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ardencallaway · 9 days

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Hide and Seek Answers Part 2

Another one! Going to put it behind the more tag once more as it has spoilers about Part 2 and 3! This one is from @tantalizingdaydream:

"wait okay so i dont know if i missed something or if i read too much into something but i came away from the story with the idea that yann and craig were together right before his death yes?? if this is what you intended, did the rest of the club ever put this together, or did yann ever say anything? did i miss a part where he did, because it seemed that albus thought yann just had a crush on scorpius but i thought yann was so upset at albus because he could still have the love of his life whereas yann lost craig - but also i could just be totally off my rocker! amazing story nonetheless <33"

My answer to this is:

There are some side storylines that I chose (from the beginning) to never provide solid/public answers about. I know this is probably a disappointing answer, but I wanted to leave SOME threads that others could take and weave into their own stories if they ever wanted to.

I will say: My personal interpretation is that Yann never spoke again to his friends about the things he was upset about at the end of Year 6 and through Year 7.

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ardencallaway · 9 days

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Hide and Seek: Answers Part 1

So if you haven't finished Hide and Seek, READ NO FURTHER!!!

I'm going to answer the first question I've got so far in my asks. Since it gives away the ending, I'm just going to rewrite it below and hope this more tag works. Seriously, major major spoilers for the ending below. Do not read further unless you have finished!!!

"What possessed you to kill Albus?"

I'm not sure anything possessed me. However, two of the many things I wanted to try with this story (among others, but we'll focus on these for now) were:

Explore grief & give Harry Potter a fitting ending.

Now, whether I did that or not is entirely up to each reader individually. There's no right answer.

When it comes to exploring grief, it's not really about the sadness for me, exactly. I've lived a very full life in my limited years on this Earth, but I've had my fair share of loss. One thing that has always fascinated me, is the way that loss can truly heighten the way we think about life, the people and things that matter to us most. Those periods afterwards reflect what we had to such a dramatic degree.

I think part of it is the fact that it's an ending. We'll never experience our own ending, not really. We are born and then we live and live and live until we don't. But for the entire span of our lives, our own end is abstract at best, even if we know it's coming. By giving something important to us an ending (a death, a breakup, whatever it might be), it not only gives us chance to really examine all it meant, examine it in its entirety, but it also gets us a little bit closer to understanding our own mortality.

Now, could I have done it another way? Sure. But Albus' character arc felt complete to me. He went from not understanding himself, hating his family (kind of), unable to handle his own emotions, feeling like an outcast. By the end he was completely surrounded by love, support, understanding, and I think for the first time in his life he felt proud of what he had built.

Scorpius, on the other hand, I felt had experienced too much pain, loss, and hardship compared. Killing Scorpius off almost felt expected to a degree, the way he got dealt one loss after another despite being so pure. So I wanted to give him the long life. Scorpius was able to find happiness in the family around him, was able to build a life after. I don't think Albus would have been able to if he had lost Scorpius.

Next, I wanted to give Harry Potter a fitting ending. I knew before I started Chapter 1 that Harry was going to die in this story. Having him die to save someone important, in the very same way his mother saved him, felt the most fitting. By having him save Scorpius, I also wanted to show Harry's growth over the years as well. His own struggles of adulthood (fatherhood, old grudges, etc.) were all completed as well. I know it's a sad ending, that was to be expected. I'm not particular good at writing fluff or happy endings, but I might try one day. Oh and one more thing! For those of you eagle-eyed readers, you might have noticed that I strongly hinted at everyone who would die (and in what order) early on in Part One.

If you look back to Chapter 24 there is a dream sequence where Albus sees Scorpius standing among four gravestones, grieving. Albus then encounters, in order: Astoria, Craig, Himself, and Harry.

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ardencallaway · 10 days

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Hide and Seek: The End

Well, this is it.

The last update of Hide & Seek and the end of Albus & Scorpius’ journey is now posted.

I truly can’t thank you all enough for your support over the last year. If you had told me I’d actually complete a 745k word story back then, I’d never believe you. And yet somehow, miraculously, here we are.

For the next few weeks I’ll be responding to comments on AO3 and asks on here, and after that I’ll be fading into the mist. Do with the story what you will. If you’d like to use OCs, plot lines, whatever it is, feel free. No need to ask for any of it. The story is as much yours as it is mine (Of course, no profiting, etc., as it is fanfic, but you know that already!).

Finally, if you enjoyed this story please share it with a friend or someone online who might like it as well.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I hope your story is a good one. And I hope you find light in the darkness.

Arden --- Read Hide and Seek in its entirety here.

#albus x scorpius #scorbus #scorpius malfoy #albus severus potter #albus potter #cursed child #hp fanfic #albus severus x scorpius #harry potter #harry potter next generation

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ardencallaway · 2 months

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Hello my Next Gen siblings! After almost SIX years, the wonderful Janel has stepped down and the lovely, artist extraordinaire @eleonorapoe and I are the new, bubbly, fresh-faced admins at the long-running next gen server.

We're both really wanting to breathe new life into a fandom full of some very awesome people. Come chat and help Next Gen rise, like a phoenix from the ashes!

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ardencallaway · 4 months

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@gobstoneswithhector requested scorbus discovering video games so here’s a cozy night of video games in their pjs at the potter’s

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ardencallaway · 5 months

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What are your pronouns?

Arden is a pen name that I chose to to be intentionally unisex, and because of that I'm comfortable with any pronouns being used! Appreciate the question!

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ardencallaway · 5 months

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Hi! I’m still not quite caught up in Hide and Seek yet so I don’t know if you’ve addressed this in the comments at all, but I was wondering if there’s anyone in particular you imagine as Scorpius? I know your Albus is pretty much Ellis Rae so now I’m curious about Scorpius!

I don’t really! I’ve seen a few fancasts that sort of get the visual I imagine but none so far that I can point to and say “that’s him!”

And Ellis is absolutely closest to Hogwarts era CC Albus that I’ve seen so far but I do envision him just a tad bit edgier or sadder or messier at times in the Hide and Seek context.

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ardencallaway · 5 months

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Will hide and seek have smut/explicit scenes.

There will be intimate scenes eventually! It won’t be “pan to window” but it also will not be smut/super explicit.

Best comparison would probably be the scene in the Red White and Royal Blue movie version. More focused on the connection and emotions during the process.

Folks are welcome to take any scenes and rewrite or remix them however they want if they’d like more (or less) smut style versions though!

Also love the question! Hope everyone feels free to ask whatever they’d like!

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ardencallaway · 1 year

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The Staircase Ballet by @gangstagandalf 😍😍😍😍