Hey everyone! Thanks for reading Complications, I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I loved writing it c:
I'm a big fantasy nerd and I love dragons (but who doesn't, honestly?), and I've been wanting to write something about them for quite a while, but never managed it. Although my original story, Unlikely, mainly focuses on dragons, they're very different than the ones in this story lol
Honestly, I don't know how long I've been working on this story,, it's been awhile.
Because of that, I can't recall when I first came up for the idea for it. I remember I posted something about it on The_OOTL around August last year, but that's about it. This story was in a state of limbo for a pretty long time- I didn't want to really abandon it, but I wasn't getting very far on it either. It was only about a month ago that I finally got some actual motivation for it, and finished it within a few days.
This story was primarily inspired by two things: the How to Train Your Dragon books, and the Scorpio Races.
The dragons are mainly inspired by HTTYD, what with them being a completely normal part of life. I've been in love with this series since I was 11 (just to put it into perspective, I'm 18 now), and it's honestly influenced my writing in a lot of ways. So I felt it was high time to write something that touched a little on the world that I've loved for so long.
The plot, however, is pretty heavily based on the main idea of the Scorpio Races. I was weirdly obsessed with the idea of two people competing against each other despite wanting to help each other with their goals, aaaaaand...that turned into this.
Puck reminded be vaguely of Petra from the very first time I read the book, which is why when I decided I wanted to write a spinoff of the Scorpio Races, it had to be Luktra.
This was very refreshing for me, since it's been quite a while since I've written Lukas and Petra. They've been my OTP literally since I got into the game, and this story reminded me how much I truly love them.
So does that mean there'll be more Luktra content from me soon??
...Maybe. We'll see.
Writing romance has always been hard for me, since I've literally never been in a relationship in my life and currently don't desire one. Hence, this story isn't really romantic, but it sorta...tiptoes around the idea of romance?? idk I had a point in there somewhere lol
Anyways, I think that's all I have to say here, so let's get into the fun facts!
-despite being based on the Scorpio Races, the ending is VERY different from the canon book lol. I almost pulled a thing with Lukas and Kicidian like what happened to Sean and Corr, but decided to change it when I came up with certain other plot things. Plus, I felt like Lukas deserved a happy ending.
-when I was writing part 3, I COMPLETELY forgot what Kicidian's name was going to be, and I had to go through the entire notes app on my old laptop to find it lol
-the place where this is set, Crelang, is actually the same world as one of my original stories. Should the Ravens Ever Leave is set on Kevomohhs; same world, yes, but different continents.
-I know that the whole thing moved a little unpleasantly fast, but that was because I was trying to keep everything as concise as possible. Sorry if that made it hard to read!
-this is the first thing I've written in like two years where Aiden is actually his canon asshole self haha
-Masker's Flat is named after a place near where I live, where my family and I go horseback riding sometimes. It's not actually a big cliff thing, but it is a dry grassy area dotted with random boulders, which again, I've been meaning to write about for a while now. It's just a weirdly picturesque place, okay?
-Kicidian being vegetarian is a reference to the HTTYD books- Fishlegs's dragon, Horrorcow, won't eat meat
-I literally don't know where any of the names came from lmao sorry
-big thank-you to Hatsoomi for commenting so much and always being one of the first to vote! Ily son 💞💗💖💕
-the geography of Jefinscha is based on Joshua Tree National Park
-not gonna lie, Petra's personality in this was lowkey based on my cat's lmao
-this was originally just going to be a really short thingy that was going to go in my Short Stories book, but about partway through what would become part 2, I realized I wanted this to be its own thing. Thus, I got to spend a lot more time elaborating on some things I otherwise would've left out.
-I am SOOO tempted to write some oneshots about Lukas and Petra + their dragons yeeting around Crelang and discovering cool stuff hhhhhhh
-Anoss, Jesse's riding dragon, was based on the Ender Dragon. I didn't give her a very detailed description, so it wasn't super obvious, but yeah
-Because I used random fantasy swearwords without actually explaining them...
krin means shit
dreef means fuck, but it's not used in all the same ways fuck is
sae is the Kevan equivalent of hell that apparently the people of Crelang picked up too
trick is a general insult, kind of like idiot but not
and I feel like there was another one but I forgot lol
-Kicidian is based on two different HTTYD dragons: Valhallarama's Silver Phantom, and Hiccup's Windwalker. He looks like the Silver Phantom, but behaves more like the Windwalker.
Lukas's enjoyment of bareback and night flying is also a Hiccup thing
-In case you're wondering, Kicidian is pronounced Kih-kee-deean. I really should've specified that somewhere, but I didn't, oops
-Ksuntis, Olivia's dragon, is based loosely on the HiveWings in Wings of Fire
-the cover was loosely inspired by a Space Boy fanart
and yes, I've recently fallen headfirst into Space Boy oof
-basically all of chapters 4 and 5 were written while listening to Lindsey Stirling. Lost Girls, the song at top, was my main fuel for writing the beginning of the last race
-I'm still kinda kicking myself over the cheesy ending, but eeehhhh too late now
-I honestly can't remember, but I think the 'auburn-haired judge' was supposed to be Ellegaard??? like I said, it's been awhile
-there was originally gonna be some Olisse too but I figured it'd be too irrelevant and scrapped it
And that's all! Thanks again so much for reading ^^
If you've got the time, check out some of my other stuff! I would suggest Parallels, No Rest for the Wicked, Unlikely, or Shattered Souls c:
-Rush
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