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GENERAL:
- The story itself was gonna be a lot shippier than it ended up being. Halfway through writing it, I felt it would make for a better story if it could be seen as either romantic or platonic.
- The story was actually gonna be darker than it came out to be. Things were gonna be more graphic in terms of gore. I didn't wanna make this more than a T rated fic. Maybe another day, I'd make a rated M version of the chapters that would've been graphic. Don't hold your breath for it, though.
METAMORPHOSIS:
- The chapter was actually gonna end at an earlier point than it did. It was gonna end with Seam setting aside the Devilsknife.
- Kris was gonna have pronouns, but I saw that I could do without the pronouns.
- The beginning scene was gonna last a bit longer. I don't know why I cut it out. I honestly thought it was gonna be funny.
AWAKENING:
- Jevil was supposed to wake up and try to escape before Seam could get him cleaned up. He was gonna end up breaking bones and stuff.
- Another idea was that Jevil was gonna be awake to play with the rubber ducky.
ILLUMINATION:
- Jevil was planned to attempt magic. He would fail to be able to conjure anything, and then fall into despair.
- There was gonna be more detail about what caused Jevil to ride the Carousel. There was gonna be a flashback that included some gory details.
PURSUING:
- Rouxls wasn't originally gonna be in this chapter. Actually, his place in the story wasn't set in stone before writing this.
- Other than that, this chapter has little else going for it in terms of cut content.
EMBITTERMENT:
- The fight scene would've been longer. But then I'd have to keep making up new ways for Jevil to bend the rules of the game. And that would've been tiring.
- Rouxls and Seam were gonna be separated in the beginning. It was gonna be like a play similar to the one Metatton scene.
MADNESS:
- If I knew how to do sword fights better, it'd have been longer.
- Rouxls was gonna have actual enlightenment in this chapter. I decided to save that idea for later.
- Originally, it wasn't Seam that was gonna stop Jevil. It was gonna be Lancer. He was gonna call out to Jevil and try to convince him to stop playing the game.
- Another idea was for the Fun Gang to make a second appearance. Susie would've gone for a cheap shot, and Jevil decides to play with them.
- A third way I thought about going with this chapter, was that Rouxls would pin him down and try to kill Jevil in his rage.
- Instead of a sword fight, Jevil was going to take on the mannerisms and fighting style of the Spade King. He'd pose like him, say things like him, etc. Rouxls would be completely overwhelmed with fear. The rest of the scene would follow according to how it went in the final cut.
REVELATIONS:
- This was another chapter I considered putting in a somewhat gory flashback.
- I had considered Seam attacking Rouxls in fury. Lancer would then call out into the cell, and Seam would've stopped himself.
- In order to make sure that no one got too uncomfortable reading this, the scratching scene was cut short.
- The story itself was going to stop at the end of this chapter.
MELIORISM:
- The most notable thing that was cut from this chapter was that Jevil's HP was going to be 0.5/1, but I decided against it.
- I had considered having the Fun Gang making another appearance to check on Seam and Jevil.
- There was almost a kiss at the end, because I am nothing but a dirty shipper.
And that's about it! Thanks for reading!