Jackalopes

[ardwynna_m]

I was in the middle of Chapter Two in the Path rewrite, doing something about the very stiff and formal way I phrased everything back then, when one thing made me think of another thing, which in turn led to another other thing, which birthed the plotbunny for a prequel. In the course of minutes that plotbunny achieved full blown jackalope status

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[lenine2]

I forgive you!

[ardwynna_m]

I do feel a little bit better about this.

[lenine2]

By the way, Path was the first Sephiroth/Aeris fic I read. The concept was new to me then, since it was before Crisis Core, and nearly everything I had read (that wasn't slash) was Cloud/Aeris.

[ardwynna_m]

Wow. I wrote somebody else's 'Irony of Fate' (my first Aeris/Seph). That hits one of my main concerns the rewrite. I look at the original version and think the wording is stiff, the characterization is inconsistent and the action is questionable but people liked it anyway, and here I am practically tearing it to shreds. What if the new version doesn't strike the same chord? Maybe all those flaws I see are what made it accessible. But I want to finish it and I don't think I can if the beginning and end are so terribly different. For better or worse, I'm going ahead. Hopefully there'll be no more jackalopes waiting in the wings.

[lenine2]

What if the new version doesn't strike the same chord?

No, no NO! Anyone who liked the original will love the rewrite. I promise.

[ardwynna_m]

I hope so. I'd hate to have gone and ruined what someone remembered fondly. I'll stop worrying about pleasing everyone soon, I swear.