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Title: The Choosing
Description: Part two


LightningFlash - November 14, 2005 10:48 AM (GMT)
Continuation of the first ep.

Discuss. :)

Kitt Raada Wann - January 31, 2006 03:13 AM (GMT)
O hi sorry about the posts :( i'll try to get better at it *snif, snif* (tear dops rolling down my face like small diamonds shining like the stars in the night sky).
"well *snif* let get started about that subject ok", I sade in a sorrowful voice. I like the part where the dragon booster flew on his dragon beau with kitt raped in his arms like Aladdin and jasmine on a magic carpet ride.

SilverDragon - January 31, 2006 04:40 AM (GMT)
For me, the first two eps ('The Choosing' 1 and 2) were very decent introductions. First up we are introduced to Artha and all the usual characters, as well as hammering out the dragons. Second ep, we see what dragon racing is like, and Artha goes Dragon Booster.

I particularly liked Kitt in this episode. Especially the part where she came in screaming like a battle-goddess. If she kept that up, she'd be the Dragon Booster equivelant of Boudica. But oh no, Dragon Booster had to relegate her to cliched love intrest. *headdesk*

Beau can fly! Or more precisly, glide.

This has to be the second longest race sequence in the series, after Leap O' Lorius.

Wyldfyr acts independant! Although all she does independantly is run like hell and buck off Kitt, it's at least something.

Don't worry, Kitt Raada Wann (Can I call you KRW?)/ I think your posts are fine, apart from needing a little spelling. And spelling wrapped as raped rouses suspicion, 'specially as to the fact that they both mean something.

The Furox - February 2, 2006 08:23 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (SilverDragon @ Jan 30 2006, 08:40 PM)
Wyldfyr acts independant! Although all she does independantly is run like hell and buck off Kitt, it's at least something.

I always thought it was a bit out of character for Wyldfyr to let Kitt fall out of the saddle and run off without looking back like that. In "Three Times a Hero" and "Wraith Booster," Wyldfyr stands up for Kitt, so it doesn't seem like her to just leave Kitt on her own there. But of course, Kitt needed to be in distress so Artha could rescue her. I wish they had found a better way to separate her from Wyldfyr though.

I like part 2 better than part 1 since it's got more action and a nice race sequence. Part 1 is a bit slow, but it's hard to fault them since there's so much plot and character exposition that has to occur. It's got to be tough to write an episode like that. Act 3 is really good in any event.

And there's always my favorite question regarding part 1: what would Kitt have done with Wyldfyr had Beau chosen her to be the Dragon Booster? Would she have traded Wyldfyr in and said "see ya later, Wyldfyr. I'm trading up." Or would she have taken both dragons home with her? Hmm.

SilverDragon - February 2, 2006 10:14 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (The Furox @ Feb 2 2006, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE (SilverDragon @ Jan 30 2006, 08:40 PM)
Wyldfyr acts independant! Although all she does independantly is run like hell and buck off Kitt, it's at least something.

I always thought it was a bit out of character for Wyldfyr to let Kitt fall out of the saddle and run off without looking back like that. In "Three Times a Hero" and "Wraith Booster," Wyldfyr stands up for Kitt, so it doesn't seem like her to just leave Kitt on her own there. But of course, Kitt needed to be in distress so Artha could rescue her. I wish they had found a better way to separate her from Wyldfyr though.

If you were in immediate danger, what would YOU do? Stay around and slide off to your doom?

I guess Kitt was distracted by the snapping wires and such to hold on when Wyldfyr bolted.

I loved it when Moordryd ejected from his saddle.

Moordryd: (steers parachute, notices large ad) No! No! Noo! (crashes) Urf. (falls off) Urrrrrr....(falls in bin) Urf! (pops out covered in garbage and picks fish ones out of his mouth) Bleh...(falls back in) Urf!

Comic gold. Pure comic gold. Sure, it's cliche, but his 'oof's were just so funny!

Skylii - February 2, 2006 09:15 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (SilverDragon @ Feb 2 2006, 08:14 PM)
I loved it when Moordryd ejected from his saddle.

Moordryd: (steers parachute, notices large ad) No! No! Noo! (crashes) Urf. (falls off) Urrrrrr....(falls in bin) Urf! (pops out covered in garbage and picks fish ones out of his mouth) Bleh...(falls back in) Urf!

Comic gold. Pure comic gold. Sure, it's cliche, but his 'oof's were just so funny!

Yeah, that made me crack up too. :lol: Notice how Moordryd tends to crash into a few billboards for a few episodes, or when somebody lands in a garbage can...:D

The Furox - February 2, 2006 10:54 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (SilverDragon @ Feb 2 2006, 02:14 AM)
If you were in immediate danger, what would YOU do? Stay around and slide off to your doom?

In that particular situation, Wyldfyr should have mag'ed Kitt and pulled her to safety as she jumped clear herself. The writers seem to forget frequently that the dragons can do things like this. :)

Like in "Wraith Booster" when Moordryd is hanging off the edge of the hydrag hole. Decepshun is standing right there and not doing anything to help when she could have just mag'ed him back into the saddle. But of course the story required that Lance be the one to help in order for Moordryd to have his later change of heart. That's all fine of course, I just wish they had provided a reason why the dragons can't help in those situations. For example, another fissure in the ground could have opened up at the same time and Decepshun could have been busy fighting off a second hydrag thereby leaving Lance as the only one left who could help Moordryd.

In "The Choosing, part 2", if I were writing the story I would have had Wyldfyr loose her footing as the platform collapsed, causing Kitt to fall out of the saddle as Wyldfyr fell half way over the edge herself. That way Wyldfyr would be in no position to help Kitt and there's no way Kitt could possibly help Wyldfyr due to the weight difference. Beau could have then come over to help Wyldfyr, and while the dragons are thus occupied, Kitt, Parm and Lance slide away out of mag range which then requires Artha's daring rescue. That all fits together better in my mind. I think it's better that way than having characters that are capable of doing something standing around and doing nothing. Makes the story stronger and more cohesive, and I think it would increase the impact as well. ;)

SheWulph - March 10, 2006 03:03 PM (GMT)
I agree with The Furox. Wyldfyr sould have been in some or other prodicament (hoped I spelled that right) not to help Kitt. Or may be Wyldfyr personallity evoles over the eps.

Arthapenn - April 13, 2008 09:57 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (SilverDragon @ Jan 31 2006, 01:40 PM)
For me, the first two eps ('The Choosing' 1 and 2) were very decent introductions. First up we are introduced to Artha and all the usual characters, as well as hammering out the dragons. Second ep, we see what dragon racing is like, and Artha goes Dragon Booster.

Beau can fly! Or more precisly, glide.

This has to be the second longest race sequence in the series, after Leap O' Lorius.

Wyldfyr acts independant! Although all she does independantly is run like hell and buck off Kitt, it's at least something.

Don't worry, Kitt Raada Wann (Can I call you KRW?)/ I think your posts are fine, apart from needing a little spelling. And spelling wrapped as raped rouses suspicion, 'specially as to the fact that they both mean something.

I also find it to be a decent introduction to the series. I like the way Beau scolded Artha, upon seeing Mortis. It is sad that Moordryd learned that the Dragon Booster would rescue Lance, Kitt, and Parmon from then on. It was nice of Kitt to come to rescue Parmon and Lance from the Dragon Eyes, and she needed rescuing in the end. Beau gliding in the air was fun to watch.




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