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V. E. Schwab

Author, Shades of Magic and Addie LaRue

How we know it's theirs

Their 2017 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 2 posts and 81 comments from u/veschwab, dated 2015 to 2017, most often in r/Fantasy, r/YAwriters and r/books.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm V.E. Schwab, Bestselling Author and Whimsical Slytherin--Ask Me Anything!”

Hi! I just wanted to say that I adore your books, especially Lila as a character. My question is, have you ever seen the anime Hellsing?

u/veschwab replied

YES I'VE SEEN IT AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE NAME ALUCARD AND NO AT THE TIME I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS DRACULA BACKWARDS PUT IT ON MY TOMBSTONE.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm V.E. Schwab, Bestselling Author and Whimsical Slytherin--Ask Me Anything!”

You once said that there was a different ending to A Gathering of Shadows could you tell us what that ending was?

u/veschwab replied

The original ending was set about 2 chapters later and involved everyone on the rooftop dying :p That's what happens when writers don't get enough sleep.

A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm V.E. Schwab, Bestselling Author and Whimsical Slytherin--Ask Me Anything!”

Hi V, A couple months ago when I met you at a signing in Toronto, I asked you about the alliteration behind Eli's 'superhero' name (Eli Ever). I thought it was quite neat and liked that it mirrored Victor's name (Victor 'Vicious'). I recall your explaining that Victor had a…

u/veschwab replied

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So originally (as in the very, very early days of drafting), VICIOUS was about a different character entirely, an EO--ExtraOrdinary--who moves to a city and has two different gangs try to recruit him, the Heroes and the Villains (one led by Eli and the other by Victor). In this version, the characters on both sides had more comic book superhero/villain names, and Victor's--before he even had a real name--was VICIOUS. From there, I backed up and got Vic. And from there, Victor. The original story went away, but his name stuck.