#re. au ↳ borderlands

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[towerartt]

Jack would make for a fine (false) prophet, with his flair for the dramatic, drug habit and blind faith in gods that have no intent of saving him.

[rarepears]

Re: Shen Yuan as Shen Jiu’s grandma, was SJ

a) still ‘misplaced’ by his birth fam? And when SY found out he went on a rampage to get him back?

b) a former/current slave absentmindedly adopted by SY when he saw him being mistreated? Or

c) actually grew up with his birth fam and crawled into SY’s luggage when SY wandered off again to chase the latest monster?

Shen Yuan found a baby by the ravine while he was drunk. Shen Yuan won't admit that his original inspo for Shen Jiu's name was the character wine... (Wine = 酒 jiu). Anyways, drunk!Shen Yuan decided that it would be a GREAT idea to take a baby with him to sightsee some awesome monsters known as the Jade-Horned Squealing Squid, also known as That Horn-y Tentacle Porn Arc in PIDW.

If Shen Yuan's Alexa ordered calarmi on Uber Eats while he read that chapter... no one would know.

Ahem.

Shen Jiu was a very well traveled kid. He's that obnoxious cousin who's been everywhere, seen everything cool, and tried all the cool foreign food... and shows off all that knowledge in every conversation.

Shen Jiu at a restaurant: Oh, my favorite dish to order in the Northern borderlands is the Five Spring Chive dumplings. Pity this place can't hold a candle to the little hole in the wall Grandma brought me to when I was 7. Shen Jiu in the park: Hm, this reminds me of the palace's gardens - the Southern Demon Empire's Summer Palace's left wing gardens to be exact. Insert all the cousins rolling their eyes because they already heard about how another demonic ruler was trying to woo Grandma again, what's new

[More in #shen jiu and grandma!shen yuan au]

[chishiyainborderlands]

love getting out of hand || takeru danma

Hatter | Takeru Danma x Male!Reader

⚠ SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1 ⚠

- Hatter | Takeru Danma x male!Reader with definite hints to Shuntaro Chishiya x male!reader

- summary ; you’re a member of the Beach-- once of the executives who is tasked with keeping the life of the party up in favor for Hatter. you might’ve given up on life if the Beach hadn’t came into your life, so you have a lot of admiration for the leader. maybe a little more than just admiration, but you’ll keep that to yourself

- A/N ; This is like one of the first works that I'm ever publishing. Super nervous about it because honestly I haven’t seen season 1 in like a year- I do plan on rewatching! Just waiting for a friend. But anyways, I originally wrote this for my OC- but i decided to make it an x Reader because there’s not enough of them for Danma and DEFINETLY a lack of male readers for honestly any of AiB characters. So uh.. enjoy? I also plan on making an Hatter | Takeru Danma Social media AU soon but I want to re watch the show before i start it. So i can get the characters down better.

(y/n) grinned as he sang out his heart on top of the stage at another one of the Beach’s many parties. It was his job, technically. Get the mood up after an intense game for most of the players, keep the people happy. It made Hatter’s job much easier. And (y/n) would do (mostly) anything for Hatter.

He was his savior after all.

Soon the song finished and he grinned, yelling out happily. “Everyone did so amazing!” He called out, and people cheered back at him. Sometimes, he could just pretend that this was his normal life. That he had gotten out of that shell of his, that his sister as just off somewhere with her friends, and he was here- at a normal party with a normal life. But he wasn’t. This was the Borderlands. Where he could die if he wasn’t careful enough.

“I'd like to give thanks yet again, to our lovely leader.” (y/n) said, with a charming grin as he held out his hand to point out Takeru Danma, or Hatter as he was known to everyone else. He only knew his name because of a drunken one night together- just a normal night. “Who has given us a chance at life again, and a safe haven for us to live in!” He said, and everyone cheered at that

(y/n)’s eyes tried to see Hatter’s face clearly, but it was hard with the atmosphere and those damn sunglasses. But, he could see that clear grin on his face- and that was enough. His job here was done. He hopped off the stage and talked with some of the members, grinning before he could see a familiar hand wave him over. (y/n) waved goodbye to the members and trotted up to Hatter. Niragi, Aguni, and An were there as well.

Niragi sneers at him, muttering ‘Hatters Dog’ to him, and (y/n) ignores him. “You wanted me Boss?” He asked Hatter, and the male hummed in response. “Your performance was spectacular, like always..” He says, taking a sip of his drink.

“Glad it lived up to your expectations. I was given a task, and I take those very seriously.” He said.

Hatter nodded to that response, clearly pleased. “Why don’t you stop by my room later? We can talk more without… prying ears. Just about future things at the Beach.” He said with a hum.

(y/n)’s heart was loyal to Chishiya. Mostly. It wasn’t fully his until he knew that he could trust that damn Cheshire like man with his heart. That led to a problem though, that it was quickly being filled with Danma. What was him and falling for emotionally unavailable men? The daddy issues? Probably. He knew Danma wasn’t the type of guy to fall in love, and honestly, (y/n) didn’t expect him to. The Beach’s code was open with relationships of any sorts. No one tied down, because who knew if you’d live to see tomorrow- so why not have fun with it? But the way Hatter carried himself, his mannerism and personality charmed (y/n) easily. Not to mention, in a way, Takeru Danma had saved him.

When he had first come to the Borderlands, it was just him and his sister. Back at home, he had been a recluse. Emiko, his sister, had been the only person to try and get him out of his shell. So when they both had arrived at this.. Strange world. (y/n) clung to his sister– and the two of them quickly figured out the rules for the land. (y/n) started getting out of his shell, and started quickly making allies and friends with each game they played. It was like he was becoming a different person. 

Then disaster struck, and it was like (y/n)’s worst nightmare had come true. While playing a Diamonds game, (y/n) had made a mistake. And a mistake in a Diamonds game was fatal. The cost was his sister, who had been his partner in this cruel game. 

(y/n) didn’t didn’t know if he could go on after that game. He had 5 days on his VISA, and all he did was just hide in the room that he and Emiko had been taking shelter in recently. On the last day, he almost just let his VISA run out. (y/n) just.. wanted to give up. His older sister was the closest person to him growing up– the one person to try and get him out into the world. Without her, he didn't think he could survive. These games were basically hell, so where would he go after he died? But he didn’t let his VISA run out. Maybe he heard his sisters voice in the back of his head– or maybe he just managed to get himself out of the funk but.. (y/n) got up. He held his phone tightly in his hand and went to find another game

That’s when he met Ryota, a strange man around his age who was wearing Beach clothes. (y/n) thought it was strange, but when they started talking– Ryota quietly mentioned he came from a sort of safe haven. He technically wasn’t supposed to mention this to anyone, but once the game had finished– Ryota had apparently thought (y/n) had done amazing. His specialty had to be Clubs. So he told him that he would see if their leader would send out an invite to him. Ryota told (y/n) to meet him at this location, and if the leader agreed to let (y/n) in, there would be someone to bring him to said Beach.

In the end, someone had come that day. Niragi, he had introduced himself as. (y/n) could tell something was off about the man- but he didn’t speak on it. Maybe it was stupid of him, but he trusted Ryota enough that he probably wasn’t sending him to his death. I mean this place was literally death everywhere. (y/n) had a sack put over his head and taken to a car, before they seemed to arrive at their location

When the sack was taken off his head, (y/n) was tied to a chair in a big room. On the wall across from him was giant black and red man-made playing cards. A lot of them were X’d off, and (y/n) realized what those were. The cards he had been collecting..

Then the man himself walked in. He was wearing swimsuit shorts and a long robe, and had sunglasses covering his eyes. He carried himself in such a high regard, before he stood in front of (y/n). 

Hatter, as he introduced himself to be, told him about the Beach. About how it has become a utopia, and they are working together to collect all the cards. Because Hatter believes if you collect a full deck- you get to go home. The man rambled on for a bit more, before he told (y/n) that he heard he was a skilled player. And Hatter was feeling generous, so he would offer him a place here. The rules were simple. He could party, have sex, do drugs- whatever he wanted. But he had three rules. 

Rule number one, He had to only wear beach clothes.. Which explained alot- and why Ryota was wearing them the day they met. (y/n) could handle that- he wouldn’t mind wearing beach clothes. 

Rule number two, was that all of the cards that he collects belong to the beach. He apparently had already taken the cards that (y/n) had collected- which.. Okay fair. 

And the last rule, the one that made (y/n)’s blood run cold. Rule number three, Death to all Traitors. (y/n) never planned on betraying anyone, but just the thought of what happened to those peoples.. The way Hatter said it. But he just smiled at (y/n), waiting for his response. (y/n) wondered what would happen if he declined. But he didn’t. He agreed to the three rules and Hatter cheered.

Hatter waved his hand and a girl with short black hair untied him and he pulled his hands to rub his wrist. The man in front of him hums– telling the girl (An? Yeah, tha’ts her name) to lead him to his new room and let him choose his new clothing. An nodded and helped usher (y/n) to his new living arrangements.

(y/n) quickly climbed the ranks and got used to the life at the Beach. Here he could forget about the outside world for a bit. So as he got accustomed to the life, he wanted to say thanks to Hatter- and this new life that he granted him. So he basically just kept the party spirits up, talking up Hatter and making him sound great. Which was easy because like him- everyone else was grateful for the ‘new chance at life’.

One thing let to another, and (y/n) became an executive. His task was easy, and he enjoyed it well. Just like what he did, he would make Hatter painted out in a great light. Keep the spirits up, sing songs to keep the party going. Make the place feel like a home- so no one would dare to think of leaving or betraying their cause.

So he had some admirability for him in that way. And (y/n) was easily swayed with love- being a recluse most of your life will do that to you. So when Hatter told him to stop by his room later, (y/n) grinned and bowed slightly, looking up to meet his gaze “I will be there. Let me go around the party and check in with everyone. I heard we got some new recruits and.. Well I should talk up my favorite boss, hm?” He said with a grin

Hatter just gave a small chuckle at that, his sunglasses sliding down slightly to fully meet (y/n)’s gaze. Fuck. Those eyes man.. (y/n) stood up, regarding An and Aguni- sneering right back at Niragi before he walked off to ‘make his rounds’

[dayurno]

kevin has such a….je ne sais quoi….something about him that makes me want to see him be a final girl in a horror movie. here we are again talking about him getting chased in the woods . anyways.

FORRRRR REALLLLLLL aftg has so little horror fics or even suspense really and its very sad because the foxes are the perfect cast ensemble for a death game scenario or something like bodies bodies bodies… i mentioned this earlier in the week i think but i watched the menu with anya taylor joy and it was like the quintessential dayurno bait re: horror movie tropes so i desperately need to see the foxes surviving a similar situation. either that or maybe an alice in borderland au which i also loved….. sorry but can you imagine? if the infighting wasnt bad enough try being in the shoes of someone who has to go against andrew minyard and his protegees in a death game

i think this kind of horror has great potential to exacerbate and amplify the worst parts of a character’s personality and the foxes would absolutely break under the pressure. i don’t know if they would kill each other per se (besides andrew) but i think there’d be some pretty rough scuffles. anyway i need final girl kevin and horror movie kevin in general because i want to twirl my hair and kick my feet every time someone protects him. i’m a normal well adjusted fan like that

also re: bodies bodies bodies when i was watching it i thought the idea of the trojans murdering each other like that was kind of really fun so i’m tossing the idea of an au where kevin and jean go to meet their boyfriend’s rich friends at someone’s vacation home and people start murdering each other like crazy

[recolourrhys]

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A whole year ago my bf and I started roughly brainstorming a Borderlands x Bullet Train crossover AU that we started looking at again while playing BL3 recently :V

Vasi's (the Son) dad is a bandit warlord weapons manufacturer, and the Twins are bounty hunters more than vault hunters. Something something they're hired to rescue Vasi from a psycho camp that ambushed and kidnapped him n his friends.

At some point in the rescue process the three stumble upon a eridian artefact that inflicts siren powers on Vasi and Tangerine when they accidentally touch it at the same time. Vasi's father is known for seeking out sirens so now the Twins cannot take him back, and are on the run w him from his own family (Vasi is not thrilled at being re-kidnapped, in a way, and makes the process petulantly unpleasant bc what is the POINT without obnoxious enemies-to-lovers Tangerine/the Son)

Instead of an oni mask I was trying to go for smth based off a saurian, the shield design is a call to the slant on the orthodox cross. His shirt is a joke reference to the bloody eyes and momomon glasses from the movie lmao I need to do a side view of the mask to better depict the curvature bc the 1st go at the design is just laid 'flat' so I could detail work it at the time

[crackinglamb]

20 Questions For Fic Writers

Tagged by @theluckywizard, thank you! 💕

Tagging @lilbittymonster, @bogunicorn, @bdafic, @shretl, @mordinette, @fogsblue, @effelants, @sociallyacceptablemadness and @natsora. No pressure!

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

107!

2. what’s your total ao3 word count?

1,776,919, as of this morning.

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Currently only Dragon Age and Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood. But in the past I've written for Fallout 4, Mass Effect Trilogy, Dr. Who, Borderlands, and The Wayhaven Chronicles.

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

What a Wicked Game to Play - the Behemoth, the Epic, the...story that ate my life for nearly two years straight. It currently sits at a cool 400K words and will be the focus of my NaNo goal this year. I'd like to have it finished. Solas/OFC, rated E.

Twist - the fic that got me really going in DA. An MGIT re-envisioning of the base game and all the what happens next? 197K words, complete. Solas/OFC, rated E. Fun fact, I started writing this fic before I'd ever played the game. 2020 was...uh...quite a year.

Junkyard Dogs - my very first fic. I started writing this before I really even knew what fic was. Before I even had heard of AO3. My sibspring got me an invite and the rest is history. I'm still incredibly proud of this fic, although I don't write quite like this anymore. 107K words, complete. Hancock/F!SoSu, rated E. (Are you noticing a trend? Yes, I write a lot of smut.)

Twist Some More - you guessed it, the sequel to Twist. My love letter to Carly and Solas and the happily ever after the game didn't give us. Baby included. 67K words, complete. Solas/OFC, rated E.

Humans Are Just...Like That - okay, so there's a story that goes with this one. This is a oneshot for Mass Effect, and it was brought to life via a long, hilarious thread in an ME discord server. I made a comment to the effect of 'someone should turn this into a fic' and everyone told me to go for it. So I did. It's a little bit crack, a little bit everybody lives and a whole lot of yup, humans are just like that. ~3K words. Background FemShep/Garrus, rated T.

5. do you respond to comments?

Yes, always! (Caveat: as long as it's polite. If you're rude, I'll call you on it, then freeze the thread.)

6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

No More My Heart Beats Without You, one of only 4 of my works with the Major Character Death warning. Solas/F!Trevelyan, 5555 words (I didn't plan that, but it's cool), rated E.

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

TSM, without a doubt. The whole point of it was to write a fluffy, gloriously happy tribute to my first DA OC, Carly Lavellan. It'll make your teeth ache, I promise.

8. do you get hate on fics?

I've gotten some on WG, which is why I now moderate comments on it. It's gotten statistically big enough (in terms of both hits and word length) that some people are just not gonna groove with it. And hey, that's fine. But you don't need to tell me about it, okay? Just hit the back button.

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

Yes. And...yes. I've written all kinds. My only rule for smut is consenting adults.

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Nope!

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

I got asked about a fic being translated, but I don't know if it ever happened.

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have written two fics with my beloved @ir0n-angel. One for FO4 (a Deacon/F!SoSu oneshot) and one for DA (Solavellan modern AU, incomplete, been on hiatus for a couple years. Someday we'll finish it.)

And I've participated in three years' worth of round robin style collaboration with the DAFF server.

14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?

*snort Poly here. Don't ask me to pick a favorite, it doesn't work like that. 🤣🤣🤣

15. what’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Just Like Fire. It started out as a prompt fic to get me out of a slump. Actual Solavellan, canon compliant even. So you see where my problem is, right? I mean, I am the one whose blog title is Canon Shall Be YEETED. I've thought about maybe just tying up the loose ends and skipping ahead to the ending I've already written for it, but then I lose interest again after about five minutes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

16. what are your writing strengths?

Good dialogue, lots of banter. I am routinely told by readers how well I keep characterization believable.

Good smut, realistic without being clinical.

Headcannon glitter. Being detailed oriented means I overthink and come up with some really deep ideas.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

FINISHING THE DAMN THING. *ahem* I'm okay, I'm good.

Endings are rough for me. Not in that I don't know what I want to do with them, but more by the time I get to them, I've either lost interest or lost motivation. Or both. I know it looks like I'm on top of it when you look at my archive (only three incomplete WIP's out of 107), but some of them caused me Stress(tm) to finish and I've never been really happy with them.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I do it sparingly so it doesn't bog down the story. I translate it at the end, be that by chapter or oneshot. I know better than to fully trust google translate. And I'm careful with using fanon resources if the language is made up.

19. first fandom you wrote for?

Fallout 4, with the above mentioned JD. I stayed there for quite a while too. To date it's still my second most written fandom.

20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Again, poly. But I have some notables that I've returned to time and again. An incomplete sampling:

Maker Damned Fools - this is actually the first thing I wrote for DA. Varric/F!Hawke. 32K words, rated E. Initially it was a Fluffuary fic, but I always planned to expand on it. This year I did. Highlights for me reading it: chapters 4, 7 and 9.

Soft In Skyhold - another Fluffuary entry. Written as part of WG's overarching 'verse. So, Imogen and Solas, Adoribull, Varric and Elly Hawke, Terisin Mahariel and Morrigan. Cassandra and the Sky-Watcher. ~29K words, rated T. Highlights for me: chapters 5, 11, 13, 22, and 25.

She's My Plus One - my Dr. Who fic. Nine/Rose. Written x +1 style. 12K words, rated M. Highlights for me: chapters 4-6.

Unrepentant - a Solavellan oneshot. It's smutty, it's a little bit kinky, it's all in her head, right? Cuz it's the Fade. Look, sometimes you just need a particular flavor of dark!Solas. Not too dark, just like 62% cacao. 3100 words, obviously rated E.

Unexpected - an FO4 fic with a Kellogg/F!SoSu pairing. Yup, you read that right. Don't judge me. This was an early attempt at writing canon divergence and I'm still super pleased with how it came out. It even has a happy ending. 30K words, rated E. Highlights for me: honestly, all of it. I'll read the whole thing in a sitting when the mood strikes me.

[doomednarrative]

My bestie @catgirladjacent tagged me in a little "20 questions for fic writers" ask game so :3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12 currently

2. What is your AO3 wordcount?

29,178. I mostly write one shots lol

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently I have on my ao3 published fics for FFXIV, Pathologic, Resident Evil, Borderlands and Gotham Rogues. I don't really actively write for any of those except FFXIV and Resident Evil these days however, along with various Kamen Rider shows and some BG3 stuff.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

God this is gonna make me cringe cause it's all older stuff I don't like as much anymore lol except for the RE ones

Help Me, Heal Me - 191 kudos

I Think She Knew Everything You Are - 196 kudos (nice)

He Always Held Him When He Cried - 98 kudos

No Sleep - 93 kudos

You Are Yourself - 77 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments?

Usually yeah. I rarely get them so it's nice to see when people do actually leave them

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Surprisingly as much as I Love writing angst, none of my published fics actually really end on an angsty note. The closest would have to be "Doing Your Best (And Still Failing)" because it was written about my WoL A'cera after losing his first fight with Zenos during Stormblood, so it's a bunch of his raw emotions from the encounter.

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably "Just Exhale", which is my personal take on the end of the MSQ for Endwalker with my WoL Alyx after they land back in the Ragnarok following the encounter with Meteion.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope, never have

9. Do you write smut? If so, which kind?

Only in my rp's with Tibby lol, or Occasionally something that won't ever get published that's just for myself. Usually it's oc/canon stuff that's just self indulgent for the sake of it ~

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest crossover you’ve ever written?

No lol it takes a Lot for me to enjoy crossovers unless it concerns toku stuff since those actually happen in canon

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Hmm sort of? I hash out ideas with friends sometimes but I do all the actual writing for anything I publish myself

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

If we wanna go solely by what I've actually Published? Hades/Hythlodaeus/Azem or Wol, I really like writing my personally FFXIV stuff when I'm in the mood. If we wanna go off of unfinished wips by number tho? Hoffstrahm and Chreon by a fuckin mile, those two fucked my brain up for long spans of time

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

There's a few honestly:

"Kiss me baby with your hapsburg lip," one of my many Hoffstrahm wips in my au verse shared with Tibby about Peter having to sew up Mark's face after the bear trap incident, only in this au it's much more comedy than horror

I have at least 5 different Hellhopper fics in my drafts, I would like to finish ONE of them at least someday

My fuckin multichapter Hotline Miami BikerJacket fic aughhh. I havent given up hope with it for how much of it I actually do have plotted out but god it'd take so long to write

I have a whole little various connected one shot series I was working on as a fix it series to the OOO 10th vcine, would love to finish them but I would have to rewatch OOO to pick the character voice back up for it

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, it's the thing everyone always points out to me that they enjoy in my writing and it's usually always the starting point for my fics

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Prose lol. I struggle so hard sometimes with connecting scenes and describing whats happening when people aren't actively speaking. I've gotten better at it but it took a lot of conscious effort to learn it

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I rarely do it, most things I write are in my native language media already, but whenever I do it I usually just italicize it, write it in English and make mention of the language switch in the paragraph somewhere so the reader knows it's happened

19. First fandom you wrote for?

DRAGON BALL Z BABEYYY I'm not ashamed of that I still love DBZ so much. I was so shameless and wrote my own oc to be Vegeta's cousin in one of my first fics and I had fun doing it. They've long since been deleted, not because I Wanted to do so but for other reasons I don't feel like going into rn.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

"Help Me, Heal Me" by far out of my published ones. It's my most solid out of them and I feel like I really nailed Chris and Leon's dynamic well in it, it's the one I'm most proud of ~

Hrmm let's see, I think I'll tag @silenthillmutual, @lunar-gl1tch, @skajador @adrianicsea and @stickers-on-a-laptop for this one ~

[cryptidsncurios]

So this is a very important and kinda heavy headcanon I’ve been sitting on for some time.. because it’s just difficult to relay and like, fully articulate but..

I think it’s time.

If and When My Muses Would Wear Cowboy Hats, Depending on Verse / AUs

-> Xigbar

He somehow became the cowboy out of this horrific trifecta, but there are certain nuances as to when he would wear them due to the universe he's in:

Anything related to canon - If he's in his Org uniform, no, because there's like, a dress code or something?? But if he's in civvies or whatever, listen, I'm not saying that it's an option, but if we get that red bandana to go with it? A LOOK.

Modern / Werewolf / Pantheon / Demon - It's not a necessity, but if it goes with the ensemble, hell yeah.

Cryptid - In this one, he's really more like an Age of Fairytales Luxu that never went out into the world and just stayed in a mossy, overgrown little forest so like, cow? Boy? Hmm. Maybe if he meandered out into the human sphere, he'd pick one up and immediately vibe with it

Borderlands / FFVII / RE - Obligatory. That thing is on his head at all times. And hot diggity damn, does he look good in it.

-> Kuja

Unless it was for some performance, to complement an aesthetic, or it was extremely expensive and bedazzled, in all verses and AUs, he would rather be caught dead than have something so dreadful placed upon his perfect crown of hair.

-> Kimbley

No. Absolutely not. Across the board.

[trollocks-in-my-bollocks]

Loved your fanfic! Baby Moiraine is adorable. Any wot recs?

Thanks for asking and sorry for answering this a bit late. I wanted to write a rec anyway, so anon, your timing’s excellent! There are a few things, however, I need to clear up first: I’m not suggesting here, that these are the best fics ever written in the fandom, this is not a hall of fame. This is a collection of my comfort fics as a reader who loves to read intricate and unlikely AUs about Siuan/Moiraine and plotless stories about That weird thing Lan and Moiraine have. I’m 100% sure there are great fics out there about Rand&Mat and the Polycule(tm), it’s not a judgement of value that I’m leaving stuff out. 

Also before the rec, psst here’s my wishlist of the things I’d love to see on AO3: the “How I met your Greenman” story, outtakes from Birgitte’s lives, an entire story from Aviendha’s POV. If you’ve read anything similar, hmu pls (I mean I was desperate enough to write a Birgitte story recently, rip.)

An incomplete list of fics I adore (might write a 2nd part):

Their Dinners by aptasi (T)

A truly in-character piece about Lan and Moiraine: there is no dialogue, they are just having dinner in complete silence and that’s the entire plot. Such a brilliant story, I’d say this is my favourite but aptasi has tons of gutting short stories  and I’m not able to just choose one. aptasi also writes amazing  Rand & Moiraine dialogues, the kind that leaves you staring out of the foggy window, rethinking your ways.

echoes of her dynasty by alittlelesspain (E) There are so many things in this fanfic I still think about every once in a while, just to list a few of them:

- Alric has an actual personality in this story?? he’s the saltiest ace/aro Warder and I absolutely loved how being someone on the grayscale was not depicted as being innocent or clueless about stuff, but “When she looked up, Moiraine was staring at her, not the puzzle. “Oh,” said Alric in a voice of revelation, when Siuan got back to the inn that night, puzzle dangling uselessly from her hand, and brain equally useless to holding any sort of sensible conversation with him. “I understand now. She’s equally pathetic.”

- most of the story is from Siuan’s POV which is a relatively rare thing and it was so amazing to stay in her mind for a while. Technically this story is a Very Reluctant Sun Queen AU where Moiraine re-builds Cairhien with her Dream Team (Siuan, Alric, Lan and Bukama) instead of becoming Aes Sedai. There are also heavy Beauty and the Beast undertones, as the story starts with Siuan encountering the last surviving Damodred lurking in the Royal Library with her stone faced Borderlander bbf

- a battle is won because Siuan loves to chat with Ogier stonemasons and re-uses a centuries-old waterway for her tactics.

- a lot of this fic is about the importance of rebuilding lost knowledge and making education more accessible. The entire thing has such a positive message while keeping the reader on their toes by staying brutally realistic at the same time. Ugh, just make a huge pot of tea and read this.

The Path of Fires and Foxes by LarraineLynch (M)

Time-travel AU from multiple POVs and I loved reading all of them. The first book of this series is already finished, it’s so intricate and masterfully woven that I don’t know how to describe this story, I just want to say that her weekly updates kept me going through a vacationless summer. What I liked best about it was 1. that instead of pitting women against each other the author lets them communicate (or for Moiraine’s part, manipulate, but we love her nonetheless) and plot against the system 2. it felt so gross to read about stilling men then leaving them to go crazy and die alone through the series and finally, this fic addresses this waste of human life and potential and creates an amazing solution.

cause for separation by fuelprices (G)

Delicious long-distance relationship angst and crack! don’t want to spoil the plot, I just want to say I love her way of writing the Siuan-Lan dynamic <3 (+check out the rest if you’re unlike me and can read some good hurt & comfort stuff rn) Fractal by aptasi (E)

Moiraine and Siuan have a debate about the metaphysical nature of time and the Wheel while having sex. I had to go for a 10k run after reading this to be able to function as a person for the rest of the day, thanks.

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Since I've seen you post a lot about it, what is this H20 AU of yours I see you talk about? Is it a crossover? A revamp of the show? Something else? I see it's plural in your bio :0. I gotta know more, I'm curious

bbbbbb OMG thank you for asking!!!

So the answer is kinda... yes? H2O is my special interest, has been since I was about 6, so it's pretty much what my life revolves around XD

I have... a few H2O AUs. Basically for each major thing I'm into I have an H2O au for that piece of media. Like Borderlands or FFXV (currently my two 'big' ones). If you go back far enough on my blog you will probably find others, like TAZ or RvB or Generator Rex when I was big into those. These you can consider the crossovers, though they're more like me transplanting H2O's concepts into the piece of media I'm fixating on at the time.

I also have an AU for the main show [H2O: Just Add Water], which you can consider a re-vamp. Technically, I have two, one I did solo and one I worked on with one of my besties, the latter of which incorporates Mako Mermaids stuff. I also have one for the cartoon. That is also an H2O au that is a revamp of the show! Mostly because the cartoon makes me really sad with how mean the girls are to Lewis. Like they can be mean in the OG show, too, but their cartoon counterparts are something ELSE, let me tell you…

The crossovers are a little like this:

The re-vamps are more like this [in the style of the cartoon because I kinda love it, but you didn't hear that from me]:

So if you're still curious, to elaborate on what an H2O AU is in crossover form:

Zane Flynt from Borderlands 3 is a merman [all the Flynt bros are, and they all have their own powers]. I have a Guardian OC, the Driver, who basically created the moon pools as a Vault defense experiment and 'moonstruck' in this AU is a unique form of Guardian possession (which I called before the games actually introduced it as a mechanic hehe) and moonstones are the same crystals as the ones in s3 of H2O.

The Flynt bros using their magic:

The Driver (my Guardian OC):

H2O AU also rewrites the plot of the main game a bit to make it make more sense, gives Zane an actual backstory + fleshes out the Black Ops Outfit he joins, and adds a couple new 'DLCs', like Junpai-7. Junpai-7 is the main area of events for the majority of the H2O-centric stuff, as it's the place with the 'first' moon pool, where the Driver has been stuck since the Eridians disappeared, and has a whirlpool Vault with a sea monster.

That Vault is opened with an Eridian Compass, which kinda works like a log pose from One Piece in that it constantly points to the location of the Vault, as well as opens it. About 30 years before the events of BL3, the Rogues are smuggling the compass to Mary Geoise (a place on Junpai-7... totally a one piece reference since Junpai-7 is all about pirates :P), and Zane takes a job from Cutlord Karuu [Pirate Queen] to get the compass from them. This is why Clay does not acknowledge Zane's existence in the main game, because Zane is an annoying little shit and steals the compass from them XD

The Eridian Compass:

The compass ends up getting lost and nobody gets the Vault open until 30 years later when the VHs head to Junpai-7 on recommendation of Digby Vermouth because of the Sun Fest going on (the people of Junpai-7 celebrate the sun because the moon is what the Driver uses to create merppl/control them via possession, and the residents hate it because she does crime with it). The whole plot of the 'DLC' is the VHs arriving for the Sun Fest, getting roped up in the Driver's plots, and finding the compass to open the Vault. Is fun.

Zane's return to Junpai-7:

The second 'DLC' story involves a new Siren named Minerva, the Wise Owl, who is a villain and her power is Phaseline. Basically, she can yank your lifeline out of your body and cut it with a pair of scissors, then attach it to her own. She walks around with a giant pair of magnetic scissors [to cut the line] that turn into two swords. Her scarf is her lifeline weaved into a bunch of stolen ones. This grants her the memories, lifespan, and experience of those she steals the lifelines from. She can also control the movement of the scarf with her powers. This DLC focuses on chasing her down in order to turn Vaughn back to normal (he got turned into a baby when she stole his lifeline, because her power can't actually kill someone). Basically, I wanted a villain with time powers, but without the bullshit that happens when you give someone time powers. Shenanigans happen when she steals Zane's lifeline instead of Moze's and leaves him as a 30 year old with no memory of the Crimson Raiders.

Minerva:

There are also other magical creatures in this AU because I think they're cool. Like the Hammerlocks are werewolves (there's a precedent with wereskags. technically.), Zer0 is a dullahan (like Celty from Durarara), and Troy Calypso is a psychic. All these guys correspond to a crystal, like how Sirens have Eridium. For example, psychics are powered up by the red Eridian crystals, explaining why Troy has two of them around his neck all the time :D

Werewolf Alistair, Dullahan Zer0, and Psychic Troy:

The girl on the top of the 2nd pic is Hiromi, who was the sniper in Zane's old Black Ops Outfit. She's also psychic. Two other characters I made for this AU are Nino and Emma, who were also part of that Squad. Emma was the leader, while Nino was more of a brawler type. Those two are also dating. That Black Ops Squad is where the triangle logo on Zane's jacket (and other things) originated from, it's their squad logo. I think that has been retconned because of New Tales, but I don't consider New Tales canon soooo... Also, each of them has an animal motif on the back of their jackets. Zane's is the spider he has in the game, Nino is a snake, Hiromi is a hawk, and Emma's is a praying mantis. They met on Pandora after Dahl abandoned the others there and Zane found them. They find and fix up an old Dahl ship called the Lorelei (H2O reference) and Zane joins the squad after that.

You can read that story here, but it's old so... forgive any awkward wording, please.

The Black Ops Squad + their jacket designs [I'm not fond of Nino's now, this is kinda old]:

Their backstory also includes the Obsidian Block, which was a corporation Zane mentions in his backstory ECHO log (with Barnabas) that is then never mentioned again. So you KNOW I had to flesh that out. They're a medical corporation, like Anshin, so a lot of their focus is on biotech and stuff like that. They're headed by the corporate AI Dr. Denman (another H2O reference). They have a CEO that changes every few years, but they're more of a figurehead than anything, because Denman runs the show. They also have a hired mercenary named Sophie (Will's sister in H2O :D), and the current CEO at the moment is Greg (Dr. Denman's assistant in H2O). Barnabas originally joins the Black Ops Squad halfway through their travels (after they ditch the Lorelei and get a different ship bc she breaks down on them), but ends up backstabbing them after Zane falls for him and reveals his secret because Barnabas wanted $$$ from the Obsidian Block.

Dr. Denman from the Obsidian Block, and Zane in his infiltration getup x2:

[The logo is incorrect... I misheard him on the ECHO recording ;-; it's the Obsidian BLOCK, not BLACK]

Um I am really sorry, I was going to also explain FFXV H2O AU, but this got WAYYYY too long, I'm sorry about that. FFXV H2O AU is almost similar to BL2 H2O AU except... kinda... not... at all... >~<

It involves a story rewrite, but the story changes for FFXV H2O AU (I call it Alkali) are way smaller until post-Altissia. I also add backstory for Ignis Scientia (you might notice a trend with characters that don't have definitive backstories XD) and flesh out his uncle (Celor Scientia- I gave him his name... and his personality... and his design...) because dude had 2 lines in the audio drama Parting Ways and um. I felt like that wasn't enough.

But yeah! That's the gist of it. I add merpeople and then go absolutely fucking wild with the lore to make it work in-universe :)

Take this silly comic as apology and also as thanks for making it this far:

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[alatariel-gildaen]

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🎶 What music do you listen to when you write?

I can't do music when writing, because I find it literally impossible to not sing along! If I'm on my own when writing, I usually put on a tv show I've seen a million times just for background noise.

😭 Have you ever made yourself cry writing a fic?

I have, a couple of times!

This one called Two Way Mirror made me blub quite a few times when writing it, and re-reading the reviews, I think it made a fair few others cry too!

I think the one that has gotten me the most though is a WIP called Relic which is a Jonathan Strange fic, and each time I go back to it, I have to walk away because it is just too painful. It details his life after the events of the book, and deals a lot with death, lost love, depression, feelings of uselessness and hopelessness etc

It starts with the line "His heart was as cold and frozen as the snow-covered ground, and with each heavy step forward he was convinced that it would shatter into a thousand tiny fragments." and it doesn't really get any happier.

💕 What is the WIP that you are most excited about?

oh crikey - Once I get round to writing, it'll prrobably be the sequel to Just Adrift of Monsters - it's definitely the one I think about the most (although it'll probably be another one to make me cry!) but so far it's only at the vague ideas stage.

As far as ones I've actually begun to write, I think it's the Borderlands Caryl AU. I really hope to get it out before the film comes out and potentially destroys my love for that whole universe

Thank you so much for asking :)

[a-simp-20]

Okay hear me out:

Alice in borderland Resident Evil AU.

I have been obsessed with RE lately but not to worry! I am still in the AIB Fandom and I still have my obsessions with it..But hear me out.

Can't we all imagine the AIB characters surviving the zombie apocalypse, especially Karube with that Knife of his! Imagine Karube being a cop just like Leon! I could imagine Karube as a rookie! And solve puzzles and stuff with arisu and chota and the others and find their way out of Tokyo City that is filled with undead people-

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