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Reply Subj: Re: That's a bit cold. Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 at 07:18:29 am EDT (Viewed 3 times) | |||||||
Quote: The LL had a teenaged urban robot on staff when the Hellraisers attacks. She was destroyed, along with her boyfriend and his best friend. The team has been very sensitive about robot ages of consent since then.Liu Xi falls into that category too, except for the robot part. But Liu Xi endured a lot more trauma in a much shorter time, so she matured faster. Now that Anna endured similar, she might benefit the same way. Also, that sort of mental and physical testing also will prove that if Anna can handle it, she's safe enough to be around people. It's not only the kind of thing that would mature a person, but it could drive a less stable one insane. So if Anna is still her gentle self, she passed the test. Quote: Quote: I think I've just recently learned how to make group efforts work well. It's why until just a few months ago, I avoided dealing with more than 2 or 3 people in a story. The great bonus to it is I can surprise the reader by switching focus. For instance Liu Xi can seem like the star for most of it, then half the Lair Legion gets involved, and then at the last minute someone you never expect comes out on top.Quote: It's always useful to have that skill. I've certainly improved my large-cast writing on this board.I used to keep screwing that up - you can see in my earlier stories, if there were more than say, 3 people in the cast I kept rotating them so no more than 2 were on scene at a time. Often that led to half the cast of a story being forgotten halfway through. Quote: Quote: I made a decision a long time ago that Lara would never have natural super strength or invulnerability. I think that would take away any reason at all for her to feel vulnerable and have to overcome it. When you can smash your way into a room and ignore the bullets and throw people like matchsticks, you're not really afraid of anything. I wanted her to always have to think things through, and work for it if she wants to mimic that kind of strength and power.Quote: Makes sense.From a writing point of view it makes things more challenging for me, which is good, because it keeps me from falling into that favorite-powerful-character trap. Sometimes I give her a scenario that's just too much, and then she screws up and something bad happens to her. It's part of her learning experience. And from a character point of view, it does make her learn something each time. I credit her tendency to use highly unorthodox strategies and generally be very clever with being forced to learn quickly. Like the Hooded Hood once gave her one of those awful choices to fix this or this...and she decided to do both by dragging him along for the ride. Or how she often tries talking first instead of picking a fight right away - because she's lost fights before, and sometimes talking first can help her assess the risk better. | |||||||
