Hello friends and...one family member (that I know of).
If you follow me here, you know I’ve been poking around and vaguely active.
If you’re here from the link from Remedy 2.0 maybe I just disappeared off the face of the earth for nearly a month. Oops.
So, I’m here to talk about the elephant in the room, FBiNS-wise.
I’ve scrapped Remedy 1.0 from canon. Per request I reuploaded it for the handful of people who enjoyed it, and because there’s stuff in there that I’m proud of, damn it.
Upon posting Remedy, I was met with an absolute backlash. Which, sure. Emotional response from people. I’m kind of flattered/honored. Now. At the time, it felt awful.
Don’t misunderstand, I don’t mind constructive criticism. In fact, I’m glad to receive it. It’s how I grow and get better.
I had a few reasons for abandoning Remedy 1.0 as it was (and it’s not because of all the angry messages, although those did play a part, ngl)
I couldn’t find a resolution to the conflict I had created that felt natural/right/in-character.
(and this is thanks to someone giving me some great feedback and I’m so sorry to them because I didn’t save their username before initially deleting Remedy 1.0) I, quite unintentionally, had created a legitimate abusive relationship. (Entrapment, specifically.)
Could Tony just leave the relationship? Well, technically, yes. But he’s also functionally immortal and humans are aggressively social creatures. There was no way of introducing Sigyn to the relationship without it having been mentioned waaaay back when, pre-apple. Which, for those playing along at home, Loki did on...well, it was more than a whim, but it wasn’t fully thought out enough. Which is also really fucked up and dysfunctional but, well. The day Loki properly thinks something through is the day that pigs will fly. Or something like that.
I got a bit off topic, my bad.
So, post deluge of angry, I spent a good week or so having a small existential crisis. I’m fine now. Back into my writing groove. Sort of. But everything I wrote felt wrong. I couldn’t fit the above-mentioned issues with the story’s conflict into any sort of resolution that I liked.
Then my Dad was in the hospital for a week. He tripped, hit his head, it was a scary thing for all. He’s ok! No permanent damage, just a slightly traumatized daughter.
Back to writing. STILL nothing felt right.
Then I got that previously mentioned lovely comment that laid it out in black and white. The issue was that I was writing about abuse. Unintentionally, of course. (On both my and Loki’s part, fwiw.) But I finally had the words to put together what was wrong.
So I did the only thing I could do in that situation: salt and burn 1.0, and rebuild. That’s the lovely thing about fanfiction. Oh, you fucked up? That’s ok, you can delete it and try again!
So, now we have Remedy 2.0, and while I’m not completely happy with it, it is going to let me move forward.
And if you’re reading this before 2.0 itself, I hope you enjoy the new content I threw in, and are excited to see what happens next!
So, what’s next from Haarii?
Writing more FBiNS, of course! Continuing FMLYHM (Kinktober 2018), because I said I’d write it all, and damn it I’m going to. Maybe I’ll even finish it in 2018, lol
I’m very tempted to write some Venom/Eddie one-shots or something. We’ll see.
Also maybe some Penguin/Riddler after binging Gotham the last few weeks, lol.
There’s a Digimon fanfic I’ve been working on off and on since I was in high school, and I’d kind of like to actually write it out.
A few original fic ideas bouncing around in my head. Hohoho. Would anyone be interested to see some original stuff from me?
Like my writing? Feel free to buy me a coffee. <3