Considering discontinuing. · 9:35pm Aug 19th, 2013
I know, this is one of my more popular stories and all, but I can't help asking myself: do I really like this version of Shacklebolt? I mean the changeling as a whole, not between this incarnation and the one from Prisoner of Freedom. To be honest, I'd considered writing about the Kyrodian Legends version of Shacklebolt coming to Equestria, and it'd be written in such a way that nobody would really need to have played the (as of yet non-existent) games in order to follow along, kind of like what was done in Friendship is Aura where you don't need to have seen the Lucario movie to be able to follow that story.
Now, here's the thing, if I do discontinue Reshackled, it'll mean having to change the later chapters I had planned for one of my other stories that's going to tie in with it. Not gonna name which one, of course, but one of the other stories I've been writing was meant to have a significant tie-in in the future. I'm sure some of you could guess, as I've hinted at it in a couple of my other stories, but only one of them is the true main line.
Not only is it that I feel kind of strange juggling two different characters in different universes with the same name, but I really, really, really don't want to rewrite all that I had written before, and new ideas have been popping into my head while Reshackled inspiration has been all but dried up. Honestly, I'm not sure what I should do. I'm already writing so many stories at once, and I already cancelled Transcendent Bonds permanently (and I could care less if someone else took the idea, heck, I might even release the plans I had written for it.)
I was actually considering having the beginning of Reshackled go almost exactly how I planned Kyrodian Legends: Shacklebolt to begin, and use RS as a sort of practice story, but if I do that, I might as well just novelize the Kyrodian Legends series and have the games be just games... Actually, that might work. After all, a lot of games will have just game play with only certain points of story in them while having a book or a comic to tell the major plot, right? Gah, I'm getting off topic here.
OK, so, given the beginning of Prisoner of Freedom (assuming you remember it) do you think this story is starting off better or worse? I'll decide what to do with it based on your answers.
In the meantime, I think simplifying the games might have something to it. I'm gonna see what I can do there.
That aside though, I can't tell you much of anything about if Reshackled has started off better or worse that the first version, since I have never read that first version. That said, I can give you my perspective on the newer version on its own.
It is quite interesting to me, though a little run of the mill as far as 'human becomes changeling and goes to Equestria' stories are concerned (Is this honestly a story that's written often enough that I'm inclined to call this one run of the mill?). The voice in Shackle's head puts a nice twist on things, though, as does the fact that he isn't (yet) beaten out of town straightaway because of him saving Appleblooms life. All in all, I'd very much like to read more of the story, but if your creativity with it has run dry, I'm not sure continuing it is a good idea. I'll leave you to decide if it's truly worth it.
On another note, this Kyrodian Legends thing is starting to sound a bit like Homestuck. I like this development.
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Never heard of Homestuck. Also, video made me LOL.
1295963 1) For the love of all things good, keep it that way.
2) Check out his channel, David Michell's soapbox, he has done loads of videos in that same style.
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I've never heard of Homestuck.
Um, OK, you just said it was good that KL sounds like Homestuck, but now you say it's better I never find out what Homestuck is? I'm confused.
1296014 I like how expansive Homestuck is, and would like to see Kyrodian Legends go in a similar direction, but if you get into Homestuck, you're never getting out. I want to see KL become as big and good as Homestuck, but for that to happen you need to have time to work on it.
well.... this month just gets more and more depressing, don't it? Three of my favorite stories have been cancelled, and my dog died. But enough with me feeling sorry for myself. To answer your question, yes, Reshackled started off much better. To see it stopped now, To be honest, would be unfortunate. .........
(a few minutes later)
Okay, I've tried to say what I think about this a few times, but it keeps sounding like I'm brownnosing. So I'm going to be blunt.
Reshackled/Prisoner of Freedom is in my top 30 stories of all time. I would absolutely HATE to see it cancelled. I can't in good conscience try and convince you not to cancel it, because that borders the realm of Guilt tripping. I'm already sore about not getting a chance to save Prisoner of Freedom to my FimFiction story folder, so seeing the updated/upgraded version taken down so early, just seems like a kick in the teeth.
in short, I really don't want to see ReShackled cancelled. On Hiatus, maybe. But not cancelled. Because at least Hiatus means you might come back to it.
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Heheh, expansive, yeah. You know how Half Life and Portal are both in the same universe? Well... I've got three stories planned for Kyrodian Legends, and they all collide at some point. Two are congruent, while the third one happens slightly afterwards. I know it's a bad idea to have so much story planned for a game, but I actually wrote the storylines so that they fit the gameplay design I'd already come up with... Now I just need to get off my but and make the games, but my motivation has been damaged by increased work hours and my team members not posting a single thing in our forum. :(
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Well, when you put it that way, I feel bad about even considering cancelling it. I just didn't think this version of Shacklebolt was all that interesting. I did make the intro somewhat similar to how I'd planned the game, including what leads to Shack's self-loathing being more than just standard clinical depression; he has a cause for it. I'm wondering if I should give the shadewing version the same passion for tea?