Another great chapter!vandevereJuly 12 2009, 19:59:46 UTC
But Shuyin's sure hopping around, ain't he? Someone's got to nail him down before things get too far out of hand...
What's this about a child being proclaimed Auron's son?
I know Auron wound up in disgrace because he refused to marry a priest's daughter.
The hapless cadet who was killed, did he father a child with the priest's daughter. Was the potential forced marriage an attempt on the priest's part to give his illegitimate grandson a legal name?
I can see why Auron wouldn't have gone for something like that.
Will we ever see this son of a priest's daughter. Or, have we seen him already and not known it? :P
Re: Another great chapter!auronluJuly 12 2009, 20:15:19 UTC
Oh! I just threw that in to make Auron's line a little more interesting than "he scowled," and didn't actually think about it.
I think I have enough NPCs at this point. Apart from Jessik in chapter 1, every single NPC in this story with a name has been a minor character from the game. :)
I keep playing with the backstory of the high priest's daughter, until I've got a whole story for her (I usually make her Lady Ginnem). In the past I've written that she had a no-name lover, much to her father's annoyance, and the forced marriage with Auron was an attempt to conceal the scandal. If I ever get back to my Lulu's Memoirs story about Ginnem's pilgrimage, maybe I'll work on the angle that she had a son.
You know, I've been reading this fic for quite some time and I don't think I've ever dropped a comment to let you know just how awesome this story really is. It is AMAZING.
Grateful Author is GratefulauronluJuly 13 2009, 04:15:20 UTC
...and being a total and complete "I have readers!" whore, I am only too pleased to see I have another victim hanging on as I continue my foray into novella-length insanity.
Re: Grateful Author is GratefulrushingwindJuly 13 2009, 08:06:26 UTC
:)
It's really rare to see such well-planned fic, and it's very obvious that you are passionate about the story. That's what makes a fic so good, when the author loves it so. :) So much FFX fic is predictable and repetitive, but this is fresh and unlike any other fic I've read for FFX.
I think it is a good resource, although it can't solve the chief longfic problem: most fans have so much else to do, read, explore that they feel dread, not eagerness, when they see a multi-chapter that's already got a lot of chapters (such as, say, over 5).
However, as a support group, it has potential, and it certainly is useful if you're getting bogged down somewhere and need to bounce ideas and brainstorm. I suspect I'd have finished this monster by now if I had been able to squeak when I got stuck instead of sitting on my problem chapters for months at a time.
Ack. The title of this fic suddenly seems so much more ominous.
I like the very elemental destruction of the temples -- from ice to fire. Isaaru being forced to send at that range, with Auron so close. Such tension there.
I read this before, but I just now read it again to remind myself of what happens (I started the next chapter and realized I was hopelessly lost, so I had to back up a little), and just realized that I never told you just how much I like what you did with the Cloister of Trials here. This cloister is particularly frustrating with all it's fiddly little "hit the stick at exactly the right time" details, and you captured that just right. I also love Auron's interaction with the pyreflies.
Not that it isn't also good, overall. ;) Those are just the bits that stuck out the first time, and again.
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What's this about a child being proclaimed Auron's son?
I know Auron wound up in disgrace because he refused to marry a priest's daughter.
The hapless cadet who was killed, did he father a child with the priest's daughter. Was the potential forced marriage an attempt on the priest's part to give his illegitimate grandson a legal name?
I can see why Auron wouldn't have gone for something like that.
Will we ever see this son of a priest's daughter. Or, have we seen him already and not known it? :P
Either way, what you're writing is pure gold...
Vandevere
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I think I have enough NPCs at this point. Apart from Jessik in chapter 1, every single NPC in this story with a name has been a minor character from the game. :)
I keep playing with the backstory of the high priest's daughter, until I've got a whole story for her (I usually make her Lady Ginnem). In the past I've written that she had a no-name lover, much to her father's annoyance, and the forced marriage with Auron was an attempt to conceal the scandal. If I ever get back to my Lulu's Memoirs story about Ginnem's pilgrimage, maybe I'll work on the angle that she had a son.
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All 70,000+ words of it. O.o;;
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It's really rare to see such well-planned fic, and it's very obvious that you are passionate about the story. That's what makes a fic so good, when the author loves it so. :) So much FFX fic is predictable and repetitive, but this is fresh and unlike any other fic I've read for FFX.
I look forward to more. :)
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However, as a support group, it has potential, and it certainly is useful if you're getting bogged down somewhere and need to bounce ideas and brainstorm. I suspect I'd have finished this monster by now if I had been able to squeak when I got stuck instead of sitting on my problem chapters for months at a time.
And thank you very much!
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I like the very elemental destruction of the temples -- from ice to fire. Isaaru being forced to send at that range, with Auron so close. Such tension there.
And thenhafdjasfd...! Very clever move, Shuyin.
N-next chapter please? I'm totally gripped again.
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Not that it isn't also good, overall. ;) Those are just the bits that stuck out the first time, and again.
Okay, now back to the new one.
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