Musings

 Yesterday, I was going for a walk at lunch to clear my mind of work stuff, when I was struck by a serious “but what IF” thought about the twins in my Altmodes & Alchemy AU.

Muse: What if… (*tells me something that the twins know*)

Me: Yeah, that’s interesting, but so what? I can’t see a way to hang a plot point on it. So that’s a thing they know. Whoopdido.

Muse: But what do the twins think about knowing that information?

Me: …Oh… omg.

Muse: Think it through…

Me: Oh. Oh, yeah. Sideswipe won’t really care, but Sunstreaker… Holy shit would he care!!

Muse: 🤗

Me: This would create a major crisis for Sunstreaker! And… Yeah, Sideswipe would try to help him through it, but… Oh, geeze.

Muse: Have fun!

So now I need to figure out where this fits chronologically, since I think there are some overlapping stories here.

Wow. *gleefully rubs hands*

And and and! The muse had more to add after I posted this.

The stories are definitely overlapping. So the way I’ve got it worked out is that the twins’ story starts just before the end of The Renegade and the Hound, then continues after that story ends, then the Blue/Hound in Praxus story I’m working on happens, and the twins’ story continues through that and past it.

Like this!

And I think there are enough hooks in the twins’ story and Blue’s to make it relevant to the half-made plans for the new story… And (!) if I write it all together I could actually post the chapters in chronological order. Hmmm…

It’s all coming together!

*pause*

Aww, shit. I still have to write all of this.

Gawdamnit.