Probably months late to the party, but what the hell.
Let me add my voice to the chorus of "ARGH, Cliffhanger!", though knowing the way these stories can work, I can totally understand it.....and as a
writer that's deliberately left a story on a cliffhanger before when I *could* go the extra length and make it less so, I can't imagine there was not a
rather unwholesome sense of glee at the reactions anticipated. It makes good sense as a To Be Continued point, and you get the amusing reactions. Win-win.
*grin*
A box of junk Skuld brings back from heaven "conveniently" has a weapon that reacts to massive rage reactions in Doug, most likely to be precipitated
by Mara's actions against him.
His favorite daughter who notably never leans on that favortism as much as she could is repeatedly transferred, stonewalled, and put on hold before eventually
being hung up on with a lightning bolt.
Mara is the first and only occasion of a Redemption being turned down. Ever.
Mara is a bizarre case in which her Fall has yet to spread entirely throughout her Overself, causing a significant fracture to her general structure.
Conjecture: her individual avatars have far more effect on her Overself than they should...
Mara is a stubborn, hot headed bitch by her own admission, with such character flaws keeping her from WANTING Redemption....until she has nothing left to lose.
Defending the Redemption has caused Chris to accept himself as he is for the first time ever.
This version of the BGU is notable for his rather twisted sense of humor.
....simply put, when one considers all the balls in the air, the entire thing reeks of setup....but I don't think the BGU would actually risk the goodwill
he'd lose by setting this sort of thing up if there weren't a payoff....that the God squad would agree with....
The fact that Doug, precipitator of the plot extraordinaire provided a very convenient nigh-executioner for Mara without causing the psychological scarring
doing such a thing to her would do to Chris....and who would be perfectly willing to do so anyway...
Yeah. The Discworld quote earlier in the chapters is coming to mind. And I see one Mr. Kami-sama smiling very, very widely....
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
Let me add my voice to the chorus of "ARGH, Cliffhanger!", though knowing the way these stories can work, I can totally understand it.....and as a
writer that's deliberately left a story on a cliffhanger before when I *could* go the extra length and make it less so, I can't imagine there was not a
rather unwholesome sense of glee at the reactions anticipated. It makes good sense as a To Be Continued point, and you get the amusing reactions. Win-win.
*grin*
Quote: Morganni wrote:This comment makes me think about the fact that everything about this situation seems.....odd. In fact, very set up.
Probably going to have a few more comments after this chapter has finished percolating, but...
Quote: Some idle speculation: Why did the big dude upstairs reject the request this time?
Given Kami-sama's apparent style in this story, my guess is that having Doug and the goddesses do it accomplishes some side goal, so he rejected the
request specifically to get them to try it.
-Morgan.
A box of junk Skuld brings back from heaven "conveniently" has a weapon that reacts to massive rage reactions in Doug, most likely to be precipitated
by Mara's actions against him.
His favorite daughter who notably never leans on that favortism as much as she could is repeatedly transferred, stonewalled, and put on hold before eventually
being hung up on with a lightning bolt.
Mara is the first and only occasion of a Redemption being turned down. Ever.
Mara is a bizarre case in which her Fall has yet to spread entirely throughout her Overself, causing a significant fracture to her general structure.
Conjecture: her individual avatars have far more effect on her Overself than they should...
Mara is a stubborn, hot headed bitch by her own admission, with such character flaws keeping her from WANTING Redemption....until she has nothing left to lose.
Defending the Redemption has caused Chris to accept himself as he is for the first time ever.
This version of the BGU is notable for his rather twisted sense of humor.
....simply put, when one considers all the balls in the air, the entire thing reeks of setup....but I don't think the BGU would actually risk the goodwill
he'd lose by setting this sort of thing up if there weren't a payoff....that the God squad would agree with....
The fact that Doug, precipitator of the plot extraordinaire provided a very convenient nigh-executioner for Mara without causing the psychological scarring
doing such a thing to her would do to Chris....and who would be perfectly willing to do so anyway...
Yeah. The Discworld quote earlier in the chapters is coming to mind. And I see one Mr. Kami-sama smiling very, very widely....
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."