#rachel/miyoko

[get-the-medjacks]

@mazerunner-rarepairs major character (un)death and some potential extra rare advanced board content??

Some Rachel/Miyoko that has been stewing in my thoughts from the moment I read the FAQ for this event

AO3 link

[mazerunner-rarepairs]

Maze Runner Rarepair Bingo: Rules and FAQ

Which ships qualify as rareships?

All ships with less than 150 fics where they are the main ship posted to ao3.

Qualify: Brenderesa, Soniet, Minally, Nally, Trenda, Nalby + all other possible ships you can think of!

Don't qualify: Thomesa, Thomally, Newtmas, Thominho, Minewt, Thominewt

When does the event take place?

The bingo runs throughout the month of May - May 1st to May 31st.

Read on for rules & FAQ 🔽

Rules

When posting, tag this blog and add the tumblr tag #rareshipbingo2024. Indicate which square your submission fills.

Fic and Artwork needs to be original, that means created for the event.

Any submission types are welcome for the Rarepair Bingo. fanart, fic, fanvids, moodboards, podfics - knock yourselves out!

The AO3 board however can only be filled with fic.

All topics are allowed, the one important thing is to tag your works appropriately. With darker themes err on the side of caution. If you're unsure, feel free to reach out.

If you post nsfw fics to tumblr, make sure you put the text under a read more break (just type :readmore: and hit enter).

You must be 18+ to submit explicit content.

I will be marking all nsfw submissions with the community label for sexually explicit content, so those who don't want to see nsfw submissions make sure to enable community labels.

This event allows all kind of content regarding maturity and topic - I expect followers and participants to practise good fandom culture and adhere to the don't like don't read principle. No bashing ships or tropes you personally don't like.

Unnecessarily hateful comments are to be deleted without response after you notify me, the mod, about them. (Just message this blog)

Upload your fics to the AO3 collection .

Addition made on May 5th: platonic ships are also allowed! For more info see this post.

Clarification: the rarepair needs to be the main focus of the fic. pairings that don't qualify as rareships can appear in your work, but only as a side ship. if you're unsure about this rule feel free to contact me.

FAQ

Is there a minimum word count for fics? No.

Are poly ships allowed? Yes.

Can one submission count for multiple squares from the same board? No. You have to decide which square you want to "use" your submission on, even if it combines prompts.

Can one submission fount for 2 squares on different boards? Yes! Eg if you write a fic for the square "poetry" and it's also the first fic for a ship, it can count for both the poetry square and the "write the first fic for a ship".

Can I submit WIPS? Yes.

Can I submit new chapters of a current WIP? Yes. If you have a rareship fic that you've been dying to continue, feel free to use the bingo as a motivator!

When is the reblogging perios? May 1-31st.

How does the Extra Rare Advanced AO3 Bord (For The Very Insane) work?

All the AO3 squares are to be filled in regards to the AO3 tag before April 22 - today.

Example: if you want to write a Rachel/Miyoko fic, and someone coincidentally would post one before the start of the bingo, your Rachel/Miyoko fic would still count for the "Be the first to write a ship" square.

Similarly, and using the same example as before, if 2 bingo participants decided they wanted to write Rachel/Miyoko, the person who posts their submission second would still get to fill the "Be the first to write a ship" square.

This applies to all AO3 squares:

If your fic is longer than all the fics posted before April 22, it fills the "Write the longest existing fic for a ship" square.

If before April 22nd there was no "General Audiences" rated fic for the rareship of your choice, your fic fills the "Be the first to write a rating no one has written for the ship before" square.

If you need help using the AO3 filtering system to figure out if you would be the first to write for a ship or for any of the other AO3 squares, drop this blog an ask and I'll help you out! I know not everyone is familiar with AO3 and I want this event to be open to everyone, including AO3 newcomers.

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If any questions remain, don't hesistate to get in touch!

This post may be edited if further questions arise.

[its-tea-time-darling]

*2 of those are women but ygm

[mazegays]

Rachel: Thomas’s counterpart; the last girl to enter the Maze before Aris came up

Beth: Gally’s counterpart; killed Rachel after their escape (and is never seen again)

Miyoko: Alby's counterpart; the original leader; killed in their escape

[sociopath-analysis]

Female Sociopaths in Popular Media (Part 42)

Go here for Part 1. It provides an explanation for this list. Also, check out the master list which includes analyses of all the included characters. (Some analyses still may not be completed as of yet.) If this is the first part you’ve seen, reblog one of those two posts. Otherwise, feel free to reblog this one.

Pictured above:

Piper Shaw/Anderson-James (played by Amelia Rose Blair) from the Scream MTV series (2015-2016)

Beth (played by Georgia Whigham) from Scream: Resurrection (2019)

Rebecca Hoover, aka Twist (played Angela Bette Fellini) from The Gifted (2017-2019)

Carmine Escalados[1] from RWBY: After the Fall (2019)

Catherine Oritz (played by Susan Pourfur) From Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too (2019)

Miyo Takano, aka Miyoko Tanashi[2] from Higurashi: When They Cry (2002-2014) and its manga (2005-2011) and anime (2006-2007, 2009, 2011-2013; voiced by Miki Ito (JP adult), Fuyaka Oura (JP young), and Karen Strassman (EN)) adaptations

Amy, the Evil Cheerleader Twin (voiced by Bryn McAuley) from Total Drama: Pahkitw Island (2014)

Sister Yulduz (voiced by Elise Bennett) from HITMAN (2016)

Nadia Ali (played by Anji Mohindra) from Bodyguard (2018-present[3])

Doris Lee, aka “The Goldfinch” from HITMAN 2: Sniper Assassin (2018)

[1] Art by dishwasher1910. [2] Thanks to @rickyriddle for recommending this one. [3] Valid as of early February 2020.

If you wanna help me, suggest some characters for me to include on the list by leaving a comment on any of the posts, sending an ask, or messaging me. You’ll be credited for helping me when I include them in the gallery post. If you don’t want to be credited, just ask and I’ll leave your name off the post.

Either that or help fact check my profiles on the master list. I haven’t seen a lot of the things that these characters come from, so I don’t have a lot of firsthand knowledge. If you have seen/played/read any of the works that I have included, look through the profiles and see if there are any inaccuracies I need to edit.

[heroicadventurists]

2020 Eisner Award Nominees

Best Short Story

“Hot Comb,” by Ebony Flowers, in Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)

“How to Draw a Horse,” by Emma Hunsinger, The New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/how-to-draw-a-horse

“The Menopause,” by Mira Jacob, The Believer, https://believermag.com/the-menopause/

“You’re Not Going to Believe What I’m About to Tell You,” by Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal, https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

“Who Gets Called an ‘Unfit’ Mother?” by Miriam Libicki, The Nib, https://thenib.com/who-gets-called-an-unfit-mother/

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Coin-Op No. 8: Infatuation, by Peter and Maria Hoey (Coin-Op Books)

The Freak, by Matt Lesniewski (AdHouse)

Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)

Best Continuing Series

Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)

Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)

Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (Marvel)

The Dreaming, by Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely et al. (DC)

Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José et al. (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Ascender, by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Image)

Ghost Tree, by Bobby Curnow and Simon Gane (IDW)

Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)

Naomi by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, and Jamal Campbell (DC)

Sentient, by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta (TKO)

Best New Series

Doctor Doom, by Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca (Marvel)

Invisible Kingdom, by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Once & Future, by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)

Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Undiscovered Country, by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini (Image)

Best Publication for Kids

Akissi: More Tales of Mischief, by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin (Flying Eye/Nobrow)

Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)

Guts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

New Kid, by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

This Was Our Pact, by Ryan Andrews (First Second/Macmillan)

The Wolf in Underpants, by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, and Paul Cauuet (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)

Best Publication for Teens

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh (DC)

Hot Comb, by Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kiss Number 8, by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw (First Second/Macmillan)

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second/Macmillan)

Penny Nichols, by MK Reed, Greg Means, and Matt Wiegle (Top Shelf)

Best Humor Publication  

Anatomy of Authors, by Dave Kellett (SheldonComics.com)

Death Wins a Goldfish, by Brian Rea (Chronicle Books)

Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)

The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Wondermark: Friends You Can Ride On, by David Malki (Wondermark)

Best Anthology

ABC of Typography, by David Rault, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMade Hero)

Baltic Comics Anthology š! #34-37, edited by David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece et al. (kuš!)

Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)

Kramer’s Ergot #10, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)

The Nib #2–4, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Best Reality-Based Work

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, by Mira Jacob (One World/Random House)

Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, by Lucy Knisley (First Second/Macmillan)

Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Hill & Wang)

My Solo Exchange Diary, vol. 2 (sequel to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness), by Nagata Kabi, translation by Jocelyne Allen (Seven Seas)

They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)

Best Graphic Album—New

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)

Bezimena, by Nina Bunjevac (Fantagraphics)

BTTM FDRS, by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics)

Life on the Moon, by Robert Grossman (Yoe Books/IDW)

New World, by David Jesus Vignolli (Archaia/BOOM!)

Reincarnation Stories, by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Clyde Fans, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Cover, vol. 1, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack (DC/Jinxworld)

Glenn Ganges: The River at Night, by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)

LaGuardia, by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made, by Josh Frank, Tim Hedecker, and Manuela Pertega (Quirk Books)

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, adapted by P. Craig Russell, (HMH Books for Young Readers)

The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, by Margaret Atwood, adapted by Renee Nault (Nan A. Talese)

HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translation by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)

The Seventh Voyage, by Stanislaw Lem, adapted by Jon J Muth, translation by Michael Kandel (Scholastic Graphix)

Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Diabolical Summer, by Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clerisse, translation by Edward Gauvin (IDW)

Gramercy Park, by Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux, translation by Edward Gauvin (EuroComics/IDW)

The House, by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Maggy Garrisson, by Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry, translation by Emma Wilson (SelfMadeHero)

Stay, by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard, translation by Mike Kennedy (Magnetic Press)

Wrath of Fantômas, by Olivier Bocquet and Julie Rocheleau, translation by Edward Gauvin (Titan)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

BEASTARS, by Paru Itagaki, translation by Tomo Kimura (VIZ Media)

Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition, by CLAMP, translation by Melissa Tanaka (Kodansha)

The Poe Clan, by Moto Hagio, translation by Rachel Thorn (Fantagraphics)

Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862, by David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi)

Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe, by Harold Gray, edited by Peter Maresca and Sammy Harkham (Sunday Press Books)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918, edited by R.J. Casey (Fantagraphics)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, by Violet and Denis Kitchen (Beehive Books)

Pogo, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Alay-Oop, by William Gropper (New York Review Comics)

The Complete Crepax, vol. 5: American Stories, edited by Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition, by J. M. DeMatteis, Jon J Muth, George Pratt, Kent Williams, and others (Dark Horse Books)

Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling, by Shinichi Abe, translation by Ryan Holmberg, edited by Mitsuhiro Asakawa (Black Hook Press)

Best Writer

Bobby Curnow, Ghost Tree (IDW)

MK Reed and Greg Means, Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)

Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan); Archie (Archie)

Lewis Trondheim, Stay (Magnetic Press); Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)

G. Willow Wilson, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky, White Trees (Image); Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel); Afterlift (comiXology Originals)

Best Writer/Artist

Nina Bunjevac, Bezimena (Fantagraphics)

Mira Jacob, Good Talk (Random House); “The Menopause” in The Believer (June 1, 2019)

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass (Drawn & Quarterly)

James Stokoe, Sobek (Shortbox)

Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Ian Bertram, Little Bird (Image)

Colleen Doran, Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse)

Bilquis Evely, The Dreaming (DC)

Simon Gane, Ghost Tree (IDW)

Steve Pugh, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC)

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Painter/Digital Artist

Didier Cassegrain, Black Water Lilies (Europe Comics)

Alexandre Clarisse, Diabolical Summer (IDW)

David Mack, Cover (DC)

Léa Mazé, Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey (Europe Comics)

Julie Rocheleau, Wrath of Fantômas (Titan)

Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist

Jen Bartel, Blackbird  (Image Comics)

Francesco Francavilla, Archie, Archie 1955, Archie Vs. Predator II, Cosmo (Archie)

David Mack, American Gods, Fight Club 3 (Dark Horse); Cover (DC)

Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image)

Julian Totino Tedesco, Daredevil (Marvel)

Christian Ward, Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse), Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Coloring

Lorena Alvarez, Hicotea (Nobrow)

Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Middlewest, Outpost Zero (Image)

Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Batman White Knight Presents Von Freeze (DC); Little Bird, November (Image)

Molly Mendoza, Skip (Nobrow)

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel)

Best Lettering

Deron Bennett, Batgirl, Green Arrow, Justice League, Martian Manhunter (DC); Canto (IDW); Assassin Nation, Excellence (Skybound/Image); To Drink and To Eat, vol. 1 (Lion Forge); Resonant (Vault)

Jim Campbell, Black Badge, Coda (BOOM Studios); Giant Days, Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship (BOOM Box!); Rocko’s Modern Afterlife  (KaBOOM!); At the End of Your Tether (Lion Forge); Blade Runner 2019 (Titan); Mall, The Plot, Wasted Space (Vault)

Clayton Cowles, Aquaman, Batman, Batman and the Outsiders, Heroes in Crisis, Superman: Up in the Sky, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC); Bitter Root, Pretty Deadly, Moonstruck, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Reaver  (Skybound/Image); Daredevil, Ghost-Spider, Silver Surfer Black, Superior Spider-Man, Venom (Marvel)

Emilie Plateau, Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (Europe Comics)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna with David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/

The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, RJ Casey, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, edited by Qiana Whitted (Ohio State University Press)

LAAB Magazine, vol. 4: This Was Your Life, edited by Ronald Wimberly and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)

Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com

Best Comics-Related Book

The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell (Abrams)

The Book of Weirdo, by Jon B. Cooke (Last Gasp)

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe (Dark Horse)

Logo a Gogo: Branding Pop Culture, by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Making Comics, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny, by Paul Tumey (Library of American Comics/IDW)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Art of Pere Joan: Space, Landscape, and Comics Form, by Benjamin Fraser (University of Texas Press)

The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets, by Kevin Haworth (University Press of Mississippi)

EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)

The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, edited by Andrew Blauner (Library of America)

Producing Mass Entertainment: The Serial Life of the Yellow Kid, by Christina Meyer (Ohio State University Press)

Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and Identities, edited by Fusami Ogi et al. (Palgrave Macmillan)

Best Publication Design

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe, designed by Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)

Logo a Gogo, designed by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, designed by Paul Kopple and Alex Bruce (Beehive Books)

Making Comics, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Rusty Brown, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Best Digital Comic

Afterlift, by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)

Black Water Lilies, by Michel Bussi, adapted by Frédéric Duval and Didier Cassegrain, translated by Edward Gauvin (Europe Comics)

Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin, by Tania de Montaigne, adapted by Emilie Plateau, translated by Montana Kane (Europe Comics)

Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey, by Ingrid Chabbert and Léa Mazé, translated by Jenny Aufiery (Europe Comics)

Mare Internum, by Der-shing Helmer (comiXology; gumroad.com/l/MIPDF)

Tales from Behind the Window, by Edanur Kuntman, translated by Cem Ulgen (Europe Comics)

Best Webcomic

Cabramatta, by Matt Huynh, http://believermag.com/cabramatta/

Chuckwagon at the End of the World, by Erik Lundy, https://hollowlegcomics.tumblr.com/chuckwagon

The Eyes, by Javi de Castro, https://www.javidecastro.com/theeyes

Fried Rice Comic, by Erica Eng, https://friedricecomic.tumblr.com

reMIND, by Jason Brubaker, https://is.gd/T7rafM

Third Shift Society, by Meredith Moriarty, https://www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/third-shift-society/list?title_no=1703

[yourkeeperoftherunners]

The Past is Getting Clearer

Plot: She got her memories back but instead of getting answers, she had more questions and a new wave of emotions. How could she have forgotten about him? 

Rating: PG-13 (Minor language, Mentions of manhandling minors by WICKED personnel, and flashbacks)

Characters: Sonya, Harriet, and mentions of Newt and other Group B members.

Notes: This idea has been on the back burner for some time – I knew I wanted explore Sonya’s thoughts and possible reaction upon receiving The Swipe and remembering Newt. Any names of the Group B characters (save for Miyoko) are fan made – I created them before The Fever Code came out. All events for Sonya’s time under WICKED’s care are fictional save for her final goodbye to her brother before being sent up into her Maze. All flashbacks of Harriet’s backstory are made up – not much has been confirmed about her past from Dashner. Cross posted to FanFiction.net.

“You okay Stick?” Harriet asked her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Sonya jumped a little at the sudden contact and glanced up at the co-leader of Group B. She had been replaying several moments in her head – the final day at home, the lessons with the other girls, and the last time she saw him. From what she could recall, he wasn’t limping when he snuck in to visit her – maybe it was something those WICKED Sticks did to him. Maybe it was from the Maze.

“Do you…remember that Stick with the limp?” she asked Harriet, her voice trembling slightly. 

Harriet scrunched up her nose and frowned as she tried to recall the Group A members. It wasn’t that Thomas Stick and definitely not the loudmouth Asian guy who wouldn’t shut his damn trap. Then she remembered the blonde with the funny accent and nodded. “Blonde, says “Bloody” a lot, and has an accent?”

Sonya nodded and Harriet frowned as she leaned against the adjacent wall.

“Yeah so? What about him? Did you know him before the Maze or something? Was he like your boyfriend?”

“No! Harri he, he was my brother,” Sonya managed to get out. “My older brother. The WICKED Sticks came for me one day and our parents fought them, but got killed. Newt wouldn’t let go of me, so they said take him too. Something about using him as a control or something.” She closed her eyes and sucked in a sharp breath of air.

“How could I forget him? My own brother? God, Harri I almost shot his dumb ass in the Scorch and I wouldn’t have remembered him!” Sonya dropped her head onto her knees and swallowed hard, trying to fight back a wave of tears threatening to spill out.

Harriet opened and closed her mouth, staring at the co-leader of Group B with concern. This revelation was heavy but expected as everyone seemed to be reeling in shock after undergoing a procedure called The Swipe back at the lab. The techs had reassured everyone that it was optional but most of the surviving members from Groups A and B had chosen to have it performed on them, save for Thomas, Minho, and Newt. Initially Harriet thought all three of the boys were being stupid for saying no but after having it done, she was starting to wonder if they were smarter for refusing. She bit back a terrifying image of her older sister showing early symptoms, including a vase that was thrown near her mother’s head during a tantrum.

“Do you think they knew? You think they hoped I’d kill my own brother?” Sonya asked.

Harriet bit her lip as she sank down to sit beside the ginger-haired girl. She leaned her head against the wall and shrugged. “Honestly Stick, I don’t know,” she confessed. “I know that Thomas guy was isolated for some time and they told us he was too sick. Turns out that was a lie ‘cause he was Immune like us.” She looked around the Berg, scanning the faces of their fellow Group B members.

Clara, their remaining Med-Jane, was nursing a cup of hot coffee in her hands, occasionally looking down at her mug then up. Her eyes met Harriet’s and the two exchanged an uneasy smile.

“What else did you remember about that Newt guy?” Harriet asked as she looked over at Jane, who was trying to fall asleep on Maria’s shoulder. The youngest member of Group B was quite a bit shorter than their Keeper of the Runners and was struggling to reach the elder’s shoulder comfortably. Maria huffed and slouched lower against the wall so Jane rest her head without straining. The former rolled her eyes and Harriet smiled, shaking her head at the pair.

“We lived in England, or well, what was left of it,” Sonya recalled. “My parents named me Elizabeth but to him I was Lizzy. Before they took us, it snowed for the first time in months. I don’t think we had been at school though – something tells me that our parents pulled us from school shortly after the flares.”

“How do you know?”

Sonya shrugged and scrunched her brows as she pictured the house she had been forced to leave. “The windows were boarded up,” she said. “We, I mean, me, Mom, Dad, and Newt were the only ones inside. We hardly left but I know there was enough food in the house to sustain us. No one came to visit us and we never let anyone in.” She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, eyes staying glued to the floor.

“After they took us, we were separated,” Sonya continued. “I was put with the other Sticks from our Maze plus you. Never saw him but I kept hearing things that he was okay, just somewhere else in the facility.”

“I think I remember Rachel and Aris being separated from us,” Harriet added as she pulled her knee up. She rested her chin on top and sighed. “They were special – sometimes they’d have different lessons and tasks. I guess that’s when those WICKED Sticks started making them work for them.”

“They probably didn’t know any better,” Sonya reasoned. “We were all so young and we were doing what they told us to do. I remembered seeing some of those horrible Cranks – one of the techs showed us when were caught wandering the halls one day, do you remember?”

Harriet nodded, “You, me, Maria...maybe Beth too? I know Maria was disgusted but not completely scared of them. Beth nearly wet her pants and was telling the techs that she’d never sneak out again.”

“It worked for a while,” Sonya replied. “The rest was pretty straightforward – lots of tests, memorizing things...Newt snuck out after hours one night and said goodbye before we went up in our Mazes.”

Harriet snapped her head in Sonya’s direction and the latter nodded, explaining that Newt snuck out a lot and managed to figure out where the girls were being held. “Miyoko almost jumped him when he found the secret entrance but she didn’t when he said he was my brother,” she said.

“At least you got to say goodbye,” Harriet said.

Sonya nodded as she stretched her legs out in front of her. “He was crying – I was trying to be strong,” she recalled. “He was angry they were doing this to us – making me change my name, forcing us apart...” She stopped and frowned as she thought of something. “He wasn’t limping when we were brought in. I don’t think he was injured either when he said goodbye to me.”

“Maybe the Maze or the Scorch?” Harriet offered. “Face it Stick, we all came out a little worse for wear after both of those trials – physical and mental. I mean, look at Helen – she’s only got one good eye thanks to that Scorch incident in the tunnels.”

“Do you even know where we’re going?” Sonya asked as she craned her neck, trying to see the pilot.

Harriet shrugged as she searched for Teresa, giving up when she couldn’t spot the dark-haired, blue-eyed trigger from Group A. “She said somewhere safe but who knows if that’s true or she’s just leading us into another trap. I still don’t fully trust her after that mess in the Scorch.”

“For now, let’s just hope we’re gonna be safe,” Sonya sighed.

Harriet nodded before pushing herself to a standing position, excusing herself to go grab something to drink. Sonya watched as the co-leader disappeared to the kitchen area of the Berg and let her head rest against the wall.

Newt was never Immune – it must have come as a terrible shock to him, especially since he didn’t undergo The Swipe. At the time of the announcement, she felt bad for Thomas and Minho who were horrified at the news, while Newt attempted to downplay the revelation. Now that she had her memories back, it was hard to forget that look in his eyes when he heard the news from Rat Man about his Immune status.

Teresa had led the group on an escape mission from WICKED shortly after their procedures. She had insisted on trying to find Thomas and the other two but apparently they had left already with that Brenda Stick and the older male who accompanied her. Teresa had tried to figure out Thomas’s location but gave up. 

Sonya sighed as she tried to make herself comfortable, crossing her arms over her chest as she closed her eyes.

She wished Newt could have been Immune. She desperately wanted Rat Man to be wrong about his status. But images of the Cranks she encountered during the journey across the Scorch flashed across her mind.

He’s going to end up like them too, she thought, a tear rolling down her cheek. But the worst part is, he’s never going to remember his sister.