more nano blathering
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cornerofmadnesssince I'm stalled. So where did this come from?
1. I love mysteries and steampunk is interesting (though admittedly most of what I've read has been bad so if you have recs of things you liked feel free)
2. very obviously there is an FMA influence but more on that in a bit
3. I've had to perform a lot of amputations in my career. I've watched people struggle to regain independance. With my diabetes, one day that could be me. So i've been watching the new robotic limbs with interest (note, I've had other amputee characters over the years as well) and thought what if science hadn't been held back in medicine so long and this ability arrived much earlier?
4. it was written as a short story for a steampunk anthology then I never turned it in seeing they didn't take 'death' in a story and well, it's a mystery so... Besides, as often as I try them, I'm not convinced short story and mystery go together, at least not in my hands.
5. back to the FMA influence. I don't deny the obvious but other than some superficial personality traits (and mostly because i loved those dynamics while playing with them in fanfic) there isn't much resemblance to FMA. The character who'll most closely resemble his inspiration will be Julian Longstaff who would be Al if you mixed Al with Niles Krane. Placid is hot tempered as is Melantha but nothing like Ed or Winry.
Also they're older and have completely different angst going on since well not the same story obviously. Placid will allow me to play with the body dysmorphism a bit. Ed does want his limbs back but he never dwells on it. Placid is. It's inhibited his life in certain aspects (mostly social/sexual). Declan bears no resemblance to Hohenheim. Killingsworth needs to tell me his first name (and Reanne her last...) is in a different place of power over Placid than the mirroring relationship in its inspiration.
Also, I think Melantha might need a new last name. I just realized I have Dr. Honeycutt and Captain Burns in the same story (glad I didn't call Ophelia Major Burns....) Ophelia likes Burns so Mel might have to be renamed.
For those who care about that sort of thing, all the place names are towns in Pennsylvania
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1. I love mysteries and steampunk is interesting (though admittedly most of what I've read has been bad so if you have recs of things you liked feel free)
2. very obviously there is an FMA influence but more on that in a bit
3. I've had to perform a lot of amputations in my career. I've watched people struggle to regain independance. With my diabetes, one day that could be me. So i've been watching the new robotic limbs with interest (note, I've had other amputee characters over the years as well) and thought what if science hadn't been held back in medicine so long and this ability arrived much earlier?
4. it was written as a short story for a steampunk anthology then I never turned it in seeing they didn't take 'death' in a story and well, it's a mystery so... Besides, as often as I try them, I'm not convinced short story and mystery go together, at least not in my hands.
5. back to the FMA influence. I don't deny the obvious but other than some superficial personality traits (and mostly because i loved those dynamics while playing with them in fanfic) there isn't much resemblance to FMA. The character who'll most closely resemble his inspiration will be Julian Longstaff who would be Al if you mixed Al with Niles Krane. Placid is hot tempered as is Melantha but nothing like Ed or Winry.
Also they're older and have completely different angst going on since well not the same story obviously. Placid will allow me to play with the body dysmorphism a bit. Ed does want his limbs back but he never dwells on it. Placid is. It's inhibited his life in certain aspects (mostly social/sexual). Declan bears no resemblance to Hohenheim. Killingsworth needs to tell me his first name (and Reanne her last...) is in a different place of power over Placid than the mirroring relationship in its inspiration.
Also, I think Melantha might need a new last name. I just realized I have Dr. Honeycutt and Captain Burns in the same story (glad I didn't call Ophelia Major Burns....) Ophelia likes Burns so Mel might have to be renamed.
For those who care about that sort of thing, all the place names are towns in Pennsylvania
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