Just a reminder that the commentary will be a week behind for a few weeks. Eventually, there will be a catch up, but not right away.
Another session with Jackie and Lance. There's no chemistry here. Jackie is more about learning magic than learning about Lance. Lance is almost in the role of expendable mentor, which would really cut a romance short. But as a couple? They're not quite at that point, and after fifteen chapters in a story that's trying to be a romance, there should be strong hints, like Public Displays of Affection,.or at least pet names. But they're not there. Jackie's more interested in figuring out magic and Lance is working on recruiting new wizards.
I was starting to figure out that maybe romance is not something I was comfortable writing, at least as the A-plot. Later works introduce a romantic subplot, which I found easier. The characters had other reasons to be in the story and things bloomed naturally. Here, I'm trying to force a romance and I'm rebelling against myself. The original lessons from Digital Magic was "don't even try a romance," which then becamse, "introduce potentials, but don't force anything." I let my characters make the decisions.
Billiard balls are used in physics classes to teach momentum and angular direction. Being as close to perfectly spherical as possible and meant to maximize energy transfer in a game of billiards, the balls have a uniform mass. For teaching magic, using billiard balls removes the same variables as their use in physics classes does. The game is also familiar to Jackie, so she can figure things out on her own if needed. Visually, flinging billiard balls around is an amusing sight,
Discussing the weird weather, in Digital Magic Chapter 17.
Friday, over at Psycho Drive-In, RWBY, the manga.
Saturday, over at The Seventh Sanctum, hiatus week.
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