Persephone
The Vulture Queen
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Re: How to Conquer Kanto in Eight Easy Steps - Interlude 13 (100th Chapter!)
By this point I sincerely hope you know my thoughts on the story as a whole, so I'll just cover recent stuff.
Cycling Road not blowing up was nice, as was "oh, wow, an actual threat that a traveling trainer might face that isn't the literal apocalypse." The battle itself wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't bad by any means.
I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion here and say that I didn't really care for the blog. I thought it was a bit out of character for Alaska, even post-development, and might have shown a level of maturity that demonstrably doesn't exist anywhere else in her story. Maybe towards the end it would've been better but... eh. I think there were better ways to show subtle maturity increases than a blog waxing poetic and suddenly overcoming a lot of personal flaws. The story still has a way to go...
I did, however, very much like the interlude. It held just enough relevance to the current plot to be useful while still taking a break from everything for a little while. I don't know much about the characters at the center of it so some parts were confusing but it still read rather well and served as a useful reminder that some people are still working behind the scenes, however much Alaska tried to throw them off. And, well, one person rejecting responsibility beyond the most basic level and sinking into their own despair is still original if it isn't the same person for the same reasons.
By this point I sincerely hope you know my thoughts on the story as a whole, so I'll just cover recent stuff.
Cycling Road not blowing up was nice, as was "oh, wow, an actual threat that a traveling trainer might face that isn't the literal apocalypse." The battle itself wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't bad by any means.
I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion here and say that I didn't really care for the blog. I thought it was a bit out of character for Alaska, even post-development, and might have shown a level of maturity that demonstrably doesn't exist anywhere else in her story. Maybe towards the end it would've been better but... eh. I think there were better ways to show subtle maturity increases than a blog waxing poetic and suddenly overcoming a lot of personal flaws. The story still has a way to go...
I did, however, very much like the interlude. It held just enough relevance to the current plot to be useful while still taking a break from everything for a little while. I don't know much about the characters at the center of it so some parts were confusing but it still read rather well and served as a useful reminder that some people are still working behind the scenes, however much Alaska tried to throw them off. And, well, one person rejecting responsibility beyond the most basic level and sinking into their own despair is still original if it isn't the same person for the same reasons.