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So is that like… a fantasy Homestuck AU except people get better character development

Every generic fantasy HS au on the planet has some sort of fantasy Europe dueling Derse-Prospit kingdoms thing so let’s not do that. I was actually struggling to come up with a generic fantasy idea, but I just finished reading Beneath the Sugar Sky, so let’s do a Wayward Children thing! For those unfamiliar with that, the conceit is kids who wandered into another world Narnia-style and then ended up back on Earth, disoriented and confused.

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This one actually stuck with me, so here are a few other thoughts.

I didn’t mention John. John went to a Nonsense world that was all fun and games until it wasn’t, and when he came back he did his best to forget. He’s always been good at that. He was happy to see his father. He slipped easily back in his life at home. Until one day one of those cracks opens up and he slips into a world that is definitely not made for him. That’s not surprising. More of these fractures are opening up. What’s surprising is that he makes it back, not too long after he fell through, and in one piece. He’s got a knack for it, it seems – for knowing where he came from and where he’s been; finding doorways, walking through them, and finding the way home again. So when kids keep disappearing, and they need to find the source of whatever’s breaking the walls between worlds, he gets dragged out of his denial to serve as their guide. As long as everyone’s with him, they can move between worlds without too much trouble.

Until he takes a turn even he wasn’t expecting, and they’re back in what they think is their world… until they get back to the home for wayward children and there are four other children with familiar faces living there. That’s when things start getting really complicated.

Some envision the structure of the worlds as a compass, or a set of axes. Either implies a center. There is a world at the center of all worlds, which inspires all the others. And one day, the most wayward of all children found her way there. Her name is Calliope, and she is telling herself a story.

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