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May. 2nd, 2006 10:55 amEverworld I know I rambled about these awhile back, and I never rambled about the last two books. Partly it's just me, and partly there's this change in the writing pace that comes as something of a shock. If you've ever read McCaffery's Harper Hall trilogy, the difference between the first two books and the last? It's a lot like that.
There's this idea, which a friend first introduced to me in the works of Lois McMaster Bujold - to approach writing a story with the question 'What's the worst thing I can do to this character?' Really, I think that's part of why I like these books - it's one thing after another, and while they're always about to be killed by something/someone/random 'natural' disaster, it doesn't get any real emotional impact until about the middle of the series, with what could be termed Christopher's Drunken Breakdown. (Christopher, as might have been glaringly obvious in the earlier ramblings, is my favorite, so... ^^; )
( rambly ramble. )
What's worse is that even though the series ends, there isn't anything like the sort of resolution I would have expected. I wasn't hoping for a neat little ending with all the loose ends tied in a pretty bow, you know? But augh!! There's this one loose thread that I'm still whimpering about. ...I need to fic something for the bloody thing, but I can't think of anything that fits.
it's actually something that someone on my flist pointed out about Stargate:Atlantis too. Story endings where nothing ends - it just reaches a certain emotional crescendo where you know what'll happen next. And stops.
It just stops. None of the emotional resolutions, no finding out how any of the characters feel about what happened, or what was the look on A's face when B got home, it just - And then they all headed off to slay the monster!
And nobody died who wasn't already dead, and then they went home obviously because where else are they going to go? Grocery shopping?
And the puppy lived, yay! (So? What if nobody adopted it! Why aren't you telling us?!)
AUGH!!!
...you know, this seemed intelligent when I was typing it. But now I have the feeling I won't want to look when I get up. :P
There's this idea, which a friend first introduced to me in the works of Lois McMaster Bujold - to approach writing a story with the question 'What's the worst thing I can do to this character?' Really, I think that's part of why I like these books - it's one thing after another, and while they're always about to be killed by something/someone/random 'natural' disaster, it doesn't get any real emotional impact until about the middle of the series, with what could be termed Christopher's Drunken Breakdown. (Christopher, as might have been glaringly obvious in the earlier ramblings, is my favorite, so... ^^; )
( rambly ramble. )
What's worse is that even though the series ends, there isn't anything like the sort of resolution I would have expected. I wasn't hoping for a neat little ending with all the loose ends tied in a pretty bow, you know? But augh!! There's this one loose thread that I'm still whimpering about. ...I need to fic something for the bloody thing, but I can't think of anything that fits.
it's actually something that someone on my flist pointed out about Stargate:Atlantis too. Story endings where nothing ends - it just reaches a certain emotional crescendo where you know what'll happen next. And stops.
It just stops. None of the emotional resolutions, no finding out how any of the characters feel about what happened, or what was the look on A's face when B got home, it just - And then they all headed off to slay the monster!
And nobody died who wasn't already dead, and then they went home obviously because where else are they going to go? Grocery shopping?
And the puppy lived, yay! (So? What if nobody adopted it! Why aren't you telling us?!)
AUGH!!!
...you know, this seemed intelligent when I was typing it. But now I have the feeling I won't want to look when I get up. :P
