Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Of 1st drafts & P3P
I've finally finished the draft... and it looks terrible.
I've overshot the word count, plonked in random things without any buildup, completely forgot to show the gradual change in relationships between characters, missed out some of the stages and well, it's basically crap.
But hey, our lecturer says we should allow ourselves to write badly on the first draft.
I just can't see how I'm going to edit this, though... O_o Probably a copyedit again, which is way harder than it seems...
Or maybe I should get some second opinions. Hohum. We shall see.
For now I'm going to play Persona again. I want to get Orpheus Telos, damnit! Gotta max all the S.Links before moving on to the MShe!
But [SPOILER FOR P3 ENDING]...
He died! I was tearing up at the ending scene! And after I watched the cutscene in FES: The Answer, I teared up again! I liked him. He shouldn't have died, but as far as character development goes, that action was... awesome. It's like bringing everything nicely to a close. BUT I STILL WISH HE DIDN'T DIE.
Well at least a protagonist dies in a game every now and then, as part of the story. (: That makes it... real somehow, never mind that the whole I-die-so-the-world-and-y'all-can-live-on thing was still in there. 'sides, they did an interesting twist on that one.
The reason for his death made me soooo sad, lol.
I can't imagine how he must've felt when he cast the Great Seal, knowing he'd die and his soul wouldn't move on, but stay in the seal, forever protecting mankind, existing as the barrier between Erebus, man's negative emotions & desire to die, from reaching Nyx... but somehow it's kinda fitting... O_o
Even DA's ending wasn't as bittersweet as this one, and I thought DA was awesome already.
So people. Don't mope around and think you've got nothing to live for. If Nyx descends again, we're all doomed! XD
Kidding. But finding out the reason behind the protag's death was quite the shocker to me. Didn't think it'd be that.
Persona is so philosophical. Maybe that's why I like it. :3 It makes you think... about life, about the many personae we wear in the course of our life, about what reality really is, and about the meaning of time.
Okok. I'm gonna go max out all the S.Links. Hohum!