Thread:SaynaSLuke/@comment-2142396-20150713125317

Hi Sayna! I saw some of your new polls and decided to comment. I saw you considering adding cannons to your stories, and while I like the idea of pirates using gunpowder, I think cannons may be too complex machinery for this world. What if Sampetra used gunpowder, but with simpler devices than cannons? I guess they could use ballistas and slings to hurl small gunpowder bombs. The choice is your, of course. :)

Ah, it's that 'Zarya' you've been talking about! Yeah, that's a Russian spaceship. I was overthinking stuff as usual.

Also, as I finished TPF, I realised there are some parallels between our works that were developed completely independently - because I planned some of mine long before reading yours, being a slow writer as I am, and I didn't spoil almost anything to the readers. So that's more of a fun thing how alike two minds can think, starting with the tactics used by the villains (because some of mine are using something quite similar in 'For Freedom' and 'Cripple') and finishing with characters (because I planned out a character development very much like Einar's... down to the beast's species XD). I'm not saying that you will accuse me of something... just so you won't be surprised if you start noticing parallels, too. ;)

Also, I've been working on a new story, and about halfway through I realized that I made the main villain look surprisingly like Ferran (black fox with yellow eyes, emotionless, uses throwing knives), without actually trying to! I guess our ideas of how the evil incarnate looks concede. And so I thought... what if I make him the third brother of Ferran and Groddil? ;) Especially since the time period fits. I don't plan to do crossover or something, but I thought I could just mention them to create a link to your stories. (and I probably mention Groddil as being Trunn's magician so that the story works in continuity with canon books, too.) So I wanted to ask if it's okay with you. 