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If You Want, Part 1 (early release)
🕑 Added 2018-08-21 21:01:36 +0000 UTC OK, so I had this funny idea and I decided to take a day's break from working on Harmony Reed. (Or has Harmony Reed taken a day's break from working on herself? HEYO) (That's a really lame joke on the plot twist) (If you don't get it it's me not you)Anyway! I wrote the first part of what I think will be a two-part story. It's about a woman meeting a guy with the world's lamest superpower -- the power to make people do what they want to do. Dumb, right? I told myself that that was all his power would do, no cheating. He can try to be clever, but no outright tricks. (e.g. "Ugh, I have such a hangover, I wanna die" *dies* = no) I considered it an amusing little authorly challenge.
Forewarning: It's a real slow burn. If you're looking for a little hot sauce, you may want to wait until I do part 2 next week. Part 1 is mostly setup and a slow build; Part 2 is where I'll see how far we can abuse this silly little power I dreamed up. But I didn't have it in me to write another 6000 words just yet, so I figured why not do some installments, like in days of old. More to come!
Comments
Ice Bear
Ha! Amazing timing. I literally just opened the document for part 2 not 10 minutes ago. Should be done this weekend! I got so pumped doing TIOS 2 I got sidetracked. The first four chapters are already almost as long as the whole first book!
Matt
When is the continuation of this going to come down the pipe? I've been eagerly awaiting it for 4 weeks now
WDB
Unfortunately, while Professor Charles Xavier was a crusader for mutant equality, he wasn't so great with gender equality.
Ice Bear
But really, when you think about it, shouldn't it be X-Persons? (Also thanks for the catch. :D)
WDB
Good stuff! It's fun to see the puzzle element be so well thought out. It reminds me a bit of an older story ("Self Control" by Heimdall) about a character who could only control his own mind. Seemingly useless, but the writer had some fun ideas for it. Looking forward to the next part! (Also, "X-Men", not "X-men", I'm sorry that I know that and now you know that.)
