Question to ponder about the future of the canon...
Hello wonderful baby fandom!
I'm really pleased to see how this community and the fandom is thriving - so much wonderful art, fic, and impromptu collaborated medleys. I've never been part of such a small fandom, especially in its infancy, so this is a neat experience.
I greatly enjoyed TDL - really, it's a stunningly good first novel from an author, and the writing didn't at all disappoint me from what she produced as Maya. All the fannish activity has kept me pondering the book, though - oh, and I can't wait for the sequels - but I thought I'd pose a question to all of you, for general discussion, about something which Sarah might discuss in future books.
What's going to happen when Alan dies?
Because he will, eventually. ...And I guess there's also a question of how Nick's body is going to age. Does he have the power to keep it from doing so? He's grown so far into a sixteen-year-old boy. But assuming - well, he is an immortal demon, even if his body does eventually expire. What happens if it does? Will he leave it for a less corporeal form to stay in the world? And when Alan dies, what will he do? Will he want to stay in the world? Will he lose all form of anything resembling human compassion, all he cares for human lives? After all, a lot of his principal motivation for "doing the right thing" in TDL was "Alan wouldn't like it." But when Alan's not around....
I know this is a pretty depressing topic, but I just wondered if you guys had any thoughts about it. I wonder if Sarah's going to address it in her sequels.
Also, has anyone considered making a community exclusively for fanfic and fanart of Sarah's works? It might be useful to have a place where it's separated from just one all-purpose community, as this one, which is filled with a lot of reviews and other stuff. And hey, I think her fandom deserves multiple communities. :D
P.S.: I was just looking at the community's profile, and shouldn't someone edit the part about "her upcoming publication"?
I'm really pleased to see how this community and the fandom is thriving - so much wonderful art, fic, and impromptu collaborated medleys. I've never been part of such a small fandom, especially in its infancy, so this is a neat experience.
I greatly enjoyed TDL - really, it's a stunningly good first novel from an author, and the writing didn't at all disappoint me from what she produced as Maya. All the fannish activity has kept me pondering the book, though - oh, and I can't wait for the sequels - but I thought I'd pose a question to all of you, for general discussion, about something which Sarah might discuss in future books.
What's going to happen when Alan dies?
Because he will, eventually. ...And I guess there's also a question of how Nick's body is going to age. Does he have the power to keep it from doing so? He's grown so far into a sixteen-year-old boy. But assuming - well, he is an immortal demon, even if his body does eventually expire. What happens if it does? Will he leave it for a less corporeal form to stay in the world? And when Alan dies, what will he do? Will he want to stay in the world? Will he lose all form of anything resembling human compassion, all he cares for human lives? After all, a lot of his principal motivation for "doing the right thing" in TDL was "Alan wouldn't like it." But when Alan's not around....
I know this is a pretty depressing topic, but I just wondered if you guys had any thoughts about it. I wonder if Sarah's going to address it in her sequels.
Also, has anyone considered making a community exclusively for fanfic and fanart of Sarah's works? It might be useful to have a place where it's separated from just one all-purpose community, as this one, which is filled with a lot of reviews and other stuff. And hey, I think her fandom deserves multiple communities. :D
P.S.: I was just looking at the community's profile, and shouldn't someone edit the part about "her upcoming publication"?