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Reply Subj: After excessive bookkeeping, I tend to prefer a nice nap. Actually, that usually goes for during the bookkeeping. Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 02:08:55 pm EST (Viewed 1 times) | |||||||
Quote: In this case, however, I agree with Vizh... I don't know what we should be doing, but we damn well should be doing it!And next issue we shall, with Vizh vs the Hooded Hood. Quote: I assume that you mean "This could be a sickness" in your posting comment, as this story is anything but a "suckness". Yes, I meant sickness, but it could have been a Freudian slip. Quote: Some good emotional fall-out in this one, especially the GE meltdown in front of the press. The human moments are often my favorite parts of the story, and this chapter was brimming with them. Beth's quiet talk with Mumphrey was another top notch bit.Apart from the EEE scenes and the pay-off of the Drury meet, nothing in this chapter was in the original version of the story (the one-part epilogue that in turn spawned from a single-scene in the Tomb). It was only when I went back to proof that material that it became clear there was a lot of stuff that needed unpacking and mapping. I still take the PV characters way too seriously and I care about their stories and ncontinuity making sense (sickness or suckness, like I said). I'm not happy swanning in, throwing things into chaos, and then leaving character reactions unresolved and situations unclear and unusable. Plus, I had quite a lot of fun doing the little scenes. I hope they reminded people of why they follow these characters. Quote: I hadn't really considered the idea of Griffin projecting himself across such distances, but I suppose it does fit. We know that he went to spy on things for Magweed when he was believed to just be imaginary, and it was always left rather vague how he did so. I hope I haven't pushed his abilities in a direction you didn't want to go. My take on this is that he was able to go that far because he knew both the person and the location (at least from description). He'd be unable to do the same to find, say, a hidden villain in his lair. He couldn't manifest corporally (he can't effectively teleport). I suppose I was thinking of Griff relating to Sam here as being similar to the way he used to go to Maggie. Quote: In any event, I enjoy the adventures and scheming of the young members of the cast, and Sam, Maggie and Griffin are a fun little group. I had actually been working out a school-based story for the twins, complete with mean girls and the like, but then I realized that what I had and what I might have done were already close enough to what was done with certain cartoon characters, so I'd need some new ideas.Mags and Griff's schooldays would be excellent, especially when Kerry turns up at home time to pick them up. By the way, my view is that mice and bluebirds only sing around Magweed when Yo expects it. Quote: I like seeing Hallie and Marie working together to figure out what's wrong with their turf. They're both linked to the mansion in very personal ways, and it's fun to see that explored.That was actually the last scene to get dropped in. The reason will become evident next time. Could you remind me of the state of play of Vizh and Hallie's current romantic relationship? Quote: And finally, we get to have words with a certain Hooded Hood. Should be quite interesting... I'm looking forward to it!I started revising what is now the final part of a three-chapter consequences story, and was surprised how dark parts were getting. After all, we can't really turn the screw properly when we still don't know how Laurie/Amnesia died, can we? But I think those flashback scenes will get published in a different colour, with content caution, so people can avoid them if they want and still get a perfectly coherent story with dramatic and funny bits. | |||||||
