Premature, perhaps, but I need to get this out or be stuck in stunned silence forever.

[omnicat]

The new GW novel's prologue has come out, and info is leaking all across the net. Apparently the writer (Mr Sumisawa) thought the following would make a good welcoming message. (Quote below is from a translation of this summary of what was in the magazine, done by kaijyuu_m. See more here. And just a little more here, translated by Deacon Blues of Zeonic

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[fruitsgrow]

NO. NO, SIR.

STOP RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU WANT TO TRANSITION TO A GOOD SEQUEL, SCRAP EVERYTHING YOU HAVE PLANNED ALREADY. this is such fucking bullshit. if you don't know wtf you're doing, just admit it and say you want to play in the sandbox. that's all you have to do, really.

[omnicat]

So I'm the only one who took that as, "I've put a lot of thought into this sequel business and had fifteen years to hone my skills, and now people are waving money in my face, so let's put all the things I thought of to the test"? Instead of, you know, an ABSOLUTE WORST CASE SCENARIO like "I'M PULLING THINGS OUT OF MY ASS AS I GO LIKE A MINDLESS PRETEEN TEEHEEHEE"?

[fruitsgrow]

there are a plethora of writers who have been in the business for ages and have stayed the same or gotten worse. so fifteen years to hone skills is relative. some people actually DO grow as writers, and some don't. given the information we've been presented with, I find it had to believe he has really grown at all.

secondly, saying you're writing a novel to transition to a sequel, WHEN THE NOVEL IS A SEQUEL, is bullshit. he just doesn't know what he's doing with it, and he only mentioned that he has thinking about Treize as far as writing secondary sources. I don't see at all where he has put in actual thought into this plot. (characterization, perhaps.)

[omnicat]

Long story short: you're harshing my squee.

Long story long: I know you feel pessimistic and sceptic about these developments. You know I don't. When it became clear in your last post that your stance on the matter is, more or less, Do Not Want Any Of This, I decided not to bug you about it any longer and withdrew from the discussion. If you want to condemn this entire project from the get-go based on nothing but a summary of a prologue, you are prefectly within your right to do so. But I would like to ask you not to do it in my journal. Thanks in advance.

[fruitsgrow]

sorry. I didn't interpret your post as still being excited for this, and you engaged in a discussion after I commented instead of asking then that I not harsh. I thought you were fine to debate it, and sorry I parsed your posts wrong.

[omnicat]

Ah. I don't blame you for misinterpreting. I've been squeeing about it all over the place the whole day, and I had a bit of a knee-jerk NO U D:< reaction. Sorry. No harsh feelings from my side. ^^;;

[fruitsgrow]

s'all good, then.

[omnicat]

In lieu of a high five icon of my own. x3

[fruitsgrow]

my only appropriate hugging icon, lmao.