Thread:AngryLance/@comment-37028137-20200128044919/@comment-39280634-20200516185326

The Weary TimeLord wrote: Greetings Lance

Mental illness is tricky and there is no quick fix so my guess is Vellantha will be dealing with that forever. I really want the character to have an understanding and her two personality be 'on the same page' a sort of agreement after twenty years or whatever time I eventually choose.

I initially had the whole thing taking place over several centuries since the story takes place over thousands of years. But I wasn't sure if that would bog down the narrative to much.

What do you think I am overthinking this? Or do I need to go further here?

Ah also I meant to ask how's work on the profiles coming along?

Cheers,

The Weary TimeLord. Seeing that for some time now I'm having increased visits of my step-brother and his wife, as well as intensified house chores AND work from home, I sadly haven't got much time left for my 'projects', at least for the moment (I should have some more time for myself the next few days).

As for the time lapse of Nick and Vells, I can now see the bigger picture here. I understand that you simply just can't suddenly 'fix' mental issues like a switch and that it's something you have to slowly come to terms with or aleviate instead (I think I worded that kinda wrong before). Seing as they are two VERY long-lived individuals and that they both struggled with their respective issues for hundreds of years already, I think 20 years might seem a little fast for them to get better.

Not wanting to sound like I can't make up my mind, I think you can raise that time to say, 30-ish (I'm trying to come up with the best possible ratio of 'lifespan<->mental recovery' time, without making it look too fast for their lifepan or too slow for the narative; that's still up to you, but I believe it should be alright under at most half a century).

That's the best I can think of, considering that immortal or long-lived characters like yours are a bit over my head at the moment (I'm thinking of one such character myself but she's just around 2000 years old; a mere kid compared to Nick and Vells). Sorry.