Kopa real??

So, after another immense and long discussion on the nature of Kopa, I decided I needed to say a few things about it. Kopa is a character who has become connect with Disney's The Lion King.

Why? Well in November 1994 Grolier Enterprises, Inc. released a series of books which were a spin off from the original Lion King movie, called Six New Adventures. As you can probably gather, they were six picture/ story books which had new stories, taken from the Lion King universe. All sounds very happy. But these books conclude that the cub born at the end of the first movie, was a boy called Kopa. And Kopa is at the centre of many of the stories in the books. However, when the second movie (Simba's Pride) kicks off, the cub born, Simba and Nala's ONLY cub is a girl called Kiara.

These inconsistances has lead to some conspiracy theories that Kopa was killed or he went rogue and left the Pride. The inconsistances which occured with the crossover in animation between TLK and SP, has also broken any sense of continuance that was intended. For example, the end of TLK the cub is 'shown' at dusk, at the start of SP the cub is 'shown' at dawn. These inconsistances, are what have lead people to believe that there was a passing of considerable time between TLK and SP. So another cub could exist.

Why the controversy? Well a lot of Pride Landers (including myself) do not accept Kopa as part of TLK saga. Mostly because these additional characters (Kopa) were created by individual authors and were not actually produced by Walt Disney. Also, the Six New Adventures series WAS NOT sold outside of America. The reasoning behind this, is because the company that made the books were not believed to sell the trademarks outside the USA.

This is where it gets complicated.

The suspected process of the books were this, some stories were outlined by a group of authors. Grolier, the company making the books, contacted Disney to get permission to use a variety of trademarks, including characters, logos, etc. Disney would have green-lighted that Grolier could use so many trademarks. And because of this, and the rules, to get a character they could fully shape, Grolier and the authors decided to create an original character, called Kopa. They had more freedom of the stories including Kopa, and could get the storylines the wanted, whereas there would have been stricter regulations if it was cub Simba the stories where about. One of the rules on allowing a company to use some trademarks is that the agreement would be purely domestic, which means that the books could not be marketed anywhere outside the US.

This means that whilst Disney gave Grolier permission to use a number of trademarks, the actual stories were not authorised by Disney. It sounds strange, and more than a little muddy. But the stories themselves were not created by Disney, and have been denied as part of the saga by the makers of both TLK and SP movies. This leads you to believe that Kopa is not a recognised character, and therefore is non-canon, as he has no direct relation to the original material.

The inconsistency in animation are still there between TLK and SP, but this is more because of the change in budget and the people working on the films. To say that another cub had been born, had all these adventures, and just vanished makes no sense. So sorry. Kopa is a non-starter as far as I'm concerned.

No Kiddin', Man!

Ever done that thing where you sit in a world of your own, completely ignoring the person who is talking to you? I have. It's not that the topic of discussion bores me, it's just my attention drifts elsewhere. It sounds really bad and ignorant, and I don't mean to sound that way.

*thinks*

What I mean to say is that, sometime it is good for a person to have a rant about something and who am I to stop them. Again, that sounds worse than I intend it to. Basically if someone needs to talk about something in length, as in they have to get the thing off their chest, would you stop them if the topic bores you? No, because you would hurt the person's feelings (I am aware I sound like a Care Bear).

A few nods here and there, and you pretend that you are taking everything in, but that's not always there. And being a nodding non-listening person, is better than being an interupting, 'you're boring me' person. I mention this, because I felt it happen to me at work today, with someone nodding along to my blabbering. And I know that I needed a rant, and the fact that the person was there, made me feel better. I got my irk out of my system, and could get on with my night.

Very Boring

Do I seem interesting?

With the immense time I put in to being an internet addict, probably not. Well, a little lie there, I actually find myself very interesting. I love my patterns of reading, blogging and TV. I say TV, because now my Sky+ is working properly mixed with Sky working on Xbox again, I have started watching a lot of TV. Most of it is The Gilmore Girls, but still, good quality, healthy TV.

The TV shows I like have to have good dialog and well written and developed characters. I like the fact that you can judge a character, because you have come to know their personality. I think it comes from a life a bookworm, where I did nothing but read for days on end. Not much has changed really, accept now, I tend to use writing to express myself more. It seems rather logical putting my loves for reading and writing together, but it didn't happen that naturally. I liked to do things on my own, and write because I wanted to. When school became about essays and exams, it stopped being about writing for fun. It started to have a purpose. A purpose which was that I was writing for a meaningless grade.

That sounds bad. Grades aren't meaningless. But I put a lot of love into what I wrote, and I didn't like that it was graded and treating like a piece of crap, where all the feeling was sucked out of any piece, just so that the flaws (mostly in grammar) could be picked at. It was a bit of a change in things. Writing at school, became less a labour of love, and more a dementor. (5 points for HP reference.) And it made me think, 'why'. Why did I have to put so much of 'me' into things, just for it to be torn to shreds because of my technical ability.

Through writing on my own, on blogs, etc, I have bettered myself in my grammar. I have become a better writer, but that is through reading a lot of novels, and writing a lot of pieces on other sites. Writing blogs has helped me a lot, in being an aide to help me find the words I need to express myself. The fact that I can put my thoughts across, and do it in such a way (I hope) people can pick up on what I am like, and how I feel. And that is a spiritual thing. The fact that you can connect to so many people, where age and country bare no significance.

Some say I am boring, and lead a boring life. I ask them, what do you do that gives you passion? What do you do, that makes you happy to be alive? What do you do to communicate with like-minded individuals? The internet helps me achieve all that and more, people only mock because they don't know how to do what you do.

Chasing Tails

I am kind of blundering through my day.

Not that I don't have anything in particular to do, because I have plenty to occupy my time. And what I am doing, is good, it is getting clothes ready for charity. The British Heart Foundation to be exact. It is a great reason to clean out clothes and things I haven't worn in forever. And that will make it a lot easier for me to tidy out my room. Seeing as I have an ancient PC and a shelf unit I need to get rid of. And then after my holidays, I am going to order a new TV. So excited.

But yeah, this is typical, Sue is needing a distraction for real life. Not that it bothers me, but I feel I want to be someone else right now, and living someone else's life. I am aware, that it sounds like a really silly comment, but it's the truth. I just sometimes want to get away from the life I am leading, and just pretend to be someone else.

It would be nice. Just for a break.

Rambling excuses.

As usual. I am rather good at excuses. But what I am doing is something which does not require excuses. Especially when everyone else is so organised with said project.

And I am not.

Seriously.

And I shouldn't let it bother me that people seem to be so much more organised that me, because I already know I am not organised AT ALL. But for some odd reason, it has made me feel under pressure. And the funny things is, I don't know why. I mean, I don't mind people planning ahead if that is what they do, but it is when they let me see this planning ahead, and I am not even planned at all. It's like they are shooting the gun, and I haven't even bought mine. *Strange reference*

I'm not getting at anyone or anything, I just feel like this always happens. Someone wants to be organised and gets things ready early, and I look at their organisation and panic. Mostly, because I never will be THAT organised. I am useless when it comes to organisation, so I just work on the whole, PANIC method. And I don't know why, because it has never served me well in the past. I am just a little bit too stuck in my ways.

Which is why I do try to work with others, because I need to change my lazy ways. I mean, I am posting my second vlog in a week. That has to be good. Surely.

A bit sad

In all aspects of the word.

I feel kinda low, because I always go through periods where I get all sad and depressed. It is normal, it really is. I know I am not just convincing myself here. If I start thinking that my mood swings are unusual, then I make myself feel even worse, and it becomes a circle of hate and blame. I don't hate or blame anyone else bar myself, which is why it is not a very productive circile to be a part of.

I am still trying to get in the habit of checking Blogger on a regular basis, which is why you have been lucky enough to get posts over the last few days. It is also because this blog still seems awful new and sparkly, despite the fact that I have had it for a few years. I think that must be because I don't actually use this service very much. I hate the tagging for blogs. It is so messed up, and I like tagging my entries, and I end up just leaving the thing alone because I get irritated. Like if you type in one tag, it automatically wants to put in other tags, which are irrelevant. So you delete the unwanted tags, type in new ones, and it does the same again.

If you follow me on Tumblr you will be aware that I do tag EVERYTHING, just because I find that helps people find your posts and things. But when it is such a problematic procedure, you just don't bother. And it also effects the fluidity of the process here. Google, sort it out. *thinks* Since blogger is going to be rebranded with Google, I guess things are going to stay the same for the time being.

-.-

And up and running

After a small blip getting everything up and running, all the services I use are now going through the same email address. I have got past the headaches, including starting a new youtube account and things, but it all looks a lot happier.

Adsense was the big pain, because it wanted to be associated with an old account, the very account I had just deleted. -.- But now things are working nicely, and it should all (touch wood) sync together perfectly. I am currently sat on my bed after a morning of head scratching and stress. I never thought I would be unable to link my youtube with another google account. I mean it makes sense, now I think about it, but it is still very annoying.

So when you start a youtube account, bare in mind you will be stuck with those details. I know it sounds strange, but they will not allow to you to change some things. So think about it if you look to set up any account with google. Forward planning is a saviour.

I need to fix this blog. -.-
Seriously. It's a mess.

Seriously Maybe...

I have a lack of understanding when it comes to being definate on something. It is not that I am a liar or anything, it is just that when it comes down to it, I hate setting something in stone. Maybe it's because I am indecisive. I just know I am one for changing plans and ideas, and the thought of not being able to change things, kind of freaks me out.

No kidding. I have seen myself get in a panic about not having enough time to do something, and that something is rather remedial and not so important. I just irrationalise beyond the point of no return. Not something uncommon, I know. But I wish sometimes the dormant sensible side of my brain would actually do something for a change. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being impulsive and crazy sometimes, but when that is all you are, it is tiring.

That makes me sound crazy, I am not crazy. I have restraint, which is a saviour sometimes. Because speaking out of turn is one thing, but when you have such twisted opinions as I do, expressing such opinions ALWAYS ends up in bother. But, people who love me just say 'Silly Sue, what has she said now to piss off the masses'. Seriously.

Going to change my name so it doesn't fit with anything condescending.