Thanks guys! The surgery is very soon, so I'll be "away" for a bit... so much going on but I really want to start of the "origins" prequel as soon as I'm able to.
Thanks all, the surgery was this week and it went as well as it could go, so quite sore and moving my neck/head has been challenging, so once again I have the Frankenstein motif going on with so many staples that it looks like a zipper... and on top of that, everyone's sick at home with a bad cold and of course, I've started to cough which is ripping my lungs and neck apart every time I do it, so it's going to be a rough recovery for a bit I believe, but now it'll be about the results and the hope that they managed to get all of the cancerous matter/cells/parts out and that I don't get any other surprises. What's really annoying is that the first time around, I both lost the feeling and gained hypersensitivity (yeah, it's as messed up as it sounds to be both numb while pain shooting through it if touched) on the left side of my neck all the way to my ear, and this time, it's my right side, but at least my arm wasn't affected like last time (I had lost the use of my arm as I had zero strength with it for a few months).
Happy to hear it! Hope that you'll continue enjoying it. ------------- That said, to all that have been reading my story: While I've been somewhat active on the boards in the last few weeks, they have been very harsh. This flu was a really bad one and caused my recovery to be very hard. On top of that, I had more tests done and these showed some formations (lumps) that have the possibility of being cancerous, and to not take chances, as these are not operable should they be cancer (locations are problematic), it will be all about radiation treatment again, and I await the call at this time. But, not to be a bummer about it, I bring news that I am wanting/trying to get started on the next story (the prequel that's been setup, the story of the creators and the creation of the Transformers) and I've started to write. I already have most of the story in my head, with lots of notes, but now I've started the chronology, with assembling notes and the structure of how I plan to develop it and the approach that I'll be taking... so it's a huge step to get prepared with writing the story, so to get ready to start setting up the designs of the dioramas and such so to take pictures. My main challenge right now is that I lost my dinning room as my family have been doing their thing in there and it's a bit of a mess, so I might need to consider alternatives as space is extremely limited in my house. All this to say that it might take a bit of time, but unless something comes up with my health to prevent things moving forward, I'll be starting on the new stuff in the near figure. I really am looking forward to doing this part as the ideas I've developed and hinted at in the story so far (of their creation and origins) as it was meant to be a bit twisted and have misinterpretations due to the nature of being lost information, broken sources, corrupted files, and lots of hidden facts from those that did have some of the information, and I am eager to do the reveals of what "truly" happen, so to explain their nature, their behaviors, etc. So I hope that those following my story with be patient and that you will enjoy what's coming.
I am getting there reading, can only read it when I can thoroughly be in the story. fingers crossed for everything health wise, sounds very rough. Looking forward to whatever else you can do.
Still working on the new story and actually have the Preamble done, but want to get the first chapter done first so that it brings in a substantial opening... in the meanwhile... enjoy:
Just started reading this, and I really enjoy it! You are absolutely ruthless with deaths! It sort of reminds me of Eugenesis, with the dystopic tone and theme of finding out the transformers origins. Was that an inspiration?
Thanks and glad that you're enjoying it. My inspiration is simply that I always had the mindset that if Transformers were "real", they needed a proper setup, an origin that would stand strong with logic. Taking pieces from the lore that are fairly solid parts of their story I started with the idea of having them at a time and situation where they needed to reflect on their reason of being... if they are to be humanized, there has to be a reason for it, for their limitations, for their relationships, the science behind them, to explain their story with a good logic for their behavior... and it grew from there. It evolved the more I worked on it until I started building a structure for all of it. And now that this part is done and has set up so much in reference to their past, the next story I'm working on is the actual "origin" with who created them and why, the science behind them, their personality, the reason of the separation of the Autobots and Decepticons, and so much more. I will return to the future of this story as I already have big plans, but after I've done the origins and the "Wars" that led to this story.