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First of all, I apologise if it sounds or may sound combative, really not my intention. I liked the previous liberation of this story despite it flaws. This one started perfect, if not for this little plot hole, and really irks me. obvious plot holes/unexplained logic like that can really kill a story, and I don't want that. my suggestion is to stick to your original conclusion to this Arc, just change how you went about it. I can guess from the latest chapter that he is going for an anti-hero, independent type. If so, then just escaping from Re-Destro and being labelled as problematic in the media, and having a meeting/ being aware of the HPSC after him, ties all of this with a neat little bow.
This is pretty stupid and out of the left field for a supposedly intelligent and grey MC, stopping the fight when he was winning and agreeing on keeping the Meta liberation a secret for the sake of two people who he hold no familial affection for and were basically planning on making him a child soldier. kinda soured the whole thing. if you had plans down the line for the Meta liberation, this wasn't the best way to keep them relevant.
Honestly, I'm glad you are taking criticism into consideration. Another point is his relationships with his family. At this moment, they feel opportunistic. As his only value to them is his power, which isn't very condutive if you plan to develop their relationship in a positive way in the future. They need a bit of redemption arc for that. If it's heading in a negative one, then you are in the clear.
I'm not trying to flame you, so hopefully, you take what I write next as constructive criticism. Drama is important in a story, I agree. but there is a difference between drama that feels natural to the plot and artificial ones. In this case, he hid something from one of his girlfriends. She found out and was solved in like 3 dialogue lines. so there was no payoff to that little segment. If your MC isn't stupid, he would have learned from that little interaction not to repeat that mistake again. But having him learn nothing from it, just for a little drama down the line with MJ and May, is bad writing.
Then, have him develop his demonic power then, which is based on imagination. better than somehow removing the concept of a conceptual power.
How does that work exactly ? Power of destruction is an energy capable of conceptually destroying anything it comes in contact with.