Author's Notes at the End of
The Sins of Two Fathers
by Orin Drake
Well, what a ride.
This is the first long story that I have ever finished. Wow.
Just... wow. It feels good. And not just because I'm on my
third cup of coffee with celebratory ice cream looming on the horizon.
I'm just psyched all to hell so you must excuse the erratic behavior of
these ending notes. It's about 2:40 on a Friday afternoon, sunny
and warm, on July 12, 2002. (Later read over and edited on the same
day the whole story edit was complete, July 16.)
You may or may not know
"kyrie eleison" translates into "lord have mercy". Interesting, no?
And yes, I will admit it. I like the song of the same name.
And I own a Mr. Mister CD, not just a burned downloaded MP3 one.
So sue me.
No, I wasn't talking to
you, Squaresoft!!!
Ahem. Allow me to
thank the lovely creatures that made this fiction work, from beginning
to end. There are my muses, of course; Squall, Seifer, Link (Legend
of Zelda), Vincent, Cloud (against my will), Sephiroth (well duh), Shadow
(original character lovely), and Nightshade (my beloved Fender Stratocaster
and Bitch Goddess Mistress). I think Kyrie is attempting to enter
the Circle of Muses, so... she's not going anywhere.
If you're looking to someone
to blame for the major plot... well, blame me. But if you're looking
for my inspiration for it, blame FireCeremony. All it took were her
words during a single conversation, "Sephiroth and Squall had similar stances
at the end of fights". That's it. That was everything.
And wham! I took off to write a very interesting squickfic having
to do with Squall's and Sephiroth's "connection".
As you can see, it quickly
changed. Instead of being a pawn in a disturbing and very blatant
short fan fiction piece, Kyrie gained her own voice almost immediately.
Strangely, the story became entirely about her. *grin* But... I'm
okay with that. In fact, I am very proud of, and very happy with,
this story. That's unusual for me. I guess it means it must
be "quality", right? It was fun. It was really a blast to write,
all the way through. I didn't even mind editing.
Obviously, I have to thank
the glory of the fans of this work. I mean, I got some really supportive,
kind and gentle comments. (Andariel, you damn well better be happy,
girl. *grin*) And everyone who reads this and likes it, thank you!
I'm glad you like it! I'm still in shock that I have "fans" at all
at this point.
All I can promise at this
point in time, is that this particular arc is over. But, um... the
characters are not gone from my head at all. And you know what that
means. I'm taking a little break from this universe (I've got dozens
more of my own, y'know, hint hint *grin*), but I can promise another visit
in the future. Many unanswered questions to play with. The
story is already rolling around. And man is it going to be interesting.
