Monday, March 25, 2013

Review replies and character development stuffy stuff

I think this actually is like the last half of a post *shrug*


Though, one a day was pretty typical, huh? (I think I'm referring to posting blog posts frequently)

ahwell

I just saw the Avengers, and about half-way through I remembered "oh, I have reviews to reply to..."
so...

REPLYING TIMEE!!!

Archsage, you do have a point. Admittedly, I never specified that the darkness couldn't affect Riku. I think. Maybe I'm arguing a dumb point, and this is going to sound really cover-up-y. I don't mean it that way.

The darkness does not and really cannot tempt Riku. He can't fall into darkness. Part of that is because he's already got a crap ton of power, and he might have a lot of hurt in him, but I can't reasonably see that hurt dragging him down. That, and it just wouldn't work. Even if data can be affected by darkness, it still isn't supposed to be; the two don't get a long, and it usually causes a lot of pain to the data. Why? Something's trying to change it that shouldn't be able to change it.

Okay, maybe I am covering my butt.

But there's this part later on that would be a ton more epic if Riku could just explode darkness at someone. 

Oh! And it helps a freaking ton with book 5!!

I knew there was more than the "I wanted epic darkness" reason...

Anyway.

I'll go with that the darkness normally/naturally/usually can't affect data. But Shad intervened. And Shad's gotten the darkness to do things that it wouldn't normally do more than once already.

Theoretically, anyone else with control over darkness could intervene, too.

A think an original draft of FtP had Ansem trying, and it still caused Riku a lot of pain.

Maybe the darkness doesn't affect data in the typical ways, and since Riku didn't know of the non-typical ways, he said he just couldn't be affected. Because, no, darkness might not be able to drag data into darkness. It might not be able to latch on and cause problems later. But it certainly can try and it's the trying that hurts. Darkness corrupts data very quickly, or if not corrupt, it'll certainly leave data severly damaged.

And am I over explaining again?

That or I'm trying too hard...

I'll just move on now.

Flightfoot, yes, they are dodging the subject of Shad. There's a reason behind this. 

hmm... KKBeckett, I'll come back to your questions in a sec. I should finish answering those concerning this chapter

Yes, Peach, that is my logistical (I think that's the right word) reason. That would totally kill the story arc, and that's the only thing I care about! Just kidding, that was sarcasm! While, yes, that is a reason, my main one happens to be that Sora refuses. He doesn't want to see her until he's sure he won't hurt her again.

That, and other people have ideas to keep them apart, too.

I'd scrap one to make this thing shorter, but I really kinda like how it turns out, and I love this thing Shad does, and- ugh. Cutting it would make my life so much easier, because it means I could be like, end-game in about a month of writing. Maybe it'll still be a month if I keep this, but considering how spacey and not concretely planned it is, I think most of my time will go into brainstorming instead of writing...

As for the second thing you said, Peach, I don't see it happening. Terra's not... around at the moment. (Unless KH3D gives me a different/canon reason, he's exactly where magik's Terra was. And by the time he's back, it'll be book 5 and a bit late for it to do Riku any good). And there ain't no way he's asking Real Thing for help. I mean, maybe maybe if it was a life or death situation, he'd ask, but even then....

I mean, say, they were fighting together (I can't even see that happening... but...) and he's like, about to fall off a ledge or something, I think he'd be okay if Real Thing helped him get back up.

But, if he had to ask Real Thing for help fighting someone (see, this is why I can't see them fighting together) I think he'd rather die.

I mean, I could see them fighting together, I suppose, if Real Thing asked for help. But I can't see Real Thing asking for help. So...

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic/joking with the last thing about Toby and the cookies. But he has been locked in a closet for the past three months, just in case you weren't joking.

And yes, Xianit, Kairi needs to meet Sora, not only to get her faith back, but also for Sora's sake.

now... KKBeckett's questions

Yes, this is one REALLY LONG day. I guess I'm just spacing crud out a lot, or just spending more time writing it than I usually do.

Though, that ridiculously long raid, timing wise, can't have lasted more than a halfhour. It was probably less.

Yes, Shad is being a meanie. But he doesn't feel good, and nothing makes him feel better more than bothering people, or, even better, making Sora bother people for him.

OH, and you can argue that Magik's Namiku bothered him first. He just bothered them back.

Shad, sleep, are you kidding? He doesn't need to eat, either.

How did Leon overreact? I don't know. I'd imagine there was definitely some shouting... and maybe some threatening. Idk, Leon seems like a person who might threaten someone if he had enough incentive to do so. He might have tried to attack Sora. I don't, honestly, know. I don't know Leon enough to spit out his reaction without thinking about it first. So, lemme think about it. And by the time I'm done, I'll probably have a scene written, because what's the point of all that thinking if you aren't going to write your result? That is, of course, if I have time to write it...

Because I should be writing other things, really...

I don't think Kairi was always bitter. I think she was always easily-offended, though. I'm actually beginning to think that she had/has a habbit of taking things a bit too personally.

Not sure if that relates to being bitter at all... but, for certain, the bitterness is probably a result of Sora falling into darkness

I'm glad you appreciate the juxtaposition of Namine and Kairi's conversation compared to Joseph and Toby's horseplay. I didn't mean for it to be that way, honestly. I wrote the conversation because I had to, and I wrote the horseplay to get Joseph and Toby out of the way. But, if it makes nice juxtapostion, that's great!

I'm going to go type up a journal now.

And pray that youtube works, because I want to listen to techno, and grooveshark doesn't have easily accessible techno that I would like to listen to (especially since I don't want some techno remix of the crud they play on the radio these days. If I want techno, I want some good techno, and that's on youtube.)

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