MakBow
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So, in my side novel that I write for more deep characters while I post my current, more surface level novel, I have this idea of my villain MC who I feel has a good basis for some peak writing, philosophical debates, etc. (Not that I think I'm good enough to execute them perfectly)
He was a genius at birth, able to do everything well until he turned 15, but during those years he had a special trait that allowed him to see the truth of the world, how Heavens Will controls that fate and lives of everyone, shown by chains that attached to their soul, and because of that, he became depressed, becoming a nihilist, until he was given Z rank talent, able to cultivate, which opened his eyes to a new world.
Instead of being depressed, he replaced it with conviction and ambition, as when one cultivates, the chains thin out until they reach immortally, free form the heavens' control and so my MC does everything it takes to reach that goal, remaining purely logical and pragmatic about everything as his brain doesn't work properly, unable to feel empathy and his emotions barely processing.
And so that's basically the whole novel.
How he cultivates, plans, deceives others, stoops to any low if the benefits are good, hurts himself and others, both innocent and not.
How I write the novel, well, he will be doing a LOT of uncomfortable things (No Grape)
Currently finishing up chapter 19 and I'll be honest...I'm a little concerned with myself.
I think I'm going a little too much in detail with the gore with him and with him, uh, boiling a baby alive because he needs to refine an artifact.
I regret writing that, I regret setting up the cultivation system to be like that, I put way too much detail, so much so, I had to step back for a moment. ?
He was a genius at birth, able to do everything well until he turned 15, but during those years he had a special trait that allowed him to see the truth of the world, how Heavens Will controls that fate and lives of everyone, shown by chains that attached to their soul, and because of that, he became depressed, becoming a nihilist, until he was given Z rank talent, able to cultivate, which opened his eyes to a new world.
Instead of being depressed, he replaced it with conviction and ambition, as when one cultivates, the chains thin out until they reach immortally, free form the heavens' control and so my MC does everything it takes to reach that goal, remaining purely logical and pragmatic about everything as his brain doesn't work properly, unable to feel empathy and his emotions barely processing.
And so that's basically the whole novel.
How he cultivates, plans, deceives others, stoops to any low if the benefits are good, hurts himself and others, both innocent and not.
How I write the novel, well, he will be doing a LOT of uncomfortable things (No Grape)
Currently finishing up chapter 19 and I'll be honest...I'm a little concerned with myself.
I think I'm going a little too much in detail with the gore with him and with him, uh, boiling a baby alive because he needs to refine an artifact.
I regret writing that, I regret setting up the cultivation system to be like that, I put way too much detail, so much so, I had to step back for a moment. ?
