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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #49522 is a reply to message #49506 ] |
Sat, 10 December 2011 22:02   |
 Insane Hiker
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Um not likely Zeus, like all of his half of the New Olympians, possessed Jason when he was so young that his spirit subsumed the boy so without Zeus Jason is just a shell.
As for the next installment I regret to say that this is the end of the book, I might write a Faolan 5 sometime in the future but for now this is it for Randi Bridges as a main character in my take on the Whateley-verse. I plan on another few stories sometime in the future focusing on the other three maidens, and Faolan will be a prominent character in one of them just not the main character. I'm sorry if this makes anyone feel disappointed but I felt that it was time to move onto other stories.
The Faolan stories were an excellent opportunity for me to play in the canon author's sandbox, hone my abilities as a writer, and test out some ideas that I wanted to use in my own projects. Who knows Faolan might actually serve as a precursor to its own beast, but for now I hope that everyone enjoyed the ride and had fun. Thank you for reading the Faolan stories, and for being such a fantastic audience.
I hope to be here some time in the near future with the next story. By the way if anyone reading has any personal experience with San Francisco and Seattle and would like to help me with my research for the next story please PM me after the holidays- reading and the internet only goes so far.
I hope to see you again soon with a new tale to tell,
Insane Hiker
[Updated on: Sat, 10 December 2011 22:04]
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #49720 is a reply to message #42912 ] |
Wed, 14 December 2011 03:23 |
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mittfh
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What would be a nice addition to the series would be a 'slice of life' focussing on Heather and friends settling in during their first few weeks at school. No major fights with supervillains (unless you count potential future supervillains in training), but just getting used to living away from family (new family in the case of Heather), trying to get along, powers testing / studies etc.
Of course, if Heather's targeted by bullies or wants to move around campus in the winter time, she could theoretically 'cheat' by travelling from the mirror in her room to the nearest bathroom to her class and vice-versa  It could also be handy if she realised she forgot to bring along a stuffed animal or something from home, depending on how she actually travels once behind a mirror - is it a case of thinking of the mirror she wants to emerge from and being 'guided' quickly to it, or is it more like conventional travel?
[Updated on: Wed, 14 December 2011 03:24]
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #49785 is a reply to message #49720 ] |
Thu, 15 December 2011 21:36 |
Insane Hiker
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I might do it although right now I am taking a break until after the holidays, not to mention letting the canon authors start to paint a story of what is going on during Spring semester. Heather, Mirabel and Sherrie had a bit of a free ride for their first half week given that winter finals were happening and afterwards even the bullies wanted to take the weekend off and hit Berlin. Monday the week before classes start should be where the three of them start running into bullies, but another problem will be that one of the three of them will be rooming with Clover.
As for Heather's traveling abilities, in the Place of Smoke and Mirrors time is perceived not constant so unless Heather notices what is going on outside of a reflection she enter one mirror at Whateley and exit anywhere on the planet with only a second having passed by in the real world- she just doesn't know this yet. As for how she finds the right reflection she must know where she wants the exit to come out, that is why she knew where the ladies room was in the MCO building by the building schematics that Scratch's spy gave to her. So if Heather knows the vicinity of the reflection in the real world she can find her way to it's counterpart inside the Place of Smoke and Mirrors, as for what that place looks like think Despair's domain in the Sandman Series.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #52720 is a reply to message #42912 ] |
Mon, 30 January 2012 21:29 |
Insane Hiker
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Sorry this is only a snippet, but I want to tell a few small stories to flesh out some smaller parts and give myself some time to brainstorm and do some research before I start hammering out another big one.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #52749 is a reply to message #52720 ] |
Tue, 31 January 2012 16:30 |
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Nicky82
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| Insane Hiker wrote on Tue, 31 January 2012 03:29 | Sorry this is only a snippet, but I want to tell a few small stories to flesh out some smaller parts and give myself some time to brainstorm and do some research before I start hammering out another big one.
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Tell the truth, Faolan and her cast are too good to move on. 
Anyway I've really liked this story and I have to say that Heather makes a terrific prankster, I've also liked the part of the Alp and I hope to see more of this.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #53136 is a reply to message #42912 ] |
Sun, 05 February 2012 09:07 |
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mittfh
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Very good addition - Heather's certainly settling in well, even if it does mean sharing a dinner table with the TLW. The pranks were brilliant - especially reclaiming her dinner
Just one tiny niggle: there are a few spots where Heather is suddenly referred to in the third person, and once where Heather refers to Mirabel as Heather... did you start writing from a third person perspective then decide it would work better from Heather's POV?
But as I said before, nice intro to Heather settling in at Whateley nonetheless.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #55512 is a reply to message #53148 ] |
Sun, 18 March 2012 12:19 |
Insane Hiker
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Just something quick and dirty that I needed to get down to do a little more world building, I hope to get the next story out without too much of a delay.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #55527 is a reply to message #42912 ] |
Sun, 18 March 2012 15:02 |
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Nicky82
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Nice piece, I like this new serie so far, in particular I like the fact that you are flashing out some of the characters that hadn't been fully explored in the Faolan Saga.
For this last chapter I really like the Curunir and Ualea....... and honestly, Faolan's mother might have objected when Curunir jumped on her son but I bet that the boy wouldn't have complained about it.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #55550 is a reply to message #55530 ] |
Sun, 18 March 2012 20:59 |
Insane Hiker
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| Quote: | I hope we'll get to see how her life would be if she'd gone the high road.
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Maybe someday but I have other ideas that I'm fleshing out right now, of course if anyone wants to take their own crack at that What-if before I get to it feel free to take a crack at it, either way thanks for the compliment.
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #56191 is a reply to message #42912 ] |
Sun, 01 April 2012 05:54 |
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mittfh
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Oh what a complicated web of events you write!
Cytherea having an anchor to a GOO attached to her back, inadvertently activated by Atavis thus releasing it; the Obsidian Circle predicting this and putting measures in place to contain it; the battle itself; the devises, amulets and Eastern Maiden's egg, the strange properties of Randi's swords, then all the fishy stuff at the end (no doubt we'll find more about that in a future update).
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| Re: Faolan Discussion [message #56209 is a reply to message #56191 ] |
Sun, 01 April 2012 10:47 |
Isodecan
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Unless this is an April Fool's post. Even by Insane Hikers standard the power level was a bit excessive and diverging really far from Canon.
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