#(in italian we do it like english and say nipote in both cases)

[rose-bookblood]

Rose!! holii! how are you dong friend?

I wanted to ask: what's your favorite detail, scene, plot point or character from a wip that you had to erase for some reason or another? what are those ideas that never came into view but could've been so cool if they had?

And also: what did you do with them? did you recycled them? would it possibily part on an Alternate Universe Version? are they just lost forever and only in your memory?

Have a good day/night!!

@ink-fireplace-coffee

Carmen!! It's so nice hearing from you!! I'm doing well, just been very busy between studying for uni (Russian is hard), doing work for my editor and trying to have a life. Making a second Tumblr blog was not a smart choice :')

Oh, there's loads of stuff I cut from BBtS (basically nothing from RWR, though), because it changed so wildly from the first idea I got, but most of that was for the better lol. Like the love square, I don't miss it 💀 Or that it was veeery derivative of the Series that Shall Not Be Named.

One thing I think was interesting and I would've gladly kept if it fit with the other changes was that the Thirteen, the rulers of the Elemental Republic, used to be the Thirteen Families. One member of each family inherited the office, with the only criteria being that all thirteen elements had to be represented (like they are in the current version). The story was supposed to explore their internal feuds and the heir of one of the families, the lightning bender's nephew (as in sobrino, since I can specify this with you), joined the gang at some point and acted as a bridge between them and the Thirteen Families.

I could actually put the guy in there as an easter egg to me and myself only lol. I mean, I already made my friends students at the academy (besides the one who chose to be a terrorist lmao), so why not him too?

There sure is an alternative universe version where the Thirteen Families are still a thing, and I can see myself writing it or just developing further in my spare time or as a procrastination method. I'm fond of old ideas and don't like the thought of them being lost forever, so if I end up doing something concrete with these one, I might post it!

Thanks for the ask, Carmen! I promise I'll answer the others and also finish the BBtS holiday snippet, even though at this point the holidays are way behind us 💀