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I also finished the final draft for the final chapters of We Will Hold On Forever. It took forever to finish the rewrite notes but when I started, I was going through 5 to 6 pages a day. I’m going to wait 6 weeks before I do a final review of the chapters and post them, since this week I finished reviewing the previous 2 chapters that will close out the conflict of the story. I’ll be interested in seeing how others react to these final chapters. Don’t hold me to it but I believe I’ll be finished with this fanfic September or October at the very latest. I haven’t decided what fanfics I’ll write next, so for now I’m rewriting an outline for a Digimon fic that I changed to make distinct from another story but later wanted to change it back. I don’t know if I’ll ever post it – if anything, I might just post 1-shots.
On other writing news, I decided to change how I rewrite original fiction. I’ve been doing rewrite notes for the whole mon-inspired book but I find I forget the things I want to change as I go along. So now I’ll take rewrite notes a chapter at a time, pausing to implement the changes before taking rewrite notes for the next chapter. Since I did half the rewrite notes already, I’ll reread the following chapters to see if there’s any additional things I want changed before implementing the changes. Since I’m almost done with We Will Hold On Forever, I’m switching to writing original fiction on weekdays (barring when I go to review said fanfic’s final chapters), so I’ll see how helpful this strategy is before long hopefully.
I decided to watch My Oni Girl on Netflix. I came across it while looking through a list of upcoming 2024 animated films and noted this wasn’t adapted from a manga or book. I barely knew anything about the film and my vague worries judging by the title were that it was a harem fanservice story. But it was nothing like that. It was a nice watch. The film is chill and relaxed at points, with themes about communication and expressing your thoughts to those you love. The issue is embodied in Hiiragi, a boy who can’t say no to helping someone and not very assertive with his own wants. He meets an Oni girl called Tsumugi, an energetic and straightforward girl who’s only sign of being an Oni is a single horn that’s only visible to a human if they’ve been around magic long enough. While being pursued by snow gods, they go on a journey to find her mother. They meet people who help them in their travels, listening to tales of their lives and helping out in turn, I was a bit worried the leads might be too archetypical with a shy boy and gregarious girl but they both feel like nuanced people. Tsumugi has her own conflicts and worries, especially with her father who didn’t tell the truth about what happened to her mother.
It was interesting seeing Hiiragi get eaten by a snow god and get taken to a oni village, where it’s revealed those who bottle up their emotions too much can become oni. So are all oni descendants of humans? Anyway, to reinforce the communication theme, it turns out Tsumugi’s mother sacrificed herself for the snow gods and she regretted the decision to the point it was making the snow gods attack and eat oni. Some of the climax was confusing, with Tsumugi seeming to go through a dreamlike sequence to free her mother and then after Hiiragi rescues her from an avalanche, they’re blown up and float back down? But at any rate, Tsumugi’s mother’s freed, Hiiragi loses his horn after being really honest, and he settles things with his father. I did wonder if the Oni village would no longer be hidden to the human world but from Hiiragi’s words in the midcredit scene, I guess not. But at least Tsumugi and Hiiragi have changed for the better and will probably date. Apparently this film didn’t get as much of a good response but I enjoyed it and if it seems up your alley, feel free to watch it.
That’s all for. Free Palestine and release the hostages on all sides. If you can, here’s a link to donate to those in need. This is the awful natural conclusion of colonialism. I’ll see you at the end of August.