Random thoughts and my canon for this fanfic and a few that came before it.

Mikey

When I wrote Bizarro World, I knew I was going to introduce Maxine's new baby brother to YOU, my dear reader. There were certain things that I knew were definite.

His name was Mikey. He was bald with red marks on the top of his head, his palms, and the bottoms of his feet. He was a powerful little boy. He was devoted to his big sister.

And he was adorable.

All things that were there in his first appearance. Yeah me.

I knew that he would get a fanfic of his own, explaining how he came to be with our second favorite Malec family.

Once again, I had certain things that were mandatory.

I wanted Alec unconscious, with Mikey standing protectively over him. Magnus brings him home and Maxine loves him at first sight.

Now, as to the details of his rescue of Alec, that is where I had big problems.

At first, I thought he would be bought to the Institute by the bad guys to kill the ShadowHunters, except for Alec, a la Madzie in By the Light of Dawn.

But that idea annoyed me.

Then I thought of the bad guys bringing Mikey to the loft and attacking Alec there. That also didn't work for me.

It was frustrating because I knew what I wanted, I just couldn't think of how to present it.

Then I thought, instead of bringing Mikey to Alec, how about bringing Alec to Mikey. Hello light bulb. Yes, that was my 'aha' moment.

And chapter 1 of Mikey was born. \o/

Max and Maxine

Are really brother and sister.

I see you jumping up and down screaming "I knew it. I knew it." Go you. :D

From her first appearance in When Worlds Collide, I always saw her as Max's real sister.

As in having the same demon father. DemonDad was in the original Rune World and impregnated Max's mom, then a few years later went to the Rune Redefined AU and impregnated Maxine's.

And I also tend to think that their moms are the same woman, who reacted differently in the two worlds.

At one time, I had a fanfic idea that DemonDad appeared to reclaim his son and/or daughter, only to get his ass handed to him by their fathers. And now with 'baby' brother Mikey in the mix, you know DemonDad is roadkill.

How old is Max in this story?

I see the Rune World and the Rune Redefined AU as parallel worlds. Meaning that they exist at the same point of time.

'Alec' at 23 in the main world was just starting his relationship with Magnus, but in the Redefined World, they were already married for three years.

Max is having his Adventures when he is twenty, but during that time, Maxine went from being 8 (When Worlds Collide), to 10 (Desperate), to 14 (Friends in Other Worlds & Deja Vu) to 16 (Bizarro World).

We watched Alec2 age in the Rune Redefined AU. But I never mentioned how old he was when they got Maxine, to compare that to when Max joined Alec and Magnus in the original world. (Alec was 25)

Having said all this, the Rune Redefined AU we see in Bizarro World is at the same point of time as the original world.

Max is four years older than Maxine, so he is 35 here in Revenge.

Therefore Alec2 was 29 when Maxine came into his and Magnus2's life.

Never assume anything

I would never assume that YOU, my dear reader have read everything I wrote.

Gun!Magnus and Dr. Alec were introduced in Magnus Has a Gun and got married in A Third Malec Wedding.

Warlock!Alec and SH!Magnus were introduced in Bizarro World.

That's all I have to say for now.
Love you, deannaG
xoxoxo