Part 2 of the Transformers fanfic...
Nova Black walked through Settlement Four. She wasn't sure why she did it, really. Nothing ever changed, not around here. Still, it made her feel busy.
That was something she missed. It was quiet around here, too quiet for Nova's taste. Back home, something had always been happening. When they weren't patrolling the territories they controlled, ( Read more... )
That was something she missed. It was quiet around here, too quiet for Nova's taste. Back home, something had always been happening. When they weren't patrolling the territories they controlled, ( Read more... )
Thanks.
Brightbolt's shaping up as an interesting antagonist (although I'm sure anything from his POV would establish Nova as the antag. pretty damned quickly!), especially as Nova dismissed him at one point as a shiny irritant.
*nods* That's what I was going for. I was trying really hard to ensure that there's more to the story than just "wow, badass antihero."
I like Nova. She seems to be only just on top of her temper, a calm veneer of 'trying to get along for the sake of surviving' overlaying a decent amount of cynicsm and violent impulses. And I might be wrong, but she seems like she'd really enjoy it if she did have to get violent.
Yes, exactly. In fact I don't think I'm revealing too much if I say that her temper was part of what led her into hiding in the first place. :)
But yeah, part of what she liked about life back home was brawling and generally getting rowdy. Having a relatively quiet life makes her perpetually... antsy.
And as far as cynicism goes, I think I might just be cynical too if I were her :)
NB: I use 'nice' like other people use 'excellent'. I don't mean it in a lukewarm way, but in a 'nodding in appreciation of something well crafted' way.
I didn't have the impression you meant it lukewarmly :)
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Antsy is a good word for it. There's a restlessness about her that I really like. *is hoping that she might snap at some point and do something inappropriate that has Consequences :P*
I think I might just be cynical too if I were her :) Hell yeah.
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The whole story was inspired by like, 3 lines of text (on the Wiki? It was in some summary someplace, anyway) about how no one (meaning neither major faction) likes the Neutrals. It said something like "Autobots react to them with disdain; Decepticons consider them target practice."
It really got me curious: what would they consider themselves? The easy way out would be to say that they take no side, but their planet is being blown to bits around them. Surely they'd have complex opinions, and complex reasons for not being involved.
Which led me to wondering about what an ex-'Con would be like. The easy characterization would be "She realizes that what she stood for all her life was backwards and wrong and walks away, vowing to fight her dark side and struggle to live honorably."
I... didn't want to do that. :) I just plain like the 'Cons too much to make it that pat.
Not that I don't think it could be done well (I'm sure it has been done well before, and most likely more than once) but I wanted to do something else.
So I decided to talk about someone who understands very well why the 'Cons are disliked at best and totally vilified at worst, but... isn't entirely convinced they're wrong.
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I love it when plotbunnies come out of something like that. Especially when they spawn complex character motivations.
Hmm, now I feel like a need a Decepticon sympathiser icon...
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Yep. It was like "Whooooooooabunny!" I was in the middle of writing something else. But Nova threatened to crush squishy little me if I didn't write her story too, and I decided it was wisest not to bring the wrath... :)
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And running with the idea because it made me laugh:
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