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  • Eldoria
    Which is better: sacrificing yourself for the world—for strangers who don't even know you and won't remember you—or betraying the world to ensure someone whom you love keeps breathing?

    The Author narrates it, the author makes the readers feel it, and the author lets the readers decide for themselves. Fiction offers no simple answers, only moral gray areas.
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    Valmond
    Valmond
    Jokes aside, wouldn’t be that simple. It wasn’t a cult-like mindset.
    Valmond
    Valmond
    They were ruthlessly efficient. To escape the prison, after they traded their humanity to become a demon and broke their chains.

    They convinced the people there to revolt, and used them as pawns to be slaughtered. While they took the path to escape.

    But before that, they had to fight an old friend.
    Valmond
    Valmond
    Later on, they blew up a place to create the necessary panics to execute the head at a stronghold.

    Another one, they used the dangerous animals of the land to break in. Created a massive panic, and led to quite a massacre.

    This is attacking another stronghold.
    Eldoria
    Over 100+ chapters have been written. 22 chapters have been rewritten. Less than 8-10 chapters left until the epilogue of volume 2. Start the countdown! I hope to finish volume 2 before the new year.
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    pangmida
    pangmida
    D: You're evil!
    (<--- killed some beloved characters in her story but that's not important)
    I feel the same though. I love writing grim, dark stories with angsty endings, but I for some reason am a big softie when reading other people's stories. I want my happy endings ?
    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    I'm not evil... I'm realistic. In fact, happy endings don't make narrative sense, especially in a dark world. Imagine the real world... wars rarely end happily. Everyone suffers, even society not involved in the war. A tragic ending feels humane and realistic. :blob_evil_two:
    pangmida
    pangmida
    ...You say the darkest things and end it with a cute blob face :blob_teary:
    Eldoria
    Still battling creative fatigue... today I couldn't even finish writing 1500 words for a chapter.
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    pangmida
    pangmida
    Breathe! Touch grass! Go on a walk! Watch some movies or read some books! Get the creativity juices flowing ?
    Nazet
    Nazet
    Have you tried changing your writing environment a little?
    Sometimes it helps.
    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    Thanks for the advice. I'm feeling better. Maybe I was too ambitious in trying to finish volume 2 right away, which drained my creative energy. I just really need a break.
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    Eldoria
    You know what the scariest creature is? Not ghosts, not monsters, not gods, but your mother. If she's angry, even a transcendent protagonist will hide under the bed.
    Eldoria
    The trees were so tall. The sun was covered by the leaves. But I could see between the leaves. Mr Sun was still peeking at me and following me.

    Maybe Mr Sun is feeling shy. Mr Sun can follow me. Caelan doesn’t mind.

    I looked behind us. My chin was on Mommy’s shoulder.

    “Mommy… the forest is dark. Mr Sun can’t peek at Caelan anymore,” I said, pointing up. - vol 1 ch 24: Adventure of little Caelan with Mommy.
    Eldoria
    I read about child development psychology and realized... most child POVs in mainstream fiction are simply naive adult POVs disguised as children.

    For example, children tend not to think in abstract concepts. They prefer concrete, sensory examples. They care more about delicious food than world peace.
    Eldoria
    I read my old fiction... and realized how bad my narrative was, so I had to rewrite it. On the one hand, that could be a good sign, as my narrative skills would be improving (otherwise I wouldn't feel so bad about my old fiction). On the other hand, it adds to the work of writing fiction. It's exhausting, but it's also rewarding to see the narrative improve.
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    pangmida
    pangmida
    If only I have the motivation to rewrite my old fanfiction. The premise is pretty fire, not gonna lie. The writing was… well, you can tell it was written with passion from a young teenager. But also, the OG creator of the source material got outed to be a creep, so we don’t wanna support that. ✋
    Eldoria

    One class that doesn't get much attention (not that it doesn't exist; I've seen Legolas and Robinhood, too) in mainstream fantasy fiction is the archer.
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    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    Imagine killing an enemy from miles away, then retreating when approached (hit and run). Imagine an archer's magical attacks being equivalent to a railgun or a supersonic missile. And they're the most agile.
    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    Bosses like this would be tough to defeat. That's why I make an archer as the mid-boss in my fiction. Because of their incredible potential. The archer villain in my fiction can even fight multiple classes in a short time without taking serious damage, even though she's not a veteran fighter—she relies solely on precision, mobility, stealth, and tactics, rather than pure, high-damage power.
    AliceMoonvale
    AliceMoonvale
    I love archers and archery in general~
    My MC is learning to become one. :blob_aww:
    Eldoria
    Disaster is Just A Consequence

    Disaster doesn't argue with you
    Disaster doesn't come knocking at your door
    Disaster is just a consequence

    What is denied is what happens
    What is feared is what destroys
    Whoever sins, all may suffer the consequences​
    Eldoria
    How do humans deal with living disasters?

    Imagine a typhoon, an earthquake, a pyroclastic flow, or any other disaster, but they have consciousness, and we (humans) fight (or survive) against them. That's what I want to write as the final climax of the arc of vol 2 in my fiction. An ending that is epic, tragic, and humane.
    Eldoria

    What if you hurt the victims you failed to protect in the past again because you are dealing with old wounds that have not healed?
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    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    Rima—now standing firmly on her feet—smirked.

    “Hero Feroux… how cruel of you. You butcher the very victims you once failed to protect.”

    She released a mist-shrouded arrow toward Feroux. It struck his left shoulder.

    “Ugh—!”

    Feroux winced in pain.

    “That is your punishment for failing to protect,” Rima said coldly.
    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    Feroux staggered as he walked through the bodies of the girls. With each step, blood dripped from his shoulder, leaving a trail behind him.

    He stopped at the torn earth where his attack had struck. He knelt and drove his sword into the ground.

    His head hung low. The smell of blood filled his nose—triggering the nausea he had held back for years.

    Then—
    Eldoria
    Eldoria
    “Uueekk—!”

    He vomited. Acid splattered onto the ground.

    His eyes flickered, memories flooding back—every scream and cry of the women in the Bloody-Dust tragedy.
    Eldoria
    Imagine a war where strength isn't the deciding factor in victory, but rather strategy, character psychology, ideology, terrain conditions, logistics, socio-political dynamics, and tactical warfare all work together to create a multi-layered war. In this kind of fiction, the MC can't rely solely on the OP to determine victory. Often, alliances, morale, intelligence, and even luck outweigh an OP MC.
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    Woolen_Monkey
    Ok… I hear your point but like what if we just drop a few freedom bombs instead. ? seems a lot simpler
    Eldoria
    I reject cheap redemption. Characters can sin, make mistakes, or commit crimes, but they must pay dearly for their sins. They must penetrate themselves through suffering, blood, tears and total regret.
    I'm not Naruto, who lets Orochimaru and Kabuto live in peace after committing crimes against humanity (which in the real world would be prosecuted in the international court of The Hague).
    Eldoria
    "Is a civilization built on collective suffering and historical amnesia worth preserving?"

    Erna, an elite member of the Shadowmist, asked sarcastically to the Conscience Detective, Clara.
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