Greetings once again. It's almost Christmas, and I've done NONE of my shopping (sigh). Tis the season to run around like a chicken with your head cut off. Guess this is why I like Halloween better. Oh well. No updates really, but, again keep watching, as there is something big being planned in the wings. More about Project: Castle Arus coming soon. Well, it took a bit longer than I expected (try several MONTHS longer), but here it is, the new location of V4: Past, Present, & Future. To celebrate, I have a whole bunch of new things for you. For one, there's an entirely new section called the Fun Stuff. Here you can find assorted games, toys, and other odds and ends to waste time... I mean play with. It's a little small now, but it should be growing as I find more fun things to add. Second, we've got a new Other Universes story in the Fiction section called Of Twins and Traitors, by Hell's Belle. I was hoping to have a new piece of artwork to add as well, but unfortuantely, due to hard drive problems, that'll have to wait a bit. I still ahve to update my links page, but that shouldn't take long 9she says hopefully) Oh, and if you notice any problems, let me know; to be honest, I should not code in the state I'm in, but... oh well. ;-)
Since I last wrote, I've made and shown off a new costume, nearly been driven balistic at work, and gotten my own domain name (see below). Now, that long period of utter chaos seems to be lifting,a nd I can now focus on keeping this up to date. As such, we have three new pictures of my own added to the Gallery Page under the classic characters section. Two of them you may have seen before on Moonsilk's or Lioness' pages, but I finally decided what the heck and decided to post them here as well. The third is brand new (as of friday night that is), though it may be appearing in Lioness' Mock Calendar (or not, not sure yet). Besides the new art, Christine has also graced us with the conclusion of her Voltron-X saga, which I highly recommend.Past Updates 2
Mea, 12.04.99
Mea, 11.01.99
This brings me to one final bit of news. For a long time now, a section of the Voltron continuity has been neglected; I speak specifically of the Vehicle Voltron series. After WHITELION's eloquent post on the WEP board, there seems to be a grassroots campaign to rbing it back in some way or another. As I find out more, I will make mention of it here, but as of now, consider me a supporter.
Mea, 07.25.99
There are now two new parts up on Christine's Voltron-X saga, including the return of the Nega-Voltron team (cool stuff, believe me) I still have no idea what I'm going to do for the costume I have to finish in two weeks (must be an original character), but I did take time out of my brainstorming to start chronicling my awesome weekend in Atlanta. For those of you who are curious, you can find my story here. It's not finished yet as of this writing, (not by a looong shot), but check back now and then, and who knows? BTW: I must apoligize that I had to upload it onto my Geocities page (I keep all my html docs at Netcom so that there are no ads, pop-up windows, banners, etc) because I'm almost out of space. I intend to call Netcom and start seeing what upgrade options are available, so this site is in no danger.
Mea, 07.07.99
I just got back last night from Atlanta and Dragon*Con, and may I say that and awesome time was had by all (at least in my group). I've started an abreviated version of the trip which I will be posting when it's done, but that won't be tonight. Suffice it to say that I funned myself out and didn't get to a lot of things until today. On the plus side, I've managed to post Book 11 of Voltron-X and should have book 12 up tomorrow. I'm still going to be mostly incommunicado for the next two weeks (I have to pull together a costume in that time, YEEP!) so again, please be patient. Life shoudl be returning to normal soon, but until then, things are going to be slow in the reply/update department. Until then, enjoy!
Mea, 07.06.99
Well, it looks like Mike beat me to the punch about announcing the new Voltron-X chapter on the fiction page. However, that's no reason for you not to go check it out, so take a little time to go read that. Plus, if you notice that little counter down there, you'll see that this little page has broken the 3K mark! Yay! And here I thought no one was going to be interested when I started. I do have one other announcement to make: my personal presence on the web will be fading until about mid-July. Real life is demanding more of my time, and I'm already sacrificing far too much sleep as it is. I will still be taking submissions and will be posting them as soon as I am able; however, delays might increase during this time. Please be patient, I will try to keep this as up to date as humanly possible, and as always, I welcome anyone who wishes to add to this shared-universe.
Mea, 06.05.99
Nothing new to report, page-wise this time. I can't speak for the others, but personally am woefully behind on my own fic. Maybe I'll get a chance to squeeze in a little this weekend, but it doesn't look too likely at this stage. On the other hand, I did managed to add a new link to the Related Links page, so I guess that counts as an update. Oh, do check out the Related Note below about the WEP contests. There have been more and the results are up.
Mea, 05.21.99
Last week it was Second Expansion, this week it's Voltron-X. Christine concludes her first story arc in Voltron-X, plus a new image on the Gallery Page from a new artist to V4, Bob. You've also probably noticed that I've changed the background music to something a little different (this won't affect you who turn it off instantly or don't have sound enabled, obviously). Unfortuantely, I have no earthly idea where it's from excpet I found it in my temp file one day and kept it. If you recognize it or have any opinion on it, let me know. I've also added a small link that'll house a record of the updates (mostly because I'd like to start tracking this page's developement). And finally, I fixed the broken mail links on the contact page, so they should work fine now.
Mea, 05.03.99
New Second Expansion stuff! The second part of Mike's fanfiction, Shadows of the Ancient War, is up, as well as some new ship insignias, which are on the Gallery Page. We also have a new episode synopsis from Sue, a new contributor, for the Vehicle Voltron Episode Synposies (ep #35). Hopefully we'll be hearing more from her too. Now that I'm not busting my butt anymore trying to get my contest entries together, it looks like I'll be able to get back to my own fanfiction, YAY!
Mea, 04.27.99
Ack, I am sooooo out of it. I didn't even realize I zapped my own banner until someone asked me what it said up there. For those of you that were wondering, that is a project that is still in the very EARLY development stages, and may or maynot come into being. We'll see. Heck, I've been so out of it, I didn't even notice the counter passed 2000 hits. Coolness! Thankfully, I managed to finally finish my updates. Mike has sent the logo designs for Second expansion, as well as a diagram of the Supercarrier Einstein's bridge which can be seen on the Gallery Page. We also have the latest installment of Voltron X by C. Schultz, so go check that out. Me, I'm going to go take a nap.
Mea, 04.13.99
Happy Easter all. Yours truly is feeling a little daring, and has added another area to the Resource Page, this one specifically for technological notes. The sections in it that are ready are ships from Second Expansion designed by Mike, and Lion Voltron Lions. Hopefully, Voltron Prime's section will go up sooner or later (have to get a little further in the fanfic first). The only section that has me worried is the Vehicle Voltron section. Frankly, I have no info, nor have I seen any on the web besides the bare basics. If you have tech notes on Vehicle Voltron, the SS Explorer, or others, please
let me know. Oh yes, and a big THANKS to Chios, for sending me a few synposies for the Vehicle Voltron Episodes Page.
Mea, 04.02.99
Geocities has been a real painindabutt when it comes to uploading lately. Even using an FTP client to get around that lousy file-upload thing didn't work. However, if this update is going up, that means that I FINALLY got it to work (thank God!). Of note: Part 7 of Voltron X is up on the Fiction Page, as is the complete part 3 of V4: Legend (the file I wouldn't have minded getting clipped as much; I'm still not happy with the last fifth, but I had to finish it sometime). I haven't had a chance to add to the Episodes Page, and may not for another week, but we shall see.
Mea, 03.20.99
C. Schultz has just finished the latest chapter of her Voltron-X story, which is now up on the Fiction Page, not to mention the recent addition of Mike's Shadows of the Ancient War during the Second Galactic Expansion (see the V4 Timeline for more details). What I want to know is how do these people have time to turn out such good stuff. I would almost kill for enough time to actually work on mine for a while. But I'm digressing, and you didn't come here to hear me whine anyway.
Mea, 03.11.99
People have been busy. Last week, there were two new stories and two new images, and less than a week later, we've got another new story starting up on the Fiction Page: Shadows of the Ancient War by Mike (known on the board as mjm_keen. This story takes place in the past, during what is referred to as the Second Galactic Expansion (see the V4 Timeline for more details) and is a good read. As a totally unrelated note, my home page is almost finished (finally), so if you wanted to know more about me, well that's the place.
Mea, 03.08.99
More new stuff for you to oggle! First, two new entries on the Fiction Page: Part 5 of C Schultz's Voltron X story, and a new piece called J's Hut set during the Voltorn Forces' Academy days. (I decided to take a break from my own ficiton to write this one I tried to make it fun) then, check out the two new pictures on the Gallery Page: Zejan's very cool picture of Lance, and C. Schultz's map of Aurs for Voltron X. And besides this page, I'm in the process of updating my home page. It's not completely up yet, but if you wanted to know more about me, well that's the place.
Mea, 03.02.99
By now, if you have your sound on, you've noticed I've added a little somthing to the overall site. I couldn't find a MIDI version of the Voltron theme I liked, so I decided to go for mood instead and "borrowed" this piece from a game I downloaded off OtakuWorld (cool place, check it out if you can). If you're not into music or your soundcard is making hash out of the music, there's a way to turn it off in the upper-left hand corner of the screen. As well as the minor estetic update, C Schultz has graced us with yet another chapter in her Voltron X story, a story I highly recommend. I just finished uploading it to the Fiction Page so it wshould be ready to go. In the meantime, I'm working on a crash course in DHTML to try to put together some updates for WEP's little contest. For those of you with older browsers, or aren't into gimicks, I plan to have a low-bandwidth version of the site as well, but it'll be a bit.
Mea, 02.20.99
MAJOR updates to report. Not only has the V4 Timeline (expanded), and the Character Listing (last name additions) been updated, but we also have a new story on the Fiction Page and new artwork on the Gallery Page from C. Schutz. Check out her stuff, I think you'll really like it.
Mea, 02.04.99
[various updates which I forgot to keep track of]
Mea, 10.10.98 - 02.04.99
V4 goes officially online. There was some kind of openeing statement, but it has since been lost to time.
Mea, 10.10.98