Winter Rain, part 34

7 Responses to “Winter Rain, part 34”

  1. Sorry it’s a bit late.  I have two very good excuses: Hancock, and The Dark Knight.  :-)

    Anyway, I’m considering this the end of Chapter 3 (aka The Angst Chapter).  We’re moving on to something more active next chapter.  I hope. 

    Given my track record, don’t expect a new ep until Thursday.  It seems to take me a few extra days to figure out a new chapter.

  2. Vercin says:

    I submit that if you’re going to keep track of chapters and such, you should at least tell us about them :P Linear numbering is nice, but working in the chapter/installment somewhere would be nicer. I like the 1.1, 1.2, . . . 3.11 style used by AE’s Tribe.

    Also—wait, what? I look back and you’re right, it’s been better than 10 chapters since any of the really good stuff. So yeah, I’d support you returning more to that style.

    I found a really interesting quote when skimming back to try and figure out where the other invisible chapter breaks were, tho. We see now just how much Tiergan has to fight his killer instinct. It’s THERE, even if he represses it . . . makes one wonder.

    “Because it’s not enough, Tara,” I say with a shrug.  “Her parents are insisting on a First, and we both know I’m never going to be that.”

  3. srsuleski says:

    Augh fuck off Tara ye great big git.

    :cough:

    Anyway . . . 

  4. Hey Vercin — I don’t consider the chapter boundaries to be particularly important.  They are more for my benefit to be honest.  Each one contains a discrete “chunk” of the story, and I generally go into each with some vague clue of what will happen.  Not necessarily a destination, but at least a direction. 

    As for “good stuff”, well, I can’t promise lots of Tiergan killing people, if that’s what you’re after.  ;-)  I think the violence will be mostly punctuation for the story.  But I do hope this chapter was the limit for how much angst I will put in a chapter.  The chapters with a plot are way easier to write.  :-)

    And Sarah — lay off poor Tara.  It’s not like she doesn’t feel horrible, right now.  ;-)

  5. srsuleski says:

    I will not lay off Tara. :P Conlan was being a douchebag and it was his own fault Tiergan had to beat him up. :P

  6. Vercin says:

    Chris—nah, it doesn’t need to be killing, just . . . dunno. I’m too tired to describe it clearly, but running around dodging doggie love and doggie hate or plotting for the night’s mission was somehow much more intriguing than listening to how Tiergan doesn’t want to be his brother for a half-dozen chapters :)

    And I’ve gotta stand by Sarah on this one . . . Tara earned a lot of idiot points this chapter. I mean, “How could you do that to him?  All he’s ever done is look up to you.  And you’re supposed to look out for him!”?!

    Right. Not only was Tiegran’s drastic “MUST ABORT NOW” action vindicated by the alpha getting, you know, SHOT, but everyone should have known that Conlan pushed the action to that level before Tiergan could MAKE that warning. “OK, I’ll submit to my little friend while the rest of the pack gets wrecked by unknown forces”? She might feel horrible but she’s definitely taking it out on the wrong target, and that absolutely doesn’t excuse it.

  7. I think the more interesting thing is the signs of Tiergan’s humanity at war with his wolf — he wants forgiveness from Tara, and understanding — but the strength in him, the instinct, and the knowledge that he was right — almost made him lash out at her.  If he had more rank, he probably would have done it — but he resists wanting rank, because he doesn’t want to be his brother.

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