At 09:18 PM 1/26/99 -0500, Patrick McClanahan wrote:

	Wowsers. Given the almost complete lack of Shirow-inspired
fanfiction out there (an Appleseed xover bit in Undocumented Features
being the only one that comes to mind), I was prepared for this, the first
I've seen on the FFML, to fall short of my hopes.

If I may be allowed a brief moment of supreme ego, which I shall
ruthlessly crush afterwards with the immense powers of my formidable
mind? Well, perhaps not quite a brief moment, but still....

	Fall short of your hopes? Why, you need only look to see who the
author is to know that it's going to be innovative! Pure gold! 24 carat,
bibi!

Okay, there we go. Done with that. This worthless one begs most
humbly for your forgiveness.... ^_^

	'Twas not even remotely so. The innovative (in fanfiction),
engaging format felt completely right. Characters and

I think the biggest hurdle to this story was that of format. It
just didn't work any other way. Well, that and Wicked Tribe. Once
I got Wicked Tribe (remind me to tell you how that came about one
day, if you're interested. I'll put it in the end notes of the
story or something, maybe) and the format, everything just kinda
clicked. As I said though, not the easiest format for me to tell
a story (but it's for Matt, right? Why shouldn't it be easy for
me to use? sorry, sorry, had to say it. Biological imperative, you
understand), but it is the one that works best for this, I think.

settings from both series were effectively used, without the mile-a-minute
character introductions so common to crossovers. And you _gotta_love any
story that starts with a Max Headroom reference.

Henh. I haven't even introduced all the characters yet.... I mean
there's... oh, wait, if I say anything, that'd spoil it, right? ^_^
Well, I haven't put in any Fuchikoma yet, right? and you _know_
I've gotta put them in! :)

	If anything, the plot may have moved a little fast, given how
little time it took for the Knight Sabers and the Wicked Tribe to come

Strangely enough, the plot isn't yet fully developed in the story, as
of yet. More than barely started, but not by much, I would say. As for
time? Well it is being told in chronological (or roughly so) order,
but dates are not given (haven't decided if I want to rectify this or
not), so we can at best estimate how long there's been in between
things.

into contact. I'm hoping the involvement of Genom will complicate things a
bit more in future chapters, which I will be eagerly awaiting.

Be more of Kusanagi, and others from Ghost in the Shell, as well. 
Technologies from both series will continue to come up (thermopto-cam
and Fuchikomas, you betcha!) ^_^



Matthew Lewis is:
	Matt on IRC
	Sojiro_Seta on Kawaiimuck
	maybeso@ican.net
	prone to exaggeration, 150% of the time
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	"Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

	-excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,
		by Salman Rushdie
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