User blog comment:Promestein/Starcross - EQUINOX vs SOLSTICE/@comment-28644276-20180329183655/@comment-28644276-20180329190556

Definitely!

Most of the time we have the two sides on a clearly antagonizing fashion, so whenever we get something like the route you took for Starcross, it's both fresh and very pleasant to read if well executed, which I totally think you did. ^_^

That's why I definitely felt like pointing that out. That being said, nah, I'm 'k Lies while putting the sob pillow away.

The funsies apart, nah, I get where EQUINOX is coming from. Not sure if you actually made that theme as an underlying notion intentionally, but her fight with SOLSTICE might be seen from a more "metaphorical" standpoint as the fight of people to detach themselves from what may look good on the surface but ultimately hurts you more in the long run and you have to let go - or even kill that part of your life, so you can truly get the rest of it back.

It can be an habit, a lack of something that you have to get around, some possession, memories regarding the past or, as exemplified here, even a person. That always hurts and there will be doubts, which is why I think the portrayal of EQUINOX in front of this battle was so well played. She wasn't just concerned with the generic stuff of "Can I win, how powerful is x, how will I use y?", which is a component, but not sufficient by itself to make a battle like this flow. That emotional substance you gave - whether intentionally or just as a result of the narration you decided to make - made it count for the better in more ways than one. ^_^