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The following is an afterthought of the fanfiction Anime Characters do the Lord of the Rings from the desk of Kato Shingetsu.
I must quote my drama teacher Evil Overlord Sensei Natale:
" Three. Long. Years"
It took me three long years to come to the end of the line with Anime Characters do the Lord of the Rings. When I first began said project I was a bit nervous about writing it. I had just started my hobby as a fanfiction writer and I had gotten previous flames for a story ( all because I miss spelt Sephiroth's name). But the idea of Anime Characters acting out one of literatures finest works was just too irresistible to pass up.
As I wrote ACLOTR's, Ben and Jimmy (the muses) did a fantastic job with giving input and ideas. At one point in the beginning, it became clear that I shouldn't do word for word. I knew because Ben left me a note in my composition book stating:
" Less word for word, more jelly filled doughnuts"
...To this day I still have no idea about the jelly filled doughnuts bit.
I really did wake up at two o'clock in the morning and say: " Let's have Anime Characters do the Lord of the Rings!". And at Two in the morning I picked out character rolls and the like.
In the case of Yoko being Gandalf. Simple explanation: Gandalf the Grey becomes Gandalf the White and is really, really smart. Yoko is albino and is really, really smart and deadly. Simple, no?
In the case of Kagome playing Legolas' part. It was my intention to have Kagome marry Inuyasha because I am not a fan of the InuyashaxKikyo paring. Why you ask I didn't make Kagome, Arwen? Because I didn't want to have to write a lot of lines for Kikyo...
Midway into the story, I realized that Kingdom Hearts would have made a great addition to the story. If I could have I would have made Organization XIII a more noticeable role in the story. Unfortunately when I started writing this I was more into the Anime aspect rather then Japanese Video Games ( Yeah right, .hack gets no respect).
I'm really glad I didn't make Sephiroth, Sauron in the story. Don't get me wrong he is the ultimate Badass Evil Guy ever. But I made Sesshomaru Sauron for the specific reason that he lost his arm and it worked.
Sephiroth ended up being a sort of comic relief but still having the evil side when it came to killing/ burning Aerith.
I checked and double checked parts but there were a few bumps in the line. I forgot Shelob's part ( whom Mukuro from Yu Yu Hakusho plays as). And as a sudden surprise, I forgot about the dead king. I was glad to finally give Sora a part in the story, despite the fact that he save Twilight Town.
As we know, Ben, Jimmy and later Steven play a bit of the role in the story too. From giving me ideas, to rampaging, heck even to making sure I don't die because of Yoko and Sephiroth's wraith, they've been comic relief too.
Wait this is a humor story. D-d-duh!
I really wanted to have l33t make more of a presence in the story- because I am a big fan of Megatokyo. But Chapter Nine had some l33t, so everyone's happy. Yeah Chapter Nine ended up being all Ben's idea. Chapter Twenty Nine was Jimmy's. And Chapter Twenty Five was Steven's.
I also was trying to make this a story for anime fans of ALL types to read. The bishounen lovers, the bishojo lovers, the pyro maniacs, the mech lovers- even though I am not big on mechs.
In the beginning, I wasn't sure how Japanese I wanted to make the story. Did I want to use Japanese suffixes like -san and -sama? Or did I want to keep the story line to the norm? I had riceballs in the story because everyone like Riceballs...even me.
The appearances of Sadako Yamamura from Ringu were because I thought she would have made a horror aspect in the story. Come on, if you called a friends house and got a dead girl's HQ, what would you do?...Well now you know, thanks to my fanfiction.
' Three. Long. Years.'
In the past three years we have scene a lot happen in our tiny planet. We've scene things change for better or for worse. We've scene things that frighten us, things that make us burst out laughing, things that make us cry.
As I grew up I realized I wasn't writing this for myself anymore. I was writing this for you guys. I didn't realize that I was making such an impression on everyone. I am very happy with the way things turned out. And as I close tonight I am reminded of why I became a fanfiction writer five years ago.
Because the Sailor Moon fanfictions I found were inadequate.
I am dead serious. And now here I am at 17, a marginally successful authoress.
Can life get any better? I think so.
Ok thank you's.
Ben, Jimmy, Steven thanks for putting up with my insane ideas. Especially during lunch when I'd be pestering you to read something even though your busy eating.
Ben, yeah your ideas were awesome. I'll buy you a jelly doughnut sooner or later when I have money.
Jimmy, your probably never going to read this because your off doing your own thing but thanks for taking stuff from other stories and cartoons to give me ideas.
Steven, you came into the story late but none the less your apart of the Shingetsu family now. Just remember the keys under the mat and lights out is...never. Thanks for putting up with me. and just remember, D00d it's Blue!
Mark Niisan, Obasan, put on the kettle I can finally take a break from the computer.
Evil Overlord Sensei, we miss you and wish you didn't have to leave us but I hope your in a better place! Viva Le Thespians!
Reviewers, I can't name you all because fanfiction probably will delete the story for it. I love you guys so much! Thanks for reading and taking the time to review.
'Three. Long. Years.'
