An idea...
An original story idea, at that. It's not much, but I want it typed. I might end up turning it into a fanfiction if I can't come up with good original characters (since I'm terrified of accidentally creating a Mary-Sue).
"In which the Cheshire Cat is actually a person under a curse and the Hatter is the cause. The Cat was Alice's betrothed (arranged when they were infants) before she fell into Wonderland; he followed her down and was trapped. Then Alice left, through the Looking Glass, and never returned for him.
Hundreds of years later (time passes much more slowly in Wonderland; only 10-12 years have passed there physically, but mentally, it's been ages) a descendant of Alice falls into Wonderland- a boy named Tristan.
17 years old and far too cynical to take Wonderland seriously (he thinks it's a dream for a while), he's the only one that can break the curse on the Cat. After being freaked the fuck out by everything in Wonderland, he realizes that the only way out is to actually help the Cat, whom can summon the Looking Glass and knows the way through the land there, known as The Reflection.
However, the Hatter, with his entourage of spooks and murderous minions, has other ideas. He feels that the Cat must remain, as punishment for helping Alice escape, and Tristan must stay, as a descendant of Alice and the only person that can destroy reality and replace it with Wonderland.
Cue an adventure through slightly-creepy Wonderland and oh-fuck-shit-scary Looking Glass world (the Reflection).
Let there be gore, creepiness, slight bromance, and an obligatory female at the end since distantfridays is a creep that reminds me that things are homosexual if there are no women and I CANNOT PUBLISH A HOMOSEXUAL BOOK because my parents will never speak to me again, no matter how much I want it to be homosexual. Her name is Rose. She's awesome. Tristan will be forever scarred, but the Cat will be freed (maybe he'll die or go travel the world or something upon escaping, not sure yet), but he gets the girl."
Of course, you can probably tell from that brief synopsis itself that it's going to be very much Mary-Sueish. So I decided to mentally scar myself by turning Lewis Carrol into the Mad Hatter (apologies, Carrol fans, but I don't like him. At all. For absolutely no reason.) and then turning The Looking Glass world into something straight out of Saya No Uta. For reference on what that means, look at this lovely image.
I'll probably add to this post and whatever later, but for now? That's about it.
"In which the Cheshire Cat is actually a person under a curse and the Hatter is the cause. The Cat was Alice's betrothed (arranged when they were infants) before she fell into Wonderland; he followed her down and was trapped. Then Alice left, through the Looking Glass, and never returned for him.
Hundreds of years later (time passes much more slowly in Wonderland; only 10-12 years have passed there physically, but mentally, it's been ages) a descendant of Alice falls into Wonderland- a boy named Tristan.
17 years old and far too cynical to take Wonderland seriously (he thinks it's a dream for a while), he's the only one that can break the curse on the Cat. After being freaked the fuck out by everything in Wonderland, he realizes that the only way out is to actually help the Cat, whom can summon the Looking Glass and knows the way through the land there, known as The Reflection.
However, the Hatter, with his entourage of spooks and murderous minions, has other ideas. He feels that the Cat must remain, as punishment for helping Alice escape, and Tristan must stay, as a descendant of Alice and the only person that can destroy reality and replace it with Wonderland.
Cue an adventure through slightly-creepy Wonderland and oh-fuck-shit-scary Looking Glass world (the Reflection).
Let there be gore, creepiness, slight bromance, and an obligatory female at the end since distantfridays is a creep that reminds me that things are homosexual if there are no women and I CANNOT PUBLISH A HOMOSEXUAL BOOK because my parents will never speak to me again, no matter how much I want it to be homosexual. Her name is Rose. She's awesome. Tristan will be forever scarred, but the Cat will be freed (maybe he'll die or go travel the world or something upon escaping, not sure yet), but he gets the girl."
Of course, you can probably tell from that brief synopsis itself that it's going to be very much Mary-Sueish. So I decided to mentally scar myself by turning Lewis Carrol into the Mad Hatter (apologies, Carrol fans, but I don't like him. At all. For absolutely no reason.) and then turning The Looking Glass world into something straight out of Saya No Uta. For reference on what that means, look at this lovely image.
I'll probably add to this post and whatever later, but for now? That's about it.