Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Sins of Two Fathers ❯ Notes ( Chapter 15 )

Well, what a ride. This is the first long story that I have ever finished. Wow. Just... wow. It feels good. And not just because I'm on my third cup of coffee with celebratory ice cream looming on the horizon. I'm just psyched all to hell so you must excuse the erratic behavior of these ending notes. It's about 2:40 on a Friday afternoon, sunny and warm, on July 12, 2002. (Later read over and edited on the same day the whole story edit was complete, July 16.)
You may or may not know "kyrie eleison" translates into "lord have mercy". Interesting, no? And yes, I will admit it. I like the song of the same name. And I own a Mr. Mister CD, not just a burned downloaded MP3 one. So sue me.
No, I wasn't talking to you, Squaresoft!!!
Ahem. Allow me to thank the lovely creatures that made this fiction work, from beginning to end. There are my muses, of course; Squall, Seifer, Link (Legend of Zelda), Vincent, Cloud (against my will), Sephiroth (well duh), Shadow (original character lovely), and Nightshade (my beloved Fender Stratocaster and Bitch Goddess Mistress). I think Kyrie is attempting to enter the Circle of Muses, so... she's not going anywhere.
If you're looking to someone to blame for the major plot... well, blame me. But if you're looking for my inspiration for it, blame FireCeremony. All it took were her words during a single conversation, "Sephiroth and Squall had similar stances at the end of fights". That's it. That was everything. And wham! I took off to write a very interesting squickfic having to do with Squall's and Sephiroth's "connection".
As you can see, it quickly changed. Instead of being a pawn in a disturbing and very blatant short fan fiction piece, Kyrie gained her own voice almost immediately. Strangely, the story became entirely about her. *grin* But... I'm okay with that. In fact, I am very proud of, and very happy with, this story. That's unusual for me. I guess it means it must be "quality", right? It was fun. It was really a blast to write, all the way through. I didn't even mind editing.
Obviously, I have to thank the glory of the fans of this work. I mean, I got some really supportive, kind and gentle comments. (Andariel, you damn well better be happy, girl. *grin*) And everyone who reads this and likes it, thank you! I'm glad you like it! I'm still in shock that I have "fans" at all at this point.
If you liked this story, please check out the sequel, Retribution Nor Redeption.