Grim Tales - Be Careful What You Wish For - Interlude - Toothless Barnes
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Grim Tales - Be Careful What You Wish For - Interlude - Toothless Barnes
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This is a very beautiful interlude. Very nice "flow of reading" (hope this makes sense for you; or "the style flows well"; ). This time it was easy to read for me and I need not to use an online dictionary.
Love this warm sentiment. The outfit of the hunter is very fitting. Love also the last image and of course the title image too. This image is so to say a summery of the story as it holds all the warmth and emotional content of it.
I am glad you enjoyed this story and you got the meaning of it - the main and last image is the summary as you said :)
I give to you without expectation and the gain is gratitude and what comes forth out of that... (In this case being taken care of and companionship, even in the afterlife) .
Thanks a lot for sharing this great story,.. it made my day :)
That being said I am enjoying having Grim out with all his friends. I suspect not as many people can connect to him these days though as he has so much lore that goes back ... well crazy but 7 years now. Just boggles my mind how long I have played Skyrim and been doing stuff with Grim (along with other characters as well but Grim has always been my main in Skyrim).
Will probably do more snippet stories in general though as they are less time intensive for me and anyone who wants to read them :)
My main goal with Grim's current story is more personal - to fix something I did in the past that I wasn't as happy about so I can feel more comfortable about his retirement.
Grim, on the other hand, is a demihuman with superpowers and therefore someone we look up to, but perhaps less easily connect to, even though he stayed as normal as you might expect from someone of his stature,..
It's a bit like with all the superheroe's ,.. we stand still and look in awe with our jaws open but do not count them within our "league" .
The old hunter is someone that is and , thus, evokes a reaction on that level.
I think you're a bit to hard on yourself Jon, you've created a beautifull story with both Grim and also this sidestory with the old hunter. It only appeals to something else within us and therefore will bring forth a different type of reaction to it,..
I am a bit different. I tend to like the bigger than life heroes myself and have never had an issue connecting to them as long as they are written well. Drizzt, Belgarion, Conan, Gandalf, Aragorn, Elric of Melibonean, and the list would go on but only a reader of fantasy would recognize most of the names. Even if they are exceptional, and have exceptional powers, as long as they seem to have a sense of humanity, some weaknesses and human "issues" I tend to connect well with them.
I have never really been as into the "just another average person" games or stories as that is exactly what I am in real life. Sure it can be inspiring at times although often I get that out of history or real life living people in the news. Yet to connect to someone a bit more than human they have to be written well and maybe I have failed there, although I have tried to show Grim's human side and his struggle with his divine side. I have also tried to show some of his weaknesses although granted that was more evident when I was actively writing him.
I had actually referenced the connection issue more that he has 7 years of lore and there are not as many veterans on Nexus who might know his background well enough to "know him" versus say Barnes, which is just a quick slice of life. I also loved writing Barnes (and I have done this a couple of other times - there was an old hermit in FO4 I did, and in Skyrim Grim's best friend, Eir, is just a simple soldier although she eventually gained the beast blood).
I edited my comment because it felt like I was complaining and it would give the wrong impression, so I revised it a bit to be more neutral.
I suspect your reason for Barnes to hold off on a dog could also be a very valid one. Having lost a few dogs it gets harder every time to watch them grow old. It is likely he became a loner to avoid the hurt that comes from losing those you love. At least he gave Cinders a chance so he was able to end his life with some love and company in it.
We usually outlive our animals sadly but since this hound was a Daedric hound it had a much longer life span, even if now on Nirn. I also liked the idea of them taking care of each other.