Addendum Pascal dying is entirely cut, I mentioned THAT idea, but that was met with huge negative feedback.. Even though I was going to bring her back... but... screw it.... She never died Pascal Q. Porcupine will live forever, so sayeth HawlSera Tygarus Enroygall
Also seems I was more tired than I thought... I left one of the canned plot points in mid sentence Locket The Seagull - In the first story, the Lord of Cornflower is mentioned to have a pet seagull named Locket.... I was going to have Locket became anthropomorphic and a squire to Cedric, but.... the cast of Tales of the Transblade is far too extraneous as it is... So... just forget you ever saw him. I hate abandoning characters, but.. the cast is simply too big right now. On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 3:14 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, it's ya girl HawlSera. > > Years ago I wrote stories for Metamor Keep. Stories some people liked, > some people didn't. > > Stories that seemed to involve a massive cast and leading to all kinds of > places. > Then they stopped. > > So what happened? > > Life happened, plus a lot of the stories I began to feel self-concious > about. I had such bold plans for tales, for spin-offs of those tales.... > The vision of accomplishing in months what our own Rat of Might did in > years. Obviously not a task for a sane person, nor one I could accomplish > without being a god which, to ignore sound advice once offered by the > Ghostbusters, I must say that I am most certainly not. > > Unfortunately, while I do have a passion for Fantasy. I also have > Bi-Polar, and with it a flight of ideas too big for me to contain > sometimes. It's years later I'm diagnosed and on medication. > > I could retcon the previous stories I've written, since I feel... like > they.. aren't as good as they could have been. But I won't, they were > placed before the community and judged worthy. I will not remove the works. > Besides we all have done things that weren't as good as we wanted them to > be, we have failed to achieve perfection. Still our mistakes serve as a > foundation for the future, and towards Metamor's future I shall look. > Sides.. I literally don't have time to rewrite everything. I may go back > and fix some typos though. I did find corrections AmigaDragon sent me that > I forgot to implement before I had them put onto the list. > > Some very confusing, the worst of which involving Zyhx being mistakingly > called Xhyz when the two are different characters entirely. The most > amusing of which is a scene where Zyhx is described as dealing out a > "Near-lethal blow" that kills the target.... so apparently it was lethal > yet not lethal at the same time > > I have some unfinished stories I'd like to finish and put up. The > conclusion to Tales of the Transblade will come with not as many plotlines > as originally intended. But I promise it will be entertaining and well > told. As every story should. > > I will list a few plotlines that are being cut or shortened > > Malakai and Sargosa's romance - Sargosa was to be revealed to have been > someone with all three curses at once, meaning just like Malakai now, she > will never age.. I have no idea where this would be revealed. > > Sargosa's sword- Sargosa's wooden sword was to be revealed to be a mighty > onyx blade called Fissuresque in disguise... It might still be.. we'll see > if I can fit it in > > The Half-Lutin Child - When Cedric first comes to Metamor, the female > guard mournfully declares that Lutins only reproduce through rape... This > was to have a payoff in a side story where her highly-neglected Half-Lutin > Son is teased and bullied by other kids.... until getting lessons on > fighting from the knight Dame Seranima Eloniv and learning to stand up for > himself. This has little relevance to anything, so it's likely getting cut. > > Fourth Gate - Malisa was to lead a group called "Fourth Gate" which dealt > with supernatural threats to other kingdoms that only Metamor would be > prepared for.. This idea is goofy, trite, and I don't know how to implement > it, so it's cut. Malisa was to use a mace called "Ruin" in this group that > literally weaponized her negative emotions. > > Locket The Seagull - In the first story, the Lord of Cornflower is > mentioned to have a pet seagull named Locket.... I was going > > The Rivalry - Leo was meant to have a rivalry with Cedric and siding with > the Flesinoir to slay him. Feeling that it was an injustice that Leo, the > brave knight, become a woman, an ultimate insult to one's honor in these > ages... while this commoner wannabe Cedric became a majestic stallion a > perfect symbol of masculinity and knighthood.... Not sure how to fit it > in... it may show up if I figure out how to do so. > > The Wedding - and finally Tales of the Transblade was to end with Malisa > and Jenn getting married in a ceremony conducted by Xhyz..... Cute and > sappy, but violates the lore too hard. So... this will be replaced with a > ceremony to help ease Malisa's mental anguish. > > I considered cutting out an explanation of who Xhyz is, why he's so weird, > why he can show up to Malisa in her dreams, why Zhyx has such a similar > name, and just what the hell did he mean by those soldiers he killed "Not > having an afterlife" > > But that's all far too pivotal, so it remains... and mild spoiler: Xhyz's > excuse about the "Laws of Nature" was a lie, the REAL meaning of what the > hell he did with his tomahawks is far more sinister. > > --- > > I hope you all look forward to my future offerings... but not too much. > > I'm lazy... also tired.. it's 3:14 am and I'm going to bed > >
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