FORGOTTEN GODDESS

Final Author's Note

Final Author's Note

Hello, my sweets! I really appreciate all of you who have reached this point, thank you for the effort and for joining me in this journey, it really meant a lot to me. 

Writing Forgotten Goddess was a great experience for me, this story basically was written from the moment I finished Not A Dream and until now that I've began Oracle's Fate. 

Also, if you decide to continue reading this, I gotta warn you, it's a bit long, like almost half a chapter long, but it contains some background information about this story and some trivia.

If you read the unedited version of the first chapters, you'd notice that I had the habit of communicating with my characters, and yeah, I often did that in the unedited version Gangfia Princess as well. 

At the time I was writing the first part of Forgotten Goddess, it was common in books I've read, I found it amusing kasi we are from the real world tapos may communication tayo sa fictional world.

And a fun fact, I wrote Forgotten Goddess because of a story that my brother and I came up with while playing. He played as "Gin" tapos I was "Hope", yes, hindi si Miracle yung original protagonist ng Forgotten Goddess.

The reason why Miracle became the protagonist is because I originally planned for the two of them to clash, it is stated in the first chapters na ang alam ni Mira, patay na si Hope, in the original plot, hindi si Selene and kalaban kundi. 

If you noticed, Hope stated on the chapter where she was introduced that they are so identical that they can deceive the other people and they wouldn't know who they are with.

Sa original plot, everyone, except the Twins of Fate, will turn their backs from Miracle dahil sisirain ni Hope ang image ni Mira. Given na sya yung mas matagal na nakasama, the students automatically will believe Hope more than Mira. 

Then the climax is that Hope will reveal that if it weren't for Miracle, she would've had all her powers, that to save Miracle, she had to give Miracle most of her powers to at as her life force, it is also stated before na nag-agaw buhay si Miracle, diba, hence the name their parents gave her.

In the original plot, Miracle was the reincarnation of the forgotten goddess, Heaven, walang Myrene, walang conspiracy against Lady Time or Mhraia, walang misdeed ni Selene.

The reason why she was on the brink of death as an infant was because when her magic was sucked out of her as punishment, most of her life force was sucked out as well, and the reason why she became the forgotten goddess is because Heaven went against the law of order, hence, bringing Hero out of his timeline into theirs and changing the future. 

Hope was sent to ensure that no harm is to come to Miracle as she repent for her sins, which is to live as a powerless mortal in the mortal world, si Hope lang dapat yung may magic but yeah, things were supposed to have happened that altered the fate. 

Remember the part where Hope cooked omelet which made Miracle cry? That was supposed to be Hope's test to see if her plan could come to act, it was to check if Miracle is still the same girl she left.

In the middle of writing this, I started writing a draft in a Vampire genre that is somewhat related to this story then I thought that it would be a tad extreme if yung only ally ni Miracle, which is Hope, would turn against her. Hence, I searched for another prospective antagonist and there came the idea of what if Selene wasn't really an ally? I mean, it will still hurt Miracle, after all, Selene was a second mother to her.

So, I did, I started reviewing the past chapters and tried to formulate a reason, a motive for Selene then I remembered that it was once mentioned that the Lady Time was once a Fantazian princess, so there came the idea of betrayal and conspiracy, the blinded perspective. 

I made Selene a villain, but she's the kind of villain Miracle could relate to and I made her that kind of villain to make it harder for Miracle, kasi diba ang tendency when we relate to someone, we perceive them as an ally. 

In my mind, gusto ko magkaroon ng internal turmoil si Miracle, then as for the resolution, since it wasn't really revolving around magic like yung original plan ko with Hope and Miracle's battle, I figured na okay lang kahit walang masyadong fight scene since it's a battle between hearts and perspective, not magic or power struggle.

Then as for the narration, in the first part, Miracle's point of view was in Filipino-English language but as it progressed, I know you noticed that English became more frequent until it had became a full-English narration. 

I was already writing a book in Webnovel at the time and to avoid confusing my mind even further as I was juggling a plot for a Teen fiction/Young Adult story, this story, then another fantasy story in another platform, I decided to continue writing using the language I'm more comfortable with, which is English.

Kay Hope ako bumawi since from a potential antagonist, she became the second lead and she gave out the views na hindi makita ni Miracle, I mean, yes, Miracle is the protagonist but in the original story na nabuo namin prior to building this story's plot, there are some parts na hindi nakikita ni Miracle, or she can't fully give meaning to, which is the other reason bakit hindi ko tinuloy yung plan ko about her being the villain.

In the scene regarding the trance, it was a bit inspired by Itachi Uchiha, yes, I watch anime and I found his means somewhat unconventional but quite reasonable. With that mindset, I created Hope, rather, I modified her character to fit the loving older sister role, which in turn affected Miracle's point of view with regards to siblings' relationship. That an older sibling would do anything to protect their younger siblings, which is reflected on her translation of Mhraia's action of giving way.

Anyways, this code below contains spoilers for the next book and if you want, you can try to decode it, don't worry the spoiler isn't specific, it just give out vague details.

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It's been a great and fun journey with you, my sweets, I hope to see you on my next stories.

~Mikaela~