Trivia / A Tale of Two Tricksters

• Inspiration for the Work: The author reveals that the story's inspiration is from the Bad Ending from the game where you can accept Yaldabaoth's deal and also the fanfic It's Just a Light Rain (But the Storm's Still Comin') which was written with a similar concept of a Joker who never joined the thieves but diverged from its inspiration where the author plans for "A Tale of Two Tricksters" to be an Accomplice AU.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The author's Retrospring Q&A reveals that she had scenes of Ren's interactions with Jose in mind but she end up cutting them from the main story due to time constraints.
• Why the Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: Due to constant harassment from the Misaimed Fandom who mistook the story for a "Phantom thief bashing fic in disguise" due to the Phantom Thieves (sans Futaba, Haru, Yusuke (By a stretch) and Yoshizawa) becoming jerks to Joker, and disliking the author's portrayal for a villainous and ruthless Joker, claiming that a villainous Joker is "not canon" and "out of character" despite it being a possible canonical outcome in one of the game's multiple Bad Ending's where you can accept Yaldabaoth's deal near the climax of the game's campaign, the author has deactivated their Twitter in response.