336. Sonata for the Broken Badass in E Minor (Khyber Shards)
Title: Sonata for the Broken Badass in E Minor
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53167390/chapters/134530648
Platform: AO3
Creator: YellowMagicalGirl
Work Type: Fic
Fandom: Khyber Shards
Rating: T
Pairing: Gen, Arlo Fletcher/Thora Tavin
Word count: 3,342
Warnings: Past Suicide Attempt, Depersonalization, Internalized Ableism
Number of comments: 1
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: After five years as the mindless weapon of Blackwheel, Thora is forced to become a person once more. Five years after Thora was presumed dead, her loved ones find out otherwise and try their best in the aftermath.
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From my fic "A Burning Helm" (also I'm sorry I know you probably haven't read this or even watched the actual play this is based off of but you didn't specify a fic and I really wanted to talk about this fic right now)
Distantly, Ari felt someone tugging on his arm, but Thora was across the hallway. She shook her head.
“It’s not that I want to die, but…” Thora inhaled sharply as the flames grew larger and brighter. “Ari, you need to run.”
Right as Ari was about to ask for clarification, the tugging on his arm turned to a sharp yank and –
Shade was pulling Ari away from Capt– no, Thora’s unwilling attempt to slice through his throat.
Ari let himself be dragged into a run (except hadn't they stopped running?), but he called back to Thora over his shoulder.
So, during the entire scene with Ari in Thora's head, Ari had been subconsciously casting a form of Hold Person on Thora. The others recognized this, and they remembered that when Ari's casting Hold Person and similar spells, hurting the person he has held in place can hurt him as well. Thus, the Stryke Force is trying to run away from Captain Blackwheel while she's paralyzed by the spell, since that might actually give them an advantage over her. Unfortunately, in order to enter Thora's head, Ari basically paralyzed himself as well. The tugging that Ari feels is Shade tugging on him, trying to get him to move away from their enemy.
The flame is meant for three reasons: a symbol of how Thora is under Blackwheel's control, to make my fave be in pain, and also to remind her of her greatest shame of having recruited people into Blackwheel. (Originally, this fic would've been part of a 5-fic series, and I would've treated the reveal of her recruiting people with more weight and drama than canon did, but tbh I liked the lack of drama in canon.) When the flame got larger and brighter, it was to show that Blackwheel was exerting its control by basically forcing a successful wisdom saving throw. The sharp inhalation is both because I imagine this would've been painful (both in the mindscape and IRL) and because she's realized that she's being forced to hunt and kill the Stryke Force again.
Fanfic Writers: Director’s Cut
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Send me a 📽 and I’ll tell you about an animatic I’ll never make
So you probably haven't listened to Khyber Shards, but my brain is there and has been there for a while and since you're an anon I'm not gonna try to tailor this to any shared fandoms.
Also, tbh, my ideas are most heavily concentrated toward the front and back ends of the song.
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded - The players & DM all sitting around a gaming table. On the table, you can see the minis for the PC's, as seen in the prologue.
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed - One of the players or DM picks up a d4 and rolls it. As they do so, it morphs into the pyramid-shaped floating citadel of the Twelve.
Everybody knows the war is over - We see Soryn walking with the Stryke Force, a group of Deneith guards hovering in the background.
Everybody knows the good guys lost - Daine and Thora look at each other, and briefly we see three other figures around them, with scribbles over where their faces are supposed to be. These three are supposed to represent their team, now dead.
The rest of the stanza as well as the next few stanzas would be dedicated to episodes 2-147 or so, and while I have some vague ideas for what scene goes where, I don't know quite where to place them (aside from under a cut)
Everybody got this broken feeling / Like their father or their dog just died - Something to do with Tommel. Maybe it's the map job, or maybe it's earlier.
Everybody talking to their pockets / Everybody wants a box of chocolates / And a long-stem rose - The Storm Lords discussing the fate of the Stryke Force. If this scene occurs on talking to their pockets, then box of chocolates is Thora rescuing the Stryke Force. If the scene is on box of chocolates, then the prior scene would tie more directly to the Twelve, while the scene after is Thora rescuing the Stryke Force. If the scene is long-stem rose, then there may not be a Thora rescue scene.
Everybody knows that you love me baby - either Pog and Solarka or Shade and Ari.
And everybody knows that it's now or never / Everybody knows that it's me or you - Either the Stryke Force heading over to Blackbriar or the Tommel vs Ari duel.
And everybody knows that you live forever / When you've done a line or two - Either both of Esri's deaths, Esri's first death contrasted with Ari's death (since Erandis brought both of them back), or Ari's deal with the Forgotten Prince contrasted by his deal with the Forgotten Queen. No matter what, Erandis has to be here.
And now we're back to me having a very good idea of pacing.
And everybody knows that the plague is coming - The Stryke Force faces the murderbot, Thora grabs its head, and forces gather near the manor.
Everybody knows that it's moving fast - smashcut of Daine, the Stryke Force, and Demise all making their way through the ziggurat
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman - Ari explains that they were all born with their marks (possibly with some more of the smashcut towards the front end of the lyric)
Are just a shining artifact of the past - Cardaen, with his eye sparkling for effect.
Everybody knows the scene is dead - Cardaen and Ari talk, and Cardaen clutches his head.
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed - As tribute to all the times I have misheard the lyric as "on your head", Demise touches Cardaen's head and casts Greater Restoration on him.
That will disclose - Cul'Sir kills Vadallia. This scene will bleed into the end of the previous lyric, as well, for timing purposes.
What everybody knows - Daine flying everyone back to Stormreach. The scene zooms in on a particular area of Stormreach, where...
And everybody knows that you're in trouble - Thora can be seen limping her way through the streets of Stormreach.
And everybody knows what you've been through - The scene glitches to Thora in a similar pose, back in Blackwheel. For stylization purposes, her face is currently on fire instead of the horrific burns being visible.
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary - Thora is captured by Blackwheel, but there is defiance on her face.
To the beach of Malibu - Glitch cut to Thora in the same pose, but in Stormreach, and there is a look of despair on her face instead.
Everybody knows it's coming apart - While held captive, a look of utter terror crosses Thora's face as Soryn walks into the room.
Take one last look at this sacred heart - Thora's communicator, surrounded by all the messages she has sent after she left the manor with the murderbot head. It's left unclear if she herself was the one to send them.
Before it blows - A panel split four ways between the Stryke Force and Daine. All of them are horrified, and as the lyric continues, each of their sections disappears, revealing the next scene beneath.
Everybody knows - One of two scenes. Either Thora is held at wandpoint, even more heavily injured than she was prior to Everybody knows it's coming apart, or she is fully healed, but her eyes are glowing a solid color as she points a sword at them.
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