Story of Me

trivia on dinosaur train evolution: the change of winter

If you have read my story dinosaur train evolution and if you have read it past chapter 14 then you would know that gilbert troodon one of the main characters has an alternate ego i named "winter"

And now i am going to talk about how i created and changed winter's character

When i introduced gilbert into this the only thing i planned out for him was he was shiny's love interest and nothing more

But i wanted more for gilbert and then i remembered something gilbert said in chapter 9

There were alter-egos they are basically different forms of the user and the user will turn into them at will but some alter egos transform by force

And then i thought why not give one of the main characters an alter ego? Cause if i didn't it would have just been a throwaway line gilbert said

At first i didn't know who to pick was it buddy? Was it keenan? Was it shiny? I eventually settled on gilbert having this alter ego

During my planning i always envisioned gilbert's alter ego to look like a northern troodon but with white eyes and snowflakes as pupils and he would carry a scythe made out of ice

But what was i gonna call him?

At first i wanted to call him "blizzard" or "icey" which is actually a name gilbert suggested but he ended up not using it i also thought of naming him "frost" but that felt way too similar to jack frost

Eventually i went the different route and named him "winter"

When i was planning winter out i wanted him to be a villain cause as gilbert said alter egos are often worse versions of the user

So originally instead of helping gilbert with his life winter would torment gilbert and remind him of his failures in fact here's a bit of dialogue of the original version of winter i hope you guys are ready

"Dinosaur Train Adventures Beyond: gilbert's anger"

Gilbert was tired angry and sad

He is tired cause he worked all day long without a break and he is angry that he worked so long cause usually he wouldn't work that long he usually worked just for 4 hours since he's a teen but this time he worked 6 hours which he was not used to doing

And he was sad because he was still thinking about the mistake he did when he left shiny to cry alone and now all his friends hate him

"what have i done?" gilbert asked himself

"eh it was a good choice anyways" winter said

"what?" gilbert asked angry

"i mean she knew both of you were different she should have gotten that through her thick head" winter said

Gilbert was not tolerating this

"i regret it i regret everything now i have nobody to trust my friends dont trust me my colleagues dont trust me heck even my own uncle doesn't trust me after what i did to shiny i should have never let myself go that way" gilbert said

"its better than being with a girl like her" winter scoffed

"you dare insult shiny one more time and i will do something i will never regret" gilbert said frustrated

"like what? Separate us? You know if you did you would loose all your powers as i said before you're nothing without me" winter giggled

"if i wanted to i would have done that sometimes i wonder why i even keep you around" gilbert said

"you need protection and thats what i offer you is it not?" winter asked

"wow protection? You mean pushing me away from my friends?" gilbert asked

"you're the one who left shiny not me" winter said

"oh really? None of it is your fault? Buddy nearly died from you if i didn't control myself and you think thats okay?" gilbert aksed

"who cares about him? He's nothing but teeth and flames thats all he is" winter said

Gilbert was getting angrier

"he is not like that! At least he actually cares for others the only thing you care about is yourself and tormenting me with my mistakes" gilbert said

"you know me all too well" winter said

"i wish i never did" gilbert said

THE END

As you can see winter is tormenting gilbert because of his mistakes and earlier on he nearly killed buddy if gilbert hadn't transformed back into himself but later on winter and gilbert would be separated and buddy would have killed winter but buddy still didn't forgive gilbert and gilbert lost all of his powers

And later on gilbert would try to win shiny back but he failed to do so cause shiny hated him more than valkyrie and gilbert never got the chance to say sorry to her

I did want to go down this path but i wanted something new cause alter egos are usually depicted as bad version of ourselves so i changed winter

When i changed him he was no longer the cold hearted troodon he used to be

Now he is very wise and calm and he gives gilbert advice and ideas and helps him improve on his life but winter does like fooling around sometimes like when he calls shiny gilbert's girlfriend even though they haven't agreed on that yet but gilbert understands that winter is just fooling around

I wanted winter to grow so i changed him he was no longer a cold hearted tyrant who cared only for himself instead he cared for gilbert his uncle and of course shiny

What are your thoughts on this?