Thread:RCM9698/@comment-25132749-20161215190227/@comment-29707934-20170804221725

You can use the communists, but I wouldn't make them them to comedic. If they are just about jokes, they aren't a threat and the problems of their ideology aren't shown. The leader thinking his santa claus and a pirate is overkill, and in my opinion not even funny. It's just unnecessary weird and you can't take him seriously at all.

The grandfather could certainly be a tragic element.

You can origanize them like that if you want, but in a book there's no need to create all these categories. You have men, you have machines and you specify their weapons based on what the situation requires, if you specify them. For example when a guard is taken out in a book, thgey usually don't bother to describe his armament in detail, unless he attacks with a specific weapon. But even then it's not that important, and just used to better describe the situation. In general, it does't matter if the guard carries an axe, a sword, a spear and a long knife.... That's just not important.

While I like magic that acts more realistic, I would again advise against overcomplication. Unless you plan to write six tomes, you use way to many (of somewhat unusual) concepts. Again, every element has to have a place and some significane. If it's just there and barely touched upon, it just distracts from the story and makes it seem less coherent.

Good luck with your health, i hope you get better soon. You really don't have to rush to have an answer, I answer way slower than you anyway. Part of that is thanks to an unpleasant discussion on reddit, were people don't seem to get how basic logic and facts work.