#First Impact

[choi-yujin-folder]

[220105] Cute Yujin & Bahiyyih @ Idol Live School 2 [FIRST IMPACT] #YuHiyyih

[pale-opal]

Little Update On Collision Course

So how this is going to work is that I'm going to give out some general updates first, and then after that I have few things I want to show you. So let's get started. 1. Collision Course 2: Electric Boogaloo has an actual title now: Second Strike.

2. Some minor edits were recently made to First Impact. Specifically: - Chapter 4 was edited so that Shadow Man's dialogue is more consistent with the rest of his appearances (I realized he called Zero "boy" and "my dear boy" (like he was Wily or something) even though he did that nowhere else in the fic. And he called him the latter like... three or four times. It was awful. But it's okay. It's fixed now. Which means that I am now free). - Vesper Woman's civilian name is no longer "Fortissimo". I have changed it to "Chord", because I feel like it fits the name schemes better. Both Chapter 24 and the second author's note of Chapter 25 have been corrected accordingly. 3. As of today, I am halfway through Second Strike's backlog (15/30)! (I am aiming for a release date this month, with early November being the worst-case scenario. But no concrete dates yet. You know how life is sometimes.) To celebrate this ✨momentous occasion✨, I have decided to do this (this is what I said I wanted to show you):

*Throws out-of-context snippets at you* *Runs away* (All of these are in order, so if you want to take a stab at deciphering what the plot is, be my guest, lol) (Also, I recommend clicking the images for better quality)

If you have any questions you would like to ask or anything else you would like to say, please feel free to!

[lithiumandsushi]

[angelliicc]

wa da da kep1er ot9 you are forever missed

[kep1er-net]

fancafe update ☆ yeseo for kepcik: “kepcik! re-release completed 💜" (translation credits)

[kep1er-kep1ianworld]

Kim Chaehyun

[moonkatana]

[zillychu]

everyone sh. shutd up im cooking smthn

[beelumi]

The art of creation ✨️

[choi-yujin-folder]

[220124] Cutie Yujin @ Weekly Idol Surprise Live [FIRST IMPACT]

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Thursday evening/way too early Friday morning, I uploaded the second of the final five chapters of my MMX rewrite. Which means that it is time for the second of the five fun facts. Today, we will be discussing the magic of ✨rewriting your own work✨(mild spoilers beneath the cut).

So, it should go without saying, but it is very rare that a first draft of a "First Impact" chapter gets posted. Usually, all that is needed is a quick grammar check from @crystalclear365, but other times, entire parts of the plot need to be reworked. Let's take the fight scene that takes place between Zero and X in Chapter 10 as an example. Originally, it took place in Chapter 8, and it looked like this:

Hmm... while I don't think this version of the argument is bad, per se, I do see a few issues. Everything escalates too quickly. X and Zero are at one another's throats in about a minute, despite there being no dialogue from either party that would warrant the other's response. Additionally, it is out of character for Zero to act the way he does here (especially when you consider how he behaves this early into the rewrite), and the fight being from X's perspective makes it difficult to see where Zero is coming from. That makes X more sympathetic than intended, which is a problem - while he does have a right to be confused as to why Zero seems to be so fond of Axl, this argument is meant to showcase the possessive tendencies that X struggles with at this point in the plot. Not only that, but Zero cutting contact with X before the battle with Chill Penguin would have severely restricted how I would have been able to write Zero and X's interactions during the mission.

In order to fix these issues, I moved the argument to Chapter 10, specifically after Zero talks to Sigma after the mission and after Axl has chosen to stay at the Hunter Base for the night. This led to this version of the fight:

Okay - this is much better. To begin with, the fight takes more time to build up (making it much less jarring when the yelling starts), and both Zero and X's motives are much clearer. X properly comes off as both possessive and understandably confused, and Zero's refusal to fully explain his actions also has proper reasoning behind it. Furthermore, moving the argument to a different chapter allowed me to create more reasons for the argument's escalation. Now, X is also upset because Zero misled him - and Zero has two additional reasons for why he's angry: X won't leave him alone, despite Zero not having a problem with doing that for him when necessary (in other words, X is being a hypocrite), and X's behavior reminds him of Bass (and not in a good way), causing him to draw the conclusion that people that are supposed to be close to him keep treating him like an object. There are plenty of other times that I have had to rewrite things in "First Impact," but this case is the easiest to talk about. However, if you want to know about the writing process I followed, please let me know! And my inbox is open, so don't hesitate to ask any other questions as well. (Also, if this is your first time hearing of "First Impact" or "Collision Course" and this post somehow piqued your interest, please read the tags on the fic before reading. While the story may be rated T for Teen, that doesn't mean things don't get intense. Stay safe, everybody.)

[hannycho12]

Just another day for Clorinde

[f-ai-n]

Been feeling frustrated recently

Feel free to read more about it: https://x.com/trendasia_org/status/1826241657169436841?s=46

[kep1er-net]

hiyyih update ☆ bubble messages: “i came (again) for a moment! look at these hihi i brought 2 blonde era pics which one should i pick (for her profile pic)?” (translation credits)

[kep1er-kep1ianworld]

Kep1er

[moonkatana]