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[rionaleonhart]

Everyone seems to be writing the fascinating and hilarious little informative capsules of kadrin’s invention on their original universes, and it looks rather like fun but I cannot join in on account of not having any original universes of my own, alas. I am just not an innovative person, which is sad. It’s why I don’t write original fiction and why I like those ‘prompt me to write’ memes and playing the ‘Go On, Write The Crackfic, You Know You Want To’ game: I can write once I’ve got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself. My 2004 NaNo was original fiction, and I quickly discovered that I was completely incapable of creating a world that made the least amount of sense: I blatantly ripped off Silent Hill, stuck features wherever I needed them regardless of whether it was remotely logical (‘A TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA OF PERPETUAL SNOW AND COLDNESS? WHY NOT?’*) and was so engrossed in making the characters yell at each other that I failed to notice that I had inadvertently made them complete idiots by having them walk to their destination instead of taking the already-established train.

My point is that ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN CREATE HUGE AND DETAILED AND FASCINATING FICTIONAL UNIVERSES SUCK, and that all those of you who are interested in huge and detailed and fascinating fictional universes should definitely check out kadrin’s notes on Avarr, the awesome awesome awesome original universe about which I never tire of finding out more and for which I envy him hugely. And look! Here is his fiction set in it, although I am sure that there has got to be more of it somewhere, and basically the entire point of this post is that kadrin is amazing.

And now I must apologise to him for being ever-so-slightly creepy and fangirlish. Sorry, kadrin.

* not an actual example.

Comments

[twilit-wanderer.livejournal.com]

But walking is better than taking the train.


I have original universes but no one ever hears about them because they hate me. They walk up to me and are all, "Hey, so, here we are with this totally awesome idea. Look at our awesomeness. Wouldn't this be fun to write?"

Of course! So I spend a little while pondering it all, then go to write it.

"Hooray!" declares the universe, before promptly sticking its tongue out (and since when did universes even have tongues, I mean really) and running away. FRUSTRATION!

...Then they come back a few months later and we do the whole thing all over again.


So I am terribly envious of people who can actually write their original stuff. Darn them! *shakes fist*

[rionaleonhart]

But walking is better than taking the train.

That was... pretty much the excuse I used when I realised. "WE HAVE TO WALK. WE ARE HEROES. WHOEVER HEARD OF A HERO TAKING THE TRAIN?"

(and since when did universes even have tongues, I mean really)

This made me giggle out loud. I love your comments so much!

[twilit-wanderer.livejournal.com]

WHOEVER HEARD OF A HERO TAKING THE TRAIN?

Well, off the top of my head, Squall does, but look where that gets him! ZOMBIES. (And lots of other nasty things, but zombie body-doubles are the most immediate problem.)


I love your comments so much!

And, uh, wow. Thanks!

[rionaleonhart]

That's true: taking the train in the VIII universe can never mean anything good. Either you're going to be roped into a mad scheme involving running over the roofs of trains and hanging precariously off the side while entering codes, or you're going to fall unconscious and hallucinate about being Galbadian soldiers, or Selphie is going to stand at the window singing 'Train, Train, Take Us Away', and nobody wants that.

It was probably better that they walked.