I'll respond to your linked post in that thread. Though I will say I can see the similarities, though it seems there were some differences to Shizune, as well. KS reached me on a very personal level, too.inthewind wrote:This is said post. Reading that, I think you'll understand why I'm so drawn to this work; your Shizune is very compelling and well-wrought, and I highly appreciate it, as well as the great level of attention to detail overall. I really enjoy how planned and structured things are that references made in the first act end up coming true in a sideways manner later on, and it leaves one wondering what will end up being self-referential next.Popo wrote: I imagine you'll make quite a meaningful post. We're grateful to you and all of our readers for joining us on this linguistic journey.
This is, actually, one of the first pieces of fanfiction that I've read at all, and certainly the only one I've felt compelled to see all the way through. Thank you for your time and work.
Thank you, but it's more like Kane's Shizune, not mine.
The preface document will tell you which writer handles which character. I've given him a little advice here and there, and he's done the same for me, but Shizune's all his work. He writes Misha, I write Kano. We work with a good natural chemistry, so he made Shizune fit in line with our early vision of her as misunderstood; our interpretation of her being that you get from her the quality of what you give of yourself. As for self-reference...there is more of that to come. The musical motifs no doubt reflect my fondness of casting things from the past in a new light.Funny enough, I've actually not read much fanfiction, either. Hardly any. Kane and I just both got the urge to write, all of a sudden. Ah, the magic of KS. I'm fond of the effects it has inspired in people, including myself.
The way we write nearly simultaneously lends itself to natural conversations. Like if we both sent a line at the same time, it's like the characters accidentally talking over each other. Sometimes we just have fun with one character interrupting another's serious moment when some comic relief is needed; I write Rin, and some scenes with her become a very fun game of seeing how badly I can derail the scene with her before it gets put back on track, which is very nearly real banter between us, haha. Kane and I actually started writing together pretty soon after first meeting each other, so the story reflects life, as writing was the thing that made us hit it off, all while developing the characters' own relationships.