23 thoughts on “[AtoZ/NFP] Vividred Operation – 01 (BD)”

1. >Neither group modified my karaoke.
   well, this certainly is a new approach for Crymoar

   also, I don’t really understand… “Things that aren’t the same” – did the other group get all those thing right? or are those only your suggestions?

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   • Yes. The other group didn’t have any problems with that line / part / etc.

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2. Hah, that font issue is hilarious. :D
   The obvious lack of QC’ing sort of makes you wonder whether they even touched the script, doesn’t it?

   > Who dares (to) disturb my research?!
   Would you mind explaining why the “to” is necessary? I’ve seen both constructs in films, literature, etc., so I’ve always just assumed both of them to be valid. If that’s not the case, however, I would like my ignorance remedied.

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   • It’s certainly correct both ways, but I think having the ‘to’ is more grammatically correct. There are lots of times when we omit words and the sentence is fine-sounding, but might not be the most correct. A common omitted word is “that”.

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     • Yeah, no. ‘Dare to’ is not more correct than ‘dare’.

       In fact, I’d say it’s exactly the opposite as far as style goes. Let’s look at a writer who fucking loved to use this word. HP Lovecraft.

       Gonna use “The Colour Out of Space” here.

       Exhibit A: “[…] and he dares to do this because his house is so near the open fields and the travelled roads around Arkham.” (+1 with)

       Exhibit B: “He dared move neither backward nor forward […]” (+1 without)

       Exhibit C: “[…] and did not dare look back till they were far away on the high ground.” (+2 without)

       Exhibit D: “Behind and below was only a darkness to which the men dared not return […]” (+3 without)

       Exhibit E: “[…] and was crushed forever with a brooding fear he dared not even mention for many years to come” (+4 without)

       Exhibit F: “[…] and the few who have ever dared glimpse it in spite of the rural tales have named it ‘the blasted heath.'” (+5 without)

       And that’s the end of the novella. Thank me later.

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       • Yeah, both the “dared” comment and the “so long as” comment are pretty much just personal preference. The latter, you could argue, doesn’t really match the woman’s personality, but you can’t claim that it isn’t a construct used in speech or written text.

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         • I wanted to point out that the options are there. I personally am of the opinion that they are superior. It was recently mentioned to me that I mostly focus on grammar and not actual editing in these reviews. I was kind of trying to rectify that here…

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           • Yeah, that’s all nice and well. But you’re simply wrong when you claim that omitting the ‘to’ makes it somehow more correct.

             This is patently untrue.

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         • I’d put “so x as” on the same level as “alright” – it’s not wrong per se, but it’s the less-common variant and some people object to its usage.

           Personally, I’d go with “as long as” and omit the “to” too. ;)

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           • I’m inclined to agree with you, corocoro… except on the “alright” thing. I guess I’m just one of those people. :P

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           • No, “alright” is a foul beast that should be eradicated from language. After doing some research, “so long as” is more old-fashioned that’s somehow made it into normal diction because it just seems to make sense to use it. I’ve used it before, though I think it’s more of an American slang phrase as I hear it a lot in movies and American TV shows. But I’d never class it as wrong.

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     • True, we often omit various words if they are either implied or unnecessary for the sentence to make sense, but in this case, I think adding the “to” makes the question sound somewhat stilted. But that’s just my personal opinion, so I was really looking for a grammatical rule that makes it more correct to include it.

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     • Dare can be a modal. It’s not a matter of being informal or sounding natural; it’s correct to not have “to”. Obviously dare as a plain old verb can go before an infinitive.

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3. This is why you shouldn’t use macrons in the first place.

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   • No, this is why people, who don’t know what they’re doing, shouldn’t touch other people’s scripts.

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     • Zeta hit the nail on the head!

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4. AtoZ used weird fps settings when encoding. Not sure whether I want to go with it or not.

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5. Military radio traffic can get pretty clipped. I see no problem with “Enemy” instead of “The enemy” or “Blue Island” rather than “Blue Island’s”, provided that speech patterns remain consistent throughout the series (which–if I recall correctly–they did).

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6. subs don’t matter when all you do is look at butts

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7. >Calyrica
   >relevant
   >ever

   Nope.

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   • Greentext outside of 4chan – thanks for reminding me there are worse things than air-quotes.

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   • >You being autistic

     Yep.

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     • >>>/v/

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