As promised here is the extra stuff for those devoted fans out there. Well
before I continue I just want to thank all the people who took the time to
read and review my fics (all my fics) and that I enjoyed writing them very
much. And speaking of my fics I think I'll go back to writing on Final
Fantasy World, I've taken a big enough absence as it is from it. Well here
are the extras.
As you expect I don't own FFX or anything like that. I only own Shinn because I made him.
Story Extras
In this first part you will learn about how I came up with the story for this fic. I mean where Shinn fits in all this.
I've been thinking about writing this fic for around a year. I believe back when I was still writing Lost in Final Fantasy 7. The ideas for this kept coming at me and it was hard to settle on one solid idea. I had originally intended to use an average kid and just start him at Besaid and he'd eventually become Yuna's guardian but had no idea that he was in a game.
That idea I liked and decided to keep it. However it was tweaked a bit for more originality. I wanted the character I entered into FFX to be more unique and not be instantly happy to help everyone. And all the while this was happening I had not come up with a name for him.
I wanted to give him a name that would fit in with Spira instead of your average Josh, Mike, or anything like that. Then I came up with the idea that he'd eventually hate the Guardians and such for making his life miserable, which happened, and then be outcast.
And then another idea came to me. Rikku isn't very liked much because she is Al Bhed but it doesn't show much during the game. Then I decided to make my character and Al Bhed to make him hate them more at first. Now for the name. I needed a name that sounded Al Bhed. I looked at most of the Al Bhed names and they have two letters that would occur twice in a row usually. Look at the Al Bhed Physces and you'll see. Then the name Shin came to mind. The only letter I could double would be the "n" so then Shinn was born.
Now I needed a place to put him into the story. I decided to drop him at Macalania because the temple there didn't seem to like the Al Bhed so this would fuel his rage and confusion. I also gave him pistols as weapons because having machina weapons would make him hated more. It was looking perfect for the story.
So now I have Shinn thrown out of the temple and have Rin rescue him and then he helps out the Guardians and they decide to take him along. Then the whole exile happens then and Shinn is thrown into it and now hates them even more. However he feels sorry for them after being separated and then decides to go back to them.
The spheres also come into play here. They are left there giving hints about his life.
Well that's how Shinn was created and this whole fic started out. Now for more detailed story stuff.
The Other World.
What was that other world that Shinn went to twice in the story. It was the Earth we all know about. But it's never explained how he got there. This requires some outside knowledge of the fic. If you read Lost in Final Fantasy 7 then you may get the idea. Throughout that Perry, the main character there, is being dragged between his world and Final Fantasy 7 by Denzel, the man who operates the machines in Earth.
Well he does have problems finding Perry and accidentally finds Shinn and pulls him to Earth for awhile. I put those two parts in the story to throw off the reader. I wanted them to believe Shinn was from another world, ours, and then it would be revealed later on.
Eventually you learn Shinn is really from Spira after all and it was the result of all the experiments done to him and the long exposure to Sin's toxin that made him forget everything about himself.
Him and Rikku.
It seemed as though they were meant to be from the very start. I mean two Al Bhed's together and then magic would happen. I didn't want that, it was too predictable. I did have them fall for each other but then Shinn began to regret it because he didn't know what he got himself into. So I had them kinda break up from the heavy romance. Though it still seems Shinn cares about her.
I was going to have Rikku become obsessed with Shinn at one point too. But it would seem too strange, even for her. So I used the little love triangle of Yuna and Rikku both liking Tidus. It worked out well in my mind. But Rikku's feelings are now in question.
There are however some unanswered questions about Shinn. Like what was he doing before he ended up with Yevon and where did he get those two pistols. Well that's up to the next fic to discuss.
About the next fic...
I will use the Garment Grid system from FFX-2 which I think is very cool. I have drawn up many of Shinn's costumes, except Songstress and Lady Luck for obvious reasons. It will still take place in Spira and stuff but now it will mostly be Romance this time around without any goal to save the world from something.
Extras
Here are some extra tidbits about Shinn's character during battle. This is stuff like what quotes he says during battle and other things like you'd expect in the game, if we were in it.
Battle Quotes
When entering battle
Shinn: Target practice!
Shinn: More target practice? (after fighting a lot of fiends)
Shinn: I'll try my best. (fighting with Seymour for the first time)
Shinn: I don't want this!
Auron: Keep moving! (while fleeing Macalania)
Shinn: I must be a magnet for these things!
Shinn: I'm sorry.
Lulu: Apologize later. (fighting on the airship)
Shinn: Here I come!
Rikku: That's the spirit
Yuna: Glad to have you back again.
Shinn: Um...after the fiends Yu.
Rikku: Here comes the Al Bhed duo!
Shinn: Right, whatever.
Ability quotes, when Shinn uses abilities.
Scan
Shinn: Let's see what you're all about!
Aim
Shinn: We can't miss this shot!
Flee
Shinn: I'm outta here!
Cure
Shinn: It'll be like that scratch never happened.
Ultima
Shinn: Oh unholy electric spell of...ah screw it!
Overdrive
Shinn: One Shinn approved dose of pain coming right up!
Shinn: Mix these two and bang!
Winning a battle
Shinn: I love guns!
Wakka: Showoff!
Lulu: You're progressing well.
Shinn: Um, thanks I guess.
Yuna: Sir Shinn you're amazing at that weapon.
Shinn: Just call me Shinn, and thanks.
Rikku: Stick with us kid and you'll be fine.
Shinn: Fighting fiends isn't very fine, but I understand.
Being revived
Shinn: What the hell?
Tidus: First time huh?
Wakka: Welcome back.
Shinn: That was strange.
Shinn: I thought that I just...never mind.
Shinn: Whoever did that has four seconds to run!
Yuna: Are you okay?
Shinn: I should pull through.
Now here are the different overdrive shots he can use. I won't list the item combinations cause that would take too long. Instead I'll list the attack and what it does.
Quick Shot; Shots about 20 shots at random enemies.
Pain Shot; Fires bullet's that cause Poison, Silence, and Darkness.
Bane Shot; fires poisonous bullets
Water Cannon; fires powerful burst of water
Flamethrower; burns enemies with intense heat from guns.
Cold Front; fires a bullet into the air and snows ice spears on enemies.
Spark Shot; uses electric charges on enemies
Dragon Burst; Fires a powerful shot at all targets.
Flawed Genocide; Hits all enemies for major damage but one quarter of total is done to Shinn.
Flawless Genocide; Hits all enemies for major damage with none to Shinn.
Mug Shot; damages one target and steals items from them.
Master Blaster; hits all targets for a lot of damage.
Gravity Field; does damage equal to half the HP of the target hit.
Deadly Rolette; Shinn stands in the center of battle and spins around. When he stops he hits what he points at, including allies.
Suicide Trigger; Sacrifice life for a fatal shot to one enemy.
Trigger Happy; Push R1 to fire the trigger for a certain amount of time.
Decay Burst; Inflicts Zombie on targets hit.
Ultimate End; Deals tremendous amounts of damage to all enemies numerous times.
That's all the shots he can use.
Well that's about all the extra stuff I can think of for this fic. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
See you in Forget Me Not...
As you expect I don't own FFX or anything like that. I only own Shinn because I made him.
Story Extras
In this first part you will learn about how I came up with the story for this fic. I mean where Shinn fits in all this.
I've been thinking about writing this fic for around a year. I believe back when I was still writing Lost in Final Fantasy 7. The ideas for this kept coming at me and it was hard to settle on one solid idea. I had originally intended to use an average kid and just start him at Besaid and he'd eventually become Yuna's guardian but had no idea that he was in a game.
That idea I liked and decided to keep it. However it was tweaked a bit for more originality. I wanted the character I entered into FFX to be more unique and not be instantly happy to help everyone. And all the while this was happening I had not come up with a name for him.
I wanted to give him a name that would fit in with Spira instead of your average Josh, Mike, or anything like that. Then I came up with the idea that he'd eventually hate the Guardians and such for making his life miserable, which happened, and then be outcast.
And then another idea came to me. Rikku isn't very liked much because she is Al Bhed but it doesn't show much during the game. Then I decided to make my character and Al Bhed to make him hate them more at first. Now for the name. I needed a name that sounded Al Bhed. I looked at most of the Al Bhed names and they have two letters that would occur twice in a row usually. Look at the Al Bhed Physces and you'll see. Then the name Shin came to mind. The only letter I could double would be the "n" so then Shinn was born.
Now I needed a place to put him into the story. I decided to drop him at Macalania because the temple there didn't seem to like the Al Bhed so this would fuel his rage and confusion. I also gave him pistols as weapons because having machina weapons would make him hated more. It was looking perfect for the story.
So now I have Shinn thrown out of the temple and have Rin rescue him and then he helps out the Guardians and they decide to take him along. Then the whole exile happens then and Shinn is thrown into it and now hates them even more. However he feels sorry for them after being separated and then decides to go back to them.
The spheres also come into play here. They are left there giving hints about his life.
Well that's how Shinn was created and this whole fic started out. Now for more detailed story stuff.
The Other World.
What was that other world that Shinn went to twice in the story. It was the Earth we all know about. But it's never explained how he got there. This requires some outside knowledge of the fic. If you read Lost in Final Fantasy 7 then you may get the idea. Throughout that Perry, the main character there, is being dragged between his world and Final Fantasy 7 by Denzel, the man who operates the machines in Earth.
Well he does have problems finding Perry and accidentally finds Shinn and pulls him to Earth for awhile. I put those two parts in the story to throw off the reader. I wanted them to believe Shinn was from another world, ours, and then it would be revealed later on.
Eventually you learn Shinn is really from Spira after all and it was the result of all the experiments done to him and the long exposure to Sin's toxin that made him forget everything about himself.
Him and Rikku.
It seemed as though they were meant to be from the very start. I mean two Al Bhed's together and then magic would happen. I didn't want that, it was too predictable. I did have them fall for each other but then Shinn began to regret it because he didn't know what he got himself into. So I had them kinda break up from the heavy romance. Though it still seems Shinn cares about her.
I was going to have Rikku become obsessed with Shinn at one point too. But it would seem too strange, even for her. So I used the little love triangle of Yuna and Rikku both liking Tidus. It worked out well in my mind. But Rikku's feelings are now in question.
There are however some unanswered questions about Shinn. Like what was he doing before he ended up with Yevon and where did he get those two pistols. Well that's up to the next fic to discuss.
About the next fic...
I will use the Garment Grid system from FFX-2 which I think is very cool. I have drawn up many of Shinn's costumes, except Songstress and Lady Luck for obvious reasons. It will still take place in Spira and stuff but now it will mostly be Romance this time around without any goal to save the world from something.
Extras
Here are some extra tidbits about Shinn's character during battle. This is stuff like what quotes he says during battle and other things like you'd expect in the game, if we were in it.
Battle Quotes
When entering battle
Shinn: Target practice!
Shinn: More target practice? (after fighting a lot of fiends)
Shinn: I'll try my best. (fighting with Seymour for the first time)
Shinn: I don't want this!
Auron: Keep moving! (while fleeing Macalania)
Shinn: I must be a magnet for these things!
Shinn: I'm sorry.
Lulu: Apologize later. (fighting on the airship)
Shinn: Here I come!
Rikku: That's the spirit
Yuna: Glad to have you back again.
Shinn: Um...after the fiends Yu.
Rikku: Here comes the Al Bhed duo!
Shinn: Right, whatever.
Ability quotes, when Shinn uses abilities.
Scan
Shinn: Let's see what you're all about!
Aim
Shinn: We can't miss this shot!
Flee
Shinn: I'm outta here!
Cure
Shinn: It'll be like that scratch never happened.
Ultima
Shinn: Oh unholy electric spell of...ah screw it!
Overdrive
Shinn: One Shinn approved dose of pain coming right up!
Shinn: Mix these two and bang!
Winning a battle
Shinn: I love guns!
Wakka: Showoff!
Lulu: You're progressing well.
Shinn: Um, thanks I guess.
Yuna: Sir Shinn you're amazing at that weapon.
Shinn: Just call me Shinn, and thanks.
Rikku: Stick with us kid and you'll be fine.
Shinn: Fighting fiends isn't very fine, but I understand.
Being revived
Shinn: What the hell?
Tidus: First time huh?
Wakka: Welcome back.
Shinn: That was strange.
Shinn: I thought that I just...never mind.
Shinn: Whoever did that has four seconds to run!
Yuna: Are you okay?
Shinn: I should pull through.
Now here are the different overdrive shots he can use. I won't list the item combinations cause that would take too long. Instead I'll list the attack and what it does.
Quick Shot; Shots about 20 shots at random enemies.
Pain Shot; Fires bullet's that cause Poison, Silence, and Darkness.
Bane Shot; fires poisonous bullets
Water Cannon; fires powerful burst of water
Flamethrower; burns enemies with intense heat from guns.
Cold Front; fires a bullet into the air and snows ice spears on enemies.
Spark Shot; uses electric charges on enemies
Dragon Burst; Fires a powerful shot at all targets.
Flawed Genocide; Hits all enemies for major damage but one quarter of total is done to Shinn.
Flawless Genocide; Hits all enemies for major damage with none to Shinn.
Mug Shot; damages one target and steals items from them.
Master Blaster; hits all targets for a lot of damage.
Gravity Field; does damage equal to half the HP of the target hit.
Deadly Rolette; Shinn stands in the center of battle and spins around. When he stops he hits what he points at, including allies.
Suicide Trigger; Sacrifice life for a fatal shot to one enemy.
Trigger Happy; Push R1 to fire the trigger for a certain amount of time.
Decay Burst; Inflicts Zombie on targets hit.
Ultimate End; Deals tremendous amounts of damage to all enemies numerous times.
That's all the shots he can use.
Well that's about all the extra stuff I can think of for this fic. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
See you in Forget Me Not...