May. 31st, 2011

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So, about a year ago, as I was working through my FE12-induced "issues," I started on this.  A silly and derivative little slice-of-life story with a rotating POV and only the faintest wisp of a plot.  Obviously it was not high on my priority list of Things to Finish.  But I did finish it, and since it's (gasp!) genfic, I decided to post the thing.  It's lightweight but it's not really that silly, given that it's grounded in the general darkness of Archanea-- hence references to assassination, Bad Things happening to small children, and the like.

The style is closer to "Wings of Love" than to anything I normally write.  

Anyway, it features mostly FE12-only characters-- Ryan, Melissa, Luke, Rody, and Cecil, plus the Grust twins (and Marth and Norne).  I say "FE12" rather than "FE3/12" because once the Shin Monshou characterizations got out of the can, it's hard to go back and recall how I thought Luke and Cecil and the rest were supposed to be written.  Yes, the characters went from being stick figures to full-color caricatures, but they didn't really gain any depth by it, IMO.  I condone the direction that IS went with Melissa (mostly), and I can't complain over what I've seen of Rody and Ryan, but Sir Luke the Awesome and Aggro Chick!Cecil seem to both be over-the-top, objectionable in the same sense that I object to a lot of the Tellius gang.  Writing them feels pretty easy.  Writing them feels pretty darned cheap.  They feel very... familiar... in a sense that can't just be laid down to "FE Archetype Syndrome."

The full adaptation, if we ever get the darned thing, may change my mind, but I didn't have to read ALL of Kieran's supports to know I have a visceral distaste for his shtick.  And the end result is, writing straight up "FE12" stories often lands me in this very weird zone where I can't take anything 100% seriously.  I can't discount the darkness and teh drama, but there's always something a little absurd about it all.  See: "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" and the aforementioned "Wings of Love."

Sigh.

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