Sometimes Dead is Better

Oh, Pet Sematary...

Pet Sematary was my first Stephen King book you know!

And guess what it started

.....

A life long obsession!

Hahahahahahaha

Anyway, that quote doesn't really have anything to do with this post at all, but it's such a good line, isn't it?! It's right up there with "We're going to need a bigger boat" and "Go Home and Shave your giant head of smell with your bad self!" Like it's just one of those lines that you'll never, never forget! The movie's really good too! And the sequel doesn't bring shame upon the name of the original or the people involved! So, Pet Sematary is just a good thing all around! Acquaint yourself with it, Bro!

And now I suppose that we can get to the point of this post. And what is the point, you ask? Oh! Well, I'm glad that you asked! The point of this post has an awful lot to do with Graveyards, Halloween and ZOMBIE GHOASTS!?!! Hahahha. Just kidding about the Zombie Ghoasts. Though, in my opinion, if you don't get that reference, you should be slapped. Hahaa.

Oh! And before I begin, I'd like to let you all know that I've decided that Harcos is a stupid name. So the floating island of coolness is now Tethys and that Australlia will be renamed in due time.

Anywaaaaaaaaaay, like I said, this post is all about Halloween and Graveyards. The other day I was sitting in my Math Class, bored out my blooming mind because intersession classes suck like you wouldn't even believe, and I started thinking that Emma doesn't really know anything about her grandfather, Valken and how he died. And I don't think that that's right, I feel that she should know about how awesome her Grandpappi was! So, I started thinking of excuses for somebody, anybody really, to bring up Valken. And finally I thought, (salad man -Layfon) (Thanks for your help Baby. -_-) maybe Emma could have a touching moment with her Grandmother whilest visiting Valken's grave. Which may or may not be a cliche thing to do, but before I could even decide whether to do it or not, I realized that I didn't know where Valken was buried?! Or if he was even buried!! Which is sort of a big deal if you ask me. I mean, I feel like I should know where the remains of the last King of Zarius are, right? Right!

So, I started thinking about that. And first I thought, oh we could bury him in the grounds somewhere. And then I was like, no that's creepy. I don't want a graveyard out back somewhere near my pretty garden! And how much room would that take up anyway? Reason would lead us to believe that there's probably been more then one former King of Zarius and like I said, I don't want one grave out in my pretty garden, let alone a bunch of them! So then I was like, well where else could I put him? Because I decided that given the dynamics of my World it makes more sense that he would be buried as opposed to cremated or anything like that. Then I started thinking about Tethys and how it's got nothing on it but the Imperial Club House, which really isn't much for an entire island to have on it if ask me. And I wanted it to be kinda of a sizeable island anyway, so I think that what I'm gonna do is have all of the Kings and Queens of old from every country be buried on Tethys. Which I think is a fine idea, since the island is nuetralizing and stuff anyway.

So I decided that and that's all well and good and then I was like waaaaaiiit, Tethys is a floating island, you have to take an air ship to get there, this is no longer just a easy little thing to work in there. Ya know? What's Emma supposed to do? Sneak onto the ship with no idea where they're going just for the lols? I could do that, but I feel like it would be a little weird. So, I started thinking, how do I get the whole family to go to a graveyard together? Which is kind of a weird thought if you ask me. Hahaha. Anyway, I was like, weeeeelllll they could all go on Valken's birthday, but that's a bit cliche. Also, I feel like Angel, Emma and Fiore would be les likely to go to that kind of a thing because they never really knew Valken. So, how do I get everyone up there at the same time? If only we had a holiday like Day of the Dead....

Then I was like, hold up. Why can't I have a holiday like Day of the Dead?! I don't have any holidays at all so far! And that's kind of unrealistic if you ask me, because everyone, everywhere has some kind of a holiday. Ya know? Like literallly everyone. So, I'm gonna have me some holidays in my World! The first of which is this Day of the Dead type deal here. Now, it's gonna be a holiday for everyone. But only the Royal Families and people of that nature will be going to Tethys to celebrate it! Okay? So I don't want you thinking that every person on the planet is going to this island, cause that would be silly. Just like the Judge up there always said, you gotta bury your own, and celebrate your own loved ones with your own family and and friends, don't go all the hell the way to Tethys to celebrate a dead King that you've never met before, that's how it works.... Okay, I lied. He never said that. But wouldn't it be funny if he had said something like that in Pet Sematary? Hahaha.

So, I haven't decided what I'm gonna call the holiday yet. Because I really wanna call it Saturnalia, because that sounds so freaking cool! But according to Sheldon that's Pagan Christmas, so using that name wouldn't make any sense at all. But it sounds so cool! Hahaha. Anyway, I've decided that what's gonna happen is this, all the royal families from their assorted countries will make the trip to Tethys. There will be like a cermony type deal where everyone lights candles and they recite a prayer to the Goddess Nayotake. Then there shall be a feast and a party and such! I haven't decided whether or not I want them to decorate the graves yet. But I obviously don't want this to be a totally depressing holiday. Then after everyone has eaten and all that, the children are going to sneak away to play a game!

A game! A game! Yes! Why you ask? Because the second half of this holiday is fun! And children like to play games! And I was watching this movie the other day and, well to be quite honest, the movie wasn't that great but the concept was quite interesting. And in this movie they played a game that was basically tag, in the graveyard and it looked like so much fun! I think that it would've been the perfect game to play after the Prom with all of my friends. Except that I was far too cool to go to the Prom and none of my REAL friends even went to the Prom anyway. So I thought that would be the perfect thing to do after Blaise's Prom! Because you know, occasionally Blaise is in High School. So, I started writing a fabulous short about Blaise and everyone playing this game in the graveyard after Prom and then it was like, ya know, a lot of these characters are in my book, I should come up with a way to work this into the book, and thanks to the fact that the location of Valken's grave ended up creating a holiday, now I have a good reason for them to play this game!....Got a little off topic there didn't I? Oh well, Blaise's high school Prom is a big deal apprently. Needed to be mentioned. And Diana is very much in the way right now, making it quite hard to type. Hahaha

Anyway, back to the game. Everybody circles up and holds hands and repeats this "eerie" chant of a count down thing and then they all run off and hide and stuff and the person that's "It" is instead called "The Ghost." Which I think is better then "It" anyway because in my mind "It" is a gaint, creepy clown that eats children and the idea that "It" is chasing you is terrifying?! Hahaha. Anyway, if the ghost tags you then you're dead and you have to help he or she catch everyone else. Last man alive, wins! So, like I said, it's basically tag. And tag is a children's game, and a simple one at that, so it's perfectly reasonable to believe that children on Earth can do it, that in my World could play tag just as well. So, that's my new traditional game to go along with my super cool new holiday.

But what is the point you ask? Why should I waste several pages of my book on a game of tag? Well, I'll tell you why! Firstly, I'm making my World very realistic as far as alternate universe go by including things like holidays and religons and such like that. I'm also using it to demonstrate that my World is a peaceful one and that we can all get together to celebrate something without ripping each other to shreds. Also, I wanted to get Andromina, Elonwey and their still nameless Mother a little more involved in the story, after are they are our main supporters in the war at the end of the book. Blaise as well. I can expand on Aurora and Lily's character's a bit. And finally, I think that it would be a very good excuse to have Eclipse and Emma kiss again. I want it to sort of be like the tipping point for them where it kind of evolves beyond a crush for the two of them. Which I think wi'll be good because in the original plotline it was kind of like first kiss and then bam she'd pregnant and I didn't go into their relationship at all. But I think that I should a little more. Depending on how well this scene comes out, I may add another one a little while after it in which Emma and Eclipse actually start seeing each other in secret.

Now I know that none of you are wondering why Blaise would be involved in this holiday celebration on Tethys because he's not Royalty, But I am going to tell you anyway. The RoQuero'Kubeh are gypsies, they travel about everywhere and never really stay in one place too long, so when Lucian is murdered where would Blaise and Nicademus bury him that they'd be able to find him again should someone want to pay their respects to the pack's leader? I wanted it to be relatively easy for Blaise to visit Lucian's grave. And since the RoQuero are and have always been very loyal allies to the Radic family. I believe that when Aiden receieved word of Lucian's demise that the honorable thing to do for his trusted allies would be to offer them the oppertunity to bury him on Tethys with great Kings and Queens of Old where they'd always be able to find him and the promise of a ship whenever they'd wish to visit him. Because Aiden is a nice guy and all Lucian ever did was to help the Kingdom. Plus, I like the idea of having Valken and Lucian buried in the same area for some reason. So, that's why Blaise is there.

And I think that that's it for this post. And remember,

When your kid gets hit by a car, whatever you do, don't bring him back to life or he'll kill your Wife and Neighbor with a scapel that he stole out of your medical kit.

-Sometimes Dead is Better-