#can you even make straight rareships

[saturnyukaa]

did anyone ask for a ludicrous rareship? no?? okay i’ll just take my leave then…

[skitskatdacat63]

Do you have like vettonson canon events that you would love writers to adapt more in fic? Tbf vettonso on its own is considered rareship if we use ao3 fics amount as the source.

Well, first of all I think vettonso is a rarepair by any dstretch of the word, AND it's a difficult ship to write. It's not exactly that their moments are few and far between, but rather that I feel like it takes a lot of inference and deep knowledge to really interpret it, imo. I mean, I've literally been obsessing over this ship for over a year, and I still feel hesitant making big conclusions. It's really difficult to ever get a straight(ha.) answer about their motivations or what they're actually thinking about each other in a moment or even overall. However, that's why I included that Abu Dhabi '22 picture in my prev ask, because I feel like it's a really earnest, honest, clear moment and easy to interpret. I hope this doesn't sound too pretentious LMAO, like why am I saying all this academic shit about an rpf ship(because I care too deeply.)

To answer your question, I guess personally I prefer fics about broader concepts rather than specific moments. My favorite fic is this one, about them meeting the other's younger selves, and finally being able to come to the realization they aren't so different after all(a thesis I really love and deeply believe in.) This is an example of what I talking about in the beginning of this ask, as this fic is literally built upon soooo much discussion I had with the author about vettonso and this specific concept, which makes the fic so fufilling to me, because I can really feel(and know!) the amount of thought and knowledge put into it! For me personally though, I mainly like to explore broad concepts in different contexts(aka AUs), because I think their dynamic over all is fascinating.

But! For concepts I'd like to see! Here's a few, but not all of course! A fic I'd love to write or see would be about the development of their hugs over the years. I'm dying over the concept of having like a 5+1 or something, of Fernando constantly going from "is this amnt of contact too little?" to "TOO MUCH TOO MUCH!!!" every time he hugs Seb. There's so many cases of him initiating contact and then making it awkward and limp as fuck. I would love to see someone explore his mindset, like seriously, Fernando, what even is this!?!? "Five times Fernando hugged Seb and it was awkward, and one time it wasn't." Also kinda dying at the idea of Seb remincising that Fernando was always the one to initiate hugs, but then looking back at all the pics like, "why did he make me look so clingy???"

I'd also love any fics about them confronting each other about things said in interviews, since I'm always wondering what exactly their intentions are and how the other would perceive it. Particularly, the way Seb was a brat in the media after 2010 and complained Fernando hadn't congratulated him, and Fernando later on was like, I've congratulated him repeatedly, okay??? I would love the behind the scenes of things like that. Fernando showing up at Seb's house like, "oh my god, how much praise do you need to be satisified??" Also imagine Seb calling up Fernando after Fernando said Seb couldn't achieve the same things if he was driving the amr23, just dryly being like, "Oh so you think I couldn't?"(Fernando is actually just trying to bait him into coming back to F1) I just feel like so much of out perception comes from what's said in interviews, but it doesn't always feel very honest haha and I read into everything way too much. Fernando in anic calling up Seb after he sees the interview where Seb said they never got close, being like "it's never too late to start..."

[oldbookist]

Hi!

Honest question: could you point me towards the specific content delegitimizing E/C in the fandom in recent years? I've seen your posts, and I'm very confused. I joined the fandom over a year ago, and maybe I've curated my space way too well, but I've never seen a single post against the ship. Posts or ships that contradict it? Yeah, of course, but that's just rareship hell (at least their fanon sexualities are compatible, Courfious shippers have to deal with most people headcanoning Marius as straight!). But actively against it? It seems like it was a big issue around 2012, but is it still a thing?

Thank you for taking the time to answer! ^^

i…am not going to dredge up old discourse posts or anon hate, sorry.

but anyway anon, i don’t think it’s due to your curation that you haven’t seen anything, this fandom is remarkably different today than it was in like, 2017, but even then it was not usually overt hate like the enjonine shippers faced. and i guess i can’t really talk about that without getting into the Lore, so:

long ago, the ships lived together in harmony. (well……..relatively speaking.) but everything changed when the 2012 movie came out.

what had once been an extremely niche fandom became very large indeed. exr had been popular on a small scale before, but after 2012 it expanded into a massive Ever Given of ships that blocked all competing ships. even this was not so bad if that was the only change, but what also came to power in this time period was The Modern AU Fanon, which was essentially brand new original fiction that happened to share names with les mis, invented by some popular posts and fanfiction. this basically replaced canon and you were expected to conform to it in the same way.

a little thing about e/c shippers: we have long prided ourselves on our knowledge and adherence to canon. so this did not go over too well for us! and here is where you get things like people telling you prouvaire is canonically nonbinary, and that enjolras/grantaire is canon so it is therefore homophobic to ship him with anyone else. so sure, their fanon sexualities were theoretically compatible, but in practice? hahaha no.

i don’t really think i can stress enough how mindblowingly bizarre this period of fandom was.

i’m talking about, it was extremely controversial to simply state that enjoltaire wasn’t canon. you would get harassed for that.

unlike enjonine, we were never really big enough to warrant getting hate in our sad little ship tag, there were like 10< people making content for it. so what harassment we got was more for having the audacity to ship something other than exr. and that’s what the whole emphatically platonic e/c thing is about, people could not comprehend enjolras being in a romantic relationship with anyone but grantaire, so we were ignored or minimized. (basically, when we’d post about it you’d frequently have someone commenting about how much they loved their ✨friendship✨ and let me tell you that really starts to grate over time.) like well, you can have it but ONLY if it’s platonic. well enjolras’s REAL partner is grantaire actually.

imagine i went around reblogging exr posts like “wow they’re such good friends, #platonic superhusbands” that’d be a dick move wouldn’t it!

so if you weren’t here, it is really hard to explain how fucking weird it was. i’m glad you don’t know! over the past year or so, for reasons i do not understand, this fandom has shifted dramatically towards being more canon-centric and also much more tolerant of dissenting headcanons and ships. (which is awesome.) so i also thought maybe all this was a thing of the past, but seeing the reactions to my recent posts, maybe not yet.

hope this explains some of it, or at least why e/c shippers tend to be very touchy about “sappho and her friend”-ing the ship.

[the-mu-in-muichirou]

Recovery

@rareship-kny-2020

Day 1- Looking After

Pairing- SaneKana

Word Count: 1,495

(ha, let’s hope I can finish this week. Probably will do different pairings each day.)

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“What do you mean I can’t slay demons?” Sanemi growled, struggling to remove the retrains that kept him tied to the bed. 

“You’re in bad shape Shinazugawa-San! We wouldn’t want you to get more injured. It’s for your own good!” Kochou cheerily explained that as if it would help his situation.

 “Fucking untie me! I don’t have time for this ‘recovery’ shit! I’ll be fine!” Sanemi tried to explain to the flowery sunshine in front of him. She just smiled at him giving him no response.

 He didn’t have time for this shit! He could be using this time for something more useful but no matter how much he struggled he couldn’t move. Sanemi sighed, he wasn’t getting out of this anytime soon. Maybe if he was complacent she would remove the rope, that would be his chance at escape.

 “Alright, I’ll stay here and ‘recover’. Just remove the stupid rope. It feels suffocating.” Sanemi said, watching Kochou. She didn’t move for a while, her face staying the same until she gave a nod.

 “Alright! We wouldn’t want you to worsen your wounds! Oyakata-Sama did give the order to have you rest. You wouldn’t want to go against him. Right, Shinazugawa-San?” Kochou spoke while undoing the restraints. Well, at least he could move now. That didn’t help the fact that now he was bound by an order Oyakata-Sama gave.

 He didn’t have to listen, but it would be disrespectful if he didn’t. Sanemi didn’t want to do that, it would make him feel worse if he did that. Sanemi could do this, he could heal up by himself and get back to hunting demons in no time.

 Groaning he rolled over, at least this couldn’t get worse. He could have some peace, for now.

 “Oh and Shinazugawa-San? I’ll be the one looking after you. Shinobu is a bit busy training.” Kochou smiled at him and he regrets his previous statement.

 It just got worse.

~~~~~

 He wants to shoot whatever god he offended. Sanemi has been stuck listening to Kochou talk nonsense for the past hour.

 You would expect a pillar to be doing some more convenient shit but no. Here she is babbling about an orphan? What the hell?

 He frankly doesn’t care but won’t voice his opinion anymore. Last time he did Kochou’s face turned all sad and it did things to him watching her face fall. He quickly amended it by saying he was joking, he doesn’t think that’ll work a second time.

 Sanemi did not want to be the cause for invoking Kochou’s little sister’s wrath. The little shit was way too overprotective over her older sister. Not that he had any right to say that, considering he’s the same with Genya.

 “Shinazugawa-San!” Kochou yelled in his ear, giggling as he flinched from the sudden noise.

 “You’ll have to drink this.” She handed over a cup filled with a dark green liquid. His nose scrunched in disgust, he didn’t like medicine. Taking the cup he sniffed it and glared at it.

 “It’s not poison.”

 “It might as well be with the way this shit smells.” Sanemi bit out holding the cup at a distance. He didn’t want to drink it. He preferred to stay injured.

 “Shinazugawa-San, stop being difficult and drink it.” Kochou huffed, was she frustrated?

 “If I drink it will you leave me alone ?”

 “Yes.”

 Staring at the evil liquid in front of him he frowned. Well, if it’s poison it will put him out of his misery for good.

 He brought the cup closer to his lips and downed in one go, the feeling of the cool liquid soothing his throat. He gave her the cup and laid down the aftertaste of it on his tongue.

 Disgusting.

 “Good job!” Kochou voiced, he almost wanted to do something so he could deny it. Instead, he closed his eyes and dozed off to sleep.

~~~~~

By the third day, it was routine to have Kochou come in and talk to him and then leave after he ate or drank something.

 It seems she hasn’t gotten any new missions recently and he found that strange.

 When he asked her if she was busy she would reply with something along the lines of ‘Shinazugawa-San, are you worried about me? I’ll make sure to stay right by your side then !’, and offer no other explanation.

 It bothered him that she wouldn’t give him a straight reply. She talked about everything and anything except what he wanted to know. It bugged him for some reason. It had also recently started bugging him how she would disappear for a long time now.

 He frowned thinking that he might’ve just been tired from everything.

 He didn’t mind her company as much anymore. Kochou genuinely seemed to care about him, well she cared about everyone but this felt different somehow. Her talking would put him to sleep sometimes, it was soothing. Sanemi would never admit but it was nice to have someone around him.

 He looked at the door, she should be arriving soon.

 On cue, the door opened and a Kochou walked in, just not the one he was expecting. He pushed the disappointment far away as he stared at the younger one. This one had a frown set on her face and glared at everything as it bothered her very being.

 “Where’s Kochou?”

 “None of your business,” the younger brat said in disdain.

 Alright, Kochou would just have to forgive him if something happened to her younger sister for having that mouth on her.

 “Nee-San said to drink this and eat that after.” The younger Kochou said placing food and that horrible drink beside him before turning to leave.

 “Brat, I asked where she is!” Sanemi grunted, watching as Kochou’s sister stopped and turned to look at him.

 “Ask Nee-San when she comes back if you care so much.” She replied leaving before he could say anything.

 Is this how Genya acts? He hopes not, it would probably piss a ton of people off.

 Turning to the food and drink in front of him he sighed. Sanemi still swears that green medicine shit is poison.

~~~~~ 

Sanemi had finally recovered according to the Kochou brat and he could leave whenever he wanted. He was thankful for that, if he had to spend any more time around with the younger Kochou he would have to apologize to the older Kochou for not having a sister anymore.

 Sanemi frowned thinking about the older Kochou for a bit. She hadn’t returned for the rest of his recovery and it bothered him.

 Every time he asked the younger one she would ignore him or tell him to ask her older sister as if she were around.

 Sighing, he gathered his belongings and got ready to leave before he encountered the younger Kochou again.

 Kochou was a pillar so no matter what happened she would be fine. He had to believe that or else Sanemi’s chest would get this weird weight settling into it.

 Kochou seemed to be happy around him and next thing he knew he got a little angry insect buzzing at him in annoyance.

 Next time he saw her, he would ask what happened. For now, he had to go and be the wind pillar he was.

 Finishing up he walked towards the exit to finally leave. Sanemi couldn’t wait to go out and relive all the tension that had been gathering in his stay.

 Opening the door he saw two Kakushi carrying someone. He wouldn’t have cared if they weren’t carrying the person that had been on his mind for a while.

 Staring at Kochou his heart clenched and his lungs lurched for air. She was badly injured, blood streamed down her delicate face dripping down onto her uniform.

 Whatever fucker did this would pay if she hasn’t taken care of them already.

 Moving towards the Kakushi he took her from their grasp.

 “Shinazugawa-Sama?” They questioned, looking hesitant to ask anymore.

 “I’ll take her.” Was all Sanemi said as he carried her away to the infirmary ward where he just escaped.

 Sanemi has known Kochou was small but holding her confirmed it. He doesn’t think he’ll be letting go anytime soon. He’ll even battle the butterfly brat for it.

 He laid Kochou down on the nearest bed when he finally reached the infirmary ward. Sanemi looked her over, frowning. He’ll have to go fetch Kochou’s sister. Sanemi just hopes they won’t argue... again.

 He turned to leave when a hand grabbed onto his own. Sanemi looked down to face Kochou awake.

 “Shinazugawa-San? It seems like I’ll be in your care now, huh.” Kochou smiled tiredly.

 Sanemi sighed, “I’ll look after you, you’ll be better than fucking ever.”

 Kochou giggled, closing her eyes once more. “I’ll leave it to you then. Sanemi-San.”

 Sanemi froze hearing his name coming from Koch-Kanae’s mouth. It didn’t sound bad.

 “Guess I’ll be seeing you recover this time, Kanae,” Sanemi replied watching Kanae fall asleep.

[athyrabunlord]

About LLSHP AU (Afterword)

[Brief note about School Term] [other LLSHP AU stuff] [YohaMaRuby concept arts] [ChikaYouRiko concept arts] [KanaDiaMari concept arts] [Hogwarts Staff]

[FFN link] [Pixiv Link] [Translated to Chinese by plin2290]

I’m just so pleased and happy to have made it! I have so many existing incomplete stories that it’s astounding for me to actually complete a multi-chapter story. Once again, I’d like to say a huge THANK YOU!! to my readers for staying with me to the end, providing me feedback and expressing interest, motivating and inspiring me enough to reach this point.

The following is really just about my rambling, about my thoughts, about the planning process and my decisions, so do keep reading if you’re interested in the makings of this story. I just feel like sharing (aka: blah blah blah) since, again, I actually friggin completed a story omg (´；Д；｀)  

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First of all, let’s go way back to near the end of October 2016, not long after LLS Season 1 ended. Yes this is so long ago lmao. After drawing several canon-related fanarts and writing short blips to satiate my thirst, I decided to create a complete whole AU so I can fantasize more XD I ended up picking the Harry Potter verse because, come on, it’s always fun trying to Sort your favorite characters and think about their abilities and whatnot.

Ideas started to whirl and initial sketches began. There’s an old post explaining why I Sort the girls into their respective Houses. That’s also when extra details were pondered over, the why and the pros in doing so. You should know by this point that I’m a complete useless 3rd Years trash, but as I brainstorm more, I realize that their story is more suitable to be a prequel, something that supplements a main story. And so, what should the main story be about? What kind of story do I want to present? Who would be the perfect main character/narrator for this?

Yoshiko. In canon, she’s already associated with (black) magic and, as a First-Year and Muggleborn, she would be perfect for a reader to immerse into this fascinating new world of magic through her perspective. As an old post says, I fudged up the School Term and age during the initial stage and didn’t realize until everything’s all finalized, that’s why I had to keep it as it is XD;;;;

Anyway, at this point, I’ve already decided Yoshiko to be a Horcrux, with the antagonist of this story to be Yohane, and how the last few chapters are going to play out.  Everything else, even the other characters’ backgrounds are all further elaborated and refined based off of this central plot. On a side note, how sexy is Aikyan’s solo in the 3rd Live, I mean, the white and black wing I could only think about Yoshiko/Yohane DX

Ahem, I’ve always found Yoshiko’s character fascinating, that there’s a Yohane side of her even though, really, she’s Yoshiko (a good girl). The Chamber of Secrets and the Half-Blood Prince are the main source of inspiration for this particular idea, but of course HP fans might notice many elements from the original story used or modified in my story. I’m also a strong believer that the Patronus Charm can do more than just warding off Dementors or Lethifolds (and Obscurus), hence its significance in this story, especially later chapters.

Therefore, each girl’s Patronus was tentatively decided at this early stage, with 1 or 2 possibilities. After this, I then thought of what ships should this story present. As much as I did not want romance/ships be The Major Point, I have to acknowledge that ships are what people go for in a story, myself included. I understand shipping might turn people away from even trying a story, that’s why I kept it secret for the first few chapters before confirming it on tumblr (where the chapters were first uploaded). I was just testing the waters, to see if people are interested in the story enough to keep reading even if the ships aren’t their preferences.

Back to planning stage - as a multi-shipper, I did not want to set in stone right off the bat what the ships are either. And thus I continued expanding on ideas and see where things would  go, keeping most of the initial interactions and important moments intact. This is why there are times it might seem there are multiple pairings even though nothing was specified (cough wee kanadia, youriko etc (｡･ ω<)ゞてへぺろ♡). Not to mention, as the main character, Yoshiko will always have moments with each of the 8 girls. I remember joking in an old post that, if this were a gal-game, there are various routes to this story, from the default path to those you have to unlock via certain conditions XDDD

Naturally, members of the 1st-year trio and Guilty Kiss get more screen time with Yoshiko. Then, as a fellow Slytherin and part of the tsurime trio, Dia does too. Not to mention Season1’s anime ED shows You & Angel together, You gets special moments too. Chika is Aqours’ leader who first accepted Yoshiko into the group as datenshi, so I tried to show that as much as I could given the circumstances in the story. And so, this leaves poor orca on the side lol. But yeah, YoshiMaru, YoshiRiko, YoshiRuby, so many possibilities! However, as more details get finalized, such as Yoshiko’s childhood, her Shiira-KANSU! Patronus and about the Augurey, YoshiMaru just happened. Things seem to click into place with their love as the focal point and I was able to keep expanding the story. First puppy love, innocent and pure. A dream that grew to become reality. Could other ships have worked? Yes, but then that would’ve given this story a different direction and it wouldn’t have been LLSHP AU – Yoshiko Tsushima and the Fallen Angel anymore. As I developed YoshiMaru more and more, I was very satisfied with my choice.

On a side note, I confirm Yoshiko did have a crush on You at first (and Hanamaru had a crush on Kanan) xD it’s mostly just physical attraction in a “the-senpai-I-admire” kind of way, and it soon morphs to strong friendship as this story progresses. I don’t know if this was obvious at all but that’s why these two girls always have a soft spot for Gryffindor Baka#2 and Baka #3 xD!!!

On the other hand, I was not expecting DiaRiko to form. Yes, it was my guilty ship but I didn’t intend for them to be a couple in this story, just close friends/confidantes. In canon, they’re already the straight man of their respective year trios (most of the time anyway, I’m looking at you ponkotsu penguin). Yet, given their respective pasts and personalities, they became intimately close and found solace with each other, and that kind of relationship is what I tried to show to the readers, especially through the Carbonado Interlude. They’re not predestined to fall in love but they did and found happiness. Out of the four ships, I was most worried about DiaRiko since it’s a rareship unlike the other three. That’s why I keep saying how pleased I am that it ended up being well-received by fans ;;A;;

ChikaYou came to be as I finalize the 2ndYears’ background and Riko’s part, while KanaMari’s story is set aside for the prequel and thus not given much spotlight in the main story (and also due POV effect). In spite of how much I adore ChikaYou, it’s also not shown much because of what happened in the story but also because I wanted to present their dynamic as a duo and CYR bond with Ruby (since that’s how Yoshiko perceives them most of the time anyway).  

Ruby, my widdle cinnamon roll baby, is left unpaired for a reason. I want to show that platonic/friendship love is just as wonderful and powerful. There’s a saying ‘lovers come and go, but friends are for life’, and that’s exactly what Yoshiko and Hanamaru meant for Ruby, and vice versa. Now, while I’m on this, I have a confession about Ruby’s fate. After the concept arts were drawn and uploaded, I was finalizing the details of the three Arcs before I toss the first chapter onto tumblr. The end of ch19 is definitely one of the biggest climax of the story - Ruby ended up being Yohane’s target instead of Dia. Originally, uh, yeah, Ruby is supposed to die because her wounds were too much. Regular healing spells do not work on sectumsempra, only a special counter-Curse could reverse the effects. I tried very hard to find a way around it to save her. I don’t want my baby to die, any of them really, and she still have so much ahead of her. Fortunately, I was able to save her through Yoshiko/Yohane which, in turn, saved this raven-haired girl as well. I was able to continue working backwards on finalizing the Arcs and individual chapters with a peaceful state of mind.

‘Yoshiko’, as in the one who’s been narrating the story from ch1-20, still died in a way, but at least I was able to change the story from Bad End to True End (?). True End is the ch21 I uploaded. Bad End route would have Ruby dead, Yoshiko gone and ch21 would turn out completely different. A Happy End would be Yoshiko the Narrator miraculously alive and the others not having scars or still recovering, but I just find that too unrealistic. I’ve minimized the, uh, damage enough as it is, given the circumstances. J.K. Rowling did go on a killing spree in Book7 but come on, with a psychotic maniac like Voldemort and all those magical spells, you can easily kill people. You don’t need Avada Kedavra to kill someone, a sudden Diffindo or Reducto is enough. I’ve chosen my sacrifice and one is too many already. And speaking of sacrifice, let me talk a bit about Riko and why she was the ‘first victim’. Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare. Even though this story was outlined even before the First Live, this song already stands out to me from the anime, a song where the 8 of them sang in Riko’s absence but her spirit is still with them. And so, I sort of portrayed that the way it is in this story. Even though Riko didn’t get any lines from ch12 onward until ch20, her role remains significant and is the pivotal point for the remainder of Arc2 and Arc3. In terms of the plot, I’ve followed my outline quite closely. All the core points remained unchanged as I write out the chapters, though how I write a chapter (ie the wording, the extra little details, and actual professor dialogues instead of just narration) did change as I go along, influenced by more of the official content. Facts about characters that are only revealed in Season2 or other media such as SIF etc were not incorporated into this story (for example, Kanan being afraid of ghosts and height). As I mentioned in an older post about wands, I would have chosen phoenix feather for Ruby’s wand core had I known about the Duo-Trio results. The Kazuno sisters would have been incorporated into the story alas, back then, very little was known about Saint Snow in Season1 of the anime. Yes… season2 was finished and, like, a total of 15 live performances have happened between the creation and the completion of this story LOL Back to the plot. Seven is said to be a magical number in the HP verse and that’s why each Arc has 7 chapters. Arc 1 is the Intro, Arc 2 is the turning point, Arc 3 is the climax and the resolution. Sounds easy and straightforward so I thought I would’ve finished the story within a year. Well. It ended up almost taking two years lmao. Obligations IRL aside, new ideas, more AUs, more fanarts etc also make sticking to the update schedule difficult. It’s the worst when it comes to writer’s block – you have the outlines, you know what’s supposed to happen in a chapter, yet the words just aren’t flowing and you’re stuck. Thankfully, with you lovely readers giving the feedback and encouragement I need, I made it over each bump on the road to get to the finale. Hanamaru wrote most of this story, yes. Each chapter titles with exception of Ruby’s interlude and ch18-19 also showed up in ch21. The title of the ‘book’ is supposed to be revealed in the Epilogue but, since I had to upload it onto Fanfiction.Net, I can’t just call it LLSHP AU so I had to reveal “Yoshiko Tsushima and the Fallen Angel” right away. Back then I called this a temporary title because I did think about giving this story an alternate title, since she didn’t write the interludes, ch21 and the epilogue. However, at the end of the day, this still suits the story best. After all, the individual titles for ch21 and the epilogue make up the story’s title.

“Yoshiko has always known that she isn't normal like everyone else. Surely, she would master everything about magic at Hogwarts, and become the amazing fallen angel she's meant to be. Little did she know, her school year would be more than eventful as she makes great friends, uncovers secrets, and learns what it truly means to be Yohane.” - this is the summary I put on Fanfiction.Net. It speaks from both Yoshiko the Narrator’s perspective, and Yoshiko from the Epilogue’s perspective. It probably sounds confusing but I hope you understand what I mean. So, what’s next? I’ve invested a lot in this world of LLSHP AU already and there are still so many more possibilities, especially with the rather open ending both ch21 and the epilogue presents, so I’m definitely not done with this AU! Since I have the memory of a goldfish, I don’t know if I’ve already mentioned this but the prequel will be told mostly in Mari’s POV. It will have occasional Dia and Kanan POVs too (because I’m a shameless 3yrs-oshi and writer privilege); Rather than taking forever to write and cramping the scenes into a massive interlude chapters, I’ve decided to split it in shorter chapters - this will roughly be a 12-part story that took place before the main story, showcasing segments of the kanadiamari’s first 3 years at Hogwarts.

This prequel is… relatively normal and lighter compared to the main story, meaning it’s more school-oriented and more slice-of-life episodes for the most part (at least, that’s the outline), and much more Professor cameos. There will be more N-card girls to be showcased as well, such as kanadiamari’s Housemates and Quidditch teammates. Overall, it’ll be shiny °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° There will not be a full sequel to the main story. Instead, there will be blips/drabbles about events that happen after the main story, as teased in the Epilogue - the TriWizard Tournament for one XD And, unlike the main story, the ideas for blips in this sequel-timeline are more vague, so I’ll be able to incorporate new content into it (as in, from official content 2017 onward such as proper characterization of Saint Snow).

There are plans for omake/filler fun blips as well - little incidents that happened throughout the main story or, rather, ‘excerpts’ that Hanamaru wrote but didn’t make it to the final version of her book. The first Halloween, more scenes with the Professors, birthdays and so on.

There are also plans for character-exclusive blips as well, similar to an Interlude. For example, DiaRiko’s ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) cough cough.

My tentative plan is to keep going with the prequel, and maybe every few chapter or so I’d write a sequel-timeline blip. I’ll see how my muse and inspiration is in the future, I’m already extremely satisfied that I finished the main story XD And I do want to work on some of my other existing AUs (ie Animus AU and Mafia AU just because I’ve already invested time in creating the concept arts and so I don’t want them to sink into oblivion…) or who knows, there might be new AUs. I mean, pretty much every new SIF set is enough to inspire a brand new AU please allow me a moment to giggle like the trash I am over the DiaRiko UR set *pterodactyl screech*

AHEM. Another thing is illustration/artworks. Since most of my time was spent on writing, there are much fewer artworks than I would’ve liked for this story. I think I mentioned this somewhere that I’d love to have an individual cover art for each chapter alas, no time at all DX I’d like to have at least one illustration per chapter too but OTL I can only pick one and so for this AU I chose writing over drawing. Cry.

Anyway, I’ve rambled long enough and I think I’ve talked about everything I want to get off my chest. If you have any questions/feedback, go ahead and fire’em at me, since I’m now able to answer anything without fear of spoilers now XD (unless your question is about the prequel or things that happen in the sequel-timeline)

Thanks for reading the whole thing and, ofc, staying with me until the end of this story!