Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-27012445-20150923201343/@comment-27012445-20151002171726

Wow! I am so glad my new direction worked. The story in its current states owes a lot of it creation to you and your feedback and comments. I wanted to tell a Creepypasta revenge story. I ended up with a concept I still loved but with a story using the familiar formula of the monster in the closet. You really challenged me to think more about motivations of the antagonist, which led to the addition of the Deacons and the Father. Now I could add some symbology like the the "6" and "7". The presence of the cult activity then made the Goat and other masks more reasonable to accept in a world of pagan gods and rituals. I really hate to lose the dog interactions, I was trying to make Matthew more human through his relationship with his dog and protector, who he had to leave in order to learn how protect himself and find peace. I didn't want him to be an emotionless stone cold killer, but a good person who realized on the battlefield that sometimes bad things need to be done in order for bad things to be stopped. He is going to make those men suffer for what they have done and commit the same evil acts on them, with enthusiasm from a sense of justice, not just hate. I was trying to make Artemis a symbol of the goodness that is in him. I wanted a message that although he is doing evil things, with Artemis at his side, the evil wont consume him and his story will end a happy one. But having said all of that, your feedback has been spot on, so I will try to tone down the affectionate scenes. If it still doesn't work, then I will remove the character. I hope I can save her, the pet-people bond are very important to me and are my way to represent empowerment, salvation, and strength for my characters.