Guest post by "Being Useful" Battlefield Earth is a book so compelling that an entire religion(Scientology) is based on it.
"Battlefield Earth" is a movie, based on said book, that is so horrible that most people involved in it have published public apologies, and most people agree it contends for the spot of "Worst Movie Ever Made".
The book had 1 author. The movie was written by committee.
No matter what we think, you should keep writing the story you intended to write. Love it or hate it, it will still be the story it's meant to be.
If you bind your hands by the edicts of the worst fears of every person who reads this, the story will go nowhere. It's not my story to write. It's not anyone else's but yours.
If it goes to the tragedy we expect, others will see our wisdom. If it resolves a way we never expected, we may actually learn a new perspective on life.
It was once said, "The purpose of art is to shock and surprise the viewer. If it doesn't do this, it's not art." I don't think that's entirely true(Monet's waterlillies aren't exactly shocking), but it does have a point.
You can always go the battlefield earth route, and try to please everyone, but you know you don't want to write that story, and you'd regret doing so.
Molly is a scary character. She's designed that way. She even looks scary, with her highly unique art style. If we weren't at least a little taken aback by her, I think you'd have failed to get the point across.
Now you're upset because people look at the scary character, and think scary thoughts.
Keep going with the story you intended to tell. You're doing good, and the fact some of us are actually afraid of what Molly has rattling around up there means you've done a good job of making her, and the people she interacts with, seem real to us.
This is meant to be "The Princess, by Christine Smith", not "Twitch Plays Pokemon". Don't forget that.
