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Oh man. The Writathon has been more fun then I expected. I'm already at 34% complete. We are a third of the way there! The story has just started. But the MC is pretty overpowered. Today I want to talk about my thought process for the story so far. So I have to really thank 'Law of eldritch comprehensions'.
A writathon is special because you are writing the story as the readers read it. So any feedback can almost instantly be put into practice.
There were two main suggestions that have created the foundation of 'The Legend of Axiom'. The first one is from this comment:
"Having a system is boring but what about being the system?"
This inspired me to have the MC make the foundation of his soul with seals. The end-goal being to unlock every seal and complete system integration with reality.
This has not happened yet. We have seen 'Axiom' destroy realities. But despite how powerful he has become. He hasn't become the system yet.
This is a direction to work towards.
The other suggestion was:
"Perhaps make the book from the perspective of a eldritch or higher dimensional being?"
I sort of wanted to start the story off with a rather normal MC. But then why did he all of a sudden get entangled with an alternate self? You probably expected this to just be the reason for his specialness and likely it wouldn't be explained.
I am hoping I managed to 'surprise' my readers with the direction of the story. I think my story has many paths it can go down and I don't want the readers to be able to predict them.
I'll link the story in my notes. This is all spoiler territory up to chapter 12.
The MC ends up experiencing infinity and becoming a reality warping being. Law of eldritch comprehensions wanted to see things from the perspective of a higher dimensional being.
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I thought about this for quite awhile and wanted to somehow tell the 'birth' of this being.
So the source of the MC's power is from him experiencing infinity. But he was only able to do so because he has ALWAYS been Axiom.
The story up to chapter 12 has been guided by his 'self' that was unfathomably old. There were hints that he was ancient in the previous chapters. Like how people reacted from him looking them in the eyes and such. But that can be attributed to him being thousands of years old from his domain.
But the fusion and his 'axiom' state'. The reason why it looked like him. It is because it was 'him'.
Especially making his own artifact and naming it Mask of Truth. With his declaration being:
"I am Axiom!"
That was a little easter-egg!
My inspiration for Axiom is similar to my inspiration for Paradox. I think both characters are interesting. I really wanted to take things to the next level. I feel my description skills have increased a little bit.
Not saying the chapters are perfect. But I think they should be entertaining.
But the story is just beginning. I see so many paths the story can go down and with it not necessarily being in the same cosmic order as my other books. I can do extreme things I wouldn't be able to do before.
Axiom NEVER could've became so strong in my usual multiverses. Because there is a strict hierarchy between original incarnations, supreme beings, gods, etc.
There are usually ranks.
There are a few characters that reach the peak like Gaia, Zero, and John. But their journey there were all different. Axiom's journey is just starting.
Axiom is strong. But it is due to what he has experienced. I consider the foundation of the story almost complete. I don't intend to throwaway my setting for his original world.
RIght now. Axiom has hitched a ride to the beginning of the cradle through Time.
I wanted to make a character that I enjoy reading about. So his actions are a bit 'reckless'. For example, when he decided to repeatedly destroy his hourglass due to his 'true vision' making him have a interesting theory.
Why would someone destroy what is essentially their goldenfinger? It doesn't make much sense.
But Anon isn't a normal person.
He looks at life like a game. When he meets the requirements. He is willing to test things to their limits. This is why he becomes Axiom.
This is why Axiom becomes Anon.
I would also like to thank Guizmo_Unicorn for the suggestion to better explain things. It has certainly shaped how I handled the earlier chapters.
Things I would normally skip. Like where his clothes come from in his axiom state? How does he know where weak points in reality are? A lot of these things I wouldn't have explained clearly. But I made sure to do so this writathon.
The story is just getting started and hopefully I will finish this 'arc' with him laying a beyond 'perfect' foundation for himself. You see. The problem with Axiom is that while he is no longer bound by things like body and soul.
He also doesn't have the foundation that supreme beings have. His current state. It is sort of like becoming omnipotent. But the power is illusory. Someone with his power should be able to create their own multiverse. But he can only observe other realities.
He has the potential to do really cool things. But he doesn't use his power to the limits in creative ways at all. I'm hoping for him to truly understand his power and climb beyond the peak.
He long has learned how to ignore time. Build heavenly treasures and even fight off concepts. While these are impressive. He is still 'inexperienced' with his power.
It is like giving a nuke to a child. While he can easily wipe out a city. Do they truly understand the ramifications of their actions? Would they even know where to use it? Or why to use it?
Axiom is ancient compared to nearly any entity in existence. But he is like a hermit that has spent their entire life buried in seclusion.
He has learned a lot. But he hasn't had a chance to apply what he has learned yet.
I'm hoping as the story continues. We really get to see him do some cool things!
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