Nice spoken-word poetry from Gravedust here. One of Phil’s and my arguments while meta-plotting this chapter and the next five was “What to do about Gravedust and Naror’Nj.” My position was that Naror’Nj’s soul should be kept in Gravedust’s quiver […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another Shanna parallel, this one more likely to have been subconsciously or consciously intentional, though we decided on Kur’Ik as a character before we thought about bringing Shanna in. Kur’Ik is not entirely unlike Shanna in build and hairstyle, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fact that Frigg doesn’t get with Scipio, now or ever, might be a bit of a subversion. I’ve read and written other couples who went from apparently purely despising each other to some kind of love-hate thing to a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wow, the number of not-Shannas getting defensive about their mental health is really piling up! You heard the Voice of God, Frigg! “Conquer the heart.” Clearly, your OTP is with Kon’Kr. Having dwelled on the toxic and tragic consequences of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The difference between Phil versus me and HR versus Carol is that no matter how mad Phil–er, either of us got or how trapped either of us felt, ours was a relationship of equals. Either of us could have walked […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
