Book Review - Killing Kennedy

Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard is about the life and death of president John F. Kennedy. This book takes you through the whole story of Kennedy's assassination, starting from about when he was elected into office. It includes many stories and details behind the scenes of Kennedy's time in the White House that you may not have known before and even shows you what was going on behind the scenes with his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald.

The research done to put this book together is absolutely amazing. Since the 1960's wasn't too long ago, O'Reilly and Dugard were able to get some great first hand sources and even publish some information about Kennedy that no one has ever known before.

With all these amazing first hand sources, it is no wonder that this is such a personable book. Although it is classified and written as a biography, it really seems like it is a narrative about Kennedy's life. The way the authors tell the story makes it seem very interesting, almost as if you were reading a historical fiction book. There are just so many details about what was said and how people actually felt that it really makes you feel like you know the person.

Sadly, this book actually revealed some things about president Kennedy that we cannot be proud of; however, it also revealed some things that we can be proud of. For example, although Kennedy did have several affairs while he was married to Jackie, he realized the errors of his way and tried to turn it around. He cut off most if not all of his affairs and focused more on the true love of his life, Jackie.

Overall, I thought the book was very well written and researched. I am not one to enjoy biographies, but I found Killing Kennedy to be fascinatingly interesting and I'm sure you would, too.

The Deadliest Monster

In school, I've been reading a book called The Deadliest Monster by J. F. Baldwin. It is a book about the contrasting worldviews of the Frankenstein people and the Hyde people. The Frankenstein people are the people that believe that humans are inherently good, it's just that society corrupts us. The Hyde people are the people that realize that human nature is a nature of sin and that we are inherently bad. If you haven't guessed from my last two opinionated statement, I am a Hyde person.

To put it frankly, I am a Christian. In fact, all Hyde people are Christians. Can you think of another religion that says that people are inherently bad and cannot become perfect on their own? I can't. That's one of the main points of the book.

You see, Christians are radically different from other religions of the world because we are Hyde people. Every other religion believes that they can be perfect. Whether it is to get into heaven, to achieve Nirvana or just the belief that they are God, they believe that they can be perfect if they just try hard enough. This is false and it is very hard on them. Why? Because they can't be perfect.

We live in a world where they think you can be anything you want to be if you just try hard enough. You can be a football player if you're a 90 pound girl who has no interest in athletics. If you just work out and practice, you can become an AMAZING football player! In some extreme success cases, this is true, but what about those people who just can't do it? No matter how hard they try, what they do, they just can't figure out football. They think they're a failure. They think the will never be as good as everyone else. They think these thoughts constantly until it becomes an overwhelming stress on them everyday to get back in the game and keep trying and failing with no hope of success in the future. Why? Because they are trying to play like their favorite football player. They're actually pretty good at football, but they're not perfect and if they're not perfect, they consider themselves a failure, when the truth is even their favorite football player is not the perfect football player. No one is.

This is the world. Everyone thinks they can be perfect but they can't. It's a burden and a stress that no one should take on thinking they have the ability to be perfect and the best at something when in reality they can't. We don't have the ability to be perfect. That's where the problem lies. We're sinners each and every one of us and when we don't admit that we can't be perfect, we think we're bad people if we're not.

We are bad people. We are all sinners. That's why Jesus came. To die for our sins so that we don't have to be perfect (because that's impossible for us!) We just have to believe in him and we will be seen by God as perfect. It's so much easier to admit that you can't be perfect. It gets rid of that burden and we still get into heaven by believing and proclaiming that Jesus is Lord.

We don't have to be perfect anymore. Jesus died for us. Stop trying to be perfect. You won't be able to. You may be really good people, but you know you're not perfect. It won't get you into heaven. Only Jesus will. Be a Hyde person, because the Frankenstein person isn't all it's cut out to be. That's what I learned from The Deadliest Monster.

Live Performances

Last night, my family sat together and watched "Peter Pan" one of Leslie's favorite shows of all time! This version was the live one that premiered not too long ago. It was supposed to be like the "Sound of Music - Live!" that premiered last year. I didn't see that one, so I can't compare the two. Sorry!

It was fairly well performed. There was a couple small mistakes, which of course, is what people sometimes tend to focus on when they watch these live shows. That kind of bothers me though, that when something is advertised as live, people try to look for those small mistakes.

Live theater should not be a big deal, especially to the actors. Most actors have built up their acting skills over time. There are very few cases where actors just started out famous. A possible example of this could be Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. They were cast as the cute baby on "Full House" and they did an amazing job! This is a VERY rare case.

These actors usually build up their skills and get their name out there by being in live theater. When you go for a night out to see a play, that is live theater. We don't make as big of a deal out of it then. Why don't we? They could mess up then, too.

Here are a couple of reasons why we tend to make a bigger deal about live theater on TV:

1. It's typically on National Television. It is a bigger audience than when you actually go to a theater. Plus, that means it is advertised a lot, and is made to be a bigger deal than it actually is. Both of these put more pressure on these actors if they mess up.

2. DVRs are a live actor's worst nightmare. With our modern day technology, we can record this live performance on TV and watch it over and over and over again. If they mess up, people can watch them mess up over and over and over again. That's also a lot of pressure.

3. Actors in these live television programs are typically already famous stars. On one hand, this means that should have live theater experience already, but on the other hand they haven't done live theater in a long time. Plus, people would expect more out of them. This adds even more pressure to these actors to do well - to not disappoint their fans.

These three pressure points are seen by the actor's fans which is why they tend to look for these mistakes. Sometimes it is more interesting for people to see mistakes that weren't supposed to be there, than just watch and enjoy the performance.

Changes

My grandparent's are changing their house. They are adding a bedroom on the first floor and taking out their back deck.

This struck me as absolutely shocking. How could they possibly change the house I know as Grandma and Grandpa's house? It's perfect just the way it is. I don't want it to change.

But it has changed before. From things as small to shifting furniture around, to adding a TV room (which I wasn't alive for, but it was a major change), Grandma and Grandpa have changed a few things about their house ever since they first started living in it.

We were also talking about tonight about how some of us don't like small changes. Like getting a new Christmas tree or new lights that change the Christmas tradition. These things make Christmas feel less like Christmas. I didn't see how this was different from changing the house.

The difference is that one has to happens, where the other is optional to change. We have to accept the fact that some changes must happen, so we might as well deal with it. We don't have to change the other optional things though.

As humans, we don't like change. That is the same with everyone. Even those who don't fret about the small changes don't like change. Things like moving, getting a new job and leaving your parents is a big change that most people probably don't like.

But there are a lot of benefits to these things, too.When you get a new job, it's most likely that you are moving up in the job chain. When you move, you get to make new friends. When you leave your parents, you are getting to start a new life on your own.

Changes can be difficult sometimes, but they're just a part of life. Let's not let these changes get to us. We can learn to love them.

Thanksgiving Break

It's finally Thanksgiving break! It's time for sleeping in late, staying up late and finally getting stuff done!

I've had this long list of things I've been meaning to do since summer ended and because of Thanksgiving break I'm planning to get a lot of it done.

Like for one thing, haven't you noticed that I've posted three blogs in the past three days? The last time I posted was forever ago! I've been able to post on all of my blogs more, including my Nancy Drew one. I've also posted three new walkthrough videos in the past three days completing my Nancy Drew walkthrough for The Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake! (Here's a link to the playlist if you want to see it:  Click this!)

I've also been able to get this many things done because it's my without technology week. (I know it seems like I'm on technology because I'm blogging, but it doesn't count because it's on the list). Every month I take a week without technology meaning computers and TV, so I can realize that I have better things to do with my life. Not sure if it's working, but at least I have that week to find new things to do.

Thanksgiving break for some people is a hectic time. Getting ready for family to come or getting ready to get on a big trip to visit them can be hard. Plus, you have to worry about getting all the food together for that big Thanksgiving meal.

But it's not hectic for my family. We typically don't have people coming for Thanksgiving except for this special Thanksgiving (my grandparents are coming). We normally get up, watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in our pajamas and eat cinnamon buns! Then we get dressed and go out to eat at some place like Cracker Barrels or Luby's. Preferably, Cracker Barrel (Sorry Luby's). It's a nice holiday.

Thanksgiving break for me is just a good time all around right now. I'm going to have to try really hard to stay focused on enjoying it and to spend every second of it wisely. I'm going to want to look back and saying that this was a good, worthwhile Thanksgiving break.

Two Plays

In my last post, one of the things I mentioned was that I had two plays coming up. It's one of the things that is very hard not to look forward to!

The first of these plays is "Pilgrim's Progress". It's a funny and entertaining version of it, not the long boring paragraphs version. I've been in it before and I'm super excited to be in it again! Auditions for it are in a week and I've been waiting for it since about October.

The second of these plays is yet to be announced, so I don't think I should say anything, but it is super exciting for me. For the first time in my acting life, I have been requested to be in this play. I was one of eight other actors requested. I have only been in one play there and a camp, and I was chosen with someone who has been there eleven years. It's so exciting!

The only problem that will probably come up is the stress of being in two plays... at the same time.

I want to be in both so bad, and it looks like I'm going to, but it's probably going to be stressful. With two plays and my schoolwork I might not have much time to myself, which means I'm probably going to be doing another month or so of catching up on new TV shows after these plays.

I am so willing to do both these plays, because I have been waiting since my last play to be in another. It will be slightly stressful, but at this point I'm willing to do it. Now I just have to patiently wait for my auditions. I hope it comes soon! (Stop looking forward to it, Eastin!!)

Looking Forward

I had a sudden rush of thoughts while I was trying to go to sleep last night. It's November. It's Thanksgiving break. We're halfway to summer. Where the heck has my life went?

Every once in a while I just get this feeling that my life is going by so fast. I mean, I'M in HIGH SCHOOL for crying out loud! Every once in a while that really makes me shocked. I get this feeling that I don't want to grow up so fast. I want to stay young and enjoy it!

But, time constantly goes by faster, because I'm looking forward to things. When I look back at the past three months, it seems like it went by so fast. But when I think ahead a week to my auditions for the school play, it seems like it's a long time to wait! My sister deals with this, too. In fact she recently said to me, "Three weeks until Zed comes seems like so long, but he's staying three weeks and it just seems so short!".

I've been looking forward to these two plays that are coming up in the winter that I'm going to be in and to various things about growing up like getting my learner's permit, a job, a driving's license, where I'm going to college and what career do I want to have. These things and little minor things that come up throughout the day have I been looking forward to. But every once in a while, all I want time to do is SLOW DOWN!

I think looking forward to things makes time go faster, whether we believe it or not, and sometimes we just have to try and not look forward to things. To enjoy what we're doing now, because it will be gone in an instant.

I think I'll remember this when I'm twenty something. I'll be saying something like, "Man, I wish I could be fourteen again. I would have no responsibilities and no stress about anything like jobs or college. That would be the best."

Mystical Creatures part 12

Art

You are very good at any kind of art. You can even make your art look like it is actually real!

Acting

You are very good at acting. It is very easy for you to trick people, because you are good at being a believable actor.

Dancing

You are very good at dancing! It's as simple as that really.

Helpless

You don't have a normal possibility or much of any extra talent really. If you lose your powers, you'll be pretty much helpless.

Singer

You are really good at singing! It's as simple as that really.

Horse-back

You are really good at horse-back riding, which means that you probably have a horse. You can do lots of tricks on it and it is a faster way of getting around than just walking.

Magician

You are really good at looking like you're doing magic even when you're not. You can do tricks without having the actual magical powers to do them, but keep these tricks within the realm of possibility!

Kids

You are really good with kids. Kids tend to like you and their parents tend to come to you when they want a babysitter. You'll be a great parent someday!

Socially Awkard!

When you read this title, some of you may be thinking "Oh, this post must be about someone Eastin knows.", but others may be thinking "So, she knows how socially awkward she acts around people." My close friends know me as the fun, crazy, dramatic Eastin Kandt. But when I first know people I'm the quiet, try to say something once in a while, introverted Eastin Kandt.

I've been feeling this so much lately with my move to San Antonio. Going to different churches, youth groups and theaters has really been difficult. It's a miracle that I got to bond so well with my schoolmates. Thank goodness, too! If it weren't for my schoolmates, I wouldn't have any good friends.

It's not like I haven't been able to warm up to people though. There was a group of people recently that I was a part of that I warmed up to them and started to be my crazy self. But this was a temporary event. After about a month, I didn't see them for about another two or three weeks. When I saw them again though, I went back to being socially awkward!

I think to be myself around people I have to see them nearly every day, or at least three days a week (that's how it is with my school pals). After a while, we grow on each other.

But this whole situation has shown me something else. I have a friend that deals with this everyday. I won't say their name to keep it private.

I'm not sure of the particulars, but they have some sort of social disorder where they can't socialize with people well. Everyone wants friends, but it is particularly hard for them. Like me, around people they know really well it's easier for them I think, but otherwise they have it pretty difficult.

If they are reading this, I want to let them know that I know how they feel. I'm dealing with the same thing. It's hard, but you're not alone. Every person feels that way at some point or another.

Mystical Creatures - part 11

Illnesses allowed in the game:
      Blindness
      Deafness
      Muteness
      Paralyzed
      Diabetes
      Asthma
      ADHD
      Migraines
      Seizures
      Dyslexia
      Autism
      Cancer

You can have up to eight illnesses if you really want to, and you can have none, which most people prefer.

The point of the illnesses is to add another level or complication to the game.

We will now begin with the Normal Possibilities, which is basically what a Mystical Creature can fall back on if they happen to lose their powers.

Fighting Styles

Anything that involves fighting, you are talented at! That is, if you have fighting styles!

Inventions

You are a genius! You can build anything, including things you make up. Most Mystical Creatures with Invention have their own secret passageway or secret room, but this is optional.

Gymnastics

You are good at gymnastics, plus you can dodge any punch, kick or anything someone uses to physically hurt you.

Mystical Creatures - part 10

Animal People

This was made up by Conor, Pierce, Grace and I, I believe.

You have to choose between one of these different animals: 

       Dog People can take the form of a dog. They are protective and hyper. They have a super bark (destroy everything in path of bark), super-hearing and they can dig through anything. If you harm a dog person behind their ear, they die (or get seriously injured if preferred)

       Cat people can take the form of a cat. They are lazy. They have a super jump (high jump) and good eyesight. They can make their eyes glow in the dark and they have claws they can make appear on their hands. Cat People also have the normal possibility of gymnastics, which will be explained more thoroughly in the Normal Possibilities section to come.

      Frog people can take the form of a frog. They can super jump, super croak and they have a really long tongue they can use to grab things if wanted. Frog people are really good swimmers.

      Panther people can take the form of a panther. They are good at climbing, spying and hiding. Their abilities include very good eyesight and claws they can make appear.

      Bird people can take the form of any bird of choice. They can fly (obviously!) and can make their beak and talons appear at any time to harm someone. They are good at hunting, diving and are stealthy.

      Bear people can take the form of a bear. They have super strength and a super roar. They can also make their claws appear. They are good at fishing and climbing.

Pop-fizz

This one was created by Conor but was greatly inspired by Skylanders Giants.

They can't help but hate everyone.

When they get too angry, they turn into a beast that destroys everything their path for an entire minute.

Their natural form is a small creature with claws.

Pop-fizzes specialize in potions. Choose one that they can use:

      Explosion: They can make explosions happen in a designated area. As a beast, this means they can breath fire and the potion lasts for three minutes.

      Acid: This makes their claws stronger for attacking. As a beast, it gives them super-speed. It lasts for three minutes.

      Minion: This allows Pop-fizz to mind control people. As a beast, it lets them become a pro at backflips. It lasts for three minutes.

Mystical Creatures - part 9

Wood Nymph

This one was inspired by the Percy Jackson series.

The Wood Nymph's life is tied to a tree. That means that if the tree dies or gets cut down the wood nymph dies.

They can turn into their tree.

Wood Nymphs can control plants.

They can talk to animals.

Their natural form is green but they can look like normal people.

Mummy

This one was partly inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place and partly inspired by The Red Pyramid.

Mummies have mind control.

They can look normal if they wish, but their true form is, well, you know what a mummy looks like.

You must choose one or more of these abilities: Ha-di: If you say this word, you can fix something that is broken. Hi-nem: If you say this word, you can break something. Seeing Invisible: You can see invisible people or objects or anything else which might be invisible. Hyroglyphics: You can read hyroglyphics with ease. Divination: You can see the future.

Sorcerer

This one was made up by Conor, Pierce, Grace and I.

Sorcerer can predict the future.

Sorcerers can see people no matter where they are if they want to.

Phantom Horse

This one was made up by Conor, Pierce, Grace and I. For some reason, I feel like it was mostly Pierce, but I can't remember.

They can disappear in shadows, so if they are in a shadow they can basically turn invisible.

They can turn into a human.

They cause nightmares.

They must obey any son or daughter of Hades playing in the game.

Movie Ratings

I've taken a break from my "Mystical Creatures" series to talk about something that has been really bugging me. Movie Ratings.

Million Dollar Arm is the new Disney movie about two Indians coming to America to make a name in baseball. You may have heard of it. On Saturday, I watched the movie. It is rated PG yet there was mention of sex and beer. Mostly beer.

My first thought is why the heck is this rated PG? I'm sure many parents who took their kids to watch the movie thought the same thing. But then, I thought about it a little more.

On the "Why the Heck?" side, ALL the movies these days that are rated PG are movies such as Frozen. Completely age appropriate for those that are in Kindergarten. Drugs and sex do NOT fit into the age appropriate Frozen-like movies! Not at all. Many parents would agree with me.

On the other hand, PG means "Parental Guidance". My first question is for what ages? Do I need to bring my parents to this movie when I'm thirty? Would they need to bring their parents? But I'm not going into that right now. But technically, the abbreviation would make me think that anyone 17 or under would fit under the category of Parental Guidance, but then wouldn't PG be the equivalent of R?

Whatever happened to the rating of G? Many PG movies these days belong in the rating of G. The only G-rated movies that we have anymore are nature films. Or the coca-cola polar bear movie which hasn't came out yet. Or maybe isn't an actual movie.... But my point is most movies which we rate PG should be G-rated movies.

Ratings have no meaning anymore. All these directors and movie rating people need to get together and decide exactly what movies fall into what rating. I don't know what the process they have for rating movies is now, but I can tell you that it needs adjusting.

Mystical Creatures - part 8

Skeleton

This might have been slightly inspired by the Percy Jackson series but I don't know for sure.

Skeletons get to pick one paranormal activity. Choose from the ones listed in Ghost in an above part.

Skeletons can sense people in danger.

They can make someone ill or hurt.

They can make themselves have flesh, so they appear to be a normal human.

They have the ability to wave their hand over another person and see their skeleton - sort of like an x-ray machine.

Zombie

This one was partly inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place but most of it was just typical Zombie-known stuff.

Zombies have mind control.

They can do three things to people: Make them talk gibberish, make them be very slow, make them look 

ugly.

They can remove their body parts.

They come with two normal possibilities (to be discussed later): Dancing and Spying.

Troll

This one was inspired by American Dragon: Jake Long

Trolls have super strength.

They can change the color of their skin.

They can't go in sunshine, otherwise they turn into stone.

They are known to love chaos.

They can make mountains.

Satyr

This one was definitely inspired by Percy Jackson.

Satyrs can sense others emotions.

They can cause weather phenomenons.

They have forest powers (plant, trees, etc.)

They are talented at playing instruments: Music.

Mystical Creatures - part 7

Genie

This might have been inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place

They can turn tiny, or grant any wishes seen or heard but it is their choice whether they want to grant it and they CAN'T  grant wishes said or written by themselves.

And if someone has their lamps they must do whatever they say, so if you are a Genie lock your lamp up tight.

Gnome

I think part of this was inspired by Gnomeo and Juliet but not a lot.

Can teleport, turn into plastic, make things turn into plastic, make people hear things, and make people not able to move.

Again, a gnome's general appearance is short but can appear tall.

It think this was helped by Liz and Elisha, but most memorably Elisha.

Phoenix

I think this was inspired a little by Harry Potter and maybe Percy Jackson  or something written by Rick Riordan.

Phoenixes can heal, turn into any bird and control fire.

A few thing about phoenixes is they are reborn from ashes, have good eyesight and sharp hearing.

Elisha helped with this one.

Dwarf

Dwarves come with one super power which you can pick from Superhero above.

Dwarves like everyone and loves to work.

Their natural appearance is short, but they can appear tall.

Giant

Giants come with on super power which you can pick from Superhero above.

Giants can either be huge or a normal size.

Giants have super strength.

I think Elisha might have helped with this one.

Mystical Creatures part 6

Superhero

There is a list of superhero powers to choose from and here they are: Invisibility (to be around but no one sees you), Speed (to go really fast), Strength (be really strong), Flying (Fly), Water (Control water), Fire (control fire), Air (Control winds), Mind Control (can make others do what they say), Mind Reading (can listen to other people's thoughts), Animal (can turn into any animal), Teleport (can go from one place to another without moving), Tele (to move objects without touching them), Ice (controls ice)

Normal

Have no powers but have an extra normal possibility. Normally born in a family of mystical creatures.

Leprechaun

Leprechauns can make gold, can make it so they look tall but are actually short, can make people lucky or unlucky and can change their voice to sound like anyone.

I think Elisha pitched some ideas for this one.

Elf

This was partially inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place

An Elf has a few traits they can't turn off or on. 1. Everybody has to like them. Nobody can hate them. 2. They have good hearing. They can hear practically EVERYTHING! 3. Their body temperature is the same as the weather outside, so if it's -43 for example, an Elf would be freezing while when its 93 it would be hot, no matter what heat or air conditioning is on.

Like a Leprechaun they natural form is short, but they can make themselves tall and they also are really good at inventing things.

Element

This one was made up by Liz and I.

This person is made out of a certain "Element" but look human. The elements to choose from are Water (this means they are made of water and when they touch water they turn into water, and can control water), Fire (made of fire and turns into fire when it touches them, and can control fire), Air (made of air and turns into it only during strong breezes, can control air), Earth (made of rock and can turn into it when they touch rocks, can control things that have to do with Earth like rock), Weather (When goes outside turns into weather, can control weather), Dark (made of darkness and turns into darkness when touched by it, control darkness), Light (made of light and turns into the light when touched by it, controls light)

Mystical Creatures - part 5

Oracle

This was influenced slightly by Percy Jackson and partly American Dragon: Jake Long

There are several things you must choose for oracle. First you must choose if they are 1. Good (which means you always predict good stuff, and you must be Goth), 2. Bad (always predicts bad stuff, are usually peppy and happy all the time - I think we all know how these people are), 3. Good and Bad (Can predict both, is normal), .4. Question (Can answer any question asked correctly, this means you don't have to choose from the other two)

The next thing you need to choose is if you see 1. Past (To see things that happened before) 2. Present (Can see what is happening right now) 3. Future (What oracles are supposed to predict, sees what will happen)

The last thing to choose is how you get the vision. 1. Glowing eyes (when you are "predicting" something your eyes glow) 2. Dream (You see everything in a dream which you can't wake up from until it is over)

If I am not mistaken, I think Elisha helped me a little with this one.

Unicorn

Unicorns can fly, make it stop raining, make gems and (duh!) turn into a horse.

Unicorns also get three super powers which you can see under Superhero below.

I think Elisha, Liz and Jordan all had a little input on this one.

Pegasus

Pegasi (the plural of Pegasus) can fly and (duh!) turn into a horse.

It also comes with two superpowers which you can see under Superhero.

Ghost

This was probably inspired a little by Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? and mostly by Danny Phantom

Ghosts can fly, turn invisible, take over bodies, go through anything, and shoot lasers from their hands.

Also when you are around ghosts, it is always cold.

Ghosts can have one of these powers: Doors (can open and close doors without touching them), Voice (can make their voice sound like anything, especially something creepy), Lights (can turn lights on and off without touching them), Animal (can turn into any animal), Skeleton (when they wave their hand over a person's bodies, anyone can see that person's bones), Multiple (this means you can have more than one, this is up to eight), Tele (can move things without touching them), Memory Loss (can make people forget things), Mind Manipulator (Can enter people's minds, make them see whatever you want them to see), Fear Frenzy (Can make someone be seen as everyone else's worst fears for example if someone is scared of spiders, that person will be seen as a spider. Same goes with clowns, etc.)

This was helped partly by Liz.

Mystical Creatures - part 4

Vampire

I think this was mainly influenced by My Babysitters a Vampire

Vampires have strength, speed and can mind message, which is like sending message telepathically (we usually did this by talking with an echo-echo-echo-cho).

They also are influenced by full moons and have no reflection. Then there is the other basic stuff which I'm pretty sure I don't have to mention.

Liz helped me a little with this one.

Dragon

I think this was mostly influenced by American Dragon: Jake Long

All dragons can: Shape-shift, duplicate, have strength, and their scales work as a shield when activated.

All dragons have one special power. You can choose from: Earth (control things that have to do with earth, such as earthquakes, volcanoes etc., they can sense vibrations in the ground and tell what or who is coming, blow rocks), Air (can control winds), Water (controls water, blow water), Fire (control fire, blow fire), Sleep (can make people fall asleep, blow sleep), Poison (make people sick, blow poison), Ice (control ice, blow ice), Storm (controls storms, blow lightning)

Don't forget to pick a color for your dragon!

Elisha helped me with this one using a book. I forgot what that book was called but I would like to thank Elisha and the author of that book.

Mix

Basically this means you have multiple powers. You can "inherit" up to eight powers. (Meaning you could be half Dragon, half Demigod, half etc.)

Angel

I think this was influenced partly by Wizards of Waverly Place

Angel cans fly, mind message (discussed this in Vampire), turn invisible (this is a special type where not even other invisible people can see you unless you wish), see invisible people, and have mind control.

An angel must do good things, unless someone somehow gets her to steer bad and then she/he must do all sorts of bad things. (A dark angel if you will)

Everyone when around does good things.

I believe some of the ideas came from Liz and possibly Jordan.

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Centaur

The idea for centaurs mainly came from Percy Jackson I believe.

Centaurs can turn half horse, are skilled at archery and come with two superhero powers. (These are covered in the superhero section in another part.)

Cyclops

I'm not sure, but I believe at least some of the ideas for this one came from Percy Jackson.

Cyclops have one eye, but can hide it by magical glasses.

They have strength, are immune to fire, and can sound like anyone.

Elisha helped me a little bit with this one I believe.

Triclops

This one is inspired by Pair of Kings.

These are like Cyclops, but they have a third eye on their forehead. They are known for wearing bandanas and hats.

They can look in two places at once and come with one super power (Again, I will be covering these in Superheroes)

Werewolf

This was mainly influenced by Wizards of Waverly Place and Boy who cried Werewolf.

Werewolves have strength, speed, good reflexes, can jump really REALLY high.

They also can turn into a dog whenever they want, and on full moons a (duh) werewolf.

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Fairy

This one's ideas came mainly from Peter Pan and the Tinkerbell movies.

All fairies: Can become tiny, can become a beam of light, can fly and can make others fly. (I assume you can see how we got most of this from Peter Pan)

Each fairy has a special talent that gives them extra powers. They are: Animal (can talk to animals), Garden (can grow plants), Tinker (are very good at inventing), Fast (speed), Light (controls light, hates darkness), Water (controls water), Healing (can heal), Cooking (can cook well), Snow (can control snow), Ice (control ice), Dark (Mind control, control darkness, can control fog, must obey children of Hades)

Don't forget to choose a color for your wings!

I think some of my friends helped with the Dark fairy. I can't remember which ones (sorry!) but I would like to thank them.

Mermaid

The mermaid came from mainly H20: Just Add Water and partly from Aquamarine.

All mermaids: They look human, but when water touches them, a fin comes out, they can heal BUT as soon as they do they pass out, when a full moon comes out they act strange (one from H20), and if you help a mermaid they'll grant you a wish

With each mermaid comes a special ability. They are: Freeze (can freeze stuff by using a hand motion like stop, and can control snow), Jello (can turn anything into jello and turn it back using a twist of his/her hand, can control snow, fire and air), Float (can control water using a stop sign with inlaid fingers if that makes any sense, can control wind), Heat (can heat up things mostly water using a fist motion, can control fire)

Don't forget to pick a color for your fin!

Alien

This mainly came from Race to Witch Mountain and Aliens in the Attic.

All Aliens: Have mind control, can make it so there is no gravity in the room, and can take over bodies.

Each Alien has an extra power to choose from. They are: Talk to animals (does this need explanation?), Through (can go through objects), Shield (can make a shield to protect themselves from anything), Mind Reading (Read others thoughts), Tele (can move objects with their mind)