Dirpending Arc Thoughts
Dirpending is just “Dire Pending” with the first “e” taken out. Sorry, had to start with that, otherwise I felt like a lot of you guys would be sitting there wondering “There’s no way the name is that obvious, right?”
Ok, onto the more important stuff. First, this is going to contain spoilers for the entire first arc so just in case you’re new to the site and you randomly stumbling across this blog post, you should definitely read that first.
Anyway, I’ve mentioned a fair amount of times that this is sort of a second prologue arc, so I should probably elaborate on that. The entire point of this arc was to more deeply introduce you guys to complicated concepts like Psynesis, while being more slow with things such as themes and plot progression. Since a major theme of the story is about how societies should be made, a racist society that purposefully refuses to help certain types of people despite having the resources being a stupid idea is a simple concept to understand, so I don’t have to spend a lot of time telling you guys what you already know. Because of that, I can be more liberal with other concepts I throw at you guys, such as the Psynesis system. Okay, really, this entire arc was just me making absolutely sure that I’ve told you guys everything you need to know about Psynesis, so it doesn’t feel like I have to pull things out of my ass trying to explain the power system for future arcs. Hell, we only just get our main three protagonists until the very final chapter part.
Although, in the Chapter 11 Thoughts blog post, I made it clear that my original intention was to just have Isaac and Messa be the only main characters to leave on the train to Rosemerry Town.
My main concern is if I didn’t engage you guys enough. I guess if you’re sitting here reading this, then you obviously were engaged up to this point, right? I just can’t help but wonder about how many people would really like this series. The ability to go back and edit your work really is a blessing. No matter what, whatever I write won’t be perfect. With the ability to edit, I can go back and change any mistakes. But because I want my work to be as good as possible, if I can fix a mistake… I have to. Does that make any sense? Anyway, that’s pressure for future me to worry about. I just have to take the reviews of people who weren’t able to get to this point, and try and understand what made them drop off so early from their limited comments.
Your feedback is really important too, even though, or perhaps, especially because you’ve gotten to this point, and you like my work so much. So please, comment about any grievances you had about the arc. Hit me with whatever you’ve got, because I’ll need it! Someday, I want a lot more people reading my work, so I want to make sure Psynesis’s Wasteland is as good as it can be before that happens!
Honestly, I thought I’d have a lot more to say. Maybe it’s because I’ve been taking soooo long with this post. I don’t know, maybe I’ll make a follow up post. If how long this took has taught you guys anything, it’s that I can’t be trusted for scheduling. So just follow The Official Twitter Account for actual notifications to get updated.
So, as an apology for stalling you guys for so long… I’ll give you guys a little tease for the next arc.
In the Rosemerry Town arc, many secrets behind Isaac’s lost memories during those 5 years will be revealed. Although, more questions may be brought up than answers. Many new characters will be introduced, almost all of them having a major role in the story.
