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captainsparklefingers · 7 months

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It's always weird when you get an idea for an au story and it sounds great as an idea, but then when you go to try and plot it out, you're like 'wait this is either gonna involve a complete overhaul of canon or I'm gonna have to ignore a lot of shit or get really, REALLY creative'. And suddenly the whole thing just feels very, very daunting.

I think that's why I haven't done anything longer than oneshots (interconnected or otherwise) for a while.

Like, writing Conspiracy of Ravens, my last multichapter story for anything, did involve a major canon change, but it was something that could, I think, be done in a way that could sort of slot into canon and not feel eo out of place? I mean it wasn't perfect, but i5 didn't feel like...wildly impossible, which for something that could have big ripple effects is good, I'd say.

I've got other ideas for longer things, four of which I'm seriously consider writing, one of which I've actually been trying to write on and off for liiiiike...two years? And as you can see, they do not exist beyond my brain and a bunch of notes that go nowhere, or they get started but the idea of a complete canon rewrite is so daunting that even beginning to plan that out is a struggle.

I gotta say, I really admire people who do massive aus that manage to both diverge from their canon source in a big way while also following similar plot beats or echoes and staying true to both the characters and the heart/feel of the original source work. Because that CANNOT be easy.

(you know exactly who you are, if you're reading this, and I both envy and deeply respect you.)

....look I've been home sick with a major headcold all day, with nothing to keep me company but my cats and my thoughts. This is what happens when I have free time. Not any ACTUAL writing, but a dumb blog post about how writing is hard. In short: I'm sick, I'm bored, I have writers block, and I'm complaining instead of, you know, doing anything productive.

#don't mind me i'm just rambling #stupid writing thoughts #one of those au ideas I think could work better as an original story but...#... well. trying to find a way to deal with memory and identity issues like those of our purple fave is tricky.#(yes its all cr related no I don't know why I can't write for anything else)#(Yes I'm aware of the irony that my 'kiki has twin sons and managed to hide the pregnancy' story is the easy one to consider canon adjacent)#(yes im still thinking about how said kids would fit into canon even though I'm doing literally nothing with them)#(ask me about my ocs theyre underused and overly thought out)#look i guess im an ideas person more than anything else. which.... sucks a bit i guess.#i dont know why I decided to write this all out. i don't know where this is coming from. I'm not like. frustrated.#not more than normal anyway.#and I'm definitely not like angry jealous because that's just stupid.#....on a totally unrelated note I coughed up a mucus lump earlier that I swear to god looked like a dick.#behold. the real reason for this nonsense.#i had to find a way to talk about the dick loogie without it being the main topic of conversation because thats gross

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