Some words about the recent plot
First of all, I would like to emphasize that Lao Mo always believes that the best communication bridge between readers and authors is actually the novel text itself. The author conveys what he wants to express to the readers through his own words, and the readers Understanding the author's meaning by reading the text is the most ideal state of communication, but the reality is that Lao Mo often has to come out and explain the plot himself.
In fact, I originally thought that after reading it for so long, everyone would have a more or less understanding of Lao Mo’s writing style and creative ideas, at least not to draw hasty conclusions. However, most of Maybe this idea was too taken for granted...
Back to the book, first of all, this plot is definitely not tragic for the sake of being miserable, nor is it because Lao Mo Xian has nothing to do to satirize or imply something. I am not Critics are not political figures, they are just making jokes at most. People probably don’t think that Lao Mo is a writer of tragic dramas. They just say that we have a saying in China that one can see the whole leopard by looking at one spot. This also represents our A traditional way of observing society and the general environment, Hayes's experience along the way is actually the process of the entire human empire in the 41st millennium.
If you know something about the plot before the Great Rift, you should know that GW originally defined the 41st millennium, especially the last hundred years, as the "End Era". You can check it out. This paragraph During this time, most of the empire's wars either failed or ended hastily. Most expeditions reached a stalemate, and entire legions and battle groups were annihilated frequently. Just like the sadness, sadness, pain, struggle, and failure that Hayes encountered along the way... The entire human empire also suffered from successive failures and setbacks at the end of the 41st millennium.
It's easy for people to draw hasty conclusions based on what they see at the moment. It's not just Hayes who thinks he's a "pill." The whole empire is filled with the atmosphere and views of "pills" from top to bottom. Hayes is just one of many "pills" "The humblest and most ordinary member of the army, so Lao Mo's portrayal of Hayes is not to "show misery", nor to pour water on him, but to let everyone truly understand the turmoil, despair and decay of the empire at the end of the 41st millennium. Where does it come from? After all, the empire is not an independent natural entity. Its essence is still a political and social entity composed of countless people like Hayes. It is they who determine the rise and fall of the entire empire and its atmosphere.
After Hayes experienced so many hardships and witnessed so much suffering, what was his final decision? I think everyone has seen that he, who is already disabled, carries his aging mother (Imperial) who has lost her husband (Emperor) and son (Primarch) and lost most of her mobility. This is how the precarious Empire can The reason for getting through this final era is that there are always righteous people standing on the ground, there are always righteous people walking on the road, and there are always the bravest people protecting it very well. This is also my personal view of the background of Warhammer 40K over the years. core understanding.
On the contrary, if the text only focuses on gods and demons, demigods and supermen, and those so-called "chosen gods", you will get a glimpse of the completely opposite perspective, which we generally call A glimpse of the leopard is just like when people travel to India now. If they just go to Mumbai or Calcutta, you may have the illusion that India is also a very developed country. If the mortals in the book are all characters like Ma Bo, then the so-called empire Does sinking look like a little joke at story time?
Some readers also said, what role and significance does your writing have to the plot?
Lao Mo privately believes that reality can be illogical, but novels must talk about it. Whether it is the behavior of the protagonist or the behavior of the people around the protagonist, there must be no reason. Even if it is a virtual character, what he does What he says and what he does must be within the overall context of his situation and the sum of his interpersonal and social relationships. It is not that he is a space warrior or a god, so he should be like this.
As for the relationship between the protagonist and the heroine, as well as the gestation of offspring, some readers are worried about the so-called "big tail" topic. If you can combine the part of the plot that I brought out about Buddhism, the setting of the Bewitcher, and the gods of the Eldar race There must be some clues about his personal setting. Lao Mo is not a writer who is good at short and fast plots, but I think readers can trust Lao Mo’s plot construction ability. Just like the Ork Tyrant may not be perfect, but at least he can create a good story. It’s a lifelike Gook, isn’t it?
Of course, I can also understand that many readers come for the Astartes, for the magnificent war, the weird magic and the demon gods, but Lao Mo can only say sorry, Because I am a person who likes to write what is on my mind. In other words, if an author cannot or cannot express his thoughts directly, then I feel that no matter whether it is grades or other benefits, it is meaningless. .
As for some readers who think that the plot is cliched and not novel enough, I can only say sorry to this old Mo. After all, I am not a platinum writer, and Lao Mo has never boasted about how good his writing is. The results of this book are not that top-notch, and I did not expect that everyone would have such high expectations for Lao Mo, but Lao Mo is indeed just an ordinary writer, not even a full-time writer...
Finally, there are some I don’t quite agree with the reader’s point of view. A very special aspect of the background of Warhammer 40K is that it has one or several enemies that can always be used by humans to “pass the buck”, so it can easily become a scapegoat that will overthrow the human empire. Problems are all attributed to some alien enemy or supernatural force, and then all problems are solved by fighting against it. But in fact, the empire's own problems are the empire's own problems, and there is no shirking of responsibility for not facing them head-on. There is no room for it, instead of saying that they are worse than worse anyway. We cannot say that Chaos or Aliens are worse, and then the empire cannot be mentioned...
The core problem is that, as a person born in the Cold War era, gw , the country where it is located even retains the monarchy of the European cultural circle enterprises, which determines that 40K must have strong conservatism + Christianity and other limitations. Although these limitations also shape the unique charm of 40k, in our country In the country of Confucian cultural circle + socialism + materialism, these limitations will also form some flaws that we think are unreasonable and inappropriate. Therefore, for fan creations, we should choose which part to keep and which part to choose. It is the most difficult and important to transform or abandon part of the work. However, everyone has different standards, and what Lao Mo can present cannot satisfy all readers.
The above is what Lao Mo wants to say, and I hope it can be helpful to readers. (End of this chapter)