Talk:Tertiary Positioning/@comment-28549248-20200916154642

Okay I've read it.
Okay, so the ending was pretty hype with all that happened and with all the different sides that were involved. And yet I feel that it was also in many ways abrupt and left me with more questions than answers. Not necessarily in a bad way, just means it leaves you wanting more. And I hope that more will be given.
When reading the first new chapter, I was about to start saying stuff about the classic solution of love triangles involving one of the people involved dying and being sad about Cyclone, the very originator of this series, dying, but looks like it might not quite be the case... At the price of Kate working for the Rogues. That does not bode well and that chapter ending carried a lot if impact indeed.
The feel when you're Intrepid and you decide to go save your daughter-sort-of and you end up bringing Kate and a few spaceships with you; the Rogues; and the Maelstrom; and result in the base being taken over by the Rogues, becoming a stepping stone for thedude's conquest in other dimensions (and he doesn't even find Rowana)... Good job there buddy. To be honest, Talmid has a 2/2 track record of messing up by trying to find Red after SOTS (I don't remember farther back well enough to say his other attempts were also bad).
Somehow it doesn't surprise me that this was Mikhaila. I think I suspected it could be her when she was first mentioned. This whole deal also explains how Macabross came to the Rogues' hands. Though in regards to the relevant postscript, is the Maelstrom that appeared Flumberfluff or Teenyweeny Maelstrom. I think at first I thought it was the latter, but with what I believe the postscript is implying it'd have to be the former. Because if it is Flumberfluff that is a pretty neat connection to Concerning the Construction of a Certain Rad Washing Machine and Rhoddwr Marwolaeth in general.
And thus Killian x Verbina is confirmed. In Teenyweeny. Who knows what happens elsewhere? It's pretty neat seeing the two of them in the future, especially seeing what a Killian that never went to Milt would be like. I like the Rise of thedude connection of him being a writer still like he was when thedude first met him in Flumberfluff. Also ducks.
Rowana is just as mysterious as ever, though, and I have trouble figuring out what she's thinking. Assuming that no other story further exploring her past comes out, I'd say that's the storyline that feels the most incomplete. I don't at all understand what her ending is supposed to mean. It implies a new attempt to create a dimension, but nothing known that's happened before or after that shows justification or consequences of that. There's also several references to "what happened two days ago" and such and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to know what that means. And in the end it still did not connect to TM, so there's still that part of the story left unexplored. If you do plan to continue the story in some form or another, that would appease my concerns for now, though I do hope that at some point Rowana stops being so quizzical both in her act and the way she's being written.
The fact that Brocktree continues caring so much about the singular Talmid when his base is being invaded by 3 or 4 other parties felt very narrow-minded. I expect better from Brocktree. What's happened to you, man?
Red Herring was a nice play of words, but that Jaycee reveal was so frustrating not gonna lie (although positively surprising). And at this point, Rowana is honestly getting pretty annoying. I might be a little too caught up in Aiden's perspective, but while I understand why she'd be mad at her father, what the hell does she expect from Flumberfluff Aiden? She's done nothing but remain mysterious and standoffish, pushing him away and suddenly it's his fault? I'd understand if her point was that she never wanted him to get close and she disapproved his continuous attempts to do so, but saying that gave him his chance and it was Aiden that failed her seems quite pretentious. I don't doubt that she has a certain reasoning behind that and once again I could be missing something due to memory, but acting like it's all everyone else's fault is a rather self-centred mindset. Not to mention, I very much disagree with the idea of "I gave you your chance, you failed, now I never wanna see you again even if I know you've changed". And honestly, I could also say similar things about her father, too, in the sense that while I understand a lot more why she's mad at him and the fault mostly lies with him as the originator of the issues, it's still not like Rowana didn't contribute from one point forward and that her father can't change (let alone that I'm pretty sure he's supposed to have loved her always, just was bad at showing it). But family issues are a lot more complicated and I don't blame Red that she's so caught up in them. And while the relationship with her not-actually-father wouldn't be simple either, it does not have the kind of baggage as that with an actual parent she's known for years.
Is the maneuver mentioned in postscript 2 one of the things that's mentioned/used in this story? I'm kinda missing the immediate relevance of the explanation of this meaning. Also, I'm having trouble figuring out a part of it: Is it particularities? Particular ities? Something else entirely?
As for Postscript 3, did you think your means of encryption were enough to stop me? The first ones were easy, but I also recognised the Welsh as soon as I saw it.
Don't know entirely what "window of opportunity closes soon stop swan in danger stop stop contradict fate stop" is supposed to mean, but at least I know what is being said.


And with that the story is over. I liked it, it was a good read. But it only leaves me with wanting more.