Welcome

23 Jun 2010

Welcome to “Sailor Wings,” my fanfiction blog. Here you can find notes, explanations, and rambles pertaining to my fanfictions published under the penname SailorDonut. If you’d like to know a little more about this blog, please click here. Enjoy your stay!

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Finally, chapter 6 of “Guardians of the Earth and the Moon” has been published.ย  This chapter went through a lot of evolution, which is a large part of the reason it took so long to write/publish (that, and the fact that I’m easily distracted XD). You see, I started writing this fic back in 2004, but it was all on binder paper… so I had to type it, which is why it took me so long to get even this far. Chapter 5 was the last chapter I’d written back then. From Chapter 6 on, all content is brand-spanking new.

Because of the amount of time that’s passed since I wrote the first five chapters, you might see a slight difference in style between chapter 5 and chapter 6. I’m hoping it’s not too bad (my sister betas for me and she didn’t think it was a drastic departure from the previous chapters; it could be that I’m being overly critical XD).

This chapter also went through a lot of revision as I came up with new ideas to tie in more aspects of the PGSM timeline, as well as ways to give the characters more depth and backstory. Hopefully you will enjoy these additions. Here are some notes I had regarding this chapter that I hope will answer any questions you might have (here there be spoilers):

  • This chapter goes into Princess Serenity’s backstory much more. I wanted to find a way to explain why Serenity is still a princess (not queen) if her mother is not present. The most logical explanation for this something that has occurred throughout history: a regency. Serenity is ruling with the help of advisors such as Egeria and others until she comes of age. In this story, Serenity is 18 and will become queen when she’s 20… that may seem old, but there’s a reason for it which will soon be explained, and it has to do with the Crystal.
  • Speaking of Serenity, we see a harsher side to the Princess in this chapter. This ties into what we see in PGSM: she looks so sweet in the flashbacks, and yet she’s so cold as Princess Sailor Moon. Serenity’s under a lot of strain right now because her heart is telling her one thing, but everyone else is telling her something else; but there’s more to it than that. We’ll be seeing more of this evolution of her character, as well as the reasons behind it, in chapters to come.
  • The Ethereals are probably my favorite addition in this chapter, so I hope they’re not too “WTF” for everyone else. ๐Ÿ˜› I had been trying to think of a way to include Luna and Artemis, but was having troubleย  figuring out how to incorporate talking cat plushies. My solution to this six years ago was to just ignore them. XD But then I recently came up with the idea to make them shape-shifters… I won’t give you more details than that and what Serenity explains about them within the chapter, since I don’t want to spoil you. But I’m looking forward to introducing Luna and Artemis and revealing more about the Ethereals, who will be playing an important role in the story in the future.
  • I reference a lot of Greek and Roman mythology in this chapter, although I use the names loosely (a lot like Naoko Takeuchi’s borrowing of Selene and Endymion for her own story, heh heh). For example, Egeria’s name (and character) is based on Roman mythology. According to legend, a nymph by that name was the wife of the second king of Rome, and she was also his chief political advisor. Many of the laws and traditions in ancient Rome were begun by Egeria. It’s only fitting that Serenity should such a strong political leader as her advisor! I had a fun time coming up with this character, although I don’t think she’ll be playing a very big role in the story.Other mythological names in this chapter: Deukalion is actually the name of one of Endymion’s ancestors. The names of the months are based on the Athenian lunar calendar. Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth (tying in with how “Mariel” means of the sea [although that’s a Dutch name], I thought the princess of Mars should have a name that tied to her powers as well).

I think that’s it… if you have any questions about the chapter you’d like me to answer, feel free to post them here! ♥

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Welcome to “Sailor Wings,” my new fanfiction blog. It seems like I’m often updating my FF.net profile with lengthy explanations about the status of my fanfics, and I always have ridiculously long author’s notes that I want to post with my stories/chapters, but I think it looks messy to have them sitting there at the top or bottom of a chapter. So I thought, why not make a blog for it? I thought about making a Livejournal for it, but I already have a personal journal and logging in and out drives me crazy. Then I realized, “I know how to use WordPress… why not use WordPress?” XD So here we are.

Stuff you’ll find here:

  • Status updates about fanfictions
  • Rambly thoughts as I write my fanfics
  • Author’s notes for new stories and chapters

Stuff you won’t find here:

This also seems like a good place to explain the title of this blog, “Sailor Wings.” All the sites I have hosted on this domain are tied to the fact that both my domain and my sister’s are named after angels from Oh My Goddess! So my collective is “Angel Feathers,” our banner exchange is “Angel Wings,” etc. With that in mind, I thought, “Hey, my fanfiction author ID is Sailor Donut, and ‘Sailor Wings’ is a line from ‘Kirari*Sailor Dream’, and I mostly write PGSM fanfics…” ๐Ÿ˜€ I dunno, it was like 4:00 AM when I thought of that. But hey, it works.

Umm… I may update this post with more info at a later time, but I think that’s sufficient for now.

Oh, but I am planning on adding some back-dated entries– stuff I posted on my LJ about my fanfics that I thought readers of this blog might enjoy. So even though this is the first actual post, there will soon be some entries dated before this one. ๐Ÿ™‚

Sooo…. welcome!

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Okay, so I know I keep promising more GotE&M, but it’s coming FOR REAL. I am about halfway done with chapter six right now. It’s been taking longer than expected because I came up with some awesome (well, I think) ideas to add some new plotlines to the story, which required a bit of tweaking to be done to my draft of chapter six. I hope the wait will be worth it for all the Silver Millennium fans that like my story.

That said, I have an itty bitty new Zoi/Mina one-shot today. I wasn’t planning on adding it until GotE&M was done, but my sister made a fanvid that sort of ties into it, so we decided that we would upload both together (if you want to see the video, you can do so here). So I hope you will enjoy it. This one takes place in the universe of “After the End.” I really enjoy writing within that universe, so expect more stories set in it as time goes on. I’ll try to make my next update be chapter six of GotE&M, and it will be within the next week or so. ๐Ÿ™‚

Finally, I’m sure most of you saw this coming, but I have decided not to continue “With a Blink and a Nod.” Unfortunately, I just don’t really enjoy I Dream of Jeannie the way I used to, so I know I’m never going to work on it again. I think it’s unfair to leave dead fics up taunting fans, so the story has been removed from the site. I hope that any fans who might have been hoping for an update on that one will forgive me.

I know I said I don’t like to leave dead fics online, but “Tales From Atlantis” is more a collection of short stories than a fic that has continuity, so it can stand as-is. I had planned to continue the story up until Milo and Kida met, which would have given it maybe two or three more chapters. I hope you won’t hate me for not making it that far. XD Maybe someday, I will write more, but for the time being I feel comfortable leaving it where it is now.

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