the backup plan if ye still be doing that
I am totally still doing it. Honestly, people can just ask me about my fic any time and Iâd be really happy to ramble about stuff. FEED YOUR WRITER WITH QUESTIONS, PEOPLE.
Anyway, THE BACKUP PLAN. There are so many things I want to say about The Backup Plan.Â
The thing is, The Backup Plan was the first Kingsman fic I had. The very first one, right after I saw the movie the first time. I love to write about supporting characters and expand upon them. I want to write about Michelle, Merlin, Percival, hell, even Charlie and the other recruits. I want to give all of them stories, maybe more than one.
But Roxyâs story, I wanted from the beginning.Â
Now, the thing about The Backup Plan is that it was my first fic idea but I couldnât write it because all I had was a vague âI wanna write about Roxy going through Lancelot trials and how she deals with the aftermath of V-Day.â I had virtually no idea how to even start (or end) the fic. I had no idea what the plot would even contain. So I left it to stew in my brain for a while, and in the meantime cranked out Hartwin fics.
Then, somehow, I decided I would start writing the Roxy fic and would submit it for the Kingsman Mini Bang. And I started writing it.
It was the most unplanned, disastrous effort of fic writing in my entire life. I usually have at least some semblance of an outline for my fics. Not this one; this one was just âLETâS JUST GO WITH IT.â I rewrote the beginning parts (basically everything before Roxy meets Eggsy) FOUR TIMES. I kept struggling to balance out the advancement of the plot and delving into Roxyâs past, to restrain myself from making Hartwin outweigh Roxlin, to make Roxlin happen in the first place, to make sure my OCs werenât too out of place, etc etc.Â
tbh I didnât even know where or how to end this fic until the impending deadline made the decision for me and made me end right there.Â
The Backup Plan is a universe I want to expand a lot. I want to delve into what the hell is going on with the Hartwin boys there. I want to explore how Percival and Min build a relationship. I want to see Roxy and Eggsy grow into their knighthood, etc etc. I couldnât include a lot of scenes/facts/ideas in the fic because there was just no way to make them fit, plot-wise (and because they werenât things that could be learned from Roxyâs POV).
Which is a convoluted way of saying: well yes, I actually want to write a sequel (or two) to this, from different perspectives. In my head, I already have it framed as a trilogy, with the first sequel being from Minâs perspective (spanning from the events of the film to several years into the future) and the last installment being from Daisyâs perspective (much farther into the future, where sheâs eighteen). Whether I can actually make this workâŚIâve no idea.