Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Mar 1, 2017 23:26:40 GMT -5
Dark Side of the Moon
Note page for re-worked Dark Side of the Moon: A Clans of the Valley Novel.
Hey guys, Shadz here. I've decided to go ahead and re-work my fan-fic novel. Believe it or not, it was posted to the WCF only a few months after Curse was (so it was early 2014) and so this makes it an "older" work with much more depth and detail already incorporated. The first time I posted DSOTM I wrote up to seven chapters with an 8th chapter about a quarter of the way done. I had fans that were already fans of Curse and new fans that had never read Curse. There was even some, like my good friend Skyfall, who preferred DSOTM to Curse. So I thought it was about time to bring it back. Especially sense Curse is in it's finaly chapters.
So below will be some of my ramblings including pictures/banners and my thoughts on what I want to be different from the old DSOTM. If you remember reading it, please feel free to add your own thoughts!
I hope to get DSOTM v.2 ready for official posting sometime in the next month (during or after spring break depending on how chapter 31 of Curse progresses) so get ready for some more Clans of the Valley madness!
- Shadowface(The Fallen Warrior)
Version 1 of the Banner; Modeled after the original banner
THE CHARACTERS
Spottedmoon: nothing major will change about her appearance or character in the new version. I will try to make her appear more aloof and give her a tangible fine line in her psyche between calm/collected and angry/frustrated. This is a trait passed down from her father and magnifies itself in her offspring.
Icefeather: Spottedmoon's sister may play a larger role besides just being in the flashbacks/mentioned in the prologue. While Spottedmoon is in the Between World, lots of major events are changing the landscape of the valley (as is expressed in Curse) and another set of eyes may add another layer to the story. (NOTE: Icefeather will not have her own POV. She will play a role indirectly.)
Hadiya: The Guardian of the Between World needs to be less willing to bow to the whims of StarClan and have a stronger, more personal narrative while still keeping her past secretive. I also want her past to be more "guessable" by the readers, especially when it comes to her relationship with Nathaniel, the Guardian of StarClan (The Realm of the Stars).
Ira: The Personification of Spottedmoon's rage was a wonderful character addition in the first novel, but given the already heavy female cast, I have decided to make Ira a male this go around. A very angry male! His name will either be Iroh, Nemain, Woden, or Kratos.
Other Personifications: The Male Ira will be the only one, as it it will testify to the deep, negative feelings Spottedmoon has held onto most of her life.
Shadowface: Yes, the main character from Curse will make an appearance or two in DSOTM. She will be in flashbacks and may run into Spottedmoon in between realms. Through Spottedmoon's POV I want to introduce a very different opinion on Shadowface that evolves as Spottedmoon does throughout the novel.
DSOTM VS. DSOTM V.2
Old Prologue will be tossed out. New prologue will describe/explore the repetitive dream that the main character, Spottedmoon, has during her kit-hood and possibly on into her warrior-hood.
- "Moon fire. I had dreams about it."
- "Moon fire" = her possible Cursed ties. Her eyes are silver and are often described as "moonstone" eyes.
- In the old DSOTM the dream was of her surrounded by a molten lava field and falling into a crack in the Earth. This time she will be surrounded by "Moon fire". The scenes with Hadiya and her mother will stay the same.
When Spottedmoon is sent to the Between World from StarClan, she is not "pulled apart". Instead she will go through a door (THE FIRST TIME IT WILL FINALLY BE WRITTEN INTO A COTV STORY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT IT). Once she passes all the way through she hears what sounds like lock clicking and screeching back together. She turns and the door is sealed shut. The door will remain there throughout the entire novel as a reminder of where she wants to end up. (StarClan.)
- Doors: natural passageway between the non-living realms.
- Portals: "cat-made" engraved circles that transport the living to other realms.
In Curse there was a MAJOR discrepancy in the timeline when it came to how old Spottedmoon and her siblings were compared to Shadowface. Spottedmoon and her siblings were born around two years apart. So when Shadowface was an apprentice, it would make sense that Spottedmoon was old enough to be a deputy. I got to remember this when writing about Spottedmoon's siblings.
As the landscape of the Between World is unpredictable, I thought it would provide some humor (and be as a reminder) for the door to appear randomly throughout Spottedmoon's journey. I can imagine her getting easily angered/frustrated over the presence of the door constantly showing up when she doesn't want to be reminded of what she has to do. I also thought there could be an emotional tie to the door later in the novel where she might beg the door to let her out and to let her be with her daughter who ran away when she was a kit/apprentice and was never seen since.
A one-sided conversation between her and the door would be amusing. x'D
TO - DO LIST
1. Make a list of Spottedmoon's soul-shards and decide what order they will appear in the story and what they are represented by. Might need to do some research on souls to get some ideas. (Better ones).
2. Choose a name for the male Ira!
