#segdam

Much more difficult than I expected, in all honesty. It started as this great idea of having Segdam angst but in a fantasy setting because of the sheer potential on the equivalent of post S2 because a lot of the elements can translate over, right? A world once green and verdant now mostly a desolate wasteland? Some kind of long-ago ice curse! The Guilds? Only a couple need a name change. Doomsday? A Berserker. The Zeta-Beam? An amulet!! Brainiac? Still an Eldritch being. The ruling houses? No real change there. Krypton's destruction? A chain reaction that results in a catastropic volcanic eruption that wipes out the whole Kingdom. So I figured most of the world-building would unfold as is and that the plot would be easy to get on with-

Not so. Partly because there was more worldbuilding to be done (what exactly could the equivalent of the yellow sun be since in this AU all the 'planets' are now kingdoms on the same planet) but mostly because it seems the main conflict is going to have to be built up a lot more than it is.

Because it relies on an epic misunderstanding between the two leads - Seg watches Adam become increasingly distant despite the fact the main threats have been dealt with and starts to wonder if he's becoming homesick, even despite his claims of feeling more at home in Krypton than he ever had on Earth, which is heartbreaking for him because he wants to marry him and doesn't understand why Adam's not opening up. Adam, meanwhile, is convinced he's going to be exiled for treason because of what happened in the Catacombs, that enough people know that they'll not stand for his presence any longer, especially not attached to Seg, not now that he's been elected Prince of Kandor...

And it's not dissimilar to my other Krypton fics where I've had him had similar fears, so you'd think it would be an easy translation. But it isn't, mostly because like...in this AU the quest to save Jor-El would've meant weeks if not months of travelling together and so the question is how has this misunderstanding even arisen? Maybe he might not've been aware there was a chance of Seg being elevated like that but it's the issue of 'how has this mindset of his become entrenched so deep even while the relationship continues?' What's caused him to start thinking like this.

And also part of me is wanting to expand the story anyway like all this world-building I'm doing, do I really want it just for set dressing for this? Or do I want to explore it more? Not an entire series rewrite because there's not a great deal that's really changed, but still. It's possible there might be more build-up needed, should I show more of their relationship here or not? So I've got a lot to think about.

It's Six Sentence Sunday and I have stuff written!!! Firstly some more from 'to make new friends (and set things straight)' and Hawk is not helping matters whatsoever - having just come in and heard the last part of the confrontation with Miguel he decided to jump in with both feet to his 'defence' because he took issue with how Elaine was talking about him.

Unfortunately, no one at the table is on his side.

“He was a great Sensei!” Hawk insisted. “He understood what Cobra Kai could really be—”

“What, a bunch of bullies?” Aisha demanded. “Because that’s what he was trying to make us, Hawk, and you know it.”

“He egged you into trashing Miyagi-Do and stealing Mr Miyagi’s medal of honour.” Miguel reminded him, appalled. “Is that really what you want us to be, Hawk? The kind of people we joined Cobra Kai to stop?”

“From what I hear, he’s in good company.”

“What’s it to you, anyway?” Hawk said, looking at her. “You’re just some random girl who stepped in and got Miguel hurt—”

“Oh yes, the cheating boyfriend is clearly the victim here, jackass.”

(Miguel got punched in the face by Tory a few days before.)

And yes, this is indeed setting up a fight later on because Hawk's an idiot, but that's not gonna be for a while yet!!!

(Why am I setting up a fight scene when I don't like fight scenes? Because practice makes perfect, it's plot relevant and it's in character - remember that in Elaine Barnes's first appearance she advocated setting Cobra Kai merch on fire and filming it as 'fuck you' to Kreese and his creepy friend and in the first fic in this mini-series she stepped in to defuse a fight but was prepared to actively fight if she had to. Girl will not take this bullshit lying down, y'know?)

Next up is a fluffbingo entry that I've been trying to type up for a few days because it flowed really well on paper but uh...not so much on the document for some reason, I keep getting easily distracted or working on other stories, but it's a post-canon Krypton fic featuring Segdam (of course), for the prompt 'Kiss to distract', as the boys are on a mission!!!

(What mission? Doesn't matter, it's just background dressing - all you need to know is that they're not dating but they are interested in each but Adam doesn't know that Seg is.)

He expected Seg to put him down, but the Kryptonian was still holding onto him and looking somewhat flushed himself and gazing at Adam with—

No. Adam was imagining that, he knew he was, but it didn’t stop his traitorous heart from hoping anyway, because he never did know when to give up on a lost cause – it was ridiculous, he knew, to think that Seg would ever be interested in him in that way and yet surely there wasn’t all that passion just because they needed to—

“Adam.” The much more familiar look of fondness mixed with exasperation had made it’s way onto Seg’s face. “I can quite literally see you overthinking things again.”

“Who’s overthinking anything?”

“Well, you are because I know you well enough to recognise it—”

“Hey, my brains are kinda scrambled at the moment, give me a break.”

Hopefully this one will flow soon but only time will tell - could be I just need to step back and work on other things...

Such as the Segdam fantasy AU!!!

Seg's loved him for longer than he knows and he wants him as his intended, as the one to rule by his side for as long as Seg rules Kandor (and then to stay by his side when the crown is pased to someone else) and having courted him during their journey to the Terran Kingdom and back, across the very fabric of time itself, he'd assumed that would follow, had already been making plans on how he woud ask him because there was no doubt in his mind that Adam was as in love with him as he was with Adam-

But he's losing him. Day by day, he's losing him, and he doesn't know how but he does know why, on some level, knows it's to do with him having been crowned Prince of Kandor and having more responsibilities than he used to, but surely that's not enough to dissuade Adam, he'd known that was a possibility, right? That being a member of the ruling houses again meant there was every chance of that happening, right?

Well, even if not, surely Adam would've said something by now if that was the problem, surely Seg would've picked up if that was the problem, he knows Adam well enough to read his moods - if Adam was doubting himself more than normal, so what was it? What was on his mind that he felt he couldn't tell Seg?

Something Seg doesn't see coming, but there going to be crossed wires (or whatever the fantasy equivalent is) in this fic so plenty of angst for everyone :D

Of course, there are the ever present plot bunnies as well as my WIP lists to contend with, especially because one of them morphed into a giant rabbit a few days ago without warning but which I probably should've seen coming because there is no such thing as a one-off side OC with me.

(And a rewatch has really proved that yeah, I like cute nerds very much, so sue me)

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Krypton (TV 2018)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationship: Seg-El/Adam Strange

Characters: Seg-El, Adam Strange

Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Post-Canon, Friends to Lovers, Forehead Kisses, Hugs

Series: Part 9 of Fluffspring 2024

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