Let's Read: Book Club # 3, 12

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Revelaitons Revelations - Obvious Resident Evil joke aside, this was a decent return post. Then again, considering Magus was a pretty good writer even on Chubbs, that was to be expected. Even though I basically jumped in in the middle of his storyline, I didn't really feel lost as the writer did a good job of portraying the context in which the events unfolded as well as showing what kind of person Magus is through his conversation with the farm girl. The Dalaran part was kind of sparse on detail, but since I'm presuming Magus already described Dalaran in past posts, I can understand not seeing much need in repeating that.

So a good start. It'll be interesting to see where Magus takes it from here and what these "revelations" are.

A New Realm - Shang Tsung is roleplayed by the same person that roleplays as Proto Man; as a result, to the surprise of absolutely no one, this was a great introduction post. Like Sarah already mentioned above, it pretty much mentions all the essential details a layman needs to know about Shang Tsung's pre-Omniverse history, making it a nice read even for those who know nothing about Mortal Kombat. It was also kind of refreshing to see a character attempt to pretend that he is an already existing inhabitant of the Omniverse, though it does make the NPC knight look like a moron for buying the story (though I imagine that was the idea).

One thing I found particularly interesting about this post was the fact that Shang Tsung's encounter with Omni barely gets even a mention. On the one hand, this is almost kind of disappointing, since it is fun to read how different characters react to Omni and his explanation about how the Omniverse works. On the other, though, since practically everyone does that and the "conversation" is rather one-sided, it is kind of an interesting take to have a character who barely even remembers it and dismisses it as a dream. Makes you wonder how he will react when he realises that it wasn't just a dream.

So, in short, another great post from a great author. As if Proto needed any more praise. :xd:

Return to Coruscant - And here we finally get to the big one. I'm just going to go ahead and say it...this is my favourite thread that has appeared in the Book Club so far. Both Samus and Vitruvius did a phenomenal job in this thread. They both potrayed the internal conflicts plaguing both characters well and I really enjoyed the interaction and chemistry between the two.

It's actually almost hard to believe that the author behind Samus is the same one that is behind Enel. I've expressed in the past that I feel that some of his Enel posts felt kind of dry and lacking in detail. While that applies to some extent here as well (I was actually a bit disappointed that the process of how Samus' suit is enhanced wasn't elaborated upon, but it's possible this was already covered in past posts), I still feel that the writer did a much better job here. Funnily enough, one of my favourite posts in the entire thread was the part where Samus uses multiple elevators to descent down various tiers of Coruscant. Even though very little actual activity happened in that post, the reader learns so much about Coruscant without the post ever going into needless detail. I loved every sentence of it and it really sparked my imagination.

Vitruvius also wrote very well. Throughout the entire thread, he manages to maintain a consistent theme of his character being conflicted between the necessity of using violence and the moral implications of such actions and going against his own moral code. The part with him mistaking Samus for an AI was also both fitting and amusing. While his posts do feature a lot of technical terms, it does fit quite well with the fact that his character is...well a robot/android.

I'm afraid I don't really have anything to say about Harry's post. It was decent, but it is his first post so far and it was also rather short. I will say that it almost seemed like the character showed up out of the blue (at least based on the conversation he had with Samus, he wasn't on Coruscant before). Also, while having different colours for lines of dialogue is a valid stylistic choice, it might be a better idea to use something other than orange for Stormtroopers; it made me almost accidentally think that it was Samus who was talking. :lol:

As you can see, tried as I might, I really wasn't able to find much wrong with these posts. All I can really say is bravo; I look forward to seeing the conclusion of that thread. quee: