Post by: GOBBO on April 30, 2023, 02:12:59 AM
Post by: GOBBO on April 30, 2023, 02:18:28 AM
Post by: Bippity Boppity Boop on April 30, 2023, 03:55:40 AM
Calibrating arm pressure for optimal comfort
Adjusting shoulders for optimal head-resting
Choosing comforting words
Hug Ready
Hug on its way
Hug delivered!
Post by: thegreyarea on April 30, 2023, 06:08:37 AM
So, let's talk while we hold our virtual hands. :) What made you sad at the end of adv. 1?
Post by: Róisín on April 30, 2023, 06:50:43 AM
Post by: thorny on April 30, 2023, 03:32:06 PM
The only thing I remember being sad about the end of adventure 1 was missing Tuuri. But I haven't gotten that far in the re-read and maybe I'm forgetting something.
Virtual hugs, however, are good. Count me in.
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 01, 2023, 08:36:29 AM
Post by: wavewright62 on May 02, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I get it - there was a let-down at the end of Adv. 1 for me. Mikkel bear-hugged Emil & Lalli, we got a punchline from Sigrun....
and then *poof* they were on the boat.
We all wanted A LOT more from that reunion and subsequent debrief.
Post by: Róisín on May 03, 2023, 12:23:35 AM
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 03, 2023, 10:38:20 AM
Did he have a dream, Did it find him and threatened them much like the Ghosts did to Reynir?
So much hidden and lost
Post by: thegreyarea on May 03, 2023, 10:55:25 AM
There was the team reunion to explore (we simply got nothing on how Sigrun and Reynir reacted), the exchange between Lalli and Emil after all the craziness they had been through (seriously, Lalli lived inside Emil's head and they have nothing to say?), more info about the rash (perhaps on that diary they found with the guy in hazmat suit), the fallout on Tuuri's demise (we did get a bit of it on Adv.2, but still)...
Then someone from Finland (Jitter? I'm not sure) argued that traditional Finnish tales were a bit like that, that many times there was no big, meaningful conclusion or wrapping up the story... That helped understand Minna's reasons, but didn't solve the issue, so I set all my hopes on Adv.2. There, surely, we would get more character development and more answers...
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 03, 2023, 10:58:26 AM
Post by: thegreyarea on May 03, 2023, 11:16:29 AM
Maybe that's why we have such great fan fiction!!"Necessity is the mother of invention" ;D
(If anyone wants to know, I tried to check who's responsible for that phrase, and it looks like this one comes from Plato, that said “our need will be the real creator”, and that it evolved over time into the proverb.)
Post by: thorny on May 03, 2023, 03:25:14 PM
so I set all my hopes on Adv.2. There, surely, we would get more character development and more answers...
And we started to. For a while, we were getting quite a bit of it; or at least, of the personal histories that would have gone into it.
What we might have gotten, overall, if Minna hadn't converted, is what I miss. Though it's hard to tell -- would she have written ten or twenty or more years' worth in that world? Or would she have left it for other reasons, long before all the loose ends had been knitted, leaving more and different loose ends behind?
But another possibility is that she never gave us all that insight into what was going on inside peoples' heads because . . . she hasn't got it. She knows humans do a lot of things. She finds some of those things, and some possible fictional variations on them, really interesting; and can write about them well. But she doesn't know why anybody's doing them; and maybe doesn't much care.
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 03, 2023, 04:53:28 PM
And we started to. For a while, we were getting quite a bit of it; or at least, of the personal histories that would have gone into it.If Minna did that, we would have had an exceptionally long ADV II (whoohoo!)
What we might have gotten, overall, if Minna hadn't converted, is what I miss. Though it's hard to tell -- would she have written ten or twenty or more years' worth in that world? Or would she have left it for other reasons, long before all the loose ends had been knitted, leaving more and different loose ends behind?
I think she may have left anyways. Converting accelerated it. Reading other comics Minna was like a machine. 4 updates a week (She started with 5) For over 10 years!. That is herculean. Many other comic artists update 1-2 times a week. (Some less some more) Also they take longer hiatuses. I think Minna's longest was like 3 weeks when she moved. I think burn-out was approaching.
But another possibility is that she never gave us all that insight into what was going on inside peoples' heads because . . . she hasn't got it. She knows humans do a lot of things. She finds some of those things, and some possible fictional variations on them, really interesting; and can write about them well. But she doesn't know why anybody's doing them; and maybe doesn't much care.
It is hard to say. I think she may have thought what they think didn't matter.
Post by: GOBBO on June 13, 2023, 01:34:13 AM
Post by: dmeck7755 on June 13, 2023, 08:00:00 AM
Spoiler: show
