WIP Update – 15 Aug 15
I made a little progress on Simona’s Chapter 3 of TTWC3, but something funny happened. I’ve looked into it a few times, but I wanted to look again into the kinds of city gates you’d actually find in the 6th Century (the rough equivalent in Earth time to when the Trident War Chronicles take place), but by Googling “gate”, I instead got results for the anime series GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite Kaku Tatakaeri. I followed up on it, was intrigued by the premise, then proceeded to marathon all seven eps currently available. It’s really good stuff. It’s not the first to pit the modern military against a more primitive enemy, but that doesn’t hurt it any. Actually, I have my own story that fits into the basic subgenre, The End of Times, which is intended as the final novel in the Tellus Arc. Without spoiling too much for a story that’s years away from entering full development, I will say that the Jieitai runs a much more successful campaign.
I also started watching Overlord, which I’m enjoying as well. I’m noticing a disturbing trend, though. You’re seeing more and more of these series about listless Japanese young people being transported into these alternate worlds and almost immediately refusing to return. Alternate world stories are nothing new, but even if the character develops these new powers, finds love, etc., the goal is always to get back. The fact that the real world is being rejected so definitively in more recent stories of this type points to an unsettling malaise. I can understand it, of course. I certainly know both the general circumstances of the world and in Japan particularly that makes this trend appealing, but I find it a sad commentary on the state of the world all the same.
Tags: Tellus Arc, Trident War Chronicles, TTWC3, WIP Update
Tellus Arc, Trident War Chronicles, TTWC3, WIP Update | James Carmack | 16 August 2015 |
