How is your WIP different from other titles in your genre?

At the moment, I can't really answer this question with confidence as I have stated before that it will bear similarities to a certain fantasy TV series and some books and anime. I'll only able to see its difference from the others as I write along. But the idea of creating a story like this using 8 POVs featuring the female leads (four mothers and their daughters) was really appealing to me way back 2005. And now, I'm going to do it and do my best to write it as coherently as I can. I haven't read any story with this many POVs so I want to challenge myself. 😐😐

Share a line showing your WIP's theme.

One obvious theme here is the maternal bonds between the four queens of Choiran towards their daughters — with which one of them still wanted to convey it despite the colossal distance that separated them. I did mention once that one of the scenarios that this story had was quite similar to that of Encantadia was about a reigning queen separated from her daughter and got thrown into the mortal world. The other theme was acceptance—of destiny, of duty, of responsibility, and of family and friends that once felt estranged.

Introduce your MCs (include pics/aesthetics)

I did mention on one post that Flower Hearts Chronicles is a revised version of an old writing project from 2005. And that includes the visuals used in the revision. All of the visuals I used were from the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider shows I've watched and were familiar with. But the characters that these 8 visuals represent are my MCs for this story. Yes, I know they're too much but I guess I could pull it off. These are the two generations of a powerful race called "Asune", basically about the lives of the four daughters of Choiran's Queen Mother Furiko chosen to rule the four regions of their world and also about their respective heirs/daughters. Maybe next time, I'll introduce who is who.

Yrneha Character Introduction

YRNEHA (Takanashi Rin)

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A skilled Power Caster born from a Red Fire Caster father and a White Wind Caster mother. Like Elred, Elorshin, and Zelross, she had the ability of longevity. But this ability was one of the reasons why she chose to forsake the Red Fire Casters' faction where she grew up. Another reason was because of the death of her fiancé Kirion who participated in the battle that nearly wiped out the entire population of Power Casters 80 years ago. Because of the growing hatred in her for what happened, she became a cold and heartless warrior. But a fateful encounter with the youngest White Ice Caster became a catalyst for her to change her views about her ability and even the world.

Story Scenario: Yrneha and Ruven

Ruven: You're a trained warrior of your faction. So how come you're acting like you've abandoned their worth and even your own?

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This line was actually inspired by Shiraishi Mako's line from Shinkenger itself. I still need to remember what episode number but it was set on an island and Mako confronted Usakawa Dayuu there. Now Ruven (Taguchi Shota) in this fanfic was the one who said this line inspired to that scene to Yrneha (Takanashi Rin).