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This is it. I have finally given into temptation.
Or something.
The thing is, for some reason I can't write for most series. This might have something to do with not actually being all that good at writing, but. With FFXII I was too afraid to write something really. Because I'm not a native speaker and language is so important in that game. And it felt too... fragile to me, that beautifully built world of Ivalice. FFT A2 on the other hand doesn't really do that to me and I might actually write something about Luso and his clan meeting the part of the FFXII:RW gang besides Vaan and Penelo. I-if I ever get round to it.
With Golden Sun it is characterization errors. I have written for this fandom, but only drabbles. With Meine Liebe it's the same. With those series I'm always afraid that I won't do the characters justice, that I'll make them OOC. Most CLAMP series I was content with to just read fanfic; I never really felt the need to write my own. And I'm actually just a little bit afraid of Hikaru no Go, because most of the writers I've read things of (on livejournal, that is, not on the Pit) are so good.
But now I've started to write fic for a canon that I don't even like! La Corda d'Oro is one of those series that just bugs me the wrong way. I've only scanned the manga, watched a bit of the anime before promptly ignoring it and am never, EVER going to try the game.
It's like ML really, only without the anime staff - or in this case the manga staff because this anime does NOT EXIST TO ME UGH KAHOKO'S VOICE IS ANNOYING - didn't figure out they could just better drop the dating sim roots and make a series that would just be about music. The only redeeming thing about this series right now is Yunoki. AKA the Alex of a series based on a dating sim that is all about a cheat with a magical violin and without the character development and emphasis on personal talent that made Hikaru no Go so amazing. TWO-FACED MANIPULATIVE BITCHES FOR THE WIN OKAY? OKAY.
What made Hikago and Corda different to me is that in Hikago it was very apparent that Sai was in the beginning playing all of Hikaru's matches. He was cheating, sure, but he knew it. It's just that he actually got interested in Go and started to learn himself. And Sai helped him with it, but from that moment on he didn't play Hikaru's matches, because Hikaru wanted to do it himself.
In Corda on the other hand Kahoko just gets a magical violin because she can see fairies. And that violin enables anyone who plays it to play music as long as they 'can feel it with their hearts'. Whut. I've played music and you CAN'T play like that. It's about technique. But in Corda that doesn't seem to be important. And sure, she gets lessons, and improves, but she didn't start playing by herself. She got an unfair headstart.
So why the hell am I writing for this series? IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LACK OF SLASH OKAY. I'm used to CLAMP fandoms. And, well, Hikago. And Meine Liebe. Corda has a glaring lack of slash.
Okay okay I'm done.
Or something.
The thing is, for some reason I can't write for most series. This might have something to do with not actually being all that good at writing, but. With FFXII I was too afraid to write something really. Because I'm not a native speaker and language is so important in that game. And it felt too... fragile to me, that beautifully built world of Ivalice. FFT A2 on the other hand doesn't really do that to me and I might actually write something about Luso and his clan meeting the part of the FFXII:RW gang besides Vaan and Penelo. I-if I ever get round to it.
With Golden Sun it is characterization errors. I have written for this fandom, but only drabbles. With Meine Liebe it's the same. With those series I'm always afraid that I won't do the characters justice, that I'll make them OOC. Most CLAMP series I was content with to just read fanfic; I never really felt the need to write my own. And I'm actually just a little bit afraid of Hikaru no Go, because most of the writers I've read things of (on livejournal, that is, not on the Pit) are so good.
But now I've started to write fic for a canon that I don't even like! La Corda d'Oro is one of those series that just bugs me the wrong way. I've only scanned the manga, watched a bit of the anime before promptly ignoring it and am never, EVER going to try the game.
It's like ML really, only without the anime staff - or in this case the manga staff because this anime does NOT EXIST TO ME UGH KAHOKO'S VOICE IS ANNOYING - didn't figure out they could just better drop the dating sim roots and make a series that would just be about music. The only redeeming thing about this series right now is Yunoki. AKA the Alex of a series based on a dating sim that is all about a cheat with a magical violin and without the character development and emphasis on personal talent that made Hikaru no Go so amazing. TWO-FACED MANIPULATIVE BITCHES FOR THE WIN OKAY? OKAY.
What made Hikago and Corda different to me is that in Hikago it was very apparent that Sai was in the beginning playing all of Hikaru's matches. He was cheating, sure, but he knew it. It's just that he actually got interested in Go and started to learn himself. And Sai helped him with it, but from that moment on he didn't play Hikaru's matches, because Hikaru wanted to do it himself.
In Corda on the other hand Kahoko just gets a magical violin because she can see fairies. And that violin enables anyone who plays it to play music as long as they 'can feel it with their hearts'. Whut. I've played music and you CAN'T play like that. It's about technique. But in Corda that doesn't seem to be important. And sure, she gets lessons, and improves, but she didn't start playing by herself. She got an unfair headstart.
So why the hell am I writing for this series? IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LACK OF SLASH OKAY. I'm used to CLAMP fandoms. And, well, Hikago. And Meine Liebe. Corda has a glaring lack of slash.
Okay okay I'm done.