Pirates Are Evil? The Marines Are Righteous? These Terms Have Always Changed Throughout The Course Of

Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what’s wrong and what’s right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!

If you’re an adult, do the stuff you couldn’t as a kid.

Like, me and my sister went to a museum, and they had an extra exhibit of butterflies. But it cost £3. So we sighed, walked past, then stopped. We each had £3. We could see the butterflies. And we did it was great. We followed it up with an ice-cream as well because Mum and Dad weren’t there to say no.

I was driving back from a work trip with 2 other people in their early 20s, and we drove past a MacDonalds. One of the others went “Aww man, I’d love a McFlurry.” And the guy driving pulled in to the drive through. It was wild. But it was great.

I went to a park over the weekend and I was thinking “Man, I’d love to hire one of those bikes and cycle round the park.” It took me a few minutes to go “Wait, I can hire one of those bikes!”

I guess what I’m saying is, those impulsive things you wanted to do as a kid - see the dinosaur exhibit, play in the fountains with the other kids, lie in the shade for 2 hours - you can do when you’re an adult. You have to deal with a whole lot of other bull, but at least you can indulge your inner 8 year-old.

Was feeling sad and looked for fics to cheer me up.

So of course I went to the Haikyuu fandom.

And I saw a tag that reminded me of the good old days when the ones in the know would troll the newer members of the fandom by telling them about Daichi's death. It was hilarious. Like

"Oh yeah, it's a great anime! There's a little angst though... Nah I'm not gonna spoil it for you. Don't worry about it."

"No, no. Now I'm curious. Tell me!"

"Well... I'm sorry but... Daichi dies."

"..."

"..."

"WHAT!?"

Ah yes.

The good old days :DD

I had the greatest idea for a plot twist! Everyone would hate me :DD

It's most likely been done already, but still.

So, it's a series of books like Percy Jackson or Harry Potter. And as is typical for this genre - type shonen-anime-like, aka adventure & fantasy - nearing the end of the series, there's a war.

And I make this big deal of the fight between the main character and the final boss. It super dramatic. The readers are thinking - that's it, that's the final battle - this is where the MC saves humanity and then goes on to live a happily ever after.

But then! I kill the main character. Yup. You heard me loud and clear. Or, rather, you read this right. I kill the main character. They're dead. That's it.

The readers are in denial. They're waiting for the uno reverse card, the final moment power up. It's not there. I stop writing from the MC's perspective, and start writing from their friends' perspective, their enemies, just everyone else alive in general. And that continues for multiple chapters until the end of the book.

I explain about the characters' grief over their friend's, their leader's fall. There's a funeral, preparation of defense against the big bad, because, yeah your friend died, but this is still a war, you can't just sit still and do nothing.

And so, the book ends with the good guys preparing for the final stand against the bad guys once they recover from the last fight. And the bad guys at this moment are celebrating.

And the readers are grieving and hating my guts. :)))

Wondering if that truly happened? How could I?? And then, a lot of readers won't go for the next book that would come out of those series, since their favorite character was killed, right?

Matter of fact, if the series was as popular as the ones mentioned at the top of this post, many ppl would have taken it upon themselves to write a fix-it fic. There would be that last minute power up. Sooo many time travel fics will pop out. This type of thing. There will be criticism, YouTube theories coming left and right. It would be amazing. :DD

Months pass by.

The next book comes out and nothing seems to have changed in regards to the MC's status. Readers start thinking, is this really it? Is this actually reality hitting fiction? But then! The second chapter comes!

We're introduced to a new character.

Honestly it's up to you if you want this new character to be a reincarnation of the MC, the person who will bring the MC back to life, the character that will save the MC, train them in secret and then bring them back more traumatized than ever. But yeah. I lied. The MC shall live.

And throughout the time the MC is "gone" there will be tiny crumbs left for the ppl to pick up and get hope from. But only for the more observant readers.

And all of this, because I love fix-it fics and would love to see all the different ways people would try saving their favorite character.

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I like to imagine that in any atla modern au, aang still, for some reason, finds a reason to beat ozai’s ass