed over the main fireplace in the dining hall; and this breaks the ice for the rest of the Christmas party to continue.
Stinger has Frank recite 'Twas the night before Christmas' to the pirates - the X-rated version of it this time; and the pirates roar with laughter, finally getting used to all the dinosaurs about. The caroling resumes shortly after that, cumulating with a few of the bad versions of the carols ('Grandma got run over by a reindeer', 'The twelve pains of Christmas', 'Holy @#$%, it's Christmas!' and a few others.); and then the feast begins, pirates taking turns trying to feed the Kirkys and Rex. As the party winds down, LaSage finds herself under the mistletoe (A sprig of Jinka because mistletoe doesn't exist on Dinotopia.). Stinger notices this, and explains to her the meaning before trying to kiss her; but she avoids the kiss, instead kissing Rex!...
(I decided to leave this scene out, manily for the reason that it would clash with the other religons having celebrations at around that time; like Hanukah, Qwanza and others. Another reason is I might have had to recite the words to many of the carols and the Charles Dickens poem - of which I don't completely know all the words, and I think those are copyrighted anyway. Lastly, the words to those X-rated carols would be way too racy for the little ones that read these posts. Again, this scenario has been omitted.)
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"Klamath's joke" I really didn't know where to put this scene, and I'm pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with it or that it was above PG-13; but I thought it best to leave this one out. Somewhere, somehow, Stinger is in a grotto where a small waterfall flows into a small pool. He is swimming and bathing alone, and he had taken Klamath off, letting him stand by himself in the forest a short distance off. He had just dove in, and hears a strange commotion going on down the path where he had left Klamath; yelling and banging and stuff like that. Stinger quickly gets out, dries off, puts on some of his clothing and rushes down the path to see what was the matter.
Stinger sees a funny sight indeed; for there was all of LaSage's men there, pounding on Klamath and trying to pry the armor open! Muffled yells and screams the sound like LaSage is coming out of the armor; and she was begging to be let go. Stinger walks up, laughing out loud; and tells them that only he can wear the armor of Othgar. Quint tells him who is in there, and asks if Stinger could help; so he simply asks Klamath to let him go, and the armor scrolls away from her extremely disgruntled body! She kicks it as she quickly steps away; then Stinger enters Klamth, silently praising his joke and asking LaSage out loud if she was wearing new perfume ...
(Yeah, I guess I could have inserted this scene; and it would've probably gone anywhere very nicely! The thing was that fanfic is long enough as it is, and why draw out an already drawn out thing?)
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"The colds of Dinoitopia" This scene was a routine the Kirkys dreamed up, made to be a comedy skit; and based on the Codes Of Dinotopia. Many of the main characters have a role in it, and many outside the Rainy Basin are supposed to be in it. A stage is set up in Kinan Van or Halcyon, and invitations are sent. The players practice a bit, and then the performances begin!
Survival of all or none. Many Kirkys are on a rope, and someone cuts the rope. Instead of the Kirkys falling, the one that cut the rope falls!
One raindrop raises the sea. MacDougal is decked out as a fisherman, raincoat and all. The reason for him dressing becomes aparent as someone douses him with a bucket of water right after he says the phrase!
Weapons are enemies, even to thier owners. Carl and David Scott are dressed as pirates, then growl as they see each other; and when they draw thier fake swords, they are rigged so thier pants fall down!
Give more, take less. A band of Kirkys come out, juggling hundreds of objects; and all are yelling that the others can have what they are juggling, babbling like idiots!
Others first, self last. Many of the others are standing in a line, waiting for something; but the one in the front gives his spot to the next one in line. This happens all down the line until the original one is back where he started!
Observe, listen and learn. Three Struthies come out, one covering his eyes, the next covering her ears and the last covering his mouth.
Do one thing at a time. Many clan members come out, each sorting a stack of papers, giving the stack to the next one who unsorts it; then gives it to the next in line, where he sorts it all over again. This happens all down the line!
Sing every day. Selma Ovaraptor comes out and begins to sing. She sings so bad that someone snags her off stage with a hook!
Excercise imagination. Yarra Stenoychosaur is on a reading machine, pretending to read; and a whole team of Kirkys are pulling the machine across the stage.
Eat to live, don't live to eat. Almasaur is staged at a table, easting profusely; and Elanzo from Frank Scott's tavern is serving. He asks if he wants pie too, and Almasaur says yes. Elanzo promptly squashes the pie in his face!
Find the light. The lights are dimmed, and Stinger comes out, lit match in his fingers. After he says the phrase, the match burns down and he drops it. Stumbling around, crashing into props and things, he comes out with a Sunstone! The finale' is when all cast members come out to take thier bows...
(This scene could have been put anywhere, but for the sake of the length of the fanfic, I decided to leave this out. I don't know if the kids on these boards would be offended about it, but I'm sure the non-real-life characters would be disturbed by it!)
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"Bad hair day" This little exerpt could have been inserted anywhere, and would have taken place at any scene where Stinger was at the Waterfall City council chambers. He arrives there with his usual contingent of assistants, and marches in wearing Klamath to the fullest extent - mask and all. The reason for this becomes aparent the moment Waldo asks why, and Stinger complies by unfurling the mask. Stinger's hair is decked out in a most unusual way indeed! It is quoffed in a wavy, twin frill pattern; multicolored streaks all through it, and decked out Rasputin-style. He gets many chuckles for it, and they want to know why his hair is like that.
Stinger explains that he had Leeter Dilophosaur style his hair for him. She told him that the style makes him more distinguished looking, at least among Dilophosaurs; and convinced him that he looks really good like that. After the story, Waldo said he looks good like that too - real distinguished looking; but Stinger says that he looks like he works for the circus! After chuckles from that, he complains that he'll never let her touch his hair again. Bad hair day aside, the meeting gradually gets back down to business...
(Of course, I don't think this scene would offend anybody; but I thought it would do to leave it out for the sake of the length of the book. It is my opinion, Stinger and company have had so many meetings at Waterfall City, that having one more that included this scene would seem redundant!)
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On songs: As you could tell, I really couldn't actually say the names of songs as per possible legal infractions. Instead, I merely tried to describe the song I wanted to portray, hoping the reader would figure it out and know the particular song. The only place I could not really describe it was the scene in mayor Waldo's chambers with all the devices off the Millennium Queen ('I want to rock and roll...', by Kiss.). Other than that, I guess I didn't need to describe songs very much.
People: Any name or personality of persons on ToP or any other affiliate board you might notice is done with permission.
On names and events: Many of the names I chose to be characters in my book I took from people I know, some famous people and variations of names from everywhere I could find. The names of the saurians and other non-European based names were variations on many words found in everyday life, dictionaries, names of automotive parts and other sources - like a word jumble game! The personalities of these characters are purely of my own, and any resemblances to real people, living or dead, is purely coincidental. On some characters I mix the personality characteristics of others to tailor to the character I want to portray.
On objects and vehicles: The names and characteristics of the vehicles and objects I use are as accurate as I can portray them in accordance to the book; based on information I obtain online, in reference books or other sources of information. The descriptions of the military aircraft are as accurate as I could obtain, including the tanker plane, the stealth bomber and F-17 descriptions as well as the mechanics of the ejector seat.(contents of emergency survival rations in seat compartment and seat compartment itself questionable.)
The Millennium Queen was a real cruise liner from the Singapore cruise lines, decommissioned and sold for scrap in 2001. Specifications for the liner was real; but the cargo, accomodations, interior design and passenger and crew rosters was of my own imagination. Mention or description of other items (Sony Walkman, walkie talkies, tape decks and other items obtained from the outside world.) is done beacuse I had no other choice, and any trouble that might arise from thier mention is sencerely apologised for.
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There you have it, that just about does it, and those are my explanations - I'm sticking with them!(LOL!)
Please feel free to continue to post comments or opinions about this book. Your suggestions were helpful before, and they can continue to be useful.
Well, well! now that this is over, where in the world should I go from here? I know!... I started another fanfic a while ago (Had to pause that to concentrate on this one!), and I guess i should be getting back to it!
NO WORRIES!(Yeah,... that's the name!)
By the way, I also got an idea for another book, one I can actually publish once it's finished! (Tell you about it once I got some of the plot outlined...)
Well, see 'ya later - and thanks for readin'!
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(Dinobot was my favorite the whole series. And they killed him. The bloody killed him!)
). Since it's my fanfic, I think I should be able to do anything I wanted with it; but if rules are rules, I don't need to do it! 
This one might choke over there... LOL)