Author's Notes before final chapter
Hey, guys, what's up? This is Nick, also known as BeyondBirthday69; I'm the author of Iron Fist: Tekken, which is an attempt to try and tell a story with a classic Tekken vibe. The reason why I have chosen to create some new characters that use familiar names in addition to using the classic Tekken characters (Baek Doo San is the father of Jessica, King appears, Marshall Law appears, et cetera) is because I want to tell something that can get close to the telling of a Tekken story without feeling bound to make something that would honestly end up like Tekken: The Motion Picture.
Without giving too much background, Iron Fist: Tekken was an idea I came up with when I thought of what it would be like to create an online game that was very much like a Tekken game from Tekken 4 upward; this let me feel like I could create new characters as you've seen, people like Proof/Worth Proof (who's clearly inspired by Kendrick Lamar), Sister Haim (who's based on the band Haim) and others. I'm trying this out as a short story so I can have it as a placeholder for when I decide to expand it.
Here are some things to know about what I've done to change the story to fit my goal:
· Veiji is Heihachi's son and right now his motives are completely unknown. I don't want his true motive to be revealed until the end of the story, so personality-wise he's an amalgam between aspects of Kazuya and Jin.
· The Haim sisters are his rivals; the avatars of the spirit of Angel, who is meant to fight him.
· Veiji's accomplice is a Williams girl who is kind of the Nina Williams of this story; they aren't romantic interests of any sort, so I wouldn't get your hopes up. There will be romance, but Veiji will be portrayed in a very straightforward fashion so as to note his mission: to kill his father Heihachi, the man who threw him off the cliff.
· There will be classic Tekken characters, but some may exist in the form of new characters created off their likeness.
· Finally, Jessica is a shared character created by my partner on Dragonball Intellectuals' YouTube page, Sephi; I am Jake101 on that channel and my own channel, so you know where to find both of us and possibly even subscribe! We talk about Dragon Ball and other related subjects!
The story is what conceptually would be what the Incredible Hulk 1970s series tried to do for the Hulk, albeit with a classic fighting game franchise; its' David Banner is meant to help keep the Bruce intact and I feel as though if I wanted to imagine this as anything, it would be an anime or a live action that made clear what liberties it had taken. I feel like the attempt of the Tekken franchise to move outside of its' videogames in the form of movies and the like has been met with too much criticism and that just seems to happen too often to videogames. Not believing the stories' ability for expression outside of their original medium is doomed, I think this story is meant to solicit what I'd be trying to do on an independent level if I had the resources. I'm just having fun and I hope I can give you all the same: enjoy the final chapter for now and if I think it's worth my time, you'll be seeing more of this story! Have a wonderful day!
-NK, 3:35 P.M.
