Table of Contents for Gaining Perspective by Lyngard

Chapters: Gaining Perspective by Lyngard

Story Notes:
I have submitted this story to fanfiction.net, but I am interestest in reaching a larger ThunderCat fan-base. This is my first attempt at writing for the ThunderCats. This is also my first attempt at trying a different writing style.
I've decided to take a scene that I've written and present it through each character's perspective. The first chapter (prologue) is the scene written entirely in third person. The subsequent chapters will be in first person from the point of view of each character and perhaps some peripheral characters as well - it will detail events leading up to the prologue, interpretation of the prologue, and a conclusion.
Aside: It's been a long time since I've seen TCats, and I only got to see the first season and later movies. I'm basing this storyline right after ThunderCats Ho!

1. Prologue (680 words)

2. Tygra (2078 words)

3. Panthro (2490 words)

4. Pumyra (4120 words)

5. Lion-O (4227 words)

6. Cheetara (7129 words)

7. Interim (7286 words)

8. Aftermath (5535 words)

Reviews for Gaining Perspective

Reviewer: Philip Gipson
Date: July 30, 2013 6:03 AM
Title: Aftermath

I loved the entire story. The differing viewpoints were well thought out, and Cheetara's secret was just as much thought out. What happened to her clan will haunt her for the rest of her life, but at least she has the support of her friends...even Lion-O.

Reviewer: Aria Moonsinger
Date: September 21, 2011 5:27 PM
Title: Aftermath

I really like this story; it shows a side that the show never really conveyed about the Thundercats. Especially what clans were on the ships that the Mutants destroyed in the "Exodus" episode.

Author's Response: Thank you for the kind words. One of the things I loved and still do about the original series was all the room to expand upon and play with of the elements left unexplained - always a thread left dangling for the fiction writer to weave. Cheers, RL

Reviewer: Thunderdork
Date: September 16, 2008 11:51 PM
Title: Aftermath

This was a really great story. The character interaction was flawless. Everyone seemed in character and it never stopped being interesting, even though it was primarily based around that one scene (I can only imagine how hard it was to write). I'm looking forward to reading the sequel

Author's Response: Thanks for the kind words. I truly enjoyed writing each perspective - seeing through the eyes of each character gave me a new appreciation for them. Suddenly Snarf didn't seem so bumbling, Lion-O so overbearing...
You can expect the same feel in the next story - although it will be differing scenes from differing perspectives. Oh, and I'm thinking about taking on mutants or at least one of them. Should be fun.
Regards, RL

Reviewer: Ithil
Date: March 05, 2008 6:49 AM
Title: Prologue

I loved it! We L/C shippers need more stories like this, please keep writing! And I agree with you, Anne Malcolm's fics were very inspiring. I hope to read more of your stuff!

Author's Response: Thank you. I will probably try another story in this fandom as soon as I tackle a few other fandoms that I have been neglecting. I know there is a lot of the story left to tell. When I do write again, it will prbably be an angsty road to uniting L/C. There are so many issues that become roadblocks along the way. Great fiction fodder for the writer though. Regards, RL

Reviewer: thezaxfactor
Date: February 24, 2008 10:53 PM
Title: Prologue

I really enjoyed this piece, and was honestly rather moved by it. Great job!
The scene in the Cats' Head had me on the edge of my seat with its constantly changing perspectives. That location has never seemed more frightening to me as it did in that scene. Although, I must say, getting into Cheetara's head in that scene relieved some of the tension. Not sure if that was your intention.
I found myself drawn deeper into the story with each new perspective, and was never bored by the repitition (which means you succeeded). Actually, I found the few identical phrases between some of the perspectives to be endearing, if that makes sense.
One thing that struck me was how sparse on detail the prologue seemed compared to the rest of the story. To be honest, the prologue didn't hook me at all. It almost seemed awkward. But in the grander scheme of the story, it should be sparse and awkward, since we have no perspective at all.
Anyway, fantastic first effort. Keep it up!

Author's Response: I'm so glad you enjoyed my first published forray into the ThunderCats.
You are absolutely correct in the way that the prologue seems dull compared to the rest of the story. It was simply a scene, a setting.
As for the characters perspectives, I never expected to use all of the characters that ended up making an appearance in the story. So many people were interested in characters that I simply hadn't even considered as part of the story. The story itself simply snowballed.
It was additionally tricky as I didn't know the characters of BenGali, Pumyra, or Lynx-O very well. I only remember them in the movie. I never saw season 2 of the series. Then again, that may have been a benefit to this fiction. I was free to create backstories with no influence.
Glad you weren't put off by the repetition. Hopefully, seeing the words from another's perspective still kept it "fresh".
Thanks again for the review.
Regards,
RL

Reviewer: saltygirl
Date: February 11, 2008 4:35 PM
Title: Interim

i stumbled across this in fanfic.com(?) just recently. i must say i really enjoyed reading this. it takes effort to try & think how several different characters' p.o.v.'s will differ & interweave. i esp. enjoyed bengali's & lynx-o's interaction.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
I'm particularly pleased that you liked BenGali and Lynx-O's interaction. Neither of these characters were planned to have perspectives in the original storyboard. I had requests, however, to incorporate them and tried. Hopefully, they stayed in character.
In some ways, it was more fun to work with these two characters since I didn't know them very well. Trying to "see" as Lynx-O was also a novel experiment. Hopefully, my interpretation of his senses made sense and was believeable.
Regards,
RL