Have you ever thought about how fade would be like in the future? Would they have more kids? What would their wedding be like?
Hi!!
Sorry for my slow replies - I want to remind you that I still totally remember your first ask and want to answer it in the future. In fact, when you sent it first, it MASSIVELY motivated me to further follow my inspirations and ideas for Fadelife and so I've spent the last months in Fadeland* thinking about Fade and putting together details of their future life as well as more fics and story ideas and I've enjoyed it so much and prepared drafts and notes that will come together in actual fan fiction here. So thank you so, so, so much for asking! I can't thank you enough, it's been such a joy write fics again!
However (the but is coming). First of all, my time for the screen is limited, especially when I'm also writing fics, so I'm not always online and slow to reply. Also, I've hesitated to answer your question because I wanted to ponder on it very thoroughly so I won't miss out on points I'd like to make. I mean, I've been considering Fade for nine years and a lot came together, so I'm simply used to more ideas trickling in randomly over time ... Lastly, as I put together what I wanted to post, I realized I'd rather say it in fics because it feels more appropiate to weave Fade into stories and show them instead of just summing it all up. And as I do so, as several fic ideas started to pop up and sometimes I just feel more inspired to work on that one rather than another that might appear for urgent to my readers. I hope that doesn't disappoint you too much - maybe you'd like spoilers first and still enjoy the fics where I expand upon these events. For now, I'd prefer to write some fics first, then sum it all up.
Yet rest assured that I am totally inspired and drafting things as time flies - just the last two days I've started with a lot of content AND finally re-read Steel Scars. For years, I've avoided reading it because I thought it'd hurt too much but I felt ready now with all the Shade is still alive content I'm working on to comfort me. It still hurts though. Reading Farley's sad voice reminds me that canon Farley must be so lonely to raise Clara on her own and I'm not sure she even has friends close enough to pour her heart out to - even Mare she only gives bits and pieces. And the work for the Scarlet Guard IS that hard - I wondered if I lay it on too thick in Flowers of Piedmont how she struggles with working pregnant and if Command wouldn't be more considerate but it seems like she totally would feel pressured to go to her limits. Maybe I will write canon fics as well to cover this, though I realize again how much more angsty canon is to what I write with a certain comic relief.
Re-reading definitely confirmed my impression that she is demi and also offered new impulses for how to continue To Break a Storm - the main reason it stucks now is that I needed to re-read Steel Scars to figure out how to streamline it with Steel Scars events although it can't be fully congruent with canon because I've already done things differently - but who cares, Steel Scars has its own typos and plot holes, so what if I change some details to tell a good story? I think Roman and Aude do fit in there smoothly though ;-)
*Fadeland, as I've mentioned it a few times, is the imaginary place I "go" to when inventing stories about Fade. Maybe that sounds weird, but it does feel like my mind goes somewhere else as I invent stories.