TOUEI
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TOUEI (Reflection)
This fanfic for me is a kind of experiment. I decided that for sure, I'd finish it and write a *long one* this time, partly because it was something fun to do, and partly because I wanted to see for myself whether I could write something novel-sized, or at least light-novel sized. If I am to have any hope as a writer in the future, I've got to be able to stick with my projects, even if there are long breaks in between. With my propensity for distraction and writer's block, keeping a consistent schedule isn't as easy for me as it used to be, but at least the updates are coming. To give you an idea of how huge this thing is, and how freaking terrified I am of it, the side story Ashura is just one of five I've planned. And it's only 2/3s of the way finished.
Although it may not seem like it now, TOUEI, as I've planned it, is going to be a really long story. My previous fanfiction, Traveller, was to be about the length of an actual Tsukihime scenario, and with the new VN engine Miraploy has wonderfully provided, it might be possible for me to write that story again, as it was meant to be written.
Still, this is my main project now. I was disappointed with Traveller for a few reasons, the foremost of which being that it was oppressively dark. Although I *like* dark, don't get me wrong, I have always felt that in a truly interesting story, some elements of all moods ought to be present. Elements of comedy, romance, drama, horror, and action; all of these are integral to creating a large, multi-layered and complex fiction. While the inevitable result of someone's writing style, unless they've got quite a handy bit of control over themselves, is almost always leaning towards one of those genres principally than the others, the variety still exists.
I thought that with Traveller, you had to hold your breath and go under for a long time until you could surface and gasp again, the atmosphere was so stifling. This might seem like a strange thought to those of you who read it, but the plot developments I had planned would have easily made it the most depressing of any path in Tsukihime, were it to be in the visual novel. (Yes, beating even Akiha's...) In any case, you only really got brief moments of half-hearted comedy (Which I'm not all that confident at.) to break the larger themes of insanity and paranoia.
TOUEI isn't going to be like that. The writing is simpler, the characters original (Mostly.). My idea was to create a fic that explores Nasu's setting, rather than focuses on established characters in the games. Certainly, characters like Ciel, Hisui, Arcuied and Aoko might appear, out of the fact that they featured heavily in Kieran's preceding fic, but only briefly. In this fic, less important characters from the TM universe will feature more heavily than ones who got a role in the actually released games and novels. Needless to say, you can expect for there to be more than a few fateful meetings. The primary characters are Kieran's "daughter," who has all but hijacked my fic and become more of the heroine than my own protagonist, whose design I took from an old roleplay, and inverted his personality. Would you believe he was angry ALL THE TIME in his original form? You would have hated him, trust me. (If you don't hate him already. XD) And of course, the central Touko-like character cements the structure of this story as similar to Kara no Kyoukai; episodic, with side story chapters that will eventually tie into the main plot. (Really, they will!) There are quite a few original characters, all of whom I created with the TM universe in mind, but some whose personality and true nature/powers reference other fictional universes as well. However, this isn't a crossover fic.
I'm actually primarily an RPer, and used to think writing fanfiction was for self-indulgent, poorly skilled writers who just liked to make Mary Sues. Now I think it... might be mostly true still. XD I might be one of those. Well, no matter. Whatever the case is, I think that a lot of fic writers I've seen here, especially Kieran, have some actual skill for once, and I appreciate most of all his willingness to let me use his character, since it is a sign of his confidence in my writing ability and understanding of Takara. He also puts up with me bugging him endlessly about whether she would do this a certain way, or that at all, or if this little statement is right, or if her mannerisms are all in order, etc. In any case, thanks go out to Kieran again.
And of course to TM, which created the huge sandbox I'm playing in.
Yeah yeah, mox nox in rem. Please comment and rate. Speculations welcome on any chapter. I need your input; without it, I'll be sad.
You wouldn't want to make me sad, would you?
This fanfic for me is a kind of experiment. I decided that for sure, I'd finish it and write a *long one* this time, partly because it was something fun to do, and partly because I wanted to see for myself whether I could write something novel-sized, or at least light-novel sized. If I am to have any hope as a writer in the future, I've got to be able to stick with my projects, even if there are long breaks in between. With my propensity for distraction and writer's block, keeping a consistent schedule isn't as easy for me as it used to be, but at least the updates are coming. To give you an idea of how huge this thing is, and how freaking terrified I am of it, the side story Ashura is just one of five I've planned. And it's only 2/3s of the way finished.
Although it may not seem like it now, TOUEI, as I've planned it, is going to be a really long story. My previous fanfiction, Traveller, was to be about the length of an actual Tsukihime scenario, and with the new VN engine Miraploy has wonderfully provided, it might be possible for me to write that story again, as it was meant to be written.
Still, this is my main project now. I was disappointed with Traveller for a few reasons, the foremost of which being that it was oppressively dark. Although I *like* dark, don't get me wrong, I have always felt that in a truly interesting story, some elements of all moods ought to be present. Elements of comedy, romance, drama, horror, and action; all of these are integral to creating a large, multi-layered and complex fiction. While the inevitable result of someone's writing style, unless they've got quite a handy bit of control over themselves, is almost always leaning towards one of those genres principally than the others, the variety still exists.
I thought that with Traveller, you had to hold your breath and go under for a long time until you could surface and gasp again, the atmosphere was so stifling. This might seem like a strange thought to those of you who read it, but the plot developments I had planned would have easily made it the most depressing of any path in Tsukihime, were it to be in the visual novel. (Yes, beating even Akiha's...) In any case, you only really got brief moments of half-hearted comedy (Which I'm not all that confident at.) to break the larger themes of insanity and paranoia.
TOUEI isn't going to be like that. The writing is simpler, the characters original (Mostly.). My idea was to create a fic that explores Nasu's setting, rather than focuses on established characters in the games. Certainly, characters like Ciel, Hisui, Arcuied and Aoko might appear, out of the fact that they featured heavily in Kieran's preceding fic, but only briefly. In this fic, less important characters from the TM universe will feature more heavily than ones who got a role in the actually released games and novels. Needless to say, you can expect for there to be more than a few fateful meetings. The primary characters are Kieran's "daughter," who has all but hijacked my fic and become more of the heroine than my own protagonist, whose design I took from an old roleplay, and inverted his personality. Would you believe he was angry ALL THE TIME in his original form? You would have hated him, trust me. (If you don't hate him already. XD) And of course, the central Touko-like character cements the structure of this story as similar to Kara no Kyoukai; episodic, with side story chapters that will eventually tie into the main plot. (Really, they will!) There are quite a few original characters, all of whom I created with the TM universe in mind, but some whose personality and true nature/powers reference other fictional universes as well. However, this isn't a crossover fic.
I'm actually primarily an RPer, and used to think writing fanfiction was for self-indulgent, poorly skilled writers who just liked to make Mary Sues. Now I think it... might be mostly true still. XD I might be one of those. Well, no matter. Whatever the case is, I think that a lot of fic writers I've seen here, especially Kieran, have some actual skill for once, and I appreciate most of all his willingness to let me use his character, since it is a sign of his confidence in my writing ability and understanding of Takara. He also puts up with me bugging him endlessly about whether she would do this a certain way, or that at all, or if this little statement is right, or if her mannerisms are all in order, etc. In any case, thanks go out to Kieran again.
And of course to TM, which created the huge sandbox I'm playing in.
Yeah yeah, mox nox in rem. Please comment and rate. Speculations welcome on any chapter. I need your input; without it, I'll be sad.
You wouldn't want to make me sad, would you?
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