I want to know bout them [Saeya's] feathers .
Well, this does have to do with Saeya's, like, one appearance tag. The feathers do have powers, they are an artifact with an actual purpose. Not sure if we'll get to see it in the series; depends on how Underlord goes, which determines how much screentime she'll have in books seven and eight.
It's really funny though Will, you are now known for your underdog stories.
Yet your first story sounds anything but xD
I know, right? So many of my outlines are about people who start off at the highest level of power.
I think it reflects me refining what I wanted in the story more than the evolution of my tastes, because even then I knew something was missing when it came to the plot. I could imagine cool scenes of the stuff the protagonist would do easily enough, but I always had trouble thinking of how the plot would progress.
Only to realize years later that it was because the character started off with nowhere to go. He had all the powers, allies, and resources almost right away, so I just had to contrive further obstacles for him, so he's fighting magical space armies right off the bat.
You know, it occurred to me as I've been recording the audio for CoL: this is the only book of mine I've never read.
Do you feel any trepidation about reading it?
Do I feel trepidation about reading CoL...not really. Honestly, it's been cool to read over scenes I forgot about. It's the most distance I've ever had from my writing, and while there are definitely things I would go back and improve if I had the chance (and it would be completely different if I wrote it now), I'm enjoying it. There are some things that I thought "Man, this is a good idea, I should steal this" and then I was like..."Wait..."
So, fun fact: my original version of the Abidan setting had a group of people who drew on power from the Void, a group who drew on the Way, and a group who had basically generic psychic powers that were in the middle. And the story followed a guy who was artificially contrived, by the machinations of Ozriel and Suriel (who at the time was the Ghost), to have the powers of all three. He ended up contracting with a shapeshifting dragon named Oerthon who gave him Void powers, a water fairy named Melusine who gave him Way powers, and he developed the regular psychic powers himself.
What would happen if someone put a Remnant binding into their soulspace for a long-term period of time?
I'm...not sure if I want to answer this yet. I will say that there is a way to take a binding and graft it into your spirit, so you can steal someone else's techniques. I'm not ready to talk about the specific mechanics involved in doing so, though.
Could a light sacred-artist create different wavelengths of light?
Yes, potentially light artists could manipulate the wavelength of light.
What is the best mix-in at Cold Stone?
This is the kind of question I like to see. Reese's Pieces.
Followup, which ice cream flavor?
Cookie dough.
Is Akura Malice always giant?
Akura Malice is never giant.
Have you ever had Sour Cream and Onion popcorn? It sounds really disgusting but honestly it tastes amazing?
I have not, but I like sour cream and onion chips, and my hunger for popcorn is legendary and never-ending. To the nation of popcorn, I am a walking natural disaster. I would try that.
What would the Lirial energy crystal do when bonded to Valinhall?
I don't understand what you mean by the Lirial energy crystal. If you mean the one that stores a Lirial Traveler's energy, then nothing. That could not be tied to Valinhall because it isn't a weapon, just like the seed of the Hanging Tree couldn't be.
What would a monarch level poison do?
It would be sentient, more like a plague than a poison, and it would not only devour the spirit and the mind, but would corrupt the madra and aura of the land around it as well. Inside a Monarch, being contained by their spirit, it might just act like a normal poison would in a normal person.
But if Lindon X yerin does happen i would hope it would be really unhealthy awkward because neither of them know what a relaionship really is.
Frankly, this is the part I'm struggling with. Because neither Lindon nor Yerin are well-equipped for a healthy relationship, pairing them with anyone is going to result in significant emotional conflict.
Which, for most stories, is great! Organic character conflict is awesome. But it also takes time to do it justice, which means I'll be cutting space that would otherwise go toward The Sacred Arts Adventure Hour and spending it on Lindon And/Or Yerin's Love-Time Troubles, which is a...steep transition to make 6+ books deep in a series. So...working on it!
I don't think [Lindon and Yerin] should date at all. I don't have a reason, just imo I do not think they work and it kind of a troupe that the two lead characters of opposite gender started dating in a book.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropesAreTools?from=Main.TropesAreNotBad
Just as a clarification, a "trope" is just a literary element used to build a story. The story's a house, and a trope is a brick. Stories are made of tropes. As for this specific subject, I know that if I do end up pairing Lindon and Yerin, some people are going to be thrilled and others will be disappointed. I'm aware of that with every choice I make. There's nothing wrong with not wanting a specific pairing, or not wanting something to happen in a story.
... it was too odd, and due to this bloody discord involved northstrider having a harem lol.
(describing a cradle inspired dream questioner had and was sharing in humour)
Random response to a comment in General: you know who in Cradle canonically has a harem? Akura Malice.
Her real name is also Tim.
Lindon should have a harem. By now Mercy, Yerin,lil blue and Geisha would be in harem by now. Orthos would turn out to be female and Lindon's goal would be to show arrogant young lords why he is worthy of Emperor's jade like beauty sister.
Strange...this is exactly the plot of the sixth novel. Using the Emperor’s elixirs, Gesha is regenerated back into her young body, and she finally notices how heroic Lindon’s eyebrows are and falls for him. Little Blue gains a solid form and can now express her long-standing affection for Lindon, it’s revealed that Mercy is actually gone from the Akura family to look for a man strong enough to be her husband, and all this attention causes Yerin to realize her true feelings for Lindon. The Emperor’s sister begins to see him as a little brother until Lindon rescues her, and as she is carried away in his arms she realizes how much she’s missed a man’s strong embrace. Despite the fact that she’s physically stronger than he is, but forget about that.
The only thing you got wrong is Orthos. He’s not a female turtle, but his never-before-mentioned daughter is, and she’s so advanced that she is perfectly human in appearance and, of course, has beauty like a heavenly fairy. She has to continue the Blackflame bloodline, and Lindon’s the only one around...
I’m amazed you picked up on all that, considering how subtle the clues were in the previous books.
You should definitely address romance in your books. ;)
Shshshshshshshshsssssssshhhhh. Hush now.
I need an awkward Will protagonist date in my life.
Jk, I know you’re right, and it’s going in. I have to practice to learn how to use it effectively, and the only way I practice is through LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE. Everything that happens to Lindon and/or Simon results in awkwardness.
"Lindon: So uh...you like swords, right Yerin?" "Simon: I like my eyes and having both of them."
^ Thats now my favorite. I’m going to try and work that in.
My 2 cents is to just leave rape out of books altogether. It's a problem worldwide. We don't need to read about it in a source of ENTERTAINMENT.
Eh. It depends on the tone and intent of the work of entertainment in question. Sometimes it’s perfectly appropriate to deal with a heavy subject in a drama designed for entertainment. That said, it’s too heavy for my stuff. I’m not going to give sexual abuse the gravity it deserves, so I’m leaving it out.
And that's a perfectly acceptable reason, Will. Better to not address it than address it poorly.
That’s basically my position. And not every work of fiction can or should deal with every subject, so...
I wish Jeri died instead of Lucian.
Too bad; in OKAK she wins and becomes the new Empress, ruling forever over an Elder-blighted homeworld.
Or is Yerin still gross and scary to Little Blue?
No. Her hatred and fear has only grown. Soon she will evolve into a Yerin-devouring monster.
Will, I like when you use easily searchable words for the archive.
Hahaha gotcha, I should say other easily searchable words. Rutabaga I am committed to developing my characters romantically. Aardvark if I can figure out how to write stories more efficiently, I hope to scale up my production to a consistent 3 books a year so that I can try more new things
