Hi Bailey! We have been fans of yours since before your hiatus (we missed you!) and we are really glad to see you back! We adore your writing so much, and we were curious about your newest fanfic, Legend? Are there any details you can share so far? - Your Fellow Texan Fangirls
"I wasn't born with fangs just to curl my lip over them."
Wow! It's always nice to see older fans as well as fellow Texans! I missed you guys too; it's really nice to interact and talk to people who have viewed my older content! Thank you for the kind words!
Legend is another one of my COVID creations. It started out without Matt, to be honest. I know, I know, bring out the armies. But, let me explain. Scout is actually my newest persona (about two years old) and I have been wanting to write with her for a while, but I just couldn't find the right work to throw her into. I very briefly toyed with the idea of putting her in "7 Deadly Sins," but I didn't feel that was the right fit for her. Being my sona, she shares remarkable similarities in appearance and personality to me, but she is also quite different and has a rather unique story. I really do connect with her, and wanted to put her somewhere that she vibes with! Honestly, I did not feel that she really vibed with Harley's domineering, logical nature or Krow's reserved, persistent personality, or even somebody like Everleigh, who leans towards being more sweet, kind-hearted, and a big risk taker. Also, I never saw Scout as being a part of SDS. I never saw where she fit in, so I knew that she needed her own story.
Honestly, I never planned to throw Scout into fanfic (especially Daredevil), as it's so easy for someone to take an original character of yours that way. Or, as has happened to a friend of mine around a different fandom, her fic got big enough and the company literally tried to bring a lawsuit against her. I don't think that would ever happen to me - I don't plan on ever trying to actually publish any fanfic work, though Scout, Rooney, Akira, Rosie, Eli, and my other "Legend" ocs might be published in their own Marvel free work in the future.
Buuuuuut then I found AO3, the holy universe for all things fanfic, from smut to fluff, and I got really excited and realized that I could
Write my KOTLC fanfic there without being judged for using a lot of elements from the canon world.
And also, write a fanfiction that Scout was in!
I knew who she was, who she was related to, her relationships, powers, and past. I knew everything about her. I knew that she was a Shifter canus (werewolf) from House Kappa in the Pacific Northwest even though she was originally from Texas, I knew that she has two adopted older brothers and an adopted father, I knew that she wore the military dog tags of a perished friend wherever she went, and I knew that she does most things on a whim without any real thought or foresight. Nyah nyah. Sooooo I tried to fall in love with a fandom that she could grow into, because she needed to leave Washington, and both me and her felt that same unrest. (Also she needed to get away from Eli. Too hard to date when you have an older brother who will beat up your partners. IMO.) I watched Daredevil for the first time when Disney added the shows to their app, and I FELL IN FCKING LOVE I have never fallen into immediate wonderbliss with a story since Six of Crows. And nothing matches SoC.
Of course, without even thinking about it, she fell into that story. And I did, too. So the NMCU universe became the new gameboard for Scout's story, and I already know where it's gonna go.
I mean, read me on AO3, 'cause that's where the wolf pack hangs out! But seriously, that's where this fic will be. So.
I wanted to add the other Defenders as well (yes, even Danny Bud, and I will explain that reference if you make me), so I added them in here, and I must say, I am quite proud! I have enough original elements here to where I can publish it in the future, but I do not know what I am going to do for Matt. Hmmm. I had another OC, Heidi, that I thought might work for this story, and she would have. But I felt that Scout's psychic abilities would allow her to contribute more to the story enhanced ability-wise - sorry if that's mean guys I don't mean to bash characters that aren't powered - via the Grace that every werewolf has.
A bit on Shifter Graces. They are the small abilites that each werewolf is able to use, widely useful and varying between people and in power based on how the shifter Shahn'kria - the ritual undertook by a person when they join a House - went. Scout herself is in the Psychic spectre, with many clairvoyant "sixth sense" tendencies that usually make life harder for her than anything else. It also makes getting drunk or high a real nightmare. Stay off drugs, kids! You might have a secret third eye that is bothered by shitlife.
Graces are not all powerful and you are on your own to figure out how to use them! Pretty much no one else has one like yours, so figure it out homie. I added these for a bit of fun, and I really like how they came out!
As for Matt and Scout's relationship, I made it more of a slow burn with humorous elements and plenty of spice. I wanted it to me something that was fun to read but at the same time, relatable. Yeah. Church of Saint Murdock, amass. I won't disclose too much right now, but that's the vibe!
It'll be up on AO3 soon, so READ READ READ! And lemme know what y'all think! I will love to see everyone's thoughts and feedback. And I love getting questions like this, so please ask more! Thank you for writing in, Texie Girls!
