The gist of the original last line was something like “Aw man, you turned him into a monster!”, building on “you taught him condescension.” Flo vetoed this as too obvious and forced, and she was probably right. I also pondered […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh, hey, everything’s fine! I vaguely remember things looked pretty dark two-and-a-half chapters back, but I also vaguely remember some bit where Bayen and Brayen returned. Looks like they and Byron have made up for lost time together, and it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m going to take it as a character beat that Byron, angry as he is, does not simply chop Brother Tom and Brother Homon’s skulls in that first panel, or at least try to. He’s seen through the trick, he […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did Brother Tom the future-seer know that this illusion would get this kind of response from Byron? Is it just meant to distract him and the others for a few crucial seconds? And even if he did believe it, wouldn’t they just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was the chapter, more than any other, where I came closest to leaving Guilded Age. I don’t think much of that behind-the-scenes drama is reflected in the work, except in the sense that Flo’s and my contributions here are not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
