#tagging in case anyone else happens to get a modicum of inspiration out of my silly ideas lol

[mehoymalloy]

for the ask game: ☔!

Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?

Just for funsies, here is the bulleted list as it appears in an old Google Doc entitled "Otohan Fic Ideas" that I had to go digging to find lol

Otohan meeting Imogen when she is a child during the war, that memory being unlocked for Imogen in a moment of battle (unsettling af)

The Big Liliana & Otohan & Imogen Canon-Compliant Prequel Fic

Otohan spotting Imogen before the Deathwish run starts? Or even Imogen is there when they first visit the Seat of Disdain and meet Thull?

Otohan's Backstory: (Childhood, Duskmaven, Apex War, Paragon's Call/Ruidus/Predathos)

That 'idk if you're going to gently lift my chin with that dagger or stab me but it's hot' shitpost

Otohan finds Imogen just before the Solstice (canon-ish). Takes her circlet in cavern and tries to sway her during the big culmination

Fucked Up Family – Otohan sweeps Liliana away when Imogen is a baby and they raise her together on their dual search for answers?

I already knocked out one of these ideas on a whim with Don't Think, Don't Blink back when I first started writing for Otohan. And the Fucked Up Family one is what evolved into Moon Moms! Originally, I was actually planning to create a much more canon-compliant prequel, but Moon Moms sort up took over. Slightly different versions of Otohan's backstory will be slowly explored in both Moon Moms and the Let Me sequel.

Out of all of these, I think Imogen meeting Otohan when she's like 9 during the Apex War (when say Otohan is simply a soldier assisting with emergency aid after Gelvaan's fields were razed) has the most potential. Having Otohan unlock what could've been a relatively happy, obscure memory in the midst of the battle of Bassuras would just be devastating to explore.