05-18-2017, 12:41 AM
Om to Enel please. Got nothing to submit this week, maybe next week.
A lesser writer doing casual work would have a character falling from the sky and just sorta landing. Alex takes real-world physics and makes it into a plot point, a puzzle for Proto Man and his compadre to solve. That's one of the things I love about Alex's writing, he always takes the extra effort and the attention to detail please me both as a reader and as an admin. From the latter respect, I always have an eye towards balance and people not over-representing their characters' strengths (one of the reasons I tend to write my characters getting fucked up and injured a lot).
If I had to grade this outside of the context of the larger Man of Steel storyline, I'd say Great. It's a fun read and as always I love the character of Proto Man, who manages to walk the line between 10 year old boy and advanced machine masterfully. I also enjoyed Heat Man as a secondary NPC, he didn't get much time but he got an exploration of his character and motives that puts him beyond your average baddy. Cell Delta has a very interesting background that clearly establishes him as a badass, but, at least in this storyline, he's more of a saturday morning bad guy. In the end, Proto Man gets his power and Heat Man resigns from characterhood.
The strongest parts of Family of Steel overall are of course Alex's signature extended cast. He does a great job of worldbuilding. I've read the first Family of Steel and gave that Exemplary, and if I thought about the whole storyline I might give it Exemplary, but since I haven't read further than Man on Fire I can't say. Maybe someone who has can tell me and I'll defer to their opinion when the grade for this actually gets handed out, but as for standalone I give this one Great and truly mean it.
A lesser writer doing casual work would have a character falling from the sky and just sorta landing. Alex takes real-world physics and makes it into a plot point, a puzzle for Proto Man and his compadre to solve. That's one of the things I love about Alex's writing, he always takes the extra effort and the attention to detail please me both as a reader and as an admin. From the latter respect, I always have an eye towards balance and people not over-representing their characters' strengths (one of the reasons I tend to write my characters getting fucked up and injured a lot).
If I had to grade this outside of the context of the larger Man of Steel storyline, I'd say Great. It's a fun read and as always I love the character of Proto Man, who manages to walk the line between 10 year old boy and advanced machine masterfully. I also enjoyed Heat Man as a secondary NPC, he didn't get much time but he got an exploration of his character and motives that puts him beyond your average baddy. Cell Delta has a very interesting background that clearly establishes him as a badass, but, at least in this storyline, he's more of a saturday morning bad guy. In the end, Proto Man gets his power and Heat Man resigns from characterhood.
The strongest parts of Family of Steel overall are of course Alex's signature extended cast. He does a great job of worldbuilding. I've read the first Family of Steel and gave that Exemplary, and if I thought about the whole storyline I might give it Exemplary, but since I haven't read further than Man on Fire I can't say. Maybe someone who has can tell me and I'll defer to their opinion when the grade for this actually gets handed out, but as for standalone I give this one Great and truly mean it.
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