I'm starting to think that I don't want to go the usual action/adventure road in ways for this fanfic. It is dark, but there is a major part of it that isn't all for angst. What's more, the compellingness of a story depends on how well-planned and orchestrated it is, not based on how dark or angsty it gets. This, I kinda think I saw in the writing of certain other fanfiction that made such a mistake, and I wonder if I should not take that road.
So...I think I might want to turn the plot in a direction that people wouldn't expect. Instead of having Tsuna completely accept the mafia and become corrupted by it little by little, as often is the case with many assumed settings in KHR fanfics, I want to take a different direction for Tsuna and Haru and the rest of them. I want Tsuna to find a means that actually makes his goal worthwhile, yet difficult to achieve. I want Tsuna to understand the maturity and necessity of being in a dangerous situation, yet not have to break and bend to such a world completely. It can get dark, but there still might be a light at the end of the tunnel. I want to make such a feeling, and though that light may be rather dim, it is still there.
What's more, the combat styles of the characters are going to vary (I'm not just talking about flames, but guns and other modern weaponry that will be used in realistic terms), and they aren't going to do shounen style fighting anymore. In the real world, fights like this depend on not just numbers, but also tactics. Tsuna and Haru and Gokudera and the rest of the gang will realize that strategy is the way to go, and that they will find out just how complicated everything is, and just how willing they are to find that direction they truly want to go towards.
Oh, and...thinking of espionage and infiltration and survival. So far, that may seem like a very unusual perspective, but it isn't. The mafia world is full of such tactics, and will involve a lot of spying (no seduction, though. None of the KHR kids have any of that potential, especially Haru. I might have to make OCs for such things), stealing information, going into places that are guarded and watched over extremely carefully, and surviving under surveillance for long periods of time without much contact. That will be what it is like for some of these people. So...be prepared for that.
Meanwhile, there is going to be a bit of leadership involved here. Mafia bosses, after all, can't just lead through power alone. They need influence, charisma, etc...and Tsuna is going to find out about that the hard way. Heheheh...
Anyways, Primal Red signing out. See ya in a few days!
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