User blog comment:Varkanax39/Q&A with Varkanax39/@comment-1221909-20121005003136/@comment-1788742-20121014212233

Okay, sorry I'm late on this, school has taken over my life completely in these past few weeks. Anyway, here I go...


 * Several of these throughout the series, and Eternal Darkness has the most of all. I think the top ones were (highlight to view spoilers) Valkyria's betrayal of Shardak in The Darkest Light and her choice to spare or kill Shardak in Shattering, the last scene of Part II of Eternal Darkness. I think, upon reflection, though, that Chapter 32 of ED was the best-written and most emotional sequence, from Shardak's dialogue with Arcturas to Valkyria's almost-death...there are more, but this is my personal favorite.
 * Hmmm...tricky one. There are several overarching themes and moral dilemmas in the XMS, and I think the best an author can hope for is for the readers to say "that one got me thinking..." and so on. If any of the moral dilemmas in the series made you question anything (or stretch your mind, so to speak), then I'm pleased with them all. That said, I worked very hard, especially in the later volumes, at deepening the shades of grey between the protagonists and their enemies. While the series isn't truly grey on grey, it's certainly not black and white on the moral spectrum either, something that the canon BIONICLE series was often.
 * Of course! I read web original fiction, BIONICLE fanfiction, and many other types of fanfics often. One of the best things about having finished your own storyline is that you have time to read the fanfics of other CBW users. I could go into listing some of my favorite fanfiction serials on the wiki here, but I don't think I will. If anyone who reads this writes story serial(s)/novels/novellas on here, congratulations. That's enough to put you on my favorite authors list. :P
 * Well...I finished it, and that's enough of a sense of accomplishment for me. But if the XMS has inspired anyone on the wiki to write or to read the works of other authors on this site, or even if someone just read the storyline and it meant something to them, then that's the greatest praise a writer can get. This question is really for the readers- if the XMS meant anything to the community at all, then that's what it should be remembered for.
 * Yes...too often. The XMS is such a ridiculously massive storyline that there are bound to be ideas I wished I could have incorporated, subplots I wished I could have resolved more thouroughly, and so on. Something that immediately springs to mind is TEG, which I think could fit better with the rest of the storyline with some revision. I would have liked to detail more of Fairon's past in that volume. I also would have liked to have explored more of the Hidden Ones concept in Eternal Darkness, as well as the dual identity of Shardak /Varkanax . I could go back and fix some of these errors, as well as revise some of the text, and add in new ideas, but I'm almost worried that I may loose some essence of the original work if I go back and rework it months later. Also, I feel I've moved on from the storyline. Frankly, I've become rather bored with it, hence this Q&A, which will help me (At least, I hope) move on.
 * Well, for a time I felt like I needed a break, but, like Shardak, who cannot comprehend peace and a normal lifestyle after the rigors of the war and his travels across Xaterex and so has to keep moving, so I cannot grasp the idea of not writing. I've already begun working on outlining an original fiction idea that has been in the corners of my mind for a while now, and I can promise that, at some point, I will return with something worth reading, even if it's not BIONICLE-related. And yes, I am excited to continue work on the DR serials, provided they get moving soon. It's less of a committment than the XMS, at any rate, as it's updated (at most) once a week.