Quote from: SM on Jul 29, 2020, 04:33:19 AM
QuoteThe first season of Orange is the New Black was meant to be Piper's story. Arguably the first season of Game of Throne's is meant to be Ned Stark's story. The first season of Northern Exposure was meant to Dr Joel Fleischman's story. Sometimes tangential stories end up becoming equally, or indeed far more interesting than main stories, sometimes not.
Indeed they can be more interesting. They're not Alien Isolation though - they're something else.
Interesting.
If I understand what you're saying, from my perspective I'd certainly I beg to differ. To me all these characters Dan Abnett's written, with their interweaving narratives, are all part of the whole, they populate and thus create the world that Amanda Ripley inhabits and interacts within, and they've all been there from the start. In my estimation, it would be like whittling down Blade Runner to only the story beats of Decker's narrative. Without the overarching world he inhabits, I feel like Blade Runner would not truly be
Blade Runner, it would be an anemic and unsatisfying 'something else'.
I suppose one
could play Isolation through and not listen to, or read any logs. One could skip over the cutscenes and chose not to follow any figurative side quests. But regardless of how central, in one's estimation, those aspects and characters are to the narrative of the "main character", wouldn't it be disingenuous to claim they're not even members of their own story? I guess I don't understand, from my perspective that would be like saying Brett and Parker's narratives are not Ellen Ripley's and they are therefore not "Alien" - they're something else.
Grant you, I'm probably fundamentally misunderstanding what you're commenting on. Can you help me understand what your thoughts are? No worries if you'd prefer not to. It's still a valid viewpoint, regardless. I'm just interested.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Jul 29, 2020, 03:18:11 AM
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13484456/1/Burning-Bridges
So far, it's just me reading the book, and my boyfriend is editing and adding music. If we need some extra help, I'll let you know.
The audio version is on YouTube, and we're trying to get it on Spotify.
Oh man, thanks! This'll be sweet to read (and/or hear)!