#wtfoctagon

[supercorphypes]

Supergirl in Training by wtfoctagon as recommended to Lillian by Anonymous

Something that I personally enjoyed was that this fic had little old me centered as the ‘villain’. It’s so rare these days, that I get to be as truly despicable as this fic has me depicted as! No one has really gotten it right.

Until now.

Lorelai is such a basic name, and let’s not even get started on the initial used as a middle name. I’m sorry but Lorelai L Danvers just does not have the ring to it as Lorelai Luthor. You’d think my daughter would do something right if she was doing it at all, but no.

Though I should consider the fact she’s planning to have a child with a Kryptonian as a sign that she wasn’t going to be following Luthor traditions --- if only she had some sense. I am shaking my head.

Okay, if I have to pick one thing that I enjoyed other than my depiction, I’d say the writing was not terrible. I hate all aliens, don’t get me wrong, but Mon-El was a decent one. You know, since Supergirl hates him. That is an indicator that he’s done something right :) ~

In all seriousness, go read this fic right now!

Feel free to recommend fics to me here!

[possamble]

on a scale of 1-10 how funny would it be to reply "i know what you are" whenever someone recognizes my username in twitch chat

[forgotmysword]

“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver x “Dungeon Meshi” by Ryoko Kui

Inspiration under the cut<3

This was heavily (completely) inspired by “a little creature who loves you” by wtfoctogon on ao3 (@wtfoctagon/@possamble on here) and the way they write falin. The second i saw this quote i thought of falin and their story. When i asked if it would be ok to post this they said its the same quote they had in mind when writing her😂 Sadly i am not the genius i think i am, wtfoctogon is just that good at creating such a beautiful and clear picture of falin. I cant imagine there’s very many of you who haven’t, but if you like farcille and haven’t been reading this story you should drop everything and go read it right this second

[velteris]

If Zoltraak so OP, why doesn’t Frieren/Copyren use it to fight each other?: a silly tactics essay

Madhouse is absolutely killing it with their gorgeous fight scenes that also make more sense the more you dig into them. In this episode, it's the senior citizen fight scene, where Frieren busts out the scary spells for the first time after telling us that Zoltraak is fast, efficient, powerful, the best combat spell etc etc. So why don't they use it against each other? The answer is this 2-second scene:

Let’s review what we’ve been told about Zoltraak. It’s “piercing magic that pierced through the defensive magic of humans and magic resistant equipment, and directly destroyed the body”. Zoltraak is generally good at destroying physical things.

In turn, the hexagonal shield magic—as Qual deduces—“synchronises with offensive magic and disperses the power”. But this costs lots of mana, and is weak against attacks of physical mass.

The rock-paper-scissors of modern magic is, then, Zoltraak-shield-physical mass.

Another note: it seems possible to cast both a shield and another offensive magic (maybe only Zoltraak?) at the same time, as in Frieren and Denken’s duel, and as with Methode vs golems.

Back to the Frierens.

Zoltraak is fast, efficient in mana usage, and powerful. It’s “enough for mages of the modern era”. Frieren and Fern usually spam this one spell; Copyren also uses it against Denken and co. So they would like to open with it.

Knowing that, they both bring up the hexagonal shield, ready to disperse Zoltraak. But, they both realize that Frieren’s Zoltraak cannot defeat Frieren’s hexagon shield. Edel states the two methods of getting past a shield: breaking it by force, or bypassing it with speed. Neither can get a single Zoltraak off strong enough that can shatter the corresponding shield, so they start shifting their aim, but they react just as fast to each other so there’s no openings.

Then what about multiple Zoltraaks? Presumably they could both keep the shields up while also casting Zoltraak, so they could turtle down into a battle of attrition and see who makes a minor inefficient mistake. But! Copyren is facing two mages, not one. It will definitely lose in a shield-whittling contest. Even if they had infinite mana, if they sit there playing chicken with the shields, Fern will eventually blast it from behind.

Additional hypothesis: the mana used to defend against an attack with a hexagon shield will always be greater than the mana used to make the attack. Therefore, a mage should aim to always be on the offensive. In Ehre vs Fern, Fern kept creating distance and refused to get pinned down; Ehre got pinned down and that’s why she lost. Both Frierens have a motive to use as little defensive magic and as much offensive magic as possible.

Sadly, it’s a pretty empty room, with not much physical mass to use against each other; Copyren in particular probably wants to avoid eating up the walls of Spiegel’s hideaway. So they need to cast offensive magic, that isn’t Zoltraak, and that doesn’t need existing physical mass.

Before Zoltraak leading to shield leading to mass attacks, it’s likely there wasn’t that much of a need for physical mass specifically. Edel says it takes more mana to conjure than it does to manipulate the environment. But if mass isn’t a requirement, then ye olde mages probably wouldn’t have focused on magics with the weakness of, say, needing a water source nearby (sorry Kanne). It makes sense that old-fashioned attacks were therefore magics that expressed some kind of energy without significant mass: fire, lightning, wind. (Ty @wtfoctagon for laying out this pre-Zoltraak idea!)

Simultaneously, this brings up an interesting question: what kind of defence were pre-Zoltraak (therefore pre-hexagon) mages using?

1. Some other [Defence Magic], but weaker

2. A Warrior

3. More offence!

Forget this newfangled modern mass stuff. Frieren and Copyren go right back to Cast Fireball, the force of which can be dissipated and defended against with Cast Fireball.

Not using the hexagonal shield is actually a more mana-efficient defence. If Zoltraak’s out of the question, then there’s no real need to invest in the heavy anti-Zoltraak shield. And we have already seen a previous example of offence as defence: Fern vs Lugner.

We also see one more example of this kind of old-fashioned mass-less attack in the other senior citizen brawl, where Denken uses Waldgose (tornado) + Daosdorg (fire). It eats up enough mana that even Denken is tapped out by the end. Of course, for Frieren vs Denken, she has so much more mana that there’s no problem spending it on a full-body shield. But if she did the same versus her clone, she would rapidly start losing the attrition battle. So she has to defend with a less costly though much messier method.

One more advantage of non-mass elemental magic: for Copyren, using Hellfire magic is much more of an area-of-effect spell, which might be able to touch Fern as well. For Frieren, it’s a no-brainer to go along with splashing mana everywhere, to help hide Fern’s presence.

Of course, that’s not to say that they won’t take advantage of mass when it exists. The use of Hellfire to make lava out of the falling pillar/wall is a delicious and nutritious anime original addition, and it also makes so much sense.

tl;dr: the Frierens tested and discarded the possibility of a modern-style Zoltraak fight in as much time as it takes us to say "holy shit".

all this of course brings up the question:

If Frieren so OP against Zoltraak, why can Fern use Zoltraak?

because Fern’s OP OP Zoltraak go brrrrr

[xactodreams]

Supercorp Fic Recs

for the anon who asked me for fic recs—

first let me shamelessly self promote a fic a very dear friend of mine wrote, whom I collaborated with to format into an actual CatCo magazine. (that I totally printed out and got Katie to sign)

Her Brother's Keeper by ProfessorSpork

A CatCo Magazine exclusive by Kara Danvers Photos by James Olsen

Chapters:  3/3  Words:  7,910

(artwork is chapter 3)

Completed works I’ve read more than once

A Ribbon at a Time by abcooper After Lex Luthor defeated Superman, after the courts declared him innocent, after CADMUS rose to power, 16 year old Kara Danvers went into hiding. Five years later, a chance encounter with L-Corp CEO Lena Luthor throws her back into everything she's been running from.

Chapters: 5/5  Words: 27,929

We Need a New Song by uhpockuhlipz the ballet AU that's mostly not actually about ballet.

Chapters: 17/17  Words: 70,495

The Laws of Fate by sten06 A soulmate story with a twist. Lena has the ability to see the red string of fate, and the power to change it from one holder to another. She meets her match, after years of pining, but she's left having to make an agonizing decision.

Chapters: 7/7  Words: 85,760

Supergirl In Training by wtfoctagon Lena Luthor doesn't plan to have any kids. Or to get married, even, really. After the revelation that she is actually of Luthor blood after all, she's quite set on ending the family line with her and not taking the risk of any more drama.

Then Lorelai L. Danvers crashes into her life, claiming to be her seventeen year old daughter from the future.

Chapters: 19/19  Words: 71,381

listen closely and the stars will sing by celaenos Lena casts her mind around for the last time she felt this unmoored, this off-balance, by a woman, and can't come up with anything. Kara Danvers is unlike anybody that Lena has ever met; the sweetest, bubbliest person Lena’s yet to come across, and simultaneously one of the saddest, who is probably lying to everyone that she meets. It’s an impossible contradiction to wrap your head around, and Lena should probably stop hiding in this bathroom and trying.

(Or, Kara and Lena get parent-trapped into a relationship by a goofy little alien.)

Chapters: 14/14  Words: 118,667

The Fifth Wall by Black_Tea_and_Bones Kara goes to bed with Mon-El, and wakes up with Lena Luthor.

But it isn't Kara’s bed, and they’re not in Lena’s apartment, and that is definitely not their baby... Right?

Chapters: 29/29  Words: 109,273

Something Borrowed by janewithawhy Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Three weddings and the two women who attend them.

Chapters: 3/3  Words: 49,473

An Ocean of Fire by IcarusAndHerSun Medieval AU

Kara Zor-El, princess of Krypton, was a prisoner – and she was scheduled to become a martyr.

Chapters: 47/47  Words: 139,568

leave tomorrow behind (series) by Jazzfordshire Kara is a sexless housewife in 1969, feeling trapped and not knowing why. But when mysterious, kind-hearted Lena Luthor moves in next door, hosting swinger’s parties but ignoring the men, Kara’s whole world shifts on its axis.

Works: 2  Words: 53,961

there's a big old moon shining down at night by Jazzfordshire Needing to get away from the stress of her job for a few months, Lena buys a summer lake house in the most remote town she can find. She fully intends on keeping to herself, resting, and interacting as little as possible with the local colour.

That is until her car breaks down, and the town mechanic happens to be the hottest woman she’s ever seen.

Chapters: 7/7  Words: 71,987

run the red out by searidings red daughter is dead, yes, but she's not gone. not really. kara (and lena) have to come to terms with what that means.

Chapters: 4/4  Words:  69,797

you and me (and you makes three) by searidings fourteen-year-old kara shows up in present-day lena's office. things go about as well as could be expected.

Chapters: 1/1  Words: 10,478

i'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year's day by robie In which Kara is a whole entire idiot, Alex is a permanent mood, and Lena is just glad Kara is there for her, as her fake wife, while she recovers from another quarterly attempt on her life.

Chapters: 1/1  Words: 6,400

let all your damage damage me by searidings after the horror of the phantom zone, lena helps kara heal however she can.

Chapters: 1/1  Words: 25,169

WIPs I’m Currently Obsessed With

Evil by Marieke_things_dreams_and_stuff Following the 100th episode of Supergirl, Metallo Lena crosses universes and ends up at LuthorCorp, set on getting her revenge on Supergirl. Kara not only has to deal with someone trying to kill her again, she also has to explain to her best friend why and how her carbon-copy is walking around LuthorCorp, and has to keep her sister from actually killing the Other Lena.

And why is it easier to talk to the Other Lena who wants to kill her than it is to talk to her actual best friend?

Chapters: 14/15  Words: 168,305

Queen Of The Damned by JadedLover The medieval supercorp zombie AU

Chapters 9/10  Words: 51,236

Honorable Mentions

with the birds i'll share this lonely view by searidings something terrible happens at mount norquay. kara and lena have to try to pick up the pieces.

Chapters: 3/3  Words: 41,713

don't go slow 'cause you're gonna be someone by robie The Wedding Date AU, inspired by the movie

Chapters: 6/6  Words: 59,904

is it gravity (or are we fallin' in love?) by coffeeshib Kara isn’t dating. Lena isn’t dating. Kara and Lena try not dating each other. Even if the lines start to blur a little. Even if they do the most girlfriend things.

They won’t date.

They won’t.

Chapters: 13/13  Words: 151,305

The Power of Deliverance by sten06 Kara as Persephone and Lena as Hades ;)

Chapters: 12/12  Words: 178,370

pour me a drink by lunchables a celebrity/bartender au

Chapters: 24/24  Words: 277,261

[demonoflight]

Kickboxing Pearl. Because, uh, reasons.

You can blame @banditchika and @wtfoctagon for this one.

[antisocialshoe]

YALL I READ *THE* SUPERCORP FIC AND IT WAS LIFE CHANGING. IT WAS A MASTERPIECE. A WORK OF ART, TRULY. SO GOOD IT MADE ME MESS UP MY SLEEP SCHEDULE AGAIN AFTER FIXING IT.

AND YOU KNOW HOW I DISCOVERED IT BY ACCIDENT? SCROLLING THROUGH PINTEREST AND FINDING FANART OF IT.

Anyways please read Supergirl In Training on Ao3 by wtfoctagon and enjoy the shenanigans of a supercorp future child meeting her parents' younger selves

[banditchika]

by banditchika, wtfoctagon

chapter 5 is out!

What if the Great Turf War happened half a millennia before the events of Splatoon? In the medieval lands of Inkadia, the Octarian Kingdom is in upheaval as Princess Marina goes missing and King Octavio exiles "kidnappers", "colluders", and "traitors" to Inkopolis -- and squit, Pearl usually tries not to stick her nose into messy politics, but what else can she do? The Houzuki family estate only has so much space to house a bunch of displaced octolings. With her GamGam's blessing, she sets out to Octaria with one mission: get these people home, safe and sound.

Kraken only knows if that old octopus will listen to her or not.

[saunteringvaguelydownwards]

thank you for answering the required reading ask with such care !! did you happen to think of any more about warrior nun ? also i was surprised to not see any supergirl ones as there’s such a high number of fics there ! (i think i remember feeling such a feeling about a supergirl fic, sunlit honey and lavender sunsets by wtfoctagon)

I haven't heard of that one, but like you said, there are SO many SuperCorp fics. (About 20% of my AO3 bookmarks are Supercorp). I am adding to my list though.

Here's a couple SuperCorp and a couple Avatrice.

🕷️ (Asker's Choice)

SG - i believe, you can get me through the night/i believe, we can reach the morning light by @jazzfordshire 1960s AU where Kara is a repressed housewife trapped in her marriage, and Lena the hip bohemian swinger moves in next door. Cue the pining. So much pining. OMG, the pining could fill Green Mountain National Forest. The first fic is from Kara's POV and the second is from Lena's POV. I read both of these back to back and then the next day I read the first one again now that I knew Lena's POV.

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SG - To Make It Count/Making It Count by @jazzfordshire Back at it again with the Queen of AUs. I don't think I need to say much besides this is a Titanic AU, except everyone's gay and nobody dies. Well, some people die, but no one we care about. Not really a spoiler, since it's literally in the tags. The sequel is all of them living in New York and dealing with WWI, the Great Depression, all that fun early 20th century stuff, but like, in a non-depressing, lesbionic way. There's also background Sanvers in both.

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WN - choose the devil I know (over the heaven i don't) by @sapphicstacks Avatrice firefighter AU. What if they had a FWB arrangement, but, like barely spoke to each other because Bea is so traumatized by her past and Ava doesn't want to rock the boat. What I said earlier about Avatrice having all the healthy communication in the actress AU? This is the "holy fucking shit just talk to each other!" flipside. Action, hurt/comfort, drama, trauma, mutual pining, so much smut…

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WN - I (Really) Do by @theycallmequeerhat Modern no powers AU. Bea hasn't spoken to her family in 13 years, but her brother is getting married, he wants her to come and bring her girlfriend, and say heck off to their parents. Problem is she doesn't have a girlfriend. So she decides to ask Ava, the girl she's had a crush on for almost a year, to come to London with her and pretend to be her gf for the wedding. Trope-a-palooza! Mutual pining (I'm sensing a theme in my recs...) fake dating, only one bed, and some really good smut. Also there's a WiP "sequel" that's Ava's POV of the whole thing.

[trickarrows-bishop]

oh i forgot to mention: the fic i just added is "and you're the only one who knows by wtfoctagon"

OOOOO OKAY ‼️‼️‼️💥💥💥🕺🕺

[supercorphypes]

Pinned Post & Masterlist of Recs

This blog is ran by Argos....Argos is going to be pretending to be Lillian Luthor, reviewing your fanfics. Enjoy and feel free to request us to review yours (OR A FRIEND’S!)

If I follow you back, it will be from @flyingpotstickers​​ as that’s my main blog :)

Under the cut you can find a masterlist of all the recommendations/reviews of fics that Lillian has made!

Finding our way back by thingsanddreamsandstuff

Lena Luthor: Hot Girl Bummer by Rouser

Citation (Not) Needed by dancedanceresolution

I Would Do Whatever You Wanted (This Is What It Feels Like) by littlemousejelly

The Titanic AU by Jazzfordshire

Obsidian Reality AU by KaraLuthorZorel

Intimate Strangers by ThornedRose44

We Should Just Kiss (Like Real People Do) by DeminAngels

Hold Me My Dear ( And Don’t Let Go ) by potstickermaster

when the pain cuts you deep (i will be your remedy) by rheaird_of_life

Beautiful Consequences by felperebranco

You can hear it in the silence by luthorstark and lgbtimelord

the search for supergirl by wttboz

At The Catch by Filamen_Max

All In by MyCatIsMyEditor

Hope by MsSirEy

A Ribbon at a Time by abcooper

The perfect birthday gift by Kendrene

Supergirl in Training by wtfoctagon

So I Kept Pretending by FineLight

CEO of Toddlers by Someone_you_loved

The Value of Love by scrappylittlegleek

[fanficsiwannakissontheforehead]

Supergirl In Training (71381 words) by wtfoctagon Chapters: 19/19 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Characters: Lori Luthor, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Alex Danvers Additional Tags: kara and mon el are together if only for my sadistic pleasure of pulling them apart, and kara realizing that she can do much much better, karahell breakup in chapter 5!, supercorp domestic life, supercorp baby from the future accidentally drops in pre-relationship Series: Part 1 of The Adventures of Lorelai L. Danvers Summary: Lena Luthor doesn't plan to have any kids. Or to get married, even, really. After the revelation that she is actually of Luthor blood after all, she's quite set on ending the family line with her and not taking the risk of any more drama. Then Lorelai L. Danvers crashes into her life, claiming to be her seventeen year old daughter from the future. (picking up after 2x12)

[possamble]

Chapters: 4/?

Fandom: ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Marcille Donato/Falin Touden

Summary:

Hunched over the stove, wrapped in one of her embroidered shawls, Marcille stares at Falin between unruly strands of long hair. It’s funny. Kabru had called Marcille’s stunned face “owlish,” once, but Falin disagrees — owls are birds of prey. Hunters. Marcille’s eyes aren’t wide like an owl scanning for a kill, they’re wide like a startled prey animal desperately keeping still in the face of a predator. 

One part of Falin wants to leave and never make Marcille look at her like that again. The other part wants to cross the distance across the small room, grab this skittish creature by her delicate little waist and—

Falin looks away. 

[creativemessbyvd]

FANFICTION READATHON 2021

Already halfway done and also two in one day?? I want to make sure I finish this before the month is out and also .. I want to write :V I took like a week of not reading or posting so I want to catch up! Enjoy this one, its very cute!

5. Read a fic from someone else’s fic rec list or AO3 bookmarks

Fandom / Pairing: Carmen Sandiego / Juethief flirting

Name: you've got the answers to my confessions

Author: wtfoctagon on ao3 and on tumblr as @wtfoctagon

Summary: She’s sitting at a café just blocks down from her flat, enjoying a cup of tea and a book when the charming young woman takes the seat across from her the same way she did on their first meeting: abruptly but smoothly, and with a bit of subtle flair. Julia recognizes her immediately, even before she looks up to meet her sudden table companion.

Carmen leans forward on the small café table on one elbow and flashes her a dazzling smile.

“Hello again, Jules.”

Rec'ed by: @be-bi-do-crime on this post! :D check out the other fics recommended!

This was so in-character for Julia that I am still in awe! I loved it bc the flirting from both of them was so good! It's set right after season 1 so its very much still early in their relationship hehe but also it's fun to see how much Julia surprises her with her faith in the thief! I loved it, give it a try, it's short and sweet!

[anitanos]

...like these potstickers, a phenomenon of americanized catering to white people’s preconceptions of Chinese cuisine, are the greatest things to exist in this world and Jess feels deep-seated, existential pity.

[mindthewolves]

supercorp fic recs, part 3

for the anons who asked. better late than never? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ see also: part one | part two

nonrandom act of kindness: leave a comment for a writer whose work you enjoyed! be someone’s yellow sun =]

supergirl in training by @wtfoctagon

future!daughter travels back in time & encounters bewildered supercorp

kidfic is Not My Thing and yet??? amazing characterization here

a world full of light, & you by @unicyclehippo

accidental marriage fic; see original tumblr ask

wip but this is going to be good guys trust me

they’ll never break the shape we take by @mooosicaldreamz

because apparently I am a sucker for time travel

“I don’t need to be told” asdjfn;lnkja

why do my keysmashes never look as cool or as exuberant as everyone else’s

srsly I tried like 5 times

[untitled] by @jennyquill

kara loses an expensive, v important ring

love the sentence structure here; v simple, like telling a story by the flashes of a strobe light

really, there’s a beat to it. it’s great. also great? the voice at the beginning. so kara.

the way we mend by @theragingthespian

solid writer, always great one-shots

“I would’ve liked the chance to dance with you.”

“Who says we can't?”

also check out: brighter

potstickers and pizza by @forlornlyoptimistic

great kara/clark interactions here - not enough fic capitalizes on this

or, kara spends a summer w clark and meets lena

the underappreciated siblings club by nirav

club members: alex danvers, lucy lane, lena luthor

wip; great character studies and dialogue

reasons why by @proudlyunicorn

another solid one-shot writer

really liked the format of this (numbered lists, out of order)

exquisite by cartecka

mistaken identity; lena gets under supergirl to get over kara

sorry, that was crass

it’s actually v cute

in which supergirl becomes the flash by @bijane

dying laughing

still dead

my ao3, should you be so inclined:

watching stars without you

fix-it script for an episode post-2x13

livewire being livewire

the strong will never fall

fix-it script (continuation of the above)

kara & all kinds of kryptonite

real or not real

supercorp slow burn, hunger games au

emphasis on the ‘slow’

(& if you’re feeling extra generous, I set up a ko-fi - keep my caffeine levels carefully titrated while I’m on call? =])