For the past few months, I've been having mixed feelings over the progression of this story. I thought changing the 'tag' would make things more flexible for me on what I should write, but that didn't really solve the underlying problem I was having. It wasn't until very recently that I realized I've become dissatisfied with how it's been going and writing it has become more of a struggle than a fun past time for me. It's important for me as a writer to enjoy doing my work, because if I'm not having fun writing it, then you guys might not enjoy reading it.
So, as much as it may hurt me to do this, I've decided to put Great Sage under a hiatus for a rewrite. I'll be going back to around chapter 28-29 where things I believe have started going downhill and take the story to a different direction. This means Sarise, Melody, and all humanoid Familiars that made an appearance up to now will be cut. My reason for this is that I want to go back to the roots that made me want to write Great Sage to begin with: Fairies. I'm going to be giving the Fairies back the spotlight they had from the start and make them the true start to Soar's harem. I admittedly added Sarise out of my weakness for demon girls, but that quickly gave her and Melody later on more attention than what I had planned initially. All the Aura lore and stuff that followed also made things more confusing for me to keep track of, and I'm certain some of you have felt the same on this.
I'm not sure how long this story will be on hiatus for as I really want to plan out how this new plot will progress while giving all the remaining characters the attention they need. I'll also need to make up a hell of a batch of chapters to go on when I get it back up and running again. Once I get closer to releasing again, I'll start taking down the old chapters from all the platforms, so this will give you a chance to have one last look through of the current story up to now before all the chapters past 28-29 are gone.
For those of you who have enjoyed Great Sage the way it has up to now, I apologize if this isn't to your liking. Maybe you don't like it enough to drop the story altogether, I don't blame you for doing it, but this is something I have to do for myself as a writer. I'm still relatively green as a creator, if I have to be honest, so I don't think it will be that bad. As for those who still wish to read the story and follow me on this new path, I thank you for your continued support, and I'll do my best to make sure you enjoy this new direction as much as I will. I'll keep you guys updated on the 'new' Great Sage's progress and when I'm getting closer to being ready to re-release. In the meantime, please give my other stories a look as those will still be updating weekly as scheduled. If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please let me know and I'll try to answer to the best of my ability.
Thank you again for your wonderful time and support. Please look forward to the new direction I'll be taking on 'Living the Great Sage Life with my Fairies and Lovers in a New World.' Until next time.
If you want to include summons can't you use the OP Brawler system where they are beasts first and MC has to find something to power them up and evolve them to humanoid form?
That way they wont be a s*x symbol right from the start so you can build up their characters and slowly slide them into the harem while the Fairies are a more obvious and solidified presence in the harem throughout the journey.
If so I recommend something that could fly and something that could be used as a mount.
Won't there be some backlash taking something from one of my other stories and reapplying them here? If it has a negative impact, I'd like to avoid copycat tropes and concepts when possible. If you've seen Hiro Mashima's works (Rave Master, Fairy Tail, and Eden Zero), you can see how he likes making copy-pastes of his characters in his series.
@Orange_Rain That is something you as an author need to decide. Of course you can consult us readers in these discussions we are having but do what you feel right. Maybe you will find a spark of inspiration from these ramblings of ours that could help you.
Regarding the copycat troupe that happens to many authors as a result of having found something that works and using that elsewhere in order to make the story progress more easily. Though there are limits to how far you should take it and have it still be acceptable without turning out to be just a knockoff.
Though you can't just call out 'Shared Universe' because the world mechanics and systems are to different.
All three stories were born from your mind and brought to life by having it be written down, we just give suggestions YOU decide and choose what is best in your opinion.
@Tanskandoggi Well said! Have a cookie!
Just don't remove the old version entirely once you do the reboot. While it will likely not be as good, it still might offer something enjoyable to readers. If you are taking a different path then it is effectively a different story anyways.
It would also be best to start the rewrite as a new story post thing so that comments and reviews of the old version won't be mixed in.
That's what I wanted to say - it also allows us to look back at the 'old days' of humanoid familiars taking most of the screentime. Not only does it remove the old comments/reviews from the picture, but he can attract more attention from new readers by releasing a "new" story from the beginning. If I was the author, I would spread out the release of the old chapters to both allow for editing to make sure that the changes are accounted for and more time to stockpile chapters on a deadline.(though definitely releasing those chapters faster than 1/week till it catches up)
I suppose I kinda get it. Having him be a kid and wanting to wait until his 20's was a little strange as premises go.
That was my main issue too, like he is alrdy growing to be super op and in a harem story, what’s the point of making the readers wait an additional 10 in story years for him to become even more OP while making the harem girls wait. I like this story but it felt like he was taking two opposite plot lines and trying to jam them together and it was growing increasingly annoying. (One being a more active plot line with him training all the time to increase his power to grow stronger and wait until 21 to gain an additional super buff so that he can go on adventures. 2 being a story about an individual who is strong but wants a more passive slice of life story with a harem, in which case making the readers wait that long is rough especially considering the bulk of the story has been in like a 3 day span.)
@YukiCrow That all being said I am going to re-check out the story when the author gets back into it
@YukiCrow Oh yea I was enjoying it the authors other works are great too if you haven't seen them.
Personally, I have no issue with him wanting to wait. It also serves as a convenient excuse to utilize a time skip, if ever the author is desperate for the story to progress. But I wouldn't mind if he were precocious either. As long as the plot remains interesting and the story makes progress, I'll be here to read it!