Trivia / Child of the Storm

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• Word Of God

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• Flip-Flop of God: A lot of hints are dropped in the author notes. However, these things tend to change just a little. It's hard to tell how much of this is the author changing his mind (Diana has been admitted to have been added in pretty much at the last minute), or a case of Lying Creator. Further complicated by Word of God cheerfully stating that the difference between hint and red herring largely depends on his mood.
• Hypothetical Casting: The Author Notes of Chapter 56 do this extensively with explanations for all the choices.
  • Thor (James Potter form)/Clark Kent/Jor-El – Tom Welling
  • Harry Potter/Thorson - Henry Cavill (per Word of God, he starts looking like his father in miniature/Clark's twin, before resembling his mother over time).
  • Warren Worthington III – Orlando Bloom
  • Michael Carpenter – Nathan Fillion
  • Mister Sinister – Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Wanda Maximoff - Rachel Weisz
  • Doctor Strange - Jude Law
  • Gravemoss - Cillian Murphy
  • Sean Cassidy - Sam Heughan
  • Carol Danvers - Katheryn Winnick
  • Diana Herculeis - Bridget Regan
  • Jean-Paul Beaubier - Gaspard Ulliel
  • Uhtred Ullrson - Sean Bean (young)
  • Sharon Carter - Rachel Nichols
  • Alison Carter/O'Neill - Grace Kelly
  • Lily Potter a.k.a. the White Phoenix of the Crown - Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Harry Dresden - Clint Eastwood
  • Lt. Karrin Murphy - Kristen Bell
  • Thomas Raith - Ian Somerhalder
  • Bruce Wayne - Christian Bale
  • Jean Grey and Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey - Alexandra Breckenridge/Alyssa Campanella/Jane Fonda (Word of God has admitted to being a bit indecisive on this one).
  • Victor Von Doom - Vincent Cassel (originally it was Mark Strong, but the author changed his mind).
  • Nicodemus Archleone - Jeremy Irons
  • Scott Summers/ Remy LeBeau - Ben Barnes
  • Death of the Endless - Gemma Arterton
  • John Constantine - Sting
  • James Bond - Daniel Craig^note  Though Word of God is that, with his new body capable of shapeshifting, every Bond is now applicable.
  • Lady Maupin a.k.a. Julie D'Aubigny/Phryne Fisher a.k.a. the Lady Knight - Essie Davis.
• Trolling Creator: The author was asked repeatedly for Harry's animagus form. The start of Chapter 23 announced that it would be revealed at the end of the chapter. It turned out to be Captain Jack Harkness. Readers were then informed that yes, he [the author] had lied and they had best get used to it.
  • In chapter 43, he announced in an author's note that Tonight, Someone Dies. He then killed off a character...and promptly resurrected them, cheerfully adding, "I never said it would stick."
  • He also considered calling Chapter 70, wherein he killed off Luna Lovegood and Arthur Weasley, "Yes, I Really Am A Bastard."
  • When readers asked about Peter Parker getting bitten and receiving powers, Nimbus agreed that it ought to happen. And indeed, Peter Parker did get bitten and receive powers. From a Grey Court vampire.
  • In Chapter 41 of Ghosts, Nimbus justified his changing the nature of the First Task by noting that "Harry would quite literally walk over any normal dragon with ease." As it turns out, the key word there is "normal", and Harry winds up fighting an Elder Wyrm, which is indeed a kind of dragon, albeit one far more badass than a mere Hungarian Horntail.
• What Could Have Been: As noted under I Just Write the Thing, character relationships have developed differently than what the author planned.
  • When Dresden was first mentioned, the author said that he'd be the only part of his universe to show up. Needless to say, that's not what happened.
  • In response to a WMG theory being put forward that Strange is actually a future, time-travelling Harry, the author specifically said that that was originally the plan, but was cut for being too complicated (which, considering his Complexity Addiction, is saying something) and actually depressing to write.
    • This gets a reference in chapter 41 of Ghosts, in which Harry sees various alternate timelines, one of which involving an alternate version of himself who looks remarkably like Strange.
• Word of God: Present in the rather extensive (and somewhat snarky) A/N's at the beginning and end of various chapters that serve to clarify and expand points raised in the text.

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