>>14642802>Got any samples?Nope.
Haven't written out the beginnings to most of them - just random dialogue snippets, scenes, and plot points. Although now that I put more thought into it, most of them do start off with a semi-dark beginning as you suggest. Here's two of the stories that don't and have dark subtext:
>A young alchemist befriends an aspiring knight. Although the alchemist is wacky and whimsical, it's clear that it's a facade put on in order to keep the knight as his assistant - he's nothing but a tool to the alchemist; their friendship is a lie.The aspiring knight finds that being a "hero" - and life in general - is a lot more nasty and grim than he imagined, slowly uncovers the alchemist's true personality and motives, and gets involved with higher forces due to the alchemist (they end up "killing" the God of Death half-way through their story). Their adventures slowly go from light and jovial to dark and morally questionable.
>A knight is tasked with going around his kingdom and spreading his religion by helping those in need. The situations he encounters, though ridiculous and comedic, points to darker forces working in the background - it's obvious who is moving the strings, but he remains in denial, believing in his holy causes.The finale is him fighting the leader of his own religion, who was attempting to get an entire kingdom to indirectly believe in an evil god. He witnesses horrors beyond human comprehension during the battle.
Do you find that this subtext would set the proper tone for the story?
