I know I used to be on here quite often; back in the days when I spent months writing several whole novels based around Yoshi-san and his Manjitou of chivalrous Robin Hood thieves! ^-^
I've recently sorted out serious issues in my personal life, which had held me back in the past. A regret of mine is how withdrawn I had become when I was younger, and heck, even in more recent years, due to the dysfunctional domestics at home. I made a move, albeit temporary, still a move; to a new home, with the few good family members I have.
Slowly but steadily I've been finding my old inspiration coming back, in all areas of my life, and I've been doing a lot of soul searching as well. The situation I had to grow up with left deep scars on my soul; the ones on my body have healed, but tis the deep-rooted psychological scars on a soul that takes a longer time to heal. Coping, that's what gets me by.
I deeply miss the good old days on here . . . Seems I've missed a lot, and all is quiet now. :'(
Yoshimitsu is still a great source of inspiration for me, although I regretfully admit that I had strayed from Yoshi-san in the past few years, having tried out other things which didn't work out for me. I went through a phase of trying to be more. . . girly or something, in a weird misguided attempt to 'fit in' with others, because I thought I had to — I just can't.
I'm a misfit, a tomboy, and all-around bohemian! I can't help who I am, and even if nobody accepts me, that's okay. It took a long time, but most importantly I've learnt to accept myself, in spite of society's cruel judgements. The judgements of a parent still weigh heavy on my heart, however, but that's a different tale all together.
Oh right, Yoshimitsu! ^^;
Well, after reading over everything I had written the Summer of 2009, I'm pretty surprised I was ever a writer, honestly. I mean, I was actually okay. I haven't had the courage to try my hand at writing the past several years, so I'm very rusty, but there's now talk about carrying over my old Manjitou stories into my art team's original Dark Fantasy graphic novel.
We're hoping to get said graphic novel published on-line as a webcomic. This project has been around since the early 2000s, and was put on hiatus during our struggles in our personal lives. My art team consists of my brothers and me. Sometimes our childhood best friend writes with us.
For you curious cats: Yes, Yoshimitsu did inspire a Robin Hood character in our story, as well! :3
My brothers and I used to be heavily influenced by playing Soul Calibur during our teens. Now it's all about Tekken! Hehehe. ^-^ ❤ I'm still suffering from severe heartbreak over Yoshimitsu the First's necessary death in SCV's timeline, though. . . ;_;
In honour of SCV, I wrote a brief follow-up conclusion as to what happened to my OC who featured in many of the Manjitou stories. She was Yoshimitsu's young assistant, and, like Setsuka, was a stranger raised in a strange land. I rarely ever shared my writings with others, however, due to my shyness. I will tell you that with age I've become a bit bolder, and so her conclusion was having a daughter with Yoshimitsu the First, during the gap between SCIV and SCV. I never actually wrote the two together as a pairing, but it was clear from reading over notes and their kindred spirit bond with one another, that it was a possibility, so I decided to go for it in the end after all these years. ❤
Anyhow, I was more likely to share the occasional snippet of art here and there, however, all's been lost over the years, regarding the interwebs that is. I still, thankfully, have all my stories and art on an old flash drive. I might share some of the fan art I had, but the fan novels are staying tucked away for rewrites in our own world. ^.~ . . . Which remains a challenge in itself since the SC world and our graphic novel's worlds are so different. . . sigh u.u;
Well, if you've read this far, I thank thee well! ^-^ And if you actually remember me, I'm stunned! I especially had a great respect and memories of Tenshimitsu, SumSamurai, JemBru, and a few others I forgot the screennames of {sorry! I think you guys were several Yoshimitsus though! ^^;;}
All the best. ❤
Pris
This post was edited by Tenshimitsu (2015-08-22 17:53, 5 years ago)