Comments on: Chapter 1: Page 13 http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rachel http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-512 Rachel Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:50:57 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-512 *ploink! ploink!*

]]> By: V4V http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-511 V4V Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:22:43 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-511 *insert jumping noise from Super Mario Bros.*

]]> By: Ireland Ranger http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-500 Ireland Ranger Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:18:37 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-500 probably, but only because he was told not to forget it….just hope he doesn’t fall out of a tree!

]]> By: Charonbond http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-494 Charonbond Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:18:35 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-494 Boing! Boing! Now I wonder if he’ll remember his uniform.

]]> By: Ireland Ranger http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-493 Ireland Ranger Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:20:39 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-493 I had a feeling this page was coming. somehow i just KNEW you were gonna make Quin hop about in the trees. It’s awesome though! Great Job!

]]> By: Highwing http://www.westerndeep.net/2012/06/02/chapter-1-page-13/#comment-489 Highwing Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:38:42 +0000 http://www.westerndeep.net/?p=462#comment-489 Here’s another answer you can give when asked about your preference for using animal instead of human characters: By engaging in the the kind of fantasy which (I believe) can best be brought across by using non-humans, you are essentially creating Fables Raised to the Next Level®. Meaning, you can explore very human foibles and dilemmas on an allegoric level, as the classic animal fables of old did, but you can also indulge in straight-ahead adventure and action in the fashion of modern comics, movies and literature as well. And when it’s done right, it can be a lot of fun! That’s one of the things that led me to become such a huge Redwall fan and, more to the point, to start writing Redwall fics of my own which raised the dramatic bar on what BJ gave us in his novels. There’s no reason, in my mind, why stories featuring anthropomorphic animals can’t be just as gripping and involving as anything featuring human characters – plus, with anthros, you can often establish an empathy that strikes more directly at the heart, since the readers stop thinking about all the ways the character is different from them and embrace the inhabitants of your story on a more universal level. Using human characters can clutter things up because we’re all *TOO* similar, and then we dwell on the little things that divide us. Using animal characters frees you from that, and lets the reader more easily and fully enter the world you’ve created.

Or maybe I just think that way because I’m such a massive AnthroFan. But whatever – keep up the good work!

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