Phantom Destiny

Well, I've finished my latest literary masterpiece, Phantom Destiny. It's the story of the love between Link and Saria from Ocarina of Time, and how the fact that they are separate species may bring them apart or closer than they ever were before. Apparently I've touched quite a few people's hearts already. I hate to toot my own horn, but I highly recommend it if you want a good short story to read (short as in three chapters). You can read it here: [link]

Unfortunately, I suppose I did too good of a job. It was everything I've ever wanted to write: dark, deep, romantic, psychological, epic, and magical. The very things that make me obsess about stories. All day I've been thinking about the story...and nothing else. I tried to start writing a sequel (as was requested), but I got Writer's Block. Everything else I try to do just doesn't seem right. Whenever I hold my tablet pen, all I want to draw is the final scene from my story, and whenever I think about writing I can't come up with anything to write about because every idea I come up with is vastly inferior to Phantom Destiny. I can't draw, I can't write, I can't even browse the internet because I just find myself wandering onto my Fan-Fiction account and start reading my own story. I've read the final chapter probably three times now. The best I can do is play Phoenix Wright... But that can't last forever, because I'll get the urge to draw, hop over to my tablet, and then realize there's nothing TO draw. Sure, there's the aforementioned scene...except of all characters to suck at drawing, I can't draw Link nor Saria. In fact, the main reason I'm writing this journal is to stem my obsession into something.

I made a list of the "soundtrack" for Phantom Destiny; the music of which I listened to while writing various parts, which in turn is the music I'd best picture during whatever sequence without composing my own. Here's what the soundtrack would be:

TRACK # \ MY TITLE \ REAL TITLE \ SOURCE ALBUM \ COMPOSER

1 ~ Temple of Forest \ Ancient Castle of Ikana \ Majora's Mask Re-Orchestrated \ Koji Kondo (arr. ZREO)
2 ~ My Past/Saria \ Japan 3 \ Tomb Raider Legend Soundtrack \ Troels B. Folmann
3 ~ The Art Gallery \ Ghana 2 \ Tomb Raider Legend Soundtrack \ Troels B. Folmann
4 ~ Candelabra \ Fighting Waka \ Okami OST \ Hiroshi Yamaguchi
5 ~ Phantom Horseman \ Struggle Away \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories OST \ Yoko Shimomura
6 ~ Rally of Oblivion \ Forze del Male \ Kingdom Hearts OST \ Yoko Shimomura
7 ~ Puppet \ Face It! \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories OST \ Yoko Shimomura
8 ~ Arbren's Theme \ Rising Tower \ Professor Layton and the Curious Village OST \ Tomohito Nishiura
9 ~ Painted Joy \ Reinhold Manor \ Professor Layton and the Curious Village OST \ Tomohito Nishiura
10 ~ Together Again \ Heroes \ Bowie and Eno Meet Glass: Heroes \ David Bowie (arr. Philip Glass)
11 ~ The New Guardian \ Just Wondering \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories OST \ Yoko Shimomura
12 ~ Deku Tree Sprout \ Temple of Time \ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess \ Koji Kondo
13 ~ Midnight Stroll \ The Catwalk \ Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Video Game \ Jeremy Soule
14 ~ The Sisters Twinrova \ Procession of the Cats \ The Cat Returns OST \ Yuji Nomi
15 ~ Childhood Memories \ Subterraneans \ Bowie and Eno Meet Glass: Low \ David Bowie (arr. Philip Glass)
16 ~ The Forest Maze \ Ghana 6 \ Tomb Raider Legend Soundtrack \ Troels B. Folmann
17 ~ Adulthood Again \ Light and Shadow \ Tales from Earthsea OST \ Tamiya Terashima
18 ~ Moblin Graveyard \ Stone Tower Temple (Upside-Down) \ Majora's Mask OST \ Koji Kondo
19 ~ Betrayal \ Sense of Doubt \ Bowie and Eno Meet Glass: Heroes \ David Bowie (arr. Philip Glass)
20 ~ Minuet of Forest \ Waltz Katzen Blut \ The Cat Returns OST \ Yuji Nomi
21 ~ I'll Return \ Welcome to the Cat Bureau \ The Cat Returns OST \ Yuji Nomi

You may have noticed that none of the songs you'd think would be there are present. Ocarina of Time's music just didn't fit the story. You may also notice the totally epic organ music from when you fight Riku in Kingdom Hearts (Forze del Male). All boss battles should be novelized while listening to that. It's probably the most epic song out there. A lot of these are video game songs, which are pretty hard to visualize if you haven't played the game or heard the soundtrack, but you can rest assure that they are almost all ominous, foreboding songs without any words. Soundtracks shouldn't have songs with words in them.

Europe

Tuesday is when I catch my flight to England to visit my Dad. I'm pretty excited. I'd love to say more, but as you may have noticed already I can't think about anything but a certain story. Oh, and Vera Misham.

I do hope I can see Ponyo on the Cliff before we go to South Africa in August!