Comments of chapter undefined of The Mech Touch
The Mech Touch
Exlor
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Hey Exlor, how much have you actually studied the wu xing and the 5 phases? Because they aren’t really “elements” that make up all reality, the Wu xing are better defined as the phases of all things. The action a thing is taking is what determines which of the “5 elements” it belongs to. Wood is the beginning of the cycle, it penetrates and stands firm, spring shoots piercing through the cold of winter. Lightning belongs to the wood phase for it branches and penetrates much like roots, and legs penetrate to the ground and support the structure, hence a artillery mech’s legs could be wood phase inclined. Fire is explosiveness, rapid action, short burst, not sustained. It is the phase of sudden movement, of early summer. Earth is steadiness, neutrality, patience. It is stillness and toughness, and is of late summer. Metal is decline and degeneration, degenerating through things in its sharpness, metal is autumn and chill winds and steal all warmth. Water is flow, and change, stable yet easily altered, it is clouds and rain, pervasive yet with no penetrative power, and is of winter. The way you’ve been using them makes me feel like either Ves doesn’t understand them or you are using your own version for your book instead of the actual classical version in Chinese culture (to be fair, most Chinese novels don’t even understand or properly use the Wu Xing, or the Cycle of the Five Elements/Phases). Either way I’m enjoying the story, it’s just confusing sometimes to try and figure out if this is a modified Wu Xing or just Ves not understanding it’s true nature.
Honestly I haven’t studied this stuff, but this story portays cultivation from a limited and different perspective. I do not like to copy other people’s stuff, because I have to abide by their rules. That said, there are many different interpretations of cultivation concepts, so there is still room for the descriptions that you have written. It depends on whether I like it, whether it fits the narrative and if it does not contradict my earlier writing. In any case, what is written so far is very shallow because Ves has to figure out stuff on his own.
Ya know, when this novel started I thought, "How novel, an interesting approach to weapon cultivation (mech pilots(cultivators) ascending through predetermined ranks and defying reality) and smithing cultivation (mech designers)!"Seriously though, i never thought it would straight up become a slightly different cultivation novel after years of reading...Exlor,Is this gonna end up a pure an unadulterated chinese cultivation novel where in the end none of the beginning , the origin , matters; where the mc becomes a whole other creature and bears no resemblance or relation to himself from just a few years or chapters before? Because...you know....we can just read BTTH, or ARoaMJTI, or SH or another 🍅 book...