8 and 9 please! And 'Between the Shadows' as the fic in question :)
(I think you may have meant 9 and 10 since those refer to a specific fic - if you didn’t… those are the ones I’m answering, sorry! <3 xD)
9) In between the shadow and the soul, what’s your favourite scene that you wrote?
Everyone is asking the hard questions this morning! I think it has to be the final sparring scene in chapter 4. I loved getting to show how far they’ve come, the change in their relationship dynamic, and of course any time I get to write sparring like sex it makes my tropey heart happy.
If I could draw, I would absolutely draw the part where Ignis nicks Gladio’s lip with the lance, as that’s the image I knew I wanted to end that spar with.
10) In between the shadow and the soul, why did you decide to end it like that? Did you have an alternative ending in mind?
You and I may have talked about this before, but this is a great question. Somewhere in the abyss of my google docs, there’s a quarter finished draft of a canon compliant ending to between the shadow – for those who haven’t read the fic, it follows the verse 2 ending as written.
The reason why I changed to the verse 2 ending was a) Episode Ignis came out while I was writing it and b) I really needed to process my Gladnis feelings after the infamous ‘What the hell were you thinking?!’ line and c) I hadn’t seen a lot of people exploring the verse 2 ending in a Gladnis context.
I also think many talented authors have explored post-canon Gladnis far better than I ever could, but I digress.
Ultimately, I love happy endings. I wanted these boys to have the happy ending they deserved in my heart, so that’s what I wanted to write.
Thanks for asking, lovely! As always when I talk about this fic, it got long. <3
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