#Cos that damn multi worlds plot line can go to hell if it just does whatever the plot demands

[tifa-simp]

Time for more parallel!

The framing of these 2 scenes are quite similar, aren't they?

Remake

Rebirth

They both focus on the condition of Sephiroth, while Remake frames Aerith like she knows that he's still alive, Rebirth lets Tifa questions Sephiroth mysterious 5 years gap absence. Which leads to quite an interesting situation:

Cloud, who used to have his suspicion, is now even more sure of his knowledge about Sephiroth at the end of Rebirth. So he's likely to not gonna change his mind about Seph, as in he firmly believes that he knows the truth. Which, as we all know, is gonna bite him in the ass one way or another.

Aerith definitely knew about Sephiroth more than she lets on. But throughout 2 games, either intentional or not, she refuses to tell people the whole picture and seems to follow her own plan. Seeing the end of Rebirth, let's assume that her plan works. So Aerith had reason to not reveal her full knowledge to the gang and also has no way to tell us anymore with the way she is now.

Which leave us with Tifa with her titbits and intuition against the big mystery. So far she has 3 important questions:

What is messing with Cloud's mind?

What is Aerith's secrets about the future?

What is Sephiroth up to?

And for now, she knows that Cloud believes his unstable mind is due to SOLDIER's cells degrade, that Aerith has her memory taken away by the Whispers, that Sephiroth is fighting with the Planet and losing (at Gongaga at least). But as the story goes, she becomes more lost.

Both Cloud and Aerith are out of question now, so the only one can give Tifa the all answers is Sephiroth. But obviously she won't get anything directly from the man himself. Bold guess, but I think Tifa will involve in some way in Vincent's arc in part 3 since his story is so tightly tied to Sephiroth. No matter how Vincent arc turns out, there's no way Tifa won't get something out of it. Either she knows how he messes with Cloud or what's he been doing in those 5 years.

If Vincent arc doesn't give her all the clues then the Weapons are next in line. She's already had some ideas about the Lifestream works, next is how the multi worlds work. I believe Tifa is smart enough to figure that out by herself. I mean, she comes up with this on her own

Making Tifa our lead will be the right choice since she's in the dark about everything as much as we do while not so blindly determined like Cloud or so omniscient like Aerith. How cool it'd be if we can see Tifa playing detective in part 3 and slowly piecing everything together to clear up all the mysteries, not just with Cloud's memory problem but also Sephiroth's plan and the principle of multi worlds.

Tifa has always been the one staying behind to observe and analyze the situation in 2 games, it's time she steps up and makes her move in part 3.

[aishicc]

Mack + Robbie

So my buddy thoughtsbubble posted a great post on Robbie and Mack's relationship, so becoming a Bropt of mine, you can find HERE. Go read so good y'all. Now it got me thinking, fic ideas and all that aside, how they have changed. Robbie's relationship with everyone on Team Coulson has changed, with him and May changing the least really. Now I have already talked about Robbie and Daisy's relationship, /grin, and since Mack and her are supper close it seems fitting to address Mack. Yes TB's post inspired me, so blame them /wink, but as a Robbie fan girl you all really should have seen this coming. Now this may jump around a bit as my brain randomly latches on to things so sorry about that ahead of time.

Mack is literally the first member of Team Coulson  to interact with Robbie. Yes Daisy sees him kill that white power trash, well some of them. And Coulson eyed him as he passed, spy so yeah, but Mack took a few moments to talk to the random joe just doing his job. Says a bit about Mack here, not that Coulson is an ass or anything far from it, he is just mission focused while Mack is a bit less since he is not the leader. Mack often takes a second in command type of role, backing others up rather then playing the leader all the time. He can lead, and other listen when he speaks, he is just a natural back my buddy up co-leader type of guy. Like Robbie he is fine being partnered with a strong female and not being intimidated or emasculated, true Robbie has powers too but my point still stands. These are both physically strong men who respect the women on their team as equals in the field, even if they are still protective of them. When Mack or Robbie get between an enemy and a female friend it is not because they feel she needs protection it is because they are backing her up, making themselves the target so she can take the fool/fools down. Mack is also protective of Fitz, who is less trained and physically weaker. Robbie does not know Fitz as well but I am sure he would do the same if for no other reason then because he can take a reactor going critical a foot from his head and come back from it.

Mack is a very moral character since he has faith, a fact that is mentioned from time to time but never shoved down our throats. This a nice change from some shows where a person of faith can be little else plot wise, boring. Daisy sates back in Season 1 that she is not a religious person, Robbie we are not given much indication of one way or the other. One can assume from his nationality he was likely raised Catholic as many Mexicans are. Whatever Robbie may have been before he is a believer now just like Mack. Mack admits to having to believe in the other guy too so he is one of the few on the Team who can accept the Rider is a devil, from this world or another really doesn't mater. While the others dismiss It as an alien, or maybe even some form of multi-personality disorder manifestation of an Inhuman, Mack doesn't. He doesn't dismiss Robbie and his believes, which even Daisy does at first not that one can entirely blame her seeing as how insane agent's lives are. Daisy does come around, Coulson becomes more open to the idea before becoming a host, Fitz not sure about, Jemma and May we don't really get much from. Now I am not super religious myself but if someone did what Robbie could and said devil I'd be on board with that, even in a world where god tended to be aliens. An alien devil is just as evil as an Earth Hell one, but that is neither here or there right now.

Shared faith aside Robbie reads Mack just like he did Daisy, street-smart is a good smart to have. They did not get along any better then Robbie and Daisy did, though no flaming metal or cars were swung around. Still Robbie watched and learned all he needed to know about Mack, not hard to see why the Team likes him. His claim that Mack is good and has no vengeance in him is telling here. Yes we all know Mack is a sweet guy who will bust skulls for those he loves but petty revenge is rather unlike him. He learned after his blind dislike/hate of Inhumans made him weary of Daisy, he became a great big bro to her. Robbie thinks Mack is a better person then he is because he deserves the Rider not Mack. I would have made the same deal as Robbie, hurt my friends and I draw blood, not very Christian of me but I'm only human. Robbie may be more prone to revenge and violence than Mack but he is still a good man, Daisy saw it and that is why she trusted him. As the season went on we see Robbie curbing his impulses more, LMDs don't count, and some of that rage is from the Rider not just Robbie. We see only a little of Robbie from before, but Gabe said he became disturbed so one can safely assume he became more prone to violence after becoming host to the Rider. Mack has taken lives, we've seen him draw blood with that Shotgun Ax but he is an agent not a vigilante. This is a problem for Mack, as his enemies are HYDRA or other seriously bad people where Robbie's are street gangs mostly. With Robbie working with S.H.I.E.L.D. and playing by their rules we see a lot of that judgment fade away, not that we see them interact much more before Robbie leaves.

Mack has seen Robbie kill more 'people' up close and personal then anyone on the Team besides Daisy. Robbie technically has saved Mack from 3 ghosts, that first one wanted to kill him and Fitz after all. They do work well together when they try, a bit of time and they will work just fine. Daisy took time to learn how to work with Robbie and so does Mack, they are off to a pretty good start. Elena already trusts Daisy so did not seem to mind working with Robbie when asked, nor did he mind her. By that point Robbie was far less defensive about S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Team were less weary of him, the Rider not so much. This is all something I like to mess with in fics since Team Building is a fave of mine, and this team is a family. One we love and want to just be happy for one God damn season at least! Come one give us one 'The Farm' season huh?

Now I also reblogged a post about this act alone, I will go into it now. The post talked about how Robbie was finally free of the Rider, he was, and how it was something he had wanted for a while, yep. So here he is free, well as free as Coulson and Fitz are, and what does he do? He goes with Daisy to deal with Rider Mack even though he cannot help her really because he feels responsible. Leaves her to find Mack, can't help her once he and Lucy get her there, and immediately gets Mack Rider to focus on him. When Daisy shows up and the Rider comes forth that is when Robbie becomes worried and acts. Damning himself once more to save Mack. Now in my opinion he did it to also save Daisy and the others, as they would get in the Rider's way and He hates that. He may not burn them but He could still kill them, and Mack would feel the guilt of hurting and even killing friends like Daisy. Robbie knew Daisy felt guilty for the dead in her wake, how much of her past he read when he judged her I am unsure of, but he knew she had left because of it. Mack would fall apart just as bad if the Rider made him hurt or kill his friends for Its mission. This sacrifice shows how good Robbie still is despite what he has been influenced to do if not flat out forced. And that is one of the reasons I love him so damn much.

Not only do we have Robbie believing Mack is a better man and damning himself to keep him that way, damn, we know right away Mack is aware of it. Daisy may have only heard Mack's part but Mack tells her Robbie took 'that thing' back to Hell. He is clearly shaken and in some part it is because he knows a guy who he threaten to shot in the head if he acted out of line just saved his soul and went to Hell of his own free will. No one forced him, he was not protecting his family, he did it for a guy who barely trusted him to not burn every inmate in a prison. Robbie is an incredibly loyal person when given a  reason to be, it is why he would fit in so well once he got use to the whole secret agent subtle thing. So you have all of that going on and at the end of the episode who is waiting for Robbie to return, Mack. Mack is not happy to see the Rider is back, shocking I know, but he still walks right up to Robbie knowing he has his powers back. And Robbie asks if he wants to team up. No resentment, no looking for gratitude or praise, he offers Mack a bit of closer since Eli has hurt them both. Offering to share a kill with someone other then Daisy, who I would say was his friend by this point. That says so much about them both, and it is why I believe if given time they will become close.

More in Part 2

[authorkylehartman]

New ask game for writers

1. Favorite place to write.

In a room alone on my laptop, however I’ve been poor lately and my laptop is broken, so I’ve been writing on my phone. I come to enjoy writing on my lunch break at work in my car.

2. Favorite part of writing.

It would probably have to be the world building as far as the villain is concerned and showing them off to the reader.

3. Least favorite part of writing.

Being distracted

4. Do you have writing habits or rituals?

Not really. I just do it. I used to have to take a bath and getting my mind working before sitting down are writing.

5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most.

There are things always being added to this list. First off, I’d be amiss to not mention that me having any sort of style is thanks to Micheal Creighton. I was always very creative and good at writing, but in 2009 I had read Next not long earlier and decided to write a story of my own that I am now embarrassed of. 

Anyway, Max Hathorne who writes Kronos Rising was a huge influence. I might not write the same kind of science fiction as him, but the way he approaches things, including the villains and Kornosaurus/ Kraken inspired me to added scence in the Zoey series that center around the villain, lord Neball. 

Neal Asher’s solid world and character building left me in awe as I read the Transformation series, this has inspired me to do a better job with those aspects. 

George R.R. Martin has inspired me in similar ways, but also to not always be afraid to have to many characters. Sometimes it fits and works best with a series.

6. Favorite character you ever created.

Oh damn, that is a loaded question. On one hand I’ve got a character named Haley who is extremely depressed, abused and also has a lot of anxiety and some addictions. I don’t think a depressed character has been written to this extreme in a novel, at least that I can remember.

Zoey, is my first love obviously. She is the title character to the first series I ever started creating. The title character to an absolutely massive series. There is reason enough in that for her to be my favorite.

Randy would have to have a place high up on this list because he is the main hero for most of the Zoey series, I can’t give away why he isn’t actually. Though I highly enjoy his personality despite his life threatening flaws.

Hollie is a character in the Zoey series that comes in much later, but I quite enjoy her as well.

I also have a soft spot of a character named Eric in a store that is very nearly ready to be written, Let it Die. He’s the main.

7. Favorite author.

Micheal Creighton

8. Favorite trope to write.

I don’t feel I have one. Though sometimes I’ll be writing a scene and one will pop into mind and I’ll have to insert it somewhere.

9. Least favorite trope to write.

Again, I don’t have one. I don’t go out of my way, they just pop into mind.

10. Pick a writer to co-write a book with and tell us what you’d write about.

Neal Asher would probably be my number one, especially since Creighton couldn’t happen. Obviously it would have to be a book that takes place in space. I think I might show him the small outline I have for a novel I have currently named Collapsing Universe.

11. Describe your writing process from scratch to finish.

It depends. The Zoey series is a terrible example. For them, I really only do the plot of the novel, write down a description by chapter, sometimes it has to be tweaked during the writing process. It also isn’t very long. For a series that is typically 200 to 300 thousand words a book, the outline might stretch twenty pages. In comparison Cruel World has over ten pages for it’s outline and I don’t think it will hit sixty thousand words. Let It Die, a novel I haven’t put much pen to paper for, so to speak, I started with writing down a description for it. Then I detailed it out more with a chapter by chapter outline. Then I went and read through it many, many times and added on. The outline is over twenty pages for what will be a typical sized novel, 90 to 100 thousand words. Next is to do character details, though I will probably read through the outline before and after this step. Then I will start fleshing out the manuscript. After I finish that, I will read it and edit, read it and edit, read it and edit. (I’m a perfectionist.) Then I’ll have others read it and edit it from there. Then I’ll read it and edit it. Hopefully get a publisher behind it at this point.

12. How do you deal with self-doubts?

I honestly try to ignore them. If I can’t I will actually read chapters that are about Lord Neball from the Zoey series. It’s still my favorite writing that I’ve ever done.

13. How do you deal with writers block?

Sometimes I will actually step back for a few days or a week or two and just read other peoples work. If nothing else it might inspire me to continue or give me a new idea.

14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book?

Zoey. I have probably put in three days worth of research just with the first novel which has gone through peer revision and now overhaul inspired by Martin and Asher. I’ve probably put in another twelve plus for the second book which sits at a thrid of the way done.

15. Where does your inspiration come from?

The desire to write. The desire to have someone read my work. To have someone say they got lost in the book and couldn’t put it down. I don’t care about fame or fortune. Right now I make roughly 2,000 dollars a month, if writing started doing that steadily, I’d quite my job and be happy with that for the rest of my life.

16. Where do you take your motivation from?

Reading. Either what others have published or what I have written.

17. On avarage, how much writing do you get done in a day?

I typically write about a thousand words. In a week it could be about ten thousand.

18. What’s your revision or rewriting process like?

Hell. I’ll want so desperately to be done, but I go through my manuscripts over and over until I feel like it flows well enough and moves at the right pace, and everything else enough to share with others.

19. First line of a WIP you’re working on.

Haley lays under her covers in her room which is somewhere around seventy nine degrees. The only thing that is good in her opinion. She however is not sleeping peacefully. Laying on her side, her body is struggling with something that is not just in her head. 

That is the first paragraph for Cruel world. The first line isn’t the most exciting, but I think the paragraph sets it up well.

   20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on.

This one I must preface. Lord Neball has finally turned on those that thought of her as a slave and this scene has her with the leader, the one who had been keeping her as a slave until her evil side awoken. I love this because leading up to this you have seen how, sick, vile, twisted, and depraved Neball can be.

"This time, I'll let you finish," she whispers into his ear. True to her words she squeezes him as tightly as she can and feels him begin to finish inside her. Aliessense lifts herself back up to a sitting position on top of him. "I am no longer, Aliessense," she breaths fire through her hate filled words and Dalient opens his eyes. The most fearful expression crosses his face that she has ever seen, as he looks up at her. "I am Lord Neball," she bellows at him. I am Death, Dalient thinks. A blinding light fills the room and the last word is stuck on repeat. Death is what the word Neball means in their language. After a moment, the light disappears, along with his head. That is one wound Dalient will not suffer through.

21. Post the last sentence you wrote in one of your WIP’s.

This is from Zoey: The Intergalactic Fighting Tournament (Second book). She is having a real tough time of things as of late and is about to figure out why, but that is actually in the next paragraph. It’s a very huge why.

"I know you are. I am far from angry with you. I'm worried. Admittedly I am afraid. Zoey, please, don't be afraid to tell me what is going on, if you have anything at all that you are hiding." Randy tells her, wrapping his arms around her. Not so oddly Zoey now feels safer and more relieved.

22. How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied and a project is ultimately done for you?

It depends. I can see Cruel World getting one or two drafts. Zoey, as longer books, I can see as many as five or six... or seven.

23. Single or multi POV, and why?

Cruel World is for the most part single, until the end of the second to last chapter and the final chapter. Zoey will end up having had ten plus. Let it Die, two or three. Departure is the first book in my Argoes series of four books. It will have one predominate one and maybe two or three others throughout.

24. Poetry or prose, and why?

I’m going to say neither, but I do do poetry, mostly from a dark place.

25. Linear or non-linear, and why?

I prefer linear, but sometime there might be so story lines slightly further along, thinking from Zoey. I don’t really use non-linear though.

26. Standalone or series, and why?

Both. Though I have more love for the stories that are a series.

27. Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished? 

I don’t like to share until I’ve gutted my work with a chef’s knife.

28. And who do you share them with?

People who like to read. I don’t really know to many other authors.

29. Who do you write for?

Me

30. Favorite line you’ve ever written. I like the lines that shatter either the readers mind or a character, though I can’t exactly think of a favorite line.

31. Hardest character to write.

Haley

32. Easiest character to write.

Zoey. She flows so well.

33. Do you listen to music when you’re writing?

Yes. Mostly Black Metal, but sometimes if something fits well, I’l switch it up for the scene.

34. Handwritten notes or typed notes?

Typed

35. Tell some backstory details about one of your characters in your story ________.

I can’t give away much about Zoey without revealing the entire mystery of the series.

Randy is not human. He is a species called Avant. He isn’t the most powerful Avant to ever exist. He actually isn’t even one of the most powerful warriors in the universe currently, but he is the most powerful protaginist in the series.

36. A spoiler for Zoey.

Zoey is a key to a lot of things. Much more than just say Randy’s hidden power. Far more significant things. Let’s just say that a certain creature that is bored and spans the multiverse more than knows of her.

37. Most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you.

”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” - Stephen King

38. Have you shared your outline of your story Depature (book one of Argoes) with someone? If so, what did they think of it?

My girlfriend. She liked it, but I had to overhaul half of the opening part of the book. She doesn’t really like love stories and it had a small one. Though I never wanted that to be much of the book. So it works better without it.

39. Do you base your characters of real people or not? If so, tell us about one.

I have done so with one, but that was it. The character Grant Stewart in the Zoey series is based off a friend of mine.

40. Original Fiction or Fanfiction, and why?

Original Fiction. It’s more satisfying to create your own characters and world.

41. How many stories do you work on at one time?

I have been writing both Cruel World and Zoey this year, but more so Zoey for the last month.

42. How do you figure out your characters looks, personality, etc.

A lot of thinking and looking around. I have started trying to use the profile sheets that pop up on here to see how that works.

43. Are you an avid reader?

Yes, but I haven’t read a book in the last few weeks. Not since I finished Infinity Engine by Neal Asher.

44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.

Probably that my characters in Zoey are so exciting and relatable. I was told by a beta that they were excited for what was coming next while they read my original “final” draft of Zoey The Avant Rises.

45. Worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.

Hmm. not sure I remember. Anything that isn’t helpful I tend to forget about.

46. What would your story Zoey look like as a tv show or movie? 

Probably similar to The Expanse or Defiance, but with more fighting and more time spent on Earth than there is with the Expanse. Also a lot more school settings at least at first. After the first few seasons, because a movie would be impossible. It wouldn’t have much for school scenes.

47. Do you start with characters or plot when working on a new story?

Plot. The main character comes with that usually and I flesh out a outline with them and add characters from there and expand on the outline. Somewhere in there I usually get a story name.

48. Favorite genre to write in.

Science Fiction. Zoey, Argoes, Collapsing Universe are stories, the first two being series that I am working on or planning out that are Science Fiction.

49. What do you find the hardest to write in a story, the beginning, the middle or the end?

The beginning. except for Zoey, most everything comes pretty easy with the series, at least so far.

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.

I once seriously considered one from a dream I had. There was a staircase that went all the way down to “hell” and there were wicked creatures at the bottom of the mile upon mile long staircase. (sounds like a Stephen King book)

51. Describe the aesthetic of your story Cruel World in 5 sentences or words.

Oppressively depressing and dark.

52. How did writing change you?

I have an obsession now. I also imagine far more then I should in my daily life. It gets me in trouble sometimes.

53. What does writing mean to you?

Everything. I can’t live without it now. Nowhere to jot down my ideas and stories would be devastating. 

54. Any writing advice you want to share?

If you can handle going through the worst hell to get your story written then do it. If you can’t torture yourself, then writing isn’t for you. After that we can go from there.