miscellany and chapter update
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1) In case y’all missed it, the ebook of the canon source material for this fanfiction (lol that is what is important) is on sale currently for $1.99 in the US.
I am going to self-importantly claim that this is because there is just so much demand for it because everyone wants to read my fic and it was so much traffic that the publisher was like oh my gosh! time for a sale! But also, everyone should read The Goblin Emperor. So. (No, I am not sincere in this belief, but I like to tell stories.)
2) eagle-eyed reader @csevet pointed out that, duh, the Archduchess Vedero is Maia’s half-sister, but the pirate captain Shaleän, of course, is Maia’s aunt, so I had to hastily amend chapter 7 to reflect this, which gave Kiru a great deal more flailing to do and honestly enriched the conversation quite a bit so I am very glad about that. However, it does mean that I had to edit a previously posted chapter, which is a thing I don’t like to do, so I’ve put a note at the beginning of today’s chapter and am also calling it out here, chapter 7 has been revised. It was also pointed out that I have the characters’ ages all wrong, but I’ve declined to revise that; I can easily explain that by Kiru being an older woman and genuinely believing her male coworkers are all babies.
2a) incidentally this means I get to mention something I haven’t yet had a chance to incorporate into this work: Archduchess Vedero is absolutely the social head of a fantastically rich lesbian subculture that is going to flourish like gangbusters during the reign of Edrehasivar VII and I wish I had time to write a whole novel about that but rest assured, Science Lesbians is basically canon, and at some point Maia’s aunt Sheveän is going to visit and just blow the doors off the fad of young noblewomen becoming proficient swordsmen etc. ALSO Csethiro is going to go down in history as the Empress who wore trousers at court and single-handedly revived the fashion of dueling.
3) the chapter after this is the wedding and I haven’t worked out yet how that’s gonna subdivide but y’all can rest easy, there will finally be kissing in this book… tomorrow.
4) Today’s Chapter Update: Chapter 8, Our Business. The strain is getting to Cala.
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Cala leaned against the wall, pressing his forehead into the flocked wallpaper, while Himself was off bathing and dressing for bed. Beshelar came up next to him and put a hand gently against his back between his shoulder blades. He’d been spending enough time with goblins, Cala thought, that he was starting to absorb some of their habits, if he was going around touching other people with his bare hands like that. It was pleasant, though; Beshelar’s hand was large and warm and comforting.
“Wilt thou survive?” Deret asked softly.
Cala laughed, no louder than the sound of his breath. “It’s just a headache,” he said. “We can meditate our way out of that and be fine by morning.”
“Should’st not have wasted thy wakefulness charms on me,” Beshelar said.
Cala shook his head slowly. “It is well, Deret. I need thee.”
Beshelar’s hand was such a welcome, grounding pressure on his back, and stayed there for a long moment. Cala opened his eyes and blinked at Deret, who was clearly casting about for words for a response to that. But Cala understood, and smiled, and Beshelar smiled back.
“We’ll make it,” Beshelar said. “It’s not long now.”
“Mm, maybe they’ll spend their whole first day married in bed,” Cala said, brightening a little.
Beshelar grinned. “Mayhap,” he said.
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1) In case y’all missed it, the ebook of the canon source material for this fanfiction (lol that is what is important) is on sale currently for $1.99 in the US.
I am going to self-importantly claim that this is because there is just so much demand for it because everyone wants to read my fic and it was so much traffic that the publisher was like oh my gosh! time for a sale! But also, everyone should read The Goblin Emperor. So. (No, I am not sincere in this belief, but I like to tell stories.)
2) eagle-eyed reader @csevet pointed out that, duh, the Archduchess Vedero is Maia’s half-sister, but the pirate captain Shaleän, of course, is Maia’s aunt, so I had to hastily amend chapter 7 to reflect this, which gave Kiru a great deal more flailing to do and honestly enriched the conversation quite a bit so I am very glad about that. However, it does mean that I had to edit a previously posted chapter, which is a thing I don’t like to do, so I’ve put a note at the beginning of today’s chapter and am also calling it out here, chapter 7 has been revised. It was also pointed out that I have the characters’ ages all wrong, but I’ve declined to revise that; I can easily explain that by Kiru being an older woman and genuinely believing her male coworkers are all babies.
2a) incidentally this means I get to mention something I haven’t yet had a chance to incorporate into this work: Archduchess Vedero is absolutely the social head of a fantastically rich lesbian subculture that is going to flourish like gangbusters during the reign of Edrehasivar VII and I wish I had time to write a whole novel about that but rest assured, Science Lesbians is basically canon, and at some point Maia’s aunt Sheveän is going to visit and just blow the doors off the fad of young noblewomen becoming proficient swordsmen etc. ALSO Csethiro is going to go down in history as the Empress who wore trousers at court and single-handedly revived the fashion of dueling.
3) the chapter after this is the wedding and I haven’t worked out yet how that’s gonna subdivide but y’all can rest easy, there will finally be kissing in this book… tomorrow.
4) Today’s Chapter Update: Chapter 8, Our Business. The strain is getting to Cala.
*
Cala leaned against the wall, pressing his forehead into the flocked wallpaper, while Himself was off bathing and dressing for bed. Beshelar came up next to him and put a hand gently against his back between his shoulder blades. He’d been spending enough time with goblins, Cala thought, that he was starting to absorb some of their habits, if he was going around touching other people with his bare hands like that. It was pleasant, though; Beshelar’s hand was large and warm and comforting.
“Wilt thou survive?” Deret asked softly.
Cala laughed, no louder than the sound of his breath. “It’s just a headache,” he said. “We can meditate our way out of that and be fine by morning.”
“Should’st not have wasted thy wakefulness charms on me,” Beshelar said.
Cala shook his head slowly. “It is well, Deret. I need thee.”
Beshelar’s hand was such a welcome, grounding pressure on his back, and stayed there for a long moment. Cala opened his eyes and blinked at Deret, who was clearly casting about for words for a response to that. But Cala understood, and smiled, and Beshelar smiled back.
“We’ll make it,” Beshelar said. “It’s not long now.”
“Mm, maybe they’ll spend their whole first day married in bed,” Cala said, brightening a little.
Beshelar grinned. “Mayhap,” he said.
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Date: 2019-04-21 05:20 pm (UTC)It's not possible to not love Maia and he's my favourite character in the book. In general, my favourite character in fic is Cala, but all of them are so interesting and complex that reading about them really makes my day any day.
So to read your story, which is brilliantly and intricately crafted and which provides new insights into beloved characters is nothing short of wonderful. Thank you so, so much!
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Date: 2019-04-22 12:46 am (UTC)>being kind doesn't automatically mean you die in pain
YES EXACTLY, well said!
I'm glad you're enjoying it! :)
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Date: 2019-04-22 01:40 am (UTC)Also agree with everything you wrote about Cala; I think you're right that he is the only on-screen killer and what a shock that is after him being mild and harmless for about three fourths of the book. Sorry for incoherence, it's very late in Europe, but I had to tell you of my feelings for Deret too!