#cosmogyral au

[asterssunzephyr]

Ok, I need to know more stuff! Skyblings dead? Gem wearing Pearl's hoodie? AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

They died the day a lot of people went MIA or died as well.

The day the twins (their little siblings) escaped the facility, everything was burning and people were dying.

Grian gave Fwhip his hoodie as a "remember me but do not mourn me" / Pearl gave Gem her's as a "do not forget me, but do not mourn me"

[glass-noodle]

[tw: blood]

lab merman au part 17

kiss of life

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Taglist under the cut!

I apologize, I’d been meaning to finish this in time for mermay, but alas.

I've been waiting to get to this update for so long - it was probably the first scene I conceptualized (or, more accurately, woke up with the image still burned into my brain). As you've probably noticed, I've been heavily inspired by movies such as The Shape of Water and The Little Mermaid. This comic is a love letter to these movies and to the art and fics that have inspired me.

happy (belated) mermay!!!

Also, I can finally answer this ask 😂 Merpeople do indeed have regenerative properties, and mixing mer and human blood in live subjects is one thing Kamski has never had the opportunity to try. That and the power of love, of course.

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Taglist (sorry it's so horribly long; apparently I have to split it up like this in order for people to be tagged because tumblr is a Functional Website):

@dokidokisadness @extraordinaryandroid @dirty-droid @bluewolven @maddsmallow

@aesthetichoney2111 @marilady @iwonderwh0 @rurousha @thatsgoodweather

@clocks-declaring @shaed @binxwells @nothinggathers @treeffles

@akakonight @djeris @timebird84 @averyshittyseal @jayfirebird

@username-is-required @go-flow-bro @leelany-world @cosmogyral-cat @a-space-in-the-void

@flitewulf @canofworms95 @fandomhell97 @scurvioli @reality-was-stolen

@kibikikou @celinamcm @zenithier @kibze @neverlet

@idlebirdsparagon @nekojetto @unstablerk800 @fearlessjones @basenikon

@jei-rifni @isu0 @nota-deviant @leon-lemon0 @tartrazeen

@ranunculus-bloom @katlakitty @temporary-enthusiasm @blue-lothus @paopuofhearts

If you are interested in being added, the taglist is here! Feel free to dm me if you'd like to be removed from the list.

[rendevok]

Do you have favorite nrmt fics? Or just any aa fics

Ooo! Yes! I’ve recently been compiling a list of the ones that I just couldn’t get out of my head, so without further ado~

Here are fics that are pure nrmt goodness:

a seat at the table by parchmints - 7yg, Phoenix officially adopts Trucy, and nrmts finally taco bout it sort of maybe ;3

Butterfly kisses by royalmess - canon compliant and “SO MANY KISSES I DIED” <- actual note from my list

if you leave the light on by angstinspace - 7yg, confessions, and my favoritest thing :^)

rough around the edges by Samioli - [screaming from a megaphone] MILES LIKES THE STUBBLE

the bookstore at the corner of 14th and fen by kbots - bookshop/flowershop au, SOOOOO cute and slice of lifey

Chicago Noël by canolacrush - you ever wanted a baker/mafia au? Well now you do! Takes place in 1950’s Chicago, SO delightful to read, good character variety, holiday vibes, and honestly i will be reading this annually

And it’s not a rec list from me without those tasty tasty casefics! These focus on nrmt too of course:

Dating for a Turnabout by Mikomikono - fake dating, murder mystery but they’re being gay as hell the whole time and it’s AWESOME

Investigations of the Heart by poodlepunk - Miles being tortured and down bad, need i say more?

Thrown Through a Loop by savitarandsigh - time loop au, tied to a case! Very cute and fun hehe :3

Turnabout Feelings by ssygir - 7yg, set in Paris, and Very Ace Attorney iykwim, a very satisfying casefic

Turnabout Sole by Collaberal Damage - bodyswap au, SO FUNNY AND CUTE and on top of that, the case is really well done imo!

Aaaaaand basically the rest so far are klapollo so if you’re into that:

can i go where you go by parchmints - klapollo getaway fic , fake dating, they melt my heart and make me want to flip a table

In Better Light by cosmogyral & sunsmasher - klapollo Pacrim au with a side of nrmt as well, SO WELL DONE, do yourself a favor and read this

singing my life with his words by angstinspace - klapollo soulmate au, the premise is so original and god, i wept. Cannot recommend any higher than literally mailing you my tears

wherever you stray, i follow by parchmints - klapollo royal/fantasy au, as magical, romantic, actiony, and adventurous as a fairy tale ought to be!

I’m actually quite behind on my fic reading list, so this is where I’m at so far. I’ve definitely got plenty of in-progress fics that i follow & enjoy that will probably make it to this list eventually, so ask me again some time for more!

[bookwyrminspiration]

happy 2nd birthday to my kotlc wings au, shattered upside down!!

2 years ago today I posted the first chapter of this infamously long fic, so I threw together a piece for fun in celebration--if you've read it, you may recognize a few things as well. you should read it. or talk to me about it. does anyone want to talk about the wings au •_•

closer shots and taglist below :)

KotLC Art Taglist: @bronte-deserves-better @imaramennoodle @thisbluewind @we-have-no-bananas-today @theofficialkai517 @ruewen-and-rising @keefeinnit @thesandsofdawn @crumpledwitchfeet @ascendant-queen @tribblemakingalicorn @axels-corner @loverofallthingssmart @silveny-dreams @girlofmanyfandoms @enbies-and-felonies @impostertamsong @sofia-not-sophie @alabestrine @keefes-hairgel @fanartofthelostcities @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @a-lonely-tatertot @ketterdamkid @cosmogyral-cleo @meg-doodles @dragonwinnie-kotlc @anaccidentwaitingtohappen @maglorslostsilmaril @even-if-in-another-time @crazedfangirl14 @callas-pancake-tree @katniss-elizabeth-chase @wolfstar-being-ridikkulus @thefoxysnake @florida-preposterously

(please let me know if you'd like to be added or removed. i may start a new taglist because this one is so old)

Shattered Upside Down Taglist: @cosmogyral-cleo @axels-corner @cadence-talle @ahecktonoffandomsinoneblog @milesspidermanmorales @loverofallthingssmart @cowboypossume @jolieharkness @wings-of-hell-and-beyond @shellyseashell @blossomjenniie @akotlcblog @imaramennoodle @panic-at-the-multi-fandom-chaos @dragonwinnie-kotlc @solreefs @fintan-pyren @jazzanddaydreams @xanadaus @sa-divine

[maglorthecrab]

I just read a fanfic that’s permanently changed my brain chemistry and you guys need to hear about it. It’s an Ace Attorney AU, where it’s in the setting of Pacific Rim. It’s devastating, hopeful, bleak and joyous all at once.

Genuinely just holy shit.

[manyfandomsonelog]

Hi, and hope you're well! Saw your tags #In Better Light by Cosmogyral and Sunsmasher on AO3#definitely the most recent example of this I’ve read (really good ace attorney pacific rim AU fic) on post/730639797541027840. Have you read "and the tree was happy" by zombiekittiez? Thanks!

I HAVE and it’s very very good!!!!

[guksthighs]

Cosmogyral || jjk

PART: one | two | three

Summary: The princess in the moon notices some stars are missing.

Genre: fluff, angst, smut ( later ), space au, voltron ish au

Length: 1.2k

A/N: this is such fun project for me. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did writing it !!

"Have you counted the stars recently?" Jeongguk's head turned to look at you, even though he was mid spar with an android which quickly took his lack of focus to jab at him. However, with a flick of his wrist, he sent it flying against the floor, a sharp clunk of metal, but Jeongguk did not revel in his victory now busy looking at you.

His eyebrow quirked at your statement knowing you were going to use it to weave an excuse to not do your paperwork. But sat in your window seat, face pressed against the glass as your eyes scanned the sky for a trace of the missing stars, you missed the disbelief on his face.

"I don't bother anymore, most of them changed to provide you company in the castle," Jeongguk muttered, sheathing his sword as he made his way towards you, a smile spreading at how forgetful you were, "that would account for the missing stars."

"Have you not noticed it's been rather quiet recently?" Your voice raised and finally, you ripped your gaze from the window to look at Jeongguk, waiting for an answer. Jeongguk was sweaty, a bead rolling down his cheek and dripping from his chin as he tried to find the right words to answer you. Your tone was no longer friendly, it was formal and he felt like he was being tested.

"Yes, I've found it rather pleasant, miss," the smirk on his lips quickly died as he noticed your lips, turned down in a frown as you tugged on the ends of your hair, a sign you were genuinely worried and not just playing a game with him. Jeongguk's back straightened as he took a nervous step forward with the intention to pat you on the shoulder, but as his arm moved forward, you abruptly stood up and walked away, a hand running through your head.

"They've gone missing." You were worried, they weren't just any stars but zodiacs, you paced the combat room, bare feet silent on the padded floor, "there are six who have vanished." Not just any six, you wanted to add but you knew Jeongguk would just reprimand you for making favourites, even if they were the most caring friends you could ask for.

"Impossible, the zodiacs are the strongest beings in the galaxy. Emotionless beings with the sole purpose to protect you, they would have fought back," Jeongguk knew as he said the words that you were right, they probably had been taken. But it was his duty to not get emotional on duty and provide you with a clear-headed opinion.

"We both know they're not emotionless, in fact, their previous incarnations fit that description better. The new bunch are a big group of softies," a smile spread across both of your faces and with that you knew he wasn't going to stop you from finding them. It was your fault, after all, you had gone on a diplomatic tour of the planets under the Republic and had come back to silence.

"Now it's just the two of us," you swallowed as you tried to keep the tears that threatened to fall at bay, "again." You wanted the castle to be full of laughter again instead of this silence that was becoming deafening. The moon had been like this after the first war, your mother, and previous queen, had sacrificed herself to bring peace after a controlled virus had wiped out all of your people.

You had survived because of the stars, they had a plan for you and after your mother left, boarding a ship that was never to return, you were left alone. Jeongguk had been a gift from your mother, found on an abandoned ship close to the moon, she had brought him back and made him join the military to become your guard. But all you wanted was a friend, a shoulder to cry on and to see the stars you had wished upon to come back.

Jeongguk looked like he wanted to say something, but he stopped as he watched you sprint back to the window, placing your hand flat on it, awakening the computer system, "House, show me Namjoon."

"I told you not to name them!" Jeongguk cried, his palm hitting his head as he summoned another fighting stimulation to take out the anger you were building in him with all your rebellion. But as his sword made contact, he was filled with memories of his close friends and he knew you needed to find them soon because they were useless alone.

The Zodiacs were desired by many, and he watched you look through different readings on the maps, trying to locate their frequency but to no avail. You had only been home for a day, of which you had been kept busy with various chores and schedules and now you were too tired to locate the boys. Both of you hadn't seen them for a year or longer, although you had frequent talks over the radio where you would complain about the oblivious Jeongguk and his brutish ways.

"Sub me in," Jeongguk thought he had misheard, but in a flash, you had pushed him out of the way and wrapped your thighs around the neck of the droid, the hard metal was unfamiliar against the soft flesh causing you to grimace, a small grunt later you had squeezed its' head clean off, "Gukkie I'm worried." You flipped onto the mat, landing on one knee as you turned to look at him wondering if he was going to help or continue to pretend not to care.

"So am I," his bottom lip quivered and you watched him look at across the barren landscape, "let's rest tonight and then we follow where the stars guide us." Jeongguk had known the zodiacs for a long time, a group of boys who had kept him company as he floated to the ends of the universe.

Jeongguk was the one who had reminded you that you just needed to wish on a star and the day after your mother had left, he was greeted by the rowdy group of boys who had taken up residence in the castle. It wasn't hard to imagine how they had been taken and he was sure if any random being told Taehyung there were sweets in their ship, he would climb aboard, which was probably why he felt sick to his stomach.

He was happy he had agreed to find them as he watched you sprint out of the room, a wide smile on your face and your long dress flowing behind you. Jeongguk wondered how you were a living contradiction of power and feminity, although as he remembered the strength that hid under those gowns, he knew you were strong to protect the memory of a civilisation that had once been the strongest ever known, wiped out to just you.

You had all your people's memories resting on your shoulder and the duty to bring peace back to the universe and he was going to stay by your side throughout it all.

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[asterssunzephyr]

Today I come with a simple request: Surprise me!

Surprises you say? Hm, very well. I am quite invested in bringing Cosmogyral to Tumblr. Lets start with Ren & Shelby, yeah? ---- Ren & Shelby Grace, siblings raised in the facility. Ren's the older sibling and theres a lot of miscommunication between them post escaping the facility.

Ren thinks Shelby is working for the facility, Shelby thinks Ren is working for the facility. ---

"Youre my brother!.. You were my brother." "I still am your brother!" "Youre helping the people hurting us! Hunting us, hunting me and for fucks sake Ren, my kids!"

"What?! No Im not! I thought- Shelby I thought you were working for the facility!" "What?!" He starts laughing, and Shelby thinks her brother's gone crazy. She stayed in front of False and Oli, and Katherine too; a part of her wanted to protect the three of them. When Ren stopped laughing, the look in his eyes was knowing.

"Shelby, Im not working for the facility.. Guys, its okay. You can come out."

How Shelby hadnt noticed the other group of people prior to her and Ren brawling it out, was unbeknownst to her due to the heightened hearing and sight she normally possessed. She supposed Ren somehow blocked her senses even without him knowing.

"...Hello." "Hi?" "Ren, who-" "Shelby, these are my friends, and my kids. Lizzie, Joel, Tango and Martyn."

She looked at the two blonde children, and then back at her brother. She understood the look he had given her when he stopped laughing. The knowing look? It was because these people, these blonde kids, were his family too. These kids were like False and Oli to her, they were his kids, like False and Oli were her's. She understood him now, and he knew this.

"...Hello."

[glass-noodle]

[CW: blood]

lab merman AU part 15

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@dokidokisadness @extraordinaryandroid @dirty-droid @bluewolven @maddsmallow @aesthetichoney2111 @marilady @iwonderwh0 @rurousha @thatsgoodweather @clocks-declaring @shaed @binxwells @nothinggathers @treeffles @akakonight @djeris @timebird84 @averyshittyseal @jayfirebird @username-is-required @go-flow-bro @leelany-world @cosmogyral-cat @a-space-in-the-void @flitewulf @canofworms95 @fandomhell97 @scurvioli @reality-was-stolen @kibikikou @celinamcm @zenithier @kibze @neverlet @idlebirdsparagon @nekojetto @unstablerk800 @fearlessjones @basenikon @jei-rifni @isu0 @nota-deviant @leon-lemon0 @tartrazeen @ranunculus-bloom @katlakitty @temporary-enthusiasm @blue-lothus @paopuofhearts

(There are an increasing number of users who I have not been able to tag, so if you don’t see your name listed I was unfortunately unable to tag you!)

I know it’s been taking longer between updates (mostly bc I’ve been trying to increase the quality of each one), so if you’re not interested in being tagged anymore then please free to let me know and I will remove you from the list. Taglist is closed for now, sorry (but may reopen again if a lot of people choose to be removed)!

Otherwise, thank you so so much for sticking with me and leaving the nicest comments, asks, reactions, and tags. You’re all so incredible and I am so fortunate to be here with you all. 💕

[chiakery]

Guess who's back with their shit! lmao

New project, old AU - a promised journey through various scenes/POV's from the Trouvaille universe begins! Updated irregularly as a laisure work.

We start off with how it all began - the afternoon when Tian saw Phupha for the first time (the real first time).

[bookwyrminspiration]

golden wing boy!! fitz boy!! golden wonderboy!! my boy!!

[ID in alt.]

listen. listen it's wings day for Fitz (chosen by the wonderful @synonymroll648) and I literally have a wings au I had to. I was legally required to. and yesterday was golden day and I literally gave Fitz golden eagle wings in the au. please look at him

KOTLC Art Taglist:

(let me know if you'd like to be added or removed!)

@bronte-deserves-better @imaramennoodle @thisbluewind @we-have-no-bananas-today @theofficialkai517 @ruewen-and-rising @keefeinnit @thesandsofdawn @crumpledwitchfeet @ascendant-queen @tribblemakingalicorn @axels-corner @loverofallthingssmart @silveny-dreams @girlofmanyfandoms @enbies-and-felonies @impostertamsong @sofia-not-sophie @alabestrine @keefes-hairgel @fanartofthelostcities @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @a-lonely-tatertot @ketterdamkid @cosmogyral-cleo @meg-doodles @dragonwinnie-kotlc @anaccidentwaitingtohappen @maglorslostsilmaril @even-if-in-another-time @crazedfangirl14 @callas-pancake-tree @katniss-elizabeth-chase

[incorrectborhapquotes]

Could you recommend some cute maylor fics? Thanks!! :)

hey! I should make a more comprehensive list because someone asked me about it ages ago over at @meddows-taylor and I never got to it, but off the top of my head here’s some:  - and you said “cute”, but I’ll throw in some angst because that’s my kind of thing too and some smut for good measure

“Right ’Til The End” by reinne . A body swap au I’m really invested in.

“Stay in Bed” by @she-was-a-gay-stripper. Cute, fluffy and an adorable sick Rog taken care by his boyfriend

“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by talkingismylife. Forever one of my favorites. Cute, funny and based on an episode of Happy Endings, what else could you need?

“I’m One” by Sherlaufeyson. I’m in love with this one shoot. Romantic, insightful and domestic. Oh, and musicalized by The Who.

“Play Another Wedding Song, A Wedding Song Goes On and On” by brianmaybrianmay. I’m a sucker for the “5+1 things” and this is so romantic, fluffy and I love the characterization.

Actually, all of their “Maylor 5+1 things” series is amazing, and I recommend each and everyone of those

“how to make my own life here (how to make my own home)” by brahe. If you ever wondered what would happened if you mixed Brian’s fondness of taking pictures and maylor, the answer is a very adorable and loving exchange.

“See What A Fool I’ve Been” by brianmaybrianmay. It’ a Big Gay Panic (™) for dear Brian after hooking up with Roger. Even if it gets a tad bit angsty at moments, it’s a very lovely story.

“Ursa Major” by smokeytaboo. I’m not gonna lie, this is mostly smut, but it’s so well written and still somehow, cute and fluffy? If that’s your thing, I highly recommend it. Definitely one of my favorites.

“The A Experience” by Rose_2925, WordsareBetterthanNumbers. I’m a bit behind and not fully caught up on the new chapters, but I’m a sucker for fake dating, so check it out.

“Is This The Real Life” by @tv-saved-the-teenage-girl. I don’t know why I have a thing for Roger and Brian sharing rooms, but I love all of the stories that center around that. This is extremely cute and romantic.

“It’s a Deal” by @tv-saved-the-teenage-girl. I’m biased because this is based off of on of my quotes, but it’s a lovely story about Roger courting and pursuing Brian, who enjoys making him wait. Cute, funny and romantic.

“Paint” by @ronniesshoes. I think this was one of the first stories I read, procrastinating in the back of one of my classes back in November, and I became obsessed. It’s smutty but extremely in character, and incredibly written and heartwarming.

“All the more reason” by @atenementfunster. The ghost au you didn’t know you wanted but desperately need. One of the most adorable, heartbreaking and addictive stories I’ve read. It’s a bit angsty but will leave a mark on your soul.

“I Know the Secrets of the Universe (but I don’t know your name)” by sammyspreadyourwings. Brian is a barista and crushing on Roger, his regular customer. He learns a couple of things about him in the meantime, while falling deeper and deeper. (The author has a bunch of queen prompts and oneshoots, check them out!)

“Sleeping on the Sidewalk” by @emmaandorlando. You’ve probably read me ranting and ranting about this story, but it may be in the top 5 of my ultimate faves and I re-read it constantly. Somehow Roger and sleeping issues seems to fascinate me, but this deals with Brian coming to terms with his love and fighting a sleeping Roger in his bed almost every night. Read it, if only so you can join me on the staning train.

“cosmogyral” by chateauofmyheart. Roger, Brian, the cosmos and the moon landing. It’s very sweet, domestic and will have you grinning like an idiot. The author has a series that consists of “rare words” and Queen, and it’s super original and well written.

These are the ones that came to mind or that I could find now. They are all posted on ao3, but I should revisit this with stuff posted on tumblr, because there are amazing stories around, some of my favorite even. Also I (mostly) left out smut, but I could do another list for those.

And if you are still looking for more, I cannot recommend enough following @queenslasharchive and checking out their tags and recommendations. 

Hope this helps and happy reading!

[dearestdaffodils]

Okay so Fic recs, I totally recommend Ink Nemesis by Scriptaed. It's a BTS fix and I've actually only read BTS ones cuz that's how I got into Tumblr and I stayed on Tumblr for the feed lmaoo. I also love the Hanahaki Au and one of my favourites (and first fic ever) was Blue orchids by Cosmogyral I think? Or just try typing it in good. I also loved The Labyrinth by Scriptaed. Honestly just everything by her. She's the bomb!

Ooooo I’ll definitely check it out!

[thewardlowcollection]

Lest We Forget

In 1915, around 4.30 am on the 25th of April, the 3rd Australian Brigade made their way onto boats to begin the invasion of Gallipoli. It was the beginning of eight long months of fighting - and dying - and the first time both Australia and New Zealand fought under their own flags with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) joining together to form the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).

The attack on Gallipoli was the brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. His idea was to take Turkey out of the war, opening a clear sea route for the allies to Russia. It might have worked, it might have provided an early end to the war saving millions of lives - if the weather had been better, if he had been given all the troops he asked for, if the British navy had been able to make the most of its initial advantage, if the landing parties had not drifted two kilometres off target… but instead 130,000 men died from both sides with no real impact on the fighting in Europe.

In Australia and New Zealand however the combined loss of over 8,000 men was deep and far-reaching which is why, all across the world, at around 5.00 am every 25th of April ten of thousands of Aussies and Kiwis rise to attend a Dawn Service.

The world of Miss Fisher is interwoven with the experiences of the great war so it is no surprise that there are many fics which explore the hardships endured by both those who fought and those that were left behind. Below is a small selection of these: some focus on those involved in actual conflicts, others on those who kept the home fires burning, many on the ongoing impact of the war but hopefully you will find them all thought provoking.

Boer War

500 Words You Should Know: #150 Encomium (2015) by Shamashe. Mr. Butler is decorated with a Medal of Honor from the Boer War - willed to him from an Army comrade and old friend.

World War One

What a difference a day made (2015) by cosmogyral. "You're sure someone will come to rescue us," she said. Her eyes went wide and sympathetic. "That is sweet of you to say. But very unhelpful, because actually we're going to be shot by German soldiers unless we think of something.” Warning: This is an incomplete fic but so well written it would be a shame not to include it and really I think it can be read as a stand alone piece.

Money Meta, Chapter 2 The Victoria Police at War (2018) by Scratch_Pad. Excellent research and links to resources.

Passchendaele (2014) by FiBeeN is a recommendation by @bellairian. Jack Robinson went to war and he was never the same again.

The Soldier (2018) by Allison_Wonderland.  Even now, more than a decade on, Jack had to forcibly hold himself in at the sound of gunfire.

See also our Remembrance Day post 11.11 Lest We Forget

The Inter-War Years

Fragile (2018) by marlen. A video about Phryne's and Jack`s memories about the Great War.

Smile the while (2016) by Meldanya. 1919. Rosie Robinson is preparing their home for her husband's return.

Homecoming (2015) by @flashofthefuse.  A short story about the early days after Jack returns home from the war.

500 Words You Should Know: 264. Kudos (2015)  by RakishAngle (afterdinnerminx). Tobias Butler makes Anzac biscuits every April on Anzac Day and every November on Armistice Day to commemorate his unlikely homecoming from the great war.

Comrades in Arms (2017) by @scruggzi.  Having saved a bank full of people from a machine gun wielding anarchist, Phryne returns to Wardlow with Jack. On the way they discuss death, justice and their experience of war.

War Stories (2016 - ongoing) by RositaLG. A series of one shots surrounding the war's effects on Jack and Phryne in their current lives.

Ivy’s Birthday (2018) / Time Passes (2018) by @rithebard are part of a series (She did make defect, perfect) that shows how Phryne and Jack’s love lives and personal lives entwine. The two chapters mentioned above consider the impact of the approaching war.

World War Two

One Night In Berlin (2017) by @firesign23. Part of The World War II Tales series.

Then the Sky will Seem More Blue (2016) by Meldanya.  During World War II, Dot and her family start a new project.

When the Clouds Roll By (2016) by Meldanya. 1942. Occupied France. Phryne Fisher is working as a British intelligence officer, focused on surviving. Her heart stops when she meets another agent: she would give anything to keep him out of danger.

The Home Fires Burning (2016) by @firesign23 is a short collection of Phrack drabbles set in Melbourne during WW2.

Fourteen Years and a Second Time Around (2016) by RakishAngle (afterdinnerminx). It's Jack's birthday and Phryne is stationed in the Pacific Theatre thinking of him, wherever he is.

Modern AU

ANZAC Day 2015 (2015) by @aljohnsonwrites. Jack is working on ANZAC Day.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,

We will remember them.

[wintaer-bear]

Children of the Universe Ch. 1

Pairing: Kim Taehyung x Reader (ft. Jeon Jungkook) Genre/ Rating: fantasty!AU, creation!AU, angst / NC-17 Word Count: 3.1k

“We live by the Sun, we feel by the Moon.” 

“I don’t understand why they don’t just end it,” he says cynically. “The other Sun Warriors and I could be in and out within a fortnight. What’s the point of sending you in? No offense, but this is war.” He leans against the door, watching as you complete your final strokes. It’s a picture he’s seen before, one of greens and blues much calmer than the harsh yellows and reds of the Sun. 

“Sending you in to destroy the rest of what’s left of them wouldn’t be war Jungkook,” you murmur, stacking your paints against one another, binding them in a final spiral. “It would be slaughter.”

You give the standing boy a final farewell before sliding past him, a kiss on the cheek as the two of you have always exchanged when one goes off to battle. “Wish me luck.”

Jungkook does and for what seems to be the first time, he sincerely means it. Typically, he doesn’t think twice of your departure, knowing full well that you’re more than equipped to take care of yourself given the circumstance. However, this time he can’t help but feel a sense of dread hang over him, an type of uneasiness as you skip pass. This time you’ll be entering alone, into uncharted territory, competing against one of them, a descendant of the moon. His jaw tightens at the thought. “___,” he whispers. “Be careful.”

You almost tell him you wish he’d join you, that you would feel a hundred times more at ease with him at your side, but your hesitation is enough to stop you and instead you give him a small smile. It’s obvious he knows. Just as it’s obvious that you know Jungkook is needed here where he can offer military support when the Crown wields it. He is the Sun’s greatest warrior and you, its greatest weapon. Together, the two of you were raised in glory and in duty to put an end to this inevitable war.

The transport to Earth is a long one. You’ve never been there before - few have. It’s a relatively new territory, one that just showed up after a cosmic sound rippled through the galaxy. It’s more trouble than it’s worth really, killing thousands of your people and even more of your enemy’s. But you suppose that’s the point of this treaty, if you can even call it that. It’s supposed to change all of this. It’s supposed to put an end to the ruthless killings.

But you know better. The Crown of the Sun would never submit to the Moon, not when it’s so close to winning. It would never, in its orbit, allow you, heir to its Kingdom, lose this competition. 

It dawns on you that you are not sent for peace, not for freedom. You are meant to destroy the last of the evasive Moon Children and allow the Sun to become the true center of the universe, a feat none before you has yet to accomplish.

You sigh, the burdensome thought weighing on your shoulders as you look out into the vastness of the universe and you begin to wonder. You wonder how many more planets like Earth exists, how many more wars you will have to win, how many more territories the Sun will encompass before the Crown deems it as fit. The thought makes you you toss in your transport. 

Before the beginning, before Earth, there existed just two places - the Sun and the Moon.

Children of the Sun were born in warmth, in light, in vigor and in zeal. They derived their energy from the core of their star, an unknown entity protected by the radioactive and convective envelopes surrounding it. It was a gaseous and volatile home, but the inhabitants loved it all the same.

Children of the Moon, however, were born from darkness, a hyperborean state that made them frail and weak. Too often, they were found lost in way of sentiment, their disposition scattered to the point of incoherency and driven mad from the raging and endless cold. It was no place to call home, but its inhabitants loved it nonetheless.

For eons, the two cosmogyral dwellings existed separately - existed in peace. Neither were aware of the other and neither sought out to conquer what was not their own. But the children of the universe are finicky, insatiable and always, always searching. When the Sun shined it first ray of light on the Earth, and the Moon touched its orbit, there was no telling, no knowing the devastation the little planet would bring, the number of deaths it would acquire.

You saw it all happen. The unraveling of the first act of celestial greed. You were there when the Sun Warriors ran rampage across the Moon, setting red fire to the rocks of homes and sending the remaining survivors into hiding. You were present when the Crown made its final decision to end this once and for all and now, you will be an instrumental tool in the demise of the Moon and its Knights.

When you land, the smell of strange Earth seeps through your nostrils. The potent air makes you queasy. You try not to breath it in, afraid the stink will stain even your lungs but the effort is futile and you gasp for breath. The atmosphere feels heavy in your throat and it takes you a couple of deep pants to adjust.

This place is nothing like the Sun. There’s nothing here. It’s desolate, untextured, flat, and gray; the equivalent of your beginning canvases at home. You would say it reminds you of the Moon, but even that is too kind. At least the Moon secures homes. This place - this hallow space is empty, uninhabited, and these two facts alone frighten you. A chill crawls up your spine as you feel for the first time since your creation that you are alone. A galaxy full of life, a hundred lifetimes filled with vibrancy and fire, and yet, tonight, you feel the first hint of isolation.

You look to the sky, hoping to pinpoint a sense of familiarity, but the sight you see only haunts you further. Painted in the blanketed night sky is the Moon, and oh, how brightly it shines. You almost mistake it for your own life source until you realize it’s much too translucent in it’s glow to be your home. The Sun burns yellow, vivid and sharp but this, the Moon, it doesn’t burn at all. Rather it reflects a white, translucent, gaussian noise. A mesmerizing sight in itself and all too sad to stare at, but you can’t seem to peel your gaze away. You’ve never seen it this close. You’ve never seen it this radiant. The Sun’s own light overpowers any other fluorescence in the galaxy. Compared to it, everything else seems dim. But this, you never knew, the Moon shined too.

You continue to stare as the Moon shifts in its place. You can almost hear the thunderous steps of the Sun Warriors walking its surface, searching for the last of the Knights of the Moon, and you wonder. You wonder if your brothers and sisters feel the same dread of being away from home. You wonder if they can see the light radiating off the Moon. You wonder if it’s blinding like the Sun’s.

You wince at the memory. You’ve always known Children of the Moon to be lesser, weaker, but hearing it said out loud makes it all the more real. The thought of the galaxy without them brings a grip to your chest, a weighing pain that makes you feel an indescribable way. It’s like willingly scooping out a piece of the sky and leaving a hole in its place.

You allow yourself to get lost in questions that will never be answered and scenarios that may never occur as you prepare for tomorrow. When the Moon is replaced by the Sun, while the Sun is shining its brightest, you will meet your fate. You will meet, and duel in creation, the ever so evasive heir to the Moon, Kim Taehyung.

Daybreak does not come without tribulation. The moment is here. Today you begin to create Earth in your own vision, a gift, and burden, you remind yourself, the Crown has bestowed on you. Your palms are clenched and damp by your side as your nerves make way to your knees, locking them in an upright position until his arrival. You’re not sure which way to look, where to expect him, so you allow yourself to stand, chin forward as if you were to greet your fiercest enemy.

It never comes. He never comes.

Thoughtless, you sit and wait. Unsure if you should attempt creation on your own or gather your wits and return home with news of misfire. Doubtlessly, reporting either options means you have failed.

You imagine the return home: the looks of disgust as you drag your empty canvas along the raging heat waves. What would the Children of the Sun say when they see their heiress return empty handed with no promise of a better tomorrow? What would they think when they have to yet again, send another one of their sons to an endless war?

The pressure makes your heart ache and you feel as if the walls you’ve built so high might begin crumble. It wouldn’t be such a bad idea to cry now while you’re still ahead - still alone. Frustrated and tired from the days journey and lack of resolution, tears sting at your ducts.The moon beams down on you, spotlighting your stance and you can’t help but laugh hopelessly at its travesty. It was silly of you to hope for peace when the Moon has none.

You will return home with news and the Sun will set loose fury on the ones who denied peace. 

That night you dream of fire: not the burning flames of the Sun, but a white blaze that visits your palms. It does not burn you. It does not hurt you. Instead, it fuels another light within you that you have never embraced before. It’s agonizing, harrowing in the most non-physical sense. It’s an emptiness you feel in the hallows of your bones. One amplified by a calling of a hundred desperate goodbyes rotting inside what you suppose is your soul. This makes the first night’s fear of isolation feel minuscule and you jolt awake in anger then fear. Whatever it is, whatever the fire held, you know, you never want to touch it again.

The night is silent as it wraps around you, the galaxy’s taunting way of reminding you of your failed attempt to make and save life. 

Despite your skepticism of the treaty, a part of you still wishes you had the chance. The chance at birth at creation; a chance to save your people from engaging in endless killings.

The mountains you had in mind, the rivers and seas that would border the continents, down to the types of creatures that would dwell here as hosts for their astronomical guests, you had it all planned out. Now Earth will remain a wasteland, a graveyard for the losers and a martyr for all the winner’s future enemies.

You almost feel sorry for it. For the Earth and the Moon. None stand a chance against the heat of the Sun, and it is this thought that makes you drift back to an overwrought sleep.

Dawn knocks and it brings with it a stranger - a traveler. He comes sporting nothing but a smile, as if it could calm the rage between two worlds. 

“Taehyung,” he introduces, extending his hands in a lucid manner, as if the two of you aren’t here to discuss the end of his world, as if he wasn’t late on his end of the deal. 

You stare at the hand. You’re a Child of the Sun, you do not smile at enemies, you do not smile at strangers, except to welcome them to their ends.

You had expected a more dramatic entrance, a concentrated beam of light or shower of asteroids to announce his arrival. It’s glum to have him simply appear before you as if he’s always been there. Has he? … always been here? The thought dawns on you. It would be no trouble for a master of evasion to stay hidden and scope out his opponent and the new terrain without notice. The tribulation makes you apprehensive. You hate to be at a disadvantage.

“___,” you announce.

He smiles back at you once more, unafraid. You try not to stare, but his presence is almost demanding, alluring, characteristics you attributed to only the Crown. Odd for someone who has spent the better half of his life hiding, wasting away on a cold rock. His eyes are serious and heavy. They’re huge and you swear you can see your own reflection in them but perhaps they are his most incriminating features for the rest of his features are soft: his lashes long and his hair hang just above his brows. He’s bewitching, and you hate to say, as intoxicating and compelling to look at as the Moon in all its natural glory.

“You’re late,” you remind. “We were supposed to start days ago.”

“Creation,” Taehyung shrugs, “starts when the artist feels something and ends when he doesn’t.” He steps closer to you. “Were you feeling something, Sun Child? Were you feeling inspired? Don’t hold back on my account. By all means, knock yourself out.” His tone is mocking and provocative, nothing you expected from a leader who spent the better part of his reign hiding from your kind.

“Depends if you count impatience as a source of inspiration.”

He smiles and his eyes turn crescent. “One of the worst,” he mocks. “But it’ll do. Show me something,” he says. “Anything. What can you create with such a rampant emotion?”

You’ve never been one to back down, call it privileged. You roll your eyes shut and bite your tongue. It doesn’t take more than a second to return your thoughts to the blank canvas you hold in the back of your mind. You trace a figure in your head. It’s the same one you have drawn a dozen times before practice for this moment, for Earth. 

“What is that?” He gawks at the twisted thing. It’s slender with an plethora of entangled limbs for only God knows what.

You let his ignorance slide. “It’s the first living thing on this planet,” you congratulate. “I’m going to fill this place full with them. From mountain to sea, these monuments will grow with the rays of the Sun.”

Taehyung takes a single look at the creation and returns his gaze back at you, unimpressed. The creation is small, smaller than you had drawn, and barely topples over him as he brushes by you to better examine it. “For what purpose,” he breathes solemnly, “do you make them stretch to a height they will never be able to reach?”

You pause at his question. What other purpose was there than to serve the Sun? There was no purpose in your creation. It simply just was. An object, a figure existing solely to honor the Sun. Existing only to grow with the sun and to wither without it.

Taehyung sighs. “That’s the problem with you Sun Children. So thoughtless.” He touches it, but just barely. His fingers graze along the branches, feeling them, touching them, in way that’s almost delicate. “So brazen.”

You are sure his words are said to hurt and to insult but nothing bothers you more than the way he handles your piece of art. None of your creations are weak. None of your paintings are inadequate or unfinished. The way his soft fingers run across them as if they’re some fragile peace annoy you beyond measure. No one has taken your work so lightly.

“Lets see you do better then shall we, Moon.” You tease.

Taehyung swallows, stares back blankly and allows his smile to disappear. “Like I said,” he repeats. “Creation takes ingenuity.” With that he shatters a limb of your tree, breaking it into a million different pieces of celestial ash. “Feeling.”

There’s a moment of awe, a short period of disbelief as you see him shatter yet another limb. And then another. 

“What -” you pay louder than you anticipated. “What do you think you’re doing?” You run to slap his hands away from your plant, from your work of art.

“Testing,” he says, allowing you to push his hands away. Taehyung shoves them back into his pockets as he leans over to examine the expression on your face. “How does it feel,” his tone is whispered, heavy and grim. “To have something so precious destroyed by your neighbor?”

There’s a laden pang in your chest, a hefty feeling on your eyelids as you close them shut to prevent yourself from sowing havoc. Sun Warriors aren’t supposed to have feelings. Not like this one anyway. But no one ever dared touch on of your creations, let alone break it.

“Does it shock you?” He mocks further, tilting his head waiting for your response. “Does it make you feel weak?”

You want to lay waste to him, to skip this entire act of ceasefire and destroy the fingers he dared to lay on your back. You goggle at your creation. It’s deformed shaped now bent and unsymmetrical, ugly with the Moon Knight’s doing. It shouldn’t bother you. It was just one tree - one creation. You can make more. You can make hundreds more, thousands even. And it is this thought that brings your heightened emotions back to a calm, a type of military rational. 

If you lash out now,Taehyung would just disappear again. The current Sun Warriors would never be able to find the rest of the hiding Moon Children. The Crown would be furious. All the lives sacrificed to bring you to Earth would be in vain. The Earth would remain desolate. You would go home and wait another eon to prove your worth. You swallow. You smile. You lie.

“Not in the slightest, Prince.” You try your best to hide the malevolence in your voice. It works. Taehyung’s reaction is indifferent, a slight upturn of his lips as he simply straightens himself out and shrugs. His hands clap together to remove the dust of your branches and he raises his gaze to the sky that has not yet allowed day to break through its walls as he breathes out.

Your eyes follow his gaze into the sky. In it, the two astronomical ornaments hang in adornment across from each other.

For a moment, he looks entranced. His glare intense and hellbent on his home before they return to you with a look you’ve only seen Jungkook wear when he’s to leave for battle. The light shatters his gaze in a squint, and you would call his expression captivating, if only he didn’t ruin it with his the way of his mouth.

“Then you haven’t created anything worthwhile at all.”

He breaks your trance and shatters the rest of the remaining tree beside you. You can feel the ashes burn your skin as they make contact on their way to the ground.

You don’t know it yet, this crushing loss unregistered in your pain tolerance, but it is the first time Taehyung breaks a little bit of your heart - though it is certainly not his last.

You watch as the condemned Moon Child disappears into the horizon. The picture above him inscribed by the universe itself. Above him, the Sun swallows the Moon and shines bright without its eternal competitor, as if it has not existed at all.

A/N: Children of the Universe mini-masterlist here

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Cosmogyral

read it on the AO3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/11068062

by Regenerating_Degenerate

(adj.) whirling around the universe

Or,

A Firefly AU

Words: 777, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Miss Pauling (Team Fortress 2), Administrator (Team Fortress 2), Heavy (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), Demoman (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Spy (Team Fortress 2), Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Respawn (OC), Pyro (Team Fortress 2), Scout (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Heavy/Medic (Team Fortress 2), Sniper/Spy (Team Fortress 2), Demoman/Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Pyro/Scout (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Firefly Setting, Alternate Universe, Artificial Intelligence

read it on the AO3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/11068062