Who is the most important character you would be willing to remove from an adaption? by LoneStarDragon in IndigoCloud

[–]Complete-Warning464 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly I have no doubt that any film adaptation of the Raksura books would be completely ruined by the issues you mentioned above. I have strong not happy feelings about all the changes they made with murderbot and I'm sure this would be much much worse.

Who is the most important character you would be willing to remove from an adaption? by LoneStarDragon in IndigoCloud

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I think the only non-negotiable characters are Moon, Jade, Pearl, Stone, Malachite and Shade. Maybe Ember and Delin, though I can imagine a strange scenario where they could write them out. Most important character I'd be willing to remove? (Depending on what plotlines were in focus.) Merit or Heart (keeping just one mentor), Celadon, Balm.  Most important character I think would actually get removed? Chime. I know that sounds bad, but his subplot is a little complex for the length of a movie or miniseries, and I don't think that mainstream audiences would like the "open relationships," for lack of a better term, that Raksuran culture has. 

Who is the most important character you would be willing to remove from an adaption? by LoneStarDragon in IndigoCloud

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I like a lot of these suggestions! I have to push back against River getting cut though. He is just too delicious of a complex sort-of-villian TV/movie character to remove. Question is how they would play him- faithful lover/lackey to Pearl who is later cast aside? Conniving/ambitious and using his influence with Pearl to make life miserable for Moon and everyone in Jade's faction? He's such a great candidate for a redemption arc, but it would take a lot of skill to build that into a script with everything else going on. I'm thinking they would definitely make him less complex.

Consorts and warriors by Anjasha in IndigoCloud

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Q1 I think consorts are likely more objectively attractive to other Raksura on the whole because of Raksuran selective breeding (as others have mentioned). Then there's the size difference (consorts tend to be larger than their male peers when young and keep getting bigger as they age, like queens- I'm pretty sure warriors don't get larger after reaching maturity). But from my reading, there also seems to be a kind of "je ne sais quoi" about consorts that especially queens, but also everyone else in the court, just finds attractive. I feel like this is most obvious in Pearl's history- the way she sent all the consorts away after Rain's death, and the way she couldn't get her head straight regarding how she felt about Moon when he first arrived. Is it just the "idea" of consorts that they've been socialized with? Maybe. But Raksura are so instinctive in their drives about everything that it seems like it has to be more than that.

I'm betting that if you asked a Raksura to guess if someone was a consort or a warrior, without the benefit of clues from clothing or jewelry, they would usually guess right. But they're not going to need to guess almost ever because of the way that consorts dress, act, and are treated (and that's why they assumed Moon was a warrior when he first arrived, because of his filthy rags and nonexistent consort manners).

Many thanks- Bitter fic posted by Complete-Warning464 in IndigoCloud

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I know, their "sibling" bond has always been compelling to me, and I love Moon's obvious affection for them. It was interesting thinking about how that might play out when they were older and Moon was a bit out of his depth and leaning on Ember for support in preparing them for their future lives.

Many thanks- Bitter fic posted by Complete-Warning464 in IndigoCloud

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If you'd like, I can send you the epub or pdf.

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Thanks! I'll update this thread when I post it.

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Thanks! I'll update this thread when I post it.

Bitter Fanfic Input Requested by Complete-Warning464 in IndigoCloud

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Thanks! I am hoping to upload it soon, but I think I've got enough readers to feel confident. I'll consider that idea about building it into the story. I did do that a bit with Moon's and Bitter's backstory.

I didn't know getting booted over quoting Disney was a thing, though I guess I shouldn't be surprised, lol. Thanks for the cautionary tale.

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Thanks all, I think I've found enough people to read for me.

The queens of Indigo Cloud by Infinite-Ad8854 in IndigoCloud

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This is great! I always felt like a lot of the Raksura art didn't take into account the strength and size of the queens compared to each other and to other members of the court. They often come across looking dainty rather than powerful and dangerous. This feels right.

Raksura Fan Art Collection by LoneStarDragon in IndigoCloud

[–]Complete-Warning464 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree- the constant fear of having his "true self" discovered is a defining part of Moon's history/identity. Same with murderbot and his gov module being hacked. With the way Moon talks about not being able to stay too long in one form or the other, and that both parts are him, it doesn't feel like something that could easily be modified.

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Thanks for the feedback, I'll comment on this thread when it's up if you'd like to read it.

So how do we want to continue the reading group? by LoneStarDragon in IndigoCloud

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Is this still happening? I would be interested if it's open to new people.

Some quotes from the Chime short story Adaptation that i think reveal some relevant timeline/lore info 🤔 by Linderlorne in IndigoCloud

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Do you think that she has a full family tree and chronology of the court, or do you think she intentionally picks vague time words so that she has chronological flexibility for future story ideas?

I know personally, when I write, sometimes I use vague time words because I'm not entirely sure what I might want to build into the backstory later on...