AuraSoul93
Future Frontier Brain
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- May 29, 2010
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I'm really confused & distressed about what I should be doing with my stories at this point. Let's see if I can keep everything as short as possible.
I wanted to write fanfics for a bunch of things that I really enjoy (Digimon, Kamen Rider, Naruto, etc.) but found that rather than just working with the available material us fans like using I just ended up making my own. Different characters, different mechanics, different settings; it all just felt like I was rewriting the franchise. So then I thought about just create my own thing. My own franchise, if you will. It would be a manga-style webcomic, that I would hope get turned into an anime, about characters that, through various means, obtain power in the form of a mon-type creature that they have to bond with in order to transform into an armored warrior. Very common, yes. But I wanted to try making a bunch of different themes that would with them. Ex: Native American-based suit with changeable animal-style armor, Spartan-based suit with changeable sports-style armor, etc. I really enjoy these ideas & greatly wish to see them come to fruition.
As much fun as that has been the past few months it's lead to a bunch of concerns now that I don't really know can even be addressed properly. As much as I tried I don't feel like drawing them out is something I can accomplish. I'm no artist, nor have I ever had a desire to being one. My sister, who's a very good young manga-style artist, says I just need to keep trying & that these things happen. My problem here is that actual artists have passion for what they make, I don't. I can make the worst or greatest picture ever & it would mean nothing to me. I just saw it as a job requirement since I wanted to control everything for making my story because I'm afraid other people that I could potentially work with will not comprehend my thoughts & what I wanna see.
That's another issue. How would this get out into the public? Well I can't do the webcomic idea since I really don't have the heart for drawing & working with other artists would be nothing but conflict after conflict. Webcomics are released based on the time & ability of the artist alone. I hate having to make someone add a time-consuming job with no reward in sight to their schedules. Plus they might not like things I have planned for the characters & plots, so they don't enjoy what they draw for me but they feel obligated to continue doing so because I'm relying on them. That's pressure that I don't wanna inflict on someone.
Finally, there's this major problem; companies. I doubt anyone would want to make what I'm creating an official anime with me working on the actual big project. They'd probably just see my stuff, file some garbage lawsuit about likeness or some junk like that & then I have to pay a bunch of money that I don't have & they get all my ideas to make money off of as they please. And I can honestly see it happening. I reluctantly discovered the PreCure franchise recently & discovered that, while not the exact same thing, it's very similar to my idea. So that's not exactly added to my confidence. Then I thought about merchandise & how difficult some things could be. (Apparently there's this big gripe within the writing community about trying to sell toys with stories people make & I don't get the negativity. Yeah, it doesn't always work. But the merchandise adds to the experience of connecting with the fiction. It's fun making adventures of your own with toys of your favorite thing & I really want whatever I make to have a successful toyline. Sorry if this seems random, just my thoughts on the matter.) Obviously, figures would be easy since the characters are pretty much superheroes. The issue is the role-play stuff like transformation gear & weapons. I mean, I have the mon-type creatures transform into the equipment ala Ditto from Pokémon. How can that be made into something? And the quality of the toys might deter people from them since not every toy company can be Hasbro (at least when it comes to Marvel Legends). Also, when (not if, but when) the suits in these companies decide to change things around is gonna suck hard. Altering plots & characters because they think certain things can't be seen by children when the stuff I make is totally harmless & safe for kids. I want kids to see it the most, but if Nickelodeon was hesitant to greenlight Korra just because she was a female protagonist then what other stupid stuff can go down with these executives, you know?
Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense. Guess I couldn't keep everything as short as possible. ^^; I'm just overall upset at the situation and wanted some outside opinions on the matter. Please ask if there's anything that you don't understand or if I didn't elaborate on something earlier. Thanks in advanced!
I wanted to write fanfics for a bunch of things that I really enjoy (Digimon, Kamen Rider, Naruto, etc.) but found that rather than just working with the available material us fans like using I just ended up making my own. Different characters, different mechanics, different settings; it all just felt like I was rewriting the franchise. So then I thought about just create my own thing. My own franchise, if you will. It would be a manga-style webcomic, that I would hope get turned into an anime, about characters that, through various means, obtain power in the form of a mon-type creature that they have to bond with in order to transform into an armored warrior. Very common, yes. But I wanted to try making a bunch of different themes that would with them. Ex: Native American-based suit with changeable animal-style armor, Spartan-based suit with changeable sports-style armor, etc. I really enjoy these ideas & greatly wish to see them come to fruition.
As much fun as that has been the past few months it's lead to a bunch of concerns now that I don't really know can even be addressed properly. As much as I tried I don't feel like drawing them out is something I can accomplish. I'm no artist, nor have I ever had a desire to being one. My sister, who's a very good young manga-style artist, says I just need to keep trying & that these things happen. My problem here is that actual artists have passion for what they make, I don't. I can make the worst or greatest picture ever & it would mean nothing to me. I just saw it as a job requirement since I wanted to control everything for making my story because I'm afraid other people that I could potentially work with will not comprehend my thoughts & what I wanna see.
That's another issue. How would this get out into the public? Well I can't do the webcomic idea since I really don't have the heart for drawing & working with other artists would be nothing but conflict after conflict. Webcomics are released based on the time & ability of the artist alone. I hate having to make someone add a time-consuming job with no reward in sight to their schedules. Plus they might not like things I have planned for the characters & plots, so they don't enjoy what they draw for me but they feel obligated to continue doing so because I'm relying on them. That's pressure that I don't wanna inflict on someone.
Finally, there's this major problem; companies. I doubt anyone would want to make what I'm creating an official anime with me working on the actual big project. They'd probably just see my stuff, file some garbage lawsuit about likeness or some junk like that & then I have to pay a bunch of money that I don't have & they get all my ideas to make money off of as they please. And I can honestly see it happening. I reluctantly discovered the PreCure franchise recently & discovered that, while not the exact same thing, it's very similar to my idea. So that's not exactly added to my confidence. Then I thought about merchandise & how difficult some things could be. (Apparently there's this big gripe within the writing community about trying to sell toys with stories people make & I don't get the negativity. Yeah, it doesn't always work. But the merchandise adds to the experience of connecting with the fiction. It's fun making adventures of your own with toys of your favorite thing & I really want whatever I make to have a successful toyline. Sorry if this seems random, just my thoughts on the matter.) Obviously, figures would be easy since the characters are pretty much superheroes. The issue is the role-play stuff like transformation gear & weapons. I mean, I have the mon-type creatures transform into the equipment ala Ditto from Pokémon. How can that be made into something? And the quality of the toys might deter people from them since not every toy company can be Hasbro (at least when it comes to Marvel Legends). Also, when (not if, but when) the suits in these companies decide to change things around is gonna suck hard. Altering plots & characters because they think certain things can't be seen by children when the stuff I make is totally harmless & safe for kids. I want kids to see it the most, but if Nickelodeon was hesitant to greenlight Korra just because she was a female protagonist then what other stupid stuff can go down with these executives, you know?
Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense. Guess I couldn't keep everything as short as possible. ^^; I'm just overall upset at the situation and wanted some outside opinions on the matter. Please ask if there's anything that you don't understand or if I didn't elaborate on something earlier. Thanks in advanced!