This week’s passage was a bit of an interlude, but there are some fun personal tidbits I stuck in here. Let’s unpack. Just watch your head Ever seen Fellowship of the Ring? Yah, that’s what I had in mind. Poor Gandalf 1. Fantasy Kingdom Showers The Realm might be a “fantasy kingdom” of sorts, but…
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Unpacking Wide Awake
Back when I began writing In the Land of the Penny Gnomes I was probably on a Pratchett, Adams, Fforde reading spree. It shows. The ideas are, hopefully, original enough they are seen as homages rather than blatant rip-offs. All I know is I’m laughing as I write this stuff. Let’s unpack. Narrative Convention It…
Unpacking A Plurality of Views
The next few scenes might be my personal favorite musings ever. The world building of ridiculousness continues. Let’s unpack. Lawyers As we discovered last week, the “big bads” of the store are a particularly hostile band of lawyers. Over the last few years they’d actually nearly overrun The Realm, but were pushed back by some…
Unpacking Actually Actualized
We’ve tiptoed in The Realm for a few scenes, and now we begin our long descent into quirky oddness. Let’s unpack. Breaking Convention The references to narrative convention are absolutely inspired by the likes of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Jasper Fforde. I make no apologies for this, but given the story’s setting it’s also…
Unpacking Introductory AI
Here is where the fun begins. I remember when I first wrote this passage back in 2011, trying to figure out what sort of nonsense I could throw into the narrative. Let’s unpack. Knocks which ring Bug pounding on the door, only to produce the sound of a doorbell, is pretty much par of the…
Unpacking Down the Alley
We’re almost to the introduction of my favorite Penny Gnomes character! This short interlude offers some insight to the absurdity of The Realm, let’s unpack. No Entry There really aren’t supposed to be any non-gnomes in Great Roll. The last wizard 1 who travelled to the city was, indeed, on trial for counterfeiting. Sometimes dwarves…
