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Jun. 17th, 2014 06:59 amAt this point, it seems reasonable to come clean about things now: The fic I've gotten started with is about an all-girls' sumo tournament to take place at Ryouou High School.
Well, the night before yesterday, I sent Chelle an email asking her if she'd be okay in giving tips regarding the better parts of something she'd find otherwise objectionable (or so I thought, in this case). Namely, with help easing readers' ways towards the beginning of things, just like I had asked Jake for. Turns out that's not even necessary, despite at least three other fanfic authors having done so as well. The discussion continued, and she did mention that she might be able to help with storybuilding in general.
That was the point at which I revealed the premise itself, along with certain details I had planned out. She did say that while she doesn't care for sumo all that much, she isn't really averse to it either, since rikishi are actually quite fit and healthy in general. She did object to what she correctly inferred as forced participation, which I will admit was meant partly to evoke some initial embarrassment from all appointed on such short notice. I reconsidered that aspect, and given how groups are emphasized over individuals in Japan, it seems likely enough that everyone would feel pressure anyway to compete alongside their classmates even if they'd rather not, rather than sit things out and consequently lose respect from them.
She did say that I could leave most of the details I described out and just say "It's a tournament setup." Much simpler than Starbound as it'll still be, I'll admit that I *was* kinda hoping she'd be able to list some plotting suggestions, similar to the ones she suggested for Starbound (which were rather simple themselves, compared to what I actually seek for that fic). Of course, she probably doesn't watch sports anime (or sports in general), and neither do I, in fact. There's also the fact that only a handful of actual matches will be described during the actual tournament; too much of the same thing would get tedious. Most of the fic will be about building up towards it, similar to how certain scenes in the anime's 24th episode focused on building up towards Patricia's proposed dance number for the Arts Festival while the episode as a whole sampled preparations for said festival as a whole and the actual event itself.
Anyway, after the exchange pretty much ended, I sought to reconcile with Jake about the fic. He did say that he's still open to hearing my ideas out (which he also said the previous day), just not to requests to come up with anything.
For the record, I do have some scenes planned out already, and will likely list them separately. Jake did say that my reason for including non-students in the tournament was somewhat unsatisfactory, and suggested I make the reasoning some sort of valid joke or parody, since no one will take anything more sensible very seriously given the gist of things here. A scene where Nurse Fuyuki Amahara gets teamed up with Class 2-F would be a better point than any to establish that once either Kou Yasaka, Tamaki Yamanobe, or Miku Busujima asks why, given how little attention any of those characters get in fanfiction.
Finally, not limited to underused characters, I should mention that one thing I would also like to accomplish with this fic, is to make sure that all named characters appointed for the tournament have at least some post-transformation pagetime clad in their school uniforms (or in the teachers' cases, whatever they were wearing upon transformation). Most likely, this would be any time spent off of school grounds and during the moments before and after the tournament. Since regular education is most likely going to be put on the back burner, everyone will more than likely be clad in some sumo gear (I say gear, because each mawashi (belt) would also come with something to cover the bust with) at all times during school hours. Obviously, them exercizing, eating, and facing off in their school uniforms would be out of the question (there are reasons why students change clothes for regular P.E.), so while certain characters' return home after the first day will be depicted, the more obscure ones would probably have the best chance by meeting up with the mains after the tournament ends.
Well, the night before yesterday, I sent Chelle an email asking her if she'd be okay in giving tips regarding the better parts of something she'd find otherwise objectionable (or so I thought, in this case). Namely, with help easing readers' ways towards the beginning of things, just like I had asked Jake for. Turns out that's not even necessary, despite at least three other fanfic authors having done so as well. The discussion continued, and she did mention that she might be able to help with storybuilding in general.
That was the point at which I revealed the premise itself, along with certain details I had planned out. She did say that while she doesn't care for sumo all that much, she isn't really averse to it either, since rikishi are actually quite fit and healthy in general. She did object to what she correctly inferred as forced participation, which I will admit was meant partly to evoke some initial embarrassment from all appointed on such short notice. I reconsidered that aspect, and given how groups are emphasized over individuals in Japan, it seems likely enough that everyone would feel pressure anyway to compete alongside their classmates even if they'd rather not, rather than sit things out and consequently lose respect from them.
She did say that I could leave most of the details I described out and just say "It's a tournament setup." Much simpler than Starbound as it'll still be, I'll admit that I *was* kinda hoping she'd be able to list some plotting suggestions, similar to the ones she suggested for Starbound (which were rather simple themselves, compared to what I actually seek for that fic). Of course, she probably doesn't watch sports anime (or sports in general), and neither do I, in fact. There's also the fact that only a handful of actual matches will be described during the actual tournament; too much of the same thing would get tedious. Most of the fic will be about building up towards it, similar to how certain scenes in the anime's 24th episode focused on building up towards Patricia's proposed dance number for the Arts Festival while the episode as a whole sampled preparations for said festival as a whole and the actual event itself.
Anyway, after the exchange pretty much ended, I sought to reconcile with Jake about the fic. He did say that he's still open to hearing my ideas out (which he also said the previous day), just not to requests to come up with anything.
For the record, I do have some scenes planned out already, and will likely list them separately. Jake did say that my reason for including non-students in the tournament was somewhat unsatisfactory, and suggested I make the reasoning some sort of valid joke or parody, since no one will take anything more sensible very seriously given the gist of things here. A scene where Nurse Fuyuki Amahara gets teamed up with Class 2-F would be a better point than any to establish that once either Kou Yasaka, Tamaki Yamanobe, or Miku Busujima asks why, given how little attention any of those characters get in fanfiction.
Finally, not limited to underused characters, I should mention that one thing I would also like to accomplish with this fic, is to make sure that all named characters appointed for the tournament have at least some post-transformation pagetime clad in their school uniforms (or in the teachers' cases, whatever they were wearing upon transformation). Most likely, this would be any time spent off of school grounds and during the moments before and after the tournament. Since regular education is most likely going to be put on the back burner, everyone will more than likely be clad in some sumo gear (I say gear, because each mawashi (belt) would also come with something to cover the bust with) at all times during school hours. Obviously, them exercizing, eating, and facing off in their school uniforms would be out of the question (there are reasons why students change clothes for regular P.E.), so while certain characters' return home after the first day will be depicted, the more obscure ones would probably have the best chance by meeting up with the mains after the tournament ends.