#the devil and the dead sea

[serpentgoat]

So, during my replay of pokemon alpha sapphire , I sort of picked up on this...enemies to lovers potential between Maxie and Archie. And that lead me to search for fanfics and that ultimately pulled me down the rabbit hole of hardenshipping. And , I am OBSESSESd AUGH.

Seriously, how'd I go from the dungeon crawler fear and hunger to two cartoony ass gay people?? Either way, here are some drawings I made

Also, there's this fanfic called The Devil and the Dead Sea and its sequel Icarus and the Blistering Sun written by @silverjirachi on Ao3, AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH SO I'VE MADE SOME FANART FOR IT AS WELL

(SPOILERS FOR BOTH DEVIL AND ICARUS BELOW)

[thebupdatedautopsyreport]

Rereading (for the like 8th? Time?) the Devil and the Dead Sea to then finally read the prequel when school gives me time to

So in the meantime I drew the scene that haunted me the most(/j)

[silverjirachi]

6 and 18 for Archie and Maxie?

6. What do they playfully tease each other about?

Oh my goodness so many things. I feel like after a certain point they get really comfortable teasing each other over the things they fought each other about. Archie giving Maxie a hard time for that one time he almost caused the apocalypse. Maxie giving Archie shit for being a little copycat thief. Other classic Aqua/Magma jokes, "you're scared of water" type stuff.

Some of Archie's to Maxie include:

sweater tan (+ wearing a sweater in pokemon world florida)

caffeine addiction

use of the word "however"

Maxie hogging blankets

Maxie missing his business casual hoodie

you grew up on a farm cowboy

Maxie's to Archie include:

v neck tan

owning and using a literal old fashioned pirate ship with no electricity or running water when modern boats exist (why???)

cosplaying a fish for ten years (what is with the butt cape???)

expanding on that: any time archie ties something around his waist, Maxie goes "is this because you miss the butt cape"

*does something gay together* "We're having a really straight time right now." / "Archie I think you're straight." / "Aren't you glad you're straight Archie or else this would be really weird" / any variation of that -> in reference to a long running joke over something that happens between Colress, Archie, and Maxie in my prequel fic, Icarus.

18. What do their families think of their relationship?

Maxie's mom adores them. I can't wait for her appearance in Mother Earth and also probably in that little short stories compilation that's coming. I have a whole scene written where Archie meets Maxie's mom and I fucking adore it. I'm all about Marjorie "Midge" Matsubusa over here. Going insane. She thought it was a riot watching these two men tear each other apart and then completely pivot into holding hands into a coffee shop. She followed ALL the major newspapers and tabloids about it.

Archie's family was confused at first but accepted Maxie after it seemed clear that things were legit. Archie has a lot of older brothers who didn't see him a lot after they started working (and Archie started Team Aqua) so it was all quite sudden and kind of weird, but Archie's mom's side of the family (in pacifidlog) of course saw the hints of it happening before The Apocalypse, so. They were pretty happy about the whole ordeal. Maxie felt a little bit like an outsider at first but warmed up to them quickly.

Ship asks!!

[the-dead-sea-trilogy]

BIG UPDATE: A *very* rough draft of the prequel is complete!

Big news!! The prequel to my Hardenshipping fic, The Devil and the Dead Sea, finally has its first draft complete! Icarus and the Blistering Sun will likely run around 100k words. Keep in mind this draft is ROUGH-ROUGH (some scenes right now are: "stuff happens here") but overall this means I'm glad with what I've mapped it out and feel ready enough to move forward with the book and the series as I envisioned it.

What happens next?

While my original intention was to release this all in one chunk, the way I did for DATDS, I really enjoyed the sense of excitement and community that was able to build around Exile//Vilify, my loz Astor fic, because I released chapter by chapter. I want to engage with this community again. So Icarus will be released chapter by chapter! Or rather, likely in chunks, as sometimes the structure is a bit abstract.

Over the next month or two, I plan to start going through and making edits to the beginning portions so that I can begin releasing chunks. I can't make any promises about my uploading schedule, but we've made some huge progress, and I think also that releasing chapter by chapter, and engaging more with the community here, will really help hold me accountable.

In the meantime, mayhaps you want to brush up on your DATDS reading (or discover it for the first time!) or check out any of my other fics??

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I'm so excited, after

✨ literal years ✨

to finally get down to sharing this work with you.

Stay tuned!!

[hoenn-pride]

oh my god wait i can finally share this with you all

it's been

YEARS.

[someonetooksendnoodles]

i’m such a whore for jaw-dropping, heavily stylized, thematically laden, full of heart animation. will forever be impressed at the stories that are coming from non-disney studios having their moment to shine.

[lil--nuggett]

Shout-out to @silverjirachi for writing some of the best literature for two Eco-Terrorists I've ever read. I've thought about them often ever since I read it.

This is just. them. but I wanted an excuse to bring up The Devil and The Dead Sea tbh

I wanna do like,, actual serious art for this fanfic one day i promise, but I am dead tired and this was all I got ANSJFJDJAKMS-

[ribbononline]

New fic by @silverjirachi out wahoo wahoo! Go support it!!

[brooklynnchristine]

[rassilon-imprimatur]

GANATUS: "If only there'd been some other way." 

THE DOCTOR: "There should have been another way."

[emcads]

marcus rediker is required reading for this blog. go do your pirate homework.

[silverjirachi]

First Update: Icarus and the Blistering Sun

It's finally here! The first update to the sequel (prequel) to my hardenshipping fic, The Devil and the Dead Sea, is out today!

Icarus and the Blistering Sun - Preludes, Chapter 1 - Chapter 3 (Link to AO3): https://archiveofourown.org/works/49362811/chapters/124567036

Synopsis:

Maximilian Matsubusa has always had a plan. And that plan would never be jeopardized, no matter what. ...And then he walked through the door.

Join for the second installment of the Dead Sea Trilogy, which tells the story of the very beginnings of Archie and Maxie's relationship all the way to the start of their bitter rivalry. Tracing their history from the start of high school through college, and their unfortunate run-in with Team Rocket. Maxie and Archie band together with a certain blue-haired scientist from another region to collect information on the whereabouts of every legendary Pokemon in Hoenn--inadvertently feeding info directly into their hands.

The prequel to my first Hardenshipping fic, The Devil and the Dead Sea.

First update: Preludes & Chapters 1-3

The young man beside him rose. Maxie slowly watched him as he sauntered up to the front of the room with a swaggering grin. When he finally reached the front of the class, he stood there with his shoulders wide.  He smiled.  Then, he undid the first buttons of his shirt and popped open his collar with fanfare. There was more laughter from the classroom, but not out of disdain this time.  The young man glanced up and down the room and said, with humor, “Anyways, the name’s Archie Aogiri.  I’m from Dewford, and I sure as fuck ain’t gonna be no scientist.”

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49362811/chapters/124567036

Once again, don't let my poetic language and metaphorical writing fool you - this book is still full of memes.

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[the-dead-sea-trilogy]

Chapter Update: Icarus and the Blistering Sun

Chapter 15

(4.11.24)

“But if that truly is all that’s left of the beast that created the sea,” Archie said, looking back to the grotto. Something there was pulling him. A string from his heart, not yet connected, but something that could latch onto him and guide him to adventure. Lead him home to a part of himself he had not been connected with for years. Maxie felt the fire returning to his veins. They both stood at the precipice where he was about to leap. After a certain sureness that he had never felt more of in his life, Archie looked back to Maxie with a devilish grin. “Then somebody oughtta go give it back to ‘im.”

They're at the top of the mountain, babey!

Having a normal one.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49362811/chapters/139823623

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[hoenn-pride]

this is so maxie coded

[baldrengr]

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