I drew what I imagined so it's not actually a scene. Yes, under the dawn sky, the demon Adam, with his brand new angel wings and halo, is surrounded and loved by Lucifer and Lilith, representing the fact that no matter what form Adam is in, it can't affect the fact that he's loved. The unfolding book is Abel's diary.
Thank you @fallingivy for such a well-written piece! (I hope I didn't mislabel them) I'm really touched by the fact that this fic spans all of adamsapple's history, from its serialization in February to the present! It's really so good.
I just want to see Adam scoop up Lucifer and snuggle him in his big bear arms, tbh. I’m a very simple person with simple desires, Lucifer is so tiny and sad and I see lots of art where he just looks wrecked and lonely, and I want Adam to simply spoon that tiny angel devil man until they both feel better.
Listen, I know Adam is an antagonist. I know he's an irredeemable pos and I can barely stand him half the time. However, if you strip away their conflict with Heaven, angels being assholes, and get to the core of their personal beef... idk man I feel like it's not proportionate at ALL.
Spoilers for the fic up to ch.24 below
So, basically, in Eden
Adam: [has a disagreement with Lilith]
Lucifer: [fucks BOTH of his wives, tells Adam he is unlovable, and enables all three of them to fall from grace]
And then right after the insurrection
Adam: "My son just died a second time, permanently now, because of your actions."
Lucifer: [CUTS HIM FOR SOME REASON?] "Yeah, yeah, boo-hoo, just don't call my wife a slut."
UM? HELLO?? Am I missing something here? Like, yeah, he's said some horrible shit to them, but Lucifer/Lilith completely fucked up his life/afterlife and for what reason?? Why did Lilith and Lucifer grow to resent him so much after they were banished from Eden?? It was their own actions that got them into trouble and it was Michael that dished out the punishment, where did their hatred come from and WHY are they doing the whole 'yeah, both sides have done bad things, both sides are valid' when those two retaliated so hard?!
Ofc this is taking away everything that is going on around them, Adam is a genocidal psychopath, but I'm Just Saying... those tendencies didn't just magically appear one day for no reason
Btw none of this is criticism to the author, I LOVE their story and I love how complicated and multi-faceted their characters are, I'm just doing some Thinkin
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This chapter devoured me, chewed me up, and spat me out. Fuck dialogue heavy chapters tbh, they hurt me. I’ll write them for the good of the story but at what cost.
I’ve gotten a couple reviews asking how many chapters are left and it makes me metaphorically break out in a cold sweat because…what does that mean? Am I writing this story too long? (stares at notes)
and unfortunately every chapter keeps showing me I need more chapters to get the whole thing down? I’ve plotted it until a conclusion and everything and it’s, um. Well, it’s right on the edge of the domino fall as far as the climax goes. The next few chapters are going to be everything colliding. I don’t want to rush anything and I’ve told myself I need this much writing to tell this kind of slow burn character driven story but god is this stretching out too long? Agghhhhhh
So I’d had a sort of sequel idea for what happened after Splinter Fractures, but it would be…I don’t know, such a passion project that no one would actually want to read? It would feature Lilith and Eve very heavily and they aren’t really fan loved characters. And to be honest, I’m not sure if I’d have the writing steam to get through it. Near the end of SF I definitely hit a patch of burnout and I hate starting something and not finishing. But thoughts about it under cut.
Basically, the idea was that Adam would read Abel’s journals and wonder about what’s going on with Cain. A couple of his kids would come to Elysium, finding out that Adam had gone through the afterlife gamut and is apparently a very different person now, and through talking to his kids he’d find out that when Eve left Heaven it was to find Cain on Earth. Eve has, in fact, been on Earth with Cain for ages.
So there’s a sort of plot to get Heaven to remove the curse on Cain to let him at least get to AN afterlife. Adam meets up with Cain and Eve, and Cain would be sort of world weary and jaded and also kind of terrified of Adam (renowned sinner killer) and Eve is furious about him hooking up with Lucifer (who fucked her over pretty significantly).
And that’s the dynamic. Lucifer trying to be supportive while worried that Eve’s animosity is going to cost their relationship, Adam prioritizing Lucifer but being torn about it because Eve is coming from a super valid place. Cain and Adam father/son rebuilding. Also I wanted this to have Lilith/Eve after some huge hurdles in even getting them to talk to one another.
It just feels like it’d be a huge fic right after another one.
