Fanfiction for Video Games

ZoraSkywalker — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:14:17 +0000

Writing about a legendary hero of old, destined to be decked out in green? Writing about chocobos and moogles and spikey-haired dudes? Or writing about a certain yellow guy taking a bite out of flashing blue ghosts? All of those and more go here! Feel free to use this thread to talk about all of your video game fic ideas for NaNo. If you're writing a crossover fic, feel free to post in whatever fanfic thread you think it fits in best. :) Best of luck on your fics!

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keolah — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:30 +0000

I'm writing Knights of the Old Republic fanfiction. :)

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Brynna — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:35:20 +0000

Fallout 3 fanfic for me!

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Aphreal — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:53:38 +0000

Dragon Age: Origins here. Doing an AU of most of the game and hoping it works!

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Lydia_Ember — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:46:48 +0000

A combo. I'm basing mine on some little comics I drew in class, which had some DBZ characters, Zelda, Metroids (the actual creatures, not the games), etc. along with some original doodles I made.

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raijuu — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:40:13 +0000

doing some epic suikoden fanfiction this year. ;D

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Unoriginality — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:29:44 +0000

Why yes, I AM writing about that legendary hero destined to be decked out in green. :D I'm actually using the manga versions of OoT and MM as backstory, since it gives more backstory than the games did. But it's still a video game, so here I am.

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Lydia_Ember — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:37:17 +0000

Haven't read those yet. Are they any good? Read the ones for OoX, LA, FS and MC.

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Kaysper — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:19:13 +0000

By The True Runes! I absolutely LOVE Suikoden! I actually wrote Suikoden Tierkreis fanfiction in 2009, and it went pretty well. Definitely wishing you the best for that!

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thelazyafternoon — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:25:30 +0000

I have so many Harvest Moon/Rune Factory ideas. I probably could easily write a 50k HM fic. Heck I already have a fic that's 58 K and only a third done; if I wanted to, I could just put my nose to the grindstone and continue on that (yeah yeah, I know that's against the rules, but...)

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ryttu3k — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:10:18 +0000

I'm not Unoriginality, but I absolutely adore both of those! Of the Himekawa ones, I've read all but OoX, and OoT is easily my favourite. There's just so much in there that it completely reshapes the way you see the game :) (And the fact that they ACTUALLY EXPLAIN what's going on with Sheik is a nice bonus!) MM I'm less familiar with, but I really, really enjoyed it - it's shorter, but it has some fantastic parts. I actually really like the first chapter, showing what Link's been doing since the end of OoT. Man, I want to give that kid a hug.

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ryttu3k — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:12:03 +0000

Well, technically I'm not writing about a legendary hero of old, destined to be decked out in green - I'm writing about the dude in spandex who taught him songs ;) (The Hero in green is definitely in it, though!) My fic (the second one I'm doing this year - first up is an original story) is a sequel to one of my 2009 ones, which was Ocarina of Time from Sheik's perspective (as a seperate character to Zelda). It ended on a massive downer ending, so this year, I'm going to give the bugger a happy ending.

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Lydia_Ember — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:19:01 +0000

I played LA and that was easily the most boring game plot wise I've ever played. After dungeon 4 or 5, you can officially ignore everyone in the entire game. I felt more kinship/hatred to the old man in the original that these people. After reading the manga, I was actually pretty sad about it.

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Lydia_Ember — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:23:03 +0000

You gave me an idea for a side story... I know HM: SI doesn't "have" a story like the RF games do, but sometimes I make up stories about my farmer and whoever they are trying to court. I think I'll have Ruto look for a potion dealer and find the Witch Princess' hut instead, and have Mark explain how they got there.

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Bishmanrock — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:41:43 +0000

Been tempted to do a rewriting of Shadow of the Beast for a good long while, lots of opportunities to expand the plot (such as: what the hell actually happened to his sister after SotB2?). I have a draft I did from preparing for last years NaNo. Tempted. We'll see. The only problem was it went on for ages.

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Illyrias_Acolyte — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:03:24 +0000

Not ever going to be a NaNo (needs too much research and nit-picking), but my epic Final Fantasy Tactics Decology has been cooking for almost a decade. I've got almost a hundred important, named characters, and half the series is set after the events of the game, culminating with a huge battle that takes up twice as much space as the other nine books, not to mention I've got thousands of years of backstory and a sequel in the works.

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klove — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:16:09 +0000

Writing Final Fantasy VII fanfic this year. :)

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hootowl — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:42:01 +0000

yay! final fantasy doesn't get enough love in the fanfic fandoms.

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Unoriginality — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:32:31 +0000

As Ryttu3k said, they're absolutely wonderful. They fill in some of the political backstory, give us a glimpse of Link's past before living in the Kokiri Forest, and they definitely show more history for Sheik. I thought Sheik was awesome in the game, he is easily twice as awesome in the manga. I really love the MM manga, too. It's short, so it takes some shortcuts, but it treats Ogre God Link with total badass awesome. *_* When the Mask Shop man goes to reclaim Majora's Mask after Link defeats it, Link slashes his masks and says "Beat it, you little troublemaker." In one fantrans, it was 'begone, little wretch' which I vastly prefer. But *________________* much *__________* Tatl's kinda "... oh god you're scary D:" at him. It's awesome.

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Lydia_Ember — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:41 +0000

I think I read that translation today. They are awesome. It's a little sad, too, since they focused on the ones that get left behind. In particular, I mean the Gorons and the Zoras. Though, wasn't there a translation that explained the origin of Majora? someone on GameFAQs posted a link to it but apparently I wasn't reading that one. OoT's explanation of where he came from was close to what I thought. Based on what the Poe Brothers said, I somehow thought he and Zelda were related, which my version of him reflects.

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Unoriginality — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:30:43 +0000

The origins of Majora was the last chapter of the book, but was published in the serials as an early chapter to buy time for the artists to get the rest of the story from the game. It was quite interesting, honestly. I believe TP hints at the true origins of Majora if you take that design of Midna's helmet seriously. Supposedly, TP is timeline sequel to OoT/MM, just several centuries down the line. I don't remember what the Poe brothers said, because it's been forever since I bothered to fight them, but I seem to recall thinking that Link was related to Zelda somehow- cousins or something- after playing the game, so I must've gotten the same impression you got. But yes, I loved seeing the origins of Link's family, sorta. I like backstory. Backstory is my friend. :D It's what's inspired this year's NaNo, actually.

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akizakura — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:33:32 +0000

I think I'm going with my idea for a Persona 4/Tales of the Abyss crossover fic and maybe working on an original story on the side. If nothing else, it should keep November interesting! Good luck everyone.

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tasha28 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:25:52 +0000

I'm not 100% sure I'm going to do nano this year, but if I do, I'm rebelling and continuing an old fic I started while writing for a previous nano. It's an AU Final Fantasy XII fic, of epic proportions, a re-imagining of the story under the premise that Rasler survived the battle at Nalbina, and it includes the two years between the prologue and the actual events of the game.

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Selah Ex Animo — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:02:27 +0000

I've considered writing fic for that well loved legendary hero, decked out in green. Or at least, a rewrite of a fic of mine that is now stalled, wherein the hero is kidnapped, in the manner of Tam Lin, before he can save Hyrule. Zelda sends an NPC from OoT to save him. Yay for minor characters. I've also considered writing Super Smash Brothers fanfic, that explores the origins of the Smash Mansion that runs rampant on Fanfiction.net (or did, last time I visited some time back in 2006). But my fanfic - both of the LoZ and SSB persuasion - is so AU that sometimes I don't even know why I bother anymore... xD High-five, fellow Zelda fanficcers!

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ryttu3k — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:33:21 +0000

Yeah, there's evidence both in the manga and in the games for them being related! There's the Poe Brothers. There's Zelda recognising Link's name (which I doubt is from her vision, given that it was so vague that it was just 'a figure from the forest holding a green stone'). There's Impa saying that the lullaby is only taught to members of the Royal Family. There's the fact that Link and Zelda are literally the only blonde-haired blue-eyed Hylians in the game - and that these are recessive genes. There's the fact that they share a unique trait - precognitive dreams. And in the official English translation, Rauru flat-out says, "Royal Hylian blood flows through your veins, just like Princess Zelda"! So yeah, that's my theory ;) (And that's why Ocarina is one of the few games where I don't ship Link/Zelda XD)

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ryttu3k — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:34:36 +0000

*high fives* Both stories sound pretty interesting :) I think you should go for it! (And yeah, when I pop in to the Smash Bros section on FF.N, Smash Mansion is still alive and well!)

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Renalae — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:39:15 +0000

Final Fantasy XI here, with implied crossover. Been doing research like whoa the past few days to nail down some plot issues. I wrote an FFXI fic for my 2009 NaNo and this is its spiritual successor in the same 'verse--10 years in the future of the game timeline, where the armies of the Middle Lands have been disbanded and conflict is handled entirely through the Conquest System and adventurers. Jeuno was abandoned after the death of Archduke Kam'lanaut 10 years ago, but has been reborn as a "free city" for adventurers by Kam'lanaut's son. My MC is a male Mithra kept in a kind of harem by the Mithran High Matriarch. He manages to escape/run away and is caught up in a revenge plot revolving around Gunther Schultz ("III"). He teams up with a mage and a thief who's looking to take him back to the Matriarch for a fat reward. I'm hoping to have them tour some of the unplotted areas of Vana'diel such as the Mithran homeland, the Isle of Andouin, and the Orcish Empire in the far north.

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Lydia_Ember — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:50:25 +0000

Okay, so I was right to be grossed out by Link giving her that look! I so thought they were siblings. I mean, we hear about Link's mom but not dad, and we never hear about the Queen of Hyrule. Since Link's mom left before Hyrule got really united (maybe change of families, maybe the Royal Family wasn't established yet, whatever), I figured one parent looked after one and the other looked after the other. Don't leave all your eggs in one basket, you know? Wild guess is his mom, the queen, had visions like Zelda, and went to the Forrest to fulfill prophecy. Or the creepy owl told her.

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SeleneHime — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:55:10 +0000

Yay, a fanfiction thread. :D The fandom is Legend of Zelda, and the idea has been cooking for five years. In the last draft I got to 33k (barely a sixth done, if that). This Zelda fannovel in particular also has a prequel I need to rewrite, but I can always edit CLC after ES is redone (seeing as I ran out of time what with NaNo sneaking up on me). Eclipsing Shadows and Crescent Light Chronicles date back to when I first started writing, but since I only finished the prequel originally, I wanted to get as far done as possible with the rewrite. CLC itself includes quite a bit of headcanon - in that includes the fabled center of the Triforce, my understanding of Dark Link's race, extended history and small, minor tweaks, as well as numerous OCs that also hold importance to my central cast. The setting at the start of the story is Post-Twilight Princess, by two years. But the setting changes throughout the story as well, as CLC-verse meshes bits of canon together and is supplemented with headcanon. ^^

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Unoriginality — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:15:58 +0000

I don't know, the manga states that Link's father was a Hylian Knight in service to the king, so I don't think they're siblings. Cousins, probably, which is acceptable for royal families. But then, even as a little girl, I shipped Luke and Leia, so I doubt being siblings would've stopped me from liking the Link/Zelda pair in OoT. XD

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Unoriginality — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:18:51 +0000

::high fives:: :D Yay for Zelda writers! (Are we all doing OoT this year? Wow, nothing for any of the other fabulous games.)

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Unoriginality — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:22:08 +0000

Yay! One of the other Zelda games gets love! I love Twilight Princess hardcore. I'm doing OoT/MM fic this year, though.

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SeleneHime — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:43:47 +0000

That is awesome. :D Shall we exchange the buddy thing? I'd love to hear more about your story/read it when it's done. ^^

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ZoraSkywalker — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:27:13 +0000

I'm torn between fanfiction and original fiction at the moment, but if I do fanfiction, it'll probably a Final Fantasy VII fic I've been toying with for awhile. Basically, the main characters are the Turks and it'll be kinda a more serious action/adventure story, that may or may not involve zombies. XD Yup. Zombies. Or at least undead monsters created (possibly) by everyone's favorite evil government masquerading as an electric company. It'll probably mainly focus around Reno, Rude, Cissnei, and Tseng (with Zack Fair thrown into the mix) and Elena and the Before Crisis Turks might make cameos eventually.

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Lydia_Ember — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:28:36 +0000

I'm only using a few characters from OoT, but I'm bringing in other characters from elsewhere. Vaati and hat Ezlo from MC, for example. Might put Linebeck III from ST in it, too (I think I need a store keeper). And I made up some Zora prince from the OoA River Zoras that Ruto was "supposed" to marry.

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ryttu3k — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:34 +0000

Yeah - they could be siblings just with the game, but with the manga, it's more likely that they're siblings. Which is... dude, Himekawa guys, you don't suggest that Link and Zelda are blood relatives and make it insanely shippy! XD;; (This is a small part of why I prefer Sheik to be a seperate character entirely ;) )

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ryttu3k — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:01:05 +0000

...more likely that they're cousins. It's late ;_;

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ryttu3k — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:01:49 +0000

XD Well, there's nothing CONFIRMED. But there is stuff to justify them being related, yeah. The manga does mention them having seperate parents, but they could be cousins...

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Lydia_Ember — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:33:14 +0000

Yeah, the manga totally suggests a more distant relationship, but I'm using the Link I made a few years back in college when I only had the game to go by. Again, I know I could be going on a limb with that, but that's the fun of having some gray areas in a game. It's kinda fun.

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Toasty Toast — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:17:57 +0000

Anyone ever play Phantasy Star Online? Somehow completely addicting despite being a little tedious (especially after the first time through)? I'm doing fanfic of it for my first NaNo. One of my favorite things about the game was how much of the backstory was left open to interpretation. They give you some little nuggets in the sidequests, but you're left to form your own opinion of what actually happened for the most part. So I'm taking my interpretation, adding a whole 'nother plotline only barely tangentially related to anything in the game to it, and seeing where that takes me. This tale has been brewing in my head for years, and hopefully I can relaunch it for NaNo and actually finish it for once.

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LDRobwell — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:03:41 +0000

If anybody writes a Metal Gear Solid fan fic, I'd like to read it!

Kaysper — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:07:55 +0000

I've said it in the main thread, but I'll be writing an AU Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga fanfic, mainly centered around Argilla and Jinana. As far as characters, pairings, and fanwork goes, I think they need a lot more love, and I'm aiming to give it this November. There is a serious dearth of cannibal demon lesbian based fic out there, and while the stuff that is present is very, VERY good...There needs to be more of it! Much more!

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sweet pandamonium — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:52:04 +0000

Anyone else writing Kingdom Hearts fanfiction? :D I'm writing focused primarily on Cloud, Leon, and Sephiroth, and my story will be in the game-verse, which should be a challenge to keep up with the story and to get their personalities write, since I've never written about them. Can't wait though

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Katsaurs — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:41:57 +0000

I'm planning on writing a post endgame AU for Final Fantasy XIII. What started out as an idea based on an LJ prompt seems to have manifested into something much bigger than I expected. Should be a challenge for my first NaNo since it'll be Lightning & Lebreau centric, and Lightning can be @&*£ to write at times. Lebreau seriously needs more love in this fandom \o/

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xxbanelo — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:12:56 +0000

If you do end up doing the FFVII fic with zombies, I would -love- to read it! Especially if Cissnei is involved; if there's one thing the FFVII fandom needs more of, it's Cissnei.

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xxbanelo — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:19:49 +0000

My fic is mainly a crossover between Dead Rising and Resident Evil. I'm trying very, very hard to get some Heavy Rain characters in there too (because I love Norman, and Madison is really fun to write). I'm a little strange in the fact that I want to try to mash up as many video games together into one story as possible. =D Therefore, it's definitely not in any way keeping to any type of canon, but who's really keeping tabs on this kind of thing? That being said, if anyone DOES end up writing Heavy Rain fanfic, I would love to read it. Just sayin'.

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ryttu3k — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:57:57 +0000

Hey, fellow Zelda person! :) I'd love to read yours when you're done - post-TP is a great area to explore!

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ZoraSkywalker — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:17:16 +0000

Haha, definitely! Cissnei is one of my favorite characters and she definitely needs more love! Still haven't decided if it'll be my NaNo or not, but I really want to write it regardless. :D

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raijuu — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:41:50 +0000

KH rocks so very much. :3 best of luck!

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Unoriginality — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:25:14 +0000

Well, remember, they're royalty. Royals tend to intermarry in the family- cousins, half-siblings, etc. So by ancient royal standards, their coupling is still totally valid and fine. It's only squicky to more modern audiences.

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SeleneHime — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:44:28 +0000

Hey, Ryttu. ^^ Hehe, well, it won't be done for a while. It'll be at least ... 210,000 words when it's all said and done. Not completing that in a month, XD. But I'm glad you like the sound of it. ^_^

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steelecrayon — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:03:56 +0000

I'll be writing for Ace Attorney. :3 I had a great start on a story last year, but I made some unfortunate plot choices and have decided to scrap it and start again, hopefully with better results this time. Good luck, everyone!

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Dynast — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:16:56 +0000

Awesome to see some Suikoden fans around! I tried writing Suiko II fanfic last year and...well, let's say that the original product probably needs a ton of editing, hahaha. What's your fic gonna be about?

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ryttu3k — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:58:33 +0000

Huh, I guess so! It's also the fact that I just don't ship those two ^_^;; (I ship both of them with Sheik, actually. Hee. So if you count OT3s...)

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craftytexangirl — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:15:41 +0000

Has anyone here played The Longest Journey or its slightly less-popular sequel, Dreamfall? I'm tempted to scrap everything I have and write a fanfic of it. But it's so depressingly discouraging when nobody I know has heard of/played it. D:

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AceOfJacks — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:36:00 +0000

Im actually surprised no one has mentioned doing an EvE Online fanfic, Which i may end up doing this year.

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Fishwall — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:51:33 +0000

I have! First played Dreamfall and I absolutely loved it, then I've gotten my hands on TLJ but gave up halfway because the puzzles are just so damn hard! I might give it another shot someday. Still, great series and I'm still waiting for the next game. Plus, April Ryan has got to be one of the best written heroine in video game history- just putting that out there. :D

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sweet pandamonium — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:06:29 +0000

Thank you :))

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craftytexangirl — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:21:57 +0000

[quote=Fishwall] I have! First played Dreamfall and I absolutely loved it, then I've gotten my hands on TLJ but gave up halfway because the puzzles are just so damn hard! I might give it another shot someday. Still, great series and I'm still waiting for the next game. Plus, April Ryan has got to be one of the best written heroine in video game history- just putting that out there. :D [/quote] I absolutely adore April, although her personality is so different in Dreamfall! D: And then Dreamfall's CLIFFHANGERS, augh! I like TLJ better mostly because (A) I suck at combat in games like that and (B) the dialogue is soooo well-written for everyone. But yes ... I wanna write a fanfic. Maybe of April and the decisions I WISH she made in Dreamfall XD

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PacificPikachu — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:20:56 +0000

I may be writing a psychological Pokémon fanfic I've been wanting to write for over a decade. I'm still debating, though! I've wanted to write this forever and my original ideas are all pretty vague. My first four NaNoWriMo experiences I did original fanfiction, but I've always considered writing this instead. Do you guys find it embarrassing to admit that you're writing fanfiction for NaNo? I have nothing against fanfiction, it's what got me seriously into writing in the first place, but I do feel like saying I'm writing a Pokémon fanfic kind of delegitimizes me as a writer. Even though this fanfic happens to be very serious and actually pretty messed-up. Ahhh, I have less than nine hours to decide! Time to whip out the old sketchbook and start mapping out my various ideas and seeing what I think. I'm leaning towards this fanfic, though, just because I already love it and I've wanted to get it out for so long.

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Lydia_Ember — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:00:59 +0000

It did at first. I mean, we're writers, right? Why aren't we making our own? Then I looked at the WoW book in the library >_> Besides, that little comic I did helped me make a world. My prof saw a piece of dialogue between two characters and encouraged me to study comics and graph novels. Haven't made much headway yet, but I got far in a Sci fi world because of it.

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Lord of Nonsense2 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:38:36 +0000

I'm doing a Warhammer 40,000 fanfic, if it counts. For the record, I have been reeeeally tempted to do a Fallout: New Vegas fanfic. I've always wondered what happens after you pick the "I'm my own faction" option.

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Superkay06 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:44:25 +0000

I'm gonna do Persona 4 though technically I should post this in anime too since they just made it into one. soo excited!

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Jessindistress — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:54:28 +0000

[quote=steelecrayon] I'll be writing for Ace Attorney. :3 I had a great start on a story last year, but I made some unfortunate plot choices and have decided to scrap it and start again, hopefully with better results this time. Good luck, everyone! [/quote] Another Ace Attorney person?!? Huzzah! Looks like I'll be doing that again this year, with a prompt from the Kink Meme. Good luck with yours, too.

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Fishwall — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:49:57 +0000

I think you convinced me to give TLJ another try, because the dialogue was really well-written when I played it so yay! Write a fanfic if you're truly digging the idea! Otherwise, it would be such a waste, yes? So are you writing that this year? Because I would really love to read it someday. :D

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hookedononyx — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:40:28 +0000

I started a Tree of Tranquility fic about a month ago, but it stalled--mostly because I haven't played in a while, haha.

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hookedononyx — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:45:29 +0000

Oh, that's fabulous! I've had a Tactics A2-era epic on the backburner for about two years, but I put my planning on indefinite pause after starting to play Vagrant Story. I know some FFT fans probably frown on TA and TA2 for being shallow, but I think TA2 had a very beautiful, fleshed-out setting.

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hookedononyx — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:47:27 +0000

Oh! You're that fellow from the RP! I'm considering a bit of Persona 3 fic on the side this month, but a full-scale Persona novel-fic just wasn't in the cards (a-ha!) this year.

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hookedononyx — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:36 +0000

That sounds utterly fabulous! I'm glad to see a good bit of Ivalice love around here. If you go through with it, I would love to give your story a try. The idea of Rasler as anything other than a human pincushion (arrowcushion? crossbow boltcushion?) is intriguing.

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hookedononyx — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:54:07 +0000

I just finished XIII about a month ago, and I would love to see a fic that explores exactly what the hey happened to Lebreau (or any of Team NORA, really) after...what happened at the end of XIII. Also, love your icon.

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Wriggle — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:59:20 +0000

I'm writing a Touhou fanfic. Well, mostly a Touhou fanfic.

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Eristias — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:28:34 +0000

AU Tales of the Abyss fanfiction for me! I've been playing with the plot for years now. I'm proceeding with it this time around.

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Wriggle — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:35:35 +0000

Hooray for Ace Attorney! (Is it okay to ask which prompt you're planning on filling?)

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kwolf94 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:30:21 +0000

I'm writing a Jak and Daxter Fanfic this year, my first attept at fanfiction in two years! I'm so excited :D

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kwolf94 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:32:18 +0000

I'm writing a Jak and Daxter Fanfic this year, my first attept at fanfiction in two years! I'm so excited :D

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lightwriter00 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:42:24 +0000

I'm doing a Minecraft fan fiction! (Ya, I know this really a computer game but it could be classified as a video game) It's about a guy who gets sucked into the game of Minecraft and the only way out is to beat the game but Minecraft doesn't have an end! Did I mention this is the first installment in the Minecraft Trilogy?

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Amaritage — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:26:59 +0000

I love that series! It's the only video game series besides .hack that I can play over and over again. It's the only one really that I don't stop half way through to pick up another time because I ran across something that I don't like xD. In all honesty I think Jak and Daxter is the first game I ever played on the PS2. What's it going to be about, if you don't mind sharing that is?

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Lydia_Ember — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:34:30 +0000

Why doesn't Minecraft count? It's still a game. No one said this was limited to console games. Lucky. My computer's waaaaay too slow to play that game V_V

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

tigrina — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:09:39 +0000

Sounds intriguing :) /good luck

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ZoraSkywalker — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:21:10 +0000

Yup, Minecraft counts! I call all my computer games video games, so I don't see any difference. :)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

notaghoststory — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:54:21 +0000

I'm now tempted to switch my entire original idea to go forth and write a Silent Hill fanfic. Love Persona btw!

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:44:04 +0000

I'm gonna throw an Etrian Odyssey ref in mine. I'll have 5 people going through what they think is the Lost woods, but then wonder why there's so many random encounters. Then some random NPC asks them a question about the Labyrinth so they figure out they're hopelessly lost. Wouldn't want to put my "research" to waste...

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Nissun — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:03:30 +0000

The Longest Journey is one of the best videogames ever made. On of the best stories ever told. It's amazing. It's brilliant. I absolutely adore it and I've played it hundreds of times. Dreamfall was still amazing, but in many ways, weaker. Still love it though. It's a very rich setting, I bet you'll have lots of fun wiritng a fanfic about it. It gives you the chance to work both science fiction AND fantasy, what else can be richer than that? =D

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

tasha28 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:52:16 +0000

Well, I actually started writing in for Nanowrimo '09, but I didn't reach 50K, so I ended up working on it bit by bit in the past two years, and now I'm trying to go for another 50k, because I decided to rebel and not start from scratch this year. I've posted what I've written so far, on FF.net, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5555246/1/Hope_and_Devotion. Anyway, so far it's been really fun to write, if a little more umm epic/expansive(?) than I originally thought it would be.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Tsuki-chan — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:34:40 +0000

I'm writing a KH fic! Well, a crossover, but it's a KH crossover, with Hikaru no Go. It's post-KH2 because I wanted to have Sora and Riku kicking Heartless butt together, haha. Other KH characters may or may not appear, I haven't plotted enough of it out to know at this point. (I actually haven't plotted it out at all, lol.)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

darkstar7646 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:52:37 +0000

Actually, about 36 hours before the start of Nanowrimo, I got an insane idea. Take the Kaleido Stars and drop them (and me!) into Final Fantasy X for our own pilgrimage. Erp... This should be... interesting!

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Global Cooldown — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:36:35 +0000

Hello, hello, everyone! I'm writing a Mass Effect fanfic. It's set thirty years after the end of ME3, though, so I'm probably going to have to redo large swathes of it after that game comes out. >.> The short of it is, Garrus is now old and the best retirement plan he can come up with is to reboot his vigilante squad. The main hero is Temmen, a human on his team. Hijinks and galaxy-threatening villains ensue. /shameless plug

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

AceOfJacks — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:36:57 +0000

I've done 40k fanfics on two different years. Its a good universe to be based on, SO MUCH POTENTIAL. :D

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Cobalt Red — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:57:55 +0000

I will be writing City of Heroes fanfic, involving mostly original characters.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

eternalwolfstar — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:24:59 +0000

Ooh, which one(s)?

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eternalwolfstar — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:33:56 +0000

I *had* been planning to do a Legend of Mana fic for Nano, but I made the mistake of starting a new game of Wild Arms 3 a couple of days ago. So that's taken over my brain instead. Hello, post-game hijinx! They may have saved the world, but they've still got to rescue their families, survive the bounty-hunters, and maybe figure out exactly what the "Urdrbrunnr" and "Hvergelmir" the Memory Figures are accessing are... (yay, more Norse mythology)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Unoriginality — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:23:11 +0000

Sorry it took so long to get back to you! I abandoned the forums in favor of writing notes and character bios for my novel. :3 Absolutely we should do the buddy thing. (BTW, love the icon. Sailor Moon was my first anime. :D)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Sir_Han_Ricos — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:27:45 +0000

Sweet! Another Touhou writer? I'm doing a fic where the barrier breaks down. What are you doing?

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Wriggle — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:33:31 +0000

The barrier breaking down? Ooh, now that has potential. I'm writing silly metafiction starring Team Nineball. Hardly the fic of the year. XD

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

RamblingArtistNina — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:21:38 +0000

Writing like mad for a Tales of Legendia fiction, mostly centering around Walter and Norma. :D

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

grizmonster — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:09:39 +0000

I'll be doing Ace Attorney fic this year. I started out with an original novel, but the Ace Attorney plot-bunny insisted I work on it.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Katsaurs — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:45:03 +0000

Haha thanks! :) I know that XIII-2 seems to briefly touch upon what happened to NORA but I don't really want to go ahead an use that since the game's yet to be released. Much prefer, for now anyway, to speculate my own ideas.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

akizakura — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:56:35 +0000

LOL That's me. If you do a P3 fic, lemme know. I'd like to read it.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

akizakura — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:58:00 +0000

Yes! Someone else doing Tales of the Abyss! Good luck and if you'd like a beta/editor, I'd love to read it.

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Renalae — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:45:37 +0000

How are the Video Game Fanficcers doing so far? Plugging away over here, though I was surprised it's taken me 5-6 chapters to finally get the plot moving. I guess I'm being ultra-wordy this year.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Wriggle — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:10:17 +0000

I'm doing pretty well, despite nearly writing myself into a corner on my first day. Surprisingly enough, the lack of detailed plans has actually made it easier for me to write instead of the other way around, something I never would have expected.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Jessindistress — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:48:42 +0000

[quote=Wriggle] Hooray for Ace Attorney! (Is it okay to ask which prompt you're planning on filling?) [/quote] *cough* Here I go outing myself... The recent one about Phoenix and Miles being outed as a couple against their will and the resulting drama and media circus.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Wriggle — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:52:51 +0000

Heh, sorry. Sounds promising! I'll be sure to hunt it down once you post it over at the kink meme then. =D

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ryttu3k — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:54:46 +0000

Haven't started yet - I'm doing the original one first, then the Zelda fic - but I do have an outline for it now! (There's a patch of about four chapters I need to seriously work over, but it's otherwise not bad, and an idea for how it ends just... FLEW into my head while working on it!)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Katsaurs — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:13:43 +0000

I think I'm doing ok so far, although I'm in the same boat as you in terms of gettinng the plot moving- almost 5k words in and I'm still nowhere near finished with the overall plan I had for that chapter; talk about going on a wild tangent, so now i'm curious to see where the heck the chracters take me.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

SeleneHime — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:48:16 +0000

Hehe, that'd be fantastic. XD, really? Mine too. Imagine that. ^^ (I do still need to finish the last season, but I have seen about 80% of SS, too. Just need to find a site with every sub.)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

heatherdera — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:14 +0000

I didn't know this existed. I thought I was just bending the rules and hoping no one would notice. Now, I feel better. :3 I'm writing a Phoenix Wright fanfic, original story concept but the main characters are all the same., I have some original characters (including suspects, witnesses, victim, etc) to keep the story moving. I'm trying to write it in the style of the games, so there is an investigation period and a trial period for every day with three days total.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

heatherdera — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:59:27 +0000

[quote=Jessindistress] [quote=steelecrayon] I'll be writing for Ace Attorney. :3 I had a great start on a story last year, but I made some unfortunate plot choices and have decided to scrap it and start again, hopefully with better results this time. Good luck, everyone! [/quote] Another Ace Attorney person?!? Huzzah! Looks like I'll be doing that again this year, with a prompt from the Kink Meme. Good luck with yours, too. [/quote] Man, this makes three of us.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

oath_to_order — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:36:08 +0000

I'm working on all the fanfics I have in progress. So far I've posted one new chapter to a story that hadn't been updated in awhile and I'm almost done with a chapter for another story! All of my stories are for Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. No chocobos here.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Vincentus — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:04:08 +0000

._. Yeah. I'm writing a World of Warcraft novel. About warlocks. Because they're BA.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

RamblingArtistNina — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:08:17 +0000

It's the same thing for me, actually. Usually whenever I plot out an outline I end up never writing the actual story. Just writing on a single idea helps a lot with being creative, unless you write yourself into a corner.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:38:46 +0000

It's going okay. Wall breaking helps me figure out how the heck to mash all these elements together. Nearly done with my first "chapter now.

Ace Attorney Represent!

Jessindistress — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:22:17 +0000

Aw, wow: there's a few of us doing Ace Attorney this year! Last year I think there were two of us... :D Good luck, guys: I'm in the fandom, too: am looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

etherealnyte — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:05:37 +0000

Oh that's wonderful!! I'm writing a Dragon Age: Origins fic this year, too! You've no idea how much it tickled me to see this, hehe. Mine is also AU, but focused more on an original character than any of the existing heroes/heroines. A stab in the dark here, but if you'd like to bounce around any ideas, are stuck anywhere or would just like to talk sometime with a fellow DA:O-er, feel free to send a message my way. :)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

grizmonster — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:43:56 +0000

[quote=heatherdera] I didn't know this existed. I thought I was just bending the rules and hoping no one would notice. Now, I feel better. :3 I'm writing a Phoenix Wright fanfic, original story concept but the main characters are all the same., I have some original characters (including suspects, witnesses, victim, etc) to keep the story moving. I'm trying to write it in the style of the games, so there is an investigation period and a trial period for every day with three days total. [/quote] HOMG, I AM DOING THE SAME THING. *fistbump* Mine is an AU that assumes the bad ending from the second game is canon, and I'm structuring it like a game. My "tutorial trial" bit is almost done, but I think Phoenix's reason for going back to law is weak. Oh well.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:16:53 +0000

Wondering if I should put Giygas in my NaNo? I need a really bad guy and what's worse than total chaos? Any Earthbounders here, by chance?

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Renalae — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:15:32 +0000

I had a chocobo-drawn cart in my FFXI novel but that's it for chocobos so far. No airships yet either.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Renalae — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:15:57 +0000

Warlocks are awesome. One of my closest friends is an Affliction 'lock.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

heatherdera — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:55:56 +0000

That sounds amazing. My story is only going to be one trial, I think. Miles is being coerced into being the standing defense attorney, because Phoenix has himself in trouble. The story I am going for takes place after the Ace Attorney Investigations game. I'm not taking anything from the Apollo Justice game into consideration, because I haven't actually played it. ^^;;

Re: Ace Attorney Represent!

heatherdera — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:56:40 +0000

With so many fans here, I might have to actually finish it this year.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

DnDmasterslayer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:16:19 +0000

I think my novel is crossing the line from king Arthurs timeline into hyrule somehow... The only one of my heroes left alive carries arround every weapon imaginable and that includes a fancy sword, wears a green tunic and somehow managed blonde hair with extreme fight skills...oh and he doesn't have a name yet. My siblings say just call him link. Should I? I almost don't wanna since I kill all the people with names(it's a bad habit) but I am tired of calling him "the green dude" "green clad warrior" etc...

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

grizmonster — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:53:09 +0000

That sounds awesome. I loved playing Defense!Edgey in Trials and Tribulations.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:16:20 +0000

Call him "The Fight Currently Known As Link." >_> <_< Yeah, I know. Bad Prince joke. Just curious: How many MCs actually live in your books? I'm just askin' cuz I have a bad habit of killing leading ladies.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

DnDmasterslayer — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:56:51 +0000

I have 3 main characters at the moment and the villain is hidden away.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

heatherdera — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:06:08 +0000

That's one of my favorite trials. :X I also like Turnabout Reminiscence and Farewell, My Turnabout a lot.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Telthor — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:32:40 +0000

Ooh! Me! Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It's my first attempt ever with fan fiction, and I'm so afraid of breaking characters that don't belong to me (although I suppose that would be the point). I just didn't have time this year to hatch my own setting/characters, so forcing a premade character through various plot hurdles seemed easiest. Of course, it isn't easy at all. It's actually harder trying to get into the head of a character I didn't invent, but I'm committed to it now.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Angryman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:22:21 +0000

My big fanfiction story is Soul Caliber, but not as you know it. Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords, eternally retold. Consider this a retelling in modern times.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:37:09 +0000

On Saturday I put Link and some original characters in an rpg style battle (Earthbound to be exact). Thing is, most of my characters haven't been in a turn based rpg before. I have a feeling Link's gonna hate the line "All of the enemies have been defeated" line to the extreme and just crack.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Lydia_Ember — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:37:49 +0000

Why don't you tweak them a bit? No one said that fan fics had to be ghost writing, right?

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

launchbasezone — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:08:48 +0000

I'm writing Advance Wars slash fiction.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

EJames — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:38:03 +0000

I'm also writing WoW fanfiction.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Goldenmane — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:30:20 +0000

Guess I should check more than the regional forums during NaNo -.- I decided to stick with a tried and true fandom. I could have posted this under anime but since I'm going based off of the games and not the anime, it fits better here. Rockman (Megaman) Classic Series. I don't know how familiar people are with that, at least those who NaNo. Not sure if anyone's familiar with a place on LJ (a site I haven't been to in, what 3 years now?) called 20inkspots (not even sure if it exists still or not.) I decided to finally tackle their Heavy Themes, but make each theme NaNo sized. So far it's worked. I can't count the first prompt since I FINISHED it on Nov. 1. I'm only counting from the second prompt onward. Things are looking good I can get at least the second and third prompt and maybe start the fourth before November ends. With luck, that is.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

klove — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:56:49 +0000

Doing well...I'm working on chapter 3,closing in on 12K words. Chapters are turning out longer than I'd thought they would. Hopefully that'll just mean good things for reaching that 50K quickly. :)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

LauraRiddle — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:04:42 +0000

Writing a WoW fic, and went into masochistic mode by making it about 12 women from each of the current playable races of Azeroth. What's nice is that they're all OCs and right now I'm working on their individual story chapters. And I luuuuurve it. Favorite so far is the undead woman who's trying to revive her career as a romance novelist (only for the forsaken now, not humans).

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

LauraRiddle — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:08:03 +0000

Sweet! One of my characters from my WoW fic is a warlock as well, but runs a funeral parlor next to "Keelen's Trusty Tailoring" in Silvermoon.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ArchangelFeathers — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:03:55 +0000

I'm writing a L4D2 related fic, for lack of being able to come with anything original. I'm writing a sort of back story for Nick.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

RobanCrow — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:55:13 +0000

Heck yes, Amnesia fanfiction! Not writing it, but I couldn't resist slipping an Amnesia reference into the last thousand words I've written so far. xD Good luck getting under Daniel's skin and into his mind, that always seems the most difficult challenge in writing fanfiction.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

DraganaKovar — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:57:51 +0000

Hey! I'm writing a story that's VERY loosely based off Dragon Age (DA) and when I say loosely, I mean the only thing that's the same are "Templars" and "Mages," though the Templars I use are more historically accurate whereas the Mages are more of my own creation. The land is completely different, along with the geography and the entire plot compared to the game. Pretty sure it's not much of a fanfic, which isn't really what I want, so I thought I'd come and ask people who DO know what they're talking about xD I just want to make sure that *if* I ever want to do anything in particular with this other than NaNo, would it be counted as a fanfic? I used the word apostate once, which is constantly used in the game. I don't want to use it often (for obvious reasons) but I just wanted some general advice! Please and Thank You :3

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

DraganaKovar — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:59:56 +0000

P.S. I also liked the idea of having demons being able to enter the body of a Mage because they are more ope to the dark arts and blood magic. Forgot to mention that and it might also be kinda important >.< xP

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Takushi Rena — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:48:42 +0000

Writing a Kingdom Hearts one, too. Yay for more KH fanfics! :D Much luck to you on our story! Mine's really bizarre, though, and I'm probably going to be shunned for it... It's post-KH2 and it's a rather apocalyptic fic. There's no canon characters for the most part (the main villain kind of... got rid of Sora and the others already :C) and it's really dark. My characters are going to worlds based on Haunted Mansion, Tomorrowland, Tron Legacy, maybe Wall-E... /geek But that part's interesting and it's really fun so far.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:36:23 +0000

Oh oh! I'm writing a Legend of Zelda fanfic, and he is indeed destined to be decked out in green. Mine starts off in OoT, but it spans to TP so it's abiding by the Child Timeline from the series canon. I finally finished outlining it this week, and it's gonna be one heck of an epic. @u@;;

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Ninaizawsum11 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:45:24 +0000

Any Tekken FanFics? or Tales of Symphonia?

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Artanisia — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:31:38 +0000

I am writing a crossover between Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2, with a little bit of Assassins's Creed flavour thrown in.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:24:39 +0000

Oooh, your excerpt is really nifty :) I'd love to have a read once you're done! Mine's going to be less... uh, epic, it's more character-driven - it's actually a sequel to one of my 2009 ones (Ocarina from seperate!Sheik's POV).

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:01:17 +0000

Glad you liked it, rather liked yours as well, and gosh darnit you're really far! * n * Mine wont stop growing, and is now a three part epic, of which part one will be my NaNo... I believe. It might even jump well past 50k, so... x_x

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:37 +0000

Yes, but I've also been routinely going to bed at 3 AM XD;; ...Oooh. That works 8D I love long epics! (Have you ever read Soul Mates? 650k!)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:21:05 +0000

Yeah, it's 4:30am here right now, and I'm still not going to bed anytime soon. eme Soul Mates, yes I have read that. Very proud to have read that, it's so long, like a badge of honor. I get updated on it's sequel Soul Remnants and keep up with that too. By rough calculations, my story will ultimately be 3 parts, each at least at 100k. So, mine will be ranking up there with some of the epic length stories. Should I hang in and finish it all that is.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:27:38 +0000

Ooh, yay 8D I've been getting updates on Soul Remnants too, Andy is an evil genius XD Awesome XD I look forward to reading it! Most of mine are around 50k.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Sir_Han_Ricos — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:19:38 +0000

Well, I was doing it, till my computer fritzed out and I had to start over. Now I've got nothing. I'll pick it up later when I'm not so busy.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Meia Pipa — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:16:46 +0000

Not for NaNo, but I write, mainly, Fire Emblem fanfiction. Particularly PoR and RD, but I have played Blazing Sword, SS and SoS (haven't finished SoS). I don't count SD because it was so horrible. I won't be counting it until I (someday) play the original... Even if the graphics will drive me insane.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Meia Pipa — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:25:50 +0000

*Sigh* After looking through the thread, I seem to be the only one writing FE....

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Ninaizawsum11 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:18:11 +0000

I s Roy going to be in it?

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Aphreal — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:36:40 +0000

I'm not a lawyer or an expert on copyright, but it sounds like what you're doing is being generally inspired by an idea and taking your own spin on it rather than writing fanfic. If you're not using any proper names from Thedas (characters, geography, etc) or any of the history for the setting, it doesn't sound like fanfic to me. Depending on how heavily inspired your idea is, it may feel slightly derivative, but that's by no means an impediment to publication if it's a well-told story. And this is coming from someone who definitely IS writing DA fanfic for NaNo :)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

kwolf94 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:21:53 +0000

It's going to be about a girl who appeared in Jak and Daxter's life at around the age of 6 or 7, and grew up with them alongside Keira. She goes along on their quests and such, and evolves into her own person (rather than another sidekick) when they travel through the rift in time. She doesn't know her past before appearing in Sandover village, but eventually she learns the isis one of the last remaining members of a kingdom that fell the day she was transported to Sandover. I'm still working out the details. (: What do you think? And I agree completely about it being one of the best PS2 games xD It's my absolute favorite game series. Except for The Lost Frontier.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:17:16 +0000

Looks to me like you're going above and beyond that roughly 50k mark, any signs of stopping soon, or any idea how much it will be? By the way congrats on winning. :3

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:12:50 +0000

Thanks :) And technically, it's two stories of 50k each - the first, original one is done, the fic just hit the midway point. (And Link's only JUST made it in!)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:17:28 +0000

Oh nice! Figures Link would be late to his own story. XD

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Axael — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:58:50 +0000

Somehow my plot aborted itself, and I find myself doing Legend of Zelda satire... Strangely, I'm okay with this. :'D

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:44:30 +0000

Well, technically it's Sheik's story ;) Link's just the one who crashed in. In later news, I just wrote a 4k chapter of two guys lying down and talking to each other. Most dialogue-heavy chapter ever.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

I'mCommanderShepardAndThisIsMyFavouriteStoryOnTheCitadel — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:42:16 +0000

Dragon Age II fan-fiction here! And yes, I know my username would seem to indicate I'd be writing Mass Effect fanfic, but hey :-D

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Meia Pipa — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:01:58 +0000

No.... I have yet to finish SoS. Like I said, I'm not writing one for NaNo, but outside of NaNo, I usually write for PoR and RD (Ike and Co.) I may delve into FE7 someday, though (Eliwood, Hector and Lyn... Eliwood is Roy's dad)

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

GSM-Project — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:49:19 +0000

Sheik's basically my favorite character, but I tried to break away from the whole Sheik-centric thing with mine, or at least best I can. It's not really Link-centric either, it kind of balances the two out perfectly. But it's not easy to write Link sometimes, specially as an adult. =_____=

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

ryttu3k — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:15:15 +0000

Heh, it's Link-and-Sheik-centric? I can work with that ;) And yeah, I've never written Link like this before - a Link that's gone back to the past, then grown up naturally. I RP him at Luceti and he's from just before being sent back, so it's a very different mentality, and it's actually slightly darker than Ihad, um, expected.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Rubyfruit — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:42:25 +0000

I am in the middle of writing a ridiculous, over the top Kingdom Hearts fanfic.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

xxbanelo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:06:38 +0000

I totally approve of this. And I really want to read it when you're done. There aren't nearly enough KH fanfics of that type. D:

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Rubyfruit — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:26:27 +0000

It's also got f/f in it if you're not put off by that.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

breathofawen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:38:54 +0000

Hah! I'm also working on a DA:O fan-fiction, AU with a bunch of OCs and tweaks to timelines. Glad to see some others here. It's a great game for fanfiction, isn't it?! I started it before NaNo, and I'm using whatever I wrote starting November 2nd towards my word count.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Crazy_Skillz — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:15:45 +0000

Warhammer 40,000 here, involving my personal Chapter of Adeptus Astartes. Also, Heresy will not be tolerated....

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Kittypetro — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:55:20 +0000

Writing a Sly Cooper fanfic for NaNo 2012, hope things will work out ok with it

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

Stratadrake — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:40:24 +0000

My 2010 Nano was Pokemon-themed. POV from the Mons themselves; there were only two humans in the entire setting, both antagonists. Battles ranged from formal duels of skill to life and death, sometimes bloody. For example: Anyone who is familiar with Pokemon can verify the details that follow -- all moves mentioned are perfectly legal for the Pokemon using them. - My MC is a young Treecko named Arlex. Early in the novel he duels a young Nincada. - A few chapters later he's joined by a young Shinx, and a Vaporeon gives them a Lotad to assist in a three-versus-one battle. Sure, all three of them have type advantages against Water, but this Vaporeon's (presumably) very high-level. - When one of the antagonists shows, he sends out a Mightyena (knowing Fire Fang) against my MC. Then the MC's father, a Charizard, swoops in to save them and incinerates the opponent with Blast Burn. But the antagonist captured the MC's mother (a high-level Sceptile) and sics her against the father. He refuses to fight his own mate, and pays a good price for it, taking several Dragon Claws and one Hyper Beam. - Another antagonist is known to have a Dragonair, Swellow, Gyarados, and Jolteon with him. The first antagonist nailed his Gyarados in a single blast of Thunder, but later he pairs it with his Jolteon's Volt Absorb to make a nasty combo. - In a later chapter, group of characters take on a Kabutops. An allied Absol takes a critical wound from an X-Scissor, Flareon gets doused, but the Charizard (MC's dad) manages to do shatter one of the opponent's scythes with Metal Claws. - In a side battle later, Mother engages the Kabutops (who still hasn't recovered his broken scythe) and eventually disintegrates him outright with Solarbeam. - Much later, my MC (by now a Grovyle) is tasked with taking down a high-level Onix who was also captured by the antagonist. He is able to chop through Onix's armor fairly easy with his Leaf Blade, but gets trapped in a Bind and every last breath squeezed out of him -- only some Mega Drains kept him alive. In the end, Onix goes down, his rock armor shattered, and chooses to take himself out in an Explosion. The only reason anyone survived that was because an allied Smeargle saw it coming and was able to ready a Wide Guard. - After that, my MC and a Luxray chase after the antagonist in an underground tunnel and are forced to take on the MC's mother and a Crobat. Luxray knows he can take down the bat, but MC having to fight his own mother? She starts out with Leaf Blade, he's able to dodge and counter it, manages to sever her leaves off one arm. Then she switches to a combo of Dragon Claw and Dragon Pulse. MC manages to get some critical hits against the energy pods on her back with Aerial Ace, but he's taken a fair share of injuries too. In the end, she nails him with a Hyper Beam, but he Endures the hit and (barely) survives, though all of his leaves are burned clean off. Mother, though ... not so good. Her accumulated injuries (and the stress of using one too many Hyper Beams) leave her unable to fight, and she pleads for the MC to cut off her last energy pod and let her die. He reluctantly does (it gives him enough energy to heal him, and also start evolving to a Sceptile himself) but . . . it's pretty sad that he had to kill his own mother. Yes, you can tell which one was the climactic final battle for my 2010 Nano. Now I am considering making a Nano adaptation from my experience playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, MC being a Riolu and his partner a Shinx (my actual team in the game), but . . . that's another year.

Re: Fanfiction for Video Games

johnny13 — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:04:24 +0000

I am in the middle of a Rune factory Fanfiction, oh and link is a guest star in the story.