Wait a minute.... I thought Ian and brian are the same person. Like reincarnation stuff and all...
Well, yeah... Ian is Brian's reincarnation, but they aren't really the "same." They feel like different people, y'know? With their differing personalities and life experiences and all.
Well technically they are the same person, but different personalities. It makes the flow and length of the backstory justifiable considering "brian" keeps getting mentioned little to no context before. The thing that I'm worried about is the transition from the backstory to the main story.
I'm also worried about that because of how long the backstory is. It's going to be awkward to adjust back to the original flow of the story, like I mentioned. While Brian's life provides a lot of insight into what happened in the past, I don't like how long it is. It probably could've been summarized in a shorter way while showing the audience the impact Brian had AND without disrupting the main story.
However, like I said before, the author has their own way of writing. Maybe they'll be able to tie everything together well, but that'll be decided once the future chapters come out.
I really wanted to learn about Ian’s past self, but now it just feels too drawn out. Like, the author couldn’t have summarized the past in a better way without neglecting Ian for such a long time? I get it— Brian was an amazing man who changed Soliete’s ways, or whatever. But why write the story like this? If you wanted to lay out everything, do it chronologically, or AT LEAST in a way that won’t disrupt the original flow of the story. The author established Ian as part of the main cast, and now, it doesn’t even feel like it’s his story anymore. It’s frustrating.
The author has their own plans, and it’s up to them how they want to write their story… But I REALLY don’t like the way it’s written now. The pacing and exposition of the past is just too much. I hope Ian will come back soon. I want to see how he develops as a person and how his relationships change.