#but yeah we'll start with a deleted scene:P MAYBE.

[villa-kulla]

Would you ever consider writing a scene from shoot your shot (or just Laloward generally) from Lalo’s perspective? I really like that way that you write his character and I think it would be interesting to see what’s going on in his head!

You know what, at the beginning I had actually planned on doing a POV swap every chapter for Howard and Lalo! But then I enjoyed writing Howard so much in chapter 1, and his sanctimonious decency lol, and I decided to just continue with him. I also realized quickly that the fic is primarily a fix-it for Howard, so keeping him as the 'central rom-com protagonist' would probably make for a smoother structure. But I won't lie, it was a relief to decide that....because the prospect of Lalo POV was very intimidating! Like yes it WOULD be interesting to know what's going on in Lalo's head! But what the heck is it? It's not that it's just gears and levers clanking around up there, like yes he's very sociopathic and almost machine-like in his drive, but he definitely has substance and personal motivations, and I for sure had my own thoughts on where he was at mentally for all the chapters. But as for how to decribe how those thoughts come OFF in writing, that felt like more of a challenge. I really wanted to at times, actually, he was an interesting character to play with. But I think part of his appeal is that we DON'T always know what's going on there. I find him a very 'outside in' character, if that makes sense. He's very inscrutable and action-driven, and that's part of the fun of watching him! And also reading him. It's like he's putting on a show, and you really have to look through the cracks to figure out what's going on underneath. That's why I made him a theatre major, and had this bit: 'Howard was still stuck on the image of Lalo doing trust falls and mirror exercises and whatever else they made you do in theatre school. But maybe it made a certain kind of sense. Lalo watching the people around him, studying their tics and mannerisms to absorb later, trying on new personas like they were suits…'.

But actually on the subject of theatre school lol, I have been considering writing/posting a little deleted scene that I just couldn't figure out a way to work in, but it deals with Lalo telling Howard more about his time at theatre school and why he left (spoiler alert, he wasn't just bored:P). Ultimately it didn't work with the pacing I had going, and had to kill my darlings, but I'd still like to do it. I haven't actually written it yet, but since you mention it, maybe I'd consider trying it from Lalo's POV, that could be a fun exercise!