tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post3578104892152831819..comments2024-03-25T22:06:48.964-04:00Comments on The Zombie Knight Saga: Page 881George M. Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02775956087855415064noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-40801486264888753532014-12-13T21:30:58.625-05:002014-12-13T21:30:58.625-05:00"both tenses are occurring in the past and th..."both tenses are occurring in the past and there is no specific order of events beyond that."<br /><br /><br />Oh boy, should have told that to my English teachers in school. Then again, I have noticed by now that school learning and real life language usage have little enough in common.<br /><br /><br />Thanks for the long answer.Ankounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-9268632547007507822014-12-13T20:57:34.839-05:002014-12-13T20:57:34.839-05:00First one should've been "he has already ...First one should've been "he has already been" yes. Not so much a tense issue as just a missing a word. Which. Yeah. Happens to me a lot, unfortunately.<br /><br />The second one isn't actually an error. Simple past tense and perfect past tense are both acceptable usages here. I mean, you could argue that simple past is more appropriate, and you might even have a point, but it doesn't really make much difference because both tenses are occurring in the past and there is no specific order of events beyond that. <br /><br />Generally, perfect past is used to denote things that were already "completed" in the past, while simple past just denotes things that "happened." That's why perfect past also tends to be seen as "two steps into the past" as you put it, but that's not strictly necessary, especially when the specified events aren't demanding any kind of chronology in order to be understood. <br /><br />In regards to last note, I do them in present tense because I <i>want</i> them to feel like a break from the rest of the story. So yeah.George M. Frosthttp://thezombieknight.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-6108618067509083392014-12-13T17:32:23.282-05:002014-12-13T17:32:23.282-05:00Some issues with tense if I'm not mistaken:
&q...Some issues with tense if I'm not mistaken:<br />"He is a father by blood, but he already been a father in spirit for some time."<br />Needs a "has" somewhere; "he has already been" or something (adverbs and sentence structure are confusing).<br /><br />"It is even more wonderful than he [had] imagined. He[’d] thought his line had reached its end"<br />Main tense in this passage is Present, so one step into the past should be Simple Past. I don't really know about the second sentence though. If the time of the flashback is Present, and one step in the past when he was thinking, the ending of his line might very well have been two steps in the past.<br /><br /><br />On a slightly related note, maybe you shouldn't do flashbacks in present tense. The sudden change in tense somehow breaks immersion (at least for me). Doesn't seem to bother anyone else, so feel free to ignore me.Ankounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-86285688095514912932014-11-15T00:19:40.297-05:002014-11-15T00:19:40.297-05:00It is specified that they use a captured reaper no...It is specified that they use a captured reaper not a volunteer (not enough self-sacrificing fanatics, even in Dozer's Abolish faction), and no, the reaper's personality has no effect on the aberration's. Genetics might play a role, and upbringing definitely does, along with either the will of the void or severe damage to the aberration's soul, depending on who you ask.<br />We'll find out the story, perhaps soon, but my guess is that Parson was responsible (or at least blamed), and that House Blackburn wants to bring him close so that Melchor can try to kill him. With the right circumstances, its probably possible.to trap him and then use a gas (probably hydrogen or something) to burn and consume him.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-40425901333136683762014-11-14T19:57:55.662-05:002014-11-14T19:57:55.662-05:00Agh god, my heart aches for him when he discovers....Agh god, my heart aches for him when he discovers.Sheridannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-12664845716112121952014-11-14T19:19:42.366-05:002014-11-14T19:19:42.366-05:00I wonder what happens to the reapers that don'...I wonder what happens to the reapers that don't implant properly? Do they die along with the embryo? Also, being as psychotic as they are once reborn as an aberration, does any trace of their original personality remain?<br />Does the reaper have to be a volunteer?Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-50513008463737493052014-11-14T17:34:44.942-05:002014-11-14T17:34:44.942-05:00I'm thinking the same thing now that you'v...I'm thinking the same thing now that you've said it, it makes sensemousefu-k9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-60941500750426143042014-11-14T15:16:15.254-05:002014-11-14T15:16:15.254-05:00I wonder if the Blackburns are the same story as J...I wonder if the Blackburns are the same story as Joseph Rofal's sister. Someone deliberately matchmaking reaper carriers, then "infertility" that's actually a series of embryos being destroyed by failed attempts to implant a reaper.Lord Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-35835782524373763592014-11-14T14:26:03.445-05:002014-11-14T14:26:03.445-05:00Thanks... Huh, there's more going on here than...Thanks... Huh, there's more going on here than we realized earlier - that or the problem wasn't with her getting pregnant, but with the embryo surviving, so an abberation gamete would be able to survive.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-9641696390015096032014-11-14T13:08:56.576-05:002014-11-14T13:08:56.576-05:00Chapter 23 is probably what you're thinking of...Chapter 23 is probably what you're thinking of. <a href="http://thezombieknight.blogspot.com/2013/08/page-213.html" rel="nofollow">Page 213</a> and <a href="http://thezombieknight.blogspot.com/2013/08/page-214.html" rel="nofollow">Page 214</a>, specifically.George M. Frosthttp://thezombieknight.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731978491355560966.post-80713555759692602922014-11-14T13:03:12.592-05:002014-11-14T13:03:12.592-05:00Can someone link to the chapter where abominations...Can someone link to the chapter where abominations are explained?Michaelnoreply@blogger.com