One of the things I keep coming back to with my homage of Herge’s work is just how different is different enough?
I mean, my protagonist is a young female ex-Spec-Ops living hundreds of years into our future in a post-scarcity society, so that’s pretty different from Tintin (although money never seemed to be an issue for him). Millesabord, Tintian’s stalwart companion hews closer to Haddock, despite the gender-swap… swearing, drinking, violent, but capable with a wicked sense of humour.
The general broad-brushstroke storylines have been similar, if not the same, with science substituting in for a lot of the pseudo-mysticism that Herge often relied on.
The reason I ask is that the newest novel seems to be following the Tintin equivalent closer than usual. I think to some extent that’s because “The Secret of the Unicorn” was a pretty complex story, whereas I had to inject complexity into the older stories.
Anyway, just idle thoughts for now. I’m happy with how the novel is shaping up thus far, and hopeful that I can have the first draft done by next week (ambitious, I know, but why not?).
Other than that, might watch the “Shaun the Sheep” movie tonight. Just ‘cause.