#execution is key

[kaylatoonz]

I pray that paramount doesn’t listen to fans that insist that they should make movie Amy like boom Amy.

It’s ok if people like boom Amy but it grinds my gears when fans say “I hope they don’t make her a stalker or obsessed with sonic so they should make her like boom Amy).

She was NEVER an obsessive stalker in the games. she has been mishandled in the past just like any other character. Even so I still wouldn’t say she a stalker.

In fact boom Amy ironically has shown more obsessed tendencies then game amy!🫠

Game Amy’s love for sonic (and her friends) is a core element of her character.

Why would anyone want to remove or down play a core factor of a character!?!

Fans keep acting like there’s nothing to her character but her love or in some fans eyes “her obsession” with sonic.

Just like almost every sonic character they have some core element that may be the main thing about them (in some cases) but it’s NOT the only thing to them.

Imagine if they removed tails admiration for sonic and their sibling like bond.

Or

if they removed knuckles or shadow rivalry with sonic or down play their roots, their background.

Sure they could still hold up without these elements but they wouldn’t be as iconic. It would just be something missing.

Note that I’m open to movie Amy and movie sonamy being different but not at the cost of the erasure of what makes Amy, Amy.😤

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😭 #4

Transmigrating to the Ancient Times with Poison system to become the Noble Imperial Concubine!!–wait, no, sorry, no can do, I’m gay~

Summary:

Lou Lixuan dies saving a woman, only to be transmigrated to an unfamiliar ancient era into the body of a young girl named Li Xuan, who is about to be sold off after a series of unlucky engagements. An Administration System grandly announces to her: congratulations! If you do this, coincidentally meet the Emperor, enter the Imperial Harem, and use your Poison System, and scheme to become the most powerful Nobel Imperial Concubine! If you’re smart, you can even become the Empress!

Lou Lixuan: *gag* Sorry, no can do, I’m gay~.... and I’m a doctor! F*ck off!

After throwing the annoying Administration System into a black room, Lou Lixuan runs away, finds a candidate wife who is much better than the Emperor, and uses her new Medicine Refining system to help others! (And help herself.)

Thank goodness for the Medicine Refining System, since Lou Lixuan is a doctor, not a pharmacist!

Would contain if it existed:

GL

making money

being a doctor (?)

a strong (literally) female love interest

teaching and boosting other women

building her own town with her rules

Notes:

I have 13 page document with +5000 words outlining what would happen and other random notes. It was inspired by all the Ancient China BL stories that I've read. It's a shame when modern characters (men) in these stories transmigrate to the past and then continue to perpetuate the sexism of that era. Hence, why don't I write a GL??!!

However, I don't really read much GL so I have no idea if this kind of story already exists. I was also wary that I would get weary of writing so many sexist characters for the villains, and with other things I'm writing, this idea was eventually shelved 😔

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😭 #1

CEO Draco Malfoy and Farmer Harry Potter and that time they were reborn back into their 4th year at Hogwarts

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter’s history was tumultuous, to say the least. Yet, somehow, after many years, the two of them fell in love, got married, and enjoyed domestic bliss.

They didn’t expect to suddenly get reborn together 5 minutes before the 3rd task of the Triwizard Tournament in their 4th Year.

Couldn’t the great unknown forces at least give them a few more days before the 3rd task? Or maybe take them back to the start of the 4th year? Or the start of their 1st year? Was that too much to ask?

Forget it, this was a one-in-a-lifetime chance. So, after dealing with annoying matters, Draco and Harry immediately pick up their professions again. Draco was going to become one of the richest men in the world and Harry was going to become an Auror-retiree looking for new meaning in life.

Everyone else: Wait, what?

Would contain if it existed:

more crack!

less death!

dramatics!

bad homework ethics!

Notes:

This story idea was strongly inspired by Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage 和宿敌结婚当天一起重生了, after which I went into a rabbit hole of reading regression drarry fics on AO3. However, after reading reading those fics on AO3, none of them had the same kind of ~dramatics~ and overpoweredness that Reborn with an Old Enemy had, hence the birth of this story idea.

It would have been full of crack (treated seriously), full of Draco acting like a domineering CEO who treats money as dirt, full of Harry being a hero but also making his little farming plot on Hogwarts grounds...

Unfortunately, I barely remember what happened in the later HP books, and add in my lack of time to write a 100+ chapter fic, this story idea was shelved 😭

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😭 #3

programmer://MMORPG

(other title ideas: "Becoming A Weapons Programmer In An MMORPG", "Becoming a Famous Coder In an MMORPG", “Ex-esports God chases after MMORPG weapons programmer”)

Summary:

Becoming a famous programmer in an MMORPG!

Li Kaizhe is a programmer; he’s not really interested in games. But after his younger brother provokes him, Li Kaizhe picks up [WORLD-/-ONLINE], a fairly new (low-VR) MMORPG that allows users with programming knowledge to develop unique and personal items in-game.

Li Kaizhe came for the code, but he stayed for the people he found there.

Would contain if it existed:

Ex-esports gamer x Programmer 

Friendly demon healer bard x expressionless angel of death

Romance~

Game/MMORPG/E-sports Elements

Transgender MC!

Notes:

This story idea was inspired by Half Prince and The King's Avatar, but adding in stronger technical (coding) elements.

The MC was to be a quiet, introvert, and somewhat ruthless (in battle) character, while the ML was based on Half Prince's ML, an ex-esports god who nowadays streams and plays music, and is quite a flirt.

I wrote 32k words of this, and even finalised 8 chapters, and there were emojis and discord-like conversations and everything T_T

But I think ultimately all the game elements was too much, and I had too big of a cast (i.e. the team of players the MC and ML would form). I also realised that I much rather read e-sport stories than write my own.

And so, this story was shelved 😅

[borngeniusworld]

The Unusual Billionaires

“The Unusual Billionaires” by Saurabh Mukherjea explores seven successful companies in India that have achieved remarkable growth and resilience over time. Key Lessons: 1. Focus on Long-Term Growth, Not Short-Term Gains: Companies like Asian Paints and HDFC Bank focused on sustainable long-term growth by building strong systems, rather than chasing quick profits. Lesson: Consistency and…

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😔 #6

Sleep Sunny Days Are Perfect For Sleepy Cat Demons

Summary:

The Auspicious Clouds Sect consisted of a ring of seven tall, sky-reaching mountains. Pure white clouds would often swirl through the air, producing a cool climate. The Sect Leader was the Venerable Daoist Zhou YunQiang.

In his human form, the Venerable Zhou YunQiang wore silver robes, had long white hair and a pair of dragon horns. His manner was mild, his smile calm and friendly. He was not one to be crossed.

But that bloody history of his rise in the Auspicious Clouds Sect was just that—history. He would be the first to freely admit that he had since mellowed out.

Nowadays, Vulnerable Zhou YunQiang was content dealing with sect matters.

On this particular day, though, he postponed sect matters for something personally important: the anniversary of his marriage with his Dao Companion, the Cat-Immortal Daoist Xu JinWei.

Would contain if it existed:

flufff

so much fluff

sleepy cat demon and his dragon demon boyfriend

Notes:

This was a short-story idea for the "sunny day" theme in a past BL Palace anthology. It would be a warm, soft, cute ultra fluffy and super sweet story.

I plotted it out entirely, but I think I couldn't write it, i.e., the words just didn't flow. I think it was partly because I hadn't read any xianxia for a while so I couldn't capture the feel.

So in the end, this story idea was shelved 😔

(If you're curious, I ended up writing Cannon Fodder Omega Goes On A Date With The Protagonist Omega! instead.)

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😭 #5

Rebirth of the illegitimate eldest brother: f**k my father, I’ll raise my siblings properly!

Summary:

Lê Anh Quân ‘Quin’ was the eldest, and illegitimate son of the wealthy Lê family. 

After he was “rediscovered” at one of City M’s state care facilities, Quin was taken back to the family. It was as though Quin’s IQ went offline. With his father’s ‘encouragement’, Quin fought with his half-siblings for inheritance and lost.

At this worst time of his life, his old childhood rival Li ZhengYu pulled him out and helped him up.

Things were finally going well, but then Quin and Li ZhengYu were reborn together back when they were aged 15...And on the very day Quin was going to be picked up by his scum so-called-father!

With this second chance...F**k his father! Quin will raise his siblings properly!

Would contain if it existed:

Double rebirth

Parents trying to do very scummy things, love triangles, cheating etc etc

The MC raising his young siblings, and the siblings banding together to fight the parents

Notes:

The double rebirth was inspired by Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage; the concept of this story was inspired by all those family drama BL where the children fight against each other for inheritance and such. I wanted to see them band together and oust the person/people who were encouraging them to fight each other! Also, I wanted a Viet main character...

I wrote one complete chapter and some parts of later chapters. I think the problem was that I had a lot of inspiration, but there wasn't a concrete plot. I had notes, potential scenes, and vibes I wanted to portray, but no clear path.

Hence, this idea was shelved 😅

[bafflinghaze]

Story ideas from my backlog that will never be written 😭 #2

Transmigrating To Ancient Times With An Online Encyclopaedia

Lê Việt Khải was reading an online wiki-based encyclopaedia when he died.

When he came to, he realised he had crossed to Ancient Vietnam and became a young man who had once again failed the regional examinations.

The original young man wanted to continue studying and take the exams again. Unfortunately, his father and stepmother denied him any more resources and forced him out to a hovel in the ancestral village. In despair, he jumped into the river to join his dead mother.

The body was saved, but the original soul was gone. Instead, Khai took his place.

The just-transmigrated Khai, who had already washed his hands of university entrance exams: …. No thank you!

Not to mention that the court examinations were based on the classics and literature…Khai was a science graduate, okay?

Looking around at his new living space, it was more important to earn money.

Wait…why was there an online encyclopaedia in his brain? Ah, even the references were linked… ◉‿◉

A story about building things and inadvertently finding a husband （￣ε￣＠）

Pairing: Khai x Xuan

Would contain if it exists:

Slice of Life fluff

Ancient Vietnamese-inspired setting

Transmigration

Slow Build

Science! Farming!

Notes:

After reading so many Chinese BL with Ancient Time+Farming, I wanted to write a Vietnamese-setting.

I actually started writing this story, but stopped on the 11th chapter (11.9k total words). Unfortunately, the interactions between the MC and ML just didn't feel quite right. I tried to make the ML (Xuan) a more "silent" type character, and it grounded conversations to a distant halt.

And eventually, I felt that having an online encyclopaedia was a bit too much if the MC couldn't pull through and be amazing.

Thus, this story idea was shelved 🥺