J. Y. Song

The following is a megathread that compiles all my Malfoid writing along with additional commentary that ties everything together as well as just showing where my head was at.

Short of rewriting the series, I'd consider this the "general idea" of how my approach to it would feel.

In reality, I actually wouldn't rewrite a ton outside of the Draceana and Harry relationship events. That changes A LOT, don't get me wrong, but as far as trying to override Rowling's original intent with the other plot beats and characters, I would keep a lot of that as is. She wrote a world wide phenomenon for a reason, and I don't think I'm THAT good to try and one up her in that regard.

So, if I did rewrite the series, you'd just be seeing most of the events happening just as they did in the book, just with my prose and habit of characters being very introspective. I would probably also switch POVs a few times, as I did with Draceana here. Hopefully, my explanations of all the following will give you the full idea of how something like that would feel, but most of all, I hope you enjoy this comprehensive list.

NOTE: This does not mean that I'm done writing Malfoid stories, this just gives everyone a place to find it. Anything I write after this initial post will be added and I'll probably just list where it slots in.

Also, by no means do intend for my writing to be the "definitive" version of this concept. This is just how I would do it and how I would follow my own logic. You are free to take from it, block it out, and criticize it as you please. There are many talented people out there that are putting in the work for their own version of this concept, and they are doing brilliant work.

Before we begin, however, I want to shout out the following artists:

@hayes_gens
@ashaoguant60501
@theexileddraco
@MaroonR19
@Strittposter
@Tarmhell
@ZetaVisualWorks
@Yailluu017

Special mention to @spaz141, who did a wonderful rendition of one my pieces that truly got me right in the feels, @spookyh8r for providing inspiration for the Yule Ball with his own version of it as well as @DrowzyShroomy , who has used some of my writing for their own interpretation, and @Alessandro49472, who has been making some absolute banger musical pieces for us all to listen to.

Especially big shoutout to @redteneri , without you starting this trend, none of this would have been possible. Thank you, truly.

And of course, a thank you to J.K. Rowling, who's works serve as the foundation for all of this. It's been a blast and a humbling experience revisiting all your works and seeing your imagination bleeding through the pages.

They inspired more than half these pieces. Without them, I probably wouldn't have written anything at all, and all this would not have been possible. Thank you all, truly.

Alright, lets get cracking.

(Thread is in comments, will be in chronological order according to the books)

This is because the modern audience has become conditioned to thinking self inserting is the only way to engage with any content.

From a writing perspective and what is considered “meta”, this why you often see first person perspective pushed and used by a lot of writers as well as discouraging POV shifts because it makes it “less engaging” when the goal is to really make it easy to self insert into a character

A story told through multiple perspectives that shift around frequently forces the reader to actually engage with the empathetic part of their brain to understand the character the perspective is on, and this can make readers uncomfortable, which in turn frightens some higher up who is more concerned about possibly having a friction point that makes people less likely to read rather than telling a quality story.

I’m not saying first person perspective means your story is gonna suck, btw, it is perfectly possible to write a masterpiece with it, and third person over the shoulder has its flaws as well, but I find it to be the best sort of perspective for when you want to really get into the different angles of an issue or scene since you can get into multiple character’s heads at once without needing them to constantly air out what they’re feeling in dialogue.

As a reader too, the moment you learn to not self insert so much, the more you’ll actually be able to evaluate a story from an objective point of view and discern better quality. If you’re constantly projecting onto things, you’re gonna make yourself too invested and unable to separate yourself from the work to see what it’s actually saying, not what you want it to be saying to make your feel good about yourself or mentality.

Was extra motivated at the gym tonight for some reason. The pump was on point.

Keep on grinding yearners 💪

Point 2 is complete projection btw, and it’s only going to get stronger from Matt here.

A new chapter for Of Will and Wizardry is up for early access for all my patrons.

I'm drawing closer to where I would be comfortable with an official launch, but what I have down is pretty compelling to me.

Access to it is only $3 if you want to read ahead!

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