Thank goodness, I say.

Historical Re-release: The OFU of Rekka no Ken! by doctorlit on 2014-07-03 02:14:00 UTC Reply

I don't even specifically remember what led me to finding this (the mini project, obviously, but I can't recall how I even learned of this other OFU with mini-dragons to begin with, but whatever). Anyway, I discovered the existence of the very specific OFU for specifically only the seventh Fire Emblem game, aka the first member of the series released outside of Asia. Unfortunately, the original story got admin-hammered off the Pit, but fortunately, the author, Vyctori had posted drafts of some chapters in a discussion board, which is still around. Since there were so many guest appearances between OFURNK and Echo Kazul's PPC stories, I decided to compile all the surviving fragments into a single page.

http://ppcofuarchive.dreamwidth.org/318.html

As you can see, I've made a Dreamwidth account dedicated specifically to this old stuff I find. Some of you on the Wiki and Chat may have noticed I've been trying to dig through old stuff lately and save copies of some of the PPC stuff on less-than-stable-looking sites (and later decided to do OFUs as well, as my mini project taught me that they're sometimes critical for mini info).

My current plan is to compile a giant backup file of the entire PPC/OFU canon and share it around the community. As stuff disappears from their original homes on the web, I'll upload them here, so we still have links available. ~~But it's totally not a ripoff of Nesh's Lost Tales, I swear I'm not muscling in on your territory or anything!~~

The other thing I have to share today is a spin-off, of sorts, from OFURNK: the OMDURNK, or "Official Mini-Dragon University of Rekka no Ken," created when a student misspelled her own school's name and created a whole 'nother one. This one has only one chapter surviving, but I guess that's better than nothing?

http://ppcofuarchive.dreamwidth.org/722.html

I know Fire Emblem isn't a big fandom roundabouts, but I would appreciate some feedback just on the legibility and organization of the site itself so I know if the presentation needs any work.

Man, seriously, why did it have to be another mini-dragon? If anyone makes dragons a new mini type again, I might pretend refuse to archive their spin-off, or something, even though my completionist tendencies would never allow me to go through with that.

Thank goodness, I say. by Neshomeh on 2014-07-03 21:11:00 UTC Reply

Have you noticed all the link-fixing Rotlink is doing on the wiki lately? I can't keep up with all of that, and these things are time-sensitive! When it comes to backups, redundancy is a good thing. {= D Though, if you wanted to maybe focus more on non-missiony things ~~which I might have a hard time fitting into The Lost Tales~~, I've got some files I can copy you...?

I haven't read the OFU things yet, because I'm coincidentally neck-deep in some Lost Tales work, the exact nature of which I'm keeping secret for now because I'm hoping to blow a few minds. As for the site itself, it's hard to comment, since it's a journal. It's legible enough, though a bit drab. Maybe some color in the links would help? I'm pretty sure you can customize stuff like that with Dreamwidth. I worry that you might find yourself somewhat restricted with how you can organize things and provide navigation, but tags should prove useful. (Note to self, improve TLT's navigation.) One thing, though: Use cuts. It can get really hard to navigate a journal-thing if every long post appears at its full length in the queue. Plus, if anyone decides to follow the journal, they won't want to have huge posts taking up their entire reading page.

BTW, PPC Historians Club? You, me, hS, Calista if she's around, anyone else who feels like helping? We can have leather chairs and fancy jackets and sit around sipping tea while looking at old stuff and periodically going "Fascinating!" *g*

~Neshomeh

Thanks for the support! by doctorlit on 2014-07-04 04:45:00 UTC Reply

And yes, yes, yes, please, if there's anything you don't want to host on your site, feel free to send it on over! OFURNK (man, I love pronouncing that) is actually the first non-PPC thing I've saved, so there's lots of room for more. I can't wait to see what you're working on, either!

Hooray for Rotlink! (What an ironic name, being that they're saving stories from death.) I'm especially glad they found Keily's stuff; I felt bad about not saving that. I wish I had more free time (said the guy who can pay all his bills) so I could keep with Rot. Good work, if you're reading this, Rot!

As for the site, well. I'm never going to be able to have a true and proper site the way you do. I just don't have the technical skills to actually, legitimately code entire pages that way, so I'm stuck using things like Dreamwidth or the wiki. I could play with the color a bit, though I spent some time already picking out this theme. I just want it to be readable. (I'm beginning to hate the bluish-white words on blue background of my main site, and will probably change that soon, too.) And I'll fix the problem of navigation soon enough--oh, hey, noisy dust storm outside--by making one of those "dated fifty years in the future" posts with a master list of everything I've got there. That way, no one will really need to navigate around, and I don't have to learn how to make journal cuts. (I'm not really anticipating people clicking around the site itself; I just want to be able to link things from the wiki, as well as to just have the stories be SOMEWHERE.)

Yes, Historians Club! It will be like the Diogenes Club, but with better social skills! (Marginally: I will be present.)

. . . Man, this is a really loud dust storm. That means there's going to be branches down all over at the zoo tomorrow, and kids are going to be grabbing them and poking them into cages. Grr! Stupid Arizona weather.

Cool! by eatpraylove on 2014-07-03 18:45:00 UTC Reply

Let us know if you find any other old PPC stuff, kay? Our history is important.