I think Kishi had his original idea, but then as you write you realize, "okay he can't stay pure and innocent forevar so we have to add romance... but i hate writing romance i'm not working in shoujo manga for a reason aaaa what do i do, i want to write about boyfriendships shit *forces self to add some here and there because it's just too weird if he doesn't and then quickly pushes it out of the way*" or like "that's maybe not awesome for sakura... AAAA I'M WRITING FOR BOYS AAAA TOO MANY ISSUES TO JUGGLE WITH" (mmm male privilege in japan... but that's another discussion) or plot-related fallout becomes clearer, like "awwww SHIT if i do it like that then of COURSE naruto will go after them right away and there won't be time for X to happen, I need to slow him down -- shit. okay, I don't want him beating up Kakashi and Yamato so, uh. let's have him faint. i mean, it's a sucky situation, that's not completely injustifiable that he would have a panic attack at this point, right?" and stuff like that, or advisors telling him "okay no sasuke isn't being evil ENOUGH so getting him back won't be satisfying enough, you have to make the roadblocks HUUUUGE. like. MOON HUGE. just make it secretly not entirely his fault and even if he has intent don't make him actually succeed at evil things and no one will have a problem with the redemption or find it too little too late!" or maybe "okay konoha getting destroyed was EPIC but, dealing with the aftermath of all that death is just too adult for the manga's target audience so you have to make it all better somehow once you're done. Yes." (i am totally willing to blame that on his assistants and advisor type people. yes. >___> *blind faith*)
I think in between planning the overall plot, planning the contents of each chapter down to panel layout and all that shit, sketching everything and then inking it over, he's been eating and breathing his manga for the last twelve years and of course it has lost in spontaneity and freshness, and the direction and mood have shifted from what it was. That was pretty inevitable, I think. Still sad though, but I don't see how that could have been avoided. T____T
i've had this problem with long fic before, you have SO MANY AWESOME IDEAS, but actually writing them out takes so fucking long and by the time you get there you have already rehashed it a hundred times in your head, and mentally you're wayyyyyy past it and already having the yays over what happens to their grandchildren or something, if you haven't switched fandoms entirely. XD I mean, twelve years on the same story. Whoa.
But anyway.
Sasuke is having "mai waifu" thoughts. hahahaha. XD figures that happens the second Sakura isn't paying attention to him anymore. *roll roll* ohman, i hope it'll come off as IC for everyone because i love it, i'd be heartbroken if it doesn't work. ;^;
OOOOH I remember the Saints fic! yes, I want moar of that one *__* what's stuck with it? wanna try to talk it out? (and haha, i was looking at your lj and read those ficlets like ten minutes ago. but then my brother wanted to talk and distracted me argh. >__> will review later, he's nagging me atm)
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I think in between planning the overall plot, planning the contents of each chapter down to panel layout and all that shit, sketching everything and then inking it over, he's been eating and breathing his manga for the last twelve years and of course it has lost in spontaneity and freshness, and the direction and mood have shifted from what it was. That was pretty inevitable, I think. Still sad though, but I don't see how that could have been avoided. T____T
i've had this problem with long fic before, you have SO MANY AWESOME IDEAS, but actually writing them out takes so fucking long and by the time you get there you have already rehashed it a hundred times in your head, and mentally you're wayyyyyy past it and already having the yays over what happens to their grandchildren or something, if you haven't switched fandoms entirely. XD I mean, twelve years on the same story. Whoa.
But anyway.
Sasuke is having "mai waifu" thoughts. hahahaha. XD figures that happens the second Sakura isn't paying attention to him anymore. *roll roll* ohman, i hope it'll come off as IC for everyone because i love it, i'd be heartbroken if it doesn't work. ;^;
OOOOH I remember the Saints fic! yes, I want moar of that one *__* what's stuck with it? wanna try to talk it out? (and haha, i was looking at your lj and read those ficlets like ten minutes ago. but then my brother wanted to talk and distracted me argh. >__> will review later, he's nagging me atm)