[ SECRET POST #1773 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1773 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 055 secrets from Secret Submission Post #253.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

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I agree to an extent - I'm a strong reader and I find it kind of embarrassing that I have to rely so often (and heavily) on his summaries to understand things that are going on (mostly in the longer flashes, and I tend to chalk this up to the lack of verbal communication that goes on during these, but if you're going to make a long flash to delve into your story more, and you aren't going to use language, then it's a good idea to ensure your audience will be able to follow without too much difficulty).

The occasional struggle to follow along closely aside, I don't see a problem with his characterisation in particular. Hussie has stated he's had all of the plot figured out from the beginning so I think his lack of... care given to some characters isn't so much because he's grown bored of them or what have you - I think he's just following what he planned out from the beginning, and for those of us who are slowly reading as he updates what he's had in his head the whole time, we tend to grow attached to characters and feel differently when they die than he probably does. Ask any of my friends how I reacted to the Lord-English-coming-out-of-Scratch's-dead-body-like-a snake-nut-tin fiasco; I flipped the right fuck out. But Hussie even explained that that's how he envisioned Lord English - and everything about the EoA5 and intermission - from the beginning. This is how he's envisioned everything. And the plot probably flows well in his mind because he knows things we don't - and I agree that this is something that writers need to overcome, Hussie included. So regarding the plot flaws, I see where you're coming from. I do think he's okay with characterisation though.

I think Hussie's biggest downfall, with the kind of story he's going for, is the time he takes putting pages out. If HS was a book that we could all sit down and read in one go without pauses in between material, I think it would be easier to follow. It would flow better. Thinking of all the books I've read, many of them would have a few of the same "plot issues" you bring up if they were divided into clusters of pages given to us every week or so.