!EXTRAS!
Wow! Another one is finished! Impressive, if I do say so myself. I've finished more stories in the last three months than I have in my whole lifetime! And thanks again, Reviewers!
I don't remember which stories I put disclaimers on and which I didn't, and which were seriously typoed so here it is, quick: D. or any of its contents belong NOT to me, but to Yukiru Sugisaki. The storylines, however, ARE completely mine.
Ifyou would like a sequel to this story, tell me! I have an idea, but I want your vote, first! Thanks!
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Children of the Mirror: Evaluations/Explanations
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Truth or Dare
I brainstormed somewhere in the middle of the story first, so I had to figure out how to begin the story. Finding no other brilliant ideas in my head, I went for the somewhat-classic 'Truth-or-Dare' thing to get the two to notice each other.
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Leeches in the Lake
This idea, I plucked from the movie Stand by Me, so if you've ever watched that and were thinking: 'Hey, that sounds familiar' – yeah, that's where I got the idea from. I thought it was funny, and I needed an event to get Dark and Krad to work together again for a minute. (Stand by Me also is one of the things that inspired my story in general. I wanted Krad and Dark to go on some long adventure. And I just... (shrug) went from there...)
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Dreams
These were the basis of my story. It was what got them out of town and what kept them motivated, if not totally confused and a little paranoid. I only wrote out some of Dark's dreams mainly because I hadn't a clue what to say for Krad. Mostly, he was out to get Dark and Daisuke ('the red-haired kid') and there wasn't much else to it, except for maybe arguing with Satoshi or something. The quote: 'Those of us who don't have our own forms... nothing we hope for... nothing we wish for... will ever be granted to us!' was said by Krad in D. volume 8. It was a clue (sort of) to the hopelessly bad ending. If I write a sequel, the phrase will probably make a little more sense.
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Lost Cross/Dark's Motorcycle
I decided that even though I had the two of them start out riding Dark's motorcycle, it would be a little less adventurous if all they had to do to find their destination was drive at 70-or-so mph all the way. So then I thought: 'Here's an idea – let's crash the motorcycle!' With my sinister plot in mind, I began brainstorming different ways to do it. First, I thought of having it get trashed somewhere during the bar scene (which was one of the first things I wrote before planning the rest of the story – terrible, I know), and then I contemplated having someone run into them or drive them off the road or something, but that would've included getting them in and out of the hospital. I didn't want to write all that (because I would've gotten bored), so I decided finally that the best idea was for Krad to lose his cross. They'd get distracted and leave the bike, at which point it would get smashed. (It was fun writing Dark's reaction, too.)
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Shakespeare/'Disturbance'
Krad's Shakespeare book... well... I don't have an explanation for it, really, except for that our school play this year happens to be Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. I thought it would be hilarious – and original – to have Krad belting out some of Antonio's lines to the police to help Dark escape. In the play, Antonio is getting arrested at that point. Clever, I thought. Anyway, this bit was mostly random, and I figured I had to give Krad something to do with his spare time, other than cleaning up after his false mother.
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Dark and Krad's Parents, and the Alternate World
The Alternate World in which this story takes place is within the Black Wings, for those of you who were wondering. The artwork is a world in itself, made up for Dark and Krad to live in – even though the creation wasn't all that pleasant for them (especially Krad). Dark, I decided, would have both of his parents, and even though they were a lot stranger than Emiko or Kosuke would have ever been, he still had a family that worked. I didn't spend a whole lot of time developing them, because they weren't all that important to the storyline. Krad had to have the horrible life scenario so that he could still be somewhat in character (being the homicidal blond, y'know). I think that's pretty much it...
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If there's any other explanations you need or want – just ask! And don't forget to vote Yes or No for a Children of the Mirror sequel!