
By the same author as Grand Line 3.5
24th Feb 2016, 1:17 AM
Probably the best way to handle it. Honestly, you might need to do something similar for any of the ones where you can. Especially as the backstories start to blur together after a while. The first time, it is "Ack! Right in the feels!" but the 21st time it is like "Yeah... you broke the feels button about five arcs ago." |
24th Feb 2016, 5:51 AM
Zoros one will be pretty relevant, but can be compressed to a minimum(i.e. yes, this is tashigi in my backstory). For others, Brook probably deserved a couple of strips, maybe like Sanji. |
24th Feb 2016, 11:36 AM
Perhaps... |
25th Feb 2016, 8:36 PM
Yeah. I don't think I got too emotionally invested in the back stories to begin with. There were some parts here and there that I thought were pretty good, but personally, the only part of One Piece that really moved me was the part where |
25th Feb 2016, 8:44 PM"yes"
that was the only time a tv show/movie has made me literally cry... it was so sad! and like, i had never even really THOUGHT of the going merry as a character or anything. |
26th Feb 2016, 1:12 AM"Ikr"
When a piece of fiction makes you cry over anything, it's often a sign of good storytelling. When One Piece makes you cry over a boat, you know they're doing something right. |
9th Nov 2017, 12:18 PM
I don't know for the "feel" part, sure at some point you don't get it as much, but i still think backstory can be interesting, or even important storytelling-wise. |
24th Feb 2016, 1:30 AM
Nami's backstory is probably comparable to the backstory'o'doom of Old Man Henderson, anyway. Long enough that no one in their right mind could bear constant exposure. |
24th Feb 2016, 7:56 AM
What's the most emotionally compelling backstory you've ever wrote for a character? |
24th Feb 2016, 10:27 AM"engaged runaway"
Had the son of some nobles run away from home because they arranged a marriage for without asking to some girl he never met or didn't like (it's been a while). Not quite bad with a bow and arrow he took up hunting to sustain himself, donned the false name Wolf to evade the people sent to retrieve him (nobles got to keep face) and set out to find true love and get married on his own without ever speaking his name or alluding to his heritage so that his parents can't wed him off no more and he could return home safely. Much shenanigans could have happened had I ever got to run him in an adventure. I might still use him in the future though. |
24th Feb 2016, 5:18 PM
Nami's story is good, but it pales in comparison to Luffy. |
24th Feb 2016, 7:38 PM"beating the dead horse"
You just described the plots of Arthur: Field of Dreams and Lethal Weapon 2. |
23rd Aug 2016, 12:35 PM""Tragic backstory TM""
Many of my characters have an element of sad to them, but the one that made one of my friend think "HUG THE POOR GIT" was this seventeen year old teen who could shoot with crazy accuracy and had a cursed ring, which gave him the power to turn into a dragon and some other stuff, like the ability to shoot magical bullets, in return for feeling absolute fear and terror at anything and everything depending on how long he used them. |
9th Nov 2017, 12:25 PM
This is a good way to handle the flashack, especially those who can't really be played for laugh. also a good way to save some time. because there's a LOT to adapt. |
DragonTrainer
23rd Feb 2016, 11:42 PM
There is NO WAY I'm going to be able to do justice to Nami's backstory, so I'm not even going to try. >_>
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