Thursday, January 16, 2014

Updates and Recaps




HMLIS Updates

Uh, you guys. After Lile released NAF (which I've read three times because of reasons...mostly my smartness), I just wanted to show and tell my new thing too, but I'm trying to pace myself and get like half of it serial-shaped. I'm also still discovering exactly who may characters are...if they even have the right names...but we're getting there.

I have about 4 complete chapters and last week I had this 'epiphany' that I needed to just re-write the whole thing from memory in third person....I got about half a page in before I did a U-turn. I think I want to do something in third person, but it won't be this.

Vice Chapter 12

Not much to blog about lately. In fact, now that I think about it... my TDOSH was pretty much an answer to a question someone had at the forums about Sundays. I think the question was asking what my favorite part was.

So, I think  we need a recap:

 Last time we saw Alan, he'd come off the Morrissey hit (which wasn't a hit since they let Morrisey liv), bombs exploded, a war started, Alan did chrome to impress a girl and nearly killed himself, was forced to join the cartel to pay off the doctor bill...oh and he realizes Sara's teenage son Luce doesn't have a bellybutton and is a robot, which is exactly the kind of thing the got Sara's husband killed...also apparently Jean used to work for Tempus....

But, Alan can't t think too hard about any of that since Rayne has moved them all to Treasure Island where Rayne and Sara  have cooked up a mysterious new plan to make money.... Vice Chapter 12

Playlist Here
Playlist:
-1-  Fools by The Temper Trap
-2- Latch by Disclosure, Sam Smith
-3-Can't Hold Us by Macklemore
-4- Words by Skylar Grey

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  1. WHAT WHAT WHAT ? That's all I can form

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  2. What freaking me out is we still don't know WHO Alan THINKS he is.

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    1. If this reveal came earlier I could have made a subtitle for this Who Is Alan Gray?

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  3. You know I guess we never questioned how Alan could fall off a building and live.

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    1. There are a lot of things Alan's survived in this serial that he probably shouldn't have.

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  4. All this HMLIS bits are just to much. Although it can't make as many turns as Vice. Where is the next post ?

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    1. HMLIS has a few twists and turns...I'm kind of addicted to cliffhangers now.

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  5. "If you’re going to risk a government sanctioned death and make a human being.... why not a young girl ? Probably easier to control and more inconspicuous. "

    I bet this is going to come back . . . or it was a distraction.


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    1. Maybe a callback to Veritas ?

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    2. It was actually a Red Herring to make you think Minnow was the android...

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  6. I'd love to see some SH in third person.

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    1. As long as there is more SH and more "DUN DUN DUN" I'm good.

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    2. I'm actually thinking of writing some kind of short Original Fic in third person...something not related to anything I've done before...I just need an idea.

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  7. Oh, I noticed Jean has purple eyes like Minnie. They seem so distant I wonder why Minnie decided to leave her brother.

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    1. They are distant because Jean is suddenly really busy 'working' and Minnie isn't. Usually they go out together.

      Also, Jean wears different contacts

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  8. GRR we were so close to learning more characters keep getting cut--

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    1. I noticed that my characters cut each other off a lot, but it's not to hide something or for plot purposes. It's to show they are talking over each other.

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  9. CANNOT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS, I'M OFF TO SEARCH FOR CLUES

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    1. It'll all be explained in Chapter 13....Chapter 13... wow, how did we get here ?

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  10. . . .So then . . . who or what is Luce. Maybe Derek made him from what he learned about Promethus ?

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    1. Somehow I wonder if Luce and Alan are somehow brothers. I mean I guess Luce could have been made after Alan ?

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  11. So I think this is my favorite chase scene ! That song is perfect. Music Moment Of Awesome.

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    1. Aww, thank you ! Your username reminds me of my favorite ice cream we buy when we visit E's family !

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  12. So Jean lied to Alan when he told him the story ? Or is that just the (fake) story that Sara tells so people don't know he killed himself.

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    1. Pretty hash to lie about Tempus murdering him.

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    2. The next chapter will get into both of these

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  13. Um guys ! guys ? we have so much else to tie in. Why Sara let Morrisey live, the Republic bombing ? EtUn ? WHO IS ALAN GRAY ?

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    1. I think Sara let Morrisey live because she got the information she needed. The Republic probably bombed the border because they were looking for Alan and I'm assuming the items from the Donation Banks are what was used to create Alan.

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    2. All your questions will be answered and more...but, I will say the bombings have nothing to do with Alan, it's just political unrest.

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  14. Oh, man holding fire = Promethus. We should have guessed it after SH's last greek-insprired serial.


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    1. Yes, Promtheus was punished by Zeus for stealing fire to create man. Get it ? Get it?

      I'm glad you caught this, because i could never find an "in story" way to explain this without it sounding like a teachable moment.

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  15. I feel like Alan's eyes are going to come back into this. Also WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE CRIES ?

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    1. As Alan says, you don't want to know...but maybe he'll mention it. Who knows ?....I guess I should know at this point shouldn't I ?

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  16. Was it a choice to have more Vegas-y landmarks in this version.

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    1. I think in Vertias the LOLA wasn't actually Vegas.

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    2. The LOLA stretches from Los Angelos to Las Vegas and I did decide to make this more Las Vegas-y. The reason I did this was because it had more reference points for me to pull from when describing places.

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  17. Am I the only one wondering where Jean is staying. Is her more mad at Sara or Minnie ?

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    1. Jean is asked to stay the night at all his "clients" homes because they are lonely.

      I think he is more mad at Sara than Minnow...I don't think he can be mad at Minnow for too long.

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  18. off

    *continuity high five*

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