Fire Emblem Awakening: The Tactician Magician

by PRemington900

From Amnesiac stranger to tactical genius, Robin faces his challenges to become one of the greatest heroes who ever lived. He will take on any enemy head on and will strive to become the strongest for his comrades and a woman who will change his life forever. Whether for better or for worse, only time will tell. (BEING REWRITTEN)

45. A Fresh Start(Update)

Hello Everyone, this is PRemington900, here with a long overdo update. Many of you have probably wondered where I've been and why I haven't been updating this story in so long and it's been a long time. About 3 years with no new chapter and I'm going to explain why.

When I first started Tactician Magician, I had never written a story before and after reading so many Fire Emblem fics, I wanted to give it a try. However, when I first started, I was in a Naruto mindeset when I wrote the chapters because that's the kind of anime I was watching during that time. You may have seen it yourself as in some chapters, when Robin uses the spell, Katarina's Bolt, he uses it in the form of a Chidori. While at the time, it sounded cool on paper, now when I look back, it feels like amateur writing.

Also you may have noticed that I incorporated Robin's fighting style from Super Smash Bros into the story which is something I still stand by because of how awesome it is. However, I could've written it better. Using excuses like Robin getting a Book of Naga(which for those who don't know in game, is an ungodly powerful magic tome so red flag there) that contains every spell in the game, and using higher tier spells so early just makes Robin TOO overpowered and it steals the spotlight from other characters who need time to shine. Even in later chapters when he adds spells such as Katarina's Bolt, Micaiah's Pyre, and Celica's Gale into his Book of Naga tome using Dark Magic, like I said before, it looks cool on paper but the execution isn't very interesting.

There are also plot points that I fucking regret. The Sage's Hamlet storyline where Robin recruits the remaining future children could've been better, Robin's descent into madness as an anti-hero went nowhere, and then his revelation as a descendant of Kris, the Avatar character from Fire Emblem Heroes of Light and Shadow. I botched that storyline all just to create a backstory of Robin's Ignis ability and I'm ashamed. Granted, this was before I learned of Grima's origins from the Shadows of Valentia game but I could have done better instead of trying to summarize another game in just a few chapters. Readers were bored and I was bored too.

Then comes the biggest crux of the story. The relationships. I seriously screwed the pooch, especially in regards to Robin and Lucina. Even those who are tired of Robin X Lucina fics deserved a better story than what I gave you. I also rushed marriages between other Shepards instead of developing them. I gave Robin way too much star power and made it look like he was the most important Shepard when he isn't. I undermined too many of the Shepards who deserved better. Not only that, the relationship between Robin and Lucina was going nowhere, she was fawning over Robin like a lovesick puppy and that IS NOT LUCINA AT ALL! I did the same with the other future children too, the only one I got right was Gerome.

I made mistakes with this fic but there were some good things that I did enjoy which is why I want to give it another chance. I ignored criticism when I should have listened from the start and now that I'm older and wiser and have improved since many years ago when I first started, I'm ready to amend my mistakes.

I will be rewriting this story under a new fic. Some of the pairings will be changed and no, I won't be spoiling what will be changed. It will take some time before I can fully commit to writing again as I'm still dealing with personal issues and writer's block but the fact that I'm able to write this update shows that I'm moving in the right direction. I also don't want to write simply just for the sake of pleasing people which I think no fanfic writer should ever do. I want to have fun with writing what I write. Because, when you're passionate about something, other people will see that and enjoy the content with you.

Thank you guys so much for reading this story and for following along, this was my first ever story and while I'm glad to have done it,m I need to do it justice. Personal thanks to Temporal King who I reconnected with and who gave me sound advice on how I can move forward and I'm looking forward to the future.