2012-02-07, 14:46 | Link #142 |
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Started reading Forgery of the Golden Witch. The beginning implies that this was written before the EP6 translation patch was released, and if that's really true, then I find it amazing that it includes things that I wouldn't have been able to properly understand without reading EP7 first.
But now that I've read all eight novels, I kind of know what to expect from the world of the game board by now... So, I hope it will still be challenging. It already looks as though Rosa, Rudolf, and Kyrie are culprits or at least accomplices. It's way too early to start thinking that it's easy, though, since I haven't even gotten any Red Truths yet. On a side note, some of the characters have rather skewed personalities. Battler in particular, is different from how he was in Umineko. And Rosa, to a lesser extent. I actually think Jessica seems a little off too. Don't get me wrong though. So far, I've been quite impressed with this. I can't imagine how much work it must have taken to do this, and when it comes to fanfiction, I'm rarely able to expect such quality from it. |
2012-02-07, 15:58 | Link #143 |
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All of Yasu's kids are hir own biological children.
And yes, Forgery of the Golden Witch was written before the release of EP6's translation. Though Kinjo can read Japanese so I'm not sure if he's read the episode at that point. Also, a warning. You can't trust any of your usual assumptions from the canonical gameboards. That will screw you over. The personality skews are one part artistic license to make his personal Gameboard work, and one part a result of this being his first major writing project.
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2012-02-07, 16:21 | Link #144 | |
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If he hasn't read 7 and 8 at this point, then that means that using data from those episodes isn't going to help me anyway. It just confused me, because there's that disclaimer about EP8 spoilers. I assume the spoilers are in the later episodes. I'm really becoming more and more impressed as I keep reading. The fourth and later twilights have started, and all I can say is that this is magnificent. |
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2012-02-07, 16:33 | Link #145 |
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Yea, he more or less made a new fan-episode after every official episode, so Fan-EPs 3 and 4 have some EP8 spoilers.
And I mean you can't take any assumptions with you. This guy takes the "Forgery" thing and runs with it, so you can't even trust stuff from the first four episodes.
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2012-02-07, 17:08 | Link #146 |
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Now repeat these in red:
"Lion (in your story) is Yasu's biological child with Jessica, and Clair, Bernice, and Beth are the biological daughters Yasu had with George." "Jessica was the one who birthed Lion, and Yasu birthed the other three." "Yasu impregnated Jessica or was impregnated by George before the other gave birth (or in George's case, helped Yasu give birth) to either their oldest child or all of their children."
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2012-02-07, 17:51 | Link #148 | |
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And as Aura said, don't be afraid to doubt some assumptions about the standard rules of Umineko, as you could say my gameboards are merely theories come to life. Whether or not they were accurate wasn't my concern, and since there was no way to prove it one way or another I just did what I could and wrote it anyway. It was interesting to see what I got wrong, but also what I happened to get right.
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2012-02-07, 18:16 | Link #150 | |
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Also, the multi-layered nature of the game board seems to be followed to the letter. All of the main premises of Beato's game board seem to be here, and that's why I was confused as to exactly how much it does differ. But, I really must say, this is already easily within the top 5% of fanfiction. Usually, when I'm looking for a good fanfic, I have to sort through mountains of crap first, so the fact that my first Umineko fanfic is a good one, is quite refreshing. EDIT: Not only that but you already had the epitaph figured out before reading EP7. I cannot express how amazing that is to me. |
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2012-02-07, 18:27 | Link #151 | |
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I'm glad it seems to reflect Beato's game, as that was one of my goals at the time. I hope you're able to see past the illusions though, as not everything is quite the same. Anyway I'm also glad you like Forgery so much, but don't get too excited. I really was an amateur at the time, seeing as my writing really improved in the later games. It's embarrassing for me to go back and read Forgery, it's not nearly as good as the others in my opinion.
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2012-02-10, 14:24 | Link #157 |
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Here's what im working on . lol
Total Seacat Island Description: After the epic showdown's of EP8 , the characters had nothing else to do. So Furfur and Zeppar opened a new game board. However it is different then the other game boards. This time 24 umineko characters are going to compete in a reality TV show styled game board for MILLION GOLD INGOT's and the title of the BEST UMINEKO CHARACTER EVER!!! In every Ep there will be elimination ceremonies and the number of competitors are going to decrease . who will win? who is gonna be the best umineko character? who will go and what new romantic relationships will i show, find out only in this comic! I Have done ep1 part 1 and 2 . i cant link the site here so if anybody is intrested , please PM me . |
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