>>96959214
Kaoru lives with her grandparents in a fairly ordinary, but comfortable apartment in a complex near a forbidden zone. She does as much housework as her grandma can't do, so given her 70s, that's a decent amount. She cooks pretty basic meals for herself to save grandma the effort, although grandma will often cook for her, too. Kaoru is extremely tidy with her own room, which is pretty barren and not very decorated at all. Sometimes, grandpa will give her wrestling or tokusatsu posters to hang up, but she doesn't take the hint, instead filing them as important gifts and keeping them in a folder somewhere.
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>>96930398
I kinda just thought "there should be a big army presence" and I decided I didn't want to bother with all that when I got to the final fight so yeah I wonder if I should try to rewrite that. I wouldn't mind if someone decided that Shinigamis can revive their servants or something, but I liked writing Kagayaki for all he was worth.
>producing so much writing in a short timeframe is impressive.
I took scriptwriting classes, so what I do is I think about the biggest beats I want in a story and then think of how to chain them together to get something coherent. For The Riddle Part 1, I started with a simple pitch: "the SC does Waiting for Godot but it's Scarlet Senshi". I wanted a situation where Kaoru's secret was in jeopardy. I found a cool enemy in someone else's story and went from there, I used several characters through other writefags to further them and mutually build cool arcs, and in Part 2 I really wanted all these characters to confront the core of their arcs in some way, but at the core of it all is a vision about who Kaoru is, psychologically speaking.
Kaoru wants to be a hero, she wants to do what she thinks is right for others, but she's been hurt in a way that gave her severe trust issues that drive her to keep secrets from even her closest allies. The idea of "the riddle" in-universe, aside from just being a reference from the Broadway adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, is a representation of her secrets. Her double life, her background and her deep-seated issues. The entire arc is about how she brings her walls down, little by little. First, by being forced to get along with someone who's arguably even weirder than her, then by battling alongside her friends and giving words of wisdom to Takaishi (who she's also crushing on), and now the latest battle required her to start trusting the Student Council fully (plus, Yae knows now). The crux of the arc is, what will it take for Kaoru to entirely bring her walls down?
I kinda just thought "there should be a big army presence" and I decided I didn't want to bother with all that when I got to the final fight so yeah I wonder if I should try to rewrite that. I wouldn't mind if someone decided that Shinigamis can revive their servants or something, but I liked writing Kagayaki for all he was worth.
>producing so much writing in a short timeframe is impressive.
I took scriptwriting classes, so what I do is I think about the biggest beats I want in a story and then think of how to chain them together to get something coherent. For The Riddle Part 1, I started with a simple pitch: "the SC does Waiting for Godot but it's Scarlet Senshi". I wanted a situation where Kaoru's secret was in jeopardy. I found a cool enemy in someone else's story and went from there, I used several characters through other writefags to further them and mutually build cool arcs, and in Part 2 I really wanted all these characters to confront the core of their arcs in some way, but at the core of it all is a vision about who Kaoru is, psychologically speaking.
Kaoru wants to be a hero, she wants to do what she thinks is right for others, but she's been hurt in a way that gave her severe trust issues that drive her to keep secrets from even her closest allies. The idea of "the riddle" in-universe, aside from just being a reference from the Broadway adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, is a representation of her secrets. Her double life, her background and her deep-seated issues. The entire arc is about how she brings her walls down, little by little. First, by being forced to get along with someone who's arguably even weirder than her, then by battling alongside her friends and giving words of wisdom to Takaishi (who she's also crushing on), and now the latest battle required her to start trusting the Student Council fully (plus, Yae knows now). The crux of the arc is, what will it take for Kaoru to entirely bring her walls down?
>>96909287
Painful Experience, Raised by Relatives and Moon's Love.
Kaoru was born to fairly well-off psychologists, who were working on some high-profile research. Little Kaoru had a friend by the name of Nadeko. Nadeko's parents used their daughter to get close to Kaoru's parents, and with the riots as an excuse, they gunned down Kaoru's parents in her own home before her grandfather could arrive to take her away. The gunmen were never found, and Kaoru never saw Nadeko again. Since the age of 7, Kaoru's been raised by her grandparents. Her grandfather was a spy during WW2 and her investigation skills, as well as her CQC basics, were learned from him. This is gonna be relevant to The Riddle Part 2, so yeah.
>>96909222
Sounds cool! I can't wait.
Painful Experience, Raised by Relatives and Moon's Love.
Kaoru was born to fairly well-off psychologists, who were working on some high-profile research. Little Kaoru had a friend by the name of Nadeko. Nadeko's parents used their daughter to get close to Kaoru's parents, and with the riots as an excuse, they gunned down Kaoru's parents in her own home before her grandfather could arrive to take her away. The gunmen were never found, and Kaoru never saw Nadeko again. Since the age of 7, Kaoru's been raised by her grandparents. Her grandfather was a spy during WW2 and her investigation skills, as well as her CQC basics, were learned from him. This is gonna be relevant to The Riddle Part 2, so yeah.
>>96909222
Sounds cool! I can't wait.
>>96810467
>I think that would give credence to Kaoru being a detective and give them a reason to interact.
I had already been working on some other stuff for her to investigate, like Itsuki's friend's suicide, but sure, I'll try that out.
>>96794920
Into the Fire (Kaoru, Takaishi, mentions of Shu and Kohaku)
https://rentry.co/9hd6ccsy
Just finished this little follow-up to Freak In The Sheets. Kaoru catches Takaishi after the battle and, along with Blakeney, they give him a few words of encouragement.
I will reveal some of my inspiration here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhHr7iqzdI Some lines are shamelessly taken from this. I have done this a few times and I'll keep doing it.
>I think that would give credence to Kaoru being a detective and give them a reason to interact.
I had already been working on some other stuff for her to investigate, like Itsuki's friend's suicide, but sure, I'll try that out.
>>96794920
Into the Fire (Kaoru, Takaishi, mentions of Shu and Kohaku)
https://rentry.co/9hd6ccsy
Just finished this little follow-up to Freak In The Sheets. Kaoru catches Takaishi after the battle and, along with Blakeney, they give him a few words of encouragement.
I will reveal some of my inspiration here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhHr7iqzdI Some lines are shamelessly taken from this. I have done this a few times and I'll keep doing it.