This is my first thread in this community, though I've loved KQ since I was four, learning how to type "SWIM" before Graham drowned, and small-child Sylver went bawling to her mama because she just killed the King of Daventry.
I'm adoring everything TSL so far. The music is just amazing particularly - I could talk about that for ages. But what I have to address here is the writing. My God. The narration and dialogue were clearly written by a very longtime fan, with often the express purpose of fondly tugging at other longtime fans' heartstrings -
Oh, yay! Hole in the Wall! C'mere, cutie! 
OH MY GOD it's the Dangling Particple, why does this make me so stupidly HAPPY?! - ... Or punching them in the gut.
CHAPTER 2 SPOILERS FOLLOW.Several times in just these two chapters I've been on the verge of tears. Whether that's happy
(Wedding! I love weddings! And it's ROSELLA AND EDGAR, finally!), devastated (Alexander's scars... holy hell, poor baby. Suddenly everything Mannanan did to him hits home...) or horrified (Oh dear God don't jump Valanice!).
I wasn't expecting this. Maybe I didn't even know how very important all of these characters are to me, and have been since before I can remember, but. They are. And I certainly didn't expect for this game to wreak such wonderful havoc with my emotions.
And not just the bad ones either. Don't you DARE stop with the
"boring walks down Memory Lane!" I want to hear about Cassima hiding in a vase when she was little! I want to hear about Valanice talking to her flowers, and Rosella asking why the princess can't save herself from the dragon. These are revelations that fit so well it's like we've always known, but it's wonderful to hear again. It's these little HUMAN moments that make them real.
And here more than ever, I'm feeling that... King Graham is just kind of
Good Personified, isn't he? In chapter 1, I think a defining moment of his is refusing to take shelter from the magical storm without Hassan and the First Mate ("They're my crew, and if they're not going, neither am I!"). And later, his observations on the scarily pretty guillotine... Comforting Edgar, helping him see the good that comes from every awful moment...
Yeah. My heart kind of jumped into his hand. If everyone had a dad or a father-in-law or friend like the Graham you're showing us... well, the world would be a much friendlier, safer place.
So, thank you writers. Thank you so much for not only bringing them to life again, but giving them new life. Showing us that they're every bit as wonderful as we remember, and giving us new reasons to love them. Thank you for making me fall in love again.
... I can't wait for more.
