I had a plan. I really did. I was playing through a few days, collecting some pictures to get started on said plan... and the game just threw me a huge curve-ball. I've got a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do with it... but... umm... yeah...
Update probably coming early next week.
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
@Metior_Ice, if I'm figuring right, your last comment puts you somewhere around Chapter 8 - Gossip... so, yeah, to answer your question... you missed a lot.
Might be a good time for a good ol'fashion binge-read. I mean, my chapters aren't that long.
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
@luciusstorm They aren’t long, and when I sit down to read, I make a lot of progress… I don’t know…. I have been struggling with some stuff lately, and I’ve had some complicated stuff to work through.
@luciusstorm There is no need to apologize.🙂 I prepared my self for shocking developments...just not that particular one.😁
I really enjoy these more adult takes on Liberty. The default canon on her is so goofy and childish. I like it better when she has some sass. I really got a kick out of Mariah's Jane Bond fantasies. I really happy that Liberty is taking her under her wing. Funny thing, viewing it on my phone I thought that was Cassie at first. Then I enlarged the screen and realized who it was.🤣 I can't put into words how happy I was to see Danielle walk back into the house. And breathe...😮💨
@DaniRose2143, as I said the other day, I wasn't expecting it either.
I wasn't even sure the mod I've got that reactivates autonomous vampire invasions still worked. It's been ages since one happened. I kind if love it when the game throws me these curve balls.
I am really enjoying Liberty Lee, Secret Agent. She's got some real grit. She's been lurking the background of the story for a while. It's nice to have her take the stage for a bit.
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
It's a little something from my pen and paper tabletop role-playing experience - the dice support the story. Rather than derailing the narrative, random events can fit perfectly into it, with a little creativity (and often without as much struggle as one thinks).
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
I love Aadi’s character, but the use of plural third person for one person makes their scenes difficult to follow. I know they are non-binary, but it is difficult to process since Aadi is one person… It is a very different use of pronouns and not one I’m used to. So, I am happy I get a chance to read that in use.
When I pursued my degree in English, I spent more time than most doing technical edits for documents. So, I tend to notice when writing is different. But that’s all it is, different.
The literature courses I took never included as many stories that used the pronouns as I see them in use in this story.
However, the Tech Comm courses did stress the importance of paying attention to dialect and taking the time to understand the content. I’m very grateful for this chance to better understand this use of pronouns. This is something I need to get used to. Something I’m happy to do.
Anyways, I’m happy Aadi got Mariah to realize her mistake. Mariah is really digging herself into a hole.
@Metior_Ice, I love Aadi. Like Mariah, they started as a throwaway background character and became so much more.
I confess, I still misgender them sometimes, usually when talking about the story with my wife, but I'm getting better about it. It's a learning experience. For the longest time, I didn't get non-binary pronouns. Then I read a short story by Seanan McGuire (I highly recommend her October Daye series, if anyone is looking for a good urban fantasy, btw) in which a non-binary character declares: "I am not a young man. I am not a young woman. I am me." Suddenly, it all made sense to me.
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
@Metior_Ice, I love Aadi. Like Mariah, they started as a throwaway background character and became so much more.
I confess, I still misgender them sometimes, usually when talking about the story with my wife, but I'm getting better about it. It's a learning experience. For the longest time, I didn't get non-binary pronouns. Then I read a short story by Seanan McGuire (I highly recommend her October Daye series, if anyone is looking for a good urban fantasy, btw) in which a non-binary character declares: "I am not a young man. I am not a young woman. I am me." Suddenly, it all made sense to me.
@luciusstorm I’ll probably never identify as non-binary, but I am 100% in support of recognizing someone as an individual rather than a stereotype or bias. There are too many things people focus on that prevent people from seeing the individual.
One of the best words of wisdom I’ve been told is that we are more than one thing and can be things that contradict expectations. In different spaces, we just wear a different hat.
One of the things that I think helps me make Damion such a well written villain is that I try to remember that, even though he is most definitely untrustworthy and very evil, he’s more than that.
He’s not just a stereotypical bad guy going around causing problems. And you might say his villainy makes him a kinda anti-hero. He’s bad. Nothing he does is exactly for the benefit of the “heroes,” and he is looking out for himself. However, he’s still doing something helpful for the heroes even if it’s not his intentions.
Part of me wants to see Mariah take that Anti-hero approach where even though she got herself caught up in a crime family, she uses her connections and influence to take a negative role and make something positive happen. She’s more than a criminal and mob boss. Her criminal behavior doesn’t need to ultimately be a force of darkness and evil.
Even if right now she’s doing “bad” things, I believe she might actually be in a position to do something very good that can actually help protect the people of Britechester and more. She can still do more to help others. Her excuses still can be true actions for the benefit of others.
Actually, sorry about the extra response, but now that I think about it.
Damion is untrustworthy while also staying true to every word he’s said up until now. He might actually be the most honest but evil character in my story.
Edit: I don’t want to distract from your story, but it relates to my earlier post.
@Metior_Ice, I definitely appreciate your thoughts and insights.
I agree, the best villains aren't just villains. Everyone is the hero of their own story.
Mariah is in an odd place right now. She, like her father, believes in the code of honor the Families claim to follow. I think on some level, she remembers her father's sense of honor, which she witnessed as a child, and it is part of who she is... both as part of her strength and her conflicted nature. (I need to see how I can fit that into the story.) How much of that code is real and how much is an excuse... well, thereby hangs a tale.
Fate is a riddle and we choose our own answer.Wyrd Girls
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I had a plan. I really did. I was playing through a few days, collecting some pictures to get started on said plan... and the game just threw me a huge curve-ball. I've got a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do with it... but... umm... yeah...
Update probably coming early next week.
Chapter 36 - Preparing
Might be a good time for a good ol'fashion binge-read. I mean, my chapters aren't that long.
Thank you. Definitely experiencing a low period right now, so even if it’s hard to explain everything, I appreciate the well wishes.
As soon as I snap out of this funk, I plan on giving your story a good binge.
I am really enjoying Liberty Lee, Secret Agent. She's got some real grit. She's been lurking the background of the story for a while. It's nice to have her take the stage for a bit.
It's a little something from my pen and paper tabletop role-playing experience - the dice support the story. Rather than derailing the narrative, random events can fit perfectly into it, with a little creativity (and often without as much struggle as one thinks).
Glad you're enjoying it.
When I pursued my degree in English, I spent more time than most doing technical edits for documents. So, I tend to notice when writing is different. But that’s all it is, different.
The literature courses I took never included as many stories that used the pronouns as I see them in use in this story.
However, the Tech Comm courses did stress the importance of paying attention to dialect and taking the time to understand the content. I’m very grateful for this chance to better understand this use of pronouns. This is something I need to get used to. Something I’m happy to do.
Anyways, I’m happy Aadi got Mariah to realize her mistake. Mariah is really digging herself into a hole.
I confess, I still misgender them sometimes, usually when talking about the story with my wife, but I'm getting better about it. It's a learning experience. For the longest time, I didn't get non-binary pronouns. Then I read a short story by Seanan McGuire (I highly recommend her October Daye series, if anyone is looking for a good urban fantasy, btw) in which a non-binary character declares: "I am not a young man. I am not a young woman. I am me." Suddenly, it all made sense to me.
@luciusstorm I’ll probably never identify as non-binary, but I am 100% in support of recognizing someone as an individual rather than a stereotype or bias. There are too many things people focus on that prevent people from seeing the individual.
One of the best words of wisdom I’ve been told is that we are more than one thing and can be things that contradict expectations. In different spaces, we just wear a different hat.
He’s not just a stereotypical bad guy going around causing problems. And you might say his villainy makes him a kinda anti-hero. He’s bad. Nothing he does is exactly for the benefit of the “heroes,” and he is looking out for himself. However, he’s still doing something helpful for the heroes even if it’s not his intentions.
Part of me wants to see Mariah take that Anti-hero approach where even though she got herself caught up in a crime family, she uses her connections and influence to take a negative role and make something positive happen. She’s more than a criminal and mob boss. Her criminal behavior doesn’t need to ultimately be a force of darkness and evil.
Even if right now she’s doing “bad” things, I believe she might actually be in a position to do something very good that can actually help protect the people of Britechester and more. She can still do more to help others. Her excuses still can be true actions for the benefit of others.
Damion is untrustworthy while also staying true to every word he’s said up until now. He might actually be the most honest but evil character in my story.
Edit: I don’t want to distract from your story, but it relates to my earlier post.
I agree, the best villains aren't just villains. Everyone is the hero of their own story.
Mariah is in an odd place right now. She, like her father, believes in the code of honor the Families claim to follow. I think on some level, she remembers her father's sense of honor, which she witnessed as a child, and it is part of who she is... both as part of her strength and her conflicted nature. (I need to see how I can fit that into the story.) How much of that code is real and how much is an excuse... well, thereby hangs a tale.