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If the old codger demon idea helps then great! I hope I can help even if just a little bit.
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[quote=Grant;2191]am trying to become a beta demon but wont let me help please[/quote]
I tried and clicked the link but it took me to the main page of the site instead of anything like a confirmation or such.
what do I need to do?
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Do we know if Tom was practicing his magic shielding abilities on that night? Was he training? Which if it plays any factor makes me ask, Would Exador routinely go around shielding his mana/animus? And even if they both were doing it would that in any way effect the mirror?
Cause if both Tom and Exador were shielding their magic, that leaves the door open for Tizzy to be one of the Indigo.
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Oh hey guys, per Langland’s request over on the discussion thread
I am reposting my comment from over there on the power levels etc:
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I think Rupert was the Bright Green light wandering around the Wizard Council Palace that the Knight Rampant saw, and I base this upon the fact that right after they truth talked the boy yet before they axed him the Knight used the mirror spell and we saw a green glow illuminate the Knight’s face.
That means to me the most likely possibility for Tom’s colors are the Light Blue with Turquoise streaks. I do admit that the light blue with highlights could have been the girl arch-demon, as she was decidedly less powerful when it came to resisting the demon repulsion spell than the other two male Archies. But….
Also I have a theory as to why Rupert looks so much like Tom, which also kind of links into his power level. Rupert is a born half-demon who of his own admission grew tails and horns etc, but never ‘manifested’ his full form until ‘after’ he met his father. No wizard cut his tether and soul bound him with a level four or level three containment spell. Yet he’s got the distinctive appearance of a small level four. I maintain that since how a ‘demon’ looks and his body is the ‘half-wizard’ pre-conception and half the new demon’s preconception that in our little guy’s case. He did the lions share of the imagining and once he saw Tom the first good strong non-evil demonic role model he’d encountered he took on a decidedly similar appearance. He also thought Tom was a level four. Is it any co-inky-dink that his first full demonic manifestation is almost an exact replica of his ‘father’ and is it also a co-inky-dink that he comes in solidly at the same power level as his ‘father’.
I would maintain that his ‘real’ demonic father’s power level as well as his own magical training likely effected his power level but if belief is half the battle here then Rupert’s similarity to Tom/Dad is a self-fullfilling prophesy.
Now I could be all wet and all ‘good’ fourth level demons look the same but if its mind over matter…. I mean just look at what he was doing with his consciously controlled morphing of his human body. how much does the unconscious factor come into play.
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The 1st half of the book had too little Tom and the Jenne/Gastrophe sub-plot just wasn’t carrying the water.
Really enjoyed the second half of the book.
My advice revise and expand. Give it a hard look and slide a couple Tom chapters back a bit and create another Tom-in-the-Abyss sub-plot. Maybe created around the Knight Rampant exposed to the Abyss there wasn’t a whole lot of that and if that doesn’t cut the mustard then throw in a minor conflict with a fiend or major demon. A minor property dispute in the mountain/cave area maybe. 10-15k words? An irascible old codger demon complaining about the noise and leaving the corpse of dragons/former neighbor out on the lawn. Could weave that guy back in for book 3 without changing the second half of the book. Could get some more funny Knight Rampant angsting against Tom as a person if even his demon neighbors are complaining and then go into the conspiracy Greater Demon its all a plot angle.
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[quote=Rosver;1408]Hmmm. Being a beta reader seems interesting. Hope I’m picked!
Those Oostemoth are hillariously crazy. And they being serious in their craziness just multiply it hundred of times. Well, I now know that serious and insane could go together.
Those romance writers are just in to it for the O.[/quote]
I’ll sign so long as I to use my own pen! (invisible ink and some of your own fine print anyone!!!)
Make me a beta!
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