Hello, my sexy readers and uglies in between. It's your handsome author, Corn, with some answers to your questions and concerns.
*****Question 1) Corn, why is this arc going so slow?
Good question, a very fair one indeed. This arc is, without a doubt going slower than the first one for a few reasons. The main one being that I wanted to go deeper into his training before him meeting the team and etc, so I thought, why not make the training arc a detailed one.
But as I pondered over this decision, I came to the painful realization that if I made the training arc too long or too detailed, I would fall into the [baby arc curse]. What's the [baby arc curse], you might be asking.
Well, the [baby arc curse] is when an author spends too much time on an arc that, while necessary it's unimaginably boring for the readers, giving birth to a writing paradox, as I like to call it. No pun intended.
The paradox or conundrum is the following. The arc is necessary for the story to develop; however, the being necessary does not make it fun, therefore, attacking your audience. Now, if you don't do the arc, you also end up attacking your audience, but if you do it, you also attack it.
See the dilemma?
Well, in order to avoid falling into the [baby arc curse], I decided to make this training arc relatively short while also keeping all the important elements I need for future arcs. Basically, to avoid the [baby arc curse] or attacking you all by leaving crucial details or information for later arcs or chaps, I decided to meet my goals and your needs as readers in the middle.
What do I mean by meeting my goals and your needs as readers in the middle?
Well, like I said a few lines ago, I decided to make this training arc relatively short. It ends in chapter 63; it's not really an arc perse, more of a sub-arc if you wish to name/label it, of 13 total chaps.
*****Question 2) Corn, will any other arcs be like this mini/subarc?
No. I studied my novel and what I wanted from it. And, because of it, most of the slow development of the novel is within this small chap.
*****Question 3) Corn, is Raven the love interest?
Who knows?
All that is set in stone is that Raven will be his closest friend if that evolves into something else? I won't say.
*****Question 4) Will the MC get all of the powers he's supposed to?
Yes, and more. Some of which the Original Black Bolt never acquired or learned he had because he never trained with that aim, as his main focus was mostly control and restraint, not the development of his powers.
*****Question 5) Will the MC change his views or goals?
Yes, yes, he will. To what end? I won't say. For you guys to truly admire and see his change, you need to experience his life and the events that mold his end as a character.
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Now, I think those are all the main questions I have seen from everybody so far. So, if you have any questions, please comment on this little paragraph, and I will reply with an answer when time allows it.
Love you all, Corn.