[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Let's start
Tell me a bit about yourself, Boxxy
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
It's a question that can get realllly political real soon
but simply put
I'm a newly minted college student somewhere in canada
But in the context of this site, I had been writing for three years and had been writing even trashier things way back
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Fascinating
What's your most recent story?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Oh, it's a story that's called Dream of the Abyss. The story itself is based on the idea of a character slowly losing humanity in her path to understand the cause of the world, her new found powers and the purpose of it all.
Not quite a growing-up story, but more of a... lovecraftian horror story from the perspective of someone that looked just a little bit too far.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
From what I know of lovecraftian stories, that sounds pretty wild
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Obviously, its not something that could use a format that work well with Royalroad. Its a bit too serious for 2-3k chapters or daily updates.
But hey, its been a slow burn that gets philosophical really quickly
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Philosophical things aren't all bad
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
I argue that a good story would need something along that line to draw people in
Though webnovels are often characterized as "digital light novels", I think having something with some meat in it would be interesting.
Sadly, its not something that webnovels are known for.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Meaty things are fun
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Oh yeah, it can
But people don't like existential crisis during a morning ride in the train to work or to school.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Those are the best times!
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
But saying that — its something that I think is relatively unexplored.
There are many clear-cut trends on web novel, especially things like LitRpg and systemized magic.
And most stories are power-fantasies
I think that I'm trying to turn the trope on its head and mess around with it in a novel way
Through weird settings, long chapters, wild perspectives and shifts in languages.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Everybody loves long chapters
They're a pain to write, though
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Are they?
I find the idea of short chapters to be rather...
internet-like
It's like eating cereals
one by one
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
We try our best, us authors of the short chapter
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
No, no! Its actually amazing how people can churn out so many chapters to actually somehow build up a backlog.
Especially when it comes to having daily updates.
It's something unimaginable to a eh-writer like me.
What about you? Mr Interviewer.
What made you join this community of internet writers?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Well, this is certainly a turn.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Of course, its a conversation.
I would feel bad monologuing
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Well, I've always liked writing and I liked sharing my stories with my family.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Ohhh, family?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Yes
I've got...lots
But anyway, I started thinking what it would be like to post my stories on the internet
It began with Wattpad
What I wrote on there will not be discussed, but know that I had plenty of stories
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Wattpad, huh.
I think, most people that would have access to this interview would have some form of impression about Wattpad
I had an Wattpad account too, but I didn't actually end up posting anything there.
Turns out romance and the like is not something I can write well enough to even conceive going online
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Heh heh...yeah...
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Though, I must say, most of us probably came from Wayyyy humbler beginnings.
Of which I think would ruin your impression of the illustrious me forever
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
You don't know what I've written, Boxxy
I think you'll be fine
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Hmm... Fanfictions?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
No
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
inserts laugh track here
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Although I have written some about Percy Jackson and Maximum Ride
When I was younger, I had a bit of a fascination with romance
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
When I was younger, I had no idea what that word really mean. Arguably, I still don't. So I'm curious — why romance?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Why?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Yes!
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I was a horny little bugger, that's why
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Ah.
I didn't dare to put anything like that on the internet
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
My lack of common sense was evident back then
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Though, Percy Jackson was what sparked my own fanfiction writing just as well
It's a crossover with Avengers, to be precise.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Oh, I've written, well, dreamt of a Percy Jackson/Maximum Ride crossover fanfiction
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
So, you haven't actually written it?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I have
It's just lost in a sea of papers somewhere around my house
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Writing by hand is a brave choice.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
This was before I had a Chromebook
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Ah, I get it.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I'd just get some paper when I was bored and write down what I had in my head
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
I think I got something similar as well
Can't exactly remember what it was
I think I was... 8 when I wrote that piece of trash?
But man
time just flies
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
It really does...I can't remember all the things I've written
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Hopefully, with luck, we do not/
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Sometimes it's nice to reminisce, though
Bringing back that elf story I wrote when I was 12 was nice...I ended up finishing two books in the series I was planning
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
It would, but then sometimes you are reminded in the form of an email notifying you that you received an review. For a story. A story that you stopped writing seven years ago.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Are they bad reviews?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Ehhhhhhh
Reviews on fanfictions are weird
Less spoken about the subject the better it would be.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Well, I've got to ask you, Boxxy.
Have you read That Boy Hare?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
I have not...
Should I?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
le gasp
I advertise it almost as much as [NoDragons] does Thieves' Dungeon!
Albeit not as well; no one could be quite as good as [him]
But still often enough
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
huh
googling now
Huh
That's a wild thing you have going on there, buddy
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
It is, isn't it?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
That's...
Huh Intensifies
Well, that's another thing on my reading list
Unfortunately, I have two essays to hand in tomorrow
So my vague promise will have to do.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I know the pain
My English teacher assigned us an outline yesterday
That was due at 11:59 the same day...
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Seriously?
That's insane
But...
I mean
That's the same as we were expected to do in exams
Two hours for a four page essay, 35 % of your grade.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I'm just surprised she hasn't given this thing earlier
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
My condolences
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
It's just...too many months until summer comes...
Anyway. Continuing on: what's your opinion of dungeon core stories?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Dungeon Core stories are novel. Very very interesting.
Generally, it almost always sets the context of being a god-like adversary.
Where morals and instincts always clash together somehow.
HOWEVER
It is a power-fantasy, and often heavily relies on LitRpg systems
And those things can grow old quickly.
It takes something to make it special
Yet not break the suspension of disbelief
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
That's a very valid argument.
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Its not a commentary on all web novels, though, consider it as a trend that is common on RoyalRoad
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
I have to ask because I'm known for my intense dislike of this trope...
What's your view of harems?
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/345922650935263233/968867365fe8bf9f8a82e2aec40f55f6.png?size=128]
BOXXYTHEBOX
Oh man.
Where to even start?
First of all, it is undoubtedly a power fantasy
And for the sake of being neutral
this is a thing that should be considered of both Harems and Reversed Harams
----------------------------------------
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/554412784843096189/cbfcaef073a3a628159bef60bd0c5621.png?size=128]
THE3CRIMSON3KANE
Of course
We shouldn't exclude anything
----------------------------------------
> Indeed. Unfortunately, I could not continue my interview with Boxxy for long, so we had to part ways. This is it for the first interview!
>
> Next!