Date: August 27 2013 11:04 AM Title: Chapter 4: Story
I like the emphasis there is on the relationships between the characters though I do have mixed feelings about this chapter. There doesn't seem to be much in this chapter that moves the story forward, so unless Phillip is meant to be really important to the story, it feels like filler.
And for some reason, when Catherine first appeared, I was reminded of the story of Sleeping Beauty. However there was nobody present who could weaken the curse so I'm not sure why I thought of that story. I wonder if 'true loves kiss' will break this curse too?
Author's Response:
Phillip is somewhat important to the story. Mainly I just wanted to go for character development here. This whole story is intentionally a bit ponderous in its pacing. Since I was going for the "emotion" angle I thought I better go all in.
Sleeping Beauty was a partial influence because of the witch's curse on a princess, though there's not a whole lot of other direct usage from it. I took elements from a lot of other such fantasy stories though that you may notice.