Dec
24
2015
My head’s been so full of Star Wars that I very nearly forgot to give Ophis Python his due now that he’s left the stage. If I’m not mistaken, he dated back to the lost prototype of the story. If you’ve seen the cover of Life Force (Salamander in Japan) for the NES, you can see the image that was the inspiration for what Python is supposed to look like. My love of classical mythology factors in heavily with Python’s backstory, which also provides a connection to Arachne.
I’ve commented before about the challenge of writing nonhuman characters, particularly ones that aren’t humanoid. The further you distance yourself from the character, the greatly the challenge to portray them. Python mourning the loss of his family and the decline of his tribe are relatable enough, but there isn’t that much else to his character. I’ll admit that he’s pretty weak as a lead and if I had to do it again, I might consider replacing him with the Herakles Queen Basilissa.
It doesn’t feel like I’m giving him much of a fair shake and if I as the author don’t have much investment in him, that doesn’t bode well for the reader’s reception. Well, so it goes. I’ll have more to say when Xorgoth’s turn comes up, so look forward to that. Stay tuned.
Dec
15
2015
I made a little headway in Garm’s Chapter 1 of TTWC3. Under par, but enough to justify a post about it.
Followers of my Twitter feed have probably noted that I’ve started up Log Horizon. While I’d heard a lot of negativity about SAO, LH was deemed even worse, but, honestly, five eps in and I think it’s decent enough. I’m starting to think that the supposition that I have low standards may in fact be correct. ^_^; Well, I suppose there are worse things to be than easy to please.
Nov
30
2015
Well, I managed to pull it off. I wrapped up Carpos’ Chapter 5 and thereby completed his section of TTWC3. I’ll be moving on to Garm’s section the next time TTWC3’s turn comes up, but now it’s time to switch gears back to JJ. Stay tuned.
Nov
30
2015
I managed to make up for two days of negligible progress by wrapping up Carpos Chapter 4 and getting through most of Chapter 5 as well. Just a little bit more and I’ll meet my stated goal of finishing Carpos’ section before I switch over to EM. Stay tuned.
Nov
27
2015
I made some more progress on Carpos’ Chapter 4 of TTWC3. More to come. Stay tuned.
Nov
25
2015
I managed to finish up Carpos’ Chapter 3 of TTWC3 at long last and made some headway into his Chapter 4 as well. Finishing up his section this week is an entirely feasible goal. Let’s make it happen. Stay tuned.
Nov
24
2015
I made some respectable progress on Carpos’ Chapter 3 of TTWC3. Another solid push and I should be able to wrap up the chapter. We’ll see if I can pull it off. Stay tuned.
Nov
09
2015
I had too much else on my plate to finish Carpos’ Chapter 3 like I wanted to, but I did make the time to make some progress. Not sure if I’ll spend a little more time on it or go ahead and switch over to JJ. Stay tuned.
Nov
09
2015
More progress on Carpos’ Chapter 3 of TTWC3. One more day to finish it before switching over to JJ. Can it be done? Stay tuned.
Nov
07
2015
Made a little more progress on Carpos’ Chapter 3. At least finishing it this weekend seems entirely feasible. Stay tuned.