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Stalled out on the backstory. Let's see if talking it out will help.
The problem of the villains resolved when I remembered that there are two villains, one of them manipulating the other (and both trying to control the second protagonist). Suddenly all that makes sense.
Now that the protagonists have reached the place where they were going, though, I've stalled out. I wonder if some decision I made earlier has caused that. I think I need to remove either the curse or the raven. Probably the curse; the raven's just watching. The curse might just be an attempt by me to pretend that the villains aren't fully responsible for their actions (or at least as fully responsible as any human being can be).
That's just chickening out. Plus it undermines Ederyn's superior moral status. So I think when I have time to pick it up again, I'll continue the draft pretending I never mentioned any curse, and see if that helps. It already feels less stuck, so maybe this is the right decision.
The problem of the villains resolved when I remembered that there are two villains, one of them manipulating the other (and both trying to control the second protagonist). Suddenly all that makes sense.
Now that the protagonists have reached the place where they were going, though, I've stalled out. I wonder if some decision I made earlier has caused that. I think I need to remove either the curse or the raven. Probably the curse; the raven's just watching. The curse might just be an attempt by me to pretend that the villains aren't fully responsible for their actions (or at least as fully responsible as any human being can be).
That's just chickening out. Plus it undermines Ederyn's superior moral status. So I think when I have time to pick it up again, I'll continue the draft pretending I never mentioned any curse, and see if that helps. It already feels less stuck, so maybe this is the right decision.