I'm not sure how many people will remember me, I think it's been four years since I was last active on these forums. I originally joined way back in 2007...sheesh. Why does everything make me feel old these days? Anyway. Life got chaotic as life often does. I won't bore you all with details, but judging from some recent topics posted in the Welcome Center it seems as if a lot of older users have returned recently! Perhaps it was fate then for me to come back now. I remember this community fondly and I've missed it.

PS: The username "Akiko" really doesn't suit me anymore but I don't know if it's possible to change it and didn't see the sense in making a new account. It's nostalgic for me at this point anyway.

Considering how very similar this series was to LBT and all, I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers it. I think this was on TV in the very early 90's, which might make one wonder if it wasn't a LBT "copy" of sorts (always seemed that way to me) I loved it nontheless.

I haven't seen it in years & I'm planning to rewatch some eps online soon for some good ol' fashioned nostalgia. I might even still have some eps on VHS tape around here somewhere (I used to tape everything) but...it's easier to watch them online.


I remember my fav character was always Scrat (or was it "Scat"...but what an awful name if it was lol )

Well, just in case some of you haven't seen the LBT video I made last year, here's the link to that for starters:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J4_qUjEPD5w it's a general fan mv for the original movie.

My two newest are uploaded to photobucket since youtube is giving me a lot of lag recently. So you can find those two here...

Cera:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj139/a...urrent=cera.flv

Classics:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj139/a...nt=classics.flv

The first is a character mv about Cera (I plan to (eventually) make mvs for all the characters...just gotta find the perfect songs for 'em   I'm not sure why that song just...clicked as fitting her to me ), while the second is a tribute to three of Bluth's animation classics (and personal tops of mine, one of which is LBT ).

Is it okay to just let you all know of any new vids I make in this post, instead of making new posts each time (since I have a feeling there'll be more soon, I'm on a roll...lol^^; I just think that sounds less...spammy. :blink: )

Slight Update: Here's a Chomper mv ;p
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj139/a...ent=chomper.flv
Using scenes from the original, second and fifth movies. The original
sharptooth is shown as a play on how Littlefoot and the others must think of Chomper at first, stirring up memories so to speak. I know not
every lyric fits (some just sound plain weird ^^;; ), but the lyrics that do fit outweigh those, IMO. Anyways, there's the next chapter in the 'character' mvs. :^.^:

PS: Anyone else notice the comparisons with some scenes involving the original Sharptooth and Chomper? Maybe I just pay way to much attention to things.
The vines, for example: Littlefoot getting caught in them when running from Sharptooth and when running from Chomper. Just a little something I keep noticing.

Hey everyone, I'd just like to apologize for not being on the forums the last couple weeks, just got caught up in the madness of well...everything.  I'm sure you all understand how reality can get sometimes. : I'll be on a little more now, just checking out the many threads I've gotta catch up on. :

Random Note: I watched "Walking with Dinosaurs" earlier this afternoon and the baby "longnecks" (well, Diplodocus is the proper term for this species ) really made me think of Littlefoot...I just couldn't help it.

Well, after seeing "The Lonely Journey" episode on the tv series, I couldn't help drawing out something that was already halfway in my mind.  : This isn't yet complete, and it's just a photosnap (not scanned) so some details are harder to see at the moment (like Gitta's teeth), but I figured I'd share it. It's of my character Gitta (velociraptor) and Chomper. What if he met her while on his quest? :blink: This is how I'd see that happening.

http://one.fsphost.com/akikowolfi/gittachomper.JPG

Gitta: I'll be your friend.

...Now, c'mon...wouldn't you trust that face?  

Anyways, I'll color this in eventually. Gitta's posture was really hard and I'm still not really happy with it...she's suppose to be slinking around Chomper, but her legs got a little messed up. It's already sketched and inked though, so I'm probably limited as to how much I can touch it up when coloring. :huh:  

I apologize for how much I'm posting lately, I just get on these sprees sometimes.

Hrm, I'm not really sure where this came from...I watched the original movie a few days ago and it's been stirring around since then, along with other ideas I've had for quite some time now. I've only let one other friend read it so far (who seemed interested, anyways :) and he claims it's quite good (he's a fan of the original movie much more so than the sequels. I just thought I'd get some more opinoins on it, and what a nicer place for that then here?

Also, keep in mind this is really just a rough collection of ideas...I may very well change or add some things to these writings, I'm still working with thoughts and as to just why Littlefoot and the gang are in front of the rock that looks like a longneck is a surprise at this point. : I'm aware of the similar starting plotline to the fifth movie, however this is gonna take a much different turn.

So far I'm mostly working with Littlefoot's memories, and in this story the main characters have grown a little too...not adults, not quite 'teens', perhaps something more like preteens? Not sure. This story is mostly playing off the original, except for Chomper. Also, the raptor is in fact my character, Gitta, who'll make more of an appearance later on in the story too.

              Winding Trails
(Title might change later too  )

The lands were changing; not since the time of the great earthshakes had the environment seen such drastic transformations. The great mountains that burn shook with rage and covered the land in molten liquid. A lone figure stood atop a jagged ledge, overlooking what was once her home. She was tall, a tawny color with deep crimson markings and just a few indigo feathers adorned atop her head; her ginger eyes ever cunning and narrowed. A single massive claw tapped the earth gently as the slender raptor pondered what to do, and where to go from here. A tremble from the earth would not keep her thinking on this for long; she knew she must flee from these lands...from her home. Giving a screech of frustrastion, she turned and leapt with a slight stumble onto the nearest rocky pathway that lead to lands unknown. Where are you going, the winds seemed to howl, where can you go, and as sparks of lava danced through the air, the velicoraptor gave one last look back at the firey lands, then turned tail and ran.

Elsewhere the lands were also shifting, and the Great Valley too had suffered from the effects. Rockslides and angry trails of fire left from the mountains that burn now decorated the once stunning landscape in zigzag patterns, tearing through the lush array of green food. There was not much left to eat; as food grew more and more scarce the dinosaurs that once found themselves coexisting amongst other species peacefully began to pick up old traits that were still all too common in the world outside of the Valley. Herds stuck together, keeping to their own kinds. Slowly some of the herds left the Great Valley, certain that they would find a better place elsewhere...a place just for their kind and not overtaken with grouchy threehorns or stupid longnecks. The pure frustration from the changes in the earth and massive lack of food clouded the minds of many; immaturity not seen since the great earthshakes soon consumed the Valley. While the exact origins of the Valley were unknown to any, some herds told of their own place of legend, which was much nicer than the Great Valley, seeing as it was likely made up by some other thick headed species.

"We're safe now"
"Nobody's safe with you"

The voices seemed to echo through the empty landscape, somehow there but also not...like memories ever locked to a single moment in time, a melody in the wind. The young longneck had come to a pause in front of the rock that he'd gazed upon in wonder so long ago, the rock shaped like his own kind that his mother had told him led the way to the Great Valley. He'd grown a lot since then and now stood taller, however he was still young; still quite adolescent sized in comparison to the giant longneck rock. Nearby was a massive mountainside with a very narrow crack along the bottom, and Littlefoot stared at it intensely for a few moments as he could clearly remember just narrowly escaping the jaws of the sharptooth through that passageway. The force of the massive creature had shoved them all through and sent them tumbling head over heels on the opposite side. Thankfully, the sharptooth was far too large to get much more than it's snout through the crack. Still, it was a horrifying experience...and an awful wake up call after what was perhaps the most defining moment in the friendships of the small group. Perhaps the first night in what felt like ages that he'd managed to feel safe while he slept, embraced in the arms of those who were fast becoming like a family. The tree star. He frowned, remembering also that in the footprint of the sharptooth was also the last place he'd held close his "mother present", the tree star somehow sent to him...with a message. He never saw what became of it, in such a panic run to escape sharptooth, but the chances of any trace of it still being there were slim to none.

As the longneck continued to stare at the crack in the mountainside he was certain he saw massive teeth protruding from it, snapping wildly at the air in frail attempts to grab onto whatever it could or push it's way through. A shiver ran up his spine, that sharptooth...there was a reason it scared him more than any other, but it still puzzled him just why that one particular sharptooth stalked them. There were many sharpteeth prowling the lands at the time, watching for those who might stray from their herds. There were also many other plant eaters attempting to find their way to the Valley at the time too, split apart from their herds thanks to the earth shakes. Why. He had to wonder. Perhaps it just wanted revenge...to complete the task it had started that morning before... Littlefoot sighed, he didn't care to remember anymore past that point. Of course, the memories would come nonetheless and it was all he could do to try and distract himself enough to forget for a little while. It was of no matter now, they'd taken of that sharptooth long ago...but still the question remained, perhaps a puzzle that would never be solved.  

Sharptooth! Cera's voice and piercing scream echoed in his mind and he froze at hearing something move around him. From the corner of his eye he caught the glimpse of a shadow...was it another faded memory? No, this time it was real...something was there, someone was there. Littlefoot spun around quickly, only to give a heavy sigh of relief. His friends, Although now he saw why the shadow had frightened him, including Chomper. What an odd thing to happen; considering the utter horror and pain a sharptooth of the exact same kind had caused him. Along their trip the friends had learned that the traditional views of the adults were wrong; it takes all kinds to overcome struggles, and it was because of their teamwork that they ever made it to the Valley at all. However, while even stubborn Cera may have overcome her prejudice the very last dinosaur any of them ever expected to have as an ally was the very kind they'd spent days trying to escape. No matter how long he'd known Chomper now, the shadow of a sharptooth still struck fear...perhaps it was instinct; perhaps it was something more.


Annd that's all I have so far. Not really sure where I'm going with this, it's just a little thought, enjoy.  :unsure:

PS: Happy Easter  :^.^:

Alright, I'm gonna give this a chance...before actually posting an introduction and a roleplay thread, I figured why not see just how many people are actually interested in this roleplay idea. :unsure:

While I have the starting idea, roughly inspired from a LBT fan fiction I started writing over two years ago, there is a new thought that's been playing through my mind recently though, and the general idea is this: Alright, we know Chomper and his parents somehow got off that island (seeing that he's now staying in the Great Valley with the others); certainly they knew other sharpteeth along the way. Somehow they met up with Ruby and her family too (yes, yes...I'm watching too much of the tv series. I can't help it. :)

The velociraptor is known to be a clever creature; what if one earned the trust of Chomper and his parents (long before coming to the Great Valley/the time frame tv series). What if Chomper taught this raptor the language of the herbivores (since clearly, he seems to be the only sharptooth who can communicate to them). Is this possible? A crazy thought? Would he even do it?  :blink: Naturally, all these questions come to mind. Just curious what you guys think.

Clearly, the raptor would see this knowledge as helpful to getting closer to and tricking said herbivores. Say the raptor comes across the Great Valley later on; Littlefoot and the other's connection to Chomper may prove dangerous if it does. Perhaps the raptor would earn their trust too, and well...plots could stir up from this. It's just a curious little idea that keeps poking me and telling me to post it and see what everyone else thinks.

The timeframe for the roleplay may work nicely as "present time" (aka tv series?); that way we can involve all the main characters (also, Chomper still trusting the raptor would further encourage the others to trust her as well). My character in this would actually be that raptor, her name is Gitta (I posted her information in the Characters thread). Canon characters as well as originals would work fine in it.

The other little idea spinning from this is (and I've seen many people wondering this, myself included) that it may allow us to answer the question of how and why just how Ruby and Chomper came to the Great Valley/the herds' reactions and etc. Even if this part isn't played out, perhaps it'll find mention in here.

I know, this is generally just a 'start it out and take it from there' kind of plot, to me though...that's half the fun, creating as you go along.  :

Also, I'm a sap for the sharpteeth and constantly find myself interested in the "predator/prey" relationships (and friendships where they manage to form).

See whatcha' think and let me know if anyone would like to roleplay something like this. Any suggestions or other ideas that may help this are also welcome. Looking forward to roleplaying.  :^.^:

Akiko

I originally heard this song almost two years ago and kept thinking how it fit LBT, but at the time I lacked any good footage or clips to use. Coming across it again and now having many nice clips, I finally fought with moviemaker long enough to put this together.

I enjoy making music videos a lot, but usually they're a mixture of animated movies (some of my others do include LBT, but also Balto, TLK, Ferngully, Wolf's Rain and other such animated shows/movies, like a collage of animated characters.) or they're animal music videos. I may upload the others later on, I just made this youtube account for fan music videos, since I make so many of them. :

Anyways, this one is to "Run" by the group called Snow Patrol, and all footage is from the original LBT movie...in my mind, for quite a long while now, the lyrics have fit the story well...especially from Littlefoot's point of view.

Video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_qUjEPD5w

There are some sections that almost seem like his mother might be saying some of the lines, ("Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear") while there's yet another that makes me think of Cera ("All I want is to find an easier way, to get out of our little heads."...this line made me think of "Cera's way is easier..."; thus why I used the Littlefoot/Cera fight scene during that line).  

Not sure what else to say here, see if you guys think it fits the same way I'm seeing it, and enjoy!  :

Akiko