04-06-2006, 05:03 PM
There are functionally two endings I have planned for the series. One being set a few dozen chapters from now, the other being one that can be placed at any time before then in case I decide to wrap things up before then.
Sorry if having Daisuke 'growing up wrong' rubbed you wrong. However, having the results of his wanton actions thrown harshly into his face will in some ways mature in, yet make him take a step back take a new look at his life. It's the sort of thing that life can do to anyone, where a few minutes of 'stupidity' can lead to a life time of regret. And it was something I wanted to address in RDD from the beginning: that romances aren't just flowers, poems, and hot ruanchy sex, not to mention that they rarely end happily ever after. 'Real life' isn't easy, and I had no intention of pulling my punches in this story. Cassanova was plotted out before I even got around to writing about Hikari becoming pregnant. And I'll warn you right now: more pregnancies will happen, sexual diseases will be discovered amongst the Chosen, someone will have a miscarriage, and at least one couple will permenantly break up.
RDD was always meant to address real world problems, which may in fact be the root of the 'OOCness' of the series. Even taking away the dumb jokes the dub added in and lightened tone, Digimon had an unreality to it, that little kids can fight and kill for a better tomorrow without developing mental problems. That and I use Japanese canon and characterization, not the dub's warped version of it, so some discrepancies occur there as well.
Sorry if having Daisuke 'growing up wrong' rubbed you wrong. However, having the results of his wanton actions thrown harshly into his face will in some ways mature in, yet make him take a step back take a new look at his life. It's the sort of thing that life can do to anyone, where a few minutes of 'stupidity' can lead to a life time of regret. And it was something I wanted to address in RDD from the beginning: that romances aren't just flowers, poems, and hot ruanchy sex, not to mention that they rarely end happily ever after. 'Real life' isn't easy, and I had no intention of pulling my punches in this story. Cassanova was plotted out before I even got around to writing about Hikari becoming pregnant. And I'll warn you right now: more pregnancies will happen, sexual diseases will be discovered amongst the Chosen, someone will have a miscarriage, and at least one couple will permenantly break up.
RDD was always meant to address real world problems, which may in fact be the root of the 'OOCness' of the series. Even taking away the dumb jokes the dub added in and lightened tone, Digimon had an unreality to it, that little kids can fight and kill for a better tomorrow without developing mental problems. That and I use Japanese canon and characterization, not the dub's warped version of it, so some discrepancies occur there as well.