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ink_on_ice

A Mid-June Reflection on Mr. Ian Woon

Jun 09, 2011 16:40

seconds_asunder and I know that seconds_asunder is already writing one as we speak. I will just have to assume that when this shows up on her f-list, she reads it.
( what to do when you're characters run away with everything you intended them to be, sell their character traits half-price at the nearest pawn shop and run naked through the streets before returning to you, dressed like a stranger and speaking in an unfamiliar accent. )

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tilestreets June 10 2011, 00:17:45 UTC

Thank you dear. That was.... comforting actually. Because really Colyn still is within salvageable range, whilst still retaining his growth(or perhaps regression that gives more room for growth than he previously had?). I think there are ways to retain his.. well, good-ness, it's just the process of successfully getting through the crap that will eventually lead to character salvation that terrifies me. Really he has simultaneously become much worse and yet infinitely better and more alive, so hopefully (probably with some help) he will be okay.

And I think it would be a fabulous idea to actually work some of this crazy plot-ish-thing out for the Garden, because really we're all running wild over here because I only kind of know where we're going but not really how...

ink_on_ice June 13 2011, 18:21:53 UTC

So, I was talking with Indigo and I really articulated what I wanted to say to you and that is: I feel like Colyn can evolve as a character with the darkness you've planned for him, but eventually you need to resolve his character. By resolve I mean (for me as a reader outside of their direct relationship) I would want to see one of two things ( ... )

tilestreets June 13 2011, 22:22:18 UTC

Thanks dear (I honestly didn't know you could leave comments that long). I know you really hate the poison in their relationship, and it will fix itself eventually if I have anything to do with it. I'm gonna wrangle Seconds into a discussion about this soon too and hopefully we'll get a good plan and some resolution. Luckily I've been working out some better (I say better....) options, so Colyn's not being quite as much of a drama queen, not to say that the whole thing is headed back towards the realm of happy yet but we're getting there.

The whole thing has just seemed massively jumbled and convoluted too because we haven't really had any chronology to all this, but I think it'll get better. It probably won't be in the least bit recognizable when I'm done, but I think we'll end up with option B.

ink_on_ice June 14 2011, 00:58:49 UTC

I didn't know you could leave comments that long either interestingly enough.
And what I hate in their relationship is the distance mostly. I think I would be fine with their arguments if I knew that deep down the both loved and trusted one another, because I don't think either man's nature is going to lend itself to a smooth, rose-scented relationship, but the idea of nothing but pain and despair coming from a physically abusive relationship (ideally them at their worst, or damn close) is what turns me off their later shenanigans.
It does make sense that as they grow and develop their relationship exits the honeymoon stage, but logically if it's going to last, it needs to stabilize sooner or later.