^{This is not your only update today. I woke up late and decided to post this early so I can get a shower and come back later for Flash around 5ish.} 

Update Link: The Black Dog – Tragic Ending

The Black Dog – Begin Reading

ETA: Uh, the Tragic Ending now links to the actual Tragic ending.

One of my regrets about writing the original folklore collection was giving some of the sad songs happy endings. That’s mostly because, as a fandom, we’ve had our share of sad endings. But Taylor’s saddest songs are so Liason coded, I had to find a way to honor them while still giving our fanbase what we deserve. (i may correct that with a folklore long pond sessions collection because i am insane)

Hence the choose your adventure endings.

They won’t be on every story — for example, “I Hate It Here”, to me, isn’t a sad ending. It’s the reality of her choice that day in the park.

The Black Dog was always originally going to have two endings, but then we found out about that woman returning, and I knew I’d be away the week I was posting it — I just thought we’d been through enough. I’d drop the tragic ending later.

And this is later 😛

The Black Dog is one of her most gorgeous songs, and it’s so Jason-coded I could SCREAM.

I’ll be back later today with your flash.