tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post4243228321184574205..comments2023-05-08T10:20:25.096-04:00Comments on Magician's Merger: Chapter 29: Scrying, Making, Cooking, Playing, SpyingXenophon Hendrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993059147024069203noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-31741263676933487342008-08-08T02:26:00.000-04:002008-08-08T02:26:00.000-04:00To anonymous:"No. That's never come up, but it hel...To anonymous:<BR/><I>"No. That's never come up, but it helps explain how Kirsten started learning the piano so young."</I><BR/>The sentence is correct. <BR/>"That never came up" would also be correct. <BR/>Your proposed change of "That's never came up" would be incorrect.Flohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985619413600423292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-29365264434496551732008-07-31T10:33:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:33:00.000-04:00*chapters *in the*chapters *in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-87097183243689939532008-07-31T10:32:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:32:00.000-04:00"No. That's never come up, but it helps explain ho..."No. That's never come up, but it helps explain how Kirsten started learning the piano so young."<BR/><BR/>In this sentence come should be came. I've noticed a lot of other mistakes int he past chapter, but I was too lazy to point out any of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-30166180519298846282008-06-02T08:02:00.000-04:002008-06-02T08:02:00.000-04:00Ahh my mistake. It is done. I was looking for an R...Ahh my mistake. It is done. I was looking for an RSS button, which was silly of me. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-16056816604534690222008-06-01T20:50:00.000-04:002008-06-01T20:50:00.000-04:00As for a site feed, I turned that on in the site s...As for a site feed, I turned that on in the site settings. Is there something more I need to do?Xenophon Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993059147024069203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-11620268945941989112008-06-01T20:43:00.000-04:002008-06-01T20:43:00.000-04:00Arthur is going to grow up. He is also going to g...Arthur is going to grow up. He is also going to grow up a lot faster than normal because he is mentally attached to a really old person.<BR/><BR/>All three personalities are eventually going to think a lot alike. Not only will they share the same memories, they share the same genes.<BR/><BR/>However, the overall mind will always have a module that thinks of itself as Arthur--who had one set of parents, friends, and siblings--and another module that thinks of itself as Ursus--who had a different set of parents, friends and siblings.<BR/><BR/>The "I" module, most of the time, will usually just accept it all as a given. However, think of the potential uses of having three separate self-aware modules in one head--like someone with a multiple personality, but all the personalities are aware of what the others are doing.<BR/><BR/>(Shhhh, Arthur-Ursus hasn't really thought about it much, yet.)Xenophon Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993059147024069203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-65602767055567941142008-06-01T16:42:00.000-04:002008-06-01T16:42:00.000-04:00Take the 11 year olds personality; any actions/dec...Take the 11 year olds personality; any actions/decisions that the merged personality makes now is influenced by both sides, and is causing this central entity to grow and change. The two others grow to a point, but since any combined decision or compromise is attributed to the central personality is means that one of two things will happen:<BR/><BR/>He will forever more have a shy, depressed and self conscious 11 year old boy contesting his actions; or all three will eventually mature and grow to reach accord on all topics, and become one.<BR/><BR/>Just my view, but I understand your not wanting to write this, it is a fairly unpleasant idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-10387383216337275542008-06-01T14:19:00.000-04:002008-06-01T14:19:00.000-04:00Thanks.I mentioned it somewhere in the story, but ...Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I mentioned it somewhere in the story, but I wasn't planning on letting any of the personalities entirely fade away. From my authorial point of view, I find that to be something horrible enough that I simply don't want to write it.<BR/><BR/>In general, though, the merged personality is the default personality, and the other two only take charge when they are specifically moved to do so.<BR/><BR/>As for updates, my goal is simply to update as often as I can manage given everything else in my life. So far, that has resulted in 29 chapters in about two months.<BR/><BR/>The installments are posted as soon as they are reasonably finished. I sometimes go back and polish then some more at a later time.Xenophon Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993059147024069203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-84647865082547959132008-06-01T06:34:00.000-04:002008-06-01T06:34:00.000-04:00Really enjoying your story so far. :)I like how it...Really enjoying your story so far. :)<BR/><BR/>I like how it is fairly difficult to tell which personality is predominant. I assume that when all else fails its the mixed personality that wins out?<BR/><BR/>I wonder how long it will be until the young boys personality completely fades away into the mixed one... probably happen a good century before the old one does.<BR/><BR/>Do you have an RSS feed for this? Do you post on regular days, or do you simply aim for 2-3x a week?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-22991466204678626542008-05-30T15:27:00.000-04:002008-05-30T15:27:00.000-04:00I tried to portray the mother's response pretty mu...I tried to portray the mother's response pretty much the way I think my mother would have reacted if she found me when I was eleven practicing magic in the basement. Arthur's mom, remember, to the extent that she is religious, is a heretic. As far as she is concerned, Arthur has no chance to actually accomplish any real magic; he's just wasting his time. Kids will be kids.<BR/><BR/>She isn't a fundamentalist who is going to get all bent out of shape about witchcraft or Satanism. She figures that they are a bunch of nonsense not worth worrying about.<BR/><BR/>Also, so far in Arthur's node, there hasn't yet been a big revival in ceremonial magic. It's still a mostly underground scene. To the extent it gets media coverage, it's either run as a joke or as a "weird news" feature.<BR/><BR/>The sleep thing is perhaps something I should have taken into stronger consideration. At this point in the story, it took place about six weeks ago. On the other hand, he was sitting there with his eyes open, and kids can become quite fascinated at times.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the feedback. Even if I disagree, I appreciate it, and it does give me things I need to consider so that I don't accidentally mislead readers.Xenophon Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993059147024069203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-30686860698160585772008-05-30T11:16:00.000-04:002008-05-30T11:16:00.000-04:00Another great post. I am surprised at the mother's...Another great post. I am surprised at the mother's response. She took it VERY calmly that her son was doing magic, that he was using ritual tools and that he basically cast a circle. Is there a more lax attitude in this world about magic in general? <BR/><BR/>It seems to me even the most relaxed of parents would start to panic if they came downstairs and saw their child in a trance. He just recently woke from a coma and now he was so "asleep" or "gone", he didn't even notice someone walking in.<BR/>Her reaction just did not ring true to me.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, the rest of the chapter was good. I'm looking forward to the next chapter, and maybe finding out where this tolerance comes from.KatieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490816270587466977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038921089824676189.post-44797402179237378022008-05-29T15:11:00.000-04:002008-05-29T15:11:00.000-04:00A great though unintentional reward after I finish...A great though unintentional reward after I finished writing my paper that was due today. ^_^GreenGlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626794008653126639noreply@blogger.com