Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-4849011-20180321014712/@comment-4849011-20181015031544

You know how sometimes you look back on a story you wrote and realize something about your own story? That happened to me. Doom Vroom and I had speculated on whether the keepers were in control of their actions or not (and which would be worse), and then something made me think of this part one day.

"'I’ll explain shortly. Right now you need to be quiet. If you don’t, then I have no qualms about gagging you.” He chuckles and adds, “Then again, I don’t have any qualms about being gagged, either.'

"The keepers look at him in surprise, then look away awkwardly."

I realized that since those keepers could feel embarrassment about Cerdis's admission about his sex life, that means they weren't being controlled. They did this without being coerced by Cerdis. That doesn't mean all the keepers have free will, though, which brings up a new question- which came first, the controlled keepers or the non-controlled keepers? Were these keepers convinced that the operation was okay by previous keepers who were actually being controlled, or did these keepers lure new keepers who ended up being controlled? In the end it's up to the reader to decide.

That's good! Don't worry; any victims Cerdis has will be freed. Will do! :-) One thing I'd need to do as far as the comics are concerned is decide whether this particular story is something that's actually happening or Cerdis's fantasy (As long as I do it properly, I don't think the latter would be a cop-out because 1) he actually has subjected people to mind-control and conducted experiments, so he's still a very real threat and 2) that's still a warped thing to fantasize about). In either case, yeah, you know the heroes will put an end to any evil schemes he has!

Speaking, of Vroom, I've posted a good amount of Cerdis-related material on his talk page so it's readily available to share. Here's a sampler platter if you're interested. Toward the end of this talk page thread is an entry for the character. I also have a couple excerpts from a graphic novel I plan to do someday. I'm not going to give anything away, but I think you'd enjoy that last one. Take care!
 * A two-page comic with a scene between Cerdis and a character called Specter- https://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Doom_Vroom/Archive_9#No_Clever_Response_Title
 * A passage about how Cerdis betrays Specter- https://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Doom_Vroom/Archive_13#Assault_with_a_deadly_pepper