Title: Regrets Author: Caitastrophe8499
Source: Malice in Wonderland Characters: Alice D. & Whitey
Genre: General/Romance Chapter(s): 1
Rating: M Status: Complete
Synopsis: One shot. The trial scene from Whitey’s point of view, hopefully adding a bit of insight to the romance that wasn’t really explored.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9056366/1/Regrets
Welcome Readers, this time I went back to Malice in Wonderland. What can I say? I really enjoyed the movie and I’m really interested in the stories that fans come up with for this fandom. I found this one-shot that details Whitey’s side of the Trial through the end of the movie. From the looks of it, there is a very niche group of people who have seen the movie and fewer yet of people who look for the fan fics. Kind of sad since the movie is prime for fan fiction and creative stories to build off it. That’s neither here nor there though, let’s get this review started!
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Typically, I don’t mind these stories where a scene is explored through a different character’s point of view; they tend to be creative, informative (depending on the author), and can add that extra layer that was absent from the original source. On the other hand, these stories can be uninspiring and just the scene written without much added to it than the different perspective and some additional thought lines.
This story falls somewhere between those two types. It adds some insight into Whitey’s character but it still feels like someone telegraphed the scene from the movie. The story starts at the trial and goes all the way through to the end of the movie and while it’s told from Whitey’s perspective, the different perspective doesn’t really change much of what happens. The most value-added part of the story is when Whitey stares as the watch hanging from his necklace and weighs the pros and cons of him going back to try and save Alice. That is the only time during the story where it diverges and goes on an original tract that is never covered in the movie, but then it ends just as it started; telegraphed.
I think the error of this story is that it’s too narrowly focused, it limited itself to just the trial and the end; completely bypassing the beginning and the misadventures in the middle. If it hadn’t been limited I think this story could have fully explored and fleshed out the character of Whitey and the romance that the movie glossed over. As it is, the story’s focus is so narrow that it just doesn’t have the time to flesh out all these elements. It does have the time to bring some insight into Whitey’s character but doesn’t really add much to the romance.
The one-shot was pretty short and I’ve covered everything I wanted to talk about already. There isn’t much because the one-shot didn’t provide much. In the end, the story was so-so; it’s not good, it’s not bad, it’s just somewhere between.
Would I recommend it? It doesn’t really add value and anyone who has seen the movie won’t get much out of it that isn’t in the movie. There’s the insight into Whitey but I don’t feel that the bits of insight are worth reading the story.
Stars: 4/10
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