This page was hosted exclusively on the FF.net version of the Redux upload. At the time, I was replacing Frenemies Forever 2 chapters with these and this helped me keep track of what was going on.
Note,
some since then edited. See chapter for edit dates. This is kept for
archival only.
Chapters
rewritten:
1 The Enemy: 1/12/22, 1/13 (retains title drop)
2 Bros before Koopas 1/13, 1/15/22, 1/16/22 (loses title drop)
3. Power Shots were Cheap anyway 1/17, 1/18, 1/20, 1/21, 1/22/22 (retains title drop, boy was this a fun one!)
4. Keep Your Friends Close 1/23/22, 1/24, 1/26/22 (renamed chapter), 1/27 (originally called In Which there is a mystery" which was lame. A lot of changes here. Title drop retained) Renamed in edits Shiver.
5. Ludwig's Scheme 1/28/22, 2/1- 2/3/22, 2/4, 2/5/22 (title drop retained, lots of changes)
6. Dying Inside 2/6/22ish, 2/8, 2/11/22 -2/14/22, 2/15/22 (changed from 'A soggy high heel', but title is title dropped AND the original title is an in-story quote as well.)
7. Transparent: (2/6/22, 2/19ish -2/22/22, 2/27/22, 3/2/22, 3/3/22, 3/4) (changed from 'No courage, nerves, or pronouns'. Suffered some development hell but title drop is present in Mario's dialogue. He also mentions Chap 2. Bros before koopas, since I didn't incorporate it in that chapter.)
8. I've Lost My Head: Annoying real life stuff made this even rougher than the above. (3/6/22, 3/12, 3/17, 3/20/22, 3/23, 3/28/22 - 4/1, 4/2, 4/4/22- 4/7.) Yes a month! So renamed but the original title of 'Bowser Wins' is reused in story. Title is a song reference.
9. Love and War, part 1: We're back on schedule.. sorta. Here, we are no longer tethered so much to the original structure, because that was only hurting us. With that said, the dates for this chapter are the same as the above, as those events in "Bowser Win" occur here. NO title drop yet. That's reserved for part 2. ((4/8/22, 4/10, 4/15, 4/16, 4/19, 4/20, 4/22, 4/23 (slit in two parts)
10. Love and War, part 2: Even more on schedule, completed in a few days just like it should. I did have a pretty good template from the old story, but I put in a few surprises too and made some key tweaks to the plot and characters. The title drop is of course here. 'A speciest and nationalist concept' which used to be chapter 9 is credited here, since this is that chapter's remake. ((4/23 (split from previous part), 4/24, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29))
11. Statutes: Noooo, more schedule slips! Was originally called 'Typical Saturday Morning' in the original so I kept a reference but otherwise changed the title to reflect the theme of laws and how their hold on some of the citizens. Old Redux tip toed around a lot of the themes that are now in the forefront here, and yet we're just getting started. ((4/30/22, 5/1/22, 5/2- 5/4- 5/8, 5/10, 5/11, 5/13, 5/14, 5/15-5/19, 5/20))
Note:
As of this point, I stop crediting the dates of the original Redux
2019 chapters. There's too many changes and I chop up the sequences
and/or invent new ones too much. It would be little point. Other
supplementary material however will retain and bring out the
parallels
12. Pain, Unspecified: ((5/17/22, 5/22- 5/24, 5/25, 5/27, 6/1, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8-6/10, 6/11, 6/12, 6/13)) Neither the best nor worst time. We have a new version of some events like the Bowser castle aftermath, Dr. Toad arrival down south, plus totally unique events and complications. Title is dropped and a reference to occupation.
13. Deluge: ((6/14/22, 6/15 - 6/18, 6/23, 6/24, 6/25, 6/28, 7/1, 7/3 -7/7, 7/8 -7/10, 7/11(lol), 7/13, 7/14)) Dawg, there was so much going on in that time span above, and fitting so much happening in this chapter. Very apt title. Full of unique events tweaked from the old Redux versions.
14. Split: ((7/11 (tiny portion), 7/20 (true start), 7/22/22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31)) This is the kind of development time I like. You love to see it, more so when this is again mostly consisting of new events aside from the Yoshi part.
15. Separation Anxiety: ((Split from previous 7/26/22 (small portion, some ideas), 8/2/22, 8/4, 8/5, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/11, 8/12)) More great time and for such a slightly longer chapter and with content warnings at that? (Which normally slows me down as I write it with different care and or decided to use it at all. Officially here, we bump the rating to T
16. Brutality and Complexity: ((Portion split from last 8/9/22) 8/13, 8/14, 8/15, 8/16, 8/17- 20, 21, 8/22-26)) Oh boy, a powerful one. It had to stand up to the original chapter titled this in the 2019 version. I think it did. I hope. Longer development time, though still less than a month due to longer than normal word count.
17. Ouroboros, part 1: ((8/17/22, 8/22/ parts removed added to previous, 8/27, 8/29, 9/1, 9/2-9/4, 9/5- 9/7, 9/8-9/10 (notes some dates refer to sections moved to the next part), 9/11, 9)) Too many dates! That because the other half as of the upload time was written and then broken off to not overwhelm. There are many small details adding up and fitting together. I didn't want them to be buried by outrageous word counts.
18. Ouroboros, part 2, 3 EDITED TO 2: ((Split/ dates: 9/10, 9/14, 9/15, 9/18 (other working dates are in the previous part) 9/19, 9/20- 9/23, 9/24)) What, two parts? Well there's only to be four so something had to happen. For the words and scenarios the time here was really good when we remember that this is a a busy and more complex chapter than usual. Some of the earlier dates were parts shifted around. There were moments were technical details of my interests were relevant to insert, always a treat.
19. Ouroboros 3: ((Split from previous: 9/18, 9/20, (new) 9/25, 9/27- 9/28, 10/1, 10/2- 10/5, 10/7, 10/8- 10/10, 10/13, 10/14, 10/15- 10/18)) A double upload with the below. Longish time not bad actually for the word count and amount of progress plot wise, not to mention that there were plenty of material left over for the next chapters.
20. Love and War 3: ((Split from previous (note same as previous chapter as this is a double release): 9/18, 9/20, (new) 9/25, 9/27- 9/28, 10/1, 10/2- 10/5, 10/7, 10/8- 10/10, 10/13, 10/14, 10/15- 10/18)) See above.
21. Bloom: ((Consider these the official work dates: 10/23/22, 10/26, 10/31, 11/1- 11/3, 11/4- 11/9, 11/15, 11/16- 11/20, 11/21)) Dumb schedule slips errrggghhh! Real life caught up I suppose, and speculation on where to go from here. Note: renamed Verisimilitude
22. Opaque: ((Created: 11/17/22, 11/20, 11/22 (intentional hiatus, then-) 11/26-28, 11/30- 12/2, 12/3, 12/4- 12/8, 12/9- 12/11, 12/12- 12/15, 12/16)) Another Transparent where real life imagining and delays made this take forever AGAIN...
23. Revelation: ((Created: 12/4/22 (creation, I guess?), 12/12 (actual work date likely), 12/15, 12/17, 12/26, 12/27, 12/29 - 1/1/23 - 1/7- 1/17, 1/18, 1/20, 1/21)) For once the month development time, into the new year too, justifies itself with the word count. Also some of the most 'adventurous' stuff I've ever written..
24. Sloping Altars: ((1/22/23, 23, 26. 27, 28- 2/2, 2/4, 2/8, 2/10- 2/16, 2/21-26, 3/6- 3/9, Mar10/23)) Similar development time as we decided how the wrap it up. More things that are real and raw.
25. Ouroboros IV: ((3/9/23 3/11/23(real start) 3/12/23, 3/16/23, 3/18, 3/21, 3/24- 3/30- 4/5- 4/12- 4/27 - 5/9, 5/20 , 5/21- 5/29- 6/6- 6/14, 6/16- 6/19, (break) 7/13, 7/17- 7/21, 7/24 (note the pre June dates are really drafts and ideals that don't exist anymore. Consider the date beyond that the real ones for what you're actually reading)) LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG wait, but the last is coming soon.
26. Love and War IV: Ramifications: ((Dates with a grain of salt: (The outline was done) 5/31/23, 6/10, (oh wow, i lost track 6/24) 7/2, 7/ 4,- 7/9, (Hey, the real date is here) 7/25/23, 8/11/23- 8/14, 8/15, 8/18- 9/1- 9/8- 9/17- 9/27- 10/1- 10/7, 10/14- 10/16, 10/22, 10/28- 10/3, 11/1- 11/3, 11/4))
More..
later.. see.. supplementary.. materially.. which.. will.. *gasp* be..
linked on my website soon.. Phew!