Talk:Eden Rising/Episode 21/@comment-26217707-20130509215222/@comment-1107423-20130510001740

Thanks bro!

My intention with the flash forwards is to create a confusing, possibly misleading timeline of events to keep readers on their toes. Showing what happens to Darla is not intended to kill suspense persay but there's an old saying I heard, it mentioned leaping ahead of the narrative... It's not the showing of the death that matters, it's the journey there that makes it satisfying. And that's my goal.

Revealing Darla's death in the premiere was a way for me to test those waters and see how it would be handled on Eden. Expect more flash forwards and more elaboration on darlas predicament as the season goes on. Concerning PJ & Ash, that's a hanging thread in the next episode sadly. But we will get back to them in episode 3.

Tom & Leigh is going to be interesting. I wanted to end their present day storyline on an optimistic note and then jump back to the flash forward timeline to show that no... Everything is not going to be okay between these two. I'm excited to get there, to that particular confrontation.

Gwen and Manila's disappearances are big plot points as well. Manila is finally getting a huge storyline on her own this season, I wanted to separate her and PJ more this season to define her more as her own character and not an extension of his. It's going to be insane when she finally makes her appearance.

The "snapdragon" represents deceit. There will be a lot of deceit throughout the season so to the title is not representative of just this episode but of the entire season, so just keep that in mind as it continues :)