Comments for Never an Idol Moment

Comment on Neveridol: First Anniversary Post by D.

D. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:10:44 +0000

Well done, vgag. I KNOW how much effort you have put in to this enterprise, and the stats are excellent, repaying your dedication to blogging many times over!

May you blog, and continue to attract readers from all over the globe, in the months and years ahead…

Comment on Shoe Business by Dong Hai Xiao Wang Zi « Reflections

Dong Hai Xiao Wang Zi « Reflections — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:32:11 +0000

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Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part II by vgag

vgag — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:10:04 +0000

You’re right, V. Thanks. I will indeed make those adjustments. Don’t worry, I’m bringing Zai Tian on the scene quite soon. I find his character harder to understand–he was so mercurial in the series, so changeable. More soon.

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part II by V

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0000

Some possible revisions:
a) Hao mama suddenly blurting out “it’s all your fault” when she’s had opportunity to voice it before is believable, but I’d preface it with something like “‘XYZ’, she suddenly burst out as if she’d been holding onto this scrap of resentment for days”.
b) “dui bu qi” is a bit colloquial, “真的很抱歉／zhen de hen bao qian” would be more formal and likely.
c) major error: the interpol agent who seduced Ying Xiong was called “Lei Mu Sha”, as I recall, not Cheng Yuan.

Otherwise very good, excellent cliffhanger, I think CJ’s right in that you’ve found your voice (your mostly unadorned, analytical style really suits Ying Xiong’s character). Are you planning to have it from his point of view the whole time, though? Some Zai Tian cheekiness could be good to throw in by way of contrast.

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part II by vgag

vgag — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:10:44 +0000

Thanks, kolontai.
I’m planning to write two more episodes over the next two weeks, then I’ll go back to local history and birdwatching for awhile. Then I have an additional four shorts eps planned.
Meanwhile, there’s a feature film in the works that will be a sequel to the series, but I’ve heard that the start of filming has been delayed to perhaps June. The writers are reconfiguring the script: it will be interesting to see how slashy it gets!

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part II by CJ

CJ — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:18:17 +0000

The excitement builds!

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part I by CJ

CJ — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:58:31 +0000

I think you may have found your true calling! I want to read more and I’m not even a fangirl!

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part I by vgag

vgag — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:18:39 +0000

I might just incorporate a few of your suggestions on my customary rewrite. I wonder if I can make the drugs investigation serious, but the slashy relationship funny? That’s what ‘the canon’ manages to do, after all.
I wonder how many readers will notice I borrowed the HK thug, ‘Mr Hua’ from Magicians of Love as the informant. Well, ok, it was a character a bit reminisent of Hua…

Comment on Ying Xiong and the Perfect Stranger, Part I by V

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:54:24 +0000

*giggle*
Not sure what tone you were aiming for with the whole piece — just as I thought it was getting serious, it came out like parody.
And would Da Yan Ge really still be helping Zai Tian via the fax machine? I’d gotten the impression he was only doing it because he genuinely believed Zai Tian was Lao Tou’s son.
I thought the informant thing happened a bit too quickly — draw it out, or give Ying Xiong more reason to think this was the informant rather than a lost Hong Kong tourist.
Also I think the picture would be better at the start, like a banner for this episode or the series. Your description of the photo is close enough that you don’t need to put it in the middle of the text for your readers to know what you’re talking about.
And as this is the first of a projected series, I’d leave this episode on more of a cliff-hanger; i.e. “An hour later when Ying Xiong stepped into Hao Ke’s room in the specialist convalescence facility, he found him drained of colour and breathing in ragged shreds of DOOM”. Y
ou know what I mean.

Comment on Two Stable Conversions and a Lane by Fitzroyalty

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