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FtPverse has come along in leaps and bounds and though I’m not done with ATR I’m super confident about where I’m going and super proud of what I’ve got done this year!!!!
cool things I wrote that weren’t a part of ATR primer
- I did
the 30 day otp challenge for SoShad! some of these scenes are
whatever in hindsight, but, a lot of them are good, a lot of them are
pretty fun, and it was great to explore SoShad in the context
of “they’re actually heckin dating” without fear of consequences or
anything (because I didn’t plan on posting them and still, kinda, don’t
plan to), which was something I was hesitant to do for a long time
- the
April Fool’s chapter!!!! The first April Fool’s I had free to
write something ftpverse related, and I went all out. It still brings a
grin to my face or makes me collapse in giggles when I reread it, for the
sheer ridiculousness of it. best peice of work I’ve written, hands down
- ftpverse
5th anniversary chap / Riku’s birthday! - I loooooooooved
being able to explore Riku in his family, explore how far he’s come since
the start!!! the whole idea I finally finally got him to
where I wanted to after five long years is wonderful is amazing and I’m so
happy for him, and pretty damn proud of myself. it took forever, but, hey,
it turned out great
- Aqua
leaves the dark realm - look. I love Aqua. I love her
sooooooooooo much. it was good to write for her (it always is), it was
good to write for Mickey, I love the whole “Mickey, Aqua’s here” [Mickey
slams on the brakes of his gummi ship, nearly crashes], I love Yen Sid
stumbling out of his tower because “that was some powerful magic???
oh, Aqua????” and I got to write Ven and Aqua reuniting and it’s good
- this house is a home au!! -
I may never explore this au again but the time I did spend exploring it
was good! I love the undertale kids and I love broken kids living in the HB gang and being loved there so, um, it’s a good au and I super love the
scene recounting RG’s fall to darkness. it’s not perfect, but, it’s
good, and it let me explore a time period in ftpverse I hadn’t much before
- a
date with fate pt 2 - got to explore Aerith/Squall sibling
dynamics and how Zack’s death affected people who weren’t just Aerith and Cloud,
because, Zack was a big part of the HB fam and other people were
really sad when he died, Aerith did not carry the grief alone
- it
wasn’t necessarily something I WROTE and was a SCENE, but I finally
lined out pre-TTH
events for the HB gang / FF crew, and, I’m super glad for
that!!
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cool things that happened in ftpverse this year
I’m gonna do a bullet point list and hooope I don’t
accidentally leave anything out!!! there is, a lot, though. like I said. a
whole lot
- soshad!!! -
I’ll always start with soshad. this was the year that not only did I get
to start exploring their dynamic instory in a not ”I’m trying to kill
you” context (finally) but also the year I let myself say they’re canon,
they’re going to happen, it doesn’t end with Shad forever pining after Sora,
and Sora with Kairi,. it doesn’t ONLY happen in soshadkai context. soshad
is how I see them after atr, and, well, it’s not a secret. it can’t be. I was
able to finally say that with confidence this past year, and I’m grateful
for that
- Aerith/Leon
siblings!! - I introduced this idea – or rather, started
considering it – and it’s such a good thought and I’m soooooo glad I started
considering it
- RIKU’S
HAPPY!!! - I’ve mentioned this before but, finally,
after five years, Riku is somewhere happy, he’s somewhere where he doesn’t
hate himself and his life, that “second chance” he was supposed to
get in TTH finally ended in a happy ending and I’m glad to have finally
got here. 2014 is the year I finished dead inside, 2015 is the year Riku
started being happy, and, that’s a damn good accomplishment
- Rinoa
/ ff8 - I played ff8 this year, figured out how to include Rinoa
in ftpverse (finally!), and made plans for ff8 in ftpverse, even if I haven’t
written it yet and won’t for a while
- Namine/Kairi
plotlines - 2015 is when I looked at ATR and went “this is
great but why do my plans only focus on Riku and Sora?”. Kairi’s plotline
still has it’s bumps and kinks and maybe you can’t consider it entirely
her own but she will have a large role and an important role. Namine’s
plotline is her own completely, and, I can’t wait to explore it more /
finally get into the depths of it in 2016!
- shad
was revealed! - I haven’t gotten ~“far”~ in atr (yea I have,
technically) but thank god I got this far, at least. Shad was revealed,
his not-death is no longer a secret, I can talk about him all I want and
that’s FUCKING FANTASTIC
- i was
able to come to terms with namiku’s dynamic - I struggled a lot
with namiku this year after realizing how inherently unhealthy their
dynamic first was, but I was also able to figure out how to work past
that, and start them on that path in-story. I still care a lot less about
namiku (especially romantic namiku) than I used to, but, I stopped hating
writing for them, and the fact I figured out largely ow to fix their
dynamic is a Big Fucking Accomplishment
and that’s, well, most of it, but some favorite chapters /
moments in ATR this year, while I’m at it. actually this is just, most chapters
I wrote this year. oops. STILL GOOD TO LOOK AT THOUGH
- atrch22,
and on its tail, atrch52. the
rikai dynamic is one I wish I’d explored more in early ftpverse, but I’m
glad it’s the first thing I got to touch in part 2 of atr, and in 2015 as
a whole.
- atrch24 -
Even arrived!!! I love Even, and I love his introduction. ”I heard
myself yelling, so I thought I should come check it out.”
- atrch25 -
sonami dynamic!!! another thing I’m glad to have started part 2 with. this
is also where we start introducing Namine’s plotline.
- shad’s
reveal, ch32-37. this
whole sequence is good. 32 is Shad’s reveal. 33 is Sora telling Kairi,
and, that’s good. 35 is the scene written from Shad’s pov even though he’s
in Sora’s body and that’s, a weird way to look at things, but, it came out
good. 36 is Sora about why he wants to give Shad a chance, and, THAT’S A
GOOD ONE, HOO BOY, plus this chapter is an Aerith/Riku/Namine convo which
is basically Aerith just going “why don’t you tell me these things
you have to worry your family you have to trust hem oh my god”.
- atr38! -
the start of part 3. I love the Braig/Xehanort scene, and, well, I guess
the start of Riku’s “plotline”, at least for part 3, along with
a scene I always wanted to do with him.
- atr40,
Sora and his dad on the docks - I had this scene planned for
ages, and, this isn’t even all I wanted to discuss in it! nothing Good
happens in this chapter but I still love it, plus, the ending B)))
- atr42 -
more Sokai on Shad. Sokai on Shad is always fun, and, I loooooove
Shadkai bitterness. the fact that Kairi’s dad is also just, here, for the
convo is A+ hell ye, and I love how they’re interrupted in the end
- atr43/44 -
Yen Sid!!!! I will always love “the stars don’t know shit about Riku”, Riku’s
hasty plan to defeat Xehanort, plus confirmation that Riku (and Kairi)
don’t have fucking keyblades in this universe.
- atr45 some
much needed look at the main four’s relationship! I wish I’d explored it
more in earlier chapters, and, hope I don’t forget to address it more in
the future either. this chapter just scratches the surface.
- atr46 -
Aerith/Riku/Namine take a walk! them taking walks regularly is among my
favorite facts about them, and the HB fam’s living routine. also there’s
just some good convo stuff in here. hhhhhhell ye
- atr47 -
namiku has a yelling. I wouldn’t call it my favorite chapter or favorite moment
but I am glad that it serves as a turning point when I didn’t even mean it
to be. this is the start of their relationship getting better, and it’s
mere existence means I don’t have to write another scene (which was supposed to
be the turning point) if I don’t want to or don’t have room and that’s
super nice
- chapters
48-52, tentatively titled the “ren and the HB gang”
sequence. 48 is Sora’s starshard “breaking”, which, I love. it’s Bad
but, I love. 49 is where Kairi fucks up and a) reveals Shad to the HB gang, b) nearly reveals Shad loves Sora. 50 is sorikai about Shad ft Shad
and Riku at each other’s throats (literally) and I loooooove characters
yelling at each other when it feels super believable, plus, I love “things
happen because a character fucks up.” 51 is getting into some nitty gritty
deets about Shad, along with Kairi going ”I don’t like him, but for
you Sora, I’ll try”. and, I already talked about ch52 but it’s good
because hell ye rikai dynamic and hell ye admitting something’s wrong with
Riku
- atr54-56, Sora’s
first day of training. 54 has Kano/Sora being able to sense Ven’s exact
location, a “Kano is not Vanitas” convo I never thought I’d get, and Aqua’s
pov (!!) and a brief spar (!!!!!), 55 has Kairi being rude to Yen Sid, and
her throwing Ven’s ass in the ocean. 56 hasn’t been uploaded yet, but.
it’s a Venvan and B)))
and, admittedly, 55 and 56 (56 especially) may not have been
finished until 2016 started, but, OH WELL, that’s, that
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