#would also work as an Orm AU

[tinderbox210]

Thanks to that gif set, now I have to think of that iconic meeting of Clois on Smallville, but as an Spocklaan AU with Spock crash landing on Earth with his spaceship and La'an stumbling over his naked butt.

[speedforce-zoomies]

Y’all know what I think would make an interesting AU?

If everyone in the 90’s Young Justice was a clone or a “clone”

Canonically we’ve already got two out of the main ten

Conner Kent/Superboy being a “clone” of Superman & Lex Luthor

& Slobo being a clone of Lobo

Two things to note 1) I think it’s kinda boring if all of them have the same backstory so I’ll still try to give them all a reason that they’ve left Cadmus early in life

And 2) If we’re looking at all the various DC works 1 to 1 clones usually have some major issues

For example the other attempts at cloning Superman didn’t work, the DNA was too unstable

And in the DCAU, the Supergirl 1 on 1 clone had the side effect of being mentally connected to Supergirl which made her mentally unstable and Waller purposely avoided going the 1 to 1 route with Terry implying that it was still not a smart route to go down decades later

Therefore every “clone” will still have two “parents”

Let’s start with the other members of the core four

Tim - obviously a clone of Bruce, could add in Selena’s DNA if the scientists want some extra kick or he could still be the son of Janet so that he’s raised in a similar manner (rich kid upbringing) to Bruce

Janet and Jack could be having fertility issues and are given an opportunity to have a child through Cadmus and they just ignore all the weird stuff like rich people tend to do. Maybe they know Tim is Bruce’s clone, maybe they don’t. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Cassie - Diana Prince & Steve Trevor - not only would this give them access to the Amazons/Themyscira but also to a member of military personnel who knows a lot of stuff he probably shouldn’t

If this pairing Helena Sandsmark could be chosen to adopt her specifically so that she has a higher chance of interacting with the Greek gods which activates her powers (I mean Helena is already canonically interacting with them - might not be hard for Cadmus to realize that)

Could also do Diana & Helena Sandsmark, she could be in the same boat as Janet in the earlier scenario and just rolls with all the weird stuff.

Bart - Barry and Iris. Could still have the aging problem and still raised in Virtual Reality just some centuries behind the usual route. Imagine him thinking up the twins names himself - I mean Dawn and Don as twin names SOUND like they came from a kid raised in VR lol. When Barry and Iris later have the twins, they just roll with the names because Bart said them so matter of fact and Cadmus acts like they aren’t surprised that Bart got it right about Iris’s pregnancy.

Maybe they send him to go find Wally through suggestions from the VR so that he can better learn his powers/can become the next Flash and then Wally sends him to Max like in canon.

Now for the others…

Cissie - super easy Bonnie & Ollie. Bonnie as an Olympic-level archer wants her daughter to be the best archer and a hero and so she seeks out Cadmus and asks just straight up asks them for a clone.

Greta - I’m sorry to say is a mystery. She was a failed clone but no one seems to know who her original DNA came from.

Anita - could be a clone of her mother Oshi if Agua killed Oshi before she had Anita. Cadmus could reach out and be like hey Donald Fite it’s not the same as having your wife back but um, we could clone her? Give you a kid? Maybe Agua pushes for it idk

La'gaan - I couldn’t find much about his history prior to him becoming an Atlantis citizen so I imagine Cadmus might have captured his “parents” or maybe it’s someone who works with Orm and wants to send in a spy and though a child would be easier to get in than an adult. When Aquaman makes him a citizen he decides not to betray his confidence.

Ray - cloned from the original Ray and his wife or another golden age hero. Again pretty simple. Cadmus just thought he was neat. They are obsessed with Sun based superheroes after all. Ray is one I could see being locked up in Cadmus until the formation of the team since he was already locked away from the Sun in his origin story.

So at some point I imagine Tim would probably start to unravel things which would lead to similar events to canon (regarding the formation of the team I mean) but I just think it would be interesting since cloning is so prevalent in the DC universe to have an entire team of clones or “clones”

Maybe after distributing the other clones Luthor gets the idea to actually raise Conner himself which is always a fun AU

Plus with all this cloning going on they could potentially have the tools to prevent Slobo’s body from degrading which is a nice bonus

What do y’all think?

[lordkingsmith]

14) who we are by the waves of time; DC media story. Third in a trilogy. It’s about Orm Marius, Harley’s brother Barry, and Cisco. It is very very much an au lol

Here’s a little snippet :) I need to finish it and get it up lol.

Arthur had a long fuse but as Marius knew very well, it could and would run out. And when it did, the snarky, fairly easy going but intimidating gentle giant vanished. It was then people tended to see exactly how much of a king he really was.

Marius for his part, and it looked like David as well, were quite enjoying not being on the receiving end of the righteous fury for once. Vulko, however, was not so lucky.

“So how did you figure this out?” David asked as Arthur continued rounding on an increasingly frayed Vulko. Calmly, for the most part, but with his patented icy point fury.

“He kept trying to push me which I found rather suspicious, however mostly it was Barry and Cisco. They made a comment some days ago when they were with me during a meeting, that made me wonder. So I went to see Hila a week ago.” It wasn’t entirely wrong nor entirely a lie. Barry’s commentary had made Marius simply more sure it was Vulko.

“And Hila just…told you?”

“Of course not. I got her very very angry first.”

Hyde looked at him with some apprehension. “….how?”

Marius waved him off, feigning flippancy.

“Oh don’t worry it wasn’t anything to do with you or your family or mine. I wouldn’t use any of you as bait or otherwise.” Not anymore and he was proud of himself for the self restraint. David just continued looking at him however so with a faint sigh he elaborated.

“I threatened her with letting Lex look at her since she’s an exile as I am and technically on my turf. I have rights over her fate.”

“That worked?”

“I kept escalating it until she started screaming at me. We didn’t get quite to genetic hybrid child, but we did get as far as DNA in general.” He paused thoughtfully for dramatic effect. “I thought she’d break just at the mention of letting a human study our biology through her. Unfortunately I had to continue to the logical conclusion when she didn’t.”

Arthur grimaced and Hyde just shook his head “Glad he was good for something in that regard.” Hyde responded dryly. “Thanks for stepping in with this. You didn’t have to.”

“Yes I did.” For reasons he couldn’t say but that didn’t really matter, there were other reasons too. “Consider it an early wedding gift. You and Arthur hardly deserve starting matrimony with people trying to take him off the throne in the worst ways.”

Hyde shook his head again, sighing. “Right…thanks?”

“Don’t worry, that’s not a threat.” He smiled at David before getting up to stop Arthur from murder. “Brother” he started calmly though a little strained as he put his bandaged arms up to block the attack from Arthur on a worryingly calm Vulko. “Don’t prove your enemies right.”

It was only his slightly superior strength as a full Atlantean that kept Arthur from finishing his swing to attack Vulko braced and cornered against the wall. It still took effort, though. It also hurt. He was fairly sure it had rebroken something.

“Arthur” Marius hissed when he tried to get around him to attack Vulko again. “He’s not worth even a quarter of the effort he gave to kill you.” His eyes flicked to the interested Vulko. “He’s not worth it.” He said again, quietly, firmly. “Trust me, from experience, don’t even bother trying.”

Arthur’s eyes refocused from pure rage and betrayal, focused on Marius, shifted to grief and exhaustion. But it was still several moments after that before Arthur pulled away and retreated from the situation.

I’ll also toss in a little something from another wip lol. This one is Lost Girls and Labyrinths. Think labyrinth meets Peter Pan.

Oddly when she observed at it more closely it was a clover flower standing serenely purple above the leaves. Notably, a leaf with one trisection ripped into three tatters. It was subtle, barely noticeable, but when she saw it she couldn’t stop her eye from going to it. Drawn to the leaf as though it were a tragedy.

“Poor thing.” She murmured.

“What’s a poor thing?”

“Hm?” She raised an eyrbrow over at Rose and shrugged with a small smile. “Nothing, really. A flower, I think it broke in the wind or something. Poor thing.”

Rose shook her head with a laugh. “You’re weird you know that?” She did but it always stung when someone said so. Until the did she always hoped that this time she was doing well. Wasn’t abnormal at all. “I love that about you.”

People always said so but it still didn’t them from telling her she was weird. She just laughed, used to hiding the hurt. “It’s why we get along!”

This was partly why she was getting annoyed with them both. They kept hurting on accident and she didn’t have the heart to tell them the comments were painful because they didn’t have any reason to be painful. They were comments everyone said to everyone else, and they were compliments. She hardly understood herself why she found them so painful.

It just wasn’t worth telling them, but it was eating at her all the same.

“Ready to get going?” She asked brightly as Helen walked over to meet them, instead of asking them not to call her weird. For the dozenth time. “Or do you gals want to walk around and stretch our legs more?”

“Stretching doesn’t sound like a bad idea, at least for a few minutes” Rose mused. “We’ve got, what, two more hours? Might be a good idea. We won’t be able to really walk around until the evening anyway.”

Wen nodded. It wouldn’t put them off schedule, as long as nothing happened. She looked back to the clover patch, but amongst the crowd of other leaves she couldn’t see the clover with the ripped leaf at all. She knew it was there, of course, but among all the leaves and stems in the glittering green, she couldn’t find it at all.

A pity, it would have been good to take more photos of.

[highlordofkrypton]

the lighthouse // an aquafam au - chapter 9 update

Read on AO3.

Summary: Atlanna runs away from Atlantis with baby Orm and raises him on the surface with Tom Curry and Arthur.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: BABY ORM!!! BABY ORM!!! 😭 Please also check the end notes on AO3!

Chapter 9 - baby steps

“The Waynes are good people.”

Atlanna runs her hands beneath the water. Her husband’s voice is faint in the background of the rushing tap. The cool liquid soothes her thoughts and eases her mind—it helps that the strangers are gone and they are alone again. She cups the water, staring at it and pouring it across her forearms, as if trying to bathe in it rather than do the dishes. She coats her skin in hopes of protecting herself from the sting of soap—of the chemicals she is inevitably putting back into the system which will probably end up in her seas. The surface is brutal; it forces her to make painful choices. The water feels too nice to use gloves.

“You did not tell me you were familiar with them, nor did you inform me that they were visiting,” she says mechanically, picking up the first dish.

“I don’t know them personally, but they’re an influential family in America. They use their power for good. That kind of thing.” Tom leans against the counter, towel tossed lazily over a shoulder as he waits for dishes to dry. 

“There is no such thing as powerful people who are good,” Atlanna points out without missing a beat.

“Says the Queen of Atlantis.” Tom scooches closer, bumping his hip against hers. “You have power and you’re good.”

“That is a common misconception. My father had power and now, my husband has power. I am simply,” she pauses, trying to find the right word. “Incidental.” 

She is too smart to pretend otherwise. Kings prefer sons—it means that the throne will remain within the lineage. Through Orm, the House of Atlan has transferred its power to the House of Marius. Arthur could return her House to its former glory, despite bearing the name of Curry, but she would never ask it of her son. ‘Atlantis would sooner crumble than kneel to a surface king’ is what Orm had told her.

She does accept Tom’s peck on her cheek, his attempt to comfort her. Just because she is aware of what she is does not mean that she is particularly sad about it. Atlanna has made her choices and she is happy with them.

“The Waynes are exceptional people, then. Arthur will be going to school soon. Why not send him where he won’t be so different, after all? It might be better. He might even have access to resources he wouldn’t normally have because the Waynes know that he’s not entirely human.”

“I don’t see what they can provide that I cannot for my own children. If they require something, I will procure it.” It is as simple as that. She does not need Atlantis’ resources or her family’s influence to be a good mother. 

“That’s not what I meant. I’m saying we don’t have to do this alone and the kids will have to leave home one day. We can’t keep them hidden forever.” Yes, they’ve succeeded in keeping the world out for now, but that won’t last. It shouldn’t last, is Tom's opinion. He’s never hidden Arthur, and he’s only started keeping him at the lighthouse when Atlanna returned, but there’s a whole community that cares for them. Grandmothers, first, second and third cousins who miss their company dearly. Tom has done his best to ease Atlanna into it, but their safe haven is opening up faster than he can manage.

The truth is, he doesn’t know how to help her through her trauma, but he knows good people who can.

“We must. If we do not, then my husband will find them. He will take Orm and I cannot account for what he will do to Arthur. He will most definitely kill us.” She hands him a plate with the same ease as if she was talking about the weather. 

“We have to let them live, Lana. We can’t keep them captive here. They’ll be curious about the world, too. We have to find ways to make it work.” Tom frowns, speaking to her softly. He remembers an Atlanna that was brave, daring and flirtatious. He remembers every dream she had for Arthur—the ones she asked Tom to help achieve. He doesn’t expect her to be the same woman, but he has never known her to be so… afraid. His heart aches on her behalf. “Just think about it.”

Atlanna says nothing, rooted in her thoughts.

“Dad!” Arthur shouts from the other room.

“Yeah?”

“Come quickly!”

“In a second.”

Tom just wants to finish his conversation with Atlanna. More often than not, when Arthur needs immediate attention, it’s for the randomest reasons. When Arthur actually does need help, the boy magically becomes self-sufficient, like the one time he fell off a monkey bar in the park, scraped his knee and just rubbed grass in the wound. 

***

What do I do?

Arthur blinks at his brother.

Orm holds onto the cushion of the couch, pulling himself to his feet and standing on wobbly legs. He’s an expert at getting up, but he rarely does more than bounce excitedly to the sound of Arthur’s voice. Today feels different. He gets a little determined furrow in his brow as he stares at his big brother.

He’s going to walk. Arthur is sure of it.

He’s also very sure that his parents would want to be here for this. They’ve always shared Orm’s firsts between themselves, a precious gift in their family. He watches as Orm looks at the space between them, then at Arthur’s face.

“Dad!” He yells, urgently.

“Yeah?”

“Come quickly!” 

“In a second.”

Which means that his dad isn’t going to be here fast enough. 

“Don’t do it,” he says to Orm frantically, but Orm only understands half the thing he says. Either the little fry is too stubborn to listen to Arthur, or it's a language barrier because Orm speaks bubbles. “Wait until mom and dad get here please.”

But that little foot is lifting and—and Arthur doesn’t know what to do . He acts without thinking and reaches out to gently shove Orm. The baby bounces on his diapered bum, eyes wide with shock. Orm blinks once, twice, and wails. He wasn’t hurt, but the surprise overwhelms him. His crying is so loud, it makes Arthur feel so guilty.

Their parents are in the room within a second. Atlanna wields her sword, looking for the enemy. Instead, all she finds is a blubbering Arthur who offers a very long explanation in a single breath: “I told you to come but neither of you were coming and dad is so slow, I thought you’d want to be here for this and I asked Ormie not to do it but he didn’t want to listen to me so I panicked and I pushed him, but it was suuuuuuper gentle. He fell on his bum but his bum is cushioned and I didn’t mean to make him cry but it was really important that he waits because I don’t want you to be sad that you missed it.”

Arthur inhales, catching up on the breath he forgot to take.

“Miss what?” Tom asks, a little too used to Arthur’s antics.

“Um, you might want to get the camera.”

He won’t let Atlanna comfort Orm because he totally has this under control. Arthur shuffles closer, hugging his little brother. “I’m sorry, Ormie. I didn’t mean to push you.”

He makes sure to let Orm press his head against his chest so he can better listen to the vibrations of his voice; it always comforts Orm to hear Arthur this way. He holds him until he calms down, which isn’t long at all because Ormie is a fierce Atlantean. Arthur can already tell.

“I’ve got the camera,” Tom announces and Arthur nods.

“Okay, you can do it now,” Arthur tells his brother and scoots back on his bum to where he was sitting before.

There’s a moment where Orm sits there in his purple octopus onesie, looking at everyone. They’re all staring at him, so he stares back, blinking his deep blue eyes at them. Then, he uses the couch to get on his feet. Tom coos encouragement, proud of his son. Orm looks back at him, and Tom quiets so as not to distract him.

Arthur holds his arms out to his brother. “Wanna huggie?”

Orm gives a happy bounce, his way of saying ‘yes’. There is no universe in which he rejects a huggie from his big brother. He extends an arm, making grabby hands, expecting Arthur to come to him again.

“No, you come.”

With one hand on the couch to stabilize himself, Orm hobbles on one leg and takes his very first step . (Atlanna has to cover her mouth, stifling her gasp of excitement.) Orm takes another step towards Arthur. (Tom most definitely has his camera trained on his youngest, capturing every moment.) Closer and closer, he stomps his way over to his brother, stopping briefly to bounce and wiggle his bum in happiness because Arthur is singing the clappy song. It tells him all he needs to know: he’s doing great, so he should continue .

Right before he makes it to Arthur, Orm squats as low as possible, but he doesn’t sit. He wiggles his diapered butt again before jumping into Arthur’s arms with a little screech of excitement. 

Arthur catches him—he always will. 

The two of them burst into laughter, and Tom cheers Orm on with gusto. He gets more invested in Orm’s victory than his favourite rugby game. He joins the kiddos on the rug, tumbling with them as if he’s helping Arthur catch Orm. He helps Arthur toss Orm into the air who bursts into bubbly giggles. 

Tom looks at Atlanna, who still has her mouth covered. Tears glisten on the height of her cheeks. She joins them.

“Oh, my little fry, I am so proud of you.”

“But mama, why are you crying?” Arthur asks.

“I am just so relieved.”

For as long as she can remember, Atlanna thought she had harmed Orm—

Harmed him by staying in Atlantis.

Harmed him by running away from Atlantis.

Her boys are doing just fine, doing things that children are supposed to do. They are laughing and growing together, and perhaps Tom is right about allowing them to live freely.

“You may call the Waynes,” she tells the father of her children, and the love of her life. “We send the boys to their school when they come of age, but if anything happens to my sons, I will hunt them down to the ends of the earth and I will make them regret ever meeting us.”

[avatarskywalker78]

It's (belated) Six Sentence Sunday and I have stuff written!!! First off, an extract from the 'Tory is a Barnes AU' - we're at Mike's POV and his complicated feelings on the fact that the kid who hurt Elaine is his niece...

But his children wanted to help. Elaine refused to press charges, and they wanted to get her away from the toxic dojo, and Mike remembered another teenager, long ago, angry and embittered at the world without a healthy way to vent that, who’d fallen right into Cobra Kai’s trap—

He still wanted to throw the book at Tory Nichols. He also couldn’t stand by and let her be further corrupted by Cobra Kai, snatched up by Kreese for whatever scheme he’d be planning. What had happened might shock her out of things for a while – cheating boyfriend or not, she must’ve loved that kid at some point, and being one of the reasons things had escalated while she tried to maim LaRusso’s kid would be deeply affecting her…

Yet if Kreese got hold of her, how long before she was convinced that she was the victim here?

How long before she was persuaded to try again?

I've also been working on 'Aquafam AU Part 1' recently!!!! This part takes place after the shipwreck incident, and Arthur is trying to get Orm to talk to him - which takes a little while, but they will get there.

“You know nothing about what’s going on, brother.”

“Yeah, because you’re not telling me.” He pointed out. “Look, Orm, I could probably take a guess about what’s going on, but I’d sooner hear it from you.”

“Do you?” Orm’s voice had taken on a challenging tone. “Do you really want to know, Arthur? To know what fa- what Orvax did?”

I knew it, he thought grimly.

“Better than you feeling guilt over something he did.”

“You don’t know it was him.”

That was true – Arthur might even be inclined to believe that this was about something he’d done in the past if it wasn’t for the fact that Orm was clearly trying to provoke a fight, was trying to get him to accuse Orm of something he hadn’t done.

Also by the way, both of these fics will be multichaps - not very long ones, but about three or four chapters each.

And, of course, we have the (Malcolm) Thawne amnesia fic which I started this week!!!! This one will take a little while, especially as I'm going to be rewatching The Flash soon and that'll take up time, but here's a snippet from it - specifically the opening scene, in which an unconcious Malcolm is dealing with blurry and jumbled memories (which he won't work out are memories for some time).

The scene feels like it should be familiar - an underground bunker, spacious, pipes everywhere, a smell of ozone in the air…

Everything is tinged blue. The ozone shouldn’t be here and neither should the lightning, red and yellow speeding past and speeding past and clashing, clashing, clashing, and there are voices yelling in shock and panic because this wasn’t the plan, this wasn’t the goddamn plan—

He can’t make out any of the figures properly - it’s like looking at something underwater – but he knows, instinctively, that the red lightning is a very bad sign, a kind of terror unfolding within him as he watches it, and the yellow lightning is…hope. Is good. But it’s losing, he can tell it’s losing—

The red lightning is surrounding it. This can’t be happening and he can’t just stand here, and he exchanges a look with someone, who is staring wide-eyed and with that familiar look of guilt on his face—

He doesn’t remember his name. He’s known him almost all his life. He doesn’t remember his name.

Tagging (let me know if you want to be added or removed): @shrinkthisviolet @starstruckpurpledragon @vexic929 @negative-speedforce @dream-beyond-the-fantasy

@daughter-of-melpomene @forchrissy

[nakuuro1994]

Hey There Everybody, so yeah, I was just thinking about doing a Superman AU fanfic story called "Superwoman: S.O.S." (otherwise called "Superwoman & The Sisterhood of Superheroes") but I was also thinking about “experimenting” a bit with something that I don’t usually do with my fanfic stories…which would involve a pregnancy. So essentially I was just thinking about having a AU version of a recently widowed Martha Kent being “abducted” by Kal-El’s space pod one night instead of discovering said space pod in the middle of a corn field like in most Superman origin stories as she soon talks to the A.I. version of Jor-El who essentially convinces her to become the surrogate mother for his unborn child Kal-El to ultimately save their dying species (since in this particular universe Kal-El hasn’t even technically been born yet before Krypton’s destruction as he’s just a genetic sample at this point) as Martha herself will ultimately transform into a big, beefy & muscular Half-Kryptonian woman via an extremely powerful case of “Microchimerism” while being the surrogate mother to her own half-alien son Kal-El/Clark Kent as she rapidly grows in strength, size & power as she becomes her universe’s version of “Superwoman” while also raising Clark as a hardworking single mother/farm girl in Smallville, Kansas.

Not to mention that she ultimately becomes a founding member of her Universe’s version of The Justice League (also known as “The Sisterhood of Superheroes”) alongside her other fellow founding members like…

• (Queen Hippolyta/Wonder Woman): Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons is soon convinced into helping out the outside world to fight against an invading alien force by the rugged U.S. Air Force pilot named Captain Sam Lane as they would later have a young demigod daughter together named Diana Prince-Lane, while assuming the alias "Mrs. Lyta Lane".

• (Martha Wayne/Batwoman): Martha Wayne & Alfred soon decide to form a Green Hornet & Kato style crime-fighting duo to combat the vast amount of crime & corruption within Gotham City while Martha struggles to balance her new roles of being both the newest CEO of Wayne Enterprises as well as being a single mother to her only son Bruce shortly after the tragic death of her beloved husband Dr. Thomas Wayne in Crime Alley.

• (Queen Atlanna/Aquawoman): Atlanna is the exiled queen of Atlantis who was seeking to reclaim her lost crown, only to find unexpected love with a land-dwelling lighthouse keeper by the name of Tom Curry who would later influence her to fight against injustice both below and above the sea while also raising her twin Human/Atlantean hybrid sons Orin & Orm Curry alongside her new loving human husband in secret.

• (Nora Allen/The Flash): Mrs. Nora Allen was a seemingly normal, loving & caring midwestern mother & housewife who was suddenly struck by a strange lightning bolt as she suddenly gained phenomenal superhuman speed.

• (M'yri'ah J'onzz/Martian Manhunter): M'yri'ah & her daughter K'hym had lost everything when her beloved husband alongside the rest of her people were tragically killed off by a telepathic plague that would decimate Mars. But miraculously, she & her own daughter escaped the death of their home-world as they seek a new life on earth to prevent another world from losing everything.

• (Dr. Bianca Reyes/Blue Beetle): So essentially Dr. Bianca Reyes was just your average hardworking paramedic & nurse from Palmera City, Texas as she’s also both a happily married wife & a loving mother of two beautiful kids when suddenly a strange beetle-shaped alien artifact crashed lands in her own backyard one fateful night after a long day at work as it soon became bonded to her spine thus unknowingly making her the latest incarnation of The Blue Beetle.

But yeah, what do you think about all that?😅

[nimblermortal]

@unfavorableinstigation

What are you naming?

I personally want to name a sword Vetrá (winter river) and am mildly put out that I didn’t work it into Kel of Tirrsmont. It’ll come some day.

I don’t tend to aesthetically like women’s names, but I recently learned thora as a verb means ‘to dare’ which heightens my enjoyment of names like Bergthora. So I’d likely use Thora in a name, though I also like Signi and Sæunn/Sæa. Hrefna is not bad. Aud has some really nice saga history, and Olof is not bad that way either.

I’ve said before that for a nickname, I’m absolutely smitten with Toddi (Lil Bit).

For a man, I’m enchanted with names that got so popular they had their components rearranged For Originality, like naming some poor unsuspecting infant Tielyr. When every other baby boy in your community is named Thorstein, you are forced to name yours... Steinthor. I also like Hrafn as a component of names, for the sound and because ravens are cool and because of mythological symbolism. So I’d be tempted to do, I don’t know, Hvalrafn or Hrafnval, those aren’t real names and whaleraven is a strange concept... Hrafn on its own is a name. So is An, so in the tradition of ananas you could try something like Hrafnan. Or Hrafnananana. (Odd is also a man’s name, for real; Aud is a woman’s name.)

For a boat, you gotta get that sweet sweet Hval or Vindr or Orm in there (whale or wind or worm/dragon). There’s the mythological side you could draw from as well, though the gods are often strangely landbound. I might go for Hymir, myself. Hvalvindr would be a good way to stick a joke in there - Whalewind sounds good but seems like it would mean something more like blowspout (or whalesneeze, or whalefart, if you wanted to go places with it). Ormvindr might get you somewhere closer to the stereotypical European dragon. I don’t actually know anything about real viking-age boat naming practices or even if they named their boats - I don’t remember any named boats in the sagas, but they named just about everything else.

Bear in mind that I’m drawing on my own prejudices here, and the actual names for things tended to the brutally literal. It is amusingly disappointing to read Norse mythology as my Norse vocabulary increases, and discover the Norns are named Past Present and Future. So you could also play on that and name your ship Skipi.

For a gender-neutral name I’d probably draw on Odd/Aud or Olof/Olaf, but my preference would be Aud for a reference to Breeches Aud/Au∂ Bróka. So I’d go with Au∂brók or, if I wanted to be subtle, Kriki-Au∂. And then spell it and pronounce it on a full spectrum between Au∂ and Odd, because ain’t no orthographical regulation in viking-age Scandinavia and this option is queerer.

[krinsbez]

The DC Identity-Swap AU: A World/Storybuilding Fanfic Project (that needs a better name)

What follows is what has been come up with for a DC Universe where many heroes and villains ended up with different identities, initially conceived of by comradepitrovsky and expanded on by me and others.

In some cases, the said heroes ended up with different supporting cast members, in others not.

Let us begin, with the founding members of the Justice League: -Superwoman: Diana Kent, the Last Daughter of Paradise. For…reasons, Themyiskara had to go to another dimension, but baby Diana couldn’t come, so at Hippolyta’s request, the Olympians sent her to a Patriarch’s World couple who would raise her right, namely Jonathan and Martha. She’s dating Lois Lane and her archenemy is Lex Luthor, with whom, I want to be clear, there is ZERO Foe Yay, because she’s disgusted by him, and he’s intimidated by her. -Green Lantern: Kal-El of Krypton, who the Guardians appointed to lead the Corps through the transition to running itself. Came to Earth because he needed a break, stuck around because sweet RAO this planet needs help. He managed to keep Sinestro from going off the deep end, so he’s part of the Council Kal set-up to help him run the Corps, along with Kilowog, Mogo, Abin Sure and…not sure. -Zatara: Bruce Wayne. After his parent’s deaths, Bruce was adopted by their close friend John Zatara, who realized the kid was tied to the demon Barbatos, and they figgered out a way for him to use that power for good. -Captain Marvel: Barry Allen, while studying Forensic Science in college, took some classes, and became friends, with Archeology Student C. C. Batson (there is considerable overlap between the two fields, right?). When Batson and his wife were murdered during a dig in Egypt, Barry offered to help with the investigation, and ended up becoming SHAZAM’s champion. -The Flash: Hal Jordan, test pilot for Ferris Aircraft, was struck by lightning whilst flying their latest prototype, and ended up tied to the Speed Force. (Note, like Johnny and Jessie Quick, can fly) -Hawkman and Hawkgirl: Arthur Curry and Dinah Lance. The former encountered the wreck of a Thanagarian spaceship whilst exploring underwater and ended up with the soul of Prince Khufu. Dinah was hanging around her Uncle Carter's place and had something similar happen with the soul of Chay-Ara. -Martian Manhunter. J'onn is exactly the same. Other thoughts, somewhat random, in no particular order: -Ollie was zeta beam'd from The Island to Rann instead of Adam Strange. -Adam is instead Metamorpho. -Eel managed to drag himself to Slaughter Swamp before succumbing to his wounds and so ended up becoming Swamp Thing. -Owing to…complicated feelings WRT to her adopted brother, Zatanna ended up hanging around with her dad’s colleague Thaddeus Brown, and took up his mantle instead, becoming Madame Miracle, Magical Escape Artist! -T. O. Morrow built Red Torpedo first, she got possessed by a water elemental somehow, rebelled against his programming, and ended up traveling to Atlantis, overthrew the tyrant Orm, was acclaimed Queen, married Mera, and now fights crime on the surface as Aquawoman. (I’m gonna say she sometimes wears a human disguise that looks Aquawoman-11, because I fancy her and will use almost any excuse to get her into one of these things) -Ray Palmer and Ralph Dibny became Firestorm. -Instead of becoming Cheetah, Barbara-Ann seized the power of Teth-Adam and became Captain Marvel’s archenemy. -Pam became the Cheetah instead, and is an enemy of The Flash, with no small amount of Foe Yay. -In addition to that, Hal is also in a Love Triangle with Carol and Lady Blackhawk, who came to work for Ferris after arriving in the 21st Century due to time travel shenanigans. Arguably a Love Quadrangle, since he's competing with his alter ego. -Selina and Helena are both Star Sapphires and both of them are pursuing Kal-El, who is receptive to both. -Barry is still with Linda, Wally is Capt. Marvel, Jr. -The Batson Twins became Superboy and Supergirl, but I haven't come up with specifics. Help please? -Bruce adopted Raven and Garth. Suggestions for codenames? -In an effort to gain the power to defeat Superwoman, Lex made a deal with Ares, confident that he could handle the God of War. He is now possessed by Ares, but has no idea, assuming that the ideas Ares puts in his head are entirely his own, because he’s too arrogant to believe anyone else can control or manipulate him. It helps that Ares largely approves of Lex’s ideas and doesn’t need to do much. As a side-eeffect, Lex’s power armor has a distinctly Ares-y feel to it. -Klarion is in Bruce’s Rogue’s Gallery. Said Rogue's Gallery also includes the Sivana family. Which means that yes, Bruce is dating Beautia. -Bruce's archnemesis is the man who in the normal reality became Black Manta, who I've always headcanoned as choosing to torment Arthur purely by random chance, and obviously picked differently here. Since there's no need for a nautical theme, he uses a different codename; Black Bat. -The first thing Kal-El did after completing training was rescue Kandor. Brainiac swore vengeance, and upon escaping from the Sciencells, discovered how to harness the Yellow Light of Fear. In addition to using it himself, he also unleashed a number of Phantom Zone criminals, took over their minds, and equipped his enslaved army with Yellow Rings.

-The Olympians left Diana some magic thingummy that allowed her to be trained in Amazon combat techniques, etc. in her dreams or something, because she needs something to make up for the lack of super-senses, but if she has the Lasso, I'm not sure how Lex can be a problem for her?

-Dick was adopted by the Dibnys, got himself the Gingold Extract, and fights crime as Firestorm’s sidekick, Elastic Lad.

-Mister Mind is one of Diana’s Rogues.

-Dr. Psycho is in Hal's Rogue's Gallery. Presumably, wossname the guy who framed him so he could steal his fiancee Mavra didn't do quite as good a job gaslighting her, she found out the truth, and he murdered her to cover it up. He is therefore unable to blame her for the plot in a feeble and cowardly attempt to save himself when Psycho comes after him. This leads to misogyny being a less prominent aspect of Psycho's particular psychosis, with his primary targets instead being "Alpha Male"-types like the man who ruined his life. And hey, here's Hal Jordan....

-Gen. Eiling as Reverse-Flash, Y/N? -Thawne become Sabbac, Y/N? -I think I'm gonna say Pam still has her canon powerset in addition to being the Cheetah. -Since one of the best things about Hal is how he hates being told what to do, but is most comfortable in jobs where he's in a disciplined hierarchy...Zinda recruits him to create a new version of the Blackhawks. Not sure who else is in it; I can think of a bunch of ace pilots in the DCu, but they’re all American, and the Blackhawks should be an international operation. Possibility; the same temporal shenaniganry that dropped Zinda in the modern-day also spat-out Hans Von Hammer, the Enemy Ace. -I'm adding Captain Nazi to Hal's Rogue's Gallery. Since Hal is Ambiguously Jewish, his sidekick is Inuit, and in this 'verse he's part of a team that's a legacy of an group founded to fight the Nazis, I feel like it works. Also, Hal's other villains thus far are a bisexual woman, a dwarf, and a US Air Force General, people who are naturally inclined to have beef with him and vice versa. -Abra-Kadabra being one of Bruce's villains, Y/N?

-Circe is one of Bruce’s Rogues and they have UST.

@videodromeda

[imagine-docx]

colour spectrum.

Summary: You can only see in black and white, but the moment you meet your soulmate you can see colour. What happens when you’ve been able to see colour all your life and can’t recall who’s your soulmate? [bestfriend!soulmate!au]

Warnings: Swearing

A/N: i’m back with yet another fic, hope everyone is doing well! I also hope everyone is doing their share by signing petitions and contributing to the black lives matters movement - Amanda 💛

»��————-　➴　————-««

The concept of soulmates has existed since the dawn of time. You only see black and white until you meet your soulmate. After your 16th birthday, you could see the entire colour spectrum once you met your soulmate, but if you didn’t keep in contact with your soulmate, you would lose your ability to see colour until you met again. 

Your problem was that you could see the entire colour spectrum, since the moment you turned 16. Your parents explained the colour spectrum the night before your 16th birthday, and when you woke up the next day, your life was filled with vivid colours. 

Anytime anyone would ask if you could see colours, you passed it off as you couldn’t and were waiting until you met the right person. But in reality, you were now 25, and you were trying to figure out who your soulmate could possibly be.

“Are you sure you can’t see colour?” Arthur poked at your side.

“I swear to god, the amount of times you’ve asked me this question is astronomical. The answer will remain the same, which is no,” you lied. Over the years you’ve perfected the acting and no one could tell you were lying.

Arthur laid down on the couch behind you, as you sat on the floor overlooking a file for work. “I came to spend time with my best friend, yet you’re paying more attention to that stupid file,” he whined.

Best friend. How you hated that word to describe your relationship with Arthur Curry. You two had been friends since you met in a playground when you were five, and here you were twenty years later, but with the fattest crush you could ever have on someone. Someone who has a soulmate, might you add. 

“Are you paying the bills?” You asked, adding notes to the margin.

“No-”

“Then you aren’t allowed to talk,” you said, underlining something in the document.

You pulled your hair up into a bun to get it out of your face, and got back to work. You suddenly felt a shiver down your spine as Arthur’s fingertips trace the back of your neck. “That’s a nice shade of red,” he murmured, tracing the petals of the rose that was tattooed on the back of your neck.

Your face was laced with confusion, until you finally understood what he said, “Wait,” you spun around, “You can see colour? Arthur since when?”

“God knows how long. Wait, did you not know this?” He asked.

“No, Art, what the fuck?” You looked him dead in the eye, “Why did you not tell me?”

“I thought it was common knowledge,” he rebuttal.

You turned back around, “How did you survive this long?”

“Alcohol. Do you know how pretty this rose is with all its colour? How did you pick it out?” He asked.

You bit your lip, I went to an artist who had met his soulmate and we worked out the colours together because we can both agree and disagree what would look good, is what you wanted to say, but ultimately a, “I went to an artist who met his soulmate and he worked with the colours and I trusted him,” slipped out of your mouth.

“You got a man to tattoo on you?” He asked.

“Yeah, not a big deal you know.” You responded.

“Anything could have happened, he could have-” 

You cut him off before he went even further, “Art, I was in a shop with like ten different people, I had a shirt and pants on. I was fine. Plus I asked someone to come, but they were busy.”

“But-”

“Nope, we’re done,” you stated, ending the conversation as you made notes on the file in front of you.

»»————-　➴　————-««

“He got mad that you got tattooed by a man?” Harley asked.

It was a usual Friday night you spent surrounded by your friends Harley, Dinah, Diana and Pamela. Usually these nights consisted of getting wasted on someone’s floor in their living room, these weeks happened to be in Dinah’s living room.

“Yeah, for fucking what? I asked him if he wanted to come, he was busy with Mera.” You spat, looking at the cup of Smirnoff that was in your hands. 

“And he still thinks you can’t see colour?” Dinah asked.

“Yeah,” you said, “It’s whatever.”

Pamela reached over and smacked your back, “You dumbass, what if he’s your soulmate?”

“He can’t be. He sees colour with Mera. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but, I am not Mera.”

“She might have a point, if he sees colour with Mera, they can’t be soulmates,” Diana stated.

“Finally someone with a brain cell,” you joked.

“Din, I need paper and a ton of markers,” Harley said.

And that’s how you were dragged into a life chart of people you’ve met and possible soulmate suspects.

“If you could see it the moment you turned sixteen, that means you knew them before. Which means you would have had literally anyone from elementary school.” Harley started, “The moment you turned sixteen, you would have been around literally anyone in high school.” Harley crossed off high school, “Post high school, you kept in contact with Arthur, Hal, Thom, Kalel, and Bruce. Kalel has Diana, which means Kalel is off.” Harley crossed off Kalel, “Hal is not even in Gotham, meaning you can’t be able to see without constant contact from him,” Hal joined the crossed out group. “Bruce is with Talia, so off the list. “Thom is in San Fran doing god knows what, so you wouldn’t be able to see,” Thom joined the crossed off list. Only Arthur was left. Harley scratched her head looking at it. “He’s soulmates with Mera?”

“Yeah,” you said, you’ve come to the same conclusion several thousand times.

“Stranger?” Pamela proposed.

“The chances of seeing the same fucking person every once in a while just for you to see colours doesn’t make fuckin’ sense.” Harley stated.

You stretched out and laid back onto the floor. “It’s fine, I’ll die alone.”

»»————-　➴　————-««

Before you left work you swung Arthur a text asking him if he wanted to have a movie night once he got off work.

You were pulling down your sweater dress with one hand and phone in the other and were making your way to the doors until you heard your name. 

Spinning on your heel, you looked in the direction you heard your name called from. Lucas Trent. 

You two were close during history classes during your years in university, mostly because the two of you sat at the back of the lecture hall with snacks and were self educating because the prof was actual trash. 

“Lucas? Hi,” you said, engulfing him in a hug.

He wrapped his arms around you, “God it’s been so long.”

“How’d you know I’m here?” You asked, releasing him.

“I saw Dinah this morning, and she told me. I was hoping we can catch up?” He asked.

You checked your phone and saw that Arthur still didn’t message you back. “Yeah, I’m game.”

»»————-　➴　————-««

“No. Fucking. Way.” You said, in absolute shock.

“I. Fucking. Know.” Lucas responded.

The two of you were sitting at a coffee shop near your work place, and you were still anticipating Arthur’s text, but to no avail he didn’t answer.

“I never would have thought your soulmate was a dude,” you said.

Lucas found his soulmate while he was swimming at the beach. He showed you pictures of him and Apollo on vacation, and other cute Instagram worthy couple pictures.

“I fucking know man, it’s such a strange turn of events.” He took a sip of his coffee, “How’s Arthur by the way? You still attached by the hip?” 

“Same old pain in the ass,” you chuckled.

“Did you meet your soulmate yet?” Lucas asked.

“I’ve met them. I can see colour. They’re a constant force in my life, but I don’t know who the fuck it is,” you stated nonchalantly.

“I bet it’s Arthur,” he said, in a matter of fact tone.

“Yeah? Join the party. It’s not.” You said, leaning back into your chair.

“What do you mean he’s not your soulmate?” Lucas asked.

“Mera.”

“You mean the redhead girl that was all over him and Selina almost fought the both of them because she thought the two of you were dating and he was cheating?”

“Bingo,” you said, sipping your coffee.

»»————-　➴　————-««

You were unlocking your door and checking yet again if Arthur ever texted you back. You pulled the key out of the hole and paused. No response yet.

You were about to push your door in until you felt a familiar grasp push your door open and pull you in. 

Tossing the keys into your bowl, you pulled off the knee high heeled boots you were wearing and followed him into the living room. You leaned against the bar, watching Arthur pace in front of you.

“So when were you gonna tell me you found your soulmate?” He spat.

“What?”

“I saw you and pretty boy getting coffee earlier, when were you gonna tell me that you met your soulmate?” Anger evident in his voice.

“Why the fuck are you mad? You have Mera.” You retaliated.

“I have the right to be mad,” he said, crossing his arms against his chest.

“Why? Why the fuck could you possibly be mad? Just because I see colour you’re pissed?” You spat back at him.

“So you can see colour now,” he grumbled, pissed off to the max. 

You didn’t retaliate, you watched him pace around even more. He eventually sat down on the couch, looking at the ground, he ran his hands through his hair. 

“Mera wasn’t my soulmate.”

Your demeanor softened, “Art, what?”

“She lied. Her soulmate was Orm fucking Marius,” he said, on the brink of tears. Orm Marius, the man that Arthur hated since the dawn of time. The two of them had ongoing beef since elementary school, you really anticipated them to stop talking, but here they were, still at each other’s throat.

You walked over to him and kneeled in front of him stroking hairs out of his face. 

“Mera met Orm while we were together, and she suddenly saw colour. I thought we were soulmates, but apparently not. I’ve known her for so long, when I turned 16, I saw colours and she was constantly around. I thought she was it. Then I thought about you, but you could see colour after going out with what’s his face.”

You gently stroked his cheek, “Art, I could always see colour.”

“What?” He looked up at you.

“Since I was 16-” He cut you off by pulling you forward and into a kiss. You broke apart when you needed air, he rested his forehead against yours before peppering your face with kisses, which resulted in giggles erupting from you.

“So-”

“He found his soulmate,” you reassured him, “Plus he’s gay.”

His face lit up like a Christmas tree. While getting up, he pulled your body to him. Once fully up he tossed you over his shoulder, “More for me then,” he said, before making his way to your bedroom.

[werth-krast]

this is a list of almost all fics i had been working the last 4?????? years or so and of those i finished like 12 because i keep jumping around them

like a few days ago i was with the andrew one, before that the jimor babysitting and now im with the orm raising his sister and the kid his brother found on the wild, arthur was too occupied adventuring to take care of child so his brother who is acting king can right???

who knows what would be tomorrow???

also the fact that most become long fics doesnt help

like the college au is a mess that had to be divided on 6 fics to be coherent

[saltyluminaryvoid]

Hey Guys, I know I have been absent for a while. My apologies to those whom were looking out for updates, they will be here. his is just for a new short story I’ve been working on. The details are not all worked out but I’m getting there. So basically I was thinking of a Klaus Mikaelson and Wednesday Adams AU. I’m thinking short stories involving them briefly encountering each other in Chicago in Season 3 of VD, as well as some instances along a ten year period.She would be a young adult in Chicago and they would not officially meet till season one of Legacies. And from here I’m gonna throw some suprises your way.

I also plan to update my King Orm story later tonight. I will try to get my masterlist link up and working asap. Been having some issues with that,if you have any recommendations on what I should do please feel free to dm me.

[ao3feed-supercorp]

Blood in the Water

by FandomDojo

Lena thought that figuring out who has been talking to her in her brief comatose state would fill her with a sense of gratitude and appreciation. Never would she have thought that it would bring along a dreadful revelation. Now, Lena must be willing to step up and be what her city needs in the place of their hero while also protecting her home from the sins of the surface. But for that to be achieved, she must become something that she’s grown to hate. A hero.

Words: 2468, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Atlantean Lena AU

Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Lena Luthor, Tess Luthor, Alex Danvers, Kara Danvers, Arthur Curry (DCU), Orm Marius, Atlanna (DCU), Nuidis Vulko

Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor

Additional Tags: Lena Luthor Needs a Hug, Lena Luthor-centric, Protective Lena Luthor, Endgame Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Endgame Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor, Vigilante Lena Luthor

from AO3 works tagged 'Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor' https://ift.tt/2pma38U via IFTTT http://archiveofourown.org/works/20866208

[ao3feed-agentcorp]

Blood in the Water

by FandomDojo

Lena thought that figuring out who has been talking to her in her brief comatose state would fill her with a sense of gratitude and appreciation. Never would she have thought that it would bring along a dreadful revelation. Now, Lena must be willing to step up and be what her city needs in the place of their hero while also protecting her home from the sins of the surface. But for that to be achieved, she must become something that she’s grown to hate. A hero.

Words: 2468, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Atlantean Lena AU

Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Lena Luthor, Tess Luthor, Alex Danvers, Kara Danvers, Arthur Curry (DCU), Orm Marius, Atlanna (DCU), Nuidis Vulko

Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor

Additional Tags: Lena Luthor Needs a Hug, Lena Luthor-centric, Protective Lena Luthor, Endgame Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Endgame Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor, Vigilante Lena Luthor

source http://archiveofourown.org/works/20866208

[anndiscworld-phile]

klance!aquaman au, featuring

-keith's soft dad still waiting at the dock for krolia to come back

-bamf!krolia, who leaves her human family to keep them safe and loves them more than anything

-aquaman!keith, reluctant heir to the altean throne and awkward hero. low-key annoyed that his sea animal communication power does not extend to hippos

mera!lance who may be high-key pissed at humans for abusing the ocean, but would prefer to avoid wholesale slaughter thanks. would also prefer to not marry lotor, who's still carrying a torch for his cousin, queen allura

I just think this au works for these characters really well. keith and arthur are both these half-human boys still trying to come to grips with a heritage that's hurt their families. also like arthur, keith doesn't want to lead, but will if it means literally saving the world I guess

lotor fits orm's role fantastically well. a deep love for his mom and her culture, to the point he would eradicate any threat to it without remorse. not sadistic but ruthless

allura as the queen of xebel is so good, because as kind as allura is, there's a cool viciousness to her too. like with how canon au!allura turned the war with the galra into an expansion of altea into an empire and how she mentally tortured pre!evil zarkon. allura will go dark if it means achieving a good end and she's not above vengeance either

meanwhile, lance is a great mera bc while he doesn't like humans either, he won't compromise his ideals. I mean, he hates lotor, but he's not okay with trading him to the galra and he's the only one who speaks up when allura is tormenting zarkon. I can imagine a stubborn lance going to the surface to save it, and slowly falling in love with humans--and with keith

plus, we also get a keith's dad and krolia reunion

[avatarskywalker78]

It's Six Sentence Sunday and I've been working on more than one wip, so this week you get three extracts! Firstly, part one of my Aquafam AU, which I'm hoping to get finished this week but I'm not promising.

“It’s important. At some point you’ll have to go up there, you know – wouldn’t you rather find out things in advance? You can’t ignore half the world just because you don’t like it, and the best way to combat prejudice is to do research.”

“I don’t plan on visiting anytime soon.” Orm said dryly. “I’d have to leave my cell first, and there’s still some months left before I can do so outside of my reparation duties.”

Arthur was working on that as well, but that was taking time and he didn’t want to get his brother’s hopes up for an early release that might not happen.

“I’m sure you’ll like it.” Was what he said instead. “I’ve got so many things I wanna show you, little brother, and you’ll love the food – we’ve got steak and cheeseburgers and tacos and—”

“None of that means anything to me.”

“You’ll learn!” Arthur declared, feeling cheerful about the prospect and clapping Orm on the shoulder. “You’re gonna love it, I swear.”

“I shall take your word for it.”

(Orm does suspect Arthur is up to something, by the way - he's not very subtle)

Next, the 'Tory is a Barnes' AU and I've written the whole fight scene, so here's a snippet (in other news, I hate writing fight scenes, why do I do this to myself?!)

“Tory, please, you don’t need to do this—”

“This has nothing to do with you!” Tory snarled, eyes alight with a wild fury. “I dunno who the hell you are, but you’d better get out of the way—”

“What, so you can continue with all this? With the brawl you started?” Elaine made sure she was standing between her cousin and Sam as she stepped back. “Look what you’ve done—”

“She had it coming! She deserves what she gets and no one’s gonna stop me!”

Then Tory sprang forward, faster than she was expecting, and landed a sharp kick to Elaine’s chest that sent her crashing into the lockers and fucking hurt, and Elaine fought to get her breath back as Tory let out a yell before going after Sam again—

“No!” Elaine had to stop her, and as the girls crashed through the door she tackled Tory from behind, hauling her away from Sam and ignoring the shouts and hollers of the other kids.

Lastly it's the 'Lissa Blackwood' AU - which I've been rewriting and also debating on whether to have it as a longfic or as a series of fics (if it's the latter, this fic will be up this week)

He gave her a concerned look.

“Lady Blackwood, we…were asked to find you as well. By your family and…by the Kingslayer—”

“Jaime. His name is Jaime.” Ned valued honour above all - that was the Stark way, she knew, and of course he would also dislike Jaime on principle…

But she’d just seen one of her oldest friends die, and she wasn’t going to listen to her other friend be talked about like this, not after two months of it from the Kingsguard.

“Jaime.” Ned acquiesced – unhappily, but he acquiesced, and Melissa took a deep breath.

“I’ve been through much, Lord Stark,” she told him, “and today has been one of the worst days for all of us. I…do not feel ready to talk about my return.”

She's not stalling - this point she honestly hasn't decided what she's going to do (but it doesn't take her very long)

Tagging (let me know if you want to be added or removed): @shrinkthisviolet @dream-beyond-the-fantasy

[lerry-hazel]

"Aquaman": Orm&Vulko

Ok, now that I have a designated place for this stuff there are about four things crowding in my head and demanding attention, and I really should get in the rhythm of writing something every day, because they just keep multiplying; which brings us back to the one fandom I didn’t manage to get into, as all the fics that could possibly interest me are in Chinese for some reason, and I’ve just finished watching the last “EWW” variation available, so my interest probably won’t last long, yet the plot bunny I have in mind is kinda cool and I do want to share it, so, here we go:

possible

AQUAMAN

fanfiction

(only without Aquaman :-P)

The thing with "Aquamen" is I was sort of looking forward to it: because he swims and because I'm sort of fond of Jason Mamoa, although I should have remembered I’m into ‘elaborate leather outfit’ fashion sense, not ‘wild and hairy man’ questionable charm; if anything, I tend to fall for aristocratic and sophisticated, so I ended up finding Patrick Wilson so much more attractive. Plus, I've been a huge fan of Willem Dafoe since forever (and making him a bland yes-man is a gross misuse of a great actor). So what I want to see is a story where Vulko is actually on Orm's side: and now that I've written it down, it doesn't really have to be a huge AU. First of all, I freely admit I've never read a comic book in my life and I haven't watched JL because reasons. Which is only relevant because I have a very vague understanding of Aquaman's origins and spent the first ten minutes of the movie believing Orvax was, like, Atlana’s brother or cousin who had usurped her rightful throne and sent her to exile, or, better yet, wanted to kill off the competition, so she had to go into hiding. The story they eventually revealed in the movie sent my bullshit-meter off the chart, but that’s also where my story starts making sense.

So, Atlana was an idiot. More precisely, let’s pretend special effects did manage to shave all those extra years off Nicole Kidman and Atlana is a teenage idiot who abandons her royal responsibilities in search of ‘one true love’ and doesn’t even make a contingency plan, so eventually she has to stop playing pretend, except she isn’t all that eager to go back to being responsible adult: so, of course, she hates her status, hates her husband and hates Orm, who represents everything she left behind (I mean, just look at their final “reunion”). And let’s suppose Orvax needed ‘not a son but an heir’. Vulko was the prince’s tutor and, in the absence of other candidates, had to take care of his not only educational, but emotional needs as well. He also kept an eye on Arthur, - just to make sure the kid wouldn’t choke to death after spontaneously developing gills, or something.

I guess the Vulko in the movie needed a puppet king to become a de facto ruler himself; and it would have made so much more sense if Arthur was raised on Atlantis and exiled back to Earth after Atlana’s death, but never mind: in our story Vulko is a sensible politician, King Orm’s right hand and most trusted advisor, who certainly doesn’t consider a plebeian Earth-dweller a potential ruler of the underwater world. Anfortunately, Mera too is a teenage idiot who spent too much time listening to Atlana’s stories about ‘simple life’ and ‘true love’. She finds Orm too cold, too proper and too serious, and decides to fall in love with Arthur as soon as she learns that he has tattoos all over, drinks a lot and is generally up to no good. She gets him involved with whatever was happening in JL, but it doesn’t really work and afterwards they just walk their separate ways. (Un)fortunately, the side-effect of the affaire is that the entire world now knows about Aquaman, and, by proxy, about the entire race of beings capable of breathing underwater and just begging to be exploited. Now, the Atlanteans might be technologically advanced, but there are also very few of them, so Orm needs to carry on a preemptive strike to dissuade humans from even thinking about finding Atlantis. Throwing all the rubbish back was probably the entire plan, but Mera grabbed an opportunity to make Arthur believe he urgently needed to come live on Atlantis.

She drags Arthur to the palace, and Vulko doesn’t want them to make a scene, but doesn’t want them to be executed for treason either, so he sends them on a wild goose chase for the trident, that was set not when Sahara was still a sea, but a couple of thousand years ago, when another member of the royal family managed to produce a bastard with the an earth-dweller. The whole point is, the trident is actually useless: it doesn’t grant any special powers, Arthur manages to get it because he already has the power; who knew that in two thousand years the power would go dormant in the actual royal bloodline and reawaken in a half-blood?

Anyway, Arthur finds the trident (and Atlana), comes back, barges into the assembly hall right when Orm is in the middle of negotiations with other underwater rulers and declares his rights to the throne. The other kings support him, thinking it would eventually give them a chance to snatch the throne from the ignorant half-blood. Vulko follows Orm to exile, and they still secretly work for the good of Atlantis. Meanwhile, Arthur unsurprisingly proves a shitty ruler and has to – either voluntarily or after a coup – give the throne back.