Afterword
By Lord Akiyama
So ends an amazing journey. "Fantasia Crisis" has no doubt become one of my more ambitious projects I have tackled. And right away, some of you have already asked me to write up a sequel. Well, I won't throw out the possibility of one. Rather, I'm more interested in seeing you guys with your interpretations of the story. "Where are you going with this, oh Akiyama-sama?" Well, I'll tell you. Perhaps you guys would like to join me in writing side stories to "Fantasia Crisis." Maybe someone will write something like what Helga did that would cause her to be burned at the stake or someone else might write what Aladdin did at the end of the story. You know, the endless possibilities that gave birth to fan fiction. As for a direct sequel... well, I'll let you know if I decide to do one, but for now it's not my top priority.
"Why are you doing this, great Akiyama-sama?" Because I like fan fiction. I like to read other people's interpretations of other tales. Another reason why I love fan art. And this is why I built a web page dedicated to "Fantasia Crisis." That's right, there is a web page where I can store all the fan art and fan fiction inspired by this great story. Send them to me. I would love to see them and share them with the rest of the Internet community.
"How exactly is this story inspired by 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez?" I would love to tell you the similarities between the two tales, but once again, I love interaction. I would love to hear how you guys think the two stories are similar. What events were copied. Which characters are the same. Which other inspirational sources were used. That's right, there's more than one inspirational source, although "Crisis on Infinite Earths" is the primary source. I want to hear your ideas. Send them to me and I will post them for everyone else to see.
I had a great time writing this story and I am very glad there are so many who have enjoyed reading it. I want to thank all of you for taking the time to read my story as I have taken the time to write it. I also want to thank GoblinQueeen, who has helped greatly on this journey by providing the dialogue and most of the action for Helga Sinclair as well as double-checking my work before I uploaded it.
Thank you all.
-Lord Akiyama, December 4, 2003 @
11:29pm PST
lord_akiyama@hotmail.com