inspiration's back

[rhodanum]

Sketching ideas for two 10k-ish length fics:

• "five realities that never were" [Oban Star-Racers, gen-fic] Events happen differently after Maya's horrific death. In some realities, Don never descends into depression and alcoholism. In others he takes Eva with him, into a life of drifting. In yet others, he gives her up for adoption, recognizing his inability to care for her in his current state. But each and every time, Canaletto carefully and subtly steps in to 'correct' the flow of destiny, so that his grand plan, unfolding for ten thousand years, still comes to fruition.

• "the shadow that devours the world" [Oban Star-Racers, gen-fic] A subtle horror fic about Canaletto and his long influence over the genetic lines he followed, in order to reach Eva. Focuses on three generations of the Wei family as young children and their murky nightmare of a terrible and frightful, many-armed monster + Don and Eva finally talking about Canaletto and beginning to properly heal after Oban.