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Day 12
On LJ, I got friended by what appears to be a spambot today.
But NaNo! I am still on schedule and over the 20k mark!
Worldbuilding fluff continues and includes the realization that the moral valence of the whole Kutou/Konan thing is so skewed in FY that yes, the other empires would be crazy not to have a preference, whether they feel like they can act on it or not. For the first time this NaNo, the Miaka/Nakago contingent gets camera time, and I did have fun hitting up the internet for a mid-'90's hit J-Pop song. I know Miaka actually dropped some names in the original; danged if I can remember what they were a decade later, but B'z maybe rang a bell...? (For your entertainment, this is Love Phantom.)
I played Miaka a bit softer (for now), but when I was rereading the old stuff (and finding that it wasn’t that good), I wouldn’t say she was well-realized, mind, but looking back on it, our crazy evil Miaka might have been the most interesting character, because she was driven by this tangle of internal contradictions. She doesn’t want to be evil, but she wants to win at all costs and has convinced herself that the collateral damage isn’t real, but then if push comes to shove she doesn’t exactly believe that, either. She doesn’t want to be like she is, but perceives every offer of help as a threat and throws it aside. That's not such a stretch, if I can manage to write it reasonably well...
But anyway!
( Daily Cut... )
But NaNo! I am still on schedule and over the 20k mark!
Worldbuilding fluff continues and includes the realization that the moral valence of the whole Kutou/Konan thing is so skewed in FY that yes, the other empires would be crazy not to have a preference, whether they feel like they can act on it or not. For the first time this NaNo, the Miaka/Nakago contingent gets camera time, and I did have fun hitting up the internet for a mid-'90's hit J-Pop song. I know Miaka actually dropped some names in the original; danged if I can remember what they were a decade later, but B'z maybe rang a bell...? (For your entertainment, this is Love Phantom.)
I played Miaka a bit softer (for now), but when I was rereading the old stuff (and finding that it wasn’t that good), I wouldn’t say she was well-realized, mind, but looking back on it, our crazy evil Miaka might have been the most interesting character, because she was driven by this tangle of internal contradictions. She doesn’t want to be evil, but she wants to win at all costs and has convinced herself that the collateral damage isn’t real, but then if push comes to shove she doesn’t exactly believe that, either. She doesn’t want to be like she is, but perceives every offer of help as a threat and throws it aside. That's not such a stretch, if I can manage to write it reasonably well...
But anyway!
20021 ★ 50000 (40.04%)
( Daily Cut... )