Butterfly Effect: Author's Notes: Chapter 34

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Bard Linn: Hello all! We hope you are enjoying the summer time. And those of you in flooded areas or fires or some other natural disaster - we hope things get better for you! The weather has been so crazy lately.

Kiraya: Everything's been crazy lately.

Bard Linn: Yup.

Bard Linn: Anyway, you are seeing a greatly overhauled version of this chapter.

Kiraya: Which is why it's been so long since we've posted.

Kiraya: But hey, we got about a whole additional chapter of content out of this massive multi-part revision, so. :)

Bard Linn: Yeah. And a lot of the stuff wasn't in the original plans at ALL and some of it is a bit awkward for the characters (Tifa did not WANT to have that conversation. Cloud wasn't so happy about it either but he wants to protect his friends.)

Kiraya: That's one of the coolest things about doing this, though.

Kiraya: Working on stuff and having new stuff crop up to be woven in all the time...

Bard Linn: Yeah - and the characters have to have the awkward conversations too, not just the happy ones.

Kiraya: But it's times like this revision that I'm glad we work several chapters ahead of posting.

Kiraya: Makes smoothing out the flow of things a lot easier.

Bard Linn: Yup.

Bard Linn: So, besides the whole TON of relationship stuff - YAY DESTRUCTION!!!!

Bard Linn: REACTOR GO BOOM!

Bard Linn: My inner love of fictional destruction has been encouraged by all the anime I've been watching.

Kiraya: o..O

Kiraya: >...>

Kiraya: Hooray for Avalanche showing up finally!

Bard Linn: They haven't really shown up YET.

Kiraya: They're waiting in the wings, at least.

Bard Linn: True. Still...the beginning of the board scene is my favoritest thing this chapter. I love it. <3

Bard Linn: I am very easily amused, sadly.

Kiraya: Yes, but we love you anyway.

Bard Linn: I should hope so!

Bard Linn: Anyway, as far as future story goes, the muses are actually speaking to us/me about the next to-be-written chapter, though that will be somewhat delayed by the fact we're making three costumes for Otakon

Kiraya: *still feels useless in that endeavor*

Bard Linn: Well, I'm going to to have to detach your arms so we can make your gloves.

Kiraya: Oh dear.

Kiraya: But how will I type, then?

Bard Linn: Automail.

Kiraya: But I hear that hurts a lot going on, and I HATE pain. ;_;

Bard Linn: We, along with my sister, are going to be Urd, Belldandy and Skuld for the con, so if anyone is coming and sees us, make sure you say 'hi!'

Bard Linn: Anyway, I don't think we have anything terribly important to say, other than THANK YOU for all the helpful feed back on some of the relationship issues - you'll be seeing fruit for them in the next few chapters.

Kiraya: Your helpful feedback is always awesome to read. :)

Kiraya: Until next time, then -- enjoy your summer!

Bard Linn: Indeed!

Bard Linn: *dives back into sewing*



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Re: Thoughts on Chapter 34

[(Anonymous)]

you're right; they're not prank-buddies per se, but the way they interact with their respective superiors just makes me grin and feel that in a different world, they'd be thick as thieves. Or potentially trying to kill each other.

Zack being protective (of Cloud, of Sephiroth) is one of his more rock-steady (and endearing) traits, and I couldn't really see how he'd work as such an intricate and multifacted character if he lost that particular underpinning to his personality. It certainly makes his humour more appealing on a human level, and I'd probably find him a bit shallow without your efforts in this regard. As it is, I think he's delightful, and complicated enough to make reading about him one of the many rewards of this fic.

Thanks for clearing up my questions about Jenova and the Mako treatments (as a non-gamer,I'm a few steps behind the eightball with some of this). I had figured that the meditation must have had *something* to do with Cloud's 'highest jump in Mako scores in history', and no channelling of any ghosts required. It certainly served a purpose in chilling me utterly when Hojo announced his pleasure at Sephiroth's 'gift' in the Shinra Mansion. He is Not A Nice Man, and the fact that he'd wanted Cloud for a while made my blood curdle. Which, now I think of it, is the trademark of a singularly exceptional villain. Kudos to you for that.
I look forward to your next chapter! Enjoy your summer break.

Re: Thoughts on Chapter 34

[(Anonymous)]

Whoopsie. Forgot to ID myself. The above comment is me, Nik, again.