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Around about a week ago, as I beat my head against the dreaded writer's block, I was searching for, believe it or not, a little exercise. I needed to set aside for a while the rigid rules and convoluted canon of my own universe, and take a walk in another.
Enter
Zentio, who was kind enough to lend me his adorable character to take for a spin. He gave me some references to how he looked, told me what kind of character he was, and informed me of the job he loved to do. With those basic bits in mind, I had free reign to flesh out the rest of him.
I put finger to keyboard, and the story that flowed from there became one of dreams, ambition, and one apprentice magician's hunger to be a big star.
Will he succeed? What is a squossom? Where are his pants? Read on, and find out!
Zentio Cootmin belongs to Zentio
Summer Fields is my own.
Enter
Zentio, who was kind enough to lend me his adorable character to take for a spin. He gave me some references to how he looked, told me what kind of character he was, and informed me of the job he loved to do. With those basic bits in mind, I had free reign to flesh out the rest of him.I put finger to keyboard, and the story that flowed from there became one of dreams, ambition, and one apprentice magician's hunger to be a big star.
Will he succeed? What is a squossom? Where are his pants? Read on, and find out!
Zentio Cootmin belongs to
ZentioSummer Fields is my own.
Category Story / Fat Furs
Species Rabbit / Hare
Size 50 x 50px
File Size 361.5 kB
Love this so much man, as I told you while reading it I love the interaction between Zen and Summer, it's adorable and very much how he'd be. I love how you describe everything with so much detail, it's really awesome and something I'm gonna look up to for my stories now X3
Thank you so much once again, this was very nice to read (still reading but almost done as of this post) and very captivating *hug*
Thank you so much once again, this was very nice to read (still reading but almost done as of this post) and very captivating *hug*
Once again, I am absolutely thrilled and flattered that you find the story so enjoyable. I tried my best to do right by him when it came to characterization, and I'm happy that I nailed it. if there's one thing I like to think I know, it's being a nerd, lol.
You're very welcome, of course. I had a lot of fun doing it, and I'm glad it was up to snuff. *hug*
You're very welcome, of course. I had a lot of fun doing it, and I'm glad it was up to snuff. *hug*
This is an awesome story! It really is. I loved it. Congratulations to the autor. It is amazingly well written. The details narrated, the twists of the plot, the characters, the scenes, the food! More than once I got hungry with the description of it. I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. Congratulations!
Definitely a great read, Bob. Those are far and few between around here, but always a gem when you find 'em! If I have any qualm about yer story, it'd be
SPOILERS!! READ THE DAMN STORY PEOPLE! IT'S AWESOME!
the sudden change in personality of Summer. She seems like such a sweet and endearing gal for the first two-thirds, and then it's suddenly like she was replaced with Misery Creepy Stalker Squossum! A bit jarring. Sure, maybe she was puttin' on a front the whole time, but I thought it was a case of a more innocent fascination in gettin' Zen to enjoy bein' bigger, since there didn't seem t' be any indication her purpose was more malicious. Ah well! Lookin' forward to more stuff from you!
SPOILERS!! READ THE DAMN STORY PEOPLE! IT'S AWESOME!
the sudden change in personality of Summer. She seems like such a sweet and endearing gal for the first two-thirds, and then it's suddenly like she was replaced with Misery Creepy Stalker Squossum! A bit jarring. Sure, maybe she was puttin' on a front the whole time, but I thought it was a case of a more innocent fascination in gettin' Zen to enjoy bein' bigger, since there didn't seem t' be any indication her purpose was more malicious. Ah well! Lookin' forward to more stuff from you!
Certainly, in the first (i.e. only) stage of planning, I did not intend for her to turn out more Annie Wilkes than Auntie Anne, but it seems I have a tendency to write psychotic characters, even on accident. That was the corner I wrote myself into in this story - make an illogical and drastic change to Zentio's personality to give him motivation to stay, or mar the clay of Summer's development with a darker twist before baking. Seeing as Zentio is an established character, already, and not even my own, I felt it would be better for Summer to take the fall from grace. She is wholly my own, and this story is the crucible of her molding.
But, as Zentio pointed out in a discussion on the matter of the story, Summer's adventures do not have to end here, nor must any future endeavors have to be painted with so grim a brush as "psychopath" would imply. As "The Happy Tree Friends" does not take its ultra-violence too seriously, instead encouraging us to laugh at its over-the-top and ultimately harmless nature, we here can treat lightly a grave matter or two for entertainment, keeping in mind that it is but art.
I do agree that I should try more foreshadowing. Such a technique, though, would require foresight, a skill I admittedly lack in amounts most dire. In a world such as the one in this story, which I perhaps painted with a brush yet too grim, it may be achieved as simply as a villainous monologue or aside. Just because I am unaccustomed to such... levity should be no reason for me not to one day attempt it.
Thank you much for reading the story, and I'm glad you largely enjoyed it! Thank you, as well, for the thoughtful comment - it is pleasing to receive them, whatever the nature. Editing oneself is indeed hard to do.
But, as
Zentio pointed out in a discussion on the matter of the story, Summer's adventures do not have to end here, nor must any future endeavors have to be painted with so grim a brush as "psychopath" would imply. As "The Happy Tree Friends" does not take its ultra-violence too seriously, instead encouraging us to laugh at its over-the-top and ultimately harmless nature, we here can treat lightly a grave matter or two for entertainment, keeping in mind that it is but art.I do agree that I should try more foreshadowing. Such a technique, though, would require foresight, a skill I admittedly lack in amounts most dire. In a world such as the one in this story, which I perhaps painted with a brush yet too grim, it may be achieved as simply as a villainous monologue or aside. Just because I am unaccustomed to such... levity should be no reason for me not to one day attempt it.
Thank you much for reading the story, and I'm glad you largely enjoyed it! Thank you, as well, for the thoughtful comment - it is pleasing to receive them, whatever the nature. Editing oneself is indeed hard to do.
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