#88.fic

[ghostiezone]

"do you know how much i love you? do you know how important you are? not just to the undersea, to the elders, to the world, but to your sister? even if we're miles apart (again) i hope you can trust me to protect you. I would take on the entire world if it meant keeping you safe. even at the cost of everything. im sorry none of the adults in our life took proper care of you, i hope i was a somewhat adequate substitute. im sorry they were able to keep me from you, i should have fought harder. i won't make that mistake twice." >> Edyn Tidestrider writes a letter.

[felinelord-bowbeforemepeasant]

The bsd fandom is so weird and ridiculous yet so sad and angsty at the same time and i love it, at first we just being mad at bones for ruining the skkk chapter 88 scene to chapter 109 is out and chaos ensure

I was done doing my reaction for chapter 109 and I see some post like "NONONONONONO DAZAI IS NOT DEAD HE STILL ALIVE" and being speechless about what happening , theory and analysis,people thinking about another scenario where there are just being lovely dovey happily ever after, bsd fandom going from "BONES I HATE YOU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE" to " WTFFFF IS GOING ON", people being slapped in the face thrice tenfold hundred fold??? for being in the good omens fandom, jujutsu kaisen fandom then bsd fandom (I hope there are a meme about you should never ask what happen to August 3rd,2023 for people in those fandom or people who all in the three fandom), people just doing fanart, people seeing last panel (I mean the three sokouku generation panel) or any panel they like and think "wow homo", it being trending because of chap 109, and dazai stan threatening the author because of what happen ( which is not very nice and i know this because of a post i see while scrolling through bsd tag, dazai tag count too i guess), etc

We really need someone to make a history book about the bsd fandom cause we do so many questioning stuff like cursed name on tiktok (i mostly see them on tiktok and i didn't see them anywhere else though), bsd characters x random object, mpreg, the bsd x tr fandom thing ( I was trying to hold my laughter while thinking about that), then we have bones ruining chapter 88 to the chaos of chapter 109 and many more i think but I don't remember that much

This fandom is like a mood swing and I love it so much

[zirawrites]

How would Romanced!Companions react to a Synth version of Sole's spouse coming back?

Cait: “You’re not considering replacing me with a robot, are ya?” Cait asked as if it was an obvious joke. Sole would clasp her shoulder and reassure her that no one could ever take her place. But instead, Sole looked at their feet in shame. “He’s/She’s a synth, for fuck’s sake! I’m a real person!” She shoved Sole. Tears stung her eyes. Cait could hardly speak when she added, “I love you, Sole. This thing does not.”

Curie: “I understand the plight of synths as well as any of us. But Sole... this person is not Nate/Nora. Surely they know this?” Curie listened patiently as Sole explained how their spouse’s synth had memories of their marriage and Shaun. Hell, they even remembered when the bombs fell. “If you must help them navigate these feelings, I support you, my love. I just need reassurance that throughout this journey you remember our own special bond.”

Danse: “That is... disturbing.” Danse understood exactly what it was like to have memories that weren’t your own. A voice sounding like someone else. A body that was created to house a different soul. His veins iced with terror when he thought of what memories Nate/Nora held of Sole. And if that changed his relationship with them. “What are you going to do?” The question made Danse’s belly heavy as lead. He almost didn’t want to know their answer, but ultimately it was Sole’s choice.

Deacon: Deacon sometimes wondered what he’d do if another synth of Barbara came back. He knew she wouldn’t be the original, but the Institute would’ve probably loaded her brain with memories of their marriage and lazy days on the farm and dreams of starting a family. Maybe even darker ones, such as her murder. He truly felt for what Nate’s/Nora’s synth was enduring. Hell, he could only imagine what was going through Sole’s own head. The spy just had one question, and he asked it as he stroked the back of Sole’s neck with a tender touch. “Will you choose me?” Deacon didn’t have it in him to admit to Sole that he’d choose them over Barbara every time. Even the real Barbara. He was afraid Sole would think he was lying.

Hancock: “Does he/she have everything he/she needs?” Hancock knew how dangerous the Commonwealth was for a newborn synth. Their occasional memory lapses and self-doubt made for unsavory scams and itchy trigger fingers. He would worry about any jealousy he harbored after he made sure Nate/Nora and Sole were safe. “Tell them to come to Goodneighbor. Hell, I’ll even bring them home myself.” Sole tried to search Hancock’s eyes for any lingering feelings, but the ghoul stayed stoic and calm. “I know we’re thick as thieves, Sunshine. I ain’t about to let anyone fuck with what we got.”

MacCready: MacCready used to have nightmares about Lucy when he and Sole first got together. He dreamt that she found them asleep in bed; his muscled arm slung over Sole’s body like a security blanket. Even after he woke up, MacCready could still hear Lucy’s soft crying in the birds chirping outside his window or water running as Sole drew a bath. Moving on from Lucy sometimes felt like betrayal. But now Sole didn’t have to move on from Nate/Nora, and he wasn’t sure where that left him. “I’m, um, happy for you. But, I mean...” MacCready anxiously scratched the back of his neck. “Where does that leave us, Sole? Are you gonna leave me for a synth?” Because the truth was, MacCready would never leave Sole for Lucy’s ghost no matter how badly she haunted him.

Preston: “The Institute will really stop at nothing to get you back.” Preston was sure this was the boogeymen’s last attempt at stealing Sole from the Minutemen. Yet underneath his initial anger, there was worry. He wasn’t sure if Sole still loved their spouse enough to leave him for their imitation. “Promise me you won’t fall for it, babe. This has to be a trap.”

Piper: “You know they’re not really your spouse, right?” Piper was terrified at the prospect of Sole’s husband/wife returning. She had no idea if Sole would leave her for them. And if Sole did, Piper worried it meant she’d been a placeholder all along. “They’ll walk and talk like Nate/Nora, but it isn’t them. I’m really me, Blue. Just... remember that when you’re with them.”

Nick: Nick was extremely sensitive to Sole’s feelings when Nate/Nora returned, albeit as a synth. Sole had already been through so much, and he was worried this would rekindle their grief. “Anything you need, just let me know.” He knew Sole wouldn’t leave him. His partner just needed space and understanding.

X6-88: X6 was furious at Father for bringing back Sole’s spouse. Everyone in the Institute knew how close he had gotten to Sole, and he worried their relationship would be thrown away to this... lesser synth. “Be wise about this, Sole. They aren’t who they think they are. That’s the entire point of rogue synths.”

[kyouka-supremacy]

Screaming, crying, thrashing on the floor at Atsushi's bewilderment and disbelief he's precious to Akutagawa, the one guy he's supposed to hate because Akutagawa was horrible to Kyouka and it seemed like that wouldn't change but that black and white mentality that people are only bad or only good is starting to crack. And now Atsushi's chasing after Akutagawa in hopes to wake that small silver of a heart he saw in Ryuu, a reverse of the situation they had been. Their relationship is changing. Their dynamic is shifting to a sense of mutual trust and I'm just, please please please please don't give them a bad ending Asagiri please--

I KNOWWWW like Akutagawa's sacrifice being the push Atsushi needed to overcome his prejudices at last was something I always liked to dwell on but never would have dared to hope would have actually happened in canon. But now thanks to the last chapter it's become a real possibility, and I still can't believe it!!!!! If anything Atsushi being so immediate to believe Akuatagawa wouldn't hurt him is. Wow. Greatest character development in history like can you believe it??? Look at where they started look at where they are!!!!!! I'm staining the chapter with the tears falling from my eyes. The “sskk endless angst because Atsushi is going to see anything in Akutagawa beyond a ruthless monster” era is officially over love is real and it's stored in the way Atsushi says “Akutagawa! It's me! Can't you tell!”. Just–

[johnslittlespoon]

alright so conan gray's new song is so painfully john @ gale i wasn't ready for this pain

it's so over just WAIT for the edit i'm gonna make to this shit lmfaoo. gonna have to yoink a lyric too for an angst oneshot title surely. THIS WAS THE WRONG NIGHT TO DROP THIS SONG MAN i'm distraught

also 'i swore hands were made for fighting, but you're the first person that i've seen who's proven that might be a lie' feels very fitting for the blurb i wrote earlier about john finding violence comfortable because it's familiar, and gale maybe being the first gentle man john has met/the first man to show john how to be gentle too. </3

[triptychgardener]

I've always been kinda curious about what the precise origin point was for June Egbert. Like I know it was a largely collective thing birthed from the source material, but nontheless I remain curious at the exact inflection point at which June Egbert, more specifically June as a transfem interpretation of John Egbert, became "a thing" so to speak. So I did a little digging, though I am not a researcher, I am a woman with limited patience. This mostly started when I was scrolling to the back of the (new!) June Egbert tag, and found something odd! Previously, all the earliest fics were from 2019, but lo and behold, there was a SINGLE fic from back in 2017!

It's actually just a very well done, short, bittersweet work about June being alone on Christmas! Now this was notable, as I would (historically, as a modern person with limited experience in the fandom pre uhhhhh this year) consider the big Inflection point to be the Toblerone Discovery! Obviously for that tweet to become a thing, the concept was obviously floating around beforehand, but that's the moment when it started get floated into pseudo-canon spaces. But I was curious if I could find anything before that time! Sadly, my results came up relatively sparse. The most I could find was some pages that were clearly NOT from before then, and a couple of curiosities! First off was this very cute art by CallMeYukari on Deviantart! But, it's supposed to be Egbert's descendent. Nontheless, very cute.

Also, this was just a fun little tangent, I got a couple of bandcamp pages which showed up, which turned out to just be a reviewer who had June Egbert Is Valid as a blog title.

But I knew that the best place to search would be Tumblr. Fortunately/Unfortunately, the June Egbert tag is Fucking Enormous, and I do not have the patience nor the nohow to journey back to the beginning. But you know what isn't quite as large of a tag? Joan Egbert, which appears to have been (afaik again) a pretty commonly used name for a fem version of John! I scrolled back as far as I could, which was abouuuut 2013! Now obviously, here we come back to a bit of a conflict! Which is that, there is actually a lot of girlbert content! Buuuut most of it tends towards Genderbend and Rule 63 stuff rather than trans stuff specifically, which ain't really what we're looking for! Though I was finding transfem John stuff as far back as 2015, and likely earlier if I was more thorough, most if not all of it went under Joan! There's still a few more recent posts that use Joan, which is quite fun to see!

Here's an example of a trans Joan post by the way.

But! Lo and behold as I scrolled to the bottom of the tag:

A mention of June! Granted, it is again specifying a genderbent, not transfem version, but this is the earliest I was able to find on a cursory glance. So that was my little shallow dive into history! If you have more detailed information or wanna do your own digging, feel free to share more!

[get-more-bald]

I need him moaning and mewling on my lap

[ratinayellowbandana]

absolutely foul that I must “do work” and “perform basic tasks necessary to survival.” do they not understand that my mind is full of Stories to tell?

[nostalgia-tblr]

am also having a Mild Crisis over whether i should speed up the enemies-to-lovers aspect of this fic because fandom (in general) is used to "they bicker vaguely for three chapters and are clearly In Love by part 4 and then the next 46 chapters are a series of miscommunications" and that's not what my plan is so umm. i think i might just piss the readers off if it doesn't get nicer soon? but then the one weird person other than me who wants to read this version of events will be DEPRIVED if i do that won't they? so. oh no, is this how people feel when writing millon-word rival florist AUs? do they feel THE PRESSURE? do they fret and fuss and panic?

[witchfall]

go on, let it fall [3]

[jullus pyr norbanus/Warrior of Light/Alphinaud Leveilleur]

[~9000 words] (SORRY)

Jullus doesn’t know how to say goodbye to her.

The last thing he remembers is their eyes meeting across the heat-warped air of a fire, her mouth turned into a thoughtful frown, words so obviously at the edge of her lips that he stares with bated breath.

He does not know what happens after that.

[read it on ao3]

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

VR A2 4-6-0 No 986 "Spirit of Warrigul" aka "Pluto"

Now for an OC other than Heavy Harry. They call him "Spirit of Warrigul" but he only answers to 'Pluto" ("We dub this locomotive. "Spirit of Warrigul', "Bugger... I have one of those silly Pom-styled names now... farrrrrk..."). He is the grouchiest prick on Melbourne's railways... he is Heavy Harry's oldest friend.

Modded every 6 ways from Sunday since 1915 from a type that was first built in 1907, its a miracle he's survived... and survived he did.

He survived almost getting superseded by the S-class Pacifics, the mass withdrawls and scrappings, sitting in a public park having possums shit down his funnel for more than a decade. Now they've restored him and he chuffs pulling specials every month or so for SteamRail. And he still likes making mordant comments on everything.

Here he is in early 1988 chatting with a humanoid Heavy Harry about the upcoming AusSteam '88 locomotive show at Spencer Street.

“Those Gresley boys need to be told they’re not kings of the railways everywhere! Other locos exist as well and work just as hard if not harder and for longer…”

“Ah. Plutes… you’re such a grumpy arse. I wish you could come along…" says Harry.

“You know how much I dislike the human form, Har’. I’m glad you found enjoyment and freedom in yours but… I just can’t.”

[killadelphias]

EIGHT????? would you give a run down of your wips 👀👀 super curious

list

-summer of 88. big one. 20ish chapters.

-project runway inspired reality tv au. but it's pretttty fucking dark tbh

-necromancy/fantasy au. chaptered. unsure how long.

-ET retelling. but they're teenagers. and it's not really like ET. except someone is def an alien.

-slasher movie summer camp

-really rather cringe lady di -esque inspired thing. it'll make sense in context. idk. i d k

-something else

-🚜🐄🌾hmmmm

-🤭 another thing

that's all.

[inked-out-trees]

now that the end of the ttau is within my sights i feel a raw desperation to keep at it no matter what. if i don't write i'll die. this is slightly inconvenient because i have to do a full push-turn on my sleep schedule Starting Tomorrow but i will make it work

[kyouka-supremacy]

Just read a fic where “the damn fool” was used as epithet for Atsushi and I wholeheartedly think sskk fics have peaked with that

[bluebellhairpin]

Ohhh y'all have put me in a bad mood this morning. Good lord.

[baddieladdie]

I want to write a Hobie Brown/Spider-punk x Gwen Stace / Spider-gwen

They both rock, they both rebel, and they like to spend time together. Gwen crashes in his universe, stays at his place since her universe doesn't feel safe to her anymore. Hobie gives her a new pair of converse. And there was something about a toothbrush too? (DM me of you can remember, it was when they were walking around headquarters and Hobie wanted to know how much Miles knew)

Gifs under the cut [Flash Warning]

I mean, COME ON! They would totally rock out together.