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What a perfect box!! 😉 The drawing is really good though. I like the lighting.
I always love it when little details like cardboard texture or tenis shoes etc. work out. It makes the process suddenly much more fun.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Oh fun!
We should be able to, if we are not at our grandparents’ house in the serviceless country.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
OH NO!!!
*offers yes and cookies*
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
We think one might fit: Captain Fry. He’s stocky and grumpy, but eloquent when nobody expects it. And he’s suspicious of the Longtreaders at first, which could translate into Gimli’s aversion of elves. His undying loyalty to them once that’s overcome fits well too!
Unfortunately, everyone in my family has a different mental image of him, and there’s no official illustration to clarify. XD How do you see him? Or does he not fit Gimli in your mind? 🙃😂
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Can’t say I loved the Anne of the Island triangle, but I definitely liked it better than what I see in modern stuff.
Evangelistic dating is dating/becoming romantically attached to a lost person with the hope that the relationship will lead them to God. Obviously, not a good udea to go into a relationship like that. It’s not healthy, and usually ends in a broken heart or spirit in real life. Unfortunately, it’s pretty common in Christian romance fiction.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
🙂
Yeah, that might help. And it might not. I personally haven’t gotten tags in months, but I often hop on when I have a free moment and
lurkpatrol around.It’s been a very chatty place recently. As evidenced by the fact that newer KeePers are bumbling about in the guise of Eccentric Mentors and Chosen Ones.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Fabulous! That helps a lot. Thank you for imparting your wisdom. 🙂
I’ll probably look into getting it later this month.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Bwahaha! XD You did a great job capturing his personality in the aesthetic.
I saw the shofar/horn and satchel with scrolls and wondered if he served as a messenger, a fitting occupation for a wanderer. On a flip side, if the scrolls were scripture, I thought he might be connected to your world’s True Religion. Maybe friends with a preacher etc. It might be a link in his past or something coming up in the plot.
Which could be very far off, but it’s what I thought when I saw it.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Oh, that’s a great article! Thank you for sharing. It gave me several ideas. (As did your article on false religions, which I read right after that one.)
Also, it’s so good to see you around here again!
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Well, everyone made theirs much less complicated than what I was thinking, so I’m glad I waited. lol. I think I basically agree with what the others have said. I do like a first person narrative, if it’s well done and really used to contribute to the texture of the story.
I also think that not every style that’s technically “wordy” is the same. I love classics that take the time to describe the world in a unique, artistic voice.(C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, H. Pyle) I don’t like when the narrative get’s very caught up in telling us what the character is thinking instead of showing it. Or long soliloquies about the history of a random apple tree. Eventually, it becomes vain repetition as the heathen do.
Now, disturbing violence. I love suspense (Dee Henderson’s O’Malley series is an all-time favorite.) and historical fiction (Robert Elmer and Roseanna M. White), but in those those genres I’ve come across stuff that made me sick, even though it was Christian. There is a series will sometimes read because the author’s writing is AMAZING, but even if I do, I am typically skimming a chapter or two because the author likes tackling ugly subjects. (and it’s in the various conflicts around 1948, so there’s a lot of material she touches on) But even then, she has a reason for including the topics, unlike some authors who just seem to want drama, or are glorifying the darkness of this world.
I opened a suspense novel once that had a serial murderer, and I just put it down after the first chapter feeling dazed. We need more books with healthy, loving relationships and inspiring adventures.
Words are vehicles spirits travel by, or so I have heard many a wise man of God say. The mind is a battle ground. Reading fills the mind with ideas that can be powerful either way. What spirits are you encouraging in your writing? God’s? Or those of this fallen world?
*bows*
Sermon over. It’s safe to drink your soda now.
I also can’t stand love triangles. They make me sick. I know many other readers love them, but not me. It just strikes me as a really unhealthy situation. Connected to that, I don’t like evangelistic dating. That’s really unhealthy, and shouldn’t turn out as well as many Christian romances make it.
Also, Good-Twin/Evil-Twin trope!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! I want to see more twin relationships like Elrond’s two sons. The “I’ve got your back” type and “different sides of the same coin.” Seriously, because of this literary plague, people ask real life twins “which one is the evil one?” (like wow, that’s funny. ha. ha. ha.)Â I would love to see more identical twins that are happy being twins, and fraternal twins that have their own secret joke on the world.
Plus, it’s just heartbreaking. I get that many twins don’t like each other and often wish they weren’t even related, but this trope is not a realistic presentation. It’s just not.
And I have ranted long enough. Sorry, y’all. XD
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Y’all are terrible. 🤣
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
- He’s a rolling stone/without roots/drifter.
- He’s curious about things.
- He likes to work with wood/whittle.
- He’s a messenger, or somehow connected to the clerical/Levitical circle.
- He’s either a strategist, or stuck in a tight situation.
- Despite his youth and friendly demeanor, he can fight like a cat.
- He’s more of the found-family type than the birth-family type. (ie, he’s adopted whether unofficially or officially.)
That was fun! I don’t know how accurate any of that was, but that’s my impression.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
This is a great topic! I’ll have to think about it though.
By the by, I don’t see duplicate posts. 🙂
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
I might just try this. I’ve been wanting to do a music challenge for a while.
I already know one of them! (cue groans from my siblings who have to bear with me crying every time I hear it now. XD)
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
Exactly. XD Although, I’m really glad to look back at my old stories now. It’s great for a few laughs.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan