INCOMING! I Have Some Edits I Need To Do For The Next Chapter Of "Low Lays The Devil In Me" And I'm Hoping

I am really loving the writing challenge this CaitVi Pirate AU is presenting, but at the same time, I feel like it’s the most coherent I’ve felt my writing has been since I got back into 6 months ago. It’s a bit more emotionally charged than I was anticipating, but not in a bad way. I’m almost done with chapter 4, which will be up tonight, and then I’ll write a chapter of “Tethered.

If I played a drinking game while writing this CaitVi fic where I'd drink every time I mistyped Caitlyn's name as C-A-I-L-T-Y-N, I'd be passed out within an hour, I stg

My problem with the next chapter of "Low Lays the Devil in Me"

To monologue or not monologue, that is the question.

Ch. 19: The Alliance "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Fic

Cassandra hummed. “You mentioned before that you are not trusting a Kiramman, you are trusting me as Cassandra. Would my last name have anything to do with why Caitlyn was upset after the Remembering?” Vi felt her heart squeeze painfully. “What does that have to do with anything?” “Because I am her mother who loves her dearly,” Cassandra stated very simply. Vi looked away from her, the pain of her and Caitlyn’s conversation on the bridge that night clawed at her throat.  “It wouldn’t be fair to her for me to hate her name and be with her,” she confessed quietly. “She’s an honest person, who loves people deeply. I don’t know if I could return that kind of love after everything I’ve been through because of people like you, or how you used to be.”

Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone - Chapter 19 - Phoenix314 - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Ch. 11: Disappointments and Consequences "Tethered" CaitVi Soulmate AU Fanfic

"Councilor, I am speaking as a parent of four teenagers. You locked two seventeen-year-olds inside for the last two and a half weeks, and you're surprised that they snuck out to attend what sounds like a party?" Vander asked incredulously. "I can't speak to your children, Vander, but Caitlyn does not disobey my rules," Cassandra stated, almost in offense. It took everything in Vi to not roll her eyes. Caitlyn was far too well-versed in how to get in and out of her window to have never done it before they went to Zaun. Vander narrowed his eyes at the Councilor. "What is that supposed to mean?" he asked with a low growl. Cassandra seemed unmoved by his flash of anger. "Caitlyn never would have behaved so abhorrently before she met Vi. I'm not sure I like the influence she is having on my daughter," Cassandra stated matter-of-factly. Righteous indignation flared through Vi as she heard the couch creak as Vander gripped the frame of it until his knuckles were white.

Tethered - Chapter 12 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Vi and Caitlyn's families discuss how they snuck out, and the girls find out their punishment.

I'm going to start by saying that I absolutely adore your fics, and that this is just a tiny nitpick...

You wrote that the Kiramman hunting estate is 100 acres and has wolves in it, but wild wolves have a range of like 30000 acres at the very smallest size...which is also - oddly enough - about the size of some hunting estates in Scotland (between 15000-60000 acres but average around 27000 acres).

100 acres is actually a pretty small amount of land.

And yes I realise probably no one else in the world will notice, but, hi, I'm a nerd for shit like that, sorry 😬

I love and appreciate this information, I promise! I love to learn new things 😊 Instead of making a 30,000 acre island (which would be bigger than all of Piltover and Zaun), I'm going to say they are fantasy wolves that are small and don't need that much space 😅

Ch. 9: We Are All Fools in Love "Tethered" Caitvi Fanfic

Please. Please, she can’t die, Vi begged it. I don’t want that. If you care about us at all, you won’t let her die because I chose wrong again. The tether was quiet for what felt like an eternity as the world around them dimmed, but then it hummed in fearful understanding and acquiescence. Caitlyn opened her eyes, feeling something pull on her side of the tether. “Vi?” she whispered questioningly. The tether pulsed hesitantly at Vi, as if asking if she was sure. Do it, Vi pleaded.

Tethered - Chapter 9 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

The aftermath of the battle.

Does anyone have any writing confessions regarding your writing flaws that you are fully aware of, but have no desire or care to ever really address?

Mine is that I genuinely think I am awful at naming chapters and I just could not care any less.

"Tethered" Rewrite Underway

Alright everyone, the results are in and the "Tethered" rewrite will happen. There were also 13 votes for either yes or do what you want in the comment section of the chapter for "Tethered" that I put up asking people to vote or leave a comment if they don't have tumblr. Thank you everyone who voted and for all the kind words that you'll read anything I write, regardless of what happens.

Here's the plan:

I will keep the old "Tethered" story up for those who like this current version. I will mark it "abandoned" in the title and I will turn off comments on it, too. I will link the new rewrite in the chapter one notes when it comes out as well as in put the link in a new chapter update so that anyone who is subscribed to the story will know when the new version comes out.

I will say that I will write the first few chapters to see how I like the back and forth POVs. If I don't like it, then the story will be from Vi's POV exclusively. I am wondering if this will actually be a two part series and I could do what I did with my "Rebel Heart" series and have the first one be from Vi's POV and the second from Caitlyn's. We'll have to see.

Since I saw where the votes were going, I started the rewrite and have finished the prologue that I've written for it. When I'm ready, I'll post the prologue and the first chapter at the same time. I'm really excited to share this world and really do think I can do a much better job at writing an intense love story between these two characters. Hopefully I can get this out soon.

For what it's worth, the new version of this story will be both very different and very similar. I will copy and paste several scenes and maybe even whole chapters from the old fic into the rewritten one, but I strongly suggest everyone who wants to read this version of the story read through every familiar scene, as you never know what I will choose to change. The premise will still remain the same, for the most part. I will just slow the pace down, probably considerably, and go much more in depth into the actual tether itself.

Finally, I'll be sure to do a proper dedicated shout out to artist somewillwin in both the first post for this story and in the fic notes since I realized a bit ago that I was drawing inspiration from their artwork without fully realizing it.

Thanks for reading this long post! Read you guys soon!

I finally posted my CaitVi pirate AU after months of talking about it, and AO3 goes down/is being hella slow 😂😭 classic