I Am Not There

[Seika]

Well done. Well done.

[LunarLegend]

Nicely done! I want to cry, a little.


Interesting to see how he really did become a legend, in the end.

[Keyne]

Ah, this beautiful story. I loved it. The amount of emotion.. and the poem itself. A good end to a true hero.

[Neir]

I liked it when I betaed it, and the finished product was fabulous.

I will say, however, that I preferred your original ending ideas, and that you could have used the other people instead of returning to Rin and Sakura.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

I debated on it, long and hard, and decided it was better to thematically go cyclical instead of linear because of the poem refraining at the end.

[Neir]

That's a respectable reason. Calling off air-strike.

[Malgos]

Great job, Arashi. I was very moved by it, I didn't quite cry, probably because he did accomplish his dream.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

To be honest, crying wasn't really what I was going for. DP had the reaction I wanted, so, at least that was a success.

[Malgos]

To be honest, crying wasn't really what I was going for. DP had the reaction I wanted, so, at least that was a success.

Well some people noted that they cried, so I thought that I'd mention that while I was quite moved (word I was missing going to edit that in), I didn't cry.

[Ergast]

Well done, Arashi. I had a not-exactly-sad-but-not-quite-happy-either smile while reading this. Bittersweet, yes, but also full of hope. The hope of every life Shirou had touched.

Now, the question is... who wrote the last line?

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Indeed.

[Malgos]

I had a not-exactly-sad-but-not-quite-happy-either smile while reading this. Bittersweet, yes, but also full of hope. The hope of every life Shirou had touched.

Now, the question is... who wrote the last line?

Bold text, sums up my emotions while reading that, without the smile. Couldn't agree more with this post.

I didn't notice that the writer of the last line is unknown. Thanks for making me aware of that, I kind of missed it.

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

I noticed, but I sorta brushed it off because I didn't have an answer. Now, in the right mood, I'm gonna say, 'Shirou wrote it!'

Because hey, they never found a body. And even if he is on the Throne of Heroes or in Avalon with Saber and in a sense not dead, it'd be an interesting message to leave behind.

[Misheard]

I can't reread this, I'll cry again.

[Keyne]

I noticed, but I sorta brushed it off because I didn't have an answer. Now, in the right mood, I'm gonna say, 'Shirou wrote it!'

Because hey, they never found a body. And even if he is on the Throne of Heroes or in Avalon with Saber and in a sense not dead, it'd be an interesting message to leave behind.

I also think that it was Shirou's hand that completed the poem.

And thinking about symbolism.. I think Avalon would in the end symbolize life, and the Throne - death. So, if he didn't die as he said, he should be in Avalon.

My small two cents on this matter. ^_^

[RadiantBeam]

So this made me cry last night when I first read it, so I tried rereading it today. Still got a little teary.

Well done, Arashi, well done indeed.

[Ergast]

That's why I didn't said who I thought it wrote the last line. I think that it was Shirou, too.

[themasterwarlord]

You know, I was moved by the poem at first, but after reading people suggesting that the last line was written by Shirou himself, I imagined that it wasn't actually the continuation of the poem, but actually Shirou sulking or something because people thought he was dead for years already. Just a thought.

...sorry about that :P

[Arashi_Leonhart]

LOL

[mangafreak7793]

Finally took time to read this.

It was nice.

Can't think of anything else besides this..