Don't assume that because I don't discuss the details of the problems of bringing Axel into the team in the talk thread or in the group chats, I haven't thought about it much. Like Chance when I first introduced him, Axel isn't very popular right now because he hasn't been given his own chance to shine. After I found the right "pulp fiction" kind of groove for Chance and demonstrated through the story what I'd been trying to describe about the character in talk threads (with no success), he suddenly became a fairly well-liked character. That wasn't because of the character itself but because of my writing skills, and I think I can do something similar with Axel (and Mason Templar before him).
But I'm not going to discuss Axel in the talk threads any longer or trying to win anyone over to the character through description, because it just doesn't work. I'm just going to write it, and the rest of you are free to love it or hate it, or feel indifferent about it, or skip it altogether. I really don't care one way or the other, because I know at least a couple of the writers here will enjoy it, and that's who I'm writing for.
I don't mean to say that I won't accept criticism -- bring it on -- but criticise what I've actually written in the story rather than what any of you think I'm going to do based on stuff you've heard or what I've said in the talk thread or chats, because until it's actually written many of my ideas undergo a lot of revision. Judge the final product is what I'm saying.
