The Strongest Trio Prologue End
Whew! Finished editing chapter 4. Posted. Took a sleep. Ate. Worked on chapter 5. Finished it. Posted.
XD my hands hurt but I feel awesome.
The Strongest Trio is going on really well. The chapters been switching from serious to light-hearted moments like fing-fong but I didn't do them just for random lols (okay, I did on some). I've set the foundations down and if you liked Chapter 2 (which I'm sure a lot did!) the rest of the chapters should be a good change in the pace because I'm gonna stick to one perspective at most in a chapter. I've established Yusei's really well, gave Yugi limelight, and Judai's not gonna lag behind.
Chapter 4 is really different from the other chapters. There are a lot of foreshadowing in that chapter and it's not something you might easily understand by just one reading. It doesn't matter because you'd probably end up going back there anyway.
I posted Chapter 5 up because I'd rather end the prologue/GoF arc immediately and leave it as that than putting on a cliffhanger with an aftermath next chapter.
Yugi and Judai are gonna be main characters for quite a while now that we're in the Hogwarts arc. Yusei still has an important role especially when it comes to our Harry but we won't be seeing him for a while (I'm sad too qq). Harry's gonna be stealing perspective every now and then especially if I'm gonna pull some dramatic tension. Judai's my biggest challenge because I have something huge planned for him and I hope I don't epically fail on it.
Here's a quick run through on the chapters~
I: The Haunted Graveyard
The "draft" that I wrote in a random rush xD out of pure imagination, I had the three heroes together in one house! This is the time I have not a single idea who Yusei Fudo is and Judai was only the comedy relief. The second part of the chapter actually involved some researching (and going back on book 4 haha). It's funny how I managed to make Yusei really in-character when I've never seen him in action.
II: The Professor's Drink And Deceit
And what utter surprise it is - after watching YGO 5D - that I've accurately guessed Yusei's character right. A reviewer made a comment about how Yusei kicking the Death Eaters was like the understatement of the century. I didn't understand it until I watched the anime haha. This was prolly the most popular chapter. It overlapped really well with GoF without making it redundant and I enjoyed Yusei's quiet, calm, but dangerous character haha.
III: The Ancient Spirits
At this point, I actually had no idea what happened in the Riddle Manor and was coming up with an idea. Originally, this was left in a cliffhanger because I don't know what to explain yet haha but eventually, my fingers decided to settle things differently. There was supposed to be a flashback chapter but I liked what my fingers said. I left it here to start and develop Dumbledore's reaction to the dark magic and ancient spirits involved. Yep, Shadow Game!
IV: Dumbledore's Game
This was honestly my favorite chapter :( but no one liked it haha. Or I gave them no chance to review because I updated chapter 5 asap! Anyway, this gave me a serious headache because of the idea I wanted to put in. The original one was okay but I felt it lacked emotional impact. The second version was much more detailed, revised certain stuffs from the original, and was much, much, much more dramatic and damn longer. The revised had to be cut into two parts. I posted this up but I was so pissed off at how much it sucks. It reminded me of Chapter 2 of ToA. I just fail at trying to add drama so I rewrote the whole thing again, mostly taking parts from the original version.
This was my favorite chapter because of the character study involved, particularly Dumbledore. There are hella lots of symbolism and metaphors here, which really doesn't take a genius to understand, just harder to appreciate I guess :< the delivery was rather abrupt though so there's also me to blame xD
V: The Beginning
This goes back to the light-hearted moments, starting with Yugi, fresh from the Shadow Game. There's a bit of a discussion relating to the previous chapter to clarify some points but I didn't focus on it much because it would eat the chapter. The second part of the chapter was something I already had in my mind so it was pretty easy to write down, albeit a bit awkward because of the shifting perspective. Again, see how I fail in writing drama lol. It's so annoying because in my head is a lot of dramatic scenes that makes me want to write but I can't. How screwed up is that?
So what now? I dunno I really want to take a break from writing this fanfic but I can't help but keep on writing. I'm gonna go read OotP again most likely.
Hope you had fun reading!
XD my hands hurt but I feel awesome.
The Strongest Trio is going on really well. The chapters been switching from serious to light-hearted moments like fing-fong but I didn't do them just for random lols (okay, I did on some). I've set the foundations down and if you liked Chapter 2 (which I'm sure a lot did!) the rest of the chapters should be a good change in the pace because I'm gonna stick to one perspective at most in a chapter. I've established Yusei's really well, gave Yugi limelight, and Judai's not gonna lag behind.
Chapter 4 is really different from the other chapters. There are a lot of foreshadowing in that chapter and it's not something you might easily understand by just one reading. It doesn't matter because you'd probably end up going back there anyway.
I posted Chapter 5 up because I'd rather end the prologue/GoF arc immediately and leave it as that than putting on a cliffhanger with an aftermath next chapter.
Yugi and Judai are gonna be main characters for quite a while now that we're in the Hogwarts arc. Yusei still has an important role especially when it comes to our Harry but we won't be seeing him for a while (I'm sad too qq). Harry's gonna be stealing perspective every now and then especially if I'm gonna pull some dramatic tension. Judai's my biggest challenge because I have something huge planned for him and I hope I don't epically fail on it.
Here's a quick run through on the chapters~
I: The Haunted Graveyard
The "draft" that I wrote in a random rush xD out of pure imagination, I had the three heroes together in one house! This is the time I have not a single idea who Yusei Fudo is and Judai was only the comedy relief. The second part of the chapter actually involved some researching (and going back on book 4 haha). It's funny how I managed to make Yusei really in-character when I've never seen him in action.
II: The Professor's Drink And Deceit
And what utter surprise it is - after watching YGO 5D - that I've accurately guessed Yusei's character right. A reviewer made a comment about how Yusei kicking the Death Eaters was like the understatement of the century. I didn't understand it until I watched the anime haha. This was prolly the most popular chapter. It overlapped really well with GoF without making it redundant and I enjoyed Yusei's quiet, calm, but dangerous character haha.
III: The Ancient Spirits
At this point, I actually had no idea what happened in the Riddle Manor and was coming up with an idea. Originally, this was left in a cliffhanger because I don't know what to explain yet haha but eventually, my fingers decided to settle things differently. There was supposed to be a flashback chapter but I liked what my fingers said. I left it here to start and develop Dumbledore's reaction to the dark magic and ancient spirits involved. Yep, Shadow Game!
IV: Dumbledore's Game
This was honestly my favorite chapter :( but no one liked it haha. Or I gave them no chance to review because I updated chapter 5 asap! Anyway, this gave me a serious headache because of the idea I wanted to put in. The original one was okay but I felt it lacked emotional impact. The second version was much more detailed, revised certain stuffs from the original, and was much, much, much more dramatic and damn longer. The revised had to be cut into two parts. I posted this up but I was so pissed off at how much it sucks. It reminded me of Chapter 2 of ToA. I just fail at trying to add drama so I rewrote the whole thing again, mostly taking parts from the original version.
This was my favorite chapter because of the character study involved, particularly Dumbledore. There are hella lots of symbolism and metaphors here, which really doesn't take a genius to understand, just harder to appreciate I guess :< the delivery was rather abrupt though so there's also me to blame xD
V: The Beginning
This goes back to the light-hearted moments, starting with Yugi, fresh from the Shadow Game. There's a bit of a discussion relating to the previous chapter to clarify some points but I didn't focus on it much because it would eat the chapter. The second part of the chapter was something I already had in my mind so it was pretty easy to write down, albeit a bit awkward because of the shifting perspective. Again, see how I fail in writing drama lol. It's so annoying because in my head is a lot of dramatic scenes that makes me want to write but I can't. How screwed up is that?
So what now? I dunno I really want to take a break from writing this fanfic but I can't help but keep on writing. I'm gonna go read OotP again most likely.
Hope you had fun reading!