History SoYouWantTo / WriteTheNextX1999

If ever you want to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] your group, you must break it down to its components. There may be TheHero, TheLancer, TheBigGuy, TheSmartGuy and TheChick to one of your [[{{FiveManBand}} Five Man Bands]] of a group, but why don't you subvert it, by having a GeniusBruiser for TheBigGuy, and TheSmartGuy only knowing things?

TheChick

Often, the best thing to do to make your story come alive by beginning with a question. That way, you can set up your various [[{{Aesops}} morals]] and keys to discovering the themes of your story that even questioning something becomes part of the character, to the point of even questioning reality by what the character is doing for the apocalypse.

Any weapon is fine, as long as its usable and is relevant to the plot. Take a look at X's Shinken. It is heavily used in the conflicts and is notable amongst the major characters. Any prop is fine, just as long as its not too elaborate, nor too simple. And its ''gotta'' suit the character's personality.

The bare-bones idea of ''X'' is a war centered around a coming apocalypse, between two groups. Often, battles between the groups are held in a remote location which humans have not noticed, or have been talking about for the past few months, like X's Kekkai. Some of these battles may involve FightingYourFriend, or fighting your current lover, the romance being implied through either HoYay, LesYay, or if your couple is on opposing sides of the war, FoeYay.

This page is dedicated to the methods of writing the next ''{{X1999}}''. And if you want to do a story like it, just look it up here!

In X's case, those battles involve one group wanting to save the Earth by [[{{ApocalypseHow}} Human Dieback]], and another wanting to [[MessianicArchetype save humanity]].

But later, the a member of the three groups joins one of the two pre-existing groups composed of [[{{FiveManBand}} Five Man Bands]] as a SixthRanger, and another does the same. The third is usually staying in her post, or is dead.

Now for the ending, X's story hasn't been resolved yet due to [[{{OrphanedSeries}} a hiatus]]. Suitable options are to have the characters [[{{EarnYourHappyEnding}} earn their happy ending]], and/or supply a BittersweetEnding.

* The Groups: Who is fighting for the war? How did they come together? Did they have something in common, or were they all victims of fate as [[{{YouCantFightFate}} destiny is unavoidable?]] If you want to subvert this, the same Troper would recommend having one person who deviates ''heavily'' from his/her group.
* The Motivation: Why are those people fighting for what they believe in? Could it be because of fate just like why they joined the groups? Don't they have a choice? Did they join the Conflict just because they were [[{{BoisterousBruiser}} Boisterous]] [[{{BloodKnight}} BloodKnights]] who like to fight every once in a while?

In X's case, those battles involve one group wanting to save the Earth by [[{{ApocalypseHow}} Human Dieback]], and another wanting to [[{{TheMessiah}} save humanity]].

If you want to do your apocalypse CLAMP-style, then you gotta focus on people sexier and way more beautiful than you are. Even better than that pretty girl in your school. Because they must be TheBeautifulElite, who will [[{{SheCleansUpNicely}} clean up even nicer than that girl.]] And {{Bishonen}} and {{Bishojo}} are a must, especially if the people participating in the conflict are akin to a harem--but they must be mixed when it comes to groupings.

In X's case, those battles involves one group wanting to save the Earth by [[{{ApocalypseHow}} Human Dieback]], and another wanting to [[{{TheMessiah}} save humanity]].

If you want to do your apocalypse CLAMP-style, then you gotta focus on people sexier and way more beautiful than you are. Even better than that pretty girl in your school. Because they must be TheBeautifulElite, who will [[{{SheCleansUpNicely}} clean up even nicer than that girl.]] And [[{{Bishonen}} Bishonen]] and [[{{Bishojo}} Bishojo]] are a must, especially if the people participating in the conflict are akin to a harem--but they must be mixed when it comes to groupings.

If you want to do your apocalypse CLAMP-style, then you gotta focus on people sexier and way more beautiful than you are. Even better than that pretty girl in your school. Because they must be TheBeautifulPeople, who will [[{{SheCleansUpNicely}} clean up even nicer than that girl.]] And [[{{Bishonen}} Bishonen]] and [[{{Bishojo}} Bishojo]] are a must, especially if the people participating in the conflict are akin to a harem--but they must be mixed when it comes to groupings.

* [[{{EPIC}} This Troper]] would recommend having the first and second episodes be told as the same episode, yet from different perspectives. But it has to be accurate, so you'll have to copy and paste parts of the first episode to retell the second episode, but make sure the second episode ends on a very different note, because that chapter is basically a PerspectiveFlip.

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* ApocalypseHow: How will the the apocalypse come about? Will one side save Earth, another destroy it? [[{{EPIC}} This Troper]] recommends you subvert the sides of the Conflict, just to make it even more original by adding a flaw to each of the groups. For example, if one were to recreate Earth, how would they do it?

If an apocalypse tells the death of an Earth, then its recommended that if you want to do an apocalypse X1999-style, it should be based in the real world where buildings of that certain region hold the world together. Better if TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse due to it being based off a certain anime series, or if TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt takes place in a slightly noir-ized BigApplesauce, as they are both large and urbanized areas.

Any weapon is fine, as long as its usable and is relevant to the plot. Take a look at X's Shinken. Both are heavily used in the conflicts and they are notable amongst the major characters. Any prop is fine, just as long as its not too elaborate, nor too simple. And its ''gotta'' suit the character's personality.

X1999 (the anime, really) and TroperWorks/KIKEN, duh! XD

Any weapon is fine, as long as its usable and is relevant to the plot. Take a look at X's Shinken or KIKEN's Hubspacer Equipment. Both are heavily used in the conflicts and they are notable amongst the major characters. Any prop is fine, just as long as its not too elaborate, nor too simple. And its ''gotta'' suit the character's personality.

But if you really want to ''be'' like KIKEN, your groups must personify the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. One group must think that HumansAreGood, and that the world can always be a better place, while another believes that FreudWasRight, and that the world is the ''worst place to live in,'' ''[[{{JustAddBitch}} bitch!]]''

* The Motivation: Why are those people fighting for what they believe in? Could it be because of fate just like why they joined the groups? Do they haven't a choice? Did they join the Conflict just because they were [[{{BoisterousBruiser}} Boisterous]] [[{{BloodKnight}} BloodKnights]] who like to fight every once in a while?

If you want to be a SpiritualSuccessor to KIKEN, however, you can't just question things, you need to [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Lampshade]] the name of the story's chapter, not just for comic effect, but to have the audience say--
-->'''Audience''': OMGLOOK! He just realized what's really happening by just saying the title of the thing I'm reading!
Well it may not be as straightforward as ''that'', probably. But you get the idea. ''I hope.''

* The Groups: Who is fighting for the war? How did they come together? Did they have something in common, or were they all victims of fate as [[{{YouCantFightFate}} destiny is unaviodable?]] If you want to subvert this, the same Troper would recommend having one person who deviates ''heavily'' from his/her group.

No one wants to see an apocalypse that's too sudden, right? Doesn't the fate of the apocalypse have a history? It cannot be abrupt and sudden, but it cannot be too gradual too. And people don't want groups who just keep fighting. Aren't there reasons as to why they fight? And no one wants to see a direct alternate retelling of X or KIKEN. '''Because there must be deviations. Which are heavy.'''

But later, the a member of the three groups joins one of the two pre-existing groups composed of [[{{FiveManBand}} Five Man Bands]] as a SixthRanger, and another does the same. The third is usually staying in her post, or is dead. But KIKEN deviates as [[spoiler:''four'' new members join each team]].

Now for the ending, X's story hasn't been resolved yet due to [[{{OrphanedSeries}} a hiatus]], while KIKEN has its characters [[{{EarnYourHappyEnding}} earn their happy ending]]. A lot better if in ends in a [[{{BittersweetEnding}} bitter, yet sweet way.]]

As you are making a SpiritualSuccessor, to be a SpiritualSuccessor of KIKEN, you must deviate from the source material. In many ways.

Then again, there are people who want to stop the war and create a group of their own. Therefore, these now ''three'' groups now form the complete war, which in X's case, is the End Of The World, or in KIKEN's case, is the Conflict of Tin and Brass.

In KIKEN's case, it involves a group of revolutionaries and cynicals erasing the world to create a new and better world, while a group of reformists and idealists reforming the world to make it better. [[{{SlidingScaleLongName}} Sounds familiar, huh!?]]

The things that X and KIKEN have in common is that it is a war centered around a coming apocalypse, between two groups. Often, battles between the groups are held in a remote location which humans have not noticed, or have been talking about for the past few months, like X's Kekkai or KIKEN's Hubspace PlayerVersusPlayer areas. Some of these battles may involve FightingYourFriend, or fighting your current lover, the romance being implied through either HoYay, LesYay, or if your couple is on opposing sides of the war, FoeYay.

This page is dedicated to the methods of writing the next [[{{X1999}} X1999]] or the next [[{{TroperWorks/KIKEN}} KIKEN]]. And if you want to do a story like those two, just look it up here!

Just so you know, KIKEN is the SpiritualSuccessor to X.