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Imagine there's some shift in the , such that and other programs cannot afford to keep going without mandatory from their users. (I don't think this will ever happen, it's just a )

What is the maximum amount of you would be willing to / to keep your / running?

What would you most want to keep interacting with? , , , , , , , , , , , or something else? What cause would most entice you? , , , , or just non- ?

Please respond to and this , and let me know your thoughts in the ! (Sorry for , trying to maximize for and volume of )

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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2. Cont.
A little inspired by Seven Samurai, Grizelle has an inner circle of confidants with different , useful, abilities, and I have spent the last week or so trying to figure out their stories.
They all have names now, and I have a good idea of where they have come from. I'll maybe explain more in a later question!

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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2. How much do I know about the Side Characters now, before I've fully started the first draft?

I was working on Grizelle's voice and trying to figure out how she gets from where she is at the start to being a commander of a regiment. That was when I realised she needed people around her to motivate her, so the side characters began to appear in my plotting.

1/2

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Continuing with Grizelle's story again this month as this is a great way to character and world build!
1. Which of my side characters would I like to hang out with?

Grainne. She's based on one of my favourite women from history, Grace o'Malley. Grace was an Irish pirate queen during the reign of Elizabeth the 1st of England and did not bow to anyone.
Here's her wiki bio:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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31. Does the Patriarch love anyone still alive?

No. And I think that he only loves God, and not a single person, living or dead.
Love is a soft, weak emotion, and it leads to Temptation.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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30. Does Grizelle have good fashion sense?
She's stylish, but she definitely doesn't adhere to fashion. You can't fence in a corset, and it's better to be disguised as a boy, or a peasant girl than a lady in high fashion when you are technically a lady.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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29. Antagonist POV How do I feel about what I do? 

It is my duty and my life's work to bring the people of Greater Goddodin closer to God. I can do nothing else but persevere in the face of human sin, and I will die before I succumb to the filth of temptation myself.  

I will only stand aside in this fight and go in peace to God when I know the last Heretic is hung, and the last Witch is buried.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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28. Is Grizelle ever ill?
This hasn't come up yet as I'm writing, but I suspect she has a very robust immune system, bolstered by magical ability.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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27. Does Grizelle respect authority?
You've had a taste of the Patriarch's authority*, so it probably doesn't surprise you to learn that Grizelle does not respect that authority.
She fears it - the Patriarch's kirk is all powerful in Greater Goddodin, but she will fight it.

*see previous toot in thread.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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26. Antagonist POV Isn't what you do evil, Patrician?
Evil? I am fighting evil, and we must not ever flinch in that fight! We must fight sin, debauchery and the Twin outrages of Witchcraft and Heresy or we will be denied the Kingdom of Heaven!
My life's work has been to wash the stain of Sin from Greater Goddodin, and I will not stop.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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25. Does my MC have any diet restrictions?

It's not something that has come up, not in the .
Niamh has no diet restrictions either in Plague of Gods, but Keri from Pearls is a vegetarian on an ethical basis.
I have my own issues with food., I'm allergic to wheat and I'm vegan for ethical reasons.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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24. What happens in my world that would be strange here?
Erm. Witch Burnings and public executions would be pretty out of place here.
Lots of other stuff too, but most of it wasn't weird in our past.
Apart from the real magic and real monsters that didn't really exist even though they did believe in them then.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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23 Secondary Char POV.
Have you ever wanted to smack Grizelle?

Iago: Si. Plenty of times when we were kids, and sometimes I even did, but I always got hell from my Mama for that. And anyway, Zela always smacked back anyway.
Grainne: Aye. She could do with it. She needs a bit of something to give her back a bit of fight.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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16. How does Grizelle act when she is afraid?
She has two modes. The first is to attack the source of her fear, which she will do whenever she is able to. The second, when she is unable to attack the problem, is to go into a deep, non verbal, depression.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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13. MC POV: a love story that ends badly.

This ended up longer than originally intended, but it's also a nice piece of Anyway, here's the link from my blog as it's way outside the character limit and I don't want to break it up!
crowkitchentales.wordpress.com

PS, based on an actual true story.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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2. Has Grizelle ever taken a risk?
She took a huge risk at the start of the story to go and witness her father’s execution. She’s wanted for Highway Robbery as well as being officially considered a kidnap victim. Added to that, she’s a witch in hiding. If she had been unlucky enough to be revealed as witch, she would likely be strangled then burned at the stake.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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22. Does Grizelle cause drama?
It’s not something she ever goes out of her way to cause, and she’d definitely prefer not to be the cause of it *but* she does want to completely disrupt the regime of the Patriarch of Greater Goddodin. , William Boyd* (*working name) . That will inevitably lead to drama.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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21. Grizelle’s favourite drink?
If you mean alcoholic, then probably Absinthe, but she’ll drink just about anything apart from Gin and Ale.
Non-alcoholic? Tea. Definitely tea.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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20. Secondary character POV. What would you be willing to sacrifice for Grizelle?
Iago: My life and everything. Whatever it would take to save her.

Grainne: For her, personally? A great deal, even my ships. For what she represents? My life.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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19. Does Grizelle support the Staus Quo in her world?
Excuse the language, but fuck no.
Grizelle’s father was executed for ‘Atheism and Heresy’, and Grizelle is a witch in an extremely misogynistic country in her, not especially egalitarian, world. She is also a reluctant noblewoman who is about to be radicalised by the pamphlets of a revolutionary writer.

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