User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/Stolen Tears/@comment-2142396-20160104121303/@comment-7662967-20160106035038

Well I replied in wonderful detail and then .. *poof* I try to submit it and my stupid browser says 'This webpage has expired; please refresh' And I'm just like .. 'Aaaaahhhhh!!' DX

But. I will try again. ;)

Well, true, there will be some things lost. And PoL was mostly about woodlanders, but TotO is mostly about vermin and the age-long battle between woodlander and vermin. So it won't be the original, most of it revolves around the 'villains' of the story, and shows how some repent of their evil .. and how some do not. When disappointed if I had to leave something out, remind yourself that it's Sayna, not cannon ;)


 * shivers* But oh .. I do not want to make the 'too many characters' mistake again like in Accused. So be warned I'm going to be very careful.

TotO is very twisted. I have totally re-worked the principles Redwall sort of sat on, sooo .. it's going to feel a little different than anything I've ever written. Romsca does want to be a great pirate .. the better a sea captain you are on Sampetra, the higher status you have. Farmers, Tavern-keepers, Metal workers, Carpenters .. all very useful of course. But only the best are pirates, and only the best of the best are captains. That's their society, it's flawed indeed, it's wicked, but it's all she's ever known. And Conva, being a pirate and captain himself, hopes his daughter will carry on the legacy.

Hmm .. IDK. I wasn't planning on it, but .. well .. to tell you why not would be spoilers. Sooooo *whistles*

Xzaris is the best pirate, isn't he? He's the most sensitive and kind, probably because he's sworn in his own heart to never be like his mother. Nah .. he has a rough family .. but yes, Conva does act as a sort of foster father to him, as he's always hanging out around Romsca. And Conva is the nearest thing to a father Xzaris will ever have, so it's a nice little addition, I felt ;)

Oh wow, that's weird but cool, cause I really don't know that much about ships in the nautical sense. I'm glad it's working so far! :D

All I will say is that beasts don't always rebel for good ... sometimes they have their own agendas. Well .. he is modeled after a very dear friend I used to have when I was about eight, but since then, I'm afraid he's fallen in with the wrong crowd. So. Yea.

Oh yes, Val walks a fine line. She is almost bi-polar, but she is naturally happy and outgoing. Her way of dealing with pain is by trying to be optimistic about tomorrow and hyper enough she forgets her sorrows for as long as possible. Well .. she isn't open about it in front of him. But she's way to trusting.

If the opportunity should ever present itself, I'm sure he would. He'd justify it by saying it was for the good of Sampetra .. but he would ...

Aye, that's the entire point ;) They aren't any better. They like to think of themselves highly, but then .. most creatures do, no matter how wicked they truly may be. And that point will be shown up too ...

Yes! I did it! *jumps about* I did it, I did it! Everyone's been saying how bad they feel for Meili, but the truth is she was just as wicked as Ublaz. She may look the victim, but in truth, she's just as much a villain. Brutal truth .. she deserved what she got. In fact .. brutal truth .. all of Sampetra deserves what they're getting. They've killed and plundered for seasons upon seasons .. perhaps Ignasa decided it was their turn to suffer. (which of course is the whole point, but anyway ..)

Oh he's practical, he's cruelly practical. I really think Ublaz will be my favorite villain .. as I think you said in 'Accused', about Xzanthia wielding a symbolic scalpel or something, Ublaz wields a symbolic shield. Everything about him is about protecting himself, with Monitors, with his eternal calmness and sadistic smile. He doesn't use his power to fight with so much as he uses it to build defenses for himself. Very hard to breach, yes .. but should they be breached .. well, he would act very different.

I will continue, but I want to get something written before I have to go to bed tonight .. sorry. I wish it hadn't gotten dumped the first time. :(