Hello, dear readers, we finally meet again in the interlude after a long time (although it is only a few chapters long). The torrent of fate is a very important event and boundary in this work. After that, we have been standing in the background.
The huge mysterious organization: R'lyeh, finally made its grand appearance. The birth of this part must be thanked to NZ75 Pigeon, who worked with me to set the background of the series. It was the birth of the "Children of Shadow" series that allowed the design of this world to
It will definitely appear richer and more interesting.
Let’s first talk about some information that readers can clearly get from the text:
First, Baldr and Hodr. We will introduce these two people in the chronological order in which they are mentioned in the story.
Baldr's whole image is undoubtedly that of the mysterious woman who used amazing power in Illaoi. She seems to be an important leader of the R'lyeh organization, and she seems to have a deep connection with "Jiang Yan"? And she can tell it with just one glance.
Where does the ability to see through souls come from? Wait, wait, please keep these foreshadowings in mind for now, we will mention and reveal them one by one in the story later.
NZ is mainly responsible for the image design of Balder. When my good brother was conceiving the Dark Child series, he told me very seriously: "I want to write a heroine like NZ75 (referring to the game character in "Girls' Frontline").
"So Baldur's appearance was mainly based on the game character as a prototype. The setting of Seraph was finalized later on at my suggestion.
Hodel's image design was not so smooth. The core of Hodel's initial design was only one word, "anti-hero", but as the settings gradually became richer, the young man seemed to have deviated from this core. After the redesign,
Hodel has several key words: "complex social status": this young man who grew up in Colombia has a combination of Sakaz (a discriminated race), wandering mercenaries (a discriminated profession), and people infected with oriosis (a discriminated against).
These factors made the character design project very controversial when it first came out. Such a young man who has almost become the "lowest" was finally finalized as the protagonist; "wary", "pessimistic but full of goodwill and hope"
": These two keywords come from his living environment and are a natural setting. Hodel, who was severely beaten by society, had the opportunity to spend a relatively good childhood because of his adopted father, so he left a deep feeling in his heart.
Goodwill and trust in people are also the most different character traits from Badr.
From the very beginning, the two planned to design "twins who are as opposite as mirror images", so their race, clothing style and appearance were directed towards completely opposite designs. Finally, when it came to the naming stage, 75 Pigeons made a big wave of their hands and decided to name it.
Elements of Norse mythology are added to the work. This design also brings about many enrichments and modifications of background settings - of course, those are all discussed later.
To sum up, it is not difficult for readers to see that there is a lot of mythological content in the background setting of this work, but I can only touch on this part to avoid talking too much and directly telling the foreshadowing of what is to come.
Readers who are interested in reasoning may wish to read it several times and leave your speculations in the book review or comment area.
Next, although it may be that I am being arrogant, I will talk about what I think is most likely to cause controversy, Jiang Yan's choice.
Before talking about this problem, we need to think about a problem: one work may not have the plot that the audience wants, but the character may not speak the lines designed by the script; another work may not have the plot that the audience wants, but the character's
The choices and lines fit the characters - I can't say which work is better, and I'm not going to discuss it. What I intend to discuss is what kind of work "Little People" wants to be, and I give it myself
The answer is the latter.
Jiang Yan's personality change is a long-term thing. I try my best to make such changes reasonable and acceptable. If everyone can accept my explanation, I believe that the following stories will become more and more exciting for you.
It is understandable that Jiang Shao would yearn for an ordinary life and a place of his own: at the very beginning, Jiang Shao, who had just arrived in the world of Terra, was a young man who was shocked, helpless and a little excited by his magical experience, and even
It was a bit pretentious, but this state was shattered by several major events: the confrontation, the Illaina tragedy, and the period that the Seventh Team experienced in Kazdaele, which was only mentioned but not expanded upon. Witness
After the war, the young man was helpless in this world and had almost no sense of belonging. His personality began to change: he pursued stability and happiness, but would not give in easily; he was stubborn and perseverant, but did not long for illusory legends.
This is the slowly changing image of Jiang Yan as a "little man".
I know that such a protagonist may not be accepted by everyone, but to me he is very real. I will try my best to write this protagonist who is both ordinary and extraordinary. I hope everyone can look forward to me and him with a tolerant attitude.
's growth.
Next, let’s talk about some tributes in this long shot.
The sentiment of "We will eventually graduate" comes from my favorite animated work "Slaying the Girl". Among them, "We will eventually graduate from the sailor uniform" touched me very much. The plot of stealing stockings was already planned, but in the end it was written
Even I was a little touched that I didn't expect.
The prototype of the story Jiang Yan tells Gaidni comes from the mobile game "The Story of All Things" which I loved very much when I was a freshman in high school. I have carefully adapted the story of the opening animation, hoping it can touch everyone.
Jiang Yan's lines during the final battle pay tribute to two works that I like very much. "The so-called enlightenment is to open up a path forward in the dark wilderness!" The lines come from "Golden Wind", "——In Hell
The line "Burn" was adapted from "Under the Legend", and the BGM of "The Arrogant Man" sounded. I was very happy to write it myself. I wonder how you feel?
Thank you for reading and I look forward to your continued support of this work!