1. Any predictions for the future of LVB?
I guess the next part will be Bella and her life with the alien resistance, and trying to find Emit. She would be forced to make decisions and I'm looking forward to it.
2. What would you like to see for Bella or any of the characters?
I hope Bella will learn how to take care of herself instead of relying too much on others all the time.
I want to see Morty rage when he realizes that Bella left him xD
And I want to see how the kids will deal growing up without their mother.
As for the reading rotation, I'm okay with it.
And thanks for pointing out the rules again. I agree with you.
I also would like to mention that I'm a little stressed out with RL so I'll be a bit less active in the next weeks. Sorry for that.
And Idk what time it is now where you live, but here's the 9th, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY
@candycottonchu Thank you. It's still the 9th here! I had a lovely breakfast at a local cafe here this morning with my husband.
I love what you wrote. Absolutely, Bella will have to take more responsibility and make her own decisions.
Mort raging would be great. Don't know if he will just because he's a cold and calculating character. It would be interesting to see him lose his temper.
Good to know. Thanks for keeping us posted. This is a busy time of year for the holidays and we'll have 2 catchup or rest weeks after friendsfan. Hope things settle down for you.
Oh I am not sure if I could see him being angry as in throw things at the wall xD But I bet he would be completely outraged. the cold, cunning rage, that broods inside, and maybe he'll want to take revenge. I bet he'd try to keep his promise to her for a while, but then he'd try to look for her to destroy her.
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What does it feel like to write a story where the readers know the partial outcome (Bella meeting Mort at some point and likely marrying him). Did you feel you had to add something extra, additional plot twists, to balance out that partial predictability?
@Maladi777 Certainly an interesting challenge. I was somewhat confined but then Bella's early years prior to Mortimer have never been well defined so I felt like I had free rein. Yes, I have a certain outcome but I have the freedom to work within the confines loosely. I always thought Bella lacked personality somewhat, defined by her marriage or her disappearance. I wanted to give her a story where she has more freedom to develop and yet is still confined with pre determined choices or trapped by destiny. How would someone react or act in those circumstances, especially if she's never made decisions for herself?
Thanks for your responses.
As for Malcolm, I liked throwing that sneaky little twist.
As for Emit, like I said on the blog, Bella doesn't always think rationally or she thinks she can handle herself.
Regarding Jennifer and Daniel, yes, Bella gets along better with guys. Bella and Jennifer come from different worlds. Yes, Bella's family is comfortable upper middle class but only because of Mortimer's generosity. Jennifer is upper class and she was born into wealth. It's a little different for her than Bella. Jennifer also knows what she wants from life, and Bella is still drifting. It's hard for the girls to relate to one another.
... Bella's relationship with Mortimer?
Haven't heard from him since he made the arrangement with Simis and Jocasta. He could at least try and let Bella get to know him better before the marriage. I'm hoping it happens in the next chapters.
That's a great point. It seems like to be a decent guy, Mort would help Bella get to know him. You'll see.
oh i thought of a question even though i have only read some of it.
the game often has predefined pesonalities for premades did you use them the way the game has them or change stuff?
i hope it makes sense now you know why i read during the week if not.
@friendsfan367 Are you asking in general or for my story La Vita Bella? It's a good question for all of us... how do you handle townies?
your story.but i'm curious about the others as well. its not the no glasses that slowed my reading progress its the eye strain that comes with it. but i'm tying to be a part of things cause i like it here.
Well for me townies are just as much of a mystery as randomly generated. I don't know the lore behind them, or what stories were intended for them. So I tend to just treat them how I always would. Observe and decide from there what happens. xD
@friendsfan367 hey I know your story is next and I have tried to read it before but I have a hard time finding the correct order so I get lost. Do you have it posted somewhere in order of the posts so that I can follow the story as you intended it to be?
I know the few I did read in the past I really enjoyed the style, I just couldn't keep up and lost track
I’ve read a bunch of chapters in the past, but started rereading The Benders from the start. What I found easiest for me is to go to the archive at the bottom of her pages and go month by month backwards. I started with November 2017 and read from bottom to top.
Hehe. Thanks legacy. I ended up getting through it though with the forum page. archives would have helped had I noticed them on mobile.
I ended up making a family tree as well cause I couldn't keep track of characters.
well because of the direction ayden went in this time he had to live with lauren as a teen then he was only with elsa again a few months when the tragedy happened.
and i have to write because while generation2 is already big not a lot on ayden has been written.
ialo have to write just in case cathtea changes her mind and i become a puddle in a desk chair.
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@candycottonchu Thank you. It's still the 9th here! I had a lovely breakfast at a local cafe here this morning with my husband.
Mort raging would be great. Don't know if he will just because he's a cold and calculating character. It would be interesting to see him lose his temper.
Good to know. Thanks for keeping us posted. This is a busy time of year for the holidays and we'll have 2 catchup or rest weeks after friendsfan. Hope things settle down for you.
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Thanks for your responses.
As for Malcolm, I liked throwing that sneaky little twist.
As for Emit, like I said on the blog, Bella doesn't always think rationally or she thinks she can handle herself.
Regarding Jennifer and Daniel, yes, Bella gets along better with guys. Bella and Jennifer come from different worlds. Yes, Bella's family is comfortable upper middle class but only because of Mortimer's generosity. Jennifer is upper class and she was born into wealth. It's a little different for her than Bella. Jennifer also knows what she wants from life, and Bella is still drifting. It's hard for the girls to relate to one another.
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the game often has predefined pesonalities for premades did you use them the way the game has them or change stuff?
i hope it makes sense now you know why i read during the week if not.
@friendsfan367 Are you asking in general or for my story La Vita Bella? It's a good question for all of us... how do you handle townies?
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your story.but i'm curious about the others as well. its not the no glasses that slowed my reading progress its the eye strain that comes with it. but i'm tying to be a part of things cause i like it here.
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I’ve read a bunch of chapters in the past, but started rereading The Benders from the start. What I found easiest for me is to go to the archive at the bottom of her pages and go month by month backwards. I started with November 2017 and read from bottom to top.
I ended up making a family tree as well cause I couldn't keep track of characters.
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That's a great idea. @friendsfan367, do you have a family tree? If not, it might be an idea. I use FamilyEcho but I know people who use PlumTree.
I made little notes myself, @Shadami.
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Here's the one I made if anyone wants to look at it xD
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well because of the direction ayden went in this time he had to live with lauren as a teen then he was only with elsa again a few months when the tragedy happened.
and i have to write because while generation2 is already big not a lot on ayden has been written.
ialo have to write just in case cathtea changes her mind and i become a puddle in a desk chair.
she only promised not to kill me for now.