[quote=Multifarious]
That was just me talking about how MR isn't like it was way back when. When I enjoyed it the most. I still don't see how you pulled me not liking your characters from that.Nah, my biggest thing is that with each of your plots, it's all about the next villain simply being more powerful in some physical area than the last. Never a smarter, or more cunning, or deceptive, or stealthy foe. Just power. And any arcs involving traits I just mentioned must have been carried out during one of my absences.
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Conflict isn't always man vs. man. Svár's just a part of it. We've got the inexplicable mercs, the ever-increasingly dangerous splitting of Ruby's mind, and at the same time dealing with the emotions of one part loving Arthur and another part hating him. Good literature should not only place focus on living villains, but emotions, nature, etcetera. Man vs. himself is my most preferred of all central conflicts, and it's the biggest focus in the story I'm writing.
[quote=Multifarious]
Idiot is a really strong word when used outside of humor.
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I know that perfectly well. In comparison to me now, the naïveté of me back then is incomprehensibly terrible.