I have some ideas for some fanfics but Idk where to put it sO, I'll ramble it here, like I promised—
Ray died back in gracefield by burning himself, Isabella died from protecting emma. They reunite again— in the afterlife of course
R: Do you think you made the right decision?
*Back in gracefield, under the tree ray always sits in* *ray just reading his book like he didn't die or anything*
I: *smiling* of course I did. My sacrifice was worth it... Just like yours
R: ... Do you think they'll forgive you?
("They'll" referring to the kids she sent off/the kids who saw her die)
I: No... But I think they'll forgive you...
*Ray finally looking at isabella*
(3/3/21: an idea I had in 2021, my writing style changed entirely, from a script-like to an actual attempt to write. I guess that's improvement? We need more Isabella& Ray interactions istg)
Extraordinary You is about the MC realising that she was in a romance novel but a secondary character. She soon know about the “off-stage” and “Stage”(I don’t really remember the names) She unintentionally&intentionally caused a shift in the story’s plot, changing its ending, making a background character to one of the protagonist, etc.
Ray found a book that coincidentally matches the situation in the orphanage. ‘The Book’ is like any other novels, except that it had blank pages after a few pages.
"Off-camera": It is parts where ‘The Book’ does not have any words written about it, it is created by those who are aware of their situation. Basically non-Canon stuff.
"Stage": Anime/manga, where ‘The Book’ has the situation written on it, planned by the Author.
Ray was reading a book in the library late at night when ‘The Book’ suddenly fell off its shelf, alerting Ray. He picked it up, read a few pages and realised the similarities between his situation and the plot in the story and also the missing words in the book.
Norman was the second to find out about the book. (I haven’t thought that much about it)
There is another book similar to ‘The Book’, but it is in another universe, but similar plot(how original)
One moment he was staring at a smiling Emma.
The next moment he was taking their daily tests.
The next moment he was being tucked to bed by his older siblings.
It all happened in a blink. He was now sitting under the lone oak tree, lying next to Ray, who seemed to be invested in some book about machines. Norman looked up to see... A portal? Looking around him, no one else noticed it. His siblings are still running around and Mom is walking around as usual. Blissfully unaware about the unknown hole in the sky.
Ray looked away from the book and towards the ceiling of the library.
“Making me suffer for 6 years, just for my efforts to slip from my grasp… You really are sick, Author.”
“But, as long as the main protagonists are alive, you would never care about the others, right?”
R: “There is a lot to infer from this book, despite having blank pages.”
N: “...Our fate has been sealed."
R: "We can infer that our ending has been decided, even if we hate the outcome. On the topic of said ending, we can deduce that one, the story focused only on the romance and ends tragically. Or two..."
(13/5/22: this idea popped up when I was half-asleep, after hours of reading tpn fics, so if it doesn't make sense... Yeah..)
He died after burning himself alive, but unable to move on. So he follows Emma and the others throughout their journey in demonland.
(In the forest, just made it out of orphanage)
E: "aren't you cold? You aren't wearing a sweater, just the uniform."
"Emma, I'm a ghost. I don't get cold."
(Emma meets Norman in Paradise hideout)
E: “Oh! Uh…He died, but he's still here? As a ghost!”
E: “No! I swear he’s still here! He helped keep watch when I was too tired! He helped when I was in Goldy Ponds! He even helped our family! I swear he is here! Believe me!"
N: “…Emma I know it’s hard to—”
R: “Told you. Me being a figment of your imagination is more believable than ghosts. The more you talk about it, the crazier you sound, Emma.”
Keep in mind that many of these AUs are literally from my memory of the anime/manga bc there's no way I kept up with which chapter was which arc and I'm lazy, sue me.
I might actually write a fanfic about the Extraordinary You x TPN, the idea is unique and why not? I haven’t even finish ZFZF yet what am I doing with my life.