LHAD: Choose Your Own Adventure

[auronlu]

Trying to decide between one of several drafts of the next chapter of LHaD, I have a dilemma.[Poll #1590537]
I donno. I like the description of the floating-in-the-Farplane sequence better. There's a few details that please my "grand finales should be grand" instinct. But the second option seems a little more believable, as much as any endgame battle in Final Fantasy is ever believable (in fact, every one I can remember takes place floating through space on a platform, or nothing at all).

And on the third hand, most Final Fantasy games conclude with 3-4 big boss battles, and this is only #2, not the traditional flying-through-space-on-a-WTF-magic-carpet battle.

Comments

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

*one vote for the plausible take*

[jlsigman.livejournal.com]

I also voted plausible, but because I like the thought of the random bits of Spira smooshed together. Kinda like the final area in Kingdom Hearts.

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I may wind up writing it both ways and seeing how it looks at the end.

More plausible may be better. I love writing surreal, but there are things that work better in a game medium than text.

It has been fascinating taking the style of Final Fantasy games -- VII through XII, since those are the ones I know -- and adapting some of the tropes, plot movements, and archetypes that keep cropping up in them.

[trekqueen.livejournal.com]

I went with the plausible landscape. Though, my reasoning is that I think you can make it seem totally badass. reminds me of the Dead Fantasy video with Yuna calling on all of her aeons and having a massive battle sequence. guh! thus, I know you could pull that off in a writing way to get the imagery going in writer's minds.

BTW, I am off to go catch up on LHAD cuz I have freeeeeeeedom today! next couple weekends of July then August are fresh stocked full of family events and Vegas con. :p

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Yaaay!

Dead Fantasy --oh, thank you. I need more inspiration for battle writing stuff. I'll watch a few AMVs to get myself in "adrenaline mode."

[muggy-mountain.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see what you'd do with the second option. You've done so well with the hellish flickering changes of Lulu's Sin landscape, I think you could do a similar thing in the final battle.