Damn, now I feel like I have something to live up to. I do hope you realize I'm enjoying this immensely?
That is an excellent point about the way Squeenix re-releases their stuff. I feel like at this point I'm supposed to twirl my moustache, swirl my cape and go 'You've gotten away with it this time!' But it is a sucky thing to do to your consumers, and I'm glad they're not doing that to you with XIII.
Anyway...what was I going to say? Oh yes, genre and pop culture. I think of writing a lot like Project Runway...where they give the competitors a room full of car parts and say 'you have 2 days to make a fabulous dress out of stuff you found a a hardware store' and they do. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FBBVjB_uI/AAAAAAABkfw/JblSzgTvZxo/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BMaya%2BLuz%2B1.jpg) Same thing with Nanowrimo, you can do some amazing things when you're working with the constraints you have. And when you work against your constraints you you get this (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FE5lFzxoI/AAAAAAABkiA/dHeapV1HWqA/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BEmilio%2BSosa%2B1.jpg).
Hang on, Roxy's demanding I play with her. Back! she seems pacified for the moment.
Anyway, I think when you're doing something like FFAC...something that's an official tie in vs fic one of your constraints ought to be 'what does my fanbase want from this?' (And this only applies to things that are a follow up vs part of a planned whole. i.e. Star Wars Ep 1-3 is a follow up, the HP books are part of a whole) I'm pretty sure that's where Rufus, Reno and Rude come from in AC.
But I don't think a lot of thought was put into that beyond the the Turks, and...well, adding a bunch more silver haired men. And I don't think they did a bad job with the story that they decided to tell, but I'd be curious to know more about why they decided that that was the story that needed to be told. It's not as if Geostigma existed before AC. Eh, I know it's not really my place, but I wish they could have accomplished the 'you're not alone' theme with the friends he has instead of a new character and ghosts. I wish one of the self-constraints would be to make sure that everyone in the party played an active role in the story and Cloud's 'redemption' instead of being there to throw him.
So to use the Project Runway metaphor again, it's like they made something really, really cool, but still something that looks like it came from a hardware store (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FAtGBbSAI/AAAAAAABkeY/LL9qKZFqYW8/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BMila%2BHermanovski%2B3.jpg).
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Because Obviously FF stands for Fierce Fashion
Date: 2010-05-25 12:40 am (UTC)That is an excellent point about the way Squeenix re-releases their stuff. I feel like at this point I'm supposed to twirl my moustache, swirl my cape and go 'You've gotten away with it this time!' But it is a sucky thing to do to your consumers, and I'm glad they're not doing that to you with XIII.
Anyway...what was I going to say? Oh yes, genre and pop culture. I think of writing a lot like Project Runway...where they give the competitors a room full of car parts and say 'you have 2 days to make a fabulous dress out of stuff you found a a hardware store' and they do. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FBBVjB_uI/AAAAAAABkfw/JblSzgTvZxo/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BMaya%2BLuz%2B1.jpg) Same thing with Nanowrimo, you can do some amazing things when you're working with the constraints you have. And when you work against your constraints you you get this (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FE5lFzxoI/AAAAAAABkiA/dHeapV1HWqA/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BEmilio%2BSosa%2B1.jpg).
Hang on, Roxy's demanding I play with her.
Back! she seems pacified for the moment.
Anyway, I think when you're doing something like FFAC...something that's an official tie in vs fic one of your constraints ought to be 'what does my fanbase want from this?' (And this only applies to things that are a follow up vs part of a planned whole. i.e. Star Wars Ep 1-3 is a follow up, the HP books are part of a whole) I'm pretty sure that's where Rufus, Reno and Rude come from in AC.
But I don't think a lot of thought was put into that beyond the the Turks, and...well, adding a bunch more silver haired men. And I don't think they did a bad job with the story that they decided to tell, but I'd be curious to know more about why they decided that that was the story that needed to be told. It's not as if Geostigma existed before AC. Eh, I know it's not really my place, but I wish they could have accomplished the 'you're not alone' theme with the friends he has instead of a new character and ghosts. I wish one of the self-constraints would be to make sure that everyone in the party played an active role in the story and Cloud's 'redemption' instead of being there to throw him.
So to use the Project Runway metaphor again, it's like they made something really, really cool, but still something that looks like it came from a hardware store (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/S5FAtGBbSAI/AAAAAAABkeY/LL9qKZFqYW8/s1600-h/Project%2BRunway%2BSeason%2B7%2BEpisode%2B7%2BRunway%2BLook%2BMila%2BHermanovski%2B3.jpg).
I'm an ungrateful fan, I know. XD XD