Re: Issue 60--two IFC

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: : : I agree to that, I'm just unhappy when I see a different solution. Example: The easy way to handle the bandits in #58 would be to kill them. : : : The clever way would be kill the leader and then buy/bring them some food. That way, it should be easy to win the frustrated men over. The next step would be to disband the group one-by-one in a few surrounding villages and provide them with new lives (marrying them, finding them real jobs). : : Your thoughts are interesting, however, Usagi isn't running a rehabilitation program, he's trying to make it to a duel in time. : : But I do see your point Aaron, I just wonder if it would make as captivating a read. : Information theory says that "information is the amount of surprise in the noise". So that's how story twists work: They take you by surprise and that makes it interesting to read. : That's also why Usagi is so refreshing: Usagi kills when he has to but he always strives for better solutions (unlike DC/Marvel, for example) and this way, he often comes up with interesting story twists. : You might want to read part 3 of my Usagi story <a href="http://www.philmann-dark.de/usagi3.html">Home</a> to see how I create tension without killing people and how I actually manage to save Usagis home village from Hijiki burning it down by having one of Hijikis men killed. : IIRC, that's the only person which is killed in the whole story. OK, things get pretty rough for Usagi but that's to be expected when he falls into Hijikis hands :-) : -- : Aaron Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark : "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. : Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits."

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