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Title: Thread of Twilight

Fandom: The Grishaverse

Prompting Quotes:

◦ "It is because I love him that I will not let him put himself beyond redemption." — Baghra, Shadow and Bone

◦ "I have lived a long life, rich in grief." — The Darkling, Ruin and Rising

◦ "Had the Darkling had friends like this? People whom he'd loved, who had fought for him, and cared for him, and made him laugh?" — Alina, Ruin and Rising

Summary: Daria has lived in freedom — a feat to which few Grisha can honestly lay claim. She has traveled, seen many things, learned much. And after long years, a voyage on the True Sea brings her face to face with her past, awakening a buried sense of longing and setting her on a new course.

Genre: Drama, Friendship, General

Additional Tags: Bookverse, Canon Compliant, Gapfiller, Siege and Storm to Post-Rule of Wolves, Slow Build

Rating: PG

Warnings: None

Links: FF.Net | AO3

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Title: Edged in Silver

Fandom: The Lord of the Rings

Prompting Quote: ’[Denethor II] was first son and third child of Ecthelion …’ (The History of Middle-earth: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Chapter VII, The Ruling Stewards of Gondor)

Summary: When Minas Tirith is evacuated during the War of the Ring, Idrin, sister-daughter of the Steward Denethor, remains in the city to continue serving at the Houses of Healing. With her work as a healer and her duties in the Citadel left nearly unaltered, things feel as familiarly quiet as ever. Yet, oftentimes the occurrences that touch one’s life are rather unassuming and not always noticed when they take place.

Genre: Drama, Family, Friendship, General

Additional Tags: Bookverse, Canon Compliant, Eventual Slow-build Romance

Rating: PG

Warnings: None

Links: FF.Net | AO3

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From the Sidelines || Moodboard for Chapter 1

Following up @darknightfrombeyond‘s Vibing Writeblr Ask “black and gold: make a moodboard for a chapter”.

(I dislike the traditional 3x3 symmetry of moodboards; and I’m not entirely happy with this one, but…)

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Title: From the Sidelines

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries

Inciting Force: Plot-holes & fantastical elements fitting better into TVD book-realm

Secondary Prompt: Different people have a different effect on us.

Summary: When the supernatural sweeps into town, Claire Duval, art teacher at Mystic Falls High School, strives to stay out of it. She largely succeeds, but even then the accumulation of isolated events leads to a path different from the one she had envisioned.

Genre: Drama, Friendship, General

Additional Tags: TV-verse, Canon Divergent After Season 6, Slow-burn Chemistry, Canon Character Growth

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: None

Links: FFN | AO3

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Story Origins

When I write fanfiction that features an original protagonist, I do it because I want that character to add something to the existing story, something that no canon character can bring to it. I like the feeling and the challenge that come with writing a story and a protagonist that fit into the gaps provided by the canonical material while said material remains unchanged, and I love having my lead character being able to affect canon characters without warping the established plot.

From the Sidelines is the only story where I have deviated a little from my personal don’t-mess-with-canon rule. That came about when I realised that the show had created glaring plot-holes that remained unaddressed to the end. Elena and Damon’s happy ending was the first of these — their relationship was acknowledged by both as being toxic and dysfunctional, and yet it was endgame and had a happily ever after despite their never being able to resolve their issues. The manner of Caroline's magical pregnancy was the second gaping plot-hole — the Gemini coven transferred the fetuses into her womb and cloaked them using a spell that was previously known to transfer a person to a prison world. The sudden change in purpose of the spell was never explained, and neither was an explanation given as to how a vampire’s womb could support fetuses without some kind of magical preparation.

Then came fantastical elements that would fit better into TVD book-realm than the TV series. Elements that gave a Harry-Potter-like feel to a supernatural show which for six seasons boasted no such vibes. The Phoenix Stone and its trapping vampire souls in it; the post-mortem preservation of the Everlastings' bodies; Rayna Cruz's blood that is poisonous to witches; the flesh-eating Sirens; the Founders’ Bell that opens a portal to Hell and summons hellfire.

All that made me realise that the inclusion of an original character could add something to the story, by means of purposeful interaction with canon characters and without altering events from the very outset. But it also drove home the fact that in order for that to happen, certain late divergence from the established canon would be necessary.