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ThraggLootrippa Moodswing King from In front of a laptop in California Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Moodswing King
#14501: Jan 20th 2014 at 12:42:20 AM

I suppose wait to see if the story is continued by Halbarad. If not, maybe request for the notes to be released.

Either option is going to require some patience.

Always late for everything.
CarrieTheTroper Just a nobody. Yep. from South Dakota Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Just a nobody. Yep.
#14502: Jan 20th 2014 at 12:47:52 AM

For one, we give our support to Halbarad, in the continuance of hoping he will pick it up to finish Book 1. After that, I don't know how many books there were intended to be, but either it ends there, or, and I apologize if anyone is offended by this, talk to all the authors who loved it. Ever seen the book series' for Tom Clancy's Endwar or Net Force? Acknowledging who the true author one will never measure up to is, while writing possibly a maintained continuity of works set beyond it.

I seem to recall that someone over on FFN at one point talked to him about the idea of writing something on Kanae and stuff she may have seen, and Brian didn't object, and showed interest in the possibility.

edited 20th Jan '14 3:26:26 AM by CarrieTheTroper

The Clock is Wound, The Future Must Commence! (tm)
Jigaboo pink from atop a hill Since: Jun, 2011
pink
#14503: Jan 20th 2014 at 3:53:37 AM

There are...no words.

I'd only hit him up a few times through email every once in a while, but from what I could tell, he was a nice guy.

This is just...

K:BDH actually kept me company when I was at my lowest, so this is a shock to me. It just feels, empty you know? sad

I did naht.
Filraen That One Boss from New Donk City Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
#14504: Jan 20th 2014 at 5:22:01 AM

Looking at the last pages of this thread it's hard not to be a little sentimental, you know? This thread isn't because of his wholes "career", as to say, as a fanfic writer: this thread is deom K:BDH, just one work. I can only imagine how many people had followed him for so many years beforehand in the soulriders forum or the fanfiction mailing lists he participated a lot of time beforehand.

I... had deceded some time ago not to get to know him personally so much, because I thought I was going to be better fan (with the implicit agreement to give reviews and comments on his works Nanoha-style) than a close friend with the whole internet separation and living in a whole other hemisphere. Now I think I've come to regret that decision.

edited 20th Jan '14 6:21:26 AM by Filraen

Kyon: Big Damn Hero: timeline & trailer
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#14505: Jan 20th 2014 at 5:50:45 AM

I personally regret having been out of touch with him for many months; we used to discuss quite a bit about KBDH over e-mails in a more "co-equal friends" way than a "fan and his favorite story's author" way, even though he agreed with my insistence on avoiding spoilers.

I very much doubt that this is a prank or some way to otherwise drum up attention. I didn't know Brian well, but I do know enough about him to know that he would have found the idea of faking one's death for any reason to be beyond crass.
If it was a prank, it doesn't have to be on Brian's part, or with his knowledge/permission.

edited 20th Jan '14 5:51:54 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Halbarad Since: Sep, 2011
#14506: Jan 20th 2014 at 10:08:25 AM

@Filraen: I will definitely keep you posted on my decision. I'll need to complete a close re-read of the story myself to make sure I have the right characterizations in mind, plus going through the plot notes and PM discussions we'd had about K:BDH to make sure I stick as closely as I can to what he had in mind.

I'll try to keep you all updated at least once a week on what progress has been made or what's currently going on with the story. Bear in mind that I am a -much- slower writer than Brian was.

@Greenmantle: If there is someone by that name on that site, it's not me.

@Carrie The Troper: Only the end of book 1 has been conclusively plotted. Chapter 64 was about 80% completed by Brian; I'll probably get what's there up for C&C and posted in the next couple of weeks. It'll be shorter than most K:BDH chapters are, but regardless of whether I continue the story or not, I'll definitely make sure that what Brian had completed is made available.

There were some vague notes and ideas for where the story would go past that point; those will either be shared when I make the decision not to continue the story or when I've finished writing out book 1, depending on which way that goes. I definitely don't feel I have the skill to write a book 2, however, so I won't be taking on that project.

@Marq FJA and others: I can definitely confirm that this is no prank, and that Brian would have been horrified at the idea of someone doing something like this as a prank.

I can only help one person per day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either.
ThraggLootrippa Moodswing King from In front of a laptop in California Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Moodswing King
#14507: Jan 20th 2014 at 10:35:54 AM

@Halbarad: Either way, thank you very much for even considering to carry this on. A lesser person would just have dropped in lieu of other things.

Always late for everything.
IllyasvielEmiya Illyasviel Emiya from Un-administrated world #137 Since: Sep, 2013
Illyasviel Emiya
#14508: Jan 20th 2014 at 4:21:05 PM

thank you for the confirmation and I Wuv You!

I am not English Native speaker, But that doesn't stop me from writing in English.
Jbstormburst Since: May, 2011
#14509: Jan 20th 2014 at 7:42:54 PM

You know, if it's a thing of skill, I have to wonder if Specular may possibly be interested in working on finishing Book 1. He definitely has one of the best insights to the series, as his omakes have shown, and I know it's been said on this thread that Brian was a fan... Maybe?

CarrieTheTroper Just a nobody. Yep. from South Dakota Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Just a nobody. Yep.
#14510: Jan 20th 2014 at 11:07:50 PM

@Halbarad:

Under the suggestion I made, you wouldn't have to, was the thought. I'll just be glad if you decide to finish 1.

It's not reasonable to expect any fanfic author to write a fanfic that extensive ever again, really.

The Clock is Wound, The Future Must Commence! (tm)
Filraen That One Boss from New Donk City Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
#14511: Jan 21st 2014 at 6:49:44 AM

@Halbarad: My point is, as much as I'd like to have K:BDH continued as the others here, it's your decision alone to continue it or not and I won't push for it. And really, did you really expect any other answer from here of all places in the Internet?

*Not sure if useful or not, but points to self-made fan timeline link in signature*

edited 21st Jan '14 6:51:50 AM by Filraen

Kyon: Big Damn Hero: timeline & trailer
helltamirre Bald of Evil Since: Feb, 2011
Bald of Evil
#14512: Jan 21st 2014 at 12:09:45 PM

Damn. I was kind of sad with RSS feed being silent for such a long time. But going through boot camp and pre-mission training and all with lack of time and crappy internet connection didn't visit the Durandals site for almost a year. And now this. Shame. Stupid... Stupid.

Planning World Domination
Agasa Since: Jan, 2011
#14513: Jan 21st 2014 at 5:32:20 PM

Oh God no no no no. I never could properly mend our quarrel, some stupid thing i don't even remember anymore that caused me to be banned from the chat and eventually stop following K:BDH updates closely. I never said him a proper friendly goodbye. I don't know what to do now.

Eamil from Somewhere over there. Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
shanejayell Since: Jun, 2011
#14516: Jan 23rd 2014 at 12:53:15 PM

And wow is the TV Tropes pages quiet today. Or at least the ones I follow.

On one hand I'm tempted to do a 'BDH' homage, but on the other....

Eamil from Somewhere over there. Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#14517: Jan 23rd 2014 at 5:53:28 PM

I vaguely remember seeing at least one troper page that was preserved as a memorial. I wonder who to ask about doing that for Durandall.

Or maybe I'm thinking of a different site that did that.

edited 23rd Jan '14 6:01:01 PM by Eamil

IllyasvielEmiya Illyasviel Emiya from Un-administrated world #137 Since: Sep, 2013
Illyasviel Emiya
#14518: Jan 23rd 2014 at 6:32:24 PM

It sad that he(she?) only have memorial in internet.

The nice thing, he(She?) have one memorial in each of our hearts. K:BDH just that awesome. I wonder if I can following the "Step By Step to build a harem for your boyfriend" in there.

I am not English Native speaker, But that doesn't stop me from writing in English.
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#14519: Jan 24th 2014 at 12:00:26 AM

[up][up] No, we do have at least on troper page in the manner that you described; I've seen it.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
helltamirre Bald of Evil Since: Feb, 2011
Bald of Evil
#14520: Jan 24th 2014 at 3:43:08 PM

OK, this will be a morbid question, but how did he... If not exactly, at least, did he suffer?

Planning World Domination
Agasa Since: Jan, 2011
#14521: Jan 25th 2014 at 3:48:41 AM

...is that really a question to ask? Seriously, man. Either way, Durandall was a smart guy and nobody likes to suffer, so i like to think he didn't. Nobody mentioned it, nobody wants to think about it.

I wanted to tell you guys something i thought and said to the VN group a few days ago.

We might try to finish the VN, the development of which basically ground to an halt a long while ago because of reasons, and we one by one quit working on it, in my case my clash with the Author certainly had weight.

I feel like we owe it to him, and i always felt that His works deserved much more than what they got. It's a shame that, being fanfiction, he couldn't publish them properly - i always felt he deserved the notoriety, especially for his Haruhi works.

I felt they deserved to be known, and now that He can't write anymore, it's _our_ responsibility to make it happen, because if we don't, i feel like they'll gather dust and it'll not be long before they're forgotten together with him (of course not by close friends, but you get my gist), and i can't let that happen. They're a gift he gave to everyone, it'd be awful to let it rot.

edited 25th Jan '14 10:02:49 AM by Agasa

Filraen That One Boss from New Donk City Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
#14522: Jan 25th 2014 at 6:34:34 AM

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Let's do it.

edited 25th Jan '14 6:51:17 AM by Filraen

Kyon: Big Damn Hero: timeline & trailer
Zfish9 from the Tropics of Antartica Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
#14523: Jan 25th 2014 at 11:26:52 AM

[up][up] Finishing the VN is the least we could do. I should have plenty of time to work on it this semester too, I have about a 5 hour gap between two Monday classes where I'll be doing almost nothing.

HarryBCDresden Since: Jan, 2012
#14524: Jan 25th 2014 at 2:41:45 PM

If there's anything I can do to contribute, please let me know.

Zfish9 from the Tropics of Antartica Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
#14525: Jan 25th 2014 at 3:59:16 PM

Right now we need the script edited and more sprites.

The scripting uses Ren'py, and it boils down to "Show Kyon Sigh6 at Center" or something similar most of the time.

As for sprites, Agasa is doing most of the work on sprites, and there's a list somewhere of what sprites we still need.

Come chat with us in the #bdh-vn channel at irc.lunarnet.org and we'll find out what you can do to help.

edited 25th Jan '14 3:59:45 PM by Zfish9


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