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fandomsecrets2017-06-20 07:23 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2017-06-20 07:23 pm
[ SECRET POST #3821 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3821 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Movie: It Comes At Night]
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[iZombie]
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[New Girl]
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[Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid]
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(Doctor Strange)
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[Fire Emblem]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 26 secrets from Secret Submission Post #547.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: also that it's a game...
(Anonymous) 2017-06-22 02:55 am (UTC)(link).............wait, was the MC 10 in that game? Really? That makes all the porn I've (generally accidentally) encountered way more disturbing.
I don't know that he'd be coherent enough for therapy, IRL. All the drugs for this one. Lots of benzos. Yep.
Re: also that it's a game...
I mean it IS fix-it in the sense that he saves (almost) all the people who end up dead in the game, he saves the world, the world is in a better state than it was before, he has people that care about him, etc. It's also high tragedy in the sense that I didn't want it to be one of those cases where the fixed timeline is unequivocally 100000000% better than his previous one. So in this case, while a lot of things are way better, he suffers some personal tragedies that leave him kind of conflicted and bitter about the whole thing, because one of his most important relationships from his previous life gets basically ruined in this new one (and this is going to hurt for everybody, a lot, including the readers :DDD). Also there's some dramatic irony going on, like the fact that in order to physically enhance himself, he has to do to himself some of what the insane scientist did to him in his past life... See, he's wondering whether he'll manage to save the world, but the readers (should be) wondering whether he'll destroy himself in the process.
SO I MEAN TECHNICALLY IT'S A TRAGIC-FIX-IT-WITH-HUMOR-AND-ANGST. I think.
I'll be posting on both ao3 and ffnet, but I'm 50k in and there's probably another 50k to go, so it'll be a while yet before it's done. Hence the desperation for interim readers!
(it's my turn to wall-of-text at you, I see XD thank you for reading!)
Oh, good, he was an adult the whole time.
(Anonymous) 2017-06-22 03:15 am (UTC)(link)I want you to know that I now have the mental image of a fluffy white blue-eyed kitten attempting to look fierce as a stand-in for Cloud-in-your-fic.
I like also that things are not going as entirely planned - you pull on one thread, you unravel the tapestry, right. So he's meeting most of his goals but other things are getting fucked up in the process. Which can be very satisfying to read. Or watch.
I'm happy to interrim read, but I can't tell you if your characterization is consistent re: canon. I can probably tell you if your characterization is internally consistent. I can tell you general impressions on atmosphere and timing, that kind of thing. (Also if someone with v. little experience with canon can follow the story...)
Re: Oh, good, he was an adult the whole time.
tbh fluffy white kitten attempting to look fierce is basically what Cloud is in this fic. I even did a drawing of tiny kid!Cloud with giant swords looking cute and frustrated because nobody will take him seriously.
Yeah, see, in some time-travel AUs I feel like things are a little... too easy? And the canon is pretty fucked up. So like, I want him to have something resembling a happy ending, but hoo boy is it going to be fucked along the way.
tbh, if you enjoy the fic (because regardless, you do need to enjoy the thing, and follow along with the plot to some extent, otherwise there's really no point), then I'm fine with you checking it for internal consistency. I've got like 500 balls in the air, so having an extra set of eyes would be awesome, if you're willing to try! And I do hope I'm keeping everything moving, but also solving things in a satisfying way.
Um, how do you want to do it, though? Since you have to deanon. I don't know if you have a DW account you can send me a message with, though. Or you could message me on tumblr with an email/preferred contact method? Or if you have an ff.net account, you can message me there?
(and honestly, please don't feel pressured >_> I know I'm kind of dancing like PLEASE DO EET but I have also long ago learned that not everybody will like my fics, and that's okay! See, in continuation to our conversation about important life lessons from writing fanfiction...)
Re: Oh, good, he was an adult the whole time.
(Anonymous) 2017-06-22 03:35 am (UTC)(link)If I end up not liking it, I will be v. v. polite about it, and also try to be constructive. (Though I hope I do end up liking it, it sounds fun, and also I enjoy generally tend to enjoy poking at other people's fiction. Habit developed in childhood.)
Re: Oh, good, he was an adult the whole time.
I do hope you end up liking it as well, though like I said, I will 100% understand if not - it can be really tough sometimes to read a fic that's for a fandom you're not into, even if the premise sounds amazing, because a lot of fanfic does rely on some prior attachment to the characters in order to work. So I mean, it could even be something as simple as "this sounds like something I'd be into, but I just can't really muster up emotion for the characters".