CRAP.

[ifwebefriends]

[OOC]

Okay so CRAP. I just found out tonight that this huge real-life writing deadline I want to try and make is due March 1 and not April 1 as I had originally thought, which means I have about four days to try and write the best 5,000 - 12,000 words of my life so far.

No I'm not freaking out whyever do you askThe practical upshot of this is

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[alan_shore]

Hmm. This'll be reiterating what a lot of other people have said, but I like that he is witty and he is charming and creative--otherwise he'd be (for me) nigh-on intolerable. I also like how in the longer pieces it's clear that he isn't human and the rules he adheres to aren't human rules.

At the same time, since it's so clear that he isn't human, I find it extremely difficult to relate to or empathize with him. (It's entirely possible this is personal preference--deities or supernatural entities, no matter how well written, often leave me cold.) Which is why I probably liked the topic response about the girl best--you gave him someone human to play off of (granted, you did the same in the Thomas post, but that was first person, so a lot of his humanity was pooh-poohed). But I'm still not sure what Robin wants (other than...to flirt with pretty girls and not vanish) or what his motivations are or how living through century after century has changed him. I mean, he's adopted the trappings of modern society and he seems very enamored of shiny objects (aren't we all?) but he hasn't really internalized any of it, not that I can see. I'm kind of thinking of American Gods when I say that it might be more interesting for him to have changed as society's changed (changed in a more substantial way than buying nicer and nicer toys or adopting a new profession, that is).

EDIT: Because I feel like an ass for leaving so much criticism--I brought up a lot of fundamental character-building questions, and I don't mean to say you haven't addressed or thought about them. It just hasn't come across/hasn't moved me as a reader. Obviously this is only my opinion, so please treat it accordingly.

Wow, that got long. Oops? He is a joy to read and your writing is, as always, top notch.

[ifwebefriends]

God, don't apologize! This is EXACTLY the stuff I want to know. *grabs and clings* Thank you!

For what it's worth, I have devoted thought to those issues already; it just hasn't really had a chance to show up in the prompts yet. The writing submission is just going to force me to address those sooner than I intended to. Hee.

*mwah* Thank you again!