Post contains massive FF7 spoilers, I'm assuming nobody cares
FILTER: In the past, I have only ever constructed filters according to my comfort levels. For fic, though, I want EVERYONE to read it and leave comments! But I understand that many might not be interested. So I'm making a filter.
Purpose of filter: To discuss this specific fanfic that I'm writing, FF7/Inception crossover (actual fic described below). Sometimes I will ask how things sound from a plot standpoint; sometimes I will just rant about the general writing of fic/etc.
If you don't respond, you won't hear much about the fic until I finish it and post it at AO3.
View poll: FF7/Inception Fic Filter
Yesterday I officially started writing my FF7/Inception crossover fic. I wrote some more today (using 750words.com!), so since I wrote twice, it must be real.
A while ago, I wrote this post that got metafandom'ed, asking people how they go about writing epic fanfic. I don't have an outline yet, but I feel that I will need one, given the complexity of the plot/timelines of the original game, and the fact that I'll now be screwing with them.
The idea of FF7/Inception crossover fic came from this anonymous comment in a fic prompt meme. Nobody filled the prompt, but a lot of people, self included, went whoa! that would be cool.
The premise of the fic I'd like to write is: FF7 world, with the technology of the Inception movie (no Inception characters). In the Inception movie, dream-diving technology was used to train soldiers, so it follows that it could have been developed in FF7 pre-game, during the Shin-Ra/Wutai war.
It makes sense to me that the person who's attainable (i.e., not Sephiroth) who people would want to dream-dive in FF7 would be Cloud. I need to work on what Shin-Ra's reasons are - at the moment, I'm going to say they think Cloud might know where the Promised Land is, or give clues as to why Sephiroth went bat-shit. OR, b/c they know Cloud lived in a Mako tube for years with Zak, and want to know what Hojo did to him in case he flips his shit like Sephiroth did. Either way. A REASON.
And on the AVALANCHE team, the person who wants to dream-dive into Cloud is Tifa, who spends the entire game wondering why he's so fucked up, why he knows things he shouldn't, wtf happened to his brain and what happened when their hometown was destroyed 5 years ago.
There will be no references to people/events in Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Advent Children, etc. Old school FTW.
UHH. So I guess the main thing that I need to figure out is the whole AU aspect of the fic.
I want the fic to take place during the game - after the team has acquired Vincent (b/c his prior-Turk-ness is something I want to keep things interesting - he'll know the technology, have training, etc.) but before Tifa canonically dives into Cloud's subconscious in Mideel (which would obviously negate her need to dream-dive into Cloud). I'm starting the fic right before the team treks through Mt. Nibel.
So, there are lots of questions there: If Cloud/Tifa/the team figure out Cloud's Secrets way earlier in the game, how does that effect everything else? Will Aeris still die? Wouldn't Cloud be able to resist giving Sephiroth the Black Materia, or would he just have his mental breakdown way earlier? idk.
In this post most people made it sound like they flesh out their fic ideas in chat. I think I've only ever done that once, with a 500-word fic? I don't have a ready-made posse, I guess. If not a lot of people are interested in discussing the AU-ness of the fic possibilities, I might hit up
ff7_fanfiction for new friends?!
Purpose of filter: To discuss this specific fanfic that I'm writing, FF7/Inception crossover (actual fic described below). Sometimes I will ask how things sound from a plot standpoint; sometimes I will just rant about the general writing of fic/etc.
If you don't respond, you won't hear much about the fic until I finish it and post it at AO3.
View poll: FF7/Inception Fic Filter
Yesterday I officially started writing my FF7/Inception crossover fic. I wrote some more today (using 750words.com!), so since I wrote twice, it must be real.
A while ago, I wrote this post that got metafandom'ed, asking people how they go about writing epic fanfic. I don't have an outline yet, but I feel that I will need one, given the complexity of the plot/timelines of the original game, and the fact that I'll now be screwing with them.
The idea of FF7/Inception crossover fic came from this anonymous comment in a fic prompt meme. Nobody filled the prompt, but a lot of people, self included, went whoa! that would be cool.
The premise of the fic I'd like to write is: FF7 world, with the technology of the Inception movie (no Inception characters). In the Inception movie, dream-diving technology was used to train soldiers, so it follows that it could have been developed in FF7 pre-game, during the Shin-Ra/Wutai war.
It makes sense to me that the person who's attainable (i.e., not Sephiroth) who people would want to dream-dive in FF7 would be Cloud. I need to work on what Shin-Ra's reasons are - at the moment, I'm going to say they think Cloud might know where the Promised Land is, or give clues as to why Sephiroth went bat-shit. OR, b/c they know Cloud lived in a Mako tube for years with Zak, and want to know what Hojo did to him in case he flips his shit like Sephiroth did. Either way. A REASON.
And on the AVALANCHE team, the person who wants to dream-dive into Cloud is Tifa, who spends the entire game wondering why he's so fucked up, why he knows things he shouldn't, wtf happened to his brain and what happened when their hometown was destroyed 5 years ago.
There will be no references to people/events in Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Advent Children, etc. Old school FTW.
UHH. So I guess the main thing that I need to figure out is the whole AU aspect of the fic.
I want the fic to take place during the game - after the team has acquired Vincent (b/c his prior-Turk-ness is something I want to keep things interesting - he'll know the technology, have training, etc.) but before Tifa canonically dives into Cloud's subconscious in Mideel (which would obviously negate her need to dream-dive into Cloud). I'm starting the fic right before the team treks through Mt. Nibel.
So, there are lots of questions there: If Cloud/Tifa/the team figure out Cloud's Secrets way earlier in the game, how does that effect everything else? Will Aeris still die? Wouldn't Cloud be able to resist giving Sephiroth the Black Materia, or would he just have his mental breakdown way earlier? idk.
In this post most people made it sound like they flesh out their fic ideas in chat. I think I've only ever done that once, with a 500-word fic? I don't have a ready-made posse, I guess. If not a lot of people are interested in discussing the AU-ness of the fic possibilities, I might hit up
ff7_fanfiction for new friends?!