03-13-2007, 07:08 PM
Thanks, Necron.
The gothic vibe is an unintentional side effect of trying to mix film noir with "Snow Crash" and "Rats and Gargoyles". Everyone notices it.
The next chapter will deviate from that slightly, because of the third (and MAYBE fourth) character(')s(') location(s). However, the creepy part will only increase if I deviate from the gothic, because of the very nature of the sort of creepy I've set as my goal. That is to say; "sweet Christ I wish I were dead"-style nerve-shattering eschatological terror.
The detail will increase more and more till the fourth chapter, so expect to be searching frantically for context clues until then.
As for my protagonists, it's far more interesting to see a cookie-cutter character in a situation you'd never find him in (e.g., the Monomyth-style hero in Cthulhu's lair) than it is to see unconventional characters in unconventional situations. Likewise, it'd be VERY interesting to see Etienne at a horse race.
However, for the purposes of this story, unconventional characters AND conventional ones will both be used (probably) to avoid humor. Even sparse black humor can kill a story meant to be serious. Most murder-mystery movies have no jokes, ever wonder why? Precisely so.
--Etienne Noir
The gothic vibe is an unintentional side effect of trying to mix film noir with "Snow Crash" and "Rats and Gargoyles". Everyone notices it.
The next chapter will deviate from that slightly, because of the third (and MAYBE fourth) character(')s(') location(s). However, the creepy part will only increase if I deviate from the gothic, because of the very nature of the sort of creepy I've set as my goal. That is to say; "sweet Christ I wish I were dead"-style nerve-shattering eschatological terror.
The detail will increase more and more till the fourth chapter, so expect to be searching frantically for context clues until then.
As for my protagonists, it's far more interesting to see a cookie-cutter character in a situation you'd never find him in (e.g., the Monomyth-style hero in Cthulhu's lair) than it is to see unconventional characters in unconventional situations. Likewise, it'd be VERY interesting to see Etienne at a horse race.
However, for the purposes of this story, unconventional characters AND conventional ones will both be used (probably) to avoid humor. Even sparse black humor can kill a story meant to be serious. Most murder-mystery movies have no jokes, ever wonder why? Precisely so.
--Etienne Noir
