About a week ago we invited a family from church over for homemade pizza, and they were kind enough to pretend an interest in our creative projects. So I got a chance to natter on about what I was doing, and see that typical bemused and confused expression when I said (in reference to the “Character Interviews” up as extras on the Black Flag page) that “I didn’t know Blood was going to say that”. The young lady I was talking to blinked, and said “Wait… what? Isn’t he your character?” “Yes.” “And you were writing his answers yourself?” “Yes. I knew what the answer to the question was, the answer is ‘red’. But he didn’t say ‘red’, he said ‘none of your business.’ I didn’t know he was going to say that.” “?!?!?”
Well, if the non-writers find that one confusing, how about this one:
I have been working on the first Black Flag story for three years now. I’ve had the script written for over two years. I’ve done about two thirds of the artwork. (And I’ve written the scripts for two sequels.)
I only just realized that one of my male leads is incapable of lying.
His story is already written. I know how he acts. I knew when he didn’t want to answer a question, he would evade it… usually with a counter question. But I didn’t really notice that “no lies” was what that behavior boiled down to, until, while discussing the story with my husband the subject of lying came up and I noted that he wasn’t good at it. “He can’t lie at all,” my husband responded.
Oh, yeah. So he can’t.
…and in other news, last night my brain coughed up yet another Black Flag sequel. Somebody shoot me.
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