<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33817335</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:33:01.954-07:00</updated><category term='complete'/><category term='info bit'/><category term='fanfic'/><category term='notes'/><title type='text'>Blessed Namek Shrine Reference Library</title><subtitle type='html'>Information, theories, biographies, and stories centered on the Nameks of Dragonball.  Most of this is not canon, but extrapolated from canon or else my own addition.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Devon Aster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12331582010668023256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33817335.post-6485511278475146461</id><published>2007-03-13T17:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T23:50:56.948-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='info bit'/><title type='text'>Info Bit:  About Namek Gender</title><summary type='text'>While I'd seen it referenced before, I'd never known the people mentioning it enough to be sure if they were being truthful or not.  And for the most part I'd forgotten much about it.  Not long ago, though, HanaNoir of Nameksei.net made a post on the forum about an interview Akira Toriyama had done with Shonen Jump.  In the post is a short bit quoting Toriyama as stating: "I don't think they're </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/feeds/6485511278475146461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33817335&amp;postID=6485511278475146461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/6485511278475146461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/6485511278475146461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/2007/03/info-bit-about-namek-gender.html' title='Info Bit:  About Namek Gender'/><author><name>Devon Aster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12331582010668023256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33817335.post-115759348331375586</id><published>2006-09-06T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T23:51:21.743-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notes'/><title type='text'>Biology and Language Notes (Dragon Ball:  Prodigals)</title><summary type='text'>Following are notes I made for my fanfic Dragon Ball: Prodigals.  The story included the plot point that female Nameks existed.  I wanted to come up with some plausible reasons to explain why there weren't any after the repopulation of the planet, so I gave them a biological quirk and things kind of expanded from there.***Language BitsA few words and definitions I came up with while writing.  I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/feeds/115759348331375586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33817335&amp;postID=115759348331375586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/115759348331375586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/115759348331375586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/2006/09/biology-and-language-notes-dragon-ball.html' title='Biology and Language Notes (Dragon Ball:  Prodigals)'/><author><name>Devon Aster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12331582010668023256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33817335.post-115733317290561048</id><published>2006-09-03T18:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T23:52:08.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='complete'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fanfic'/><title type='text'>Umi and the Great Dragon Father</title><summary type='text'>Author's Note: This piece was written a while ago as I wondered what sort of creation myth the Nameks would have. If I did my job well, it should read like a mythic piece. I chose a different style of writing this in terms of dialogue. Hopefully, it will create the tone I was going for.Disclaimer: DragonBall and DragonBall Z were created by Akira Toriyama and is copyright © Toei Animation and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/feeds/115733317290561048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33817335&amp;postID=115733317290561048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/115733317290561048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33817335/posts/default/115733317290561048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://namekshrine.blogspot.com/2006/09/umi-and-great-dragon-father.html' title='Umi and the Great Dragon Father'/><author><name>Devon Aster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12331582010668023256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
