hey followers would you want me to talk more about...
I have a question, where did you get the ideas for The Five Wonders?/are the girls based off of anyone you know irl?
Hi!!!
So the story started from a really simple place. One behind the scenes photo from filming of Deep State:
This photo in fact. And all I could think of was dorky dad merlin with his daughter. And it was super cute, but then my brain nudged the idea a little more...and more...and it became five daughters for Merlin. I knew it had to be all girls because it just made the most amusing narrative. Scary, stoic, Merlin with all these girls who melt him into goo.
But the trick was where did all the kids come from? And I knew I wanted it to be a mix of birth and adopted children. Fun fact this is my only Merlin that I’ve written that is bisexual.
A big key in so many stories is not...downplaying? what Valentine’s plans would do - which meant in this universe Gretchen scarred Audra. That is one of the first things I figured out what happened to the girls during that. And then slowly these little bits of personality all come together.
No OC is ever based on one specific person. There are occasionally little individual quirks - Audra’s second committee member for her Masters is absolutely based on the good dr cox’s second committee member from his masters. But no one OC is wholly a person I know.
“...they would call me stupid when I thought I knew the answers. And I did, but, uh... Not “in depth” like they wanted, I guess. Always getting cut off with, y’know, “actually, etc, etc.” It was like they wanted my instructors to know I was dumb, too. I dunno why, but it felt... So shitty. I thought everyone thought that of me when I was there. Like, I knew enough, but I was dumb, or whatever...
If I'm not good enough to be a solider, I’m not good enough to be a special agent. Never formally completed my training at the FBI, even. I can’t do anything. I can fire a gun, yeah, so what? Tons of people can do that. Whatever.
It’s not that I don’t want the job, don’t get me wrong. I just--I don’t--I don’t know. I guess I never no anything, y’know? Not enough.
...whatever, it doesn’t matter.
Sorry, look, can we be done for now? I don’t really...feel like talking about it. I’m done. We’re done here.”
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@bulldog-innit yes, please...any time you want to write it, let me know if you want me to write the starter, or if you want to... (this url is my main, btw, sorry for any confusion)
Oh sweet! And honestly yes, I would absolutely love that! ❤
As for writing the starter, I’d be more than happy to, but perhaps it would be good for you to in order to properly establish what you’re maybe hoping for in regards to the setting? I’m pretty chill and happy to do whatever, though! c:
@ghostriderofthearagon said: Magician’s Nephew, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle. Also, the thing about Susan, even Lewis himself imagined that Susan would eventually get back Narnia. So, fanfiction!
Thats the ‘order’ of the series right? Because weren’t they published out of order for some weird reason?
@godsperfectidiiot said: i love how the gif contrasts your anger