Harukochan wrote:I know this probably counts as a necro-post
How sad would it be if the place we answered questions had turned into a dead thread?
You have questions, we'll answer them. We just miss the new questions sometimes. For that, we apologize.
(And it's not that I like to speak with the royal "we" - Christina is right next to me as I type this, so it is actually true that 'we' are answering the questions).
Harukochan wrote:Who's mind was placed into the Elizabeth and Luna clones? I know they're probably loyalists to von Brucken, but I always find myself wondering about the fate of throw-away characters.
These were trained agents of Bruckenstein, absolutely loyal to Von Brucken (though the second one seems loyal out of fear, not nationalism).
The files Luna found in Volume 1 were part of a training process for a group of loyalists, each of whom was to replace a specific wealthy and/or powerful scion. So they'd all been trained to do this job for one specific student, and in the case of Elizabeth, that's who had the mind-swap done with the clone.
Now, Luna was not one of those targets, so a combat-trained agent made the swap, but not one who'd been training for a year to slip into Luna's life.
We had originally toyed with the idea of having Dr. Warren's mind be the one mapped onto the Luna clone for the final fight, but rejected the idea because it was too simple and clean a 'full circle.'
Harukochan wrote:If the series continues, will we see just how bad Elyse von Brucken really is
Who says she's evil? She was doing her Count(her husband)'s bidding, and as a result, she was shot off a cliff and kept prisoner for 10 years. She's got reasons to be angry at the U.S., Control, Luna, and her husband.
She could be acting out of pure revenge...
Or she could have a bigger agenda. Those are the questions we would start asking in a second series/continuation.
Harukochan wrote:and if Jonah will be a good leader, unless he is being manipulated?
Also questions for the next series. Jonah's agenda, whether he's his mom's puppet, and whether or not he's able to run a country, these would all be explored.
I'd let you in on our current thinking on these questions, but Christina would have to kill me. (Even though none of our current thinking is anything close to the final answer on these questions, since we're not writing or even plotting it yet).
Harukochan wrote:How real are Count von Brucken's feelings for his family? Does he love his wife or does he just feel obligated to seek revenge for her "death"?
Again, answers could change as we eventually sit down to do the actual writing... but our current thinking is that the Count does love his family.
He was seriously outraged when Jonah was expelled. In his own, over-controlling, not-expressive-of-real-emotions-besides-jealousy-and-rage way, that was paternal love.
And he did love his wife, and has been looking to avenge her death - hey, he might even have felt guilty about sending her on the mission (why she was chosen for the mission would also be one of the questions explored in a later series... as we currently see it, he had married his country's greatest spy, so she was the best he had).
Also, just because he has switched sides, it doesn't mean he doesn't love his family. Jonah 'betrayed' him by not revealing Luna's identity, and when Elyse and Jonah had the control of the country, they chose to leave him to rot in an American jail. That's the ultimate betrayal. His family betrayed him, not the other way around (in his mind, at least).
Harukochan wrote:And...I'm wondering what'll happen if Francesca ever finds out about Luna's secret.
That's a tricky one. The events at the school have left Francesca seriously weirded out by clones and genetic engineering. So she may not respond well to the notion that Luna was grown in a lab.
However, now that she's dating a science geek, maybe she'll lighten up on the matter.
Maybe.
Neoridgeback wrote:so was it all ways your intention for oliver to never stand a chance at getting luna or did just come out that way as you wrote?
We knew all along that Jonah and Luna were the couple at the heart of this story.
However, in a future volume, Jonah is now officially the enemy. This makes the dynamic between them very different.
Who's to say that Oliver won't have a chance in the future?
Luna may love Jonah, but she is 16, and not everyone remains in love with the person they loved at 16.
Any other questions? We're happy to answer. No dead thread here!
i mean that he was like captured right? so i was wondering if he got away or is he being like held prisoner or something...?
I really didn't like how it ended that much. I'm really happy that Luna ended up with Jonah..but now what's gonna happen to Oliver?...how about his dad is he gonna stay in Jail.? hmm.... and why did the Count joined Luna? I mean Lunas mom did said that Jonahs mom is worse then the Count. but ugh! did you guys had to put a cliffhanger at the end?? >_<