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- one - musings of a background character
I never thought this would happen.
(we planned it from the start…)
I never wanted to be the antagonist of my beloved story.
(... we planned it from the start)
I wanted to sit in the background while the good guys cleaned up the world and beat the bad guys to a pulp. One thing lead to another, and my life whirred down the drain, and I couldn't save it. I was spiralling out of control.
(...we planned it)
But for some peculiar reason, I enjoyed every bit of it.
(you planned it from the start…)
Author's note: For those of you who were following me for my story, Strawberry, I'm sorry to say that it's on an indefinite hiatus. I had fun creating my character, Ichigo, and conducting research and composing chapters and -
I'm rambling, aren't I? I had fun, and I enjoyed your reviews. It's my most read, most reviewed stories I've written on here, and I'm pleased. Unfortunately, during 2014, when my story was in its peak, I suffered from a few cornea scars and I was unable to write for a while. My eye healed a week after, and I returned to writing.
The arc I had written for Ichigo was weak. It was akin to a filler arc, which served no purpose to the characters or to advance the plot, other than just to… fill in some chapters. There are many things I regret, as well, such as Ichigo's seduction mission and making Ichigo overtly weak. In my attempts to avoid creating a Mary-Sue, I made a completely opposite character. I made a… Gloria Stu? Whatever you call it, Ichigo was annoyingly weak. As I sift through reviews now, I knew it frustrated many readers and it frustrates me as well. Additionally, I didn't quite have a planned end for Ichigo. Would I kill her off like most fodder ninja? Would she retire? What would she do with her knowledge? I had no clue.
Finally, I had grown to despise the series. The series was milk, the ending was rushed and mediocre, and it left a bitter taste in my mouth. I simply fell out of love. Recently, I rewatched the first show, and realized it was still a… somewhat good story (the first series, anyways). I'm dissatisfied, like I'm sure most female Naruto fans, with the lack of strong female characters. Kishimoto claimed "I'm not good with writing fem characters". I wonder, what's so different? It's the same as your male characters, just with… a different gender. It frustrated me to no end, so I decided to write a strong female character. My new protagonist won't be weak; most of her conversations or motivations won't be centered around men. That's my goal.
If you want to read an OC rebirth story with a strong female lead, well, I'm trying to compose of a story like that!
Anyways, thank you for checking me out! :*