so i spent a little while today at work doodling out the outline of a goblin emperor a/u where...

[dragonlady7]

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so i spent a little while today at work doodling out the outline of a goblin emperor a/u where Nemolis Drazhar is not killed at the same time as his father, but recalls his relegated younger half-brother to court, and then What Shenanigans Could Possibly Ensue, and I was like, there are fifteen people who would read this and it is forty chapters long at least, and then I was like, if I inverted most of the genders and set this in a different universe this would be a pretty sick original fic, so like. well. 

i could post the outline maybe, because lord knows I can’t stick to an outline anyway, but. 

(I mean, I love those fifteen people, like a lot, so, maybe I’ll write it anyway, but I’m trying to like. Live, here.)

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[dragonlady7]

wa-hey, my crossposter fixed itself. good thing i didn't go on a random reblogging binge.

it would and it's killing me. i just want it to exist, though, i don't want to write it.

on tumblr someone suggested writing it first and then filing off the serial numbers, but honestly. 1) i feel weird doing that with such a small fandom? and 2) if I just file the serial numbers off first, then I can do more worldbuilding as I go, because honestly I like TGE but I would not build a world that way. who has airships but not radios, guns, gas or even kerosene lamps-- it's just odd, and not the choices I would make. so it would be easier to just--
but i also want to see nemolis drazhar actually dealing with the things his father avoided.
and i have a fantastic whole plot line worked out of how csethiro still winds up engaged to maia. and there's room for a ton of gay pining from csevet. and. and. and!
all of which would be much less resonant with original characters. you have to earn all that shit, with original characters. so. shrug!

[shadaras]

Yeah, it's one thing to do it with a major fandom like Star Wars or whatever, but The Goblin Emperor is fantastic and also still a not particularly well-known book -- though its fans are very delightful about it.

It's definitely possible to write as an original novel, but it needs more build-up and lead-time, which makes it less fun to write. Unfortunately.