Rereading Fable shorts by Peter David. The Reaver one was excellant (in character, funny, just the right amount of danger to balance out the over-the-topness of a certain someone), but I just can't bring myself to like the Jack of Blades one. The plot was a good idea, the way we know nothing about Xiro was nice...at first. But, after everything happened (I don't want to spoil it too much for anyone who wants to but hasn't yet read it), we still know nothing about the MC. The best line in it was:
He leaned in toward her, closer than he’d ever been, almost eye to eye, and when he spoke, it was as if he had opened a small door into her brain and poured in an army of black spiders to work their will upon her:
“I’m not a Hero.”
And she began to scream and never, ever stopped.
Okay...well, how did he do it? Who the hell is this guy? It's certainly not JoB...or is he? Mr. David, did you just completely fool all of us twice in one short? Or did you just get lazy and not know how to end the story? It feels like he didn't enjoy writing it, which makes me not enjoy reading it. It's too fast-paced and it feels like there should be an epilogue or some extra chapter that just isn't there.
I dunno, maybe I'm just being spoiled or something. It was a let down, in my opinion, that makes me nervous for the Theresa one. ...I'm gonna shut up now. *hides*