Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-30384301-20190504061426/@comment-30384301-20200207185644

Redfork2000 wrote: 1) That's excellent. I'm already looking forward to learn more about him.

2) What stories of mine would have to be moved for that?

3) To be fair, most Dr. Zack stories fall flat during the first half, being mroe action than story. It's during the second half that they become more interesting. I tihnk the problem is that I can rarely edit it at all. We'd have already finished it if I were active daily.

4) Well, it depends on the user you want to write with. Personally, I first learn about that user's characters, See if they appear in other stories, learn their personalities, relationships with other characters, backstories, etc. Second, try to think of an interesting way you could combine those characters with yours. Sometimes I go to the extent of making new characters solely for that purpose. For example, the Sprout Squad was mainly made to be a group of characters I can use when I make stories with Chilly. Try to find ways to give the other user's characters something interesting to do too. Think of what interesting interactions or conflicts could occur between your characters and those of the other user. Figure out how one of their villains could interact with your characters, or viceverse. It's all about learning about the other user's characters, and finding new ways to work with them. I know it's kind of vague, but once you know more about the other user's characters, you'll find it a lot easier to work with them. Why do you think both of us work so well together in HoEC? It's because over time, we've learnt a lot about each other's characters, we're truly interested in them. You need to learn about the other user's characters, get interested in them, and start thinking of new and interesting ways they could interact with yours. 2) The Eighth Gemstone will just be moved up so that it takes place before Unicorn Clash. Besides that, no other changes are necessary. If you need to move your stories though, Ocean Partners can be placed anywhere before Trial of the Elemental as it has no chronological connection to the other stories.

3) Maybe. The other problem is I'm barely active as well. In fact, I'm currently rushing through a school project of mine and will not be working on TToTT for a while. Probably until next week or so.

4) Thanks for the tips. I shall start once I have the time.

About the list of good to evil characters, I think we can separate it into two lists, one for most good characters and one for most evil characters. However, I feel that this is one of those lists where decisions can really be hard to make for where the characters are placed, as most of our characters are just as good or evil as one another. While some decisions can be relatively easy to make, such as comparing Red Fork with Dark Shadow or Amelia Amethyst with Red Ruby, there are many more others that require more thought and insight into these characters. It doesn't take two seconds for someone to determine that Red Fork would be placed higher than Dark Shadow in the list of most good characters, or that Amelia Amethyst would be placed higher than Red Ruby. Now replace Red Ruby with a nicer character like Lemon Glass, and it will be much harder to decide who's higher in the list. I'm just saying that while these lists will take a long time to complete, it's worth trying it out. Perhaps we'll see some interesting placements.