To any new readers who have come to the blog because you've started reading the fanfic now that it's labelled "Complete" or you've just stumbled across it... lemme direct you to the right-hand pane over there (desktop version) and scroll down to the appropriate sequence of chapters you're on. I've got chapter numbers up too, so that should help. Each post deals with a sequence of chapters, and there will be spoilers if you haven't read all in that set. If you're on mobile, I think you should just be able to scroll down and click on the post you want.
Spoilers below if you haven't read this far.
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Well, time to talk about the final things about Zerith's wedding. Like I'd planned to do two days ago before getting sidetracked. Yup.
So I decided not to kill Xigbar. I just... didn't want to do that to the sharpshooter. It seemed weird, doing that, honestly. I'd grown attached to Xigbar. He's amusing. And, honestly, he's got reasons to want to live. Is he completely innocent, nope. But he's just as glad as everyone else to be rid of Xehanort, so that's saying something. He makes his weird amends by warning everyone at the wedding that Xehanort is coming, then after Xehanort's gone, he leaves as well.
Man though.. okay... I got like SUPER FIRED UP about wedding traditions on different Worlds and I was thinking about it for DAYS. Way before I'd even written the sequence. I was thinking about it nonstop and everyone I talked to about it was basically just like "magik, shut up."
The traditions of people being thrown in the ocean, who makes their own dresses, seeing the bride beforehand versus not seeing the bride beforehand, going out and doing stupid things the day beforehand, celebrating the last day as a single person traditions... all that stuff.
I really love the paopu fruit tradition though, and it seems so natural for Destiny Islands to have one like that. And Kairi's just thinking the entire time Zack and Aerith are planning their wedding that... "They have to do this, well, they don't have to, but they should have the option... I'll just bring a fruit and it'll fit into the ceremony... WAIT THEY DON"T HAVE A SPOT FOR IT!"
That was fun to write.
I imagine that Destiny Islands has very informal weddings. Like, weddings are just a big party to them. Where as a place where Rinoa's from, they're more formal and traditional. And then there's the fairytale weddings of Disney and the simple ones of Traverse Town and the varieties go on and on. Yeah...
I can't remember why exactly I insisted on having a time skip... maybe just to show the passage of time. Because I'd had this scene with Xion written forever showing the passage of time and I'd never been able to use it. So, when I decided that Zerith was going to have a spring wedding, I just had everything else wrap up in the fall. Then I could do a time skip and some recap and whatnot.
And then we've got the hints to Squinoa's wedding. Which will happen. I just probably won't write it, I'll be completely honest. I haven't really come out and said this yet... but I'm going to be taking a break from fanfic for a while. I have two or three other writing projects to work on and they all have the prospect of money. I'll probably write drabbles and one-shots and post them of course, but I don't think I'll be taking on an epic again. Squinoa's wedding totally happens in my canon, I just may not write it. (Does that still make it canon?)
For anyone who's confused, Cid and Shera had a private marriage ceremony and left it at that. Kind of like how you play Dirge of Cerberus and they're married and you're just like "okay" because Vincent doesn't ask too much about it because... well... Vincent.
I remember freaking out about who I was going to have be the justice/officiate of the wedding. And then it was obvious. None other than Mickey himself. Because what says Kingdom Hearts more than Mickey officiating Zack Fair and Aerith Gainsborough's wedding? (While Sora and the gang are in the audience.)
Ah yes, then the real questions. What about everyone else? Will they eventually get married?
Well, Cloud and Tifa aren't even dating. They're still both trying to get used to living a life that doesn't involve Sephiroth. They'll eventually get together I suppose.
Everyone else.. (with the exception of Terra, Aqua, Ven, and Axel) is all still in their late teens. Marriage is several years off, despite what Destiny Islands thinks for Riku. (They lead simple lives on the islands and are wholly unprepared to understand the EVERYTHING that the Keyblade Wielders do.)
So Riku and Sora can just joke about it.
HGHSGNGSGHSGDLKJSD:GLKH
The chairs for Angeal and Aerith's parents.
I remember reading something somewhere, a text post or something, about how at Aerith's wedding (if she were to have one) she'd put chairs up for the people who wouldn't be able to make it. So that's how Angeal and her parents got chairs.
The dream that Aerith had, with Angeal and her mother wishing Aerith and Zack well... that was something I literally cooked up the day before I posted it. It wasn't in the original draft or anything. But then I thought of that idea and had to include it. And I think it wraps everything up very nicely. The whole last few chapters do.
So, this is Magik, signing off for now. It's not goodbye forever. But it's goodbye for now.
Thank you to everyone who supported this endeavor of mine! I'll post updates and probably give you a link to a blog for my (not fanfic) stuff.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Letters from the Girls (63)
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I'm trying to remember if it was a conscious decision to have the letters be written only by the girls on the cast, or if that is just what happened. And I can't remember in the slightest.
I knew I needed another letter from Tifa, because it had been a while since I'd done one of those and Tifa basically sends a letter to Cloud from every world she stops on that has post (which is pretty much all of them). Plus, it was just fun to have her write one from Traverse Town where he totally was recently. And then make references to everything.
The letter from Aerith was just about necessary. It's furthering the plot where Aerith wants to go see Radiant Garden and has asked Zack for help. I think originally, she was just going to ask him when he swung by next, but that was before I started doing the letters, and it didn't make sense for her to wait, so that got changed. Meanwhile, as I'm writing that, I can make casual references to the holidays. Which I'm doing again, now. Teehee!
Then there's Rinoa's letter, which was also somewhat necessary because I knew Rinoa wasn't going to be able to swing by Traverse Town for a bit because of training. She's got lots to do and she feels she only has so much time to do it, (we've gotten past the point where she's going to burn up from the inside with power, but anyway). Yeah, so there's that letter.
And then, I decided to do a letter from Kairi. Apparently, I have a thing assigning letters to students. I guess it's cause I had pen-pals when I was a kid? Probably something like that. Only because Yuffie had to do one too, but she wrote to Cloud. Kairi wrote to Sora, and was adorable. And I did a picture of her letter, because look at that adorable handwriting! Kairi, in general, is just so darn adorable, sometimes I don't know what to do with myself.
Anyway, so a deeper explanation about how come there hasn't been one big holiday bash together. Lemme take down some current ages in here so I don't have to keep flopping around... Rinoa and Leon are 21, making Aerith 19. Kay. The two major couples at this point, Zerith and Squinoa basically met 4 years ago. For those first two years, Squall and Rinoa were away saving Rinoa's world. Zack was dealing with Genesis during that time. He dropped by to see his parents one year, and ended up spending the other with Angeal. The following holiday is after Angeal's death, and Zack probably forgot about the whole thing entirely. Aerith didn't want to drag him back for the holidays because he was clearing his mind, so the gang in Traverse Town had a quiet one with the addition of Leon now that he was back. Rinoa was busy dealing with excess Sorceress power. And, the next holiday is actually the one that's coming up. Ha! I knew I could figure this all out.
So, if you haven't noticed, I'm going to have a holiday sequence in the Prequel. We're a few chapters away from it right now. I'll post it closer (wow, I almost said close it poster) to Christmas. If I have time (read: when I'm done with the next 6 essays, 1 short story, and 2 finals), I'll do a somewhat AU holiday sequence with Sora and the gang set sometime during Betwixt and Between, probably.
I'm kinda in a super holiday mood, if you haven't noticed from my Axel icon with a Santa hat on Tumblr.
Oh my gosh, my holiday sequence could involve Sora dragging Riku to Christmas Town. I've been meaning to do that. Oooh! That's exciting.
But back to my holiday mood, even my D&D group is doing a Christmas special this coming Friday. (Of course, given how the group is south of the equator, it's totally going to be Christmas in July in Pleasantville (Pleasantville has nothing to do with being south of the equator, just the town we're in...) Anyway, but yeah. This is exciting. It keeps me sane during the last push of school.
I'll be posting a little slower, like every 4 days instead of every 2, only because I just can't keep up with everything I want to do for any given chapter. But, I'll probably pick back up again once the break starts. Though, I'll be wanting to catch up on writing, too, so I'm not entirely sure.
Well, enough of me jabbering.
No spoilers on what's gonna happen for the holiday sequence. :P
Teaser Quotes:
"Fire in the hole!"
"You have got to be kidding me."
"You can say that again."
"Stick close. We can watch each other's backs."
"How did it go?"
"It went."
"Can people have darkness?"
"What do you mean?"
"Can someone's darkness manifest into its own separate person?"
AND A CHRISTMAS VIDEO!
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I'm trying to remember if it was a conscious decision to have the letters be written only by the girls on the cast, or if that is just what happened. And I can't remember in the slightest.
I knew I needed another letter from Tifa, because it had been a while since I'd done one of those and Tifa basically sends a letter to Cloud from every world she stops on that has post (which is pretty much all of them). Plus, it was just fun to have her write one from Traverse Town where he totally was recently. And then make references to everything.
The letter from Aerith was just about necessary. It's furthering the plot where Aerith wants to go see Radiant Garden and has asked Zack for help. I think originally, she was just going to ask him when he swung by next, but that was before I started doing the letters, and it didn't make sense for her to wait, so that got changed. Meanwhile, as I'm writing that, I can make casual references to the holidays. Which I'm doing again, now. Teehee!
Then there's Rinoa's letter, which was also somewhat necessary because I knew Rinoa wasn't going to be able to swing by Traverse Town for a bit because of training. She's got lots to do and she feels she only has so much time to do it, (we've gotten past the point where she's going to burn up from the inside with power, but anyway). Yeah, so there's that letter.
And then, I decided to do a letter from Kairi. Apparently, I have a thing assigning letters to students. I guess it's cause I had pen-pals when I was a kid? Probably something like that. Only because Yuffie had to do one too, but she wrote to Cloud. Kairi wrote to Sora, and was adorable. And I did a picture of her letter, because look at that adorable handwriting! Kairi, in general, is just so darn adorable, sometimes I don't know what to do with myself. Anyway, so a deeper explanation about how come there hasn't been one big holiday bash together. Lemme take down some current ages in here so I don't have to keep flopping around... Rinoa and Leon are 21, making Aerith 19. Kay. The two major couples at this point, Zerith and Squinoa basically met 4 years ago. For those first two years, Squall and Rinoa were away saving Rinoa's world. Zack was dealing with Genesis during that time. He dropped by to see his parents one year, and ended up spending the other with Angeal. The following holiday is after Angeal's death, and Zack probably forgot about the whole thing entirely. Aerith didn't want to drag him back for the holidays because he was clearing his mind, so the gang in Traverse Town had a quiet one with the addition of Leon now that he was back. Rinoa was busy dealing with excess Sorceress power. And, the next holiday is actually the one that's coming up. Ha! I knew I could figure this all out.
So, if you haven't noticed, I'm going to have a holiday sequence in the Prequel. We're a few chapters away from it right now. I'll post it closer (wow, I almost said close it poster) to Christmas. If I have time (read: when I'm done with the next 6 essays, 1 short story, and 2 finals), I'll do a somewhat AU holiday sequence with Sora and the gang set sometime during Betwixt and Between, probably.
I'm kinda in a super holiday mood, if you haven't noticed from my Axel icon with a Santa hat on Tumblr.
Oh my gosh, my holiday sequence could involve Sora dragging Riku to Christmas Town. I've been meaning to do that. Oooh! That's exciting.
But back to my holiday mood, even my D&D group is doing a Christmas special this coming Friday. (Of course, given how the group is south of the equator, it's totally going to be Christmas in July in Pleasantville (Pleasantville has nothing to do with being south of the equator, just the town we're in...) Anyway, but yeah. This is exciting. It keeps me sane during the last push of school.
I'll be posting a little slower, like every 4 days instead of every 2, only because I just can't keep up with everything I want to do for any given chapter. But, I'll probably pick back up again once the break starts. Though, I'll be wanting to catch up on writing, too, so I'm not entirely sure.
Well, enough of me jabbering.
No spoilers on what's gonna happen for the holiday sequence. :P
Teaser Quotes:
"Fire in the hole!"
"You have got to be kidding me."
"You can say that again."
"Stick close. We can watch each other's backs."
"How did it go?"
"It went."
"Can people have darkness?"
"What do you mean?"
"Can someone's darkness manifest into its own separate person?"
AND A CHRISTMAS VIDEO!
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Brotp Feels (ch55)
Because Zack and Cloud are one of my brotps.
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They really are though. This chapter basically just solidified their friendship for me in my head. Mostly asthey're derping around in the Shinra building as they're on a mission to get materia. Because, though they've sort of started to call each other "friend" before, it's in this chapter that it's completely legit.
It's where we realize that Cloud's slightly impressed with Zack's shenanigans, and he'll do anything if he thinks it'll work. And Zack's like "yes! I like this one! I will keep him!"
Of course, they're not entirely just shenanigans, given how there's the entire discussion at the beginning of the chapter when Cloud's telling Zack how he basically just figured that Zack could take care of himself in the event that anything happened and meanwhile Zack's thinking that if anything were to happen, he'd manage to take care of them both. (Zack's not going to let anything on the scale of Angeal happen again.)
That picture up there is just so perfect (though they totally didn't take the stairs in my fic, but the elevator), the idea behind it is so accurate. They're infiltrating the Shinra building! Like partners in crime! I was so happy when I stumbled across it a couple of weeks ago in my image search.
Also, I'm very excited for upcoming chapters because it's when Cloud actually gets integrated into the rest of the group. Sure, he's met Yuffie and I've made a slight reference to Yuffie liking Cloud (like, doesn't disrespect him) from FF7. But Aerith! And Leon! And... eeheehee! Can't wait!
Surprisingly, that's all I have to say on my brotp feels at the moment.
But you can have some teaser quotes!
"Who sabotaged my cannon!"
"I didn't do it!"
"I was actually going to ask if this is the last of the milk..."
"Yeah. Tell Aerith we need more."
"I don't like flying."
"Nobody asked yeh."
"Don't you ever wonder what Radiant Garden looks like?"
"Um, to be honest, no."
"I wish we knew how to fix Worlds."
"That requires something called Kingdom Hearts. And a Keyblade. I think."
And then there's this gem!
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It's where we realize that Cloud's slightly impressed with Zack's shenanigans, and he'll do anything if he thinks it'll work. And Zack's like "yes! I like this one! I will keep him!"
Of course, they're not entirely just shenanigans, given how there's the entire discussion at the beginning of the chapter when Cloud's telling Zack how he basically just figured that Zack could take care of himself in the event that anything happened and meanwhile Zack's thinking that if anything were to happen, he'd manage to take care of them both. (Zack's not going to let anything on the scale of Angeal happen again.)
That picture up there is just so perfect (though they totally didn't take the stairs in my fic, but the elevator), the idea behind it is so accurate. They're infiltrating the Shinra building! Like partners in crime! I was so happy when I stumbled across it a couple of weeks ago in my image search.
Also, I'm very excited for upcoming chapters because it's when Cloud actually gets integrated into the rest of the group. Sure, he's met Yuffie and I've made a slight reference to Yuffie liking Cloud (like, doesn't disrespect him) from FF7. But Aerith! And Leon! And... eeheehee! Can't wait!
Surprisingly, that's all I have to say on my brotp feels at the moment.
But you can have some teaser quotes!
"Who sabotaged my cannon!"
"I didn't do it!"
"I was actually going to ask if this is the last of the milk..."
"Yeah. Tell Aerith we need more."
"I don't like flying."
"Nobody asked yeh."
"Don't you ever wonder what Radiant Garden looks like?"
"Um, to be honest, no."
"I wish we knew how to fix Worlds."
"That requires something called Kingdom Hearts. And a Keyblade. I think."
And then there's this gem!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Yup, more letters (ch54)
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It occurs to me that my author's note on this chapter doesn't make a whole ton of sense, or it makes sense, it's just highly unamusing. This is entirely because I was putting the chapter up late last night and I was sleep deprived and working through the medication over the migraine. (I should have been sleeping, but there was homework....)
So, ignoring the odd author's note, let's talk about the chapter.
I don't really ever plan out the letters chapters. I never have, I probably never will. I basically just look at my outline and decide "That looks like a good place for a round of letters" so I put it in. There have been a couple of times where I elected not to do the letters because I couldn't think of anything to write and I don't want to force the letters. This was one of the instances, however, where I could better bridge what was going on through letters than anything else.
So, starting with Aerith's letter to Zack, what we're dealing with here is Aerith first trying to help Cid, because Aerith likes helping people in general, and she's been asking around to see what might work best for Cid's cannon prototype. She asks this of Zack some undetermined time before this chapter and he responds sometime later (though still before the chapter, the last chapter also) about materia. This is the letter Aerith had written before the start of chapter 53, she finishes the letter to Zack and starts one to Rinoa before going and making dinner, there was her afternoon. Aerith does the usual thing and tells about how Traverse Town is. Then she asks about Cloud because she cares. Then she tells Zack not to be jealous because she still cares for and thinks about him as well. She tells him her dream (which stemmed from a dream of mine, actually... because I legit dream about this stuff). Aerith asks about Zack and also what Cloud's favorite foods are. She makes a comment about wanting to go to festivals, but then ends the letter. She curiously does not talk too much about herself, not really. A point I will discuss later.
Aerith's letter to Rinoa is the letter she's writing at the start of chapter 53 when Leon joins her at the table. Aerith's super awkward in this letter, I realize, looking back at it. There's an awkward introduction and it just continues being awkward from there. She talks a bit about herself, but only in the mage-sense to give Rinoa a background. Then she goes into that whole "nice" thing which just cracks me up. She's so blunt about it. Also, she completely rats Leon out and it's amusing. She asks Rinoa about what sort of food she likes and then what it's like to fly. Which, is both a reference to Aerith being scared of the sky and the wings Angeal has in Crisis Core. The being afraid of the sky part comes in where Aerith says how she thinks it would be scared to fly. Not that Aerith's actually afraid of the sky in my universe, because she's not, she sees the sky as a way to connect with Zack when they're worlds apart. And then the whole freedom of wings is a reference to Angeal. Yup. Then Aerith asks if Rinoa has any suggestions for the cannons in her typical helpful manner and then closes the letter wishing Rinoa luck. Again, Aerith talks little about herself. (I feel like I'm writing an essay here, but I'm actually just reflecting on Aerith's character.)
Then there's Leon's letter to Rinoa which he spends most of chapter 53 writing. Side note, I keep changing what Leon's handwriting is, annoyingly. I just can't settle on something in my head. I know it's a bit of a scrawl, but that's all. Anyway. Leon's awkward too, but he's always awkward and Rinoa's totally okay with it. The letter is a whole ton of feels: he is angry at Rinoa's father for not caring about her, I discussed in the last blog post Leon's feels regarding Cid and his current cannon building escapades, then there's the whole Father!Cid bit that I just adore... He misses her, he tells her that he's skeptical of Yuffie, he feels weird being back in Traverse Town, but he loves Aerith's cooking. A completely normal letter from him. Completely. Especially the "Also, I love you" part. Goodness, Leon.
Then there's Zack's letter to Aerith, which was probably written shortly before this chapter and the one before, but Aerith has not gotten it yet. Zack's letter actually makes me sad. He's so happy-go-lucky at the beginning. He puts the ! after Aerith's name just because. He tries to describe Halloweentown and fails (funnily enough, the world he's on is super festive and Aerith was talking about festivals, I can't remember if I planned that or not.) Then Zack starts asking about what to do regarding Cloud's nightmares. And that question isn't even completely relating to Cloud's nightmares, because Zack's getting nightmares too. Except, where Cloud's getting suffocating nightmares about the darkness and something following him, Zack is getting nightmares about Angeal. But then Zack changes the subject by saying that he considers Cloud a friend and he's really glad he met him, but he also misses Aerith and he's torn between the two. Then he starts asking all the questions that he knows Aerith's going to answer anyway whether he asked them or not, but he ends with an emphasized "PLEASE TALK ABOUT YOURSELF I MISS YOU AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE FEELING". Sorry about the caps there, it was totally Zack. And then he admits in the PS that he's getting the nightmares too and my heart simply breaks for him. *sniffle*
Wow, that was a ton of feels. I feel a bit bad about that. Except, I don't. :P
Teaser quote time!
"Well, then go. Do whatever it is you need to. But be careful!"
"I feel like there's more darkness floating around and I don't want you to get caught up in it."
"That, my dear, is a wild ride."
"Everything okay? Or is that a dumb question?"
"What are the odds that we'd end up finding each other? Two country boys who were just off to find adventure."
"You know, I think we found adventure."
"You can say that again."
I LOVE this video. Just... yes.
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It occurs to me that my author's note on this chapter doesn't make a whole ton of sense, or it makes sense, it's just highly unamusing. This is entirely because I was putting the chapter up late last night and I was sleep deprived and working through the medication over the migraine. (I should have been sleeping, but there was homework....)
So, ignoring the odd author's note, let's talk about the chapter.
So, starting with Aerith's letter to Zack, what we're dealing with here is Aerith first trying to help Cid, because Aerith likes helping people in general, and she's been asking around to see what might work best for Cid's cannon prototype. She asks this of Zack some undetermined time before this chapter and he responds sometime later (though still before the chapter, the last chapter also) about materia. This is the letter Aerith had written before the start of chapter 53, she finishes the letter to Zack and starts one to Rinoa before going and making dinner, there was her afternoon. Aerith does the usual thing and tells about how Traverse Town is. Then she asks about Cloud because she cares. Then she tells Zack not to be jealous because she still cares for and thinks about him as well. She tells him her dream (which stemmed from a dream of mine, actually... because I legit dream about this stuff). Aerith asks about Zack and also what Cloud's favorite foods are. She makes a comment about wanting to go to festivals, but then ends the letter. She curiously does not talk too much about herself, not really. A point I will discuss later.
Aerith's letter to Rinoa is the letter she's writing at the start of chapter 53 when Leon joins her at the table. Aerith's super awkward in this letter, I realize, looking back at it. There's an awkward introduction and it just continues being awkward from there. She talks a bit about herself, but only in the mage-sense to give Rinoa a background. Then she goes into that whole "nice" thing which just cracks me up. She's so blunt about it. Also, she completely rats Leon out and it's amusing. She asks Rinoa about what sort of food she likes and then what it's like to fly. Which, is both a reference to Aerith being scared of the sky and the wings Angeal has in Crisis Core. The being afraid of the sky part comes in where Aerith says how she thinks it would be scared to fly. Not that Aerith's actually afraid of the sky in my universe, because she's not, she sees the sky as a way to connect with Zack when they're worlds apart. And then the whole freedom of wings is a reference to Angeal. Yup. Then Aerith asks if Rinoa has any suggestions for the cannons in her typical helpful manner and then closes the letter wishing Rinoa luck. Again, Aerith talks little about herself. (I feel like I'm writing an essay here, but I'm actually just reflecting on Aerith's character.)
Then there's Leon's letter to Rinoa which he spends most of chapter 53 writing. Side note, I keep changing what Leon's handwriting is, annoyingly. I just can't settle on something in my head. I know it's a bit of a scrawl, but that's all. Anyway. Leon's awkward too, but he's always awkward and Rinoa's totally okay with it. The letter is a whole ton of feels: he is angry at Rinoa's father for not caring about her, I discussed in the last blog post Leon's feels regarding Cid and his current cannon building escapades, then there's the whole Father!Cid bit that I just adore... He misses her, he tells her that he's skeptical of Yuffie, he feels weird being back in Traverse Town, but he loves Aerith's cooking. A completely normal letter from him. Completely. Especially the "Also, I love you" part. Goodness, Leon.
Then there's Zack's letter to Aerith, which was probably written shortly before this chapter and the one before, but Aerith has not gotten it yet. Zack's letter actually makes me sad. He's so happy-go-lucky at the beginning. He puts the ! after Aerith's name just because. He tries to describe Halloweentown and fails (funnily enough, the world he's on is super festive and Aerith was talking about festivals, I can't remember if I planned that or not.) Then Zack starts asking about what to do regarding Cloud's nightmares. And that question isn't even completely relating to Cloud's nightmares, because Zack's getting nightmares too. Except, where Cloud's getting suffocating nightmares about the darkness and something following him, Zack is getting nightmares about Angeal. But then Zack changes the subject by saying that he considers Cloud a friend and he's really glad he met him, but he also misses Aerith and he's torn between the two. Then he starts asking all the questions that he knows Aerith's going to answer anyway whether he asked them or not, but he ends with an emphasized "PLEASE TALK ABOUT YOURSELF I MISS YOU AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE FEELING". Sorry about the caps there, it was totally Zack. And then he admits in the PS that he's getting the nightmares too and my heart simply breaks for him. *sniffle*
Wow, that was a ton of feels. I feel a bit bad about that. Except, I don't. :P
Teaser quote time!
"Well, then go. Do whatever it is you need to. But be careful!"
"I feel like there's more darkness floating around and I don't want you to get caught up in it."
"That, my dear, is a wild ride."
"Everything okay? Or is that a dumb question?"
"What are the odds that we'd end up finding each other? Two country boys who were just off to find adventure."
"You know, I think we found adventure."
"You can say that again."
I LOVE this video. Just... yes.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Magik, you should be in bed right now (Prequel Ch52)
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I don't have a tumblr for this one because I didn't make one for some reason...
The only note I really took as I was writing it was "oh look, another mini feels fest"
Mostly because it's another step in Zack's healing journey... and I'm having problems making notes live about those because of all the raw emotions.
That said...
This is a picture of Zack and Cloud as wolves.
I just... it's adorable. Anyway.
My original notes for this chapter were: "Zack and Cloud find themselves in Olympus. Zack is so upset he nearly throws the star shard. Cloud convinces him that they must be there for a reason. Zack finds his sword hanging as a trophy-momento. He turns it into a memorial."
It didn't change much from that, really, it just got expanded a whole heckovaton. I kinda feel bad for Cloud, though, because he really has no idea everything about Zack and Zack's past as it relates to Angeal is loaded. Cloud's tragic backstory is at least fairly simple... he got sucked into the darkness. (Well, okay, I said fairly simple.)
Anyway, but I love the brotp that is Zack and Cloud. Almost as much as I love the brotp of Riku and Sora. Almost, but not quite.
Basic general update... I'm sorry when I fall behind, even though my average is every other day, so when I fall behind I doubt it's noticed too much, but I do still feel bad when I fall behind (like now.) School, however, is trying to kill me and plus, I'm writing book 3 for nano (or at least a large portion of it because I can guarantee you it's going to be more than 50K (though it may not be 80K like my novel was at the end of nano last year)). But I do like interacting with you guys and I know you're all busy too, but if/when you have a moment, I love it when you drop a line!
Teaser Quotes:
"That could have gone really poorly."
"Yeah, but it was the first thing I thought of."
"Just, go in there, say you don't feel good, faint, then I'll nick some materia, grab you and go."
"Are you sure?"
"Do you have a better idea?"
"No."
"Here goes."
"Someone help! I think I've been Poisoned!"
"Midgar? What was he doing here?"
"I punched him because he said we were weird and weren't a family."
"Zack, what...?"
"Squats! I do them sometimes."
"He does them a lot. When we're not killing Heartless, that is."
"How have I never noticed?"
"Usually, when Zack's here, he's either injured, with someone who's injured, or kissing you."
Appropriate Video:
I don't have a tumblr for this one because I didn't make one for some reason...
The only note I really took as I was writing it was "oh look, another mini feels fest"
Mostly because it's another step in Zack's healing journey... and I'm having problems making notes live about those because of all the raw emotions.
That said...
This is a picture of Zack and Cloud as wolves.
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My original notes for this chapter were: "Zack and Cloud find themselves in Olympus. Zack is so upset he nearly throws the star shard. Cloud convinces him that they must be there for a reason. Zack finds his sword hanging as a trophy-momento. He turns it into a memorial."
It didn't change much from that, really, it just got expanded a whole heckovaton. I kinda feel bad for Cloud, though, because he really has no idea everything about Zack and Zack's past as it relates to Angeal is loaded. Cloud's tragic backstory is at least fairly simple... he got sucked into the darkness. (Well, okay, I said fairly simple.)
Anyway, but I love the brotp that is Zack and Cloud. Almost as much as I love the brotp of Riku and Sora. Almost, but not quite.
Basic general update... I'm sorry when I fall behind, even though my average is every other day, so when I fall behind I doubt it's noticed too much, but I do still feel bad when I fall behind (like now.) School, however, is trying to kill me and plus, I'm writing book 3 for nano (or at least a large portion of it because I can guarantee you it's going to be more than 50K (though it may not be 80K like my novel was at the end of nano last year)). But I do like interacting with you guys and I know you're all busy too, but if/when you have a moment, I love it when you drop a line!
Teaser Quotes:
"That could have gone really poorly."
"Yeah, but it was the first thing I thought of."
"Just, go in there, say you don't feel good, faint, then I'll nick some materia, grab you and go."
"Are you sure?"
"Do you have a better idea?"
"No."
"Here goes."
"Someone help! I think I've been Poisoned!"
"Midgar? What was he doing here?"
"I punched him because he said we were weird and weren't a family."
"Zack, what...?"
"Squats! I do them sometimes."
"He does them a lot. When we're not killing Heartless, that is."
"How have I never noticed?"
"Usually, when Zack's here, he's either injured, with someone who's injured, or kissing you."
Appropriate Video:
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Cid and Shera (Prequel ch51)
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I can't remember when I decided that I was including Shera, but I don't think it was the first intended outline. I think that was because I was scaling it to characters I knew I was using in AtP/BB/etc. However, I'm sure that by the time I was including Angeal and Genesis, I was including Shera. In fact, I'm pretty sure Shera got included before Genesis, even. (Mostly because I wasn't sure how I was going to be writing for Genesis, anyway...)
And, about the time I included Shera, I basically started falling in love with the whole Cid/Shera ship. (As in, I found artwork of it on dA and was like OMGFEELZ.)
Originally, Shera was basically just a stranded scientist who had a large want to get rid of the Heartless. But then, I started fleshing out her backstory and somewhere in there she ended up being a lab tech at Disney Castle and she's personally worked on the King's ship. Yep.
But now she's totally staying in Traverse Town for a bit because of a cannon attachment project. Because, at this point, gummi ships are really only used for travel. We've got a few more years before KH1 and the addition of weapons to gummi ships. This is the time for prototypes.
There will naturally be more of Cid and Shera in the future. Eeheehee.
Also, Shera will appear in Book 3! I just haven't written that part yet. Well, technically she's in the area, just the POV I was in wasn't going to allow me to introduce her... give me a couple of chapters. Yadda, yadda. (My Hades is showing.)
Anywhosawhat... that's all for now!
Teaser quotes!
"I suppose I've just figured that if something were to happen and I were to go crazy or something, you'd be able to take care of yourself."
"And you while I'm at it ... you've gotta stop worrying about hurting other people. You're not some pariah that everyone hates."
"How do you know this stuff?"
"I met a Sorceress once."
"Shoot, do you need sunscreen?"
"Have you ever been to a beach before this?"
"No."
"Really? You lived fairly close to Costa del Sol, didn't you?"
"There was a mountain in the way."
"Oh, yeah, right."
"Just pretend like you belong!"
And obligatory video! (I love this arranger!) (ugh, can't seem to embed this one, oh well, here's the link.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDfBi-blLFk
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I can't remember when I decided that I was including Shera, but I don't think it was the first intended outline. I think that was because I was scaling it to characters I knew I was using in AtP/BB/etc. However, I'm sure that by the time I was including Angeal and Genesis, I was including Shera. In fact, I'm pretty sure Shera got included before Genesis, even. (Mostly because I wasn't sure how I was going to be writing for Genesis, anyway...)
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| by jameson9101322 on dA |
Originally, Shera was basically just a stranded scientist who had a large want to get rid of the Heartless. But then, I started fleshing out her backstory and somewhere in there she ended up being a lab tech at Disney Castle and she's personally worked on the King's ship. Yep.
But now she's totally staying in Traverse Town for a bit because of a cannon attachment project. Because, at this point, gummi ships are really only used for travel. We've got a few more years before KH1 and the addition of weapons to gummi ships. This is the time for prototypes.
There will naturally be more of Cid and Shera in the future. Eeheehee.
Also, Shera will appear in Book 3! I just haven't written that part yet. Well, technically she's in the area, just the POV I was in wasn't going to allow me to introduce her... give me a couple of chapters. Yadda, yadda. (My Hades is showing.)
Anywhosawhat... that's all for now!
Teaser quotes!
"I suppose I've just figured that if something were to happen and I were to go crazy or something, you'd be able to take care of yourself."
"And you while I'm at it ... you've gotta stop worrying about hurting other people. You're not some pariah that everyone hates."
"How do you know this stuff?"
"I met a Sorceress once."
"Shoot, do you need sunscreen?"
"Have you ever been to a beach before this?"
"No."
"Really? You lived fairly close to Costa del Sol, didn't you?"
"There was a mountain in the way."
"Oh, yeah, right."
"Just pretend like you belong!"
And obligatory video! (I love this arranger!) (ugh, can't seem to embed this one, oh well, here's the link.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDfBi-blLFk
Monday, November 4, 2013
Leon's Return (Prequel Ch48)
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So, I wasn't going to do a blog post for this originally. I was just going to lump it in with like, the next couple of chapter's worth because I wasn't sure what to say. But now, because of how other things are lining up, I will be posting a blog. Heheh. You'll see.
I think I had a lot of things going through my head at the time when I was trying to figure out how exactly Leon's return would go. I knew it would be something along the lines of he just showed up to surprise Aerith. But then, somehow, it turned into he showed up via star shard, and then Aerith just assumed he was Zack and came looking, which turned out pretty darn well, if I say so myself.
Though, I will say, I kept switching between their POVs to the point where I actually got confused as to whose POV I was in. (Clearly I fixed it, but still. *rolls eyes at the two of them*)
Anyway, this is also the part in the story in general where I just had SO FREAKING MUCH going on. As in, I was dealing both with the Angeal part as well as Ultimecia at the same time. And so I'm also wrapping up those arcs at the same time. Not that Zack's healing arc is ENTIRELY wrapped up, because I don't think it ever will be, but all the same. The FFVIII arc is wrapped up, however. Sure, we'll still see those characters, but the arc is done. Wow, I did NOT know what I was getting into when I decided I was doing that. But I'm glad I went through with it.
Also, it's super amusing. I was rereading through AtP and BB to write down bits and pieces so I could remember, for multiple reasons. (like, oh, I don't know, a Book 3) and I just so happened to have written down the chapter about Zack reappearing in HB and Aerith whacking him on the head with her staff.) The next day, I post this chapter, where Aerith casually mentions that sometimes Zack aggravates her to the point where she wants to whack him with her staff. Sure, I had that chapter in mind when I wrote that bit of dialogue, but I did NOT plan me writing notes and posting at the same time. Anyway.
So yeah. Cookie, on the off chance that you're reading this, why? I'm 45 chapters ahead of where you're reading. I'll PM you with responses!
KKBeckett, yes, Leon has emotions! It was kind of amusing as I was writing because I was basically just, Leon, did you emotion?!?
Archsage, yes, people are meeting each other and it's super exciting. What's weird to me is all the people who HAVEN'T met, like Zack and Cloud, for example. Or Tifa and Leon. Or Cloud and Leon. Yeah. Um, yeah. I'll leave it at that for now.
Have some more teaser quotes, but they have nothing to do with what I'm planning on posting next. Muahahaha!
"Why would you go to Midgar?"
"Then some guy found me and I think he tried to get me to join a cult."
"I feel like I'm some sort of walking time-bomb."
"Don't talk with your mouth full. There's more potatoes in the kitchen."
"Why here? What could I possibly need to do that's here?"
And, that's that for now. But have a beatboxing cellist!
P.S. I'm writing book 3!!
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So, I wasn't going to do a blog post for this originally. I was just going to lump it in with like, the next couple of chapter's worth because I wasn't sure what to say. But now, because of how other things are lining up, I will be posting a blog. Heheh. You'll see.
I think I had a lot of things going through my head at the time when I was trying to figure out how exactly Leon's return would go. I knew it would be something along the lines of he just showed up to surprise Aerith. But then, somehow, it turned into he showed up via star shard, and then Aerith just assumed he was Zack and came looking, which turned out pretty darn well, if I say so myself.
Though, I will say, I kept switching between their POVs to the point where I actually got confused as to whose POV I was in. (Clearly I fixed it, but still. *rolls eyes at the two of them*)
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| by oblivious-life on dA |
Also, it's super amusing. I was rereading through AtP and BB to write down bits and pieces so I could remember, for multiple reasons. (like, oh, I don't know, a Book 3) and I just so happened to have written down the chapter about Zack reappearing in HB and Aerith whacking him on the head with her staff.) The next day, I post this chapter, where Aerith casually mentions that sometimes Zack aggravates her to the point where she wants to whack him with her staff. Sure, I had that chapter in mind when I wrote that bit of dialogue, but I did NOT plan me writing notes and posting at the same time. Anyway.
So yeah. Cookie, on the off chance that you're reading this, why? I'm 45 chapters ahead of where you're reading. I'll PM you with responses!
KKBeckett, yes, Leon has emotions! It was kind of amusing as I was writing because I was basically just, Leon, did you emotion?!?
Archsage, yes, people are meeting each other and it's super exciting. What's weird to me is all the people who HAVEN'T met, like Zack and Cloud, for example. Or Tifa and Leon. Or Cloud and Leon. Yeah. Um, yeah. I'll leave it at that for now.
Have some more teaser quotes, but they have nothing to do with what I'm planning on posting next. Muahahaha!
"Why would you go to Midgar?"
"Then some guy found me and I think he tried to get me to join a cult."
"I feel like I'm some sort of walking time-bomb."
"Don't talk with your mouth full. There's more potatoes in the kitchen."
"Why here? What could I possibly need to do that's here?"
And, that's that for now. But have a beatboxing cellist!
P.S. I'm writing book 3!!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Vincent's Magical Cloak (Prequel ch40)
Vincent probably hates me right now. His tag for me on tumblr is Vincent the Vampire. Heheh.
Link to the chapter
Link to the tumbl
Anyway, this chapter marks the beginning of Zack's healing, slash the end of the current giant feels fest that we were on. I say current, because I can almost promise you that there will be more fests of feels.
Anyway, I'm not quite sure when I decided that Tifa's father was just going to be this absent, uncaring, backwards-ish figure, that just sort of happened. According to everything I remember from the game/what I've read on the wiki, mostly he just didn't want Tifa hanging out with Cloud because he blamed Cloud for Tifa getting hurt on Mt. Nibel. I don't think he had any other fault than that. However, once I started writing him, he ended up being someone who didn't want Tifa to fight, partially because he doesn't want her to get hurt and partially because he doesn't think girls should fight. He also doesn't feel like it's proper for girls to go out on adventures so.... But Tifa had to drag him home for dinner to tell him she was leaving. Yeah...
It does go into my vast-array of parent portrayals, however. Like, Kairi's biological parents are just legit gone and her grandmother died, but she doesn't remember her real parents so her adopted ones on Destiny Islands are just her real parents. And they're kind and accepting, supportive people. Sora's parents are a bit spacey, I feel, but they love their son. Riku's dad's a dead-beat goner, but his mother sure stepped up to the plate and filled the role of amazing single parent.
Not sure where Aerith's dad ended up... did I declare him dead? I don't think he would have left... he probably passed away. Aerith's mom didn't survive Radiant Garden's plunge-- but she was a lovely woman before then! Leon's mom died in childbirth and his dad's a bit of an absentminded dude with a big sense of wanderlust. (He's at least redeemed himself.) Cloud's dad is dead but his mom is supportive (uh-oh, I seem to have a lot of supportive mom's... actually, Sora's mom's a worry-wort and his dad's the carefree one, still though...) I think it's 'cause Riku's mom is just going to support Riku to the ends of the earth anyway, Aerith's mom was just knowledgeable and nice and Cloud's mom was like, "go do your thing, have some food!" (Very much like Aerith, actually...) And then there's Tifa's dad, who wants to constrain her, but can't because Tifa's too darn stubborn. Oh, and then there's Zack's parents: his mother is a huge Zerith shipper and just wants Zack and Aerith to settle down somewhere and then there's Zack's dad who's totes supportive of his son going out and killing things. And then Rinoa's dad is (oh eff... maybe I'm not so diverse as I thought...) because Rinoa's dad is somewhat like Tifa's dad in the manner of controlling and her mother's dead so nothing can be done about that. However, Squeenix set me up for some of this stuff... So... yeah...
Anyway, rar and I spent like, half a morning discussing how long it would take to legit walk from one place to another, trying to extrapolate miles and terrain and whatnot. It involved quite the map search of FFVII. This was about when I was beating Crisis Core, too, so I was actually calculating things as it was ('cause Zack and Cloud on a motorcycle and all.)
But anyway, let's talk about Vincent for a bit, shall we? I have a lovely picture of him! (Excellent cosplay, actually).
I didn't actually include Vincent in the original outline. It was only when one of my readers asked if I was going to include him that I even thought about a cameo. And I figured this would be a great opportunity. Because, why the heck not? Tifa can totes meet him on the road. (I'm sorry, my roommate says 'totes' a lot and I appear to have picked it up.) But yeah, Vincent and his magical cloak are totally on the job for helping. I've also determined that Vincent's cloak can take him from World-to-World if he so chooses. Tifa's off-World transportation will come later.
And yeah, Vincent met Zack shortly after Zack left Gongaga, I feel. Before Genesis interfered, that's for sure. But Vincent never actually spoke with Zack, because Zack (like usual) was on his way somewhere and wasn't really stopping. And it is just amusing that Tifa runs into him later. (Though, her running into Zack and Aerith in Gongaga was certainly more planned than her running into Vincent.)
Excuse me while I be weirded out for a minute that Zack and Cloud haven't met yet. Okay. The minute is over.
I think that's all... so... yeah!
Link to the chapter
Link to the tumbl
Anyway, this chapter marks the beginning of Zack's healing, slash the end of the current giant feels fest that we were on. I say current, because I can almost promise you that there will be more fests of feels.
Anyway, I'm not quite sure when I decided that Tifa's father was just going to be this absent, uncaring, backwards-ish figure, that just sort of happened. According to everything I remember from the game/what I've read on the wiki, mostly he just didn't want Tifa hanging out with Cloud because he blamed Cloud for Tifa getting hurt on Mt. Nibel. I don't think he had any other fault than that. However, once I started writing him, he ended up being someone who didn't want Tifa to fight, partially because he doesn't want her to get hurt and partially because he doesn't think girls should fight. He also doesn't feel like it's proper for girls to go out on adventures so.... But Tifa had to drag him home for dinner to tell him she was leaving. Yeah...
It does go into my vast-array of parent portrayals, however. Like, Kairi's biological parents are just legit gone and her grandmother died, but she doesn't remember her real parents so her adopted ones on Destiny Islands are just her real parents. And they're kind and accepting, supportive people. Sora's parents are a bit spacey, I feel, but they love their son. Riku's dad's a dead-beat goner, but his mother sure stepped up to the plate and filled the role of amazing single parent.
Not sure where Aerith's dad ended up... did I declare him dead? I don't think he would have left... he probably passed away. Aerith's mom didn't survive Radiant Garden's plunge-- but she was a lovely woman before then! Leon's mom died in childbirth and his dad's a bit of an absentminded dude with a big sense of wanderlust. (He's at least redeemed himself.) Cloud's dad is dead but his mom is supportive (uh-oh, I seem to have a lot of supportive mom's... actually, Sora's mom's a worry-wort and his dad's the carefree one, still though...) I think it's 'cause Riku's mom is just going to support Riku to the ends of the earth anyway, Aerith's mom was just knowledgeable and nice and Cloud's mom was like, "go do your thing, have some food!" (Very much like Aerith, actually...) And then there's Tifa's dad, who wants to constrain her, but can't because Tifa's too darn stubborn. Oh, and then there's Zack's parents: his mother is a huge Zerith shipper and just wants Zack and Aerith to settle down somewhere and then there's Zack's dad who's totes supportive of his son going out and killing things. And then Rinoa's dad is (oh eff... maybe I'm not so diverse as I thought...) because Rinoa's dad is somewhat like Tifa's dad in the manner of controlling and her mother's dead so nothing can be done about that. However, Squeenix set me up for some of this stuff... So... yeah...
Anyway, rar and I spent like, half a morning discussing how long it would take to legit walk from one place to another, trying to extrapolate miles and terrain and whatnot. It involved quite the map search of FFVII. This was about when I was beating Crisis Core, too, so I was actually calculating things as it was ('cause Zack and Cloud on a motorcycle and all.)
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I didn't actually include Vincent in the original outline. It was only when one of my readers asked if I was going to include him that I even thought about a cameo. And I figured this would be a great opportunity. Because, why the heck not? Tifa can totes meet him on the road. (I'm sorry, my roommate says 'totes' a lot and I appear to have picked it up.) But yeah, Vincent and his magical cloak are totally on the job for helping. I've also determined that Vincent's cloak can take him from World-to-World if he so chooses. Tifa's off-World transportation will come later.
And yeah, Vincent met Zack shortly after Zack left Gongaga, I feel. Before Genesis interfered, that's for sure. But Vincent never actually spoke with Zack, because Zack (like usual) was on his way somewhere and wasn't really stopping. And it is just amusing that Tifa runs into him later. (Though, her running into Zack and Aerith in Gongaga was certainly more planned than her running into Vincent.)
Excuse me while I be weirded out for a minute that Zack and Cloud haven't met yet. Okay. The minute is over.
I think that's all... so... yeah!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Hurt (ch38)
Warning, this blog post is about half my feels on the chapter, and half my feels about the context surrounding this chapter. I don't expect you to read it. (not that I think anyone reads the blog anyways, but all the same...)
Link to the chapter
No link to a tumbl. I very obviously didn't livetumbl this chapter, and I didn't take notes like I've been doing in more recent chapters to put up on the tumblr later. And, well, um... going back and adding in notes just feels weird for some reason, so I'm not going to do it.
Anyway, I was going to write this chapter no matter what. It was on the slate because I knew I was going to deal with the aftermath of Angeal's death from Zack's perspective. It's not something I can just gloss over. The fact that Rand's death practically overlapped it is a completely different story. It did mean that I wrote this chapter before I wrote the previous chapter, because my version of "dealing with it" involved writing. I was going to write no matter what and I might as well be productive about it.
I sat at my kitchen table with my roommate and my sister kinda just watching, but they knew asking if I was alright was futile because we all knew the answer was "no."
So I sat there with my giant headphones in, listening to an odd mixture of the Crisis Core soundtrack, Linkin Park, Safety Suit, and Mumford & Sons, as well as a mixture of very Zack-feelsy-amvs on YouTube. And this chapter was born.
I didn't edit it too much, mostly because I wanted to keep the raw emotion that I fed into Zack. And Aerith.
Aerith is in no way telling Zack he needs to be strong and get over it. Aerith is simply telling Zack that he should not try so hard to grieve when no one is looking, because it makes it harder to function that way. It's okay to cry. You don't have to be strong all the time.
And... can we just take a second to appreciate the vast amount of strings in the Crisis Core soundtrack? I'm a sucker for strings, being a cellist myself. And... the sadness that the sound of a cello can produce, complete with the franticness of a violin. Sorry, music feels.
And, actually, I think that's all I have to say.
Yeah, it is.
Have another fitting video... (couldn't get the embed link to work either)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWWJTbFnRw
Link to the chapter
No link to a tumbl. I very obviously didn't livetumbl this chapter, and I didn't take notes like I've been doing in more recent chapters to put up on the tumblr later. And, well, um... going back and adding in notes just feels weird for some reason, so I'm not going to do it.
Anyway, I was going to write this chapter no matter what. It was on the slate because I knew I was going to deal with the aftermath of Angeal's death from Zack's perspective. It's not something I can just gloss over. The fact that Rand's death practically overlapped it is a completely different story. It did mean that I wrote this chapter before I wrote the previous chapter, because my version of "dealing with it" involved writing. I was going to write no matter what and I might as well be productive about it.
I sat at my kitchen table with my roommate and my sister kinda just watching, but they knew asking if I was alright was futile because we all knew the answer was "no."
So I sat there with my giant headphones in, listening to an odd mixture of the Crisis Core soundtrack, Linkin Park, Safety Suit, and Mumford & Sons, as well as a mixture of very Zack-feelsy-amvs on YouTube. And this chapter was born.
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I didn't edit it too much, mostly because I wanted to keep the raw emotion that I fed into Zack. And Aerith.
Aerith is in no way telling Zack he needs to be strong and get over it. Aerith is simply telling Zack that he should not try so hard to grieve when no one is looking, because it makes it harder to function that way. It's okay to cry. You don't have to be strong all the time.
And... can we just take a second to appreciate the vast amount of strings in the Crisis Core soundtrack? I'm a sucker for strings, being a cellist myself. And... the sadness that the sound of a cello can produce, complete with the franticness of a violin. Sorry, music feels.
And, actually, I think that's all I have to say.
Yeah, it is.
Have another fitting video... (couldn't get the embed link to work either)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWWJTbFnRw
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Letters Again (ch36)
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/36/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch36/chrono
Originally, I wasn't going to do a blog, because I'd said basically everything in the tumbl and I just... I dunno... but then I was taking a break from writing my paper and this photo happened, so I figured I'd do a blog.
I may just keep doing that and get really good at making letters. I should try and see if I can simulate a table or a desk underneath one. Anyway.
But yeah, so there's the easter egg with Zack and Angeal. I wanted to do a thing where the two of them visited Mt. Nibel for the tourist attraction it is and have Tifa be the tour guide (not quite unlike Crisis Core). However, it got to a point where I just wasn't sure where to put it in and I never ended up writing it. But just because I didn't write it doesn't mean it didn't happen. So I was able to have Tifa reference it in a letter.
This was one of several instances in this chapter where the time delay between letters being sent comes through.
Another of those times is definitely the Leon/Aerith letter sending. Sadly, that letter that Aerith sent, isn't going to make it to Leon before he goes forward in time. Just think about that.
The one that killed me the most, though, was the one where Zack's parents make mention of Angeal, having no idea what has gone on. That one just hit me right in the gut. So, yeah.
But yeah, that's all I really have to say about the chapter (not to sound weird or anything...)
Link to the tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch36/chrono
Originally, I wasn't going to do a blog, because I'd said basically everything in the tumbl and I just... I dunno... but then I was taking a break from writing my paper and this photo happened, so I figured I'd do a blog.
But yeah, so there's the easter egg with Zack and Angeal. I wanted to do a thing where the two of them visited Mt. Nibel for the tourist attraction it is and have Tifa be the tour guide (not quite unlike Crisis Core). However, it got to a point where I just wasn't sure where to put it in and I never ended up writing it. But just because I didn't write it doesn't mean it didn't happen. So I was able to have Tifa reference it in a letter.
This was one of several instances in this chapter where the time delay between letters being sent comes through.
Another of those times is definitely the Leon/Aerith letter sending. Sadly, that letter that Aerith sent, isn't going to make it to Leon before he goes forward in time. Just think about that.
The one that killed me the most, though, was the one where Zack's parents make mention of Angeal, having no idea what has gone on. That one just hit me right in the gut. So, yeah.
But yeah, that's all I really have to say about the chapter (not to sound weird or anything...)
Friday, October 4, 2013
ALL MY FEELS (ch34)
I can't come up with a better chapter title. But this is feelsy. Like, I cried through this whole sequence in the game, and then I knew Zack would have nightmares, and Aerith would be healing him and...
I should slow down.
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/34/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch34/chrono
So, slowing down a little, I do a lot of POV switches in this chapter, unlike how I usually do it, mostly because these aren't separate scenes, they're all one scene that require different POVs. I think originally I wanted it all in Aerith's, but I realized the impracticality of that, so I ended up having a bit with Cid and a bit with Zack as well.
So first there's the repeat, with Aerith finding Zack and realizing that he's injured. She's also piecing together possible situations of what happened, which I alluded to in the last blog, but here it is, actually happening. And she just feels so awful and wants to ask all the questions, but she doesn't because Zack's crying and that's never a good thing. Plus, she should heal Zack because he's not in great shape. Everything else, at that point, can wait.
And she's mentally calculating just how much healing she's going to have to do and where Zack should sleep and well, shoot, she might as well just put him in her own bed and then worry about everything else later. And Yuffie should just go sleep in Leon's bed because Yuffie should NOT be watching a healing. And Aerith also wants to give Zack privacy.
And that poor hotel owner I think has learned not to ask questions by now.
Also, I'm listening to the Crisis Core soundtrack as I write this... because, apparently, I need more feels.
Moving on, though, we've got Cid's portion of the chapter, which does have some humor in it, grim humor, but humor all the same. Cid is the one to draw the connection between Zack and Aerith to Laguna and Raine, because Raine was the healer before Aerith's mom, who was the healer before Aerith in Cid's eyes. Cid's also the one landed with keeping Yuffie out of the room. And while he doesn't want to argue with Yuffie, he knows Aerith can't right then, so he's going to have to. And though it doesn't happen in-scene, he does somehow manage to get Yuffie out of the room.
And then we're back to Aerith with the healing. She uses nearly her entire stock. She'll be making a shopping trip in the morning after that one. This is also where Zack tells her exactly what happened. And while she's totally cool with him waiting and telling her when he's ready, Zack needs to tell her what happened now or his brain is going to explode with the information. So he tells her and she feels awful on so many accounts. And there's absolutely nothing she can do but be there for Zack.
This is a HUGE development for their characters. Yes, Zerith is probably one of my most happy-go-lucky couples in the grand scheme of things. However, Zack's loss of Angeal makes the two of them realize just who they are to each other. Because, this is also where Zack's nightmares begin and Aerith is bound and determined to keep them away.
(Which of course, made me go all A:LGHSDG:KLHDSG over it because Riku tells the same thing to Sora in canon. Ugh.)
And then there's Angeal's letter to Zack, which he delivered to Aerith some number of chapters ago (I wanna say it was about five). Aerith never read the note herself, but she knew that this is what Angeal meant by she'd know when to give it to Zack. And that's what she did. And all Angeal wants is for Zack to live on, and be good to Aerith and let Aerith protect him as much as he wants to protect her. Because Angeal is the biggest Zerith shipper ever, I swear.
Aerith's the biggest Squinoa shipper, it's cool. (And I don't think they're official yet, heheh....)
So let's do some review responses:
archsage: Thank you very much! I'm glad I have Angeal's character down. I know you were hoping that he would live... but I wanted to stay true to the story in this instance. And a part of who Zack is is living through the death of Angeal.
KKBeckett:
No, it's not bad at all that you're laughing. I'd say I put in the humor there on purpose, but I really didn't. That's really just what Cid does. He's bitter but slightly humorous. But yes, that was muscle and I agree with your cringing. But... *hands you cookie* hopefully it'll help with the feels.
And, to finish off today's feels-fest:
(I'd recommend going to YouTube and clicking on the higher quality video, honestly.)
Stay tuned for more feels tomorrow! (Heheh.)
I should slow down.
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/34/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch34/chrono
So, slowing down a little, I do a lot of POV switches in this chapter, unlike how I usually do it, mostly because these aren't separate scenes, they're all one scene that require different POVs. I think originally I wanted it all in Aerith's, but I realized the impracticality of that, so I ended up having a bit with Cid and a bit with Zack as well.
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And she's mentally calculating just how much healing she's going to have to do and where Zack should sleep and well, shoot, she might as well just put him in her own bed and then worry about everything else later. And Yuffie should just go sleep in Leon's bed because Yuffie should NOT be watching a healing. And Aerith also wants to give Zack privacy.
And that poor hotel owner I think has learned not to ask questions by now.
Also, I'm listening to the Crisis Core soundtrack as I write this... because, apparently, I need more feels.
Moving on, though, we've got Cid's portion of the chapter, which does have some humor in it, grim humor, but humor all the same. Cid is the one to draw the connection between Zack and Aerith to Laguna and Raine, because Raine was the healer before Aerith's mom, who was the healer before Aerith in Cid's eyes. Cid's also the one landed with keeping Yuffie out of the room. And while he doesn't want to argue with Yuffie, he knows Aerith can't right then, so he's going to have to. And though it doesn't happen in-scene, he does somehow manage to get Yuffie out of the room.
And then we're back to Aerith with the healing. She uses nearly her entire stock. She'll be making a shopping trip in the morning after that one. This is also where Zack tells her exactly what happened. And while she's totally cool with him waiting and telling her when he's ready, Zack needs to tell her what happened now or his brain is going to explode with the information. So he tells her and she feels awful on so many accounts. And there's absolutely nothing she can do but be there for Zack.
This is a HUGE development for their characters. Yes, Zerith is probably one of my most happy-go-lucky couples in the grand scheme of things. However, Zack's loss of Angeal makes the two of them realize just who they are to each other. Because, this is also where Zack's nightmares begin and Aerith is bound and determined to keep them away.
(Which of course, made me go all A:LGHSDG:KLHDSG over it because Riku tells the same thing to Sora in canon. Ugh.)
And then there's Angeal's letter to Zack, which he delivered to Aerith some number of chapters ago (I wanna say it was about five). Aerith never read the note herself, but she knew that this is what Angeal meant by she'd know when to give it to Zack. And that's what she did. And all Angeal wants is for Zack to live on, and be good to Aerith and let Aerith protect him as much as he wants to protect her. Because Angeal is the biggest Zerith shipper ever, I swear.
Aerith's the biggest Squinoa shipper, it's cool. (And I don't think they're official yet, heheh....)
So let's do some review responses:
archsage: Thank you very much! I'm glad I have Angeal's character down. I know you were hoping that he would live... but I wanted to stay true to the story in this instance. And a part of who Zack is is living through the death of Angeal.
KKBeckett:
No, it's not bad at all that you're laughing. I'd say I put in the humor there on purpose, but I really didn't. That's really just what Cid does. He's bitter but slightly humorous. But yes, that was muscle and I agree with your cringing. But... *hands you cookie* hopefully it'll help with the feels.
And, to finish off today's feels-fest:
Stay tuned for more feels tomorrow! (Heheh.)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Fight Against Angeal (ch33)
AKA FEELSY CHAPTER NUMBER TWO IN A ROW
Link to chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/33/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch33/chrono
I wrote this chapter while simultaneously watching the scenes of Zack's fight(s) with Angeal repeatedly. I'd already passed that point in the game about a week prior and basically just called on those feels, plus the feels of me WATCHING THE PLAYTHROUGH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Rar probably thought I was crazy. When I wasn't watching the videos, I was blaring the Crisis Core soundtrack. It was one of the scenes that literally requires I use headphones lest I drive everyone else bonkers with the constant sound-switching.
Clearly, this chapter is feels inducing. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I find the scene in Crisis Core to be so full of feels (granted, a lot of Crisis Core is more like Crisis Cries, as rar puts it). All the same, this was definitely one of the more emotional scenes. We've broken through Zack's core and it just makes you tear up a little.
Yes, I modified it a little bit. I'd already sped up Angeal's degradation with the serum, which basically meant that Angeal's degrading cells tried to meld with the Heartless, which meant that Angeal lost hope, thinking he truly was a monster. The only foreseeable way out of it as far as he was concerned was death and death by Zack was more honorable.
Meanwhile, poor Zack is still convinced that Angeal is not a monster, even when Angeal's half-Heartless. Yes, Zack does lose faith in Angeal's honor, but that becomes a moot point by the end of the battle. The Angeal that Zack will remember will be quite an honorable man indeed, despite everything that happened.
Naturally, the battle leaves Zack more emotionally damaged than physically damaged, though Aerith will have quite the healing job to do. But before I get too much into that, since that's next chapter, I'll just move on. Spoilers and such.
So, KKBeckett, to respond more to your review a couple of chapters ago, Zack had everything he needed in his stock up until this battle. He ran out of magic and had no ethers. He had a crapton of remedies equipped (mostly because that's all I was using at the time and I based his stock sort of off of my stock, and I was using remedies because I kept getting poisoned) and thus no ethers. Granted, he still won the battle, but is it really winning when you lose a friend in the process? We'll get to Zack's injuries more next chapter.
But yeah, Aerith at the end is mostly just like "I'll heal you now and we'll get to the talking later", because that's what Aerith does. Heal now, questions later. Though, I think there's a part of her who knows what happened. Zack showing up with Angeal's sword, Angeal not around? All that stuff. Yeah, she knows Angeal's dead. What she doesn't know is how. And that's a good portion of the gut-wrenching feels.
And then there's the fact that Zack realizes his sword is still in Olympus and more feels!
So, yes, very feels-inducing chapter. I'm surprised I'm not a puddle of feels at the moment.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett: I'm... uh... sorry? About the feels? I suppose? Maybe... I can't help that rar's giving you feels, either. Based on the fact that you've got Zerith feels, I have an idea of what chapter she just sent you. I'm sorry, heh...
archsage: Yeah, when Phil's at a loss, there's a problem. In my head, Phil is very much doing the thing when Meg died in the movie. Except, unlike Hercules, who's a god and can go get her soul from the Underworld, Zack has no such ability. Nor, do I think, would he want to go get Angeal, because Angeal wanted to go out. Bringing Angeal back would devalue his death. Meg's death was not supposed to happen and Hercules righted it. Anyway! Enough of that philosophy.
Huh, Terra and Riku, though? I don't particularly imagine that happening in my story. I want Terra to live! But it is an interesting image, I will give you that.
And no, nope. Nothing's going to quiet down for a few chapters yet. We're on quite the ride right now!
Um, so yeah, this video is appropriate:
Link to chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/33/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch33/chrono
I wrote this chapter while simultaneously watching the scenes of Zack's fight(s) with Angeal repeatedly. I'd already passed that point in the game about a week prior and basically just called on those feels, plus the feels of me WATCHING THE PLAYTHROUGH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Rar probably thought I was crazy. When I wasn't watching the videos, I was blaring the Crisis Core soundtrack. It was one of the scenes that literally requires I use headphones lest I drive everyone else bonkers with the constant sound-switching.
Clearly, this chapter is feels inducing. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I find the scene in Crisis Core to be so full of feels (granted, a lot of Crisis Core is more like Crisis Cries, as rar puts it). All the same, this was definitely one of the more emotional scenes. We've broken through Zack's core and it just makes you tear up a little.
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Meanwhile, poor Zack is still convinced that Angeal is not a monster, even when Angeal's half-Heartless. Yes, Zack does lose faith in Angeal's honor, but that becomes a moot point by the end of the battle. The Angeal that Zack will remember will be quite an honorable man indeed, despite everything that happened.
Naturally, the battle leaves Zack more emotionally damaged than physically damaged, though Aerith will have quite the healing job to do. But before I get too much into that, since that's next chapter, I'll just move on. Spoilers and such.
So, KKBeckett, to respond more to your review a couple of chapters ago, Zack had everything he needed in his stock up until this battle. He ran out of magic and had no ethers. He had a crapton of remedies equipped (mostly because that's all I was using at the time and I based his stock sort of off of my stock, and I was using remedies because I kept getting poisoned) and thus no ethers. Granted, he still won the battle, but is it really winning when you lose a friend in the process? We'll get to Zack's injuries more next chapter.
But yeah, Aerith at the end is mostly just like "I'll heal you now and we'll get to the talking later", because that's what Aerith does. Heal now, questions later. Though, I think there's a part of her who knows what happened. Zack showing up with Angeal's sword, Angeal not around? All that stuff. Yeah, she knows Angeal's dead. What she doesn't know is how. And that's a good portion of the gut-wrenching feels.
And then there's the fact that Zack realizes his sword is still in Olympus and more feels!
So, yes, very feels-inducing chapter. I'm surprised I'm not a puddle of feels at the moment.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett: I'm... uh... sorry? About the feels? I suppose? Maybe... I can't help that rar's giving you feels, either. Based on the fact that you've got Zerith feels, I have an idea of what chapter she just sent you. I'm sorry, heh...
archsage: Yeah, when Phil's at a loss, there's a problem. In my head, Phil is very much doing the thing when Meg died in the movie. Except, unlike Hercules, who's a god and can go get her soul from the Underworld, Zack has no such ability. Nor, do I think, would he want to go get Angeal, because Angeal wanted to go out. Bringing Angeal back would devalue his death. Meg's death was not supposed to happen and Hercules righted it. Anyway! Enough of that philosophy.
Huh, Terra and Riku, though? I don't particularly imagine that happening in my story. I want Terra to live! But it is an interesting image, I will give you that.
And no, nope. Nothing's going to quiet down for a few chapters yet. We're on quite the ride right now!
Um, so yeah, this video is appropriate:
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Fight Against Larxene (ch31)
Because yup, that definitely happened.
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/31/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch31/chrono
So, somewhere along the lines, I decided I wanted to include a chapter that had pre-Organization Larxene (I guess Arlene?). Mostly because I happen to like the canon where the Organization is just WAITING for her to turn into a Nobody because she has so much potential. But she's doing pretty good as a Somebody. So good, that she landed herself the second-to-last spot in one of the Olympus cups.
I thought about Xigbar being the last person in the cup, because he's keeping an eye on her, but then I figured that would be too much, so I cut Xigbar and threw in a Guard Armor, because it didn't really matter anyway, because that's the battle Angeal comes and helps with. (Which is why Larxene wasn't last.)
So anyway, I started writing backstories and stuff for her and it was not okay. I'm not even sure how she wormed her way into the story at all (as the livetumbl will attest to.)
All I had originally planned was Zack looking for Angeal and he winds up in Olympus Coliseum because that's where Angeal's gonna be and Phil ends up forcing Zack through a cup because that's what Phil does. That's all I knew. But then all the Heartless battles would get boring and monotonous, and then Larxene happened.
Fun fact, Zack saying "bitter taste" upon finding Angeal missing and his mother recently having passed away is a direct reference to Axel saying the exact same thing after the final battle in All the Pieces and Saix dying. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I definitely realized it after the fact and figured I'd make mention of it here.
Another fun fact, what Zack's got equipped is the exact same thing that I had equipped when I was going through Crisis Core as I was simultaneously writing this chapter/playing the game.
Also, rar went through some cups in Olympus in KH1 to help me determine just how easy certain Heartless would be for Zack. It was pretty amusing and fun.
The Crisis Core soundtrack was super helpful for me when I was writing this chapter. It's super handy for just about the next several chapters I write with Zack (having all of them written, I can say this with utmost confidence.) You'll hear more about it, I'm sure. Or you won't, 'cause I'll have forgotten.
Also, Zack was giving me feels prematurely and it was not okay.
Review Responses:
So Zack has exactly what he needs... for now. At the moment, at least. And yes, yes, that is Larxene. Most definitely. I don't know how, it just happened.
Have a very Zack-related video! (for some reason, it won't let me embed it, but Tto12 is awesome (so is ARS), so you should click on it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbai1xKfLSg
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/31/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch31/chrono
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I thought about Xigbar being the last person in the cup, because he's keeping an eye on her, but then I figured that would be too much, so I cut Xigbar and threw in a Guard Armor, because it didn't really matter anyway, because that's the battle Angeal comes and helps with. (Which is why Larxene wasn't last.)
So anyway, I started writing backstories and stuff for her and it was not okay. I'm not even sure how she wormed her way into the story at all (as the livetumbl will attest to.)
All I had originally planned was Zack looking for Angeal and he winds up in Olympus Coliseum because that's where Angeal's gonna be and Phil ends up forcing Zack through a cup because that's what Phil does. That's all I knew. But then all the Heartless battles would get boring and monotonous, and then Larxene happened.
Fun fact, Zack saying "bitter taste" upon finding Angeal missing and his mother recently having passed away is a direct reference to Axel saying the exact same thing after the final battle in All the Pieces and Saix dying. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I definitely realized it after the fact and figured I'd make mention of it here.
Another fun fact, what Zack's got equipped is the exact same thing that I had equipped when I was going through Crisis Core as I was simultaneously writing this chapter/playing the game.
Also, rar went through some cups in Olympus in KH1 to help me determine just how easy certain Heartless would be for Zack. It was pretty amusing and fun.
The Crisis Core soundtrack was super helpful for me when I was writing this chapter. It's super handy for just about the next several chapters I write with Zack (having all of them written, I can say this with utmost confidence.) You'll hear more about it, I'm sure. Or you won't, 'cause I'll have forgotten.
Also, Zack was giving me feels prematurely and it was not okay.
Review Responses:
So Zack has exactly what he needs... for now. At the moment, at least. And yes, yes, that is Larxene. Most definitely. I don't know how, it just happened.
Have a very Zack-related video! (for some reason, it won't let me embed it, but Tto12 is awesome (so is ARS), so you should click on it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbai1xKfLSg
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Letters for Everyone (29)
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/29/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch29/chrono
I rather like the letter chapters. I've written quite a few more, actually. They're pretty fun. I think this is the only one I'll do with multiple short letters. A lot because formatting is a pain. However, I did make this happen:
I imagine that these would all just be sitting on her bedside table as she gets to them and responds to them. It was fun picking out fonts for the three of them. The handwriting for Zack is actually my own, modified for my character Tristan from my book. So, yeah. That's exciting.
Anyway, there's a lot going on in the chapter, though some is summary.
First we've got Zack's letter to his parents, which is modified from an actual letter he sent to his parents in the games. Right down to the girlfriend part. Heh.
Then there's Tifa, who's just sending a letter to every single town on the Planet, trying to get a hold of Cloud. Unfortunately, he's not going to be getting any of these letters anytime soon. And it's kinda depressing when you think about it.
Anyway, then there's Leon telling Quistis that he's off to find Rinoa. Rescue Rinoa. Whatever. And it's oddly like Riku telling Alpha he's heading to Hollow Bastion from rar's universe. That happened fairly recently, didn't it? Or has he been in Hollow Bastion for a while, now? Anyway, Leon at least left a note, as opposed to Riku, who just sent a Joseph.
Then there's Zack being adorable. He's so proud that he came across that book for Aerith, because he knows she's been looking for one for a while and he's just so happy that he can help. And he misses her, and he loves her and OH MY GOSH STOP BEING ADORABLE YOU TWO. SHEESH.
And then there's Angeal. And he's doing a thing. And it's not okay. Rar and I are in agreement on this.
Take your guesses now.
Oh, and yes, Yuffie apparently misses Leon. I threw it in there as a bit of a random tidbit, but yes, Yuffie misses him. Sort of. He'll get back and she won't be too happy that he doesn't let her get away with things, but yeah, she misses him.
Another obsession:
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch29/chrono
I rather like the letter chapters. I've written quite a few more, actually. They're pretty fun. I think this is the only one I'll do with multiple short letters. A lot because formatting is a pain. However, I did make this happen:
Anyway, there's a lot going on in the chapter, though some is summary.
First we've got Zack's letter to his parents, which is modified from an actual letter he sent to his parents in the games. Right down to the girlfriend part. Heh.
Then there's Tifa, who's just sending a letter to every single town on the Planet, trying to get a hold of Cloud. Unfortunately, he's not going to be getting any of these letters anytime soon. And it's kinda depressing when you think about it.
Anyway, then there's Leon telling Quistis that he's off to find Rinoa. Rescue Rinoa. Whatever. And it's oddly like Riku telling Alpha he's heading to Hollow Bastion from rar's universe. That happened fairly recently, didn't it? Or has he been in Hollow Bastion for a while, now? Anyway, Leon at least left a note, as opposed to Riku, who just sent a Joseph.
Then there's Zack being adorable. He's so proud that he came across that book for Aerith, because he knows she's been looking for one for a while and he's just so happy that he can help. And he misses her, and he loves her and OH MY GOSH STOP BEING ADORABLE YOU TWO. SHEESH.
And then there's Angeal. And he's doing a thing. And it's not okay. Rar and I are in agreement on this.
Take your guesses now.
Oh, and yes, Yuffie apparently misses Leon. I threw it in there as a bit of a random tidbit, but yes, Yuffie misses him. Sort of. He'll get back and she won't be too happy that he doesn't let her get away with things, but yeah, she misses him.
Another obsession:
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Fights Against Various Things with Various Shapes and Sizes (28)
Long title is long. I don't even know.
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/28/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch28/chrono
So, these snippets were only loosely plotted out. I knew that the Aerith/Zack/Angeal section was going to be short because writing a whole chapter on them researching would be boring to read after a while unless I had them run into someone and I like the idea of them going in and out with no one noticing.
Leon being restless at Balamb Garden is also a short sort of thing, considering he's just going to go gallivanting off to go rescue her in the next chapter or two and that's a whole sequence.
The Rinoa sequence got abridged because I needed to include the snippet with Cloud. But it worked out, honestly, in my opinion.
And then there's Sora, Riku, and Kairi, who never have long chapters, just snippets. And that's cool.
(I am aware that picture has nothing to do with the chapter, but I love this debate. One of these days, I will write Sora and Riku in Christmas town.)
I feel really bad for Zack, I'm shattering his world around him, and while it's hardly different than what happens to him in the game, it's still sad to watch.
Leon's just being adamant about going and rescuing Rinoa, which is good, because he needs to. (And admit he loves her while he's at it.)
Rinoa's sequence, on the other hand, got super dark super fast. I wasn't aware she was going to start ramming herself into walls in an attempt to beat Adel out of her. When I wrote that I was literally like... Rinoa... what are you doing?!?!?!? Yeah. I wasn't expecting that.
And poor Cloud. He literally has the worst luck. And he's just in the Realm of Darkness, walking, and it's rather saddening.
I determined that Riku's dad went missing sometime before he was eight. I'm not sure how far before, but based on how Sora assumed Wakka was teasing him, it might have been recently. Maybe not. No real telling.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett: Yes, Angeal needs to stop thinking that he's a monster. Ugh. It's annoying. And yeah, Leon should admit that soon. Should being the operative word. Rinoa's doing exactly what you think she's doing and it's not okay. Yes, poor Cloud. And yeah... Riku... just... don't punch people. But... yeah...
Also, I'm obsessed with this song at the moment. Heh.
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/28/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch28/chrono
So, these snippets were only loosely plotted out. I knew that the Aerith/Zack/Angeal section was going to be short because writing a whole chapter on them researching would be boring to read after a while unless I had them run into someone and I like the idea of them going in and out with no one noticing.
Leon being restless at Balamb Garden is also a short sort of thing, considering he's just going to go gallivanting off to go rescue her in the next chapter or two and that's a whole sequence.
The Rinoa sequence got abridged because I needed to include the snippet with Cloud. But it worked out, honestly, in my opinion.
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(I am aware that picture has nothing to do with the chapter, but I love this debate. One of these days, I will write Sora and Riku in Christmas town.)
I feel really bad for Zack, I'm shattering his world around him, and while it's hardly different than what happens to him in the game, it's still sad to watch.
Leon's just being adamant about going and rescuing Rinoa, which is good, because he needs to. (And admit he loves her while he's at it.)
Rinoa's sequence, on the other hand, got super dark super fast. I wasn't aware she was going to start ramming herself into walls in an attempt to beat Adel out of her. When I wrote that I was literally like... Rinoa... what are you doing?!?!?!? Yeah. I wasn't expecting that.
And poor Cloud. He literally has the worst luck. And he's just in the Realm of Darkness, walking, and it's rather saddening.
I determined that Riku's dad went missing sometime before he was eight. I'm not sure how far before, but based on how Sora assumed Wakka was teasing him, it might have been recently. Maybe not. No real telling.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett: Yes, Angeal needs to stop thinking that he's a monster. Ugh. It's annoying. And yeah, Leon should admit that soon. Should being the operative word. Rinoa's doing exactly what you think she's doing and it's not okay. Yes, poor Cloud. And yeah... Riku... just... don't punch people. But... yeah...
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Letters Between Aerith, Leon, and Cid (27)
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/27/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the live tumbl (it was live): http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch27/chrono
So, I'm not quite sure what gave me the idea to do letters, but I fell in love with it as soon as I wrote them out. I think it was because I knew that the characters were writing letters back and forth to each other, so why not exemplify that? As the liveblog said, I'm using them to almost summarize things that would take longer scenes to work out otherwise, but I still get a great bit of emotion, because I'm actually in these characters heads.
Yes, this time around, there was a lot of summary involved, but I think that'll change in the future. I'm intending to write a lot more letters between the characters as the story progresses.
And, since I can't really find a good picture of letters, have an awesome cosplay of Cid!
I think this is the first point in which Aerith's initial worry about Zack starts to show. Because, honestly, she's just sitting off to the side as she's watching Zack cope with both the fact that he killed someone and the fact that his friend is dying. This is also where Aerith vows to do whatever she can to help Zack. Because that's who Aerith is. Also, Aerith's been writing letters for a long while. She writes to Zack because she loves him, and Leon because she loves him--but in a different way. She just wants Leon to come home, and at the same time, she wants Leon to follow his heart (especially where Rinoa is involved.) Aerith's a huge Squinoa shipper.
Leon, of course, responds to every letter Aerith sends, when he gets the chance to, anyway. He's busy killing Sorceresses! Well, sort of. Aerith ends up being the first person he admits to that he might actually like Rinoa. Of course, he hasn't quite admitted it yet, but he's gotten really close. (While he's doing that, he's being super adorable and it's just so feels-inducing.) Meanwhile, he's also struggling with his feelings towards his father, and he just wants some answers, which is why he reaches out to Cid.
Cid, of course, never writes letters. He only wrote one because Leon wanted a response and Aerith pestered him to do it. This particular letter of Cid's gave me so many feels and it was not okay! Because Cid is a father figure to Leon, it's just not the most obvious relationship in the worlds. But Cid really does want the best for Leon, as a weird mixture of an older-brother-father-figure-ish-thing. The age difference is something I haven't quite figured out, but, all the same, ugh, Cid, feels!
I really love how the different styles showed up. I think I really pulled that off. Aerith's very detailed in her letters. She wants to let the people she's writing to know exactly what's going on. But, outside of that, the letters become a place where she ends up voicing her most inner thoughts.
Leon, on the other hand, doesn't really have a logical order to his letters. They're very stream of consciousness, because he's still trying to figure everything out as he's writing it. The letter writing is a way that he organizes his thoughts, which ends up making the letters unorganized. However, for the things he does know and has figured out, he ends up being very brief, because why waste the time otherwise?
Cid's style is a lot how Cid just talks. In this particular letter, he was telling a story, so I can't really narrow down if all of his letters are/would be like this. All the same, he doesn't write letters often, so, he probably has a lot to say (even if it's only one one particular subject) when he does write letters.
Anywho, that's all I have to say. This vid is awesome.
Link to the live tumbl (it was live): http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch27/chrono
So, I'm not quite sure what gave me the idea to do letters, but I fell in love with it as soon as I wrote them out. I think it was because I knew that the characters were writing letters back and forth to each other, so why not exemplify that? As the liveblog said, I'm using them to almost summarize things that would take longer scenes to work out otherwise, but I still get a great bit of emotion, because I'm actually in these characters heads.
Yes, this time around, there was a lot of summary involved, but I think that'll change in the future. I'm intending to write a lot more letters between the characters as the story progresses.
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| by ~venardhi on dA |
I think this is the first point in which Aerith's initial worry about Zack starts to show. Because, honestly, she's just sitting off to the side as she's watching Zack cope with both the fact that he killed someone and the fact that his friend is dying. This is also where Aerith vows to do whatever she can to help Zack. Because that's who Aerith is. Also, Aerith's been writing letters for a long while. She writes to Zack because she loves him, and Leon because she loves him--but in a different way. She just wants Leon to come home, and at the same time, she wants Leon to follow his heart (especially where Rinoa is involved.) Aerith's a huge Squinoa shipper.
Leon, of course, responds to every letter Aerith sends, when he gets the chance to, anyway. He's busy killing Sorceresses! Well, sort of. Aerith ends up being the first person he admits to that he might actually like Rinoa. Of course, he hasn't quite admitted it yet, but he's gotten really close. (While he's doing that, he's being super adorable and it's just so feels-inducing.) Meanwhile, he's also struggling with his feelings towards his father, and he just wants some answers, which is why he reaches out to Cid.
Cid, of course, never writes letters. He only wrote one because Leon wanted a response and Aerith pestered him to do it. This particular letter of Cid's gave me so many feels and it was not okay! Because Cid is a father figure to Leon, it's just not the most obvious relationship in the worlds. But Cid really does want the best for Leon, as a weird mixture of an older-brother-father-figure-ish-thing. The age difference is something I haven't quite figured out, but, all the same, ugh, Cid, feels!
I really love how the different styles showed up. I think I really pulled that off. Aerith's very detailed in her letters. She wants to let the people she's writing to know exactly what's going on. But, outside of that, the letters become a place where she ends up voicing her most inner thoughts.
Leon, on the other hand, doesn't really have a logical order to his letters. They're very stream of consciousness, because he's still trying to figure everything out as he's writing it. The letter writing is a way that he organizes his thoughts, which ends up making the letters unorganized. However, for the things he does know and has figured out, he ends up being very brief, because why waste the time otherwise?
Cid's style is a lot how Cid just talks. In this particular letter, he was telling a story, so I can't really narrow down if all of his letters are/would be like this. All the same, he doesn't write letters often, so, he probably has a lot to say (even if it's only one one particular subject) when he does write letters.
Anywho, that's all I have to say. This vid is awesome.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The Final Fight Against Genesis (25)
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/25/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch25/chrono
If you look at the timestamps on those, it's because one is a liveblog, and the other is more thoughts that I added later. Heh.
So, anyway, I could give you a beautiful epic picture of Zack fighting Genesis. However, I'm going to give you this photo instead:
Photo put up by ~Rinoafox on dA. Because while, yes, it has absolutely nothing to do with the chapter, it's absolutely hilarious. Because, seriously. Hojo. Go die.
Anyway, moving on.
I outlined absolutely nothing for this chapter. I just knew there would be a final confrontation with Genesis. At the time when I was writing this, I had yet to actually beat Crisis Core, so I went and watched the final battle on YouTube because it wasn't like I was spoiling myself, I knew what happened anyway after watching rar play it. (Why did I just try to type "R" and leave it at that? Rar is not a dead Replica...) Okay then. Moving on.
Of course, as soon as I'm done writing this chapter, I go up against Genesis anyway (not the final battle, but the one you have in between the battle in Modeoheim and Banora. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? I forget. It happened in a cave of sorts. Oi.)
Anyway, the syringe with the boosted degradation, not entirely sure where that came from. It just happened. So... yeah.
But no, the parallels between Axel/Saix and Angeal/Genesis were NOT OKAY ON SO MANY LEVELS. MY GOSH. UGH. CAN YOU...? CAN YOU NOT?!?
If you want to know specifically the Axel/Saix feels I'm having, go read the last few chapters of All the Pieces. Actually, I'm referring specifically to chapters 88 and 89.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6772185/88/All-the-Pieces-Lie-Where-they-Fell
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6772185/89/All-the-Pieces-Lie-Where-they-Fell
Yeah.... those chapters. Ugh. Feels. Not okay guys, seriously.
I'm trying to remember what Zack was having a problem with... I think it had something to do with not striking Genesis when he's down, or perhaps just killing Genesis in general. Zack was trying to be honorable and it was like, no, Zack... you need to kill him. You can't save him. THINK OF AERITH.
Anyway, that's pretty much all I have to say about that for now.
Review Responses: (I may just have a lot here)
KKBeckett: Oh, don't mind Genesis, he's only trying to bring about Angeal's demise. But yeah, Angeal's okay for the moment. Zack... well... we'll get to that.
MoonlightStar: (chapters 1-16):
I shall respond to the questions that don't get answered later so I don't spoil you.
So, yes, Yuffie's a lot younger than Leon. I won't be shipping the two. I tend not to ship across game. Just as a personal thing.
Rinoa will eventually meet Zack. They don't tend to speak a whole ton, now that I think about that. Huh. Food for my own thoughts.
Anyway, you okay? You appear to be having a lot of feels.
And that's that for now. Have a video! (Because I can't think of anything else right now, have one of my current obsessions:)
Link to tumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch25/chrono
If you look at the timestamps on those, it's because one is a liveblog, and the other is more thoughts that I added later. Heh.
So, anyway, I could give you a beautiful epic picture of Zack fighting Genesis. However, I'm going to give you this photo instead:
Photo put up by ~Rinoafox on dA. Because while, yes, it has absolutely nothing to do with the chapter, it's absolutely hilarious. Because, seriously. Hojo. Go die.
Anyway, moving on.
I outlined absolutely nothing for this chapter. I just knew there would be a final confrontation with Genesis. At the time when I was writing this, I had yet to actually beat Crisis Core, so I went and watched the final battle on YouTube because it wasn't like I was spoiling myself, I knew what happened anyway after watching rar play it. (Why did I just try to type "R" and leave it at that? Rar is not a dead Replica...) Okay then. Moving on.
Of course, as soon as I'm done writing this chapter, I go up against Genesis anyway (not the final battle, but the one you have in between the battle in Modeoheim and Banora. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? I forget. It happened in a cave of sorts. Oi.)
Anyway, the syringe with the boosted degradation, not entirely sure where that came from. It just happened. So... yeah.
But no, the parallels between Axel/Saix and Angeal/Genesis were NOT OKAY ON SO MANY LEVELS. MY GOSH. UGH. CAN YOU...? CAN YOU NOT?!?
If you want to know specifically the Axel/Saix feels I'm having, go read the last few chapters of All the Pieces. Actually, I'm referring specifically to chapters 88 and 89.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6772185/88/All-the-Pieces-Lie-Where-they-Fell
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6772185/89/All-the-Pieces-Lie-Where-they-Fell
Yeah.... those chapters. Ugh. Feels. Not okay guys, seriously.
I'm trying to remember what Zack was having a problem with... I think it had something to do with not striking Genesis when he's down, or perhaps just killing Genesis in general. Zack was trying to be honorable and it was like, no, Zack... you need to kill him. You can't save him. THINK OF AERITH.
Anyway, that's pretty much all I have to say about that for now.
Review Responses: (I may just have a lot here)
KKBeckett: Oh, don't mind Genesis, he's only trying to bring about Angeal's demise. But yeah, Angeal's okay for the moment. Zack... well... we'll get to that.
MoonlightStar: (chapters 1-16):
I shall respond to the questions that don't get answered later so I don't spoil you.
So, yes, Yuffie's a lot younger than Leon. I won't be shipping the two. I tend not to ship across game. Just as a personal thing.
Rinoa will eventually meet Zack. They don't tend to speak a whole ton, now that I think about that. Huh. Food for my own thoughts.
Anyway, you okay? You appear to be having a lot of feels.
And that's that for now. Have a video! (Because I can't think of anything else right now, have one of my current obsessions:)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Aftermath of the Fight (20)
(with Genesis)
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/20/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch20/chrono
It's been a while since I wrote this one, so gimme a sec to gather my thoughts...
Ah yes, this was one of the chapter that came together as I was writing the fic, not when I was simply outlining. Because, the only thing on the outline is that Aerith's making herself a staff and practicing Holy magic.
Which turned into something much more when I fleshed it out. Sure, Aerith's fashioning her staff, but she's nowhere near practicing Holy magic (though, I did make reference to her wanting to learn it, it's just that's chapter 29 and she's on chapter 4). (Fun fact, I labelled the chapter numbers by viewing all the different white magic spells on the ffwiki.)
Of course, I knew that Zack and Angeal would end up at Aerith's place, given how Zack's response to someone being super injured is to take them to Aerith. Yup. It will come up again. Heh. This was that coming to fruition.
And of course, at some point, someone (this time it's Angeal) has to take their shirt off so Aerith can heal a gaping wound on their chest or back. (This isn't really a running thing with the games, but rar and I have it in our fics where it's a thing. *coughcoughRikucoughcough*)
And no, she hasn't bashed any Heartless on the head (yet) with her staff, but trust me, it will come.
Also, headcanon, she has a library.
I wasn't sure what picture to use, because I couldn't find one that I wanted... but here's one of Angeal and Genesis that I think is really cool... It's by ~koroe on dA.
I think it's a bit tragic that Aerith tries to see if she can fix the degradation, but her magic can't do anything about that, and Angeal knows. And Zack secretly wishes that Aerith could just fix it, but he knows that she can't and so he doesn't say anything about it because he doesn't want to put a strain on his and her relationship.
I did make a happy reference to Crisis Core with Angeal saying that Zack is lucky that his life is more important than Angeal's sword. I really loved that line in the game and was rather eager to include it.
Also, Aerith's thought process when Zack is recounting how he let Genesis live, but did still stab him in the shoulder is a reference to Firefly, where Mal is talking about how he's a good man for not killing the man he's dueling (I forget the episode, but it's an early one). However, then he stabs the man again and says that "well, at least I'm okay", or something to that sort. That's what I was thinking of when I wrote that. Hush, it might be a stretch, but it's a connection that my mind made.
That's all I really have to say about the chapter.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett, that's spoilers :P You'll find out.
Video:
Link to the chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/20/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Link to the livetumbl: http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch20/chrono
It's been a while since I wrote this one, so gimme a sec to gather my thoughts...
Ah yes, this was one of the chapter that came together as I was writing the fic, not when I was simply outlining. Because, the only thing on the outline is that Aerith's making herself a staff and practicing Holy magic.
Which turned into something much more when I fleshed it out. Sure, Aerith's fashioning her staff, but she's nowhere near practicing Holy magic (though, I did make reference to her wanting to learn it, it's just that's chapter 29 and she's on chapter 4). (Fun fact, I labelled the chapter numbers by viewing all the different white magic spells on the ffwiki.)
Of course, I knew that Zack and Angeal would end up at Aerith's place, given how Zack's response to someone being super injured is to take them to Aerith. Yup. It will come up again. Heh. This was that coming to fruition.
And of course, at some point, someone (this time it's Angeal) has to take their shirt off so Aerith can heal a gaping wound on their chest or back. (This isn't really a running thing with the games, but rar and I have it in our fics where it's a thing. *coughcoughRikucoughcough*)
And no, she hasn't bashed any Heartless on the head (yet) with her staff, but trust me, it will come.
Also, headcanon, she has a library.
I think it's a bit tragic that Aerith tries to see if she can fix the degradation, but her magic can't do anything about that, and Angeal knows. And Zack secretly wishes that Aerith could just fix it, but he knows that she can't and so he doesn't say anything about it because he doesn't want to put a strain on his and her relationship.
I did make a happy reference to Crisis Core with Angeal saying that Zack is lucky that his life is more important than Angeal's sword. I really loved that line in the game and was rather eager to include it.
Also, Aerith's thought process when Zack is recounting how he let Genesis live, but did still stab him in the shoulder is a reference to Firefly, where Mal is talking about how he's a good man for not killing the man he's dueling (I forget the episode, but it's an early one). However, then he stabs the man again and says that "well, at least I'm okay", or something to that sort. That's what I was thinking of when I wrote that. Hush, it might be a stretch, but it's a connection that my mind made.
That's all I really have to say about the chapter.
Review Responses:
KKBeckett, that's spoilers :P You'll find out.
Video:
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Fight for Zack's Life (ch18)
Part 1 anyway :P If you know Genesis, you know this isn't over.
Fanfic Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/18/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Livetumbl: (short but amusing tags) http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch18/chrono
So, I somehow ended up including Genesis. I didn't originally plan to, because I know he's a hard character to write for (and he is... I've been pulling from gamescripts, as you can probably tell.) However, I still ended up doing it. Mostly because I liked the idea of Genesis wanting to use Zack for a vessel, in true KH fashion. So, I ended up keeping Genesis.
I liked the idea of Genesis being crazy and being aware of it. Because, my opinion, Genesis is fairly self-aware in the game as well. So Genesis is crazy and he knows it, but he also knows that he wants to try and use Zack to make his own degradation stop. (Not that it actually would, but in his case, he thinks its worth a shot.)
So he shows up all crazy and wanting to make a vessel out of Zack, and he forces both Angeal and Zack to fight him.
Yay fight scenes! Tell me if you have any advice for those, I'm still working on perfecting a fight scene.
Poor Angeal kept getting knocked out. Because Genesis wants to get to Zack, and he's forfeited his friendship with Angeal because Angeal's not helping him. And Angeal just didn't do too hot this time around. That, and the slash across the back was a low-blow. However, in a rage (limit) Zack plunged his own sword into Genesis' shoulder. (Not an uncommon attack, but I totally got the idea from Cookie.)
So yeah. Somehow, I ended up tackling the Genesis arc and the FFVIII arc at the same time. Granted, the FFVIII arc will span many more arcs after the Genesis one, but they ended up starting together. Heh.
I know... I know... more from me... but... NAMIKU!
Fanfic Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/18/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
Livetumbl: (short but amusing tags) http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch18/chrono
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| by *K-Koji on dA |
I liked the idea of Genesis being crazy and being aware of it. Because, my opinion, Genesis is fairly self-aware in the game as well. So Genesis is crazy and he knows it, but he also knows that he wants to try and use Zack to make his own degradation stop. (Not that it actually would, but in his case, he thinks its worth a shot.)
So he shows up all crazy and wanting to make a vessel out of Zack, and he forces both Angeal and Zack to fight him.
Yay fight scenes! Tell me if you have any advice for those, I'm still working on perfecting a fight scene.
Poor Angeal kept getting knocked out. Because Genesis wants to get to Zack, and he's forfeited his friendship with Angeal because Angeal's not helping him. And Angeal just didn't do too hot this time around. That, and the slash across the back was a low-blow. However, in a rage (limit) Zack plunged his own sword into Genesis' shoulder. (Not an uncommon attack, but I totally got the idea from Cookie.)
So yeah. Somehow, I ended up tackling the Genesis arc and the FFVIII arc at the same time. Granted, the FFVIII arc will span many more arcs after the Genesis one, but they ended up starting together. Heh.
I know... I know... more from me... but... NAMIKU!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Zack Feels (Prequel Ch7)
What's funny, is this particular chapter didn't even give me that many Zack feels. But the Zack plot arc as a whole gives me a lot of them.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/7/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
I knew from the beginning that Zack was going to meet Angeal shortly after he was out on his own (past Olympus Coliseum) and they were going to become fast-friends. Granted, that friendship isn't quite there in this chapter, but it will grow.
Originally, it was just going to be that Angeal was going to agree to help Zack become a better fighter and keep Zack from falling into the darkness. (I was going off of Zack's dealings with Hades back in Olympus.) However, I later nixed the darkness idea, figuring I have enough people dealing with it and Zack doesn't need to be one of them. Zack can have an awareness, sure, but struggling with it? Nah.
Then the Genesis plot arc merged in. I wasn't sure, initially, if I was going to include Genesis, because I've heard he can be a pain to write for. (He is, I have future chapters that include him). But I wanted to include him nonetheless. Genesis was how I explained the black feather at the end of the Birth By Sleep secret ending. Genesis is, I believe, the only person in Crisis Core to have black wings? I could be wrong... I totally could be wrong... I haven't actually FINISHED Crisis Core (kill me later, I literally am working on it.) However, it made for a convenient person, and then Genesis morphed into a villain for Zack, kinda like he's a major antagonist in Crisis Core (though, it's still mostly Hojo's fault, but whatever).
So, this chapter was born out of those facts, basically. And I really do like how it turned out, actually.
I even livetumbld it a little.... http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch7/chrono
Though, I warn you, there's only a couple posts there. I got into the livetumbling swing in later chapters. Though, I periodically drop out of said habit. *shrug*
So, Review Responses:
KKBeckett: You're in for a wild ride with the Genesis arc, it's a feelsy one :P And I'm glad you like my Angeal inclusion. Also, Zack's just awesome.
And, as usual, have a video :)
Because I love the Piano Guys :)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9446325/7/What-s-all-Gone-on-Before
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| by *chibiasta on dA. (she does a lot of cute FFVII art if you want to check it out!) |
Originally, it was just going to be that Angeal was going to agree to help Zack become a better fighter and keep Zack from falling into the darkness. (I was going off of Zack's dealings with Hades back in Olympus.) However, I later nixed the darkness idea, figuring I have enough people dealing with it and Zack doesn't need to be one of them. Zack can have an awareness, sure, but struggling with it? Nah.
Then the Genesis plot arc merged in. I wasn't sure, initially, if I was going to include Genesis, because I've heard he can be a pain to write for. (He is, I have future chapters that include him). But I wanted to include him nonetheless. Genesis was how I explained the black feather at the end of the Birth By Sleep secret ending. Genesis is, I believe, the only person in Crisis Core to have black wings? I could be wrong... I totally could be wrong... I haven't actually FINISHED Crisis Core (kill me later, I literally am working on it.) However, it made for a convenient person, and then Genesis morphed into a villain for Zack, kinda like he's a major antagonist in Crisis Core (though, it's still mostly Hojo's fault, but whatever).
So, this chapter was born out of those facts, basically. And I really do like how it turned out, actually.
I even livetumbld it a little.... http://magiksbrain.tumblr.com/tagged/ch7/chrono
Though, I warn you, there's only a couple posts there. I got into the livetumbling swing in later chapters. Though, I periodically drop out of said habit. *shrug*
So, Review Responses:
KKBeckett: You're in for a wild ride with the Genesis arc, it's a feelsy one :P And I'm glad you like my Angeal inclusion. Also, Zack's just awesome.
And, as usual, have a video :)
Because I love the Piano Guys :)
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