i was so proud of so many damn scenes in this chunk of chapters lmao. extremely pleased to have WRENCHED A HEART in the process ehehe
re: sanaki: yeah she was a tricky beast to write in this set of chapters. i might natter on about this more in the inevitable set of author's notes, but, even though she's less of a viewpoint character than the Main Three, i definitely felt i was walking a bit of a tightrope with her... her concern for Reyson's welfare is genuine! BUT ALSO, like, you don't use someone like that entirely by accident, right. and similarly i think she is in many important ways a pretty benevolent ruler, BUT ALSO... i mean, having "perfect" knowledge of every petty fucker beneath you would be a mighty temptation, right, even with decent motives. hadn't made the dictator connection personally but yeah that tie-in totally tracks.... glad all that was landing i loved writing her so much haha
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Date: 2024-10-23 08:58 pm (UTC)re: sanaki: yeah she was a tricky beast to write in this set of chapters. i might natter on about this more in the inevitable set of author's notes, but, even though she's less of a viewpoint character than the Main Three, i definitely felt i was walking a bit of a tightrope with her... her concern for Reyson's welfare is genuine! BUT ALSO, like, you don't use someone like that entirely by accident, right. and similarly i think she is in many important ways a pretty benevolent ruler, BUT ALSO... i mean, having "perfect" knowledge of every petty fucker beneath you would be a mighty temptation, right, even with decent motives. hadn't made the dictator connection personally but yeah that tie-in totally tracks.... glad all that was landing i loved writing her so much haha