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Just posted Chapter 21: The River of Shadow today. With that, we only have two more chapters and the epilogue to go before the grand finale of Tapestry of Evil (which, coincidentally, will be on the first of December, which I find to be slightly interesting)! In this chapter, the Shodios return to Castle Kra to inform Turaga Krashadi of the recent deaths of Teivel and Jiki and to plan their next action, while the Toa Shika discover an old, abandoned boat on a river of shadow that Addis thinks will take them to the Door to the Light and after that, hopefully toward home. Short entry, but I don't have much else to add except that I actually will be rewriting AUA one more time before I begin editing it again, so even when ToE is finished don't expect to see AUA for some time, possibly not even until early or middle 2010. But I will try to get it up as soon as possible. -TNTOS-
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Chapter 20: Wanderer's Mission was posted today in Tapestry of Evil. Go and read it. Okay. Fine. I'll give you a summery if you want: In this chapter, after escaping the eruption mountain, Nastan decides that now would be the perfect moment to attempt to kill Barilo, but is stopped by Wanderer, who somehow ends up in his mind as a result. And it is here that she discovers exactly what her mission is in Wyoko and what she needs to do to accomplish it. Now will you go read it? Pretty please ? (Also, three more chapters and the epilogue to go before the grand finale!) And as for AUA, I think once I'm finished with my NaNoWriMo novel I'll go ahead and rewrite it for the third time. Whenever I try to edit it, it just seems truly terrible and nothing seems to make much sense anymore. I'm going to have to cut out some characters or downplay the importance of others, start the story differently, maybe choose a different viewpoint character to guide the beginning, allow the characters to move the plot in whatever direction they want to, stuff like that. My writing style tends to be that I allow the characters to be in charge of the plotting while I just write it down, so I feel that my plot for AUA was too mechnical and forced than organic and natural, which is something that disappoints me greatly. So even when I do finish posting ToE it will likely be sometime in early to mid 2010 that you, the readers, will be seeing AUA up. I'm taking it easy, though, since I really have no specifc deadline, as this is just fanfiction, after all. I have no publisher whose demanding that I write this NOW or else he won't pay me. However, I will try to get it up as soon as I can without rushing for the benefit of my readers who've stuck with me since The Tales of Shika Nui (if any have, that is). I know that I definitely want to reach the end of the Toa Shika's journey, which I hope will be even more dramatic and exciting than the ending of ToE even. -TNTOS-
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My epic, Tapestry of Evil, has 1001 views (at last )! Yay! True, perhaps that isn't as good or as fun or exciting as having 1001 posts, but that at least shows that people are reading and (hopefully) enjoying it. On the flipside, Honor versus Greed has zero replies and only 30 views. Wah. Oh well. Short stories generally don't get a lot of replies or views anyway, so I'm not that upset, though I wouldn't mind it if someone decided to review HvG (pretty please?). Also, it's only about three days away from NaNoWriMo, too. I'm getting very excited, as I have a great idea for a novel and wish to write it as soon as possible. -TNTOS-
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Tuesday T O E Update, And I Think My Mind Just Got Bleached
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Hey, guys! Chpater 19: Into the Core of the Mountain was posted today for you reading pleasure . In this chapter, the Toa Shika, Wanderer, and the (still bound) Nastan are traveling in a secret tunnel that leads directly into the core of a mountain in order to escape the Shodios, whilst Teivel and his group of Kra-Matoran have found the tunnel, too, and are currenly traveling it not too far behind the Toa Shika themselves. The Toa Shika then discover that the mountain they are in isn't any ordinary mountain, but an inactive volcano! However, soon they realize that Teivel is following them and attempt to escape by crossing a rickety stone bridge that spans the pit of burning lava, and, as the last of the Toa Shika makes it over, Teivel and his gang appears and the Toa of Shadow decides to go Nova in order to stop the Toa! Will they escape alive? You'll have to read the chapter itself to find out. As for the other part of the title of this blog entry, ever hear of an anime called Lucky Star? Well, I have, though I haven't actually watched the anime itself and I doubt I ever will. Anyway, the point is, I saw an edited version of the opening for Lucky Star last night . . . which replaced all of the normal characters with the Decepticons from Transformers. Yes, you heard me right. Anyone who has seen the normal, unedited Lucky Star opening (which I did, after watching the TF one) knows just how wrong that is XD. So we got Starscream, Megatron, Soundwave, Shockwave, and several other Decepticons dancing (exactly the same way the original LS characters do) to some extremely hyper-sounding Japansese song that totally doesn't fit them. And yes, I think my mind may have exploded from watching that, though to be frank I never really used it much anyway . And I was just beginning to respect Megs too, after watching Revenge of the Fallen last week (good movie BTW). Also, four more chapters (plus the epilogue) until the ending of ToE! It's getting closer every week . . . -TNTOS- -
Chapter 18: Spirit Wanderer has been posted today. Read on for a brief summary of events: In this chapter, the Toa Shika are finally reunited once again and need an escape route, as the Shodios are still searching the Nui Mountains for them. Fortunately, a mysterious ghost who calls herself Spirit Wanderer appears and shows them a secret tunnel passge she discovered hidden by a sheet of ice, which Addis quickly melts. The Toa Shika allow her to come with them and soon the party heads into the passageway, never realizing that, not too far behind them, Toa Teivel, leader of the Shodios, is coming ever closer with a band of rugged, tough Kra-Matoran that are all too willing to kill the Toa Shika . . . Author's note: The character "Spirit Wanderer" was originally male, secretive, and much more like a plot device than a real character. This new Wanderer is female and has a much more sarcastic personality than the original Wanderer, thus making her easier for me to write. But she will ultimately play the same role that she did before, but in a much better way than the first time around. Also, there are only five chapters of Tapestry of Evil left (not counting the epilogue), so I shall be counting down to the grande finale in the coming weeks until the epilogue. I think the ending will be good, but I can't say just yet, as no one else besides myself has read it yet, heh . -TNTOS-
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Chapter 16: Confrontation was posted today about an hour ago or so. In this chapter, the Toa Shika are reunited with their friend, Nastan, although he's far more different - and more evil - than when they had last seen him. But their reunion is shortened when they are forced to separate by a vicious attack from Toa Jiki, one of the Shodios. Meanwhile, the rest of the Shodios, along with a large band of Kra-Matoran, are heading to the Nui Mountains to capture and kill the Toa Shika once and for all. So go and read it . -TNTOS-
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Just thought I'd tell you all that the third and final epic of the Shika Trilogy, An Unlikely Alliance, will probably not be up until early 2010. This is because editing is going slowly and painfully for me at the moment and I will go through it at least one more time, since I like everything neat and perfect and stuff . It is seriously is worrying me, though. I'm starting to think that the editing phase is going slowly for me because the story itself may be boring . . . and this is the first major fight scene that I am working on here, people. I didn't have this kind of trouble with ToE, though of course it may just be me, since I have had an annoying cold these last few days, which may be affecting how I look at it, because some days I look at AUA and say, "This is great!" while other days I say "Did I really write that?" and edit- no, outright rewrite the scene in question immediately. 'Tis the life of a writer, I suppose. Never satisfied with what I've wrote 'cause I'm always convinced that I could do better (which I probably could). Yeah, I know ToE hasn't been completely posted, so this may be a bit too early to discuss AUA yet, but I thought I'd give an update just the same. Edit: Oh, and by the way, I'll start releasing actual story information about AUA when I'm on the last two or three chapters of ToE. So keep an eye on this blog until the end of November, where you'll always find updates for my fanfics . -TNTOS-
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Tapestry of Evil has been updated today, with chapter 15: Lost in the Mountains. In this chapter, the five-remaining Toa Shika end up accidentally crashing their steed in the cold Nui Mountains of Wyoko, while being relentlessly being hunted by one of the Shodios, even as an old friend tries to find them at the same time. So what are you waiting for? I beseech you all to go and read it ! -TNTOS-
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Hi, guys. I'm here with an entry about the differences between the first ideas of the Shika Trilogy (my fanfic series) and the ideas that I ended up using, which are vastly different from the originals. I've always wanted to do a blog entry like this for a while. Now onto the first epic: "The Tales of Shika Nui": The concept was, in some ways, still the same before I actually begun writing it. It was still about Matoran theives unwillingly becoming Toa and fighting the Dark Hunters, but some of the ideas were vastly, and I mean vastly, different from how the final product turned out. For one, the character of Akuna, the Toa of Lightning and only female member of the team, would have been different and her different personality would change the course of the story. Originally, Akuna was not going to be the caring, thoughtful and kind Toa you see today. No, she, like the other Toa Shika, was supposed to be an unlikeable backstabbing thief* who hung out with the others purely because she had nothing better to do. Very different from her current personality, no? But you may ask, "How would that change the story?" Simple. In the original TTOSN ("The Tales of Shika Nui" shortened) she was going to be secretly betraying the other Toa to the Dark Hunters for some reason I couldn't think of. Eventually her treachery was going to be discovered and then she would flee to the Dark Hunters' fortress and somehow become a Toa of Shadow along the way. Then the other Toa Shika would have stormed the fortress and eventually fight her. Nastan, Toa of The Green**, was originally going to get the others out and then somehow, inexplicably, turn into a Toa of Light and fight her. (No, he wasn't secretly a Av-Matoran in disguise either like Takua so I couldn't use that excuse.) Eventually, after lots of fighting, Nastan would sacrifice himself to kill Akuna by bringing the building down on himself and Akuna, thus ending the original TTOSN and also helping to start the next epic, which we will look at in another entry later on this year. Another pretty much scrapped idea for the original TTOSN was about the charcter Toa Chimoy, Toa of Iron and resident quiet guy of the team. In my notes, he was supposed to be slightly mentally deficent and mostly the muscle of the crew. The reason for this was that he had been beaten up pretty hard by several Dark Hunters at one point in the past, which affected his brain greatly and made it hard for him to make coherent thoughts and even harder to voice those thoughts. Now that we've seen the original idea, how did the story actually go? For one, Akuna never ended up betraying the rest of the Toa. Neither did she become a Toa of Shadow. Nastan also didn't become a Toa of Light and sacrifice himself to save the others. In fact, in my epic trilogy it is heavily implied that Akuna and Nastan actually like each other romantically. Talk about contrast! Also, the Toa would not end up storming the Dark Hunters' fortress. While they did indeed visit eventually, it was to escape the Hunters (it makes sense in context), and to open an ancient underground door way beneath the island (again, makes sense in context). They didn't bother to fight the DHs because they were far outnumbered by 300 to six at least. As for Chimoy, while his mentally deficient mind was referenced in the first chapter of TTOSN, I like to think about that reference as uncanon. Why? Because the current Chimoy turned out not to be a mentally deficient muscle man but a quiet, thinkative*** kind of guy who mostly let others lead and rarely talked unless he had good reason to. Kind of like Onua in a way. As for "Tapestry of Evil" and what its prototypes ideas were before I actually wrote it, well, I'll make an entry discussing the contrasts between the original ideas for ToE ("Tapestry of Evil" shortened) and the ideas that actually made it in November, when I should finish posting it. But I can tell you that if you thought these ideas were contrasting, then just check out my blog in November to see what true contrast really is ! *Please note that not all of the Toa Shika were going to act exactly like the original idea for Akuna, but they would all in general be pretty unlikeable poeple compared to how they are now. **For those who don't know, "The Green" is a term Greg Farshtey uses to describe Toa of Plant Life. I use it, too. ***Not sure if that is a real word or not. Doesn't really matter, I guess. -TNTOS-