Fun... this reminds me of an icebreaker.
That’s because it was. ^^
Pretty much any scene with Agravain. He is aggravating.
Agravaine aggravates oh gods XDDDDDDDD And your hunch about his speech against lying about yourself being tragic foreshadowing is very sharp. Well noticed! =D
Merlin sent the kidnapper to save her!
Now that would be a twist! I like the way you think. =D And no worries, crazy conspiracy la-la land is where the best ideas come from, in my experience!
Why was the statue at the bottom of a pond by accident? Haha. That's pretty sad. Poor statue. I love the watery revenge idea. It could be a whole story all in itself. Or at least a short. How the game rebels against the gamers! :lol: But I'm with you!
MUHAHAHAHAHA. Yimi: 5, Statue: 0! My victory will be sweet, it will be sweet indeed. *evil cackling*
Oh I love this idea! How fun! Okay, I've got some questions...
Oh dear, that’s a lot of questions XD it will take some time to answer all of them, haha. I hope I can do it before the week ends!
Questions for me:
1. What made you decide to write about the Arthur legend in TS4? What inspired you? What about this story is different from the original legend? I can tell you what I see, but I'm curious about the author's perspective.
I’m fascinated by magic fantasy, as well as all things fey, and the legend of Arthur and Morgana has always intrigued me. There’s many versions of it stretched out over history (and the culture of that time) that portray them as anything from wicked to virtuous to fairy-like and even gods, in some versions. I wanted to show them as human, and relatable.
2. How do you develop your characters and your world? Do you keep notes? Do you outline? Do you do character sketches? How do you plan your worldbuilding or does it just happen in story?
I have a document full of notes and a rough outline of where I want the story to go. Some chapters just happen as I write, though. Gawain was never supposed to become so prominent, and the chapters of Arthur trying commoner things basically came out of nowhere. Those are my favourite, though.
3. How much of the game influences your writing? Are there things that happen in game that you decide to include in story? Or is the game just a tool to tell the story for you? Do you use custom traits for your Sims? I think I noticed it and wondered in the character bios.
So far, the game is a tool to provide extra visuals. I actually end up butting heads with the sims a lot, especially when the characters randomly decide to sit down in another room in the middle of a conversation! I do have custom traits, but the ones that I’ve found are not good enough for me (most of them give bonuses to skills etc. instead of showing differences in behaviour), so I made up my own.
4. What about Igraine? Will we learn what happened to her?
I’m planning on it! Not in the near future, though. But there’s definitely more there than you would think at first glance. I’m glad you’re so interested in her, though!
5. In the original Arthur legend, Igraine is the mother of Arthur by Uther, but the mother of Morgana by Gorlois. Does this mean that Morgana isn't Uther's biological daughter in your story? Or that Gorlois hired the kidnapper to bring Morgana, his daughter, back? Does this explain what happened in the month of May ten years ago when Morgana was a child? I realize you might not want to answer these questions yet or you'll eventually reveal more in story and that's fine. I can wait, I think... haha! :grimace:
You are correct – in the legend, she’s Arthur’s half-sister. In this version they are full siblings. =)
6. Will we learn why Uther despises sorcery and magic? Was his wife killed by magic? Or was he betrayed by her magic? If my theory holds that she is a sorceress too...
Eventually, yes! There will be hints sprinkled throughout the chapters here and there, though. I wonder how fast you’ll put the puzzle pieces together! One thing I do have to point out, that I haven’t been able to put into the story – the hatred for magic didn’t start with Uther, but was already there. But the man definitely dialed it up to a hundred.