That Fate Concept Is So Captivating. I Can't Wait To Read More About It In Sots - Tumblr Posts

happy STS - do you have any decisions in a story that could make it diverge wildly in a different direction? Have you ever thought about an alternate universe with that?

Happy STS!! Answering late again haha

Honestly, I’m not too creative in this lens haha. I have a couple stories that I write with a friend where I like to talk about potential diverging paths and alternative universes, but when it comes to my own stories…often times I feel like I put so much into characters’ driving motivations or fatal flaws that it feels like they really would only choose one option even if more are given. But it also doesn’t help that I rarely actually get to plotting out scenes/plot points out in my stories; can’t change what doesn’t exist :p

However, there’s kind of that line of thought going on with my current story Slips of the Stars, but with the opposite outcome. Because Slips believes that they’re in a story being reread over and over, they believe that any decisions that they, or anyone else, makes is inconsequential, as it always comes to the predetermined ending with minimal changes.

[image description: a digital drawing of a dark skin person with glasses and braids, with two braids in the front sticking up oddly, looking towards the right of the screen, holding a juice box. They are wearing a green sweater and have pink ombré highlights in their hair. They look visually unimpressed. The background is a light desaturated orange color with white strips on the top and bottom of the drawing.]

(There are decisions that have significant, lasting effects, but until Slips finds them…they’re just very bored watching the same thing happen over and over no matter what happens beforehand.)