As much as I wish to jump into it straight away (I've done heavy ground work for Chapter 1 already, and a thorough outline for half the novel), I'll be leaving on a month-long trip to Bulgaria to visit my family. I don't doubt there will internet there, but considering it's my first time out of the country and everyone from my cousins to the entire neighborhood wants to meet me, I won't have any free time. But I can promise to finish Chapter 1 and present it to you before I leave in two weeks. Also, I don't plan to post the Restoration novel until I complete the entire thing.
I see. When it comes to the characters mannerisms, I won't hesitate to ask for clarification!
Oh, did Ifahnal really murder Tidus? It was either too vague for me to notice or I assumed it was one of those remnant Bedohls leftover from the War. Regardless of who exactly threw the bomb, I thought the inhabitant reacted like anyone would if someone intruded on their home/territory. Especially considering we look through such narrow filters, we immediately jump to the conclusion an outside force harbors some deep, personal plot against Tidus or Yuna. (By the way, which chapter reveals/hints that Ifahnal killed Tidus?)
Fanfic? Yeah. It's not like I can profit out of novelizing a novel. As a fanfic, I can not only revise and flesh out all the original source material, I can add additional (fanon) material loyal to canon continuity. Example: Baralai, Gippal, and Nooj's side of the same time span, such as agreeing to personal interviews with Shelinda after their speech, and the Crimson Trio traveling together and having heart-to-heart talks on their way back home. It'd fall within the same time span as the entire novel (which is less than a week, I believe, before the Perfect Ending six months later), and I want to weave in the Last Mission as well. I don't know. I've just got big plans for a FFX-3 fic, and I want to build up towards Will with an in-depth story.
I've seen a couple attempts at a FFX-3 story preceding -Will- and the novel, which are commendable and amazing, but I want to explore an entirely different angle than just the "epic deconstruction and restoration of Tidus/Yuna love story." I want FFX-3 to be about Spira, the state of the world, the issues and conflicts that are disrupting the natural order of the world. And I want to write that narrative through Baralai, the Chancellor of the Spiran Council, because he's the perfect position. If anything, the three main characters will be Yuna and Tidus, of course, and Baralai as the new entrant (with his mother, ex-Summoner/now Head Coordinator of the Senders, and his father, ex-Guardian, a Monk/Assassin character who's the main man of reconnaissance behind the Yevoner Hunters issue, as main OCs), and Chuami and Kurgum as main supporting. I have so many ideas, I've been plotting them out on paper and blog posts.
Link to my Tumblr post about the mechanics of pyreflies and my headcanon to the whole 'What is Tidus?' controversy.
http://dankokaji.tumblr.com/post/122688875547/mekhack-dankokaji-lureoftheseaOh, yeah. And I'm a woman. Not that I'm offended or anything, just felt like clarifying. XD
I'm alright with the unlocked thread. (Does that mean you temporarily locked it thinking there's no point in keeping open for the public?)