Oh, wow, is it over already? Let's look back at my original goals for my Final Fantasy VIII fansite and see how I did.
- I'm planning to archive the genuinely terrible unfinished Final Fantasy VIII comic I drew in my teens.
I definitely didn't make much progress on this, but I did at least get started! The first two pages of the comic are now up on the site.
It's a real struggle to find the motivation to work on this; it's so embarrassing, and getting it ready to post requires so much work! But, now that I've made a start, hopefully it'll be easier to carry on.
- I've got assorted Final Fantasy VIII commentfic scraps floating around that I'm not sure what to do with; maybe I'll pull all of those together and think about whether it's worth creating a page for them.
I'll be honest: I completely forgot I was planning to do this. I'd still like to at some point!
- I recently started adding small sections for other Final Fantasy and FF-adjacent games. I've got pages up for Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XVI, so I'll see if I can make progress on adding some more this month.
I did make some progress here! I've added pages for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XV, with a separate page for my FFXV fanfiction. (I framed it as Gladio explaining what the fics are, which means the page ultimately omits a lot of information that might be useful - he's not going to specify things like wordcount, after all - but it was pretty fun to write.)
I also ended up making a few additions that weren't in my original goals:
- a directory, in case people are looking for something specific and don't want to engage with the choose-your-own-adventure site navigation style.
- a Garden Square page; it currently just holds my thoughts on popular fan theories, but it could be a fun format for talking about other contentious fandom issues.
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- I'm planning to archive the genuinely terrible unfinished Final Fantasy VIII comic I drew in my teens.
I definitely didn't make much progress on this, but I did at least get started! The first two pages of the comic are now up on the site.
It's a real struggle to find the motivation to work on this; it's so embarrassing, and getting it ready to post requires so much work! But, now that I've made a start, hopefully it'll be easier to carry on.
- I've got assorted Final Fantasy VIII commentfic scraps floating around that I'm not sure what to do with; maybe I'll pull all of those together and think about whether it's worth creating a page for them.
I'll be honest: I completely forgot I was planning to do this. I'd still like to at some point!
- I recently started adding small sections for other Final Fantasy and FF-adjacent games. I've got pages up for Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XVI, so I'll see if I can make progress on adding some more this month.
I did make some progress here! I've added pages for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XV, with a separate page for my FFXV fanfiction. (I framed it as Gladio explaining what the fics are, which means the page ultimately omits a lot of information that might be useful - he's not going to specify things like wordcount, after all - but it was pretty fun to write.)
I also ended up making a few additions that weren't in my original goals:
- a directory, in case people are looking for something specific and don't want to engage with the choose-your-own-adventure site navigation style.
- a Garden Square page; it currently just holds my thoughts on popular fan theories, but it could be a fun format for talking about other contentious fandom issues.
- a page about the many times I got lost or stuck while playing Final Fantasy VIII.
This has been a really fun event! Thank you so much for hosting it.