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Even those who have long lives can't afford to keep fighting forever. At some point, someone has to stop it so everyone can go back to their own lives. And in other worlds, sometimes a person has to step in and take charge to make it happen.
Another slightly short piece
Lhuhikwdwoo is a character which was not necessarily vital to Evalia's story, but it was the first time she ran across a 'multiverse traveler' - and it happened before the Giant's Club. However, when I was writing the story it kept making no sense or messing with what I was laying down. I had to set it aside, and was almost convinced it couldn't fit anywhere.
And then the first half of the story started to unravel into text, like transcribing it from a scene playing out in my head. I knew exactly how to frame it into place. It's about making peace, in two senses of the words.
Shenayim is ©
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Tyarlal, Xecheq, and Lhuhikwdwoo are ©
Lhuhikwdwoo
The Giants' Club was created by
arilin (Mentioned only)
(Rated General because it's mostly just conversation.)
Even those who have long lives can't afford to keep fighting forever. At some point, someone has to stop it so everyone can go back to their own lives. And in other worlds, sometimes a person has to step in and take charge to make it happen.
Another slightly short piece
Lhuhikwdwoo is a character which was not necessarily vital to Evalia's story, but it was the first time she ran across a 'multiverse traveler' - and it happened before the Giant's Club. However, when I was writing the story it kept making no sense or messing with what I was laying down. I had to set it aside, and was almost convinced it couldn't fit anywhere.
And then the first half of the story started to unravel into text, like transcribing it from a scene playing out in my head. I knew exactly how to frame it into place. It's about making peace, in two senses of the words.
Shenayim is ©
djagir (Mentioned only)Tyarlal, Xecheq, and Lhuhikwdwoo are ©
LhuhikwdwooThe Giants' Club was created by
arilin (Mentioned only)(Rated General because it's mostly just conversation.)
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I don't normally leave author's notes this long, but I wanted to add this since I'd gotten at least one comment on the side about Simon. Please read after the story, okay? Thanks!
Many, many years back...
(No, I'm not going to stop saying it like that. And seriously, this is further back than even Evalia.)
I had run a character who slowly diverged from the origin point into their own idea. Simon, the Wanderer, who was supposed to be a good-aligned busybody who kept trying to pop in and solve people's problems himself. When I found out the furry fandom was a thing, I slowly drifted away from really using him. This was a good thing for me, since it reminded me too much of author-insert wizards of great power trying to be forces of good for the worlds they were in.
When I started this story, I had to stop and rotate the whole thing with Simon to look at it from Evalia's point of view, and realized he was really kind of a dick. He had assumptions which he couldn't let go of, because "she's an evil twin" was primarily how Evalia/Clarissa happened to fall back then. But time went on and I was realizing it wasn't quite so simple a division even if that's what it was to start. Evalia wasn't just "evil twin", she had actually taken on components of personality Clarissa had not wanted anymore. (Specifically the whole macro aspect.)
The scene with Simon was a long time coming and it took me a while to navigate because I needed to figure out a way to bury the hatchet - since Simon stopped being active, stopped being an antagonist to Evalia, and in general only exists as a memory. But the motivation really was quite simple: he loves his wife, and if she truly wanted something he would make it work.
And how he's back in the box, to retirement, because I don't actually plan on using him any further than this.
Many, many years back...
(No, I'm not going to stop saying it like that. And seriously, this is further back than even Evalia.)
I had run a character who slowly diverged from the origin point into their own idea. Simon, the Wanderer, who was supposed to be a good-aligned busybody who kept trying to pop in and solve people's problems himself. When I found out the furry fandom was a thing, I slowly drifted away from really using him. This was a good thing for me, since it reminded me too much of author-insert wizards of great power trying to be forces of good for the worlds they were in.
When I started this story, I had to stop and rotate the whole thing with Simon to look at it from Evalia's point of view, and realized he was really kind of a dick. He had assumptions which he couldn't let go of, because "she's an evil twin" was primarily how Evalia/Clarissa happened to fall back then. But time went on and I was realizing it wasn't quite so simple a division even if that's what it was to start. Evalia wasn't just "evil twin", she had actually taken on components of personality Clarissa had not wanted anymore. (Specifically the whole macro aspect.)
The scene with Simon was a long time coming and it took me a while to navigate because I needed to figure out a way to bury the hatchet - since Simon stopped being active, stopped being an antagonist to Evalia, and in general only exists as a memory. But the motivation really was quite simple: he loves his wife, and if she truly wanted something he would make it work.
And how he's back in the box, to retirement, because I don't actually plan on using him any further than this.
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