Logience Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) I'm not talking about oneshot AU or AC fics. I'm thinking of retelling/self-insert fics that actually have playable units die at random points. Has anyone ever seen a fic like that? If not, do you think it could be interesting? Because I myself can see plenty of options in a fic like that, and it kinda gets boring when you know every FE7/13 fic is gonna be a Zero Casualties run. EDIT: Also, is this the right thread to be posting this in? If not, could you ask for it to be moved? Edited April 17, 2014 by Logience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomesticHausCat Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) Could be interesting if done randomly. If I were to do it, I would go to an online dice rolling program and roll for percentages. If say you roll a 10% or below, someone will die. Cause heck, to me almost every character death I get in the games comes from some dumb lucky crit the enemy gets on me. So yeah, making it legitimately random will in my eyes make it feel more like how deaths happen in the games. Edited April 17, 2014 by DomesticHausCat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapier Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I don't see why it wouldn't work. By the way, I'm not sure if this counts (since it is an AU fic, though not an oneshot one), but Queen of Sorrow is a pretty good example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCC4728 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 A user on gamefaqs named distant_rainbow did this for FE7. It was a CYOA and they had users vote on various strategies for maps and he wrote up a chapter. Some choices had deaths but you didn't know until you read the chapter so in a sense it was semi-random as the users didn't know the outcome of their vote until they made it. Last time I checked it was around chapter 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Wall Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) It will only work if they find a way to make restarting the map work in the fic as well. Serious answer, yes it would work and I've seen it before. Edited April 20, 2014 by Hidden Wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but one of the runs in my sig involves me killing off a large chunk of the cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logience Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 @Hidden Wall: Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Wall Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 @Logience: Mostly on fanfiction.net, though it is hard to find a fire emblem fic that isn't a one-shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roivann Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Well, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Hell, it'd probably make it more interesting. Adds drama and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logience Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 @Hidden Wall: Can you give me the link to the fic you're talking about, is what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logience Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Bump because I'm looking for a fic that does this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Banzai Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I've WRITTEN fics that do this What's with all the fanfic threads on Gen Discussion right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logience Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 ^ Does that phrase "insomnia" mean anything to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT075 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 it typically reminds me of late nights with homework, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryogeist Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) I don't see why it wouldn't work. Wouldn't be much different from a character dieing in other forms of media Edited April 23, 2014 by cryogeist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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