"Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" January 2011 update

The first (1st) month of 2011 has now past but certainly not forgotten. Mainly because of the development of "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" which is great but also because of personal dilemmas which are bad. But then this blog isn't about my personal life (trust me nothing exciting really happens) so enough with the excuses!

Upon inspection I decided to designate all 2011 entries of "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" to a seperate folder so it will be easier to find an entry with a specific date. The previous setup includes the storing of all the entries I had done for "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" in 2009 and 2010. That's 194 entries accourding to the laptop from 2009 to 2010. Bearing this in mind that I am after just the most up to date entry among the 194 entries so I can continue development can be difficault at first when each entry has the same title with a different date. Not that I've ever had any difficaulty with the system but others may well do so with the new folder setup, its easier to find the latest entry and keep the folder easier to navigate and tidier.

As for the development of "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story", I have rewritten and expanded the scenes where Shuyin is trying to find his way through the Bevelle Underground and the scenes unfolding in Zanarkand involving Lenne in the meantime. One thing I do find is when I return to what I've written is how daft and in poor grammer the existing text and dialogue is. When Yu Yevon is adressing the armed forces and residents of Zanarkand after his return from Bevelle with Yunalesca and Shuyin (who doesn't return) for example, the dialogue implies his unsympathetic attitude to the drastic measures the Machina War has resulted in. That's fine for a tyrant which Yu Yevon kind of is but it didn't make much sense when he is trying to encourage and talk "effective strategy" to the disheartened and desperate audiance. With a few tweaks however Yu Yevon expresses a more human and understandable side which is frieghtening but also alluring to the audience making it easier to encourage the audience. Of course it doesn't take long or much for the familar tyrant part of Yu Yevon to terrorise the audience.

There has also been changes and implentation of Yunalesca's actions and dialogue which expresses a much more human personality compared to her father Yu Yevon and the friendship and respect between Yunalesca and Lenne.

There's a few hints of the developments undertaken to take away. With Febuary here, the development of "The Final Chapters" resumes. I'll return to the blog in March so until then, see ya!