RiseofSpectrum

Wrote a poem called "The Rise of Spectrum" and while I was creating my account the poem went to me and I had nothing else on my mind. Come to think of it, I could've chosen a better nick.

People, people... War is a natural state for the human kind, the last time there weren't any wars on this planet was over 4000 years ago. Borders do exist, and in some cases, people are not happy with the borders they have. Hence, a country may have territorial claims on another. In a meaningless example, Portugal has territorial claims on Spain over Olivença (a small village near the border), and no one cares. In an actual meaningful example, both Koreas have claim on each other, or better yet, China does not recognize Taiwan, and Taiwan (who is STILL called Republic of China) does not recognize China. However, what truly causes war are resources. Every single war has been fought over resources and/or diplomatic positions.

Dude, relax. I was just curious on how you'd make those 4 characters work together in a single project (something even I haven't done before). I'm not mad for that.

Try putting the 4 I mentioned here: http://mlpforums.com/topic/70013-what-is-the-most-original-character-you-think-you-have-ever-made/?p=1749889 Yeah, I know it's a huge text and all, but, hey, look on the bright side, 1 character can be easily stretched, and 2 others a bit too.

Hellz yeah, I am. I like Portugal, with the nice weather and beaches and what not. Our country is on a huge crisis and nobody cares. Everyone is chilled (except the commies, but they're always a yelling minority). Well, I do not define patriotism as considering my country superior to others, but instead, devotion on the culture and language you grew up with. And, yeah, I love being portuguese, and I love Portugal, even if the country's falling apart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_diLy8lF94 Being a big Maiden fan, I consider the entire No Prayer for the Dying album their absolutely worst, and I have no trouble to admit this song is very very bad, but... it's hilariously catchy.

Heh, if you want a real challenge, try my home country Portugal, with a capital named Lisbon and the two other big cities being called Porto and Faro.

Totally non-pony related, I have created several characters now, though, in order to fit into any story I write, I tend to re-define them and transform them into they something they weren't before. Though, luckily, I only did that to 4 characters, each of them special to me in their own little way: - Mark Stray is one of the oldest characters I have ever created. In fact, the oldest memory of writing this character into a piece of paper was when I was 10 years old. He was originally villain-fodder in the story who eventually became the anti-hero, though, still, his original fate, the one where he would suffer his demise at the ends of the hero, would still eventually come through, but at the hands of the Final Villain. Back then, my stories were really simplistic and a lot of the characters were one-dimentional and generic. However, as I grew older, the characters I'd put into a piece of paper were getting better and better. As for this one, it didn't really leave his "comfort zone" for a very long time. In most of my stories where he'd appear, he had a huge tendency to be the anti-hero. From a generic one, to that badass attitude, nothing-gets-in-my-way kind of behaviour, taken off from the likes of Vegeta and Shadow the Hedgehog, ideal for a story filled with action (and explosions) this character truly gained a personality. However, I remember a few years ago he became the main character of something I wrote and his antihero-esque like character was dropped. The last time I used this character was for a theatre show I named "Status Quo Ante Bellum" where he, along with Albert Jones, was trapped inside of an enormous empty room where only one of them could leave, with the other one allowing him to do so. In here, he was a psychopath whose job was rather, well... pretty dark. - Andreas Wolf is completely different from the other 3 characters named here. For starters, his character was never changed, only the environment around him. He's been the main character as well as the narrator of a story (told through poetry) I wrote... 4 times. "The Lone Wolf" is one of the most frustrating things I ever wrote, mostly because whenever I write it, I feel as if there's always something missing or one out of poems just doesn't fit there. Originally, this character was supposed to work around a punk-ish environment, the second one the environment changes as he grows, and in the third and fourth, the environments do not change at all. "The Lone Wolf" always told the story of this character. With a low self-esteem, bittered in loneliness, Andreas Wolf walks closer and closer to madness (at least, that's what all versions except the first one tell) and he creates a character named Fleet, who takes over his body while the real Andreas Wolf is trapped inside his own mind. In the last version, Fleet is the result of everything Wolf tried to separate from himself, and he has now choice but to accept that side of his he always hated. - Tanya Red is probably the most well-defined character I've ever created. Though, unfortunately, I transformed her several times and her 3 different versions are slightly different. However, the base of her personality is in all of the versions of her. In the first version, Tanya Red is a freckled, thin, long-haired red-head who's headstrong, ferocious and hotheaded. However, there's more to her than just this. When she was little, her own biological father raped her and she ran away from home. Living a life where she struggled to adapt to her surrounding environment, Tanya Red has a tendency to turn into a tragic villain. The second version, in terms of background, differs little to nothing at all. However, her personality is colder, calmer, composed and calculative. Also, her physical appearance changes too. The freckles are gone and her red hair turns dark, she's also smaller and more fragile-looking. However, considering this Tanya Red had powers related to fire, she could burn anyone she saw as a threat. The final Tanya Red reverts back to her original personality (though slightly-happier) and original design. Her background is replaced to one way, way more supernatural. As the princess of an annexed kingdom from another dimension, she was sent to Earth in order to survive, grow, become strong, and come back to avenge her kingdom. Though Tanya Red was an interesting character, especially as a villain, I'd tend to think the "hero" could not hold a candle (in terms of interesting to the villain), that is, until the last character came along... - Chad Patton/Spectrum is the last character of the 4. And to talk about this character, well... where should I start? The first time I actually used this character was for a theatre monologue I did, where Spectrum would be the nickname the character speaking asked be public to call him. This because his caretakers wrongfully thought he suffered from Autism Spectrum Disorder. The moral of the monologue was pretty much that a child should not have the mind of a teenager and be forced to grow up (by the way, the characters backstory is based on my childhood... yeah). Spectrum would vary a little more and more. For the second time I used him, I made him a superhero, mixing him with references from Goku, Sonic, Uchiha Madara, Tony Stark, Superman and... Rainbow Dash. To compliment his nickname I "forced" him to have a rainbow-like hair, just like Rainbow Dash. But Spectrum would get more transformations. There'd be one where he was called Chad Patton (which would eventually give him his final real name) and Tanya Red herself called him Spectrum as a nickname. As a character Spectrum became an obnoxious, arrogant, over-confident, asshole who at a times of seriousness would do the best for mankind. As a superhero, Spectrum often abused his powers, in fact, he completely left his "human" identity behind from the moment he became Spectrum. Without any intentions of hiding his powers or be humble about it, he is hated by some. Nowadays, Spectrum has become my mascot for every work I do. In "Status Quo Ante Bellum" where Mark Stray is in, Spectrum is the nick used by the person who has trapped the two psychopaths in the room. There are more appearances or "Easter Eggs" in stuff I do for theatre. Also, my nick in this forum is based on a poem I wrote called "The Rise of Spectrum". There's a lot more I could say about him, but, I think it's enough.

I'm portuguese, so that's the language I can speak better, then it's English. I've spent a few years in school trying to learn French, but never managed it, firstly because I found it hard to learn, a secondly because I was never really interested in it. Though, I speak Spanish, though sometimes, when talking to a Spaniard whenever I go to the other side of the border my brain may go retarded and so I'll have to speak a bit of Portunhol.

1. Iron Maiden - Aces High 2. Iron Maiden - Run to the hills 3. Pink Floyd - Time 4. Heavenly - Fullmoon 5. Andrew WK - Ready to die 6. Delain -Nothing left 7. Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera 8. Sonata Arctica - Wolf and Raven 9. Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name 10. Stratovarius - Phoenix 11. Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno 12. Green Day - Brain Stew 13. The Offspring - Genocide 14. Heavenly - The Power and Fury 15. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 16. Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue 17. The Clash - Rock the Casbah 18. Xutos e Pontapés - N'América 19. Gamma Ray - Heaven or Hell 20. A Perfect Circle - Counting bodies like sheep to the rythm of the war drums

I tend to have a varied taste. From Pink Floyd to Nirvana, from Maximum the Hormone to Heavenly, from Queen to Iron Maiden, I don't tend to stick around over one genre, though throughout the years, punk, rock and metal (especially the later), have been listened much more than any other genre.

I tend to like more and more Iron Maiden's newer material. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHg9PJc1Nds Iron Maiden - When the wild wind blows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDB0mAMkA4 Iron Maiden - Dance of Death And now, let's vary a little: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMraAGlpwc Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM-WIoSByc Maximum the Hormone - Buiikikaesu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpMbR8jWZ6A Pantera - Walk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEP3RPgEao A Perfect Circle - Pet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBNwnUP0Lpc Comme Restus - O Lindo Sorriso do Meu Cão (from my home country) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WL5IRrhl20 Disturbed - Indestructible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubo0ydFrmc Sonata Arctica - Wolf and Raven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupkvxgTKjk Heavenly - Fullmoon (my most listened song on my iPhone)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO6giM9UAv0 Aces High by Iron Maiden It's rather a fitting theme for Rainbow Dash, considering the lyrics "Run, live to fly, fly to live". Anyway, I'm a huge metal fan and I've listened to a lot of different genres and styles within Metal, from metalcore and nu metal, to power and symphonic metal. Keep in mind, though, there are a lot of metal songs I highly dislike.