Talk:Starcross/@comment-28644276-20161028220405

Ok, I've been waiting for a while to get some time in order to properly add myself as a supporter here. While FC/OC has some very good verses, yours really takes the cake for me.

I could say that part of it is because I really like the whole space stuff, but that would be far from the truth. The ideas for both the verse and its characters are not only original, but they also feel detailed enough that each piece of the verse seems to be there for an actual and very good reason.

And the big picture that is formed when you take all of said pieces and put them together is a very beautiful - and even grand - landscape: The world of Starcross.

I could go on and on about the verse, but I'll just talk a little about the characters, (If I were to talk about SOLSTICE in particular, I'd probably stay here all day, as she just so happens to be my favorite character in the verse).

To begin with, the characters are powerful and that's awesome. But you know what's even more awesome? That they have their own "flaws" as well. No, I'm not talking necessarily about "flaws in power". They each have a certain flaw in one or another aspect of their beings, that is. Be it their personalities, be it in their powers or just in their existences. None of them are what you would call flawless.

And here is the best part: They are still AWESOME, even with said flaws. In fact, the flaws might make them even more awesome and here's another point where I really enjoy this series: These flaws open way for other types of fighting. Characters fight their opponents, but they will also fight their own flaws. Up to a certain point, they will also be fighting themselves.

It opens way for conflicts of different kinds and at the same time it gives depth to the actual direct battles. This is the point where the real ability of a creator comes in for me: The ability to make a character be awesome precisely because he has that side which makes him something more, and that side which makes him something less.

How will (s)he use the more to deal with the less, or the less to deal with the more? And how does (s)he live, fight and go ahead with this, all while fighting his battles? This is something I see in Starcross. And it certainly makes me respect this verse. That's not all I think, but it certainly is all I need to say.