Authors Notes
Sorry this is not a chapter, but it is important. I recently received two reviews that raised important points that need to be addressed.
First off I'll start with Kaurin since she reviewed first:
Yes, I know both my grammer and spelling are not the best, but I am currently in the process of looking for some more Beta readers to help fix this. All I ask is that have patients.
Yes, for the direction this story is taking using Hitomi would not have made as much sense. (In other words it is best for the story. And trust me I would have used Hitomi if I thought I could make the story work.)
The power of Atlantis will be explained bit by bit as the story unfolds so don't worry about it too much.
Actually Jinko is more powerful then you think. I'd explain it, but that would give the story away.
As for the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy (Kanzoen Bosatsu) I know nothing about Gensoumaden Saiyuki. I made Nasakebukai Megami up.
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Now on to The lady winged Knight. S:
You raised a very important point, thank you for reminding me to explain this.
The Time Line:
What I have devised is actually not as impossible as you think, as long as one keeps several things in mind:
I stated in my summary that four years had "passed in the world of Gaea", I didn't say anything about Earth.
I'm working from the perspective that Gaea is the future Earth (as stated in my A/N at the end of chapter three.), or rather that Gaea is the present and Earth is the past. Thus any point in the past can be brought forth into the present/future (it's kind of like looking at a history book), as in the past effecting the decisions of the present/future.
Even ignoring the first two points I can make this make sense using logic and math:
(The logic)The time lines of Earth and Gaea are not the same in the series. Hitomi's grandmother comes to Gaea and meets Leon as a young girl and (based upon the information I have) Hitomi shows up ten years later and meets Van. Three generations of Kenzakie are passing in a matter of ten Gaean years. So having the time lines be different in my story is only logical.
(The math) Hitomi's grandmother came to Gaea at lets say 15 like Hitomi (this is because I can't find her age anywhere and I personally think she looked like a teen). She gets back to earth gets married and has kids. Lets say she had a lot and ended up with Hitomi's mother at around 35 (I'm using increments of five and ten for the sake of simplicity {and the fact that no one has the actual numbers!}). Hitomi's mother being a more modern woman waits for the right man and ends up having Hitomi at the age of 35. Then Hitomi ends up on Gaea at the age of 15. Keep in mind this all happened in the span of 10 Gaean years. So 35 -15 + 35 + 15 = 75 Earth years/ 10 Gaean years (or 7 Earth years to every Gaean year.)
(My time line) Ok, using the info from above I worked out a possible time line for my story to create a trend of every second generation showing up on Gaea. (7 Earth years x 4 Gaean years = 28 Earth years)
Hitomi - 15 gets married at 18 and has her first child at 19. (4
years)
Child Y - grows up and gets married at 18, first kid 19. (23
year) Sai - grows up the remaining 5 (or 6 depending on when people's
birthdays are.)
Now, unfortunately five or six is two young for the Character's
maturity level, and personality (Not to mention for the situations of
the story). This is where I did play with time line, but not a lot.
You see I wanted Sai to be around the age of 17 or 18 and to do this
I needed an extra twelve years so I simply rounded seven Earth years
to ten Earth years to one Gaean year. Which is where I stole my
extra twelve years and did some doctoring to the time line.
Thank you for you for expressing your concerns to me, and I hope this is sufficient explanation. Also, should anyone else have any questions, concerns, thoughts or suggestions please leave a review and I will get back to you a soon as possible.
Sorry this is not a chapter, but it is important. I recently received two reviews that raised important points that need to be addressed.
First off I'll start with Kaurin since she reviewed first:
Yes, I know both my grammer and spelling are not the best, but I am currently in the process of looking for some more Beta readers to help fix this. All I ask is that have patients.
Yes, for the direction this story is taking using Hitomi would not have made as much sense. (In other words it is best for the story. And trust me I would have used Hitomi if I thought I could make the story work.)
The power of Atlantis will be explained bit by bit as the story unfolds so don't worry about it too much.
Actually Jinko is more powerful then you think. I'd explain it, but that would give the story away.
As for the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy (Kanzoen Bosatsu) I know nothing about Gensoumaden Saiyuki. I made Nasakebukai Megami up.
@@@@@@@@@
Now on to The lady winged Knight. S:
You raised a very important point, thank you for reminding me to explain this.
The Time Line:
What I have devised is actually not as impossible as you think, as long as one keeps several things in mind:
I stated in my summary that four years had "passed in the world of Gaea", I didn't say anything about Earth.
I'm working from the perspective that Gaea is the future Earth (as stated in my A/N at the end of chapter three.), or rather that Gaea is the present and Earth is the past. Thus any point in the past can be brought forth into the present/future (it's kind of like looking at a history book), as in the past effecting the decisions of the present/future.
Even ignoring the first two points I can make this make sense using logic and math:
(The logic)The time lines of Earth and Gaea are not the same in the series. Hitomi's grandmother comes to Gaea and meets Leon as a young girl and (based upon the information I have) Hitomi shows up ten years later and meets Van. Three generations of Kenzakie are passing in a matter of ten Gaean years. So having the time lines be different in my story is only logical.
(The math) Hitomi's grandmother came to Gaea at lets say 15 like Hitomi (this is because I can't find her age anywhere and I personally think she looked like a teen). She gets back to earth gets married and has kids. Lets say she had a lot and ended up with Hitomi's mother at around 35 (I'm using increments of five and ten for the sake of simplicity {and the fact that no one has the actual numbers!}). Hitomi's mother being a more modern woman waits for the right man and ends up having Hitomi at the age of 35. Then Hitomi ends up on Gaea at the age of 15. Keep in mind this all happened in the span of 10 Gaean years. So 35 -15 + 35 + 15 = 75 Earth years/ 10 Gaean years (or 7 Earth years to every Gaean year.)
(My time line) Ok, using the info from above I worked out a possible time line for my story to create a trend of every second generation showing up on Gaea. (7 Earth years x 4 Gaean years = 28 Earth years)
Hitomi - 15 gets married at 18 and has her first child at 19. (4
years)
Child Y - grows up and gets married at 18, first kid 19. (23
year) Sai - grows up the remaining 5 (or 6 depending on when people's
birthdays are.)
Now, unfortunately five or six is two young for the Character's
maturity level, and personality (Not to mention for the situations of
the story). This is where I did play with time line, but not a lot.
You see I wanted Sai to be around the age of 17 or 18 and to do this
I needed an extra twelve years so I simply rounded seven Earth years
to ten Earth years to one Gaean year. Which is where I stole my
extra twelve years and did some doctoring to the time line.
Thank you for you for expressing your concerns to me, and I hope this is sufficient explanation. Also, should anyone else have any questions, concerns, thoughts or suggestions please leave a review and I will get back to you a soon as possible.