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 text itself. The author conveys what he wants to express to the reader through his own words, and the reader understands the author's meaning by reading the text. This is the most ideal communication status, but the actual situation is that Lao Mo often has to come out to explain the plot in person.
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 the time, this idea may be too much. 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 something that Lao Mo Xian has nothing to do to satirize or imply something. I am not a critic, nor a politician, I am just playing for fun at most. Geng, you probably don’t think that Lao Mo is a writer of tragic dramas, but there is a saying in China that one can see the whole leopard by looking at one spot. This also represents our traditional way of observing society and the general environment. Hayes The 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. During this period, the empire was extremely vast. Some wars either failed or ended hastily, and most expeditions reached a stalemate. Entire legions and battle groups were annihilated frequently, just as Hayes encountered sadness, sorrow, pain, struggle, and failure... The entire human empire in 41,000 At the end of the year, I also encountered a series of failures and setbacks.
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.
And 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 writing only focuses on gods and demons, demigods and supermen, and those so-called "chosen gods", you will get a glimpse of the whole opposite perspective. We generally call it "peeping through the pipe", just like everyone now When traveling to India, if you 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 characters like Mabo, then wouldn’t the so-called fall of the empire seem like a very developed country? Like a little joke in story time?
Some readers also asked, what role and significance does your writing have for the plot?
Lao Mo privately believes that reality can be illogical, but it must be logical. 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 says and what he does , it also has to be within the overall context in which he lives and the sum of interpersonal and social relationships, rather than saying 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 wars, weird magic and demon gods. But Lao Mo can only say sorry, because I myself am a fan. A person who writes what is on his mind, that is to say, if an author cannot or cannot express his feelings 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 Mo. After all, I am not a platinum writer. Mo has never boasted about how good his writing is, and the results of this book are not that great. Top-notch, I didn't 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 readers who I disagree with. 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 blame", so it is easy to become A situation where all the problems of the human empire are attributed to some alien enemy or supernatural force, and then all problems are solved by becoming an enemy to it. However, in fact, the empire's own problems are the empire's own problems, and there is no shirk. The responsibility is not to face them head-on, instead of saying that they are all worse anyway. We cannot say that Chaos or aliens are worse, and then the empire cannot be mentioned...
The most core problem is that GW is a European cultural enterprise that was born in the Cold War era and the country where it is located even retains the monarchy. This determines that 40K must have strong conservatism + Christianity and other limitations. Although these Limitations also shape the unique charm of 40k, but in our country of Confucian cultural circle + socialism + materialism, these limitations will also form some flaws that we think are unreasonable and inappropriate, so for When it comes to fan creation, which part should be kept, and which part should be transformed or discarded? This is the most difficult and the most important thing. However, everyone has different standards, and what Lao Mo can present is naturally the same. It is impossible to satisfy all readers.
The above is what Lao Mo wants to say, and I hope it can be helpful to readers.
