User talk:Dizzcity

I apologize.

I was unaware of the attempt to stick to past-tense for narrative, present-tense for dialogue (and going back to volume 2, I don't see signs of a concerted effort to do this either). I don't follow the forum so much, because people will express what they want/like to do and they may conflict, but there's no official stance set one way or another. (I wonder what the people who argued for Marielle or Elder Tale would think, if they knew the katakana for the fortress of Seven Falls reads "Sevens Fall.")

That being said, the reason I changed a lot of the tenses back was because I simply felt they were describing things that ARE, and not WERE. The problem I had with past-tense was that (to me), there's an implication that what ever you're talking about has ceased to be that way. Like, if the goblins WERE a threat, that means they no longer ARE one. If the Knights of Izumo WERE the protectors of mankind, it means mankind no longer believes in them.

That being said, I suppose past-tense works for describing actions taken, because said actions are "done" by the time of the writing. (Like, if someone "sighed" then they are no longer sighing.) But similar to my issue of the goblins, if it is about something that is on-going, I think past-tense sends the wrong message.

Anywho, that's why I did what I did. --Rasen (talk) 19:33, 27 November 2013 (CST)

By all means, I think agreeing on a set of guidelines would be best. We just need to be very clear/specific. Like in the case when describing the current situation, or when a person is talking about something very obviously in the past. --Rasen (talk) 19:56, 27 November 2013 (CST)