-originally, i was going to have (y/n) and Walter/Harrison reunite after she regained her memories, and she was going to be reintroduced as lady Deville at the rehearsal dinner in a blood-red dress fit for the lady. but i scrapped this due to me being unable to figure out what the fuck was gonna happen after since i wanted to continue with the wedding stuff.

-one of the versions of the final battle-had Viktoria somehow getting the necklace and destroying it, basically abruptly ending the spell (y/n) had enacted and turning everyone back into a human(lucy, Viktoria, Walter/Harrison, and evie) since Walter/Harry was dead by the time he became a vamp-unlike the girls who died upon the turn-Walter/Harry seemed to have died-in which ended the contract for the families. this basically brought everything to a halt and made Viktoria realize how much she fucked up-more in a way that made her irrationally angry and try to attack (y/n) again, only for the somehow alive Walter/Harry to get her with the candlestick that had been in his chest-the spell being broken had not killed him-it had brought him back to his human life(idk how to explain it, i had a lot of ideas for this fic) but yeah this lil tidbit had some more angst and (y/n) grieving for her thought to be dead husband who she barley got a chance to be with. (this version would have (y/n) staying in the shadows, not revealing anything to Evie to make everything more believe able/Walter didn't know she came back/the two butlers got (y/n) out themselves)

-(y/n) was going to regain her memory with Walter/Harry present, either in her room or his-and they just would've been talking-this is heavily inspired by Anastasia of course-and (y/n) remembers his scent, sharp metal and a grand forest- and reminisces about it "i used to steal your blanket and lie with it for hours, oh and how i missed you when you went away...when we were teens" and Harry/Walter then sees (y/n)s necklace for the first time, (in this version (y/n) keeps it under her shirt/doesn't reveal it to him until this moment, just to keep that sense of mystery) and soon gives her the pocket watch/music box-(y/n) regaining her memory of them upon hearing the flow of the music. "soon you'll be, home with me. once upon a December"

-during the cocktail party; Walter was just gonna grab (y/n) for a dance straight away instead of taking evie first, and he was gonna do the whole dance i had them do in the next part cuz cinderella has a fuckign chokehold on me

-originally; the original carfax abbey/Godkin castle, was an abandoned west wing of the manor, where the grand ballroom, (y/n) and Walter/harry's bedroom, and a portrait of (y/n) rested. but i realized if i wanted Walter/harry and (y/n) to be far before the contract/the three families, i couldn't use the manor since-how would the alexanders-who found the manor for Walter-not know about the west wing/(y/n)? so the west wing was scrapped for the castle

i think i had more ideas for this fic but i cant think of em rn so if they come back to em ill add em but for now-enjoy these ideas that never came to fruition~