somehow still into TsukaSen
Aug. 25th, 2024 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yelpI posted a new chapter of my Dr. Stone longfic! The previous chapter was posted on August 14… of last year. So almost a reasonable interval between updates, plus an extra year!
How it happened was, I got a random urge to reread this story of mine, and enjoyed it to a frankly narcissistic extent. By the end I was kicking myself wishing I’d written more. Thankfully, I had some of chapter 6 drafted, some outlined, and the rest came somewhat reluctantly together.
Looking back, I’m surprised that I started writing this thing in (late) 2021, and I’m still so into this ship and this premise. That’s almost three years off and on, for only 6 chapters, 16k words of story. (Looking back, I had another 1.5 year hiatus in there too.) It’s both very flaky and very consistent of me, I guess. 2021 feels like a very different time in the world and in my life, and I also just took half a year off from writing fic, so I’m not sure I was able to maintain a consistent tone and style. I wonder, if I do a reread three years later, if I’ll notice a marked change between chapters.
While I was working on this new chapter, I rewatched a lovely scene between these two characters for inspo. (Linking the English dub because that’s what popped up on YouTube and I’m impressed with the quality of the voice acting.) Maybe I’m overscrutinizing dynamics that aren’t even there (as usual), but this exactly how I hope to portray them in my story. (Maybe this is part of what inspired the story in the first place, back in 2021? Unclear.)
Basically Senkuu is attempting to put Tsukasa on deep freeze for an unknown amount of time, a move that would be risky in our modern era, completely ridiculous in theirs—in world stuck on prehistoric technology, there’s no telling if this would ever work. It’s more accurate to say that he’s putting Tsukasa to death, and they’ve both already framed it as such, even if they both hope he can be revived later on.
In the scene, Senkuu asks one of those classic “who would you want with you on a deserted island”-type questions, and Tsukasa immediately assumes it’s because Senkuu wants something of him. One last task before he dies. The history here is that Tsukasa is a skilled leader and someone who knows people well, and until recently has lead another group of people, so has a unique insight into their strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps Senkuu is looking for his assessment on each person’s abilities, before he’s dead and can’t give it anymore?
But Senkuu scoffs. He was just trying to make small talk, get Tsukasa’s mind off of things in these final moments. And it’s lovely how the animation goes there—focusing on each topic of conversation rather than the realities of the cave, the freezing chamber. Rather than the logistics of moving Tsukasa into it, his body freezing over, we see beautiful scenery, memories, their friends and comrades, with their banter overlaid. Right up to the end until his eyes close. In an action-focused story, we rarely get a quiet moment like this, and I’m so happy that it’s these two we get to see.
Jeez, I could write a whole manifesto on these two characters. Not like a legit one about how compatible they are, but just my reading way too much into every little interaction they have on screen. I guess that's what fic is for. On to the next chapter, hopefully, before I lose my momentum!
How it happened was, I got a random urge to reread this story of mine, and enjoyed it to a frankly narcissistic extent. By the end I was kicking myself wishing I’d written more. Thankfully, I had some of chapter 6 drafted, some outlined, and the rest came somewhat reluctantly together.
Looking back, I’m surprised that I started writing this thing in (late) 2021, and I’m still so into this ship and this premise. That’s almost three years off and on, for only 6 chapters, 16k words of story. (Looking back, I had another 1.5 year hiatus in there too.) It’s both very flaky and very consistent of me, I guess. 2021 feels like a very different time in the world and in my life, and I also just took half a year off from writing fic, so I’m not sure I was able to maintain a consistent tone and style. I wonder, if I do a reread three years later, if I’ll notice a marked change between chapters.
While I was working on this new chapter, I rewatched a lovely scene between these two characters for inspo. (Linking the English dub because that’s what popped up on YouTube and I’m impressed with the quality of the voice acting.) Maybe I’m overscrutinizing dynamics that aren’t even there (as usual), but this exactly how I hope to portray them in my story. (Maybe this is part of what inspired the story in the first place, back in 2021? Unclear.)
Basically Senkuu is attempting to put Tsukasa on deep freeze for an unknown amount of time, a move that would be risky in our modern era, completely ridiculous in theirs—in world stuck on prehistoric technology, there’s no telling if this would ever work. It’s more accurate to say that he’s putting Tsukasa to death, and they’ve both already framed it as such, even if they both hope he can be revived later on.
In the scene, Senkuu asks one of those classic “who would you want with you on a deserted island”-type questions, and Tsukasa immediately assumes it’s because Senkuu wants something of him. One last task before he dies. The history here is that Tsukasa is a skilled leader and someone who knows people well, and until recently has lead another group of people, so has a unique insight into their strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps Senkuu is looking for his assessment on each person’s abilities, before he’s dead and can’t give it anymore?
But Senkuu scoffs. He was just trying to make small talk, get Tsukasa’s mind off of things in these final moments. And it’s lovely how the animation goes there—focusing on each topic of conversation rather than the realities of the cave, the freezing chamber. Rather than the logistics of moving Tsukasa into it, his body freezing over, we see beautiful scenery, memories, their friends and comrades, with their banter overlaid. Right up to the end until his eyes close. In an action-focused story, we rarely get a quiet moment like this, and I’m so happy that it’s these two we get to see.
Jeez, I could write a whole manifesto on these two characters. Not like a legit one about how compatible they are, but just my reading way too much into every little interaction they have on screen. I guess that's what fic is for. On to the next chapter, hopefully, before I lose my momentum!
