Hi there. This is a letter to all of those who have finished reading my second Amyro fic, In the Dreaming.
First of all, a big thank you to all of you. Thank you for reading this, and for reviewing.
If I had had no one reading and reviewing this fic, then I would not have written it.
I hoped you enjoyed the ending; I know I did. This was one of my favourite fics I have written to date, although one of the most difficult. From now on, I am going to stick to one tense throughout the entire story! (For those of you who have not noticed, the tense changes depending on what 'realm' they are in. The Dream World (which is written in italics, as well as in the present tense), or the Waking World (also known as the real world, and is written in the classic past tense format).)
Um, I don't really know what else to say, because although in some ways I knew what would happen, none of this fic has actually turned out that way. Most of what has happened in the final few chapters was nothing like what I had planned.
An example of this was that the being that in the finished version drained Amara of her powers in order to gain a form of its own. But in the original plan it already had a form, which I only had a vague idea about, but it was a form nonetheless. It was never supposed to drain Amara, and John and Amara together were to fight him together, combining their powers to destroy him (I always thought of the voice as being male - I guess that showed up in the story in 'his' affection for Amara, even though he was killing/had killed her).
The whole ice thing was also something that showed up part way through writing, although looking back on it, it makes a lot of sense, as we often associate death with cold, and cold with ice. The same goes with fire and life, which is what was said throughout the latter part of the story.
Amara was never mean to 'die', by the way, but once I got into it, it made a lot of sense in a way, so I let it stay in. Much like what happened to Jean at the end of X2 (I've been watching the commentaries on the DVD. You learn a lot - like the fact that Daniel Cudmore, the guy who played Colossus drool, is six feet eight. You also learn about characters who were also supposed to appear: Beast, Gambit and Marrow are three examples. Go on, if you've got the DVD and haven't done so, then do it. If you haven't got it, then go and buy it - the two disk special edition, not the one disk one like I got given for my birthday, which was on the first of December - not that I don't like the present, Deemma!). Where was I? Oh yeah, I did not mean to 'kill' Amara off, but it happened. Actually, I preferred to think of her as being in a form of suspended animation, you know, not alive, but not quite dead. And by having John think that she was dead made for, in my opinion, a more powerful moment. He he, and it was funny reading the reviews that were like 'Oh, no! Amara's dead! And John's going to kill himself, too!' He he. And then it looked as if John was dead. . . it was every tragedy-lover's dream - a mutant Romeo and Juliet, if you will. Oh, come on! Think about it!
Two star-crossed lovers. . . two different houses (sides). . . Shakespeare, you people!
Honestly. Some people. . .
But I must tell you that there was something that was hanging plainly in my head, and that was the fact that if one died, then the other would have to go. And vice versa. You see, I was constantly haunted by the ending of that Anime show, Shinzo, and its ending. If you don't know, then I am not going to tell you, but if you do, then you probably know what got me so upset. Oddly enough, it is usually only sad endings in Anime that make me cry, nothing else. Titanic, was a major flop for me in that respect. Good thing I didn't go and see it in the theatre, because then everyone would have been crying, while I was thinking, 'All right! Finally, Leo's dead!'. I'm sorry, Leo fans, but he just annoys me.
Oh, and don't go out of this story with some big message, as I sort of got when I was reading it. The only message I would like you to take out of it is that love is important, perhaps the most important thing in the world, because everyone needs it (I actually think Magneto and Sabertooth and a few other members of the Brotherhood are in need of a good hug. Hold on, Pyro and Toad! Regina's coming!).
Bye now, and thank you for reading In the Dreaming.
Love,
Regina, the Queen of Random.
P.S. If you haven't done so yet, then read my two other Amyro fics, Trial by Fire (which has been completed) and A Way with Words, and visit my three websites: the Amyro shrine Burning Souls; the X-Movieverse X-Kids' site, Mutant High; and my own personal site, Randomland (currently featuring Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger). Links to all of these can be found on my bio.