AHHHH- YOU MAKE ME CRY/ POS
(I’m new to Tumblr and interacting with people in these fandoms so don’t mind me and I hope this is okay!)
Okay I know I’m a few days late but that “if Marcel lives” AU got meeee. I love Ash, and I love them so much.
Your ash fics have always made me happy but this one got me so good- please tell all your thoughts on this AU, I want to knowwww. Everything about that first chapter was sooo good
THE ENDING THO, talking about a universe when he dies T-T
Your writing is so perfect and amazing!!! Keep writing your so cool!!
HI!!! also dw you're absolutely fine!! You're asking me about my Ash fics???? Oh I've waited YEARS for someone to ask me about my Ash fics!!!!! /Ref
Sooooo I can't tell you much rn bc spoilers, unfortunately! But I can tell you that the general events of canon do not change! There are minor variations because of Ashril being in a much different mental state and Marcel being. Y'know... Alive. But the major events like Phoenix and avicane stuff don't change. That was a choice I made when planning things out, because I want to make sure we stay focused on the goal of the fic.
Which is something I've been trying to keep in mind when planning out most of this fic! There's a lot to be said about Marcel's characterization in canon because he does great for his narrative purpose! His job is to be a sacrificial lamb, his death is supposed to shift the tone of the story. For that to have the emotional punch for not just Ash (aka his partner) but for all of the characters and the audience, he has to be that emotionally stable, kind, wonderful character that he is.
HOWEVER, his purpose in this story is different! He is one of our two protagonists, and therefore I gotta add some stuff to his characterization to create both some internal conflict within him and some external conflict with characters around him. I'm trying my best to make him still feel like the character we know and love, while still giving him some extra bits for the purpose of this fic.
Another fun tidbit I can give you, is this fic is set to be at least half, probably majority post canon! I'm a sucker for epilogue fics and tying up any loose ends, seeing how being out of the main story events affects the characters outlook, healing, character relationships etc etc. and I have many fun plans for the epilogue!
Anyways- ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS SO SWEET I LOVE TALKING ABOUT MY FICS I LOVE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT