#the tRUE unhinged takes are in this document not in tyrant

[birlwrites]

part of the reason that i have a kill your darlings document is so that it's easier for me to reconcile myself with deleting stuff from the actual story, but a much bigger reason is that what i often have to delete is stuff that's incredibly funny and will not EVER fit into the story, and i like rereading it

someday i'll post a compilation of the kill your darlings document's greatest hits

#it includes a lot of stuff like regulus saying the fuck word and being melodramatic #specifically a shade of melodramatic more in line with barty's usual than regulus's #i just think it's so funny when he's like I Am The Center Of The Universe #but it also includes: megan stirring up shit! some truly ACERBIC one-liners from barty about his father! #and. of course. evan punching amycus carrow in the face #can you tell i really love that idea and am sad that it doesn't actually make any sense #but there's also a scene where regulus is like: i just ran into remus lupin. he is A Friend Of Sirius. #this is the WORST thing that has ever happened to me. how shall i ever recover #i've been at school for ten minutes and i'm already having the worst year of my life #barty is like dude chill it could have been worse. could have been potter. #i went through a lot of iterations of how to start this fic #so that was one potential beginning #just smash cut to regulus sitting in a thestral-drawn carriage mourning his life #because he almost walked into remus lupin #dark lord wip #the tRUE unhinged takes are in this document not in tyrant