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Glossary of Japanese Usual terms by Lord Truhan
The goal of this modest glossary is to help you to understand some of the most popular Japanese terms sometimes used by fanfic writers.
Loading ...Japanese Public Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations by Lord Truhan
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT take place in an imaginary world but it’s still more or less influenced by Japanese Culture. Therefore if you watch the episodes and movies closely sometimes you can see references to typical Japanese Public Holidays, Festivals or Celebrations. For example in the Eighth Dragon Ball Z movie “The Legendary Super Saiyan” (1993) you can see in the beginning (just before the spaceship landed) that Mirai Trunks, Gohan, Master Roshi, Krillin, Vegeta and Bulma were celebrating Hanami.
The goal of this small article is to enlighten the occidental viewers, so they can spot and understand the references made to those holidays in Japanese anime. To make it easier to peruse, we sorted them out by months.
How to fight Writer Block and Improve your stories by Jojo
Writer’s block is probably the most common complaint of any writer so if you have it, don’t get worried over the moment you’re in the block. It shall pass, and soon, if you relax first and foremost. The more you pressure yourself the worse the block will get.
Let’s Study Gohan & Trunks’s Faces by Lory
Draw a circle that will contain the upper face. Trace 2 intersecting lines. A vertical one that you’ll use to draw the nose and the mouth and also an horizontal one for eyes. Trace 2 parallel of the main horizontal line. The upper one for eyebrows, and lower one for nose.
How old are they? A Dragon Ball detailed Chronology by Lord Truhan
I’ve often noticed people don’t know exactly how old are the characters during the sagas and that they’ve troubles evaluating the duration between events like the death of Freeza and the appearance of the androids.
The age topic gets even more complicated when Mirai Trunks is concerned since it involves an alternate timeline with a different chronology from the regular Dragon Ball universe.
Therefore I calculated Gohan, Mirai Gohan, Trunks and Mirai Trunks ages at various key points of the Dragon Ball chronology. The calculus are accurate and based on exact dates given in the very official “Dragon Ball’s dictionary” which has been approved by Akira Toriyama himself. And after telling you how old they are, I’ll share with you a detailed chronology of the Dragon Ball key events.
Why write DBZ’s yaoi fics ? by Jojo
This is a list of frequently asked questions that have been asked of those who write Yaoi, or homosexual based relationships involving Japanese Cartoon characters. Many of the questions to follow will explain, not only the reasoning behind the choice of this particular pairing of characters, but will also answer other, often equally important questions that several of the authors in this community have no doubt been asked, (As I frequently have been) or will be asked at one point or another during their fan fiction writing careers. Some of the questions are answered in article formulas, others in quick, short formats.
The Various Swords in DBZ by Jojo
There’s 3 types of Sword used by Gohan and Mirai Trunks in the Dragon Ball Z Universe. Despite popular beliefs Mirai Trunks sword isn’t the exact replica Gohan received from Piccolo during his training, the same goes for the Zeta sword.
Illustration 1 : Gohan’s Sword
So, you want to be a fanfiction writer ? A guide to help you through. by Sniffles
Fanfiction writing is not an easy venue. There are many traps, and many, many, nasty people waiting to pounce on you the minute you post your first fanfic. This little essay of mine will hopefully help you through some of these rough spots, and make you a little more aware of the genre of writing you are placing yourself in.
How to Review Stories/Art you liked by Lord Truhan
Why reviewing Fanfic or Fanart ?
There’s a popular beliefs in all the fandoms that alive, creative and successful ml (especially if it’s dedicated to an exclusive pairing like ours) owe their success to the number and to quality of the fanfic writers and artists whom serving in their rank…
That’s probably true, but it’s a vision which is obviously underestimating the positive and invaluable contribution of the other members. To attract talented writers/artists, to keep them productive as well as to help new ones to emerge you need a fertile ground. And this fertile ground is named REVIEW.
Art Tutorial For Creating CG Fanart by Tigress Pern
Supplies Needed:
Paper/Cardstock
Pencil
Eraser
Ink Pens (Not Sharpie Brand)
Scanner
Computer
Photoshop Program
Patience