Caught in the Wake
Feb08
Sometimes I wish I had a writer’s room to bounce ideas off of well in advance. I have to settle for inspiration striking pretty late some times, and I can only hope I’ve left enough wiggle room to incorporate a new idea.
To wit, I only thought of Stanford being the actual True Dreamer a few weeks ago, and thankfully he was always in frame with Winston when Winston supposedly was affecting the Dreamlands, able to channel intentions by being fairly suggestible at that point.
It wasn’t a perfect roll-out of that idea, hopefully he doesn’t come across as “magical,” if you know what I mean. But I’m glad I can give him a juicy superpower.
So many levels to ponder. I hear you about the “magical” or “spirchul” BIPOC. That’s an issue I’m dealing with in my own fictional, magical universe–how to be inclusive and NOT descend into the easy, questionable and abusive tropes.
Meanwhile, I’m happy to see that they’ve come this far without intervention from Rankin ex machina. Not that I don’t like Rankin. Are you kidding? I’m a crazy person and I accept Rankin as a Power in his own right. But it’s also too easy to see a character like that reduced to another convenient stereotype. Kudos for not going there.
RAWR
And forgive any tyops. It’s early and the coffee hasn’t done its magic yet.
… crazy CAT person…
Well and yes, crazy.
C’mon coffee. Do your thing.
Stanford is a Dreamer. But Winston seems to be able to move objects between the Dreamland and the waking world. And there are some very unhappy cultists just realizing their focus has gone walkies.