Hey, I can actually write!

The series that prompted me to start writing fanfictions wad Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.

I was 8 years old back then, and I was really embarrassed when my teacher read it.

How could I be not? It was a horror story where the Town pastor, Carter, had a horde of zombies buried underneath the catacombs and graves of his church.

It only shows that at a young age, I was into macabre and gothic fiction.

My passion fo fanfics rekindled when I was 12. I discovered a bunch of Wild Arms 2 fanfictions which I absolutely loved. The sad thing is that I can no longer find the fics online :(

That prompted me to pen my own stories. Actually, I've been penning stories as early as I can remember. I've dabbled in comics, and that's a marriage between visual art and story writing.

The first time I penned an original story was a vampire romance. I was 14 and I wrote it on a pink precious moments notebook.

That story and notebook are eternally burned in my mind because my ex-bestfriend, Valerie, managed to discover and read it. To my immense horror, she actually asked me what was going to happen next!

Those were good times.

There were stories I penned with my mon's Windows 95 PC, and I printed a bunch of them. Once, I accidentally discovered one in a heap of papers. I just read it and I was blown away. Why didn't I finish it?

I have a handful of stories scattered around the house, and I am really suprised when I see one again.

Hey, I can actually write!

Last Februrary, I wrote a story called Your Eyes on Me, and I reread the early chapters I wrote.

Hey, I can actually write! 

I'm waiting for another year before I read my second fic again... but hey, I'm curious to what my reaction will be.

The Fanfiction Games

"Let the Writing Fanfiction Games Begin!"

A week ago, the idea of creating a Final Fantasy 8 Fiction dawned on me.

I knew the ending & what did I have to lose?

I published my very first fan fiction in 4 years.

As I was writing the 3 chapters of that fic, I had another flash of fanfic ideas.

Here are the following fics I plan to do. They aren't set in stone yet, but it's nice to have a list of fics for future projects, isn't it?



1. Final Fantasy 8- Your Eyes on Me
            - Julia, Laguna and Caraway's story. *on progress

2. Final Fantasy 8 -My Eyes on You
             - Raine, Laguna and Julia's story

3. Avatar: The Last Airbender
             - Ursa and Ozai's relationship

4. Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
             - Ghaleon and The Vile Tribe sisters' story.

5. Arc the Lad II
             - How The Great Disaster created an organization to unleashed the monster that caused it all.
                How The Academy was created.
             
6. Suikoden 1& 2
             - Odessa wakes up in Radat, the principality of South Window. What happens when a wandering Flik and party discovers her?

7. Wild Arms 2 
             - Judecca, Antenora, Caina, Ptolomea and Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus' stories, how Odessa was formed and how they survived when ARMS kicked their asses.
             
8. Legend of Legaia
             - Cara's story.

9. Xenogears
            -Miang and Ramsus' story. How they met and the dynamics of their relationship until her death.

10. Legend of Mana- Star Crossed
           - Irvin, Matilda, Escad and Daena's story prior to the events of Legend of Mana.

They are mostly PSX JRPGs fan fictions, considering that this was the only console game I had as a kid.

The Ultimate Guilty Pleasure: Writing Fan Fictions

"After all this time?"

"Always"

- Albus Dumbledore to Severus Snape, Harry Potter Series

Another story idea flash in my head.

I knew this was one of those rare story ideas where I knew how it would start, what would 

happen in between and how it would end.

The twist?

It is a Final Fantasy VIII fan fiction.

Yes, I am investing my imagination and creative writing skills in another company owned 

franchise.

When I was younger, and highly active in the creative scene, a friend once told me to ditch 

fancomics, and write my original stories.

If I really wanted to, I could.

But writing fan fictions... is an itch that begs to be scratched!

As what Snape replied to Dumbledore, "Always".

It's an itch that will never go away, until I scratch it!

How do I scratch it? I write it in black and white. I post and share it online.

It's the only way. It's the only way to put the itch at ease.

Recently, I have started to write fan fiction again. (Never mind if it's owned by Square Enix. 

The idea want to be born!)

1. Final Fantasy VIII - Your Eyes on Me

What the Galbadian General wants, the General gets...even if it means eliminating his beloved's true love. 

The untold love story between Julia, Laguna and yours truly, Fury Caraway.

Yes, it is cheesy. My second english teacher asked  me  and a classmate to revise the

cheesy intro to a play we wrote. Well, I like it cheesy! 

I've already written chapters 1 & 2. This one is estimated to be 6-7 chapters long.

Runner Up:

2. Wild Arms 2- Cocytus

Before they were terrorists, they were humans with issues. 

An anthology of the Odessa's Generals before joining Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus,

the aftermath of the advent of the Kuiper Belt core and Lord Blazer.

In 2010-2012, I created a webcomic and fanfiction entitled  "A Bittersweet Affair" 

chronicling Antenora's story. 

I never finished either version, but the story is still itching to be written. 

This itch expounded to create backstories for the other generals.

I'll work on this after I finish "Your Eyes on Me", or possibly,  a new FF8 fiction 

"My Eyes on You" focusing on Raine, Laguna and Julia's story.

So why focus on fan fiction?

It's simple. 

I've decided a few months ago that when I die, I would like to reflect and say 

"Yes, I wrote these stories. And I'm proud to have written them."

So I will write. I will write. I will persist to write.

Until I have scratch the itch called "Creating Fan fiction."