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Continued from the last post. This one covers secondary characters, writing, story, and odds-and-ends.
I am so long winded, my god. XD;
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I am so long winded, my god. XD;
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ETA: it's 7:03 pm, and I HAVE CUT THIS THING IN HALF. It's still a wall of text. I'm still longwinded. But your finger won't die of scrolling anymore? Sorry, guys. I really need to learn to ramble less!
BEFORE I START: If you see me using the term 'Whattaguy', 'Whattagal' or 'Twinkmachine', I'm talking about the kind of character that used to be referred to as Mary Sue (or Gary Stu more rarely). Jerks have co-opted those terms, so I make up my own, or use better terms I've heard others use.
This post is completely personal-opinion-tacular; I recognize that not everyone's going to see character the way I do. I am making ZERO attempts here to 'violently force my opinion on others' as I've been accused of.
This post is also LONG AS HELL (understatement), rambly (understatement), and not very serious either.
Anyhow, on with the nonsense.
So--the Sunwell Trilogy! It's about as goofy as those 1960 and 70s X-Men comics wherein Stan Lee and his imitators got really soap-operatic. XD The charmingly-retro art style is mostly what gives me this impression, as Richard Knaak is not and never will be one fifth-the writer Stan Lee at his goofiest is. No, I don't like Richard Knaak, deal with it. The Sunwell manga doesn't do anything to disprove my opinions of this guy, but it still manages to be readable because of the artwork. The art carries these manga; if not for Jae-Hwan Kim's drawing skillz busting their asses to pick up the miles of slack left by Knaak these would not be as fun to read as they are.
I'm going to try to make this semi organized so that people whose brains work in a more or less linear manner don't have to deal with the fact that mine zoops around like a hummingbird on amphetamines. HERE BE SPOILERS BTW!
I cover art and main characters in this one, speculate a fuck-tonne, and make really bizarre comparisons in this half; the next one's secondary people and writing, etc.
( bluh bluh! )
BEFORE I START: If you see me using the term 'Whattaguy', 'Whattagal' or 'Twinkmachine', I'm talking about the kind of character that used to be referred to as Mary Sue (or Gary Stu more rarely). Jerks have co-opted those terms, so I make up my own, or use better terms I've heard others use.
This post is completely personal-opinion-tacular; I recognize that not everyone's going to see character the way I do. I am making ZERO attempts here to 'violently force my opinion on others' as I've been accused of.
This post is also LONG AS HELL (understatement), rambly (understatement), and not very serious either.
Anyhow, on with the nonsense.
So--the Sunwell Trilogy! It's about as goofy as those 1960 and 70s X-Men comics wherein Stan Lee and his imitators got really soap-operatic. XD The charmingly-retro art style is mostly what gives me this impression, as Richard Knaak is not and never will be one fifth-the writer Stan Lee at his goofiest is. No, I don't like Richard Knaak, deal with it. The Sunwell manga doesn't do anything to disprove my opinions of this guy, but it still manages to be readable because of the artwork. The art carries these manga; if not for Jae-Hwan Kim's drawing skillz busting their asses to pick up the miles of slack left by Knaak these would not be as fun to read as they are.
I'm going to try to make this semi organized so that people whose brains work in a more or less linear manner don't have to deal with the fact that mine zoops around like a hummingbird on amphetamines. HERE BE SPOILERS BTW!
I cover art and main characters in this one, speculate a fuck-tonne, and make really bizarre comparisons in this half; the next one's secondary people and writing, etc.
( bluh bluh! )
