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ryokofan21 wrote:
I’ve also got an AMV in the works so for now that takes priority number 1.
Really???
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g463/wwwwhhhhoooo/Tenchiforum%20Banners/ryoko_zero.jpg " /> Can’t wait! I love your amv’s
ryokofan21 wrote:Anyone got any advice for writers block? I got it bad.
It happens to all of us (me quite often)
I’ve found in general that taking some time away from whatever you’re working on to be very beneficial. I’ll want to scrutinize, ponder & fixate on whatever it is I’m stuck on, but sometimes it’s best to just stop typing, get up from the chair, & stop thinking about the whole thing altogether for a little while. Take a break, go for a walk or a drive, watch some tv, whatever you do to relax. Come back to it later (‘later’ can be a few hours or a few days, doesn’t matter) when your mind is refreshed, then re-read, & you may see/read/think of something or a certain approach to it that you hadn’t before.*
Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to ponder & go-over every scenario/solution you can think of to find the best one. It’s just for me personally, I can find that actually very draining after a time, so it helps to take some breaks every now & then.
*my secret approach to homework as well
If my two cents is worth anything, I’d say a key thing to remember in terms of making a fanfiction story ‘come to life’ is to try to stay as true to the characters we’re all familiar with as possible. Adding new characters or writing in yourself as a character canwork, though I personally tend to shy away from it (but that’s just my personal style). 1) it makes it more easily imaginable for us as readers that are familiar with the source material (which in turn makes your fanfiction more accessible, more enjoyable and all-around better) &2) helps maintain a sort of continuity and familiarity with the actual series that you’re writing fanfiction for. For example, with some Star Wars fanfiction I wrote a long time ago, somewhere far, far away…(yeah, that lame pun just happened, & no, none of mine are posted online anywhere, don’t bother looking) I would have short stories taking place on distant worlds that would in no way alter/interfere with the larger spectrum of the Star Wars movie continuity–or if feeling more adventurous, perhaps have events inexplicably or unexpectedly leading up to main events, but definitely in no way contradicting actual ‘facts’ (now that I think about it, Star Wars is a bit more plot driven–as most works of fiction traditionally thought of as ‘Western’ often are–whereas Tenchi is very much character driven, but hopefully that made some sense).
Anyways, by having those common threads with the actual universe of whatever it is you’re writing fanfiction about, therein lies the possibility in the back of our (the readers’) minds that this or that
couldhappen, or mighthappen or have happened (ah, better example I just thought of! Keeping with the Tenchi example, if someone wrote a few additional alternate universes set during the Tenchi Universe Space/Time Adventures escapades, such as Blade-of-the-Moon’s idea to have the gang in prehistoric times, or during the glory days of sea-faring pirates…they’d be believable because ‘why not?’ they don’t detrach in any way from the overall larger plot). (if TL;DR) Sorry I probably rambled a bit, unfortunately got a test to go take, but in short when I read fanfiction, if I’m reading Ryoko’s or Tenchi’s (or some other character I know) dialogue, I can easily picture the setting clearly in my mind, and I can almost literallyhearPetrea or Matt or whomever’s voice saying those lines, and when that happens, combine that with the leisure time to sit in an easy chair and have a quiet cup of tea to read to, & it’s a transcendental experience. So again, to summarize: start with the characters; imo, if that aspect is solid, build up from there, you can’t go wrong. Your collection is impressive…most impressive indeed 
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g463/wwwwhhhhoooo/darth_vader.jpg " /> Great topic! Who doesn’t love the space/time adventure episodes (I’m not saying that I, ‘Who’, don’t like them…you know what I mean). They’re fun, whimsical “filler” episodes (for which Tenchi Universe is remembered for fondly) that give a nice reprieve from the main plot & give us some insight into the characters who gave their input into the machine. I also would say I enjoyed them all (Mihoshi’s was hilarious, with Ryoko as the desperate widowed housewife next door, having the gall to just waltz in & hit on Tenchi right in front of Mihoshi) my favorite would probably also be Ryoko’s (Ryoko fan, what can you do?) but as for reasons otherthan it being Ryoko’s… Agree with LW, early 20th century America, harkening back to Dillinger-esque days of big-time, bank-robbing gansters is just awesome. The fact that Ryoko chose this as her ideal world (& this being an anime…you know, Japanese made) really speaks to Ryoko’s character, & possibly a bit to the creator’s intentions behind this character & others: Ayeka–rural Japanese setting, & her personality in general is usually the more reserved, more polite–whereas Ryoko–brash, loud, [sometimes] rude, & not really ‘formal’ in any sense, choosing America as her ideal world…cultural commentary East/West of sorts? Am I reading too much into it? You be the judge…
But we also see Ryoko really having a coming-to-terms experience, & during her lapse of solitude in the carnival (yay foreshadowing!) we get to experience Ryoko’s feelings at a depth I wish we could have also gotten with the other characters such as Ayeka & Kiyone (they were all still good, don’t get me wrong, & Kiyone’s at least seemed to delve into her ‘sea’ of emotions more than the rest).
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Blade-of-the-Moon wrote:Would have also been cool to see the cast as earth pirates..you know Ryoko would have been the best..
I couldn’t agree more! ~16th century pirates–that’s right, bandanas, cutlasses (Ryo Ohki substituting a parrot???), the whole swash-buckling package–would have been a really fun alternate world to have seen the cast in…
Fanfiction, perhaps? Anyone…*eerily close to a small-tidbit of the premise of one of the series I’m currently working on…what do you know about it???!!! Whoops, said too much already!…um, nevermind…carry on
