Infinite Stratos Character Creation and Fanfiction Discussion

[demino_hellsin]

is it rare for IS to be customized or it didn't say in canon?

[ZeroXSEED]

Well, personal I.S. are either Super Prototype or Ace custom. From what I gather from canon, giving hand-held weapon is easy, it's changing body parts and function that's very complex (just look at Kanzashi). So yes, it probably quite rare, if even allowed.

[demino_hellsin]

then that would be enough to become cause for concern when random people start getting IS knock offs which don't only have an equivalent output, but also modifications specifically fitted for them?

[Eratas123]

@ senpai - I just thought of something. Doesn't the abuse Ichika suffers kinda look like Domestic abuse?

@ Meistah - Sup

[demino_hellsin]

About canonball fast. I don't know where it is and I sort of use the

(time)(place)

(story)

format when I cut to other scenes. Should I just write Tokyo?

[Eratas123]

Keep time in or just have characters mention what time it is.

"It was 5 o clock before I managed to escape that damn monster."

[demino_hellsin]

but place T_T I need the place

[Eratas123]

Then write the place. Time can be said, but it'd be odd for characters to go:

"Well, here we are, inside the hot springs situated at the Inn in Kyoto at the mountains for our fieldtrip at midnight."

"Dude, we're here with you, no need to tell us."

[demino_hellsin]

uwaa T_T

I meant that I write it like this

3:58 AM; Kadokawa building.

I can make up the time but I need the location. Tokyo? Shinjuku? Hokkaido? some wierd named town like Karakura?

[MeisterBabylon]

*unburrows*

Heyz.

Just popping in and out. Diablo 3 and school work eating all my time.

My latest grab is about that SHOOTiNG ST@R movie I wanted to write. Just went back and managed to dig out all the posts relating to that topic and dumped it into a google drive file. Maybe when the games lighten, I may find my inspiration, and I will return...!

Until then, me lurker.

*reburrows*

[Eratas123]

People really don't care about the country. You might as well label it as generic "Countryside", "City", "Wasteland" etc etc.

In FI I labeled the flashback as "French Countryside" and no one cared.

@ Meistah - Everybody loves Diablo:/

[demino_hellsin]

seaside city east japan?

[Eratas123]

Your choice.

[demino_hellsin]

-_-

I really have no idea anymore OAO

[Eratas123]

Look, I'm gonna tell it to you straight: 99% of people don't care about that. What they care about is dialogue, how detailed a story is, description of the ongoing scene etc etc. No one will care if you write the most detailed and epic description of the setting if the story is poorly made or so underdetailed you can't tell if the characters are happy, sad, kissing, fighting or whatever.

[demino_hellsin]

so basically... you can't help me...

[Eratas123]

I already did, you stubborn ass:/ Did you somehow miss the post that say you can make the location vague or just have the character mention where he is if needed? Just choose a damn location and be done with it. Unless you're planning to have the story be significantly altered or have specific areas like Tokyo tower play a role, just say "City in Japan" and be done with it.

Off topic: Oh haha, someone put Zero x Eratas in the tags:/ Real nice you guys.

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by Eratas123

Don't worry about it, it's just a comedy fic and the descriptions don't go to purple prose detail.

Anyway, to anybody who's read IS, I found something similar:

http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/in...no_Blade_Dance

Just replace "IS" with "Spirits" and it's basically the same situation. The guy's a bit smarter and pro-active compared to Ichika and less of a dunce.

My my, isn't this interesting~
It might prove to be useful reference material

Originally Posted by Eratas123

@ Meistah - Everybody loves Diablo:/

Never touched it, and probably never will.

In my case, my time is being consumed by Sword Girls, Accel World, Sword Art Online (coming very soon), and...other things

Ah, so busy and yet, so unorganized

[destiny(kakeru)]

Uh...hey. I'm pretty new here, but I thought this thread seems awesome and I hope that I can get some help on this. (I apologize if I just crash in at the wrong moment and break the ongoing conversation above.)

For quite some time I've been jotting down loads of notes and plans for this IS fanfic I want to write, but just didn't have the time to really sit down and spill out the story. Luckily, I managed to get a collaborator to share a bit of my burden, and for now I only uploaded one prologue chapter. I guess it won't hurt to share the fruits of our discussions here to gather more opinions that I and the collab might have missed out, or correct any misconceptions I have made.

I only watched the anime and I didn't really read the light novels/manga, so most of the plot and stuff will be heavily based on the anime and very, very little connection with the light novel/manga. ^^;

The title of my fanfic is "Byakuya no Tsubasa" (lit. "Wings of the Midnight Sun").

Spoiler for Summary:

The story will be a slight sequel to the anime/OVA in the beginning; after which it's a complete AU. Basically, the storyline will begin some time after the OVA when the summer vacation ends - Ichika and harem will be back to IS Academy (ISA) for the new semester. Chifuyu suddenly announces to the class that she will no longer be 1-1's homeroom teacher as she's promoted and will be taking the position of the overall head teacher (in the anime - if I remember correctly - Chifuyu is said to be the head teacher for first-years, but now she will be the superior of all the three head teachers...something like that). Maya will take over Chifuyu's place as first-year head teacher and the homeroom teacher for 1-1, while the class will get a new co-teacher - who is my OC. Chifuyu introduced the new teacher as a close friend of hers.

Prior to the that, in the anime where the girls visited Ichika at his house and later Chifuyu appeared, she did mention that the ISA staff were still busy even though it was the summer hols. I used that very line she spoke and expanded on it further: after that event and the chat she had with Maya, she flew over to Singapore, having managed to contact my OC. She convinced my OC to go back to Japan with her, and assured my OC that she will use her new position to allow smooth enrollment of my OC into ISA. This is what happened in the prologue chapter [LINK].

Spoiler for OC Profile:

Name: Tsubasa Kamiya (神宮 翼)
Possible CV: Miyu Irino
DOB: June 15
Age: 15
Gender: Male (yes, he's a guy - more explanation below)

Appearance: Platinum-blond hair, emerald-green eyes, Asian feature/face. Has the same build as Ichika, but slightly skinnier. Rather pale. As his position in ISA is the co-teacher of 1-1, hence he has to cross-dress as a female (Ichika is the only known male pilot) - and this is the "assurance" that Chifuyu promised him.

Occupation: Co-homeroom teacher of class 1-1 aka Ichika's class (he will be mainly teaching theory while Maya is switched to teach hands-on); school doc

Alignment: Neutral/Good. Usually this guy only does things in his own way, by his own rules/beliefs; however, he absolutely despises people who bully the weak for some selfish agendas.

Personality: Tsubasa is a typical kuudere - he has a cold and indifferent front, and is really blunt with his words with no regards to the feeling of the person he talks to. He can be somewhat impatient when dealing with people who are slow in understanding his demands. However, he does care a lot for people who are weak/bullied, and he greatly values friendship and family love (although he doesn't show much affections with his face). He can be a little prideful, and sometimes punishes Ichika for being "a disgrace as a man" (he hates Ichika's dense character and being a pushover for the girls).


Background:
Tsubasa was born in the US to an American father and Japanese mother, about 10 years after his older brother, Subaru. Unfortunately, their parents died in a fatal plane accident when he was a year old, and they were brought up together by their housekeeper Holly. When Tsubasa was about 6 years old, Holly disappeared and was later found murdered - a mystery that was never solved. His brother, a child prodigy with an exceptionally high IQ who had already earned numerous PhDs, took up a lecturer position in a university in Japan and brought Tsubasa along with him. He got in touch with Subaru's favorite student Tabane (who is on par with Subaru in terms of IQ) and her friend Chifuyu through his brother, and that's where the tragic nightmare began.

Tabane researched on Subaru's/Tsubasa's family background and found something shocking: long long ago the Kamiya family had once recorded being in contact with a group of extraterritorial being similar to humans but whose technologies were far more advanced than Earth - these people were from a place called "Garden of Eden" (ok, a bit of reference to the Bible, but it's more like a planet similar to Earth but from a different galaxy, not some supernatural stuff). The Eden people had been in touch with Earthlings way before the record was written, but humans at that time thought of them as gods (and hence the rise of mythologies across Earth, and their uncanny similarities between these mythology stories). The Eden people are beings who seek knowledge across the galaxies in exchange with their own knowledge (they see knowledge as how we see money), and this can be used to explain the many mysteries of the ancient civilizations. Tabane managed to find a way to re-connect Earth with that world and she succeeded. She learned that one of the technologies the Eden people had could be used to fulfill her twisted obsession for Subaru; out of greed, she stole this tech and brought it back to Earth. This tech is the original IS core.

The IS core can be used as a key to move between Earth and Eden freely compared to the method Tabane used; however, the completion of the key requires an Adam (who will be the soul of the core) and Eve (who will operate this core). Tabane initiated the IS project in order to mark Subaru as the Adam so that he could be with her for eternity, but she couldn't let Subaru know of the plan. She cunningly managed to get funding and the necessary facilities/equipment from Subaru, even had his full support. Of course, in exchange Subaru wanted a detailed report from her on the progress of her project. After that, it became a battle between the two most intelligent humans of that time. Tabane knew that she might not be able to hide from Subaru for long - he would start to get suspicious and piece the puzzles together, and she tried to speed up the making of the prototype IS.

Realizing what Tabane was planning to do, Subaru attempted to stop the project just as Tabane had finished rushing through the final touch-ups on the prototype. Tabane then kidnapped Tsubasa, using him to lure Subaru in. However, she did not expect the core to mark Tsubasa as the Adam. When Subaru appeared at the scene she tried to make Tsubasa the test pilot, but was stopped by Subaru. Instead of sucking Tsubasa the core sucked Subaru instead. (It was most likely due to the flaws and errors introduced into the protoype because Tabane was racing against time to complete it before Subaru halt the project after he found out about her scheme.) Tsubasa witnessed his own brother being sucked into the IS core before his eyes, and blamed Tabane for killing his only blood family left. He later disappeared from the world for a long time until he was finally found by Chifuyu, who visited him at his residence in Singapore. Btw Tsubasa is also a genius like his brother (but Subaru is still much smarter than he is), and had acquired a PhD at aged 15.

Note: I plan to kill off Tabane in my fanfic along with my OCs Tsubasa and Subaru, by using the Eden idea. For now the Eden part is still kinda sketchy, so I won't elaborate on it until I'm more settled down with it. Also, as I've mentioned this fanfic is an AU, so I'll be making some adjustments to the characters' age and stuff.


Abilities: Although Tsubasa is not an IS pilot, he is exceptionally good in kenjitsu, particularly in nitoujutsu (two-sword method). His favorite weapon is wakizashi (not too long like a katana, and not too short like a combat knife). He has 2 special techniques: one of which is often dubbed as the "invisible sword technique" - with his speed he can quickly lash out attacks too fast for the eyes to catch, as if the blade is almost invisible; the other is a bit hard to explain...unlike the usual way where one blocks another attack heads on by "locking" the blades, he simply slides off the opponent's sword and make further advancements - think of it as something like akido but with swords. ^^;

I'm sorry for the huge chunks of text...

I've seen numerous IS fanfics that feature at least one male IS pilot, so I thought maybe I can veer off this somewhat cliche idea with a non-IS pilot male OC. Anyway, I know my story idea sounds kinda (for the lack of a better word) ...ridiculous? ^^; Sadly I have very limited knowledge on mecha stuff, so I try to make up for that with the Eden idea. Hope no one thinks too harshly about me on this. Having said that, I did try to create a new weapon for Ichika...

Spoiler for Ichika's New Weapon (?):

I plan to have Tsubasa make a new weapon for Ichika, which will be called Fuyutsuki (lit. "Winter Moon"). It will act as a companion sword for Yukihira: while Yukihira transfer all of the pilot's shield energy for that one-off attack, Fuyutsuki can be used to absorb a certain amount of dissipated the shield energy of the opponent each time it's used to attack the opponent (well, the shield energy will decrease/be lost each time the IS is hit by an attack, so Fuyutsuki can actually absorb this loss in shield energy and store in its blade). The stored "stolen" shield energy can then be transferred to Yukihira to execute the one-off attack; alternatively, it can be used for its own one-off attack "Icy Blade", where its range of attack is heavily dependent on the pilot's skills, and this attack is similar to Yukihira's, where it can completely deplete the opponent's shield energy in one strike. Fuyutsuki also has a secondary ability - it can nullify all incoming energy-typed attacks (e.g. the laser thingy from Cecilia's rifle and hover canons). However, this weapon also comes with some limitations:

1. Each time Ichika can only have either Yukihira or Fuyutsuki on his hand during his battle, and he cannot use both swords at the same time; however, he can compensate for that with a special switch feature later installed by Tsubasa so that he can switch between the weapons quickly during his fight.
2. Fuyutsuki is shorter than Yukihira - you can see Yukihira as katana, while Fuyutsuki is a wakizashi. Hence, if Ichika wants to use Fuyutsuki to "steal" shield energy he needs to be close to his opponent. Also, each time Fuyutsuki only absorbs about 50-75% of the dissipated shield energy when he strikes, so he needs to attack a few times in order to accumulate enough shield energy for either Fuyutsuki's one-off attack or transfer to Yukihira.
3. If Ichika chooses to use Icy Blade, this attack will completely use up the stored shield energy in the sword. Hit chance is 50-50, so Ichika has to really time his attack wisely.
4. If Ichika chooses to transfer to Yukihira, it's a one-time transfer - that is, the transfer will only work once per battle. If he insists on making another transfer (which I don't think he will - I mean, is Ichika really that stupid anyway?) he will need to deactivate and reactivate his IS (something like restarting a computer).
5. The power of Fuyutsuki is heavily dependent on the pilot's tactical skills - if Ichika wants to truly utilize Fuyutsuki's full power. So, if Ichika chooses to be stupid, then Fuyutsuki is just an useless weapon to him.

So...yea. ^^; Any constructive comments or suggestions of how I can improve are much appreciated. Also, please pardon any grammar mistakes/language errors - truthfully speaking, English isn't my first language...

[demino_hellsin]

@eras: It's not really help if all that I get is vague confusing responses