#fyodor's toom
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It's one of those days that started bad and got worst. If anyone wants to chat or ask anything about fandom or fic or anything, actually, I'm keen for a distraction.
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Apologies for the formatting but I accidentally deleted this ask through a series of horrific mistakes I refuse to explain.
Anyway.
G'day anon! Thanks for the ask. I'm flattered but I'm not at all French (it's my second language though - maybe I mentioned it somewhere and that's how you got confused?) I'm actually Australian.
Oh wow, TOOM has changed massively over the time I've been working on it. In 2018 it was a throwaway draft, and when I posted it I did not plan to continue it, and when I started trying to write more I had no plan - and now, years later, I have a plot planned out and everything. It's still slow going though.
My characterisation has changed definitely. I'd say my ideas of all the Dead Men have gotten more nuanced and detailed as time has passed. Also in chapter 1 Dexter and Larrikin weren't a thing, they were just joke flirting, but when I started writing the rest I had started shipping them and here we are.
At this point when I write my characters almost feel alive: they're not static entities I move around, oftentimes they're the ones moving me. There have been many times where my plans got changed because a character said something unexpected or reacted in a way that needed to be addressed - it's so easy to write them, and so I don't always expect what I write.
Things that have changed:
Larrikin has become much more layered. At first he was the sort of antagonistic joker that annoyed Val, but now he's also a deeply loving healer whose been through the wars (in a literal and metaphorical sense). Developing his relationship with Dexter has been so interesting, and trying to write someone who normally relies on humour trying to be emotionally sensitive is quite fun.
Hopeless has several layers to them I'm trying to develop, which has gotten more evident as I've written the piece I think. They're deeply vulnerable, because their magic exposes them regularly to a lot of pain, and because of their upbringing. But they're also ruthless when in combat, and clear headed when planning, and in most arguments with people. And the rock in their life, Erskine, is becoming more and more absent. So there's a lot going on there.
Skulduggery! Oh boy Skulduggery! It's been great to write his past and present self, really fun to have them act in very different ways to basically the same situation. Having a young Skulduggery character that hasn't done the war crimes yet is very fun too. And other things are fun but they either haven't been posted or written yet.
Honestly I could answer this forever for every character and for plot and theme and everything but that'll be a massive post and it's kind of Christmas where I am so I will finish it now. Happy holidays anon. Thanks for asking about my angsty long WIP.
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New chapter of TOOM out now folks
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Are we going to get to see Val snap again in TOOM? Because that was a fun read ngl.
I'm glad you enjoyed that part! My answer is a cop-out though: there isn't anything exactly like that planned as of yet, but sometimes my characters just do what they want so that doesn't rule it out entirely. The first time she snapped wasn't planned either.
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Oh. Yeah. New TOOM chapter just dropped.
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The next chapter of TOOM is supposed to be The Chapter. The Ultimate Chapter. And as soon as I shake this writer's block it's getting written.
#the concept is like ... it's not going to be a huge surprise#but it's going to be what the story has been building up to#fyodor writes#fyodor's toom#skulduggery pleasant#like I NEED to pull this one off for the narrative to function#am i putting unnecessary pressure on myself which might be hindering my engagement with the story?#nope definitely not#but at the same time holy shit this is going to be fun <--- said moments before I make characters cry
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Guess what day it is? Fyodor finally finally updates TOOM day! It’s a longer chapter than usual - “Interlude” - with a different POV. Check it out!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25707952/chapters/62420761
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NEW TOOM CHAPTER
Yes, you heard it here first, a new Time Out Of Mind chapter just dropped about three seconds ago. It’s called “A gift and a letter” and is easily accessible right here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25707952/chapters/106409892
For those unfamiliar with this WIP, here’s a brief summary: For reasons as of yet unapparent, Valkyrie Cain finds herself sent back in time to 1850, where she meets the Dead Men. There she has to decide whether to protect the timeline at all costs; or try to save thousands of lives. It’s not much of a decision in the end. In the meantime, in 2017, Skulduggery Pleasant deals with the loss of his combat accessory - and an unexpected visitor.
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hi i just wanted to tell you that i love time out of mind! especially that valkyrie has accepted that she doesn’t need to keep attempting to fix anything she might change by being there but that she actually does try to help and how the dead men interact with that. it feels kinda hopeful, like they don’t have to be doomed by the narrative just because the reader might already know a version of their future, which you don’t see a lot when time travel is involved, but you write it so well!
Hi dragonbreathingfiredragon, thanks for the ask! It's so lovely to hear your interpretation of my story. It's really nice to hear that you find it hopeful - and I'm so glad to hear that it feels different to other timetravel stories. I'm afraid I love these characters so much that I do not know whether I'd manage to write a doomed-by-the-narrative longshot of them, and toom certainly isn't based around that idea. All the best, and apologies for taking a while to respond!
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If anyone wants to drop me an ask or anything, to chat about Skulduggery Pleasant or Fanfiction or genuinely whatever, please do feel free :) I'm in a chatty mood right now
#skulduggery pleasant#fyodor's toom#i wanna get back into this space because it is very neat but am lacking motivation#so feel free to come say hi as it were
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Happy New Year! A New chapter of TOOM has just been posted: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25707952/chapters/133432507.
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Oh, my ticking time bomb of a story
#fyodor writes#fyodor's toom#this is like the meme of someone hyping up their pathetic boyfriend except I'm talking about my fanfic ive been regularly working on#for a year
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Folks, followers, strangers, chapter 11 of Time Out Of Mind is finally, finally out! Larrikin’s planned week in the future is coming to its end, check it out:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25707952/chapters/105738381
#fyodor's toom#fyodor writes#skulduggery pleasant#god i hope I'm back on track with this bad boy because I missed writing it so much!!!
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The toom interlude (draft one) aka chapter 15 is perhaps a little gayer than the previous ones in some ways (/pos of course). It also to some extent revisits events and background features already written about in my other fics - I want to provide enough background so that readers who haven't read my past works can understand what is going on and why. It also has the classic Fyodor 'someone chases someone else to get them to talk' which I feel is a dynamic I use perhaps too much. Ah well. We'll see where the drafting goes.
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If you feel like it, please send in asks relating to my fic TOOM (Time Out Of Mind, time-travel Skulduggery Pleasant fic) as I am having Thoughts about my silly fic and would love to chat about it
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I hate to continue to post updates less and less regularly, but I have to admit that if I post a second TOOM chapter this September it will be a miracle
#fyodor's toom#i so so so want to write the next chapter. there's a cool interaction i want to get too. im just more busy than i ever have been in my life#except perhaps for when i was doing the literal exams to graduate secondary school#sorry#fyodor writes
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