novel discussion post 2

novel discussion post2

haha great great kicking it off! yeah i totally agree that we should have some kind of forum specially dedicated to novel discussion just to keep track n easy reference. stick, you configure that! Stick starting Chapter One, great! initally when i read the post i thought the 'Fool' was a he, or is it my stereotypical view that made me think along this old line. surprised yet super delighted that it's a female FOOl hahaha, laughing my lungs out. this's kind of offstream n cool in some sense to have a female protagonist who's like the puppet master pulling the strings n silently dictating the lives of our tarot players behind the scenes dont you think? alrite, so we have Stick as the map maker. This's getting mysteriously interesting!!

and i favour the idea that the life of our protagonist, the Fool, should be given little mention throughout the early part of the novel, or maybe only unfolded slowly, bits by bits to keep her a forever mysterious mind boggler. and about what kind of background and character the FOOL shoudl entitle, it must be somewhat unusual and shocking then, can't think of an abstract idea of it though. yes she's schizo.

Tarot cards: agree, 22 would be horrifyingly excessive. let's lay our favourite cards down. i think something mysterious about tarot card (it does happen to me!!) is that some cards never appear. for me personally,these cards seldom appear ' the lovers, hierophant, the sun'. and these appear with shocking high frequency 'devil, justice, fool, magician'. well, digressed. ok, i'll pick some first.

lovers
justice
devil
hermet
hierophant
magician
death
empress/emperor - should we give both versions? they're about the same to me, maybe just choose one.

btw, is there such card as 'stars', 'the towers'? stars being hope, towers meaning dillema? and the hangman?

stick pick your favourite cards and let's see the final contestants.

mmm, after deciding the cards let's assign names n characters and link them all up in some way. like matchmaking game, maybe we should think of some ultra bizzare relationship, such as the Hierophant with the hermit,hangman and tower, and some contesting ones like devil-justice, death-stars etc. can well go beyond one to one correspondence. and anyway it's a dynamic novel and everything gets swapped on periodical basis, so there's equal chance that these tarot characters meet each other once, on paper or in some other forms.

logic is a tangle of mess now. i'll continue with chapter 2 tmr. any suggestions how to do the intro, or we stick with 'stick writing the first chap', or giving a prologue. i was thinking, giving each chapter a tarot card name may not be a very good idea though, depends on how we pull it off, if not smooth it'll sound very mundane and poorly structured. ideas?? and continuing on chap 1, the fool start scratching the scary date down' april 1st', what will she write and who's gonna follow?
maybe we should draw up some independent events first, major themes, such as establishing the realtionship of major characters. ok, waiting for your wise thoughts! with abaited breath!!