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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Saber (and writes fan-fiction)
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01-28-2023, 12:26 PM
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Kamen Rider Die
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Nokination
(Though unironically, I'm still stuck in wonder at how you perfectly predicted the raffle subplot in your previous short story, every plot beat went nearly the exact same way, how on Earth did you manage to do this?)
At the risk of ruining The Magic Of Storytelling, lemme see if I can break down how the writing of that short story went.
The main thing is that I write these
quickly
. After watching an episode, I'll immediately write up the analysis part of the post. (That's... maybe 30 minutes? At most?) Then I'll take a little break for maybe fifteen minutes to reorient my brain towards Fiction, and then write the short story.
I'm always on the lookout during an episode for a thing to explore: a background character, a weird location, a dialogue-free scene, Desast... just something where I can maybe react to the feeling of watching the show in a more figurative way. For the Espada special, it was that little camera, and the flashback scene.
I just like Mei and Rintaro a lot, so that tiny scene of them both freaking out over Rintaro winning the raffle was, like,
Yes
. I want to know more about what happened after that cut-away, and I want to know more Mei and Rintaro's little date.
My writing style for these short stories, like my writing style for everything, is bad. I don't have time to let an entire story develop in my brain, so I basically just need to figure out how it starts, and write from there. It's First Thought Best Thought all the way to the finish line, which I mostly can't even see when I start writing. (I've maybe had an ending in mind before I started writing, like, a half-dozen times.) It's like I'm trying to finish a test in school, and it's half an hour until Pencils Down. For this one, I don't think I even knew the story was from Mei's POV until a few paragraphs in?
For the specifics of the story, it was pretty much just thinking about Rintaro, thinking about Mei, extrapolating out what their relationship was like circa that early episode, and then trying to get it all done quickly. Rintaro wins on the first spin because 1) he's on a mission at that point, and he's not going to waste an afternoon on a game, 2) it's more interesting if he gets it off the bat, because it's so unexpected, and 3) much like the Swordsmen episode, there's no time for more development. You gotta get moving.
The weirdest part was Rintaro also having done some pre-raffle research on the instant camera, though. As soon as he's like Oh It's An Instax Mini -- a thing I did a Google search on a few nights earlier after zooming in on the lens in Swordsmen Ep 3 -- and talked about how he'd read up on it out of desire, I was freaking out. It's... it's a very weird amount of overlap, those two specific points of their stories.
But, yeah, it was mostly just working fast and knowing the characters, as insufficient an answer as that might be. It's going to be weird for me forever!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Androzani84
Yeah, I think I should mention that I have my own story tying in to a later episode. If you?d like, I?ll send it to you just before you watch that particular episode to avoid (unintentional) overlap.
Sure! I'll do my best to give it a read!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Layton13
As I said, I think whenever Saber pulls together its story strings for a climax, it always delivers!
I'm glad you had a good time with it! It seems like an episode that either works brilliantly for folks, or it doesn't work at all. I definitely appreciated the show trying to draw more direct parallels between the two Sabers during their battle, but I just got way too distracted by how unbelievable Kamijo's details were. If this show gets a little better at pacing its mysteries and reveals, I'm sure I'll be right there with you for the next big climax.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Fish Sandwich
Yeah, I guess when Rintarou and Mei are such clear MVP's of the cast, it's not a surprise, but this was a great conclusion to a surprisingly solid little series. It makes a great pair with the Espada one, and builds to a really nice emotional payoff, where strong writing and some excellent timing with the theme song make a low quality photo from a cheap camera into a moment that mixes sadness and joy in this very particular way that's just perfect for remembering a lost friend. Not bad for a blatant scheme to get people to pay for another subscription service!
I 100% teared up when Rintaro looks at Kento's picture. Rintaro's such a big-hearted doofus, and his desire to commemorate his family -- and probably finally feel validated and accepted -- had such a bittersweet pay-off with that moment. It was really the perfect Rintaro scene.
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