Ah-ha-ha-ha. That was pretty hollow laughter. Well, I'm re-writing Black Magic. It will take a long time, since I'll change just about everything except the plot... My incentive? Black Magic was my very first story but is basically null, and it sucks. I have now taken it down. Also, I want to put all of the Trial By Fire into one story. No one will read the ones that came before it if they're separate stories... And when I update, all of the series will go up to the front if it's all together!
Next incentive: It is so very wrong. I wanted to stay true to the manga plot, but, because all I had at the time were brief manga summaries, most of it is wrong. I have gotten older, I can write better (or so I'm told ... ) and, drumroll... I CURRENTLY OWN ALL OF THE CCS MANGA! I've read it all, too, and there's definitely too much fault to just revise, so I'm completely re-writing it. Twilight will only need some revision, because during the writing of Twilight, I had exactly two volumes of the manga, and a few misc chapters (the 42-page monthly issues) from the first half of the manga. The volumes I had? Seven and ten. Yeah, both were pretty useless to me. I have, and have read it all now, and the Trial By Fire series will be much better. At least, the beginning will, then events will unfold and drift away from the original CLAMP CCS storyline.
There will, of course, be elements of the original Black Magic story: most of the chapter titles will remain the same, and the general flow will go in about the same way. Also, Sakura will be smarter, because I don't hate her as much! I'll admit, the things Sakura did in the anime... AGH! I despise the anime Sakura. Now that I own the manga, she isn't as bad. The anime makes a mockery of CCS, and there are about three Eriol-secret-hideout scenes that they just keep using over... and over... and over...
But I know most of you love Sakura, and due to popular demand, Naoko will be sacked (I had planned for her and Eriol to get together. My favourite couple! But I'm making another fic to compensate for Naoko's loss, 'Silent Devotion', coming soon, hopefully.) and the Trial By Fire's main pairing will be Sakura and Eriol. It won't be all romance, in fact quite the opposite, and I am rather against lemons, but maybe I could change my standing given time and some persuasion. There will be just enough of the romantic element, as one of my reviewers had said for Twilight. Thank you Gigicerisier, for it was your review that moved me to make this pairing decision.
This takes place just after the end of the twelfth volume. I mean, immediately following. Just for those of you who haven't read all of the manga, I'll recap. When I read this, I was in denial. I just couldn't believe that CLAMP had done this, but in the last few pages, Sakura confessed her love for Li, just as he was leaving to go back to Hong Kong. They exchanged teddy bears (actually, Syaoran had already given Sakura hers) and parted. Here's the part I couldn't believe: It changes scenes to a few years later and Sakura is in middle school, and Li comes back saying that he's finished his business in Hong Kong, and he was in Tomoeda to stay. This actually happens IN THE MANGA. I don't know how many people have read ALL of the manga, seeing as in the beginning of all of the stories I've read, Syaoran isn't back, and Sakura is still in elementary school.
Just a little rant before the story: Why did it take place when Sakura was in elementary school? I think, at the very least, she should have been in grade 8. It makes sense to me. What do you think? (Well, the fact that she's in middle school at the end of the last volume makes things much easier-I don't have to explain why suddenly she's so much more mature!) I mean, I have a ten-year-old sibling, and, I'm sorry, but no. What Sakura did there was impossible for anyone under the age of thirteen. (I know. I've seen the other ten-year-olds. but, then again, there's Harry Potter. But he's special. He was kind of mature to begin with, so... what am I saying. I don't like Harry Potter, either. I like RON!)
You know what I noticed? Eriol, in the manga, does in fact have a British accent, and is rather proper about his ways. I try to stay true to that here, so just picture him with that smooth, light British accent... ooooooooo....
Ja ne, and enjoy!
Next incentive: It is so very wrong. I wanted to stay true to the manga plot, but, because all I had at the time were brief manga summaries, most of it is wrong. I have gotten older, I can write better (or so I'm told ... ) and, drumroll... I CURRENTLY OWN ALL OF THE CCS MANGA! I've read it all, too, and there's definitely too much fault to just revise, so I'm completely re-writing it. Twilight will only need some revision, because during the writing of Twilight, I had exactly two volumes of the manga, and a few misc chapters (the 42-page monthly issues) from the first half of the manga. The volumes I had? Seven and ten. Yeah, both were pretty useless to me. I have, and have read it all now, and the Trial By Fire series will be much better. At least, the beginning will, then events will unfold and drift away from the original CLAMP CCS storyline.
There will, of course, be elements of the original Black Magic story: most of the chapter titles will remain the same, and the general flow will go in about the same way. Also, Sakura will be smarter, because I don't hate her as much! I'll admit, the things Sakura did in the anime... AGH! I despise the anime Sakura. Now that I own the manga, she isn't as bad. The anime makes a mockery of CCS, and there are about three Eriol-secret-hideout scenes that they just keep using over... and over... and over...
But I know most of you love Sakura, and due to popular demand, Naoko will be sacked (I had planned for her and Eriol to get together. My favourite couple! But I'm making another fic to compensate for Naoko's loss, 'Silent Devotion', coming soon, hopefully.) and the Trial By Fire's main pairing will be Sakura and Eriol. It won't be all romance, in fact quite the opposite, and I am rather against lemons, but maybe I could change my standing given time and some persuasion. There will be just enough of the romantic element, as one of my reviewers had said for Twilight. Thank you Gigicerisier, for it was your review that moved me to make this pairing decision.
This takes place just after the end of the twelfth volume. I mean, immediately following. Just for those of you who haven't read all of the manga, I'll recap. When I read this, I was in denial. I just couldn't believe that CLAMP had done this, but in the last few pages, Sakura confessed her love for Li, just as he was leaving to go back to Hong Kong. They exchanged teddy bears (actually, Syaoran had already given Sakura hers) and parted. Here's the part I couldn't believe: It changes scenes to a few years later and Sakura is in middle school, and Li comes back saying that he's finished his business in Hong Kong, and he was in Tomoeda to stay. This actually happens IN THE MANGA. I don't know how many people have read ALL of the manga, seeing as in the beginning of all of the stories I've read, Syaoran isn't back, and Sakura is still in elementary school.
Just a little rant before the story: Why did it take place when Sakura was in elementary school? I think, at the very least, she should have been in grade 8. It makes sense to me. What do you think? (Well, the fact that she's in middle school at the end of the last volume makes things much easier-I don't have to explain why suddenly she's so much more mature!) I mean, I have a ten-year-old sibling, and, I'm sorry, but no. What Sakura did there was impossible for anyone under the age of thirteen. (I know. I've seen the other ten-year-olds. but, then again, there's Harry Potter. But he's special. He was kind of mature to begin with, so... what am I saying. I don't like Harry Potter, either. I like RON!)
You know what I noticed? Eriol, in the manga, does in fact have a British accent, and is rather proper about his ways. I try to stay true to that here, so just picture him with that smooth, light British accent... ooooooooo....
Ja ne, and enjoy!