I Had The Greatest Idea For A Plot Twist! Everyone Would Hate Me :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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You know how artists often complain about drawing the other eye of a character, especially if that character is facing forward?

Yeah, well, I just realized something.

Zuko (from ATLA if you've been living under a rock) would have been such a welcome reprieve from that.

Like, yeah, he wouldn't have been an easy character to animate in other ways. Examples being: the hair, the sword fighting, the facial expressions when it comes to his scarred side, fire bending in general, etc.

But like, everything else considered, that's a nice little thing not to have to worry about in larger scheme of things?

I know you can copy/paste the other side and call it a done deal, but how often does that actually work? (I don't actually know, but when I've tried it it hasn't been too successful.)

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(Anyway--)

And, yes, I know professional animators are professionals for a reason and they wouldn't allow sth so small to deter them, but I imagine that if I was in their place I'd still appreciate it.

The Wayne kids aren’t mafia, but individually they’re scary enough for people to assume they are. Everyone knows Brucie Wayne is the biggest himbo ever and his kids are running everything from the shadows. It’s like…a given. Seriously have you seen his kids? Tim’s even the CEO at 18.

Dick is beloved. Everywhere he goes kids practically flock to him, but people have seen him slam one too many possible child predators into a wall with the most threatening smile for them to think he’s all sunshine and rainbows.

One time, a mother asked for his help because his daughter was missing and the police wouldn’t help. Dick made one call (to Tim or Oracle), and the child was back by the end of the day and an entire trafficking ring was taken down. When asked he simply smiled and denied any involvement but said he was over joyed that one more trafficking ring was out of their city.

Jason Todd is Crime Alley’s hero. More so than anyone else, he has directed funds to help the area he called home before being taken in by Wayne. He died, but no one actually believes that. The Wayne children’s “mafia” had him doing something under cover. And while dick is all threat with a smile, Jason is Threaten with a frown. He can send people running with just a look.

someone noticed that Jason is always strapped. Man has no less than 5 weapons and one is always a gun. He doesn’t hide it, kids always ask him question and Jason always stops to answer them if he has the time. Even shows kids a few moves if they need to defend themselves. For whatever reason people don’t connect hood to Jason, but they definitely think Jason is funding hood.

Tim is the most relatable. Certified genius and always down to help kids with homework. Sometimes he’ll camp out in a cafe for the day. Without fail his location gets leaked and by mid afternoon he’s put away his WE work to tutor any students who have walked in.

He’s always tired, always has coffee, and always gives people a smile, but he knows too much. Rumor is that nothing happens in this town without Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne knowing. One time he was taking a break at the park, scrolling through his phone when a group approached him clearly intent on kidnapping him. Before they even got close Tim was reciting their social security number, their cell phones, the names of their loved ones, and their address.

When Tim looked up it was with a tired smirk that clearly came across as a warning. He then stood, slipped a business card onto the bench, and told them if they need work to call this number and their reps will help them find something regardless of their past record.

Rumor has it the downfall of the most recent corrupt socialite was completely orchestrated by Tim.

Damian is a little gremlin that has the family wrapped around his finger. At first their were rumors of infighting between the two youngest (Tim and Damian), but then how could that be possible when at the first sign of trouble Timothy materializes out of the shadows wearing his mother’s smile that promised social and financial ruin if you so much as looked at his baby brother wrong.

Dick flat out punched a man in the face for calling Damian a terrorist. The “victim” was high society and swore up and down that their would be a law suit, but Tim took care of it with a few photos and screen shots of an affair that would have ruined the man in question.

Damian has scary dog privilege on his own, but it’s a whole new ballpark when Jason is out with him. Apparently someone tried to kidnap Damian on the way to meet up with Jason and the bats didn’t even need to be called. Jason took care of it before they even got the kid in the van.

Damian is a violent little thing. Everyone knows, even if it was never announced, that he got it from where ever he had been living before, so they always gave him a little leeway, especially since his violent tendencies were decreasing…at least physically. Damian can, will, and regularly verbally eviscerates anyone who wrongs him. It’s impressive as it is scary. This kid looks at you like he can read every insecurity you’ve ever had and is not afraid to air it to the world while also insulting you into the grave.

Individually they’re terrifying, but the reason that they’re still Gotham’s golden family is because together the goofiest fucking people you have ever seen in your life (also the endless amount of charity work they do together as a family). When all four siblings are together they always end up trending and it’s always the funniest shit you’ve ever seen.

During the first major snow when all of the streets were shut down the Wayne Boys were out in all terrain jeeps shredding it up dragging someone behind them on ski’s or a snowboard

Somehow, all four boys were spotted trekking across town covered in a rainbow of colored powder. When someone enquired they admitted to getting into a rather harmless prank war with the currently reformed Ivy and Harleen Quiznel. If asked they totally won, but the fact that no part of any of the boys was uncovered said otherwise.

Dick once asked social media to help him track down Tim because he hadn’t slept in 3 days and was not supposed to leave the house. He’d been spotted at a cafe he doesn’t usually frequent and anyone around to witness the retrieval would later say it was the cleanest covert op they’d ever witnessed from the Wayne boys. Jason was the get away driver, dick was on retrieval duty, and Damian was there to make sure their route in and out was clear (hold open the door). Tim was recorded yelling every creative non curse (because no cursing in front of Damian, Alfred said so) under the sky, struggling in the arms of Dick Grayson who was smiling bright enough to rival the sun. 3 minutes in and out. The video screen shots are still used as a meme template to this day.

Brucie Wayne gets asked about his boys in interviews a lot. There are a lot of times where he’s only finding out about their shenanigans due to the interview question, but he just smiles and says he’s happy they’re all getting along while mentally planning out how to deal with them later.

imagine percy and annabeth playing minecraft together. annabeth has built the most amazing builds youve ever seen, im talking those hyper realistic ones. percy has drowned 15 times trying to collect all the fish for the aquarium annabeth built him

Percy at ease

Percy calm, but a little on edge

Percy when mildly angry

Friendly reminder that Percy jackson - our beloved silly adorable seaweed brain - is absolutely terrifying. When he’s angry, when he’s scared, when he’s on edge - he’s not warm and fuzzy.

No other character gets that reaction from people. Jason (the sweetie) is perceived as calm and in control, nico (our favorite self-outcasted outcast) is perceived as solemn and creepy, reyna (girlboss queen slay) is perceived as confident and assertive, and annabeth (our girl) is perceived as fierce, clever, and formidable. They are all intimidating to an extent.

But not like Percy. No. Becasue even when he’s at ease, he’s described as wild and disobedient. And when he’s not at ease, even if just little bit, he’s perceived as powerful, dangerous, and scary. Someone who NOBODY wants to mess with. Nobody even questions his power. One look from him has literal gangs running the other way. One look from him has Leo so scared that he’s literally shaking, and feeling the same innate fright and alarm that he does when jason summons an ear-piercing, earth-shaking, deadly bolt of lighting.

like… HELLO??? can we all just sit on that for a moment?? good lord

One angry look from percy has people thinking one thing: Run.

Percy is, canonically, the character that people find the most frightening and intimidating.

And unless he’s in a good mood - which you better hope he is - the reality is that most of us would be completely terrified of him if we met him.