I don't usually say much, but as I enjoy this story, I'll chime in. Writing can be a huge pain in the ass. For first hand experience, I can tell you,, even though 10k words isn't really all *that* much from a readers perspective, it takes a hell a long time to put out. Even getting it done in a single day, it takes hours and hours, and most of the time you have to sacrifice quality for that kind of pace. Which means more time wasted on editing and revision. That kind of thing is also draining as hell.
Seriously, I once did 10-12k Words a day for three days straight. It drained me so much I've barely written a word for that fic in years. Much better to write when the motivation, enthusiasm and energy hits you. Tends to lead to more quality and longer, more sustainable bursts of writing. Granted, creating a habit of writing at least 1k or so words a day is also good. It keeps you sharp and is a good way to keep motivation up even
if it is a bit of a slog some days. And it's nice to look back at yesterday and know you got something done
With
that out of the way, I'll say this.
@KishouTheBadger, this fic is pretty damn good. Near amazing, even. Shirou actually seems in character for once, and the blending of the two universes is done quite well. It manages to keep the feel of Type-Moon with it's moments of epicness and sometimes clinically depressing nature, while maintaining the relatively more lighthearted aspects of Persona 4. Both settings are kind of a crapsack world, but they blend together nicely enough that there's a general feeling of hope and brevity.
That said, I'm a bit ambivalent on the pacing itself. We're 32 updates in and I doubt we've even hit the half way mark for the Persona side of things. Forgive me a bit if this had been brought up and answered before, but do you actually plan to go into the 4th Holy Grail War in this fic, or do it as a possible sequel/part 2? You are obviously covering a lot of your bases and going over aspects from the game and trying to include as much as you can to stay true to the series, but sometimes I feel it gets bogged down in some unnecessary scenes or detail. The focus is very much on the Persona/Shin Megami Tensei side of things for the most part.
Granted, it's been awhile since I read through the whole fic at once, so maybe the pacing won't seem as apparent to me as it does on a chapter to chapter basis. It just seems that very little actually happens in each chapter to advance the plot and was very apparent in this last chapter.
