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A mature reader reads more than the first sentence before making a personal attack.
A mature reader doesn’t take things too personal.
A mature reader doesn’t sit like a hawk poised to strike on internet forums trying to start silly internet fights.
See how I didn’t even notice your reply for three days?
I’m separating these sentences out so they are easier to read, I know you need help with that.
Get a freaking hobby, you internet hobo.
[quote=Flakes;2908]What was the problem with Hilda. She was the best part of book 2. She was book 2’s Tom. The reason I kept reading. I’m happy with the way things turned out. All too often in self published books you get some uber main character who is over powered, who just breezes through the plot with deus ex machina saves and shallow secondary characters. Terry Mancour and E. william brown are two fine examples of this. They are the Fantasy for the adolescent male who never grew up crowd. Making it not entirely about Tom lessens this. So while some of the other sections are boring as fuck, they are still worthwhile.[/quote]
If I wanted to watch re-runs of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood so I can learn valuable life lessons, I would do so. Terry Mancour and E. William Brown are both fine writers and know their niche audiences well. The audience wants awesome magic battles in the vein of Buck Rogers, they don’t want the plucky underdog or the hero’s journey that normally goes with that. No one does. George R.R. Martin writes some wonderful fiction in the area you are looking for, so does Tad Williams. Highly detailed interwoven plots and sub-plots take decades to write correctly, as in the book came out today, sequel comes out 5 to 10 years later. I read the the first two books of the song of ice and fire back to back… 12 to 15 years ago. I don’t remember any of the characters, their motivations, convictions, none of it. None. It’s like asking me the name of the boy from Indian in the cupboard that I read when I was 8. I don’t know and I’m not sure why I should care. I’m sure I’ll give a book series with an extremely complex plot a look once it’s complete.
I found Hilda to be a fine character, and her journey to be nice. But completely redundant. She was filler. It was like Goku screaming for half an episode to build a sense of awe and suspense, but mainly because they needed to stretch two comics worth of material into 6 episodes. I, personally, liked it. I can plainly see why many would not.
sooo… I noticed no one’s posted anything to these forums in almost 3 weeks. Any news? Working on book 3 or a new series? Didn’t you say something about spitting book 2 into book 2 and 3? What ever happened to the other half? Does the super-devil ride a Harley? Do wingless demon’s use jet packs, or hover boards? Of all the magics devices ever devised, you would think heat-death laser eye-wear would be closer to the top of the list. I mean, who [i]doesn’t[/i] want that?
I was under the impression that the 21st was possession, since the mind reading/control was a public given for just being an Animage . It would make sense if the Animages didn’t want anyone to know about it, it would have to be something that would force the few people who don’t want them dead, for just existing, to rise up and crush them. That and the demons don’t seem to have any species specific abilities/spells, just what’s forced upon them or learned over time.
weird, my old account doesn’t exist anymore.
Anyways, Tom’s hole in the ground could definitely use an upgrade or 3. Does Tom know any constructive magic, or is it just all shady combat stuff? If he doesn’t know any constructive magic, upgrading his hole in the ground would be the work of multiple lifetimes.
It would appear that Tom probably just became a major celebrity to the demons, who haven’t seen anything new in near forever. It stands to reason that if you don’t eat sleep or breath, then the only things that mater is power and entertainment. If so, then Tom just became the breakout political-super-star of the millennium. How would he ever get anything done?
