#aoyp asks

[ginnsbaker]

What's your thought of a what if wherein another Wanda variant came through and instead of the Wanda in that reality looking for her kids this other Wanda variant is looking for Y/N and made the other Wanda realize what the Darkhold is doing to her? I dunno I just thought of this after reading your last update. And btw it's awesommmmeeee! 🤩🤩

that’s an interesting idea :) although i think ive read a similar plot to this somewhere… and i actually spent the day thinking about it when i got this ask. i think it’s a similar plot to loggiepj’s maybe not in this universe. amazing story. she writes angst a certain way…

so as much as i love this idea, we didnt get there first im afraid 🙏🏽

[ginnsbaker]

First off, thank you for the great month wishes! It has been a busy one for sure, so naturally, it's been kinda stressful, but I can't complain too much 😊

Secondly, found time to binge read the chapters I missed so prepare for this long ass ask 😅

"Red"

-Calling Vision a Child had me cracking up! The humor you use in this series has been really good!

-I mean, both of them are kinda valid. Y/N doesnt trust Wanda for good reason and Wanda is trying to settle in and make up for past mistakes but in her head (and in reality) Y/N won't let her.

-I'm surprised Y/N was able to block out Wanda from invading her mind. And so quickly. Impressive

-Wanda saving Y/N!!! >>>

-Wanda and Y/N working together!!! >>>

"Mind if I?"

-Wanda following around Y/N is so cute 🥺

-The way in which she finds ways to interact with her too 🥺

-Not Wanda's lil “I thought we were getting along better" 😢

-Vision, by man, respectfully, back off 🤚 lol. You and Wanda are cute and all in canon, but if I wanted that, I'd watch the movies. So, again, respectively, back off in the "J Marvel Universe"

-Wanda coincidentally went into the restaurant huh? Not saying that Y/N's anger is justified, but she is right in the fact it's kinda suspicious... *some time later at the end* I KNEW IT!!!! (<I literally said that out loud btw)

"The Twins"

-First off Y/Ns line at the start was so funny but it caught me way off guard and then Visions line caught me even more off guard, I legit looked like this 😧 Got me feeling shock right off the back lol

-Natasha and Y/Ns relationships >>>>>>

-"Wanda's eyes widened when she saw you, like a deer caught in headlights. She nodded too eagerly before excusing herself as if she was in a hurry." -OMG cute wanda!!!!

-Me the whole time at the bidding "please be wanda! Please be wanda! Please be wanda!"

-“Do you want to get out of here?” YES Y/N!!! PROGRESS!!!

-Wanda is right, Vision being with her does seem like an experiment almost. Not saying that he truly doesn't have feelings for her, but all that he's shown is more of an innate curiosity due to who/what he is.

-Also, relieved Wanda doesn't like vision romantically, don't know if I can handle that angst again 😮‍💨

-Taking her back to your apartment, huh, Y/N? 😏. Lol, in all seriousness tho, I'm happy. But knowing you, it's not gonna last is it? 🤨

-Wanda's thought in the apartment are sooo cute and wholesome 🥺 And the ones that were sad, I'm glad that she's able to talk to someone who understands about it, knowing she probably hasn't told anyone, perhaps Vision, but he can't really understand.

-Y/N and Wanda opening up to each other and being kind >>>>>>

"Vis"

-"Despite his constant presence,  it was clear that you were the one she gravitated towards, the one she focused on during conversations, her laughter a little louder, her smiles more prolonged." -ok, ok, good, good! Still no signs of recooperation on Wanda's part phew

-Wanda and Y/Ns banter >>>> Them getting along >>>>

-The "something on your face" thing? Is this leading where I think it's is? Omg, omg, omg, yes! Yes! Ye- VISON NOOOOOO!!!!

-Y/N, you didn't? And after Wanda spent the time missing you!? Oh, ok, phew!

-*sigh* I saw the self sabotaging coming but I didn't want to see it 😭

-Wanda seeing through the lies tho >>>

-“You’re right,” she whispered. “I deserve more than a coward.” -damnnnnnnnn 😢

Not gonna lie, I really missed hearing from you :) I'm happy to know you're still out there, reading the story. Thank you for feeding me this lengthy feedback. I love it :)

Red - Lol, Y/N is really young here (she's a year or two younger than Wanda), so I made sure she acts a little bratty, especially because I want to portray her growing up alongside Wanda and then how Wanda's disappearance really affected her and made her into a totally different person.

Mind if I - Y/N is something else... because if it were me being followed around by Wanda, i'd be the happiest person in the multiverse :D HAHAHHA J MARVEL UNIVERSE! that made me laugh so hard!

The Twins - "relieved Wanda doesn't like vision romantically" - technically no... but..... Anyway :D thank you for appreciating the wholesomeness of Wanda and Y/N's interactions in this chapter. I really wanted an innocent and meaningful moment for them, and it seems I got it :)

Vis - Y/N's going to regret rejecting Wanda in this chapter. Promise.

I had a great time going through your comments. Hope to see you again next week :)

[ginnsbaker]

I’d love to see some headcanons from you about AOYP, anything you want! Some insight into when Wanda caught feelings and some of her perspective stuff would be cool, but I’m happy with any crumbs if they’re thrown my way 🙂‍↕️

Hmmm breadcrumbs you say

Wanda wasn’t immediately interested in you romantically—it was more about seeking companionship. She gravitated toward you because: 1) you were a woman around her age, and 2) you were honest and transparent enough for her to trust, especially when she felt she didn’t deserve to be part of the Avengers. After everything she’d done in the past, she couldn’t shake the feeling that half the team only pretended to welcome her because they had to.

She is socially inept. She was still figuring out how to be around people who weren’t Pietro. (I doubt MCU Wanda had friends other than Pietro anyway)

Wanda caught feelings somewhere between your repeated rejections of her (you'll read that in the upcoming chapters)

Wanda fell first. But you know what? Reader fell harder.

[ginnsbaker]

Life has been lifing, and I forgot to share my comments on the second to last chapter so here I am doing a two and one lol 😅

The start of chapter 7 when Wanda was trying to get her to talk to her and Y/N was just so sad about the twins was so heartbreaking

Also, I wasn't fully convinced that it was the real Y/N in there, and after the new chapter and what happened when she went outside the hex, I'm even more suspicious🧐 hahaha

And Y/N not returning to Wanda after she comes back from the snap? And still letting the love of her life believe she was dead? Could not be me. She's gonna have some explaining to do and a damn good reason for not just Wanda but all of us readers lol

When Y/N stepped in front of the missile even tho she is definitely a lot weaker than Wanda I was like "Yes girl! Protect your woman!"

Angry Wanda outside of the hex is very attractive and I will not elaborate 🫣 And the "She's coming" line was very ominous and fit perfectly

And, I'm with Clint "Them"??? It might be a long shot, but knowing Wanda's magic, I have a theory that maybe they had the twin boys before the hex. Y/N did say that she couldn't remember their birth in the hex

Worried Wanda is just so 🥺🥺🥺

As always, I hope you are doing well J! And Happy Holidays!

Gosh, I'm gushing over your thoughts. Thank you for noticing the little stuff I put in every chapter, it means so much to me as a writer.

It IS very suspicious that the Y/N inside the Hex disintegrated the way Vision did in canon WandaVision, so yeah, hold on to that suspicion lol.

Lol, the bit about Y/N protecting Wanda needlessly was my way of introducing some characteristics of Y/N which will be largely explored in part 2. Part 2 is going to be a history of sorts between Wanda and Y/N, starting with post-Ultron. I can't wait for you guys to read part 2 (it's my love letter to MCU Wanda, :')

I hope you're doing well too :) Happy holidays my dear friend :)

[ginnsbaker]

Hello :)

I really enjoyed the new chapter😁 it was sad but very good. I like that Wanda kinda ignores y/n and is mad at her cause y/n deserves that (I think), sone might call Wanda's acts childish but i think she has every right to be hurt and mad because of y/n (that doesn't mean i don't understand why y/n rejected Wanda last chapter btw). It was sweet that Wanda helped with the gun shot wound, i mean everyone in the compound would and it's not like Wanda is heartless just because she is mad so I wasn't suprised, but it was still sweet.

Also i got physically sick when i got to the stichting part cause i hate needles soooooo much😅

Hope you are doing good with law school and just in general.

-🐮

They were both childish in some ways (Wanda making assumptions, Y/N being stubborn and selfish, etc) which I thought was appropriate for their age, and also given that they grew up very different from the common folk with well-adjusted families and communities.

Oh shoot, should've added some warnings I guess? I'll make sure to properly tag each chapter next time. Sorry for that!

Ugh, law school is kicking my ass. IDK man, I feel like Im starting to regret it :P

Have a great week! See you next Wednesday (not this coming one :P)

[ginnsbaker]

ch5 AOYP the pot is starting to boil T_T. Felt everyone's desperation throughout the chapter and I didn't expect Wanda to wipe R's memories (she's like clearing cache in an app). Also Norman didn't knew Wanda? Like it's easy to miss that detail and I might be overthinking it buuuutt buttt *conspiracy theories eme charot*

anyway close to my live reaction, I was breaking down before reading this chapter, here's a meme to lighten the mood. ehe.

Your comments are always funny (and fun!) to read as always :) Thank you !!!

re: norman, they were all playing a role :P so, the story goes that Wanda's never been to her wife's office so they "wouldn't recognize" her.

P.S natawa ako lalo sa photo and for quoting the chapter with it :P kayong mga gen z tlaga.... HAHHAHA

[ginnsbaker]

Hi :)

First off i just wanted to say that the final chapter was amazing, really the cherry on top. Think it might be my fav chapter of the story.

It hurt my hear a little (in a good way i guess) When reading about Wanda having Lost her memory and not knowing who Billy was and all that.

I loved that you used a little from 'Agatha all along' with Wanda not being able to hear y/n's name. For some reason i also really loved the small part where Billy (or Tommy maybe) goes to get the books from y/n, idk there was just something about that part. and the part where Wanda pick up the book... omg🫠 like i wrote before this chapter is amazing, even fucking incredible👏🏻

"You should look away—give her privacy, space, anything—but you can’t. You stand there, memorizing the lines of her face as if you haven’t spent the last thirty years trying to forget them." Loved this pragraph (i hope that's the right word), but also 30 years!!!! I didn't know it had been that long since all the bad stuff happened, like that's insane🤯

"In every other universe, you don’t end up with Wanda. But you’re grateful to be in this one—the only one where you actually do." What an ending to this story🥹

Idk if i have become a softie the older i get or if your writing is just so beautifull, but i honestly get so emotional and on the verge of crying over the smallest things in your stories, it's insane😭.

I can't belive this story is over. It was a rollercoaster of emotions getting thru it but definitely worth it. Thank you for taking such a long time to write this beautifull story, you really deserve a long break from writing, tho I just read that you want to try and publish a story, and im sure that will go amazingly for you cause you are such an incredible writer who has a beautifull way with words.

Hope you have good night/day

-🐮

Hello!!!

Sorry this took a while. I wanted to re-read your message again and again. I really appreciate you for all the asks you sent about this fic, for sticking with the story from the very beginning up to its completion. It means so much to me as a writer. Im relieved you liked the ending. Originally, I couldn’t see a happy ending, but thinking about what Wanda deserved…there was no way she wasn’t going to get her happy ending.

Again, thank you so much and take care of yourself always :)

[ginnsbaker]

I jumped at the notification and opened tumblr so fast!

I just finished reading and I can't believe it's over😭 But it's been so amazing being able to see this story develop in real time. You've done such an amazing job (which is no surprise cause you're an amazing writer lol).

I've given you some of my favorite lines each chapter, and this one takes the win this chapter: "In every other universe, you don’t end up with Wanda. But you’re grateful to be in this one—the only one where you actually do."

What a final ginn 👏👏👏👏👏

I hope you're proud of yourself for making another amazing series 😊

Thank you so much! I cant express in words how much I appreciate you being with me in this journey (that took more than a year, btw!!)

I’m going to try my luck at fiction writing, so I won’t be very active around here as much. I want to self publish and will be using the story I developed 3 years ago and see where that takes me.

Have a great weekend!