Disclaimer: I own nothing. Not even my heart.
I'm glad people liked this. I was kind of depressed when I wrote it, and from time to time I just stop giving a fuck as to whether people like me or not. This idea had been playing in my head for a while; I just needed the time and motivation to actually type it out. I don't like parts of it, and I intended to fix them from the start. If you've already read the fic, read it again. I tweaked it a little, omitting stupid lines and adding more profound ones. I really wanted to explore Riku's madness a bit more. Anyhow...
This fic had outside inspiration other than the twisted thoughts in my head. I didn't like the Game Over screen for KH at /all/. It's kinda lame. He's just floating there with his heart over his chest. Wow. Yeah, a lot of other RPGs do that too, but I just didn't like that. It offered no closure, no anything. It was just there. I own a Nintendo 64, and have had the pleasure of watching my sister play Banjo Kazooie about a million times. When you die in that game (after you've run out of lives) you get a rather elaborate Game Over movie. The bad girl, Gruntilda, gets what she wants (Banjo's sister's beauty) and all seems right for the villain. That's what I wanted from KH. It just kind of ends, like Sora's death means the end of all worlds. But they don't say that so you can't even assume /that/! Ok, maybe it would get boring after the umpteenth time of getting killed by a particularly hard boss, (which is why I wish you could skip the stupid cinema scenes. Do you /know/ how many friggin' times I had to watch Riku carry Kairi out of Capt. Hook's office when I had to fight Anti-Sora? DO YOU?) but at least it would be there. So this is my closure: Death, anger, fear, rape, madness, and suicide. Aren't I the happy camper?
By the way, no, that was not supposed to be a happy ending. Those words at the end were added to deepen the sense of hopelessness and futility Riku feels (or felt, whichever). Of course, as is often the case with me, they're song lyrics, from Garbage's 'You look so fine.' Nice song. Buy their albums.
If we were their condemnations
If we were their projections
If we were our paranoias I'd be joining you
If we were our incomes
If we were our obsessions
If we were our afflictions I'd be joining you
We need reflection
We need a really good memory
Feel free to call me
a little more often
I'm glad people liked this. I was kind of depressed when I wrote it, and from time to time I just stop giving a fuck as to whether people like me or not. This idea had been playing in my head for a while; I just needed the time and motivation to actually type it out. I don't like parts of it, and I intended to fix them from the start. If you've already read the fic, read it again. I tweaked it a little, omitting stupid lines and adding more profound ones. I really wanted to explore Riku's madness a bit more. Anyhow...
This fic had outside inspiration other than the twisted thoughts in my head. I didn't like the Game Over screen for KH at /all/. It's kinda lame. He's just floating there with his heart over his chest. Wow. Yeah, a lot of other RPGs do that too, but I just didn't like that. It offered no closure, no anything. It was just there. I own a Nintendo 64, and have had the pleasure of watching my sister play Banjo Kazooie about a million times. When you die in that game (after you've run out of lives) you get a rather elaborate Game Over movie. The bad girl, Gruntilda, gets what she wants (Banjo's sister's beauty) and all seems right for the villain. That's what I wanted from KH. It just kind of ends, like Sora's death means the end of all worlds. But they don't say that so you can't even assume /that/! Ok, maybe it would get boring after the umpteenth time of getting killed by a particularly hard boss, (which is why I wish you could skip the stupid cinema scenes. Do you /know/ how many friggin' times I had to watch Riku carry Kairi out of Capt. Hook's office when I had to fight Anti-Sora? DO YOU?) but at least it would be there. So this is my closure: Death, anger, fear, rape, madness, and suicide. Aren't I the happy camper?
By the way, no, that was not supposed to be a happy ending. Those words at the end were added to deepen the sense of hopelessness and futility Riku feels (or felt, whichever). Of course, as is often the case with me, they're song lyrics, from Garbage's 'You look so fine.' Nice song. Buy their albums.
If we were their condemnations
If we were their projections
If we were our paranoias I'd be joining you
If we were our incomes
If we were our obsessions
If we were our afflictions I'd be joining you
We need reflection
We need a really good memory
Feel free to call me
a little more often