Hello, Jonno

  Welcome to Kane Interviews

  :

  sup. Dunno if my potato persona will stick here or not so you’ve been forewarned

  I will deal

  My first question for you is how exactly does a potato-bot fit into the real world?

  Waddya mean? We are the world

  Fascinating

  I must know, how many of your kind are there?

  Dunno. probably billions. Anything can and will be a potato, even if it doesn't think so

  Of course. I wouldn't expect anything otherwise.

  Now, you're quite a...prominent feature on the RR discord.

  What exactly do you do on there?

  On the RR discord specifically? I'm a server mod.

  Not much to say other than I do modly things

  and be the resident potato of course

  ...though some others have come to usurp my position of potato as shown by gamingwolf

  I see...

  And what's your take on the Holy Order of Potatoes?

  :kana_potato:

  All hail, potato

  As I've asked every interviewee so far:

  Do you have any stories on RR?

  Yes.

  What are they?

  You want active or do dropped/hiatus stories count?

  Anything counts

  ..cuz I’ve got no actives

  gimme a sec then

  The only stories of significance (if they could be called that) are Noodle Knight and Genesis

  There's a couple more joke or experimental things but you can check my profile page

  You're the author of Genesis?

  no, not THE Genesis, just a Genesis

  Oh...

  pretty sure that another with the same title popped up within the past year

  that's not mine.

  Well, what's that Genesis about?

  Some bloke gets digitized. It was supposed to log the build and expansion of a VR dive system being intro'd to the world at large, but I never got far due to motivation and college

  Interesting...

  Plus I never did properly map out what I wanted to do with the plot

  And what about Noodle Knight?

  NK is about a Noodle Knight called Bob. Long story short, I aimed for at least one bad pun and thinly veiled innuendo per chapter. The world setting is food-themed and Bob serves as the equivalent of baby sitter for a trio of summoned youths

  That sounds amazing

  Apparently it was. Got me more views and reads than I was ever expecting

  You are a potato-bot, after all. People are bound to give it attention.

  unless I hide underground

  lurks

  So, Jonno, how did you stumble upon RR?

  Roughly 7 years ago, I started reading Arifureta, moved on to reading some other LT'd LN/WN stuff and found my way onto japtem.com. The original novels there soon pointed me to the then Royal Road Legends.

  How nice. How'd you become a mod?

  Hmm... not quite sure really. I was mostly active and commented/helped a lot around the forums, then Wing asked me if I wanted to help out as mod. At that time I said no due to college but became a mod a few months later during a sort of mod recruitment thing.

  This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

  Served as site mod for a while, then a brief stint as site super mod, but then just became Discord mod since i'm largely inactive on-site past reading these days

  What have you been reading recently?

  binge read or regulars?

  Either. I need some recommendations.

  If I kept up my forum list I'd give you that, but since that's been a year in neglect, I'll just pull from my reading history.:

  - He who fights w/ monster

  - The Demon Lord's Lover

  - Thieves' Dungeon

  - The Cracked Earth

  - Gobbo

  - Locking Horns, Breaking Teeth

  - Super Minion

  and a lot more

  I see That Boy Hare isn't on that list...

  But that's fine, that's fine

  don’t even know what that is at the moment

  It'd do you good to find out.

  toss me a link then

  [Linked]

  lol, Racc's "review"

  I'll look the other way and ignore that

  Trust the raccoon to tell the truth.

  I noticed you read He Who Fights With Monsters

  That's gathered a lot of attention recently.

  What's your opinion of the story?

  a slightly more realistic take on a random isekai moment. He's currently getting into some political plotlines, muddying up the whole adventure appeal for the main audience of RR though.

  Most stories I see that go political usually shoot themselves in the foot by losing sight of their storyline or by just doing it so poorly

  Do you think the politics are bad?

  Personally, I like how Jason handles things.

  Even if he can get a bit too 'righteous' sometimes

  It's still fun to read

  As they are now, they're not necessarily bad, but they could have been better presented. Some of it feels a bit forced or jarring to me

  Of course.

  Sometimes I'd rather shove the nobles out of the way and get Jason back to doing adventurer things

  But I guess character interaction is ~important~

  Even if some stories only have interaction when they’re busy killing others...

  shrugs

  On the topic of killing...

  What do you think of MCs who refuse to kill when being isekai’d to another world or having the System coming to Earth?

  Depends. Some of it is too forced while others are a testament to the integrity of their morals and character, even if it is a detriment to their life in that new world.

  It depends on how well written the characters are and the way that the author reaches them

  Others are just idiots

  I feel you

  What's your take on the so-called 'naive' MCs authors tend to write these days?

  You mean the dense anime-styled MC's?

  Ya

  They tend to trend towards the annoying category these days

  Have you ever read Heather the Necromancer?

  nope. Probably shoved that on my read later list though. The name seems familiar

  It's a...fairly interesting story about a girl who becomes a necromancer in another world

  The MC falls into the 'naive character' trope heavily

  But other than that, it's a pretty good story.

  hmm... I'll give it a try if I have time and remember

  I would suspect that a potato has tons of time. But what do I know?

  I'll have you know that i'm busy.

  sitting around

  doing nothing

  still busy though

  Mhmm.

  Now, it’s time to get on to important things.

  Namely: dungeon core stories

  what about them?

  Your opinion on the way authors write them.

  Hmm...

  Dungeon core novels, or just core systems in general, provide a way for an author to have a wholly inhuman character. Whether that means that morals, logic, or anything else is thrown out the window remains to be seen as they're basically nothing more than a lump of rock or crystal.

  Many I’ve seen take the dungeon systems to be a form of "kingdom building" with the ever-increasing resource grinds

  They often have little direction because of this.

  For example: what is the ultimate end goal?

  where does it simply end? Or does it go on into monotony?

  The way I see it, many core system authors tend to lack a concrete direction and a goal. Without those, they usually burn out or fizzle after even a strong beginning

  I know what you mean.

  Too many dungeon core stories end up on hiatus...

  You have the story Gobbo on your list...

  Are you a fan of goblin MCs?

  Not necessarily. The character is simply well written. He's given a brain, makes mistakes, and thinks about not screwing up again in the future. it's been a while since I've read such a character think about their life in relation to the world and their influence upon it.

  So...an MC with common sense is what you're looking for?

  Doesn't matter if they have common sense or not if they're well written

  Bad writing is bad writing no matter what sort of setting you’ve got

  I think having a character that knows the smart thing to do in a situation fits into having a well-written story as well

  it can certainly make it easier in many cases, but an impulsive character could just as easily appeal unless they're portrayed constantly breaking character

  That makes sense.

  Having an impulsive character gradually learn to control themselves as time goes on and stop acting like an idiot is satisfying.

  Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to catch up on Right as Rage

  Oh? And what's this story?

  The world undergoes some sort of power bestowal and some people gain what equates to magic powers. Think X-men, kinda. Anyways, the MC is a sort of berserker, outcast from his clan for his power is seen as a curse. Can't really do much when getting mad means hurting the friends and family around you

  Ooh

  I'll have to check that out

  Alright, one last question for this interview, Jonno

  okay

  Do you know da wae, brudda?

  

  
1. I'm a potato. I sit in one spot. How the heck would I know directions?


  

  I'll concede to that point.

  I'll see you around, Jonno. Have fun doing potato-bot things!

  Thanks, been nice chatting

  Always happy to be of service.

  

  
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