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16. Any guilty pleasure trope(s)?
I wouldn’t say that I have any because I like what I like and I wouldn’t say any of it is a guilty pleasure. I don’t also care about tropes all that much. I just write and read whatever I feel like will interest me at the time.
18. Wildest fic you’ve ever written?
I don’t feel like any of the fics are particularly wild. But I’d say that writing any of the Erendor/Samara fics I have was a wild experience because I never imagined I would write about them.
Also, Left to Heritage was definitely wild both with the angst it packs and the connections I made between the thematic elements. I had to draw a map of all the parallels I was pulling off so that I can actually track what the hell was happening.
I have some wild ideas in the working but they aren’t written yet. Still, I am really excited about the season 6 rewrite (I have started episode 1 (in more of a script format so it won’t be exactly a fic because that will take forever)) and the rewrite of the Cloud Tower arc from season 2. I have basically composed an entire curriculum for dark magic and there will be a lot of exploration of the girls’ feelings and powers as well as the Trix and Griffin, Ediltrude and Zarathustra. I have even included some of the other witches from CT.
35. Ramble about any fic-related thing you want!
Well, right now I guess what I want to rant about is the season 6 rewrite and the CT arc rewrite. Also, I feel like I will be rewriting Fate as well because I am so pissed and I have thoughts about Stella’s rewritten arc and I just want to fix our babies.
The season 6 rewrite was supposed to be just a rewrite of Selina’s arc because of an anon ask I got (which I will answer when I figure out all the details; I haven’t forgotten!) and a Bulgarian legend I just accidentally learned about a couple weeks before that. It will be a part of Stella’s arc which needs a little more figuring out towards the end. I have something about all of the characters and I have included the Company of Light as well because damn, we need them too! Especially now that they are all back together! I’ve also included Griselda a little and Ediltrude and Zarathustra although they would be more about cameo appearances... unless I find out where to fit them which is always a possibility. I have done a lot of restructuring to the Legendarium and the overall arc of the season. I actually have a basic idea of how it will go down but working on episode 1 has proven that I still have a lot more to develop as the story keeps shifting while it’s being written. I have added lore to the Legendarium and the Dragon Fire as well as the Shadow Fire! I have added an aftermath to season 5 and have actually given the Trix some development, both on a magical and on an emotional level. Selina still needs some work but I like where things are going. I have also given Daphne more of a role and have significantly reduced Eldora’s appearances because she wasn’t in any way important and will work better as a background character even if she is a big part of Winx’ final goal. Also, since I don’t know if I will be rewriting season 5 (I think I might but I don’t know when), I have focused a lot on Winx and the Specialists dealing with Nabu’s death (I am keeping that because fixing it for me would be never killing him rather than bringing him back after more than a year (and I also wanted to spite canon and show that what they did could have been done well and made sense)) because that was a major thing that the show did not handle at all. Besides, I think that it makes sense that they didn’t have all that much time to process with Tritannus attacking, especially since it was so personally related to Layla.
Separately, about episode 1 - I am changing a lot, starting from the very title because the idea of Winx being the “Inspiration of Sirenix” is a load of crap. Sirenix existed just fine without them for a long, long time and they didn’t have to be the Inspiration in order to be able to help Daphne. Speaking of, Daphne was done so dirty with the way they handled her return to life so I am changing all of that, too. The Beast of the Depths I have kept but I designed a completely different look for it because I hated the idea of it basically being something of a glorified octopus. I have also tied in the Legendarium with the first episode so that, hopefully, it will make it feel like a rightful part of the season.
The CT rewrite is something that happened completely accidentally. I just got pretty pissed off at the fact that Winx never really learned anything about dark magic and those lessons were completely useless. They only did it so that Winx could be there when the Trix attempted to steal the Codex, which was doubly frustrating because Winx go to CT right as the Trix decide to steal their part of the Codex? Convenient much? This definitely got out of control because there are so many things to cover which is why I am writing it separately from my season 2 rewrite (which I will also do at some point). And I am the most excited for this. Winx will really get to learn about dark magic and the difference between dark and light magic and fairies and witches will be explored. There will be more about the origins of the Trix and how Darkar is connected to all of that. There will be things about Griffin and the twins as well. Also, Musa already has her Charmix because what she went through in 2x15 is definitely a way to earn it and she should have earned it. There will be a lot of interesting and personalized magic lessons for Winx and they will learn a lot about themselves. The main theme of this whole arc (and the whole rewrite of season 2) is origins (since that seemed to be a big thing in season 2 as well) and I am excited to explore that.
The Fate rewrite was more of a Fix-It fic at first because I am so mad about the way that they killed Farah Dowling. The idea was to bring in Griffin as a new character who gives Farah another chance at life and helps her get to Winx before they can return to Alfea that is now overtaken by Rosalind. I was actually more interested in the interaction between Griffin and Farah but there were so many things that didn’t make sense that I decided I will probably write a sequel that would deal with “season 2″. However, at that point I also decided to fix season 1 because if I am going to be working with these characters, they will need to be well-developed characters and a well-developed friend group. Also, Bloom’s parents in Fate suck so I am fixing that, too. I will not truly be rewriting season 1 in fic form but more of a list-with-bullet-points form because I have no time for this and to be fair, Fate does not deserve the effort.
Also, a general thing about fic that is really kind of an... annoying restriction of reality is how much time it takes to write an actual story. I love piecing plots together but the actual writing takes forever and that is pissing me off because I have so many ideas and so many things that I want to write and why can’t I write faster, GODDAMMIT?!?!?!?!?! It is not an annoyance with the writing process as much as it is with my own speed of working... which isn’t all that great right now but with the amount of things I have to write, I am not sure I will have enough time even if I worked at top speed. I just... I have so many ideas and I want to write them all!!!!!!!! Is that so much to ask for?!?!?!?!?!?!
Well, I guess that was it. Thanks again for the ask!
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