We are very happy to announce that II is now the sister site of a place that’s very familiar to many of us, Anti-Shurtugal, has been taken under the ImpishIdea umbrella. A big thank you to everyone who helped to make this partnership and joint venture possible. More updates forthcoming.

A massive overhaul is underway for the forums. We will be switching to an open community system that will be easier to use and less restrictive for everyone. Date is TBA.

Quite a few new articles have been posted since the last news update:

The Drunk Fox has started a new spork series on the hilariously horrendous Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate.

The second commentary on Secrets of the Dragon Riders is now up. Hint: It’s a “book” lauding the prodigal genius of our favorite author Christopher Paolini. See Falconempress tear it to shreds for you.

Juniper has provided a better ending for Smeyer’s Twilight and scary_viking begins tackle another aspect CP’s wretched prose. We’ve got a few more Writing Tips (Classics and Politics) from Nate Winchester, newcomers Ari and Reginald Timbleywick III provide some advice on writing dialogue and using metaphor and simile, respectively.

Last but not least, Kitty has provided another spork and a rant commentary.

Thanks to everyone who contributed!

EDIT 1: No-nonsense version.

Comment

  1. SubStandardDeviation on 22 March 2009, 17:49 said:

    Ack, more forum overhaul? Well, ya do whatcha gotta do.

  2. Gildor on 22 March 2009, 17:57 said:

    Now that you mention submissions, can I submit something that I’ve written to let it be sporked? That happened…twice.

    Or is now not the best time?

  3. Juniper on 22 March 2009, 22:03 said:

    I can’t wait to see what this new sisterhood brings.
    —happydance—

  4. Kitty on 22 March 2009, 22:54 said:

    “Sister site”? Nonsense.

  5. scary_viking on 22 March 2009, 23:13 said:

    I thought AS was going to wind up archived in some form or another and active use moved to Stuffed Head?

  6. Juniper on 23 March 2009, 12:56 said:

    So what was the issue with the term “sister”? Are you just taking it over like pirates? :)

  7. Diamonte on 23 March 2009, 23:30 said:

    I’m really excited to hear this, Legion! Anti-Shurtugal was the first place that I ever heard about the anti-fan movement against Eragon – I saw comments about it on a writing site, and followed the link. I’ve been sad over the last couple months to see A-S fall into inactivity. It’s such an important site to our movement, and II taking it over is just awesome.

    ImpishIdea and Anti-Shurtugal have done such a great job with actually turning the Inheritance Forums to be moderates, if not leaning to the Anti side. I’d really like to see II do the same to Twilight fans, though I think they are more rabid in their love than Eragon fans.

    @scary_viking – Dog Eared forums, the forum associated with Anti-Shurtugal, is moving to Stuffed Head, but the www.anti-shurtugal.com domain name is separate and that site would be shut down in less than a month had SlyShy not decided to take it over.

  8. Reggie on 23 March 2009, 23:45 said:

    how bout “red-headed stepchild” instead of “sister”? XD

  9. Kitty on 24 March 2009, 01:45 said:

    Actually it’s more like buying a hooker.

  10. Kitty on 24 March 2009, 01:49 said:

    Then shanking her and stuffing her body in the trunk of a car.

  11. Eragon'sShrink19 on 24 March 2009, 14:35 said:

    Yeeeeeeeah.

    Good job, Slyshy. ;)