[Report This]Date: March 15 2023 4:58 PM Title: Chapter 12. Lena's Consideration
It truly seems that she had a 'big' change of heart
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week
Date: April 21 2022 3:20 PM Title: Chapter 12. Lena's Consideration
I honestly like the story and I love the topics you have been dealing with in the last couple of chapters.
Of course, as readers we can tell that Lena is a goddess and she has a pretty different way of seeing the world, as a society, we often forget that in fictional stories, beings from different stories will most likely have different morals, most people don't complain after killing an ant, but for Lena, all the other species in the universe are ants, so, who can blame her? I guess a entity of such power has a way different perspective of life than we do.
Of course, Blyke is watching his girlfriend doing aberrations to other species in front of his eyes, I doubt he can just think about all of this from such a chill perspective when everything is real for him, obviously he will be complained.
Lena slowly starting to doubt herself is great tho, not because of all the living beings she hurt, but because Blyke gave her a different perspective, that's true love in my opinion, not stopping as if you were living entirely for them but looking inside of you for a moment to question your own ways if you realize they're conflicting your partner.
Sometimes I feel the narrative is a little uncommon, but aside from that, it's a great story!
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review! We are at the closing portion of things, (though who knows I may make a sequel at some point or add more chapters)
It may be a little bit till the next chapter, but some more progression between the two leads should occur.
Date: April 18 2022 4:16 PM Title: Chapter 12. Lena's Consideration
I rather like the direction this story is going. I don't know if this has been done before, but a sort of civilization destroyer becoming conflicted because her lover has a strong moral compass is a pretty unique relationship. Honestly, in many ways, I find it quite endearing. It's the logical conclusion of a gentle giantess situation, that such a powerful being is willing to stay their hand just because of affection. Diabeetus-inducing stuff.
While you portrayed Arios as a planet that was somewhat due for a dusting, Lena appears to appreciate the subtly and necessity of the doomed specie's attitude. They're not just "greedy, bad" just for being "greedy, bad", their inclinations were natural, perhaps even bestowed upon them by evolution. Their aggression, just like the goddesses apocalyptic duties, is in their very nature. It's a nuanced take that you don't usually see in giantess stories that tend to go full-on misanthrope.
The writing has also improved. You've established a pretty good character voice, and it is easy to follow and picture what is happening. Interested to see what the compromise/agreement will be between Lena and Blyke. Good luck pulling it off, dynamic characters are fun things to read.
[Report This]Date: April 18 2022 3:40 PM Title: Chapter 12. Lena's Consideration
Even if Violena isn't completely convinced that what she does is morally unsound yet, I like that she's at least behinning to doubt her actions and role in all this since it means she's capable of change/redemption. There are way better alternatives to genocide when it comes to creating peace and prosperity. I'm really hoping she eventually comes to a similar conclusion since she's supposed to be above even some of the other goddesses. Perhaps through talking with Blyke and having some more introspection she can think of a more effective alternative that won't make her look morally repugnant to Blyke and strain their relationship.
Im really Interested in the directions this could go. Keep it coming man!
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review!
I figured getting Lena more into questioning her own actions was the right direction to her character, happy to see people liked it. As for to what extent she will take that though is up for debate. On one hand it would impact her negatively if she gave up who is and what she does for a relationship, on the other it’s not like she can just neglect Blyke’s opinion. Hence a compromise of some sort needs to be made.
So who knows what’s next, perhaps she’ll give up completely on the destruction of planets and such, maybe she’ll somehow struck a balance. One thing that I will try to do is to make sure neither Blyke or Lena completely get what they want or get nothing.
Thanks again.