Type-Moon Fanfic Idea Thread

[Canon]

I always ask myself "why" before I try to translate a thing on a whim because I find the answer usually isn't "I will get paid for it" and then I decide not to do that thing

[SeiKeo]

Okay, and if there isn't?

If you don't know why you want characters to bang then honestly what are you doing

[RoydGolden]

Truthfully, I write porn of Joan of Arc because of my repressed teenage years as an edgy atheist and my childhood experiences in rural, evangelist communities, and channel that anger towards religion through to the figures within it which receive special veneration, thereby acting as a substitute for emotions that can't be made manifest in real life.

I'm not a Freudian, I don't think the answers would be anyway near as easy or pat. But it'd be silly to deny that a writer's life and philosophy have any influence on their work at all.

[Raylen Cypher]

If you don't know why you want characters to bang then honestly what are you doing

Imma be real with you specifically because it does concern you about a certain pairing: because I want to see these two characters find bliss together and show how they stumble their way towards that.

[Five_X]

I'm not a Freudian, I don't think the answers would be anyway near as easy or pat. But it'd be silly to deny that a writer's life and philosophy have any influence on their work at all.

For sure, but I'm going to be honest here when I say you can't find any of my personal philosophy in that brief fanfic contest entry I wrote about Saint Martha getting busy in a confessional booth.

[Raylen Cypher]

Truthfully, I write porn of Joan of Arc because of my repressed teenage years as an edgy atheist and my childhood experiences in rural, evangelist communities, and channel that anger towards religion through to the figures within it which receive special veneration - who thereby act as a substitute for emotions that can't be made manifest in real life.

neon genesis evangelion?

[Snow]

I want to have the arts fucking sciences in the ass so I ship da Vinci and Roman.

[Raylen Cypher]

For sure, but I'm going to be honest here when I say you can't find any of my personal philosophy in that brief fanfic contest entry I wrote about Saint Martha getting busy in a confessional booth.

Bless your soul, Five.

[Five_X]

neon genesis evangelion?

No crucifixes were harmed in the making of this production.

[SeiKeo]

Imma be real with you specifically because it does concern you about a certain pairing: because I want to see these two characters find bliss together and show how they stumble their way towards that.

This is the point of the exercise, though, right? Because once you ask this question to yourself and answer it, then it naturally leads you to, for example, 'what common points would be bliss,' and asking why has allowed you to approach how.

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I want to have the arts fucking sciences in the ass so I ship da Vinci and Roman.

He doesn't even do science, Gudako just asks him to google things while she's busy

[Rafflesiac]

No, you see, pornographic internet anime fanfiction must truly say something about the nature of the human condition, about that which binds us all in the trials and tribulations of society, a psychological appeal to the deeper conscience which will, undoubtedly, stand the test of time.

or just write something you like and think maybe other people will, also, like

Well then you wrote it because you wanted people to like what you like.

[Snow]

neon genesis evangelion?

I'm tilted by people misinterpreting Evangelion's relationship with religion. Why can't everyone think exactly like me???

[You]

Past a certain point (which for most people is usually "because it's fun/interesting"), one's reasons for writing something are going to boil down to subconscious inclinations tied up with early childhood/genetics or some shit. Obviously it can be productive to ask "why", but you shouldn't necessarily expect an immediate answer, nor should you feel like you have to refuse to proceed in the absence of such an answer.

I agree that it's ignorance in a certain sense, but I disagree that it's dishonest or even necessarily something to correct.

from the previous discussion no one is expecting an immediate answer though.
Leo just said that asking yourself why is probably one of the best questions you can ask yourself, and that's it.
You're the one saying that it's a weird and unhelpful question.

I second that 'why' does seem like a sort of weird and unhelpful question. Pretty sure the answer for most people would just be "because it's fun" or "because it seemed interesting".

Also you're the one saying one shouldn't keep asking why because eventually you won't get an answer. Like no one mentioned it or saying continuously asking why at every detail is a good idea, you brought it up when Leo said that you can ask yourself why something is fun or interesting. Which is a very valid point.

I do think its something to correct though. The more you know why you're writing something, the better you can convey that message. The better you get at conveying the message, the more people are going to get it.
And if you didn't care about conveying the message in the first place, why even share it with people?

I think you're looking at this "why" thing too binary. Like you either don't know why you're writing about something all, or you know exactly the reason why and you can't point to it.
That's not the case, it's more of a spectrum. It's okay to not completely know why you're writing something, and sometimes writing can make you understand why. And then during proofreadings and editing you make it better to fit in what you now know.
Therefore when you ask someone why it's not like "give me every single reason," it's more "give it some thought and give me a working theory" because this is literally an ideas thread.

[Rafflesiac]

He doesn't even do science, Gudako just asks him to google things while she's busy

Medicine though???

[SeiKeo]

I'm tilted by people misinterpreting Evangelion's relationship with religion. Why can't everyone think exactly like me???

Yeah.

[Raylen Cypher]

This is the point of the exercise, though, right? Because once you ask this question to yourself and answer it, then it naturally leads you to, for example, 'what common points would be bliss,' and asking why has allowed you to approach how.

Sure, but my grief comes of the connotation where You's appeared to deal with every story needing a theme or greater message.

[Snow]

This is the point of the exercise, though, right? Because once you ask this question to yourself and answer it, then it naturally leads you to, for example, 'what common points would be bliss,' and asking why has allowed you to approach how.

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He doesn't even do science, Gudako just asks him to google things while she's busy

He's on the computer all day the yucky nerd, I bet he even knows what a scapula is.

[Raylen Cypher]

Well then you wrote it because you wanted people to like what you like.

Exactly why I wrote that piece of Mashu and Gudao. And it was the holidays so i was feeling festive.

[You]

Okay, and if there isn't?

show me something that you think doesn't have that

[Canon]

On You's tombstone it will read

That's exaggerating my point.