#rewrite ask

[nyaskitten]

I mean, for the most part, you'd be right... Except I'm more excited for March of the Oni because the Oni were so horribly done. I mean, I 100% do anticipate when I get to fix the mistake that was Skybound tho.

Asked by @toxic-meat (also It was letting me edit the ask but it wouldn't let me answer it???)

[screamingintune]

ok so minor question for the acotar rewrite, bc it’s been bugging me. you know how in the books they mix modern and medieval fashion, and in most cases, the female characters look like they’re in prom dresses a lot of the time? will you make the fashion suit the “time period” (I know it’s fantasy but I couldn’t think of another word for it lol)? I ask this bc I was trying to draw the sisters last night and good god it was difficult lmao

Did you read my mind? Because last night I was watching a bunch of YouTubers who recreate historical clothing as inspiration, so I’m like lowkey dying to talk about this.

The answer is, for the most part, yes. I imagine most of the courts + Hiburn as having the fashion of a certain time, but I have definitely taken a few fantasy liberties in certain places (especially in the fact that I have blended a lot of time periods together for the fashion and aesthetic), so I’d say I’ve loosely based the fashion of the world on these times.

I imagine the spring and autumn courts to have late 1700s fashion, the only differences being in what the trends of the countries they’re inspired by were at the time.

Hiburn is kinda 1500s English.

The night court has some Viking influences, but otherwise I don’t 100% have a specific time period inspo tied down yet.

And I imagine the mortal realm (at least where Fey//re lives) having regency era fashion, but more like how it’s portrayed in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. (Which is to say, very historically inaccurate, but it’s one of the liberties I’ve taken.)

And then for the rest of the locations, I have images in my head of their fashions, but I have yet to research them a lot and figure out what time periods I’m thinking of, so once I nail that stuff down, I’ll probably reblog this with the new info.

I love this question, though, thank you!

[screamingintune]

in your rewrite, do you think you would make the high fae look less human, rather than like, conventionally attractive people with pointy ears?

Yes and no. Depends on which way I decide to cement my world building in. I have a few different ideas for their “origin” so to speak, and one of them is this: Originally there were just humans and the “Lesser Fae” (aka just creatures that lived amongst the humans). They just coexisted until some humans found the Cauldron and decided they weren’t good enough as is, and turned themselves into the first High Fae, then messed things up and took control and all that fun stuff. (Sarcasm, the original high Fae were power hungry assholes.) And so they’d look like humans, because they basically are.

That being said, if I do go with this idea, I plan on emphasizing the abnormal aspects of the high Fae (like the weirdly long limbs and glow of power, etc..), especially when Fey/re is first adjusting to being high Fae herself.

[screamingintune]

What aspects of the original series do you plan to change in your ACOTAR rewrite?

Quite a few. The main things I want to change and fix are the characters and their personalities/arcs, but that’s closely followed by the toxic relationships (as well as the countless other problematic elements in these books), and the world building holes/things I personally just wish were fleshed out more.

If you want me to go into detail about a specific thing, please feel free to ask!

[screamingintune]

Two questions! 1. What is/are the most difficult parts of the rewrite? 2. Are you working on something else?

1. The most difficult part so far, I think had been getting all the details of the story and world building sorted out. I have pretty good ideas for how most things work so far, but I need to work on a few things like the Queens, magic system, etc.. (The magic system is probably gonna be pretty soft for my own sake 😂) Also, Tam//lin and his whole storyline. I’m trying to figure out if I wanna have him be a veiled antagonist the whole time, or have him be a good guy, but he and Fey//re realize they just do not work together. I guess I’ll just figure that out along the way.

2. Not really. I’m usually only able to focus on one project at a time, but there are a few I always have floating around in my mind. (Including one revolving around some spellcasters I have on Sims 4. 😂)

[screamingintune]

Hey, I just found your blog and I saw something about an ACOTAR rewrite! I was just curious what the status of that was? I love the idea of an acotar rewrite but all the ones I've found in the past were never actually written or in some cases I just disliked them. I loved the actual premises of ACOTAR but I didn't really like how it was executed. Also would you be posting it on AO3, Tumblr, or...?

Hi! I’m currently in the developmental/outlining stage of things, and hopefully I’ll have enough put together in the next couple weeks to start writing the first draft.

When I’ll actually start posting/how I’ll start posting is still way up in the air, but I’ll definitely post updates and stuff as I go, so you’ll have a better idea of what’s going on with it.

And as for where I’ll post it: I’ll probably stick to AO3 and possibly Wattpad, but I’ll post snippets and stuff on here as well!

I’m really happy you’re interested, and hopefully you end up enjoying what I come up with!

[screamingintune]

How old is Feyre in the beginning of the book?

If you’re asking about canon, she’s 19 in ACO//TAR, and then 20/21 in MAF and WAR, I believe.

But, if you’re asking about my rewrite, she’s 20 at the start.

(And if your curious about her sisters: Nesta is 24 and Elain is 18. I made Elain the youngest as opposed to the middle child, because I felt it made more sense.)

[screamingintune]

I always see folk use arab architecture/aesthetics (though a culture isn’t an aesthetic but I can’t think of a better word rn) for the night court. do you imagine it that way and if so, do you think you would incorporate more of that culture into the night court’s lore?

No, I don’t, because I feel like from what other antis have pointed out in regards to it being problematic, none (or most) of the glaring issues with it would be fixed in my rewrite. So, instead I’m loosely basing my Prythian on Europe, and each of the courts are loosely based on a certain time period/place/and general vibe, or aesthetic of a European country.

The night courts’ “vibe” (I’m just gonna use this word, because I think it describes it well) is based on Scandinavia. (And the lllyrians are based off ancient Celtic tribes for the most part.)

The Day Court’s vibe is based on the Netherlands.

The Winter Court’s vibe is based on Russia.

The Autumn Court’s vibe is based on Germany in the late 1700s.

The Summer Court’s vibe is based on the Mediterranean, but mainly Greece I’d say.

And the Spring court’s vibe is based on late 1700s France.

Hyburn’s vibe is based off, I’d say around 1500s England?

(There’s no dawn court in my version, because I saw someone point out how it made no sense, and I agreed, so I scrapped it.)