Talk:The Story of a Minifigure: Strange Odd Shadow/@comment-27324808-20200913004047/@comment-28549248-20200913075507

Yeah, it's been a while it seems

Yeah, in regards to the chapter's length, I do wonder if I should combine the previous two in one. Since this chapter has already established this kind of length, it would not be out of the ordinary for the first chapter to be longer. At the same time, both of the first two chapters have the similar theme of getting to the Nexus Force and the main reason, it's two chapters is for the sake of cliffhangering/giving Chapter 1's more emphasis due to its being the end of the chapter. If, however, I combined them beyond the effect of only having a single introductory pre-NF chapter, it would allow me to keep Chapter 3 as the one that mentions Shadow's powers like in the original (though that's a pretty superficial bonus).

I think it's a combination of things that led Strongheart to that decision. It might be that originally he gave Shadow that option in expectation of his not doing well (that way he would essentially be let down more smoothly allowing him to maybe finally get it that he won't get his way), but was actually impressed enough to consider otherwise. What did you think of his overall character by the way?

I'm glad you say that the story has this gritty and horrific and realistic nature. It's very much the intent and I'm happy to see it work. I generally try to disconnect myself from the cheery perspective of the game and think how the same concepts would apply to real life. That's why it's addressed the stromlings look ghastly. At the same time, though, also trying to give the Maelstrom some more credit and scary factor, which is why for instance the stromlings are a lot more than the one-hit enemies of the game in here.

The original original did not really address what AG Survival was, simply following how the game worked, I believe. It did however explain it in the 4th book in a way that is not contradictory to this. It was not a simulation before, but as you will note the simulation here is of something that's actually real. So, I'm essentially allowing for two Survivals to exist, the previous explanation and also the simulation that was useful for this chapter.

Yeah, I thought it might be a little abrupt after I finished it. Maybe I was rushing it a bit while writing. I might take another look at it again at some point.

Thanks for all the comments! They mean much to me.