The story behind this wall starts with one very amazing fanfiction by called “The Violet Room.” Boo ( ) and I both fell in love with it, regardless of the fact that that it’s a pairing that I don’t normally associate. I’m not a pairing-Nazi anyway, so it never concerned me, especially because the writing was brilliant.

It also included the fact that my sister had a large, blank violet wall in her room that needed something. Despite parents’ initial opposition, we managed to convince them and I got the all-clear to begin composing the writing for the wall. Now, mind you, I had no idea of the scale and how much I would or wouldn’t need of writing. It was kind of a shot in the dark. I thought I would have more than I needed, so I wrote some extra paragraphs at the end, thinking they would be cut anyway. As we got halfway, though, we realized more needed to be written and, instead of just writing about each character, I included a lengthy section on Castle Oblivion.

As for the content, I knew I wanted it from Zexion/Ienzo’s point of view after his ‘death.’ I wanted him to be remembering his past, starting with the apprentices and ending with the fall of Castle Oblivion. What was also apparent was that I needed to tailor my writing style to something more abstract and distant. I did take my liberty with some things—granted, I don’t know what twists are around the bend in upcoming games, especially those that are concerning the apprentices. But I worked with what I knew, and at least I know most of it is solid or, at least, how Zexion would have seen it.

The diagrams correspond to the text around them. They are pretty self-explanatory. Unlike the text, I was the one who drew the diagrams, and I also went through and did the bolding on most, if not all, of the words. Again, with the diagrams, I took my liberty. If something is not 100% the right angle or the right scale, it’s because I either chose to make it that way, or I had no choice and had to improvise.

If requested, I can post the full text of the piece here. I’m a little embarrassed to, though, because my writing does not to the fanfic or the story justice.

The story/characters are not mine (squareenix), but the writing and diagrams are. This took many hours to do, so any comments would be very much appreciated. We would love to hear them.