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randomweavingIn light of a few queries we’ve received lately, I wanted to clear a few things up about the direction this story is heading.
I apologize if we weren't terribly clear about this from the beginning: This is fantasy. Fantasy we've done our best to make seem semi realistic, sure, but fantasy nonetheless. I'm talking full out, magic-and-mythical-creatures fantasy. And it's going to get more so, as we go on. This has barely scraped the tip of the fantasy iceberg.
For those of you holding out for a viral explanation, or the discovery of a mutated gene, I'd either reframe your expectations or consider giving the rest of this a miss. Because there isn't a logical explanation. There's a reason, but that's not the same thing, and we don't want you guys to stay all invested in the outcome if it's going to disappoint, simply because we weren't clear enough up front.
I will also reiterate something I said in the first author's note on chapter one: this is going to be out of character. We did our best, but as the story developed, so did the characters, and not always in ways that are terribly true to their original selves. We are toning it down some, but it will still be sappy to the point of being cavity-inducing to some of you, and while we make no apologies for the writing itself, if that's not your thing we don’t want to feel we’ve led you on. If you don’t like it, you will not hurt our feelings if you simply decide not to keep reading it. But please don’t try to tell us it’s OOC as though that’s something we didn’t already realize, because believe me, we do. :)
That’s all. Thanks for listening, and I hope at least some of you will stay with us!
Cheers,
~RS
I apologize if we weren't terribly clear about this from the beginning: This is fantasy. Fantasy we've done our best to make seem semi realistic, sure, but fantasy nonetheless. I'm talking full out, magic-and-mythical-creatures fantasy. And it's going to get more so, as we go on. This has barely scraped the tip of the fantasy iceberg.
For those of you holding out for a viral explanation, or the discovery of a mutated gene, I'd either reframe your expectations or consider giving the rest of this a miss. Because there isn't a logical explanation. There's a reason, but that's not the same thing, and we don't want you guys to stay all invested in the outcome if it's going to disappoint, simply because we weren't clear enough up front.
I will also reiterate something I said in the first author's note on chapter one: this is going to be out of character. We did our best, but as the story developed, so did the characters, and not always in ways that are terribly true to their original selves. We are toning it down some, but it will still be sappy to the point of being cavity-inducing to some of you, and while we make no apologies for the writing itself, if that's not your thing we don’t want to feel we’ve led you on. If you don’t like it, you will not hurt our feelings if you simply decide not to keep reading it. But please don’t try to tell us it’s OOC as though that’s something we didn’t already realize, because believe me, we do. :)
That’s all. Thanks for listening, and I hope at least some of you will stay with us!
Cheers,
~RS
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Date: 8 Jan 2007 20:55 (UTC)We see them, or especially Dr. Cox, in a more private setting and I think that even he would act a little different in public and private. Plus with a situation like this, I think everyone would behave a bit differently anyway and there's no way to know their ways of dealing. Besides you are the authors and you have your authory license and we mortals should bow at your feet. *adores*
(Wow, that sounded a bit ranty.)
I was saving all that (and some more) for a review I was going to post in you next chapter because bad me hasn't reviewed yet. (and yay! I think it'll be my first Scrub!fic review)
I like the story.