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da gut-bomb, maybe... 

Eric Storm

WA is really amazing. Came for the sex(not literally) stay for the plot ( and I don't mean Japanese anime "plot").

I liked the chapter, a lot. Way better than the previous one. I laughed at the  earth tech part.

Previously I complained a lot about not seeing side characters enough. With this chapter I'm satisfied. 5 out 8 favourite characters seen, I consider it a win.
I'm glad There was a part about Emile's arc. Been waiting for too long ( story-wise) for that.

I consider that chapter the best of the book so far ( yeah above the one where there is snu-snu with Vivian and the return of the cutest centaur ever).
There is war related stuff, action and bureaucracy , side character development, Main character development, plot development.
And above all : well mixed.

I don't think I saw anything "bad" in it.
I would  have love  a longer part with Zyla and her life and supporting David (but I don't think it would have been something good, No traumatic event for David, and Zyla doesn't do much now ).

I do wonder why Zyla is not joinning David in his manor. She's a housewife, taking care of people living in the house. She would love to live there with all the people.


I almost forgot. I laughed Hard when David said to Gwen that he was with all the women in her family. I laughed harder when she said she doesn't count and David said that she does.
And I forgot too, The aftermath of the talk between Denise and her daughters about Roy being gay and  Roy leaving. What does Anne and Gwen think about the ordeal.

Neither Denise, Anne or Gwen blame David for killing Nick . We know that for Denise it's because she knew Nick was power hungry and that David is honest, but it is that way too for Anne and Gwen ? I mean Gwen trust David almost blindly, but did she know about what kind of person Nick was ?

If all three knew, specially Denise, how come Roy refuse to believe it ? Did he  know so little about  his own son or is he in denial ? What kind of father is he if he didn't know how this son was ? He always seems supportive and nice, attentive to his family. Him reacting like he did,( well I , was expecting it, it was the perfect time for a little twist, after Denise thing and all) that really came out of nowhere.


Can we expect to see or hear about David's parent again ?


Anyway, good chapter, good job!

EDIT:

Since there is 7 books and people are usually referred by their first name, Whose father was Flyn ? The last name is familiar, And I think it's Flo . Can we expect a Flo ( or flyn's daughter that David knows) confrontation with David ?

Last edited by neolyn (2019-11-12 21:42:38)

neolyn wrote:

I would  have love  a longer part with Zyla and her life and supporting David (but I don't think it would have been something good, No traumatic event for David, and Zyla doesn't do much now ).

Zyla didn't do that much before.  But as you point out, for Zyla to be supportive of David, David has to suffer a trauma.  This chapter didn't provide one.

I do wonder why Zyla is not joinning David in his manor. She's a housewife, taking care of people living in the house. She would love to live there with all the people.

I answered this.  She needs her own space to deal with the loss of Joe, which she has clearly not even come to terms with yet, let alone gotten past the grieving stage.

And just FYI, "housewife" does not equal "maid".  As a housewife, she would enjoy taking care of her husband, not a hundred people she doesn't know.  Keep in mind also that she doesn't like stressful situations, and living in someone else's house is quite stressful.  TRUST ME.

Neither Denise, Anne or Gwen blame David for killing Nick . We know that for Denise it's because she knew Nick was power hungry and that David is honest, but it is that way too for Anne and Gwen ? I mean Gwen trust David almost blindly, but did she know about what kind of person Nick was ?

Maybe, maybe not.  They might have had an inkling of his underlying thirst for power.  But for both Gwen and Anne it is far, far simpler:  They both know David so well that they know he would not have killed Nick if it were not either an accident, or a necessary act.  As such, they are obliged to accept David's account of the event, which means they have to accept that Nick had turned traitor.

Keep in mind that, if their parents hadn't talked to Nick in a year, his sisters probably hadn't seen him in even longer than that... and they are both mature enough to understand how much a person could change in that amount of time.  As such, whether they had seen this... "penchant" in Nick before, they'd both know that he could have turned, and so would accept that he did.

If all three knew, specially Denise, how come Roy refuse to believe it ? Did he  know so little about  his own son or is he in denial ? What kind of father is he if he didn't know how this son was ? He always seems supportive and nice, attentive to his family. Him reacting like he did,( well I , was expecting it, it was the perfect time for a little twist, after Denise thing and all) that really came out of nowhere.

You find it unusual for a person to be irrational where their relatives - especially their children - are concerned?

There is also the added dynamic that "everyone" - including his wife and children - is siding against him.  This often causes people to double down on their opinion, feeling ganged-up on, and to take the view that, "someone has to carry this side of the argument."  As such, what had started out as a simple distrust of David's story could, through the negative emotions that just feed on themselves, be ramped up into an obsessive hatred of David, and by extension, those who support him.

Can we expect to see or hear about David's parent again ?

At some point in the future of the Dugerraverse, you will see David's parents again.  When that will be and under what circumstances, I'm not saying.

Since there is 7 books and people are usually referred by their first name, Whose father was Flyn ? The last name is familiar, And I think it's Flo . Can we expect a Flo ( or flyn's daughter that David knows) confrontation with David ?

Flo's last name is Tractus.  Ms. Charbonneau's first name was Sarah.  She appears in Book 1, and I even mentioned that her father was a royal court scribe.  "I'm sorry" that you didn't get the reference. 



As to a confrontation between Sarah and David... given the last contact they had with each other, I really don't think she'd be stupid enough to confront him over this.  I'm pretty sure David would utter the line, "Betrayal of duty seems to run in your family."

Eric Storm

Josh.Bond wrote:

And FYI SOS is good stuff. Catherine Bach added in for good measure? Or Michael A. Long? Sorry ADHD rabbit tracks.

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Who the hell is Michael A. Long?

Eric Storm

Who the hell is Michael A. Long?

Eric Storm

That was Michael Knights original name in Knight Rider.

http://www.wolfpub.org/contributors/sho … &cid=3

Like I said ADHD rabbit tracks, For no apparent reason it turns.

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I remember Sarah now. Haven't read about that b*tch since my last read of Book 1 about two years ago. The father is a traitor, the daughter is a freaking racist... What a family.

Barbarian3165 wrote:

I'm not sure Sarah was a total racist, otherwise she never would of slept with David since she knew he was a demighost.  She did make a racist comment against the centaurs, but my opinion is that it was said in anger

Things said in anger usually reveal the truth about a person's actual feelings.  Your "mouth filter" goes on hiatus.  But I agree she is not "racist", as that would eliminate David as a possibility for a partner.  She's apparently just opposed to half-breeds.

As to her father, or whomever is a traitor... I guess I'm just missing the reference.

You're missing the reference that started this entire thread of conversation?  Sarah Charbonneau, Flynn Charbonneau... book 1, book 8... ?

I still want to see lil ol' Markie make a return though... maybe as a plain old soldier at the new base David is going to be at.  I would love to see David making Markie boy salute him every time he walked by.  Of course, the drop and give me 50 order would also be nice if Markie didn't salute quick enough, or at all.

While I admit this would be amusing, Marcus' skills were not good enough for them to have even bothered conscripting him.  And he would obviously never have joined voluntarily.

Another story arc in the Earth/Dugerra universe would also be nice to see, but I can wait a bit if you're near to burning out on it, Eric.

Not at all, but I only have one other storyline thought up for the Dugerraverse, and I'm not sure it's a story that would make good reading, so...  If anyone has thoughts about other Dugerraverse stories, they are welcome to speak up.

Eric Storm

Excellent as always.

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Oh, one more question... could the Rimohr recorder be made so that it doesn't view the Calamandian soldiers, camp(s) or base(s)?  That way if the mirror link between the drone and the remote viewer, even if intercepted, would give limited if any information away to the enemy.

What would happen if David were to try to banish a ghost that had been consumed by a mortessor? Would the ghost be freed from the mortessor or would something else happen?

thehilz wrote:

What would happen if David were to try to banish a ghost that had been consumed by a mortessor? Would the ghost be freed from the mortessor or would something else happen?

I would have thought that the banishment spell couldn’t work in Haven. Or is it a type of ghost magic too? Is the reason that only a demighost can banish another ghost because it is a ‘solid’ spell that works in Haven?
Btw Happy New Year everyone