“When a man of means speaks, you listen. When a man of the sword speaks, you obey.”
That's one of a quote! Definitely keeping that one in my pocket!
I think this short story added well on how the two brothers are facing the situation, as well as Ulius's character with the last scene.
These scenes where you have the character showing and/or hinting how he deals with these kind of situation, and even more when they show you that they shouldn't be messed with in a bad-ass way... I live for that!
I do feel for Miika, and am glad to see how different people respond to violent situation, killing, and similar. I see often in fantasy how killing and violence doesn't seem a big deal, and the character goes through it like cutting a piece of paper, but Miika- to me - does give a more human perspective as I believe many of us would be horrified by these actions, and probably would try to avoid doing such.
In brief, I think that, even though it didn't made it into the issue, that short story give a deeper character development to these three.
One of the major reasons for doing this Substack is what you point out here. I want to highlight the humanity, I want people to feel like they know these characters the way I do. Miika and I share a lot in common. When writing this I dug into some actual emotions and feelings I’ve felt.
Moments like this are what you can expect from these shorts and the eventual novel I will serialize on this platform.
“When a man of means speaks, you listen. When a man of the sword speaks, you obey.”
That's one of a quote! Definitely keeping that one in my pocket!
I think this short story added well on how the two brothers are facing the situation, as well as Ulius's character with the last scene.
These scenes where you have the character showing and/or hinting how he deals with these kind of situation, and even more when they show you that they shouldn't be messed with in a bad-ass way... I live for that!
I do feel for Miika, and am glad to see how different people respond to violent situation, killing, and similar. I see often in fantasy how killing and violence doesn't seem a big deal, and the character goes through it like cutting a piece of paper, but Miika- to me - does give a more human perspective as I believe many of us would be horrified by these actions, and probably would try to avoid doing such.
In brief, I think that, even though it didn't made it into the issue, that short story give a deeper character development to these three.
Excited for more of these!
Auralie,
One of the major reasons for doing this Substack is what you point out here. I want to highlight the humanity, I want people to feel like they know these characters the way I do. Miika and I share a lot in common. When writing this I dug into some actual emotions and feelings I’ve felt.
Moments like this are what you can expect from these shorts and the eventual novel I will serialize on this platform.
Thanks as always!
JL
Brutal ... you are most capable of writing prose without the need for comic frames. Awesome.
John, I appreciate that! Much more is on the way, just shared 1 of 2 shorts that’ll be available next month (behind the paywall) with my editor.