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so, like a million years ago (aka over a year, time is a lie, shh, I refuse to double check exact dates) @awaylaughing prompted me for words! LOOK! WORDS!
Camellia (my destiny is in your hands) + Mass Effect (dealer's choice on all else) [OG prompt list]
This is, uh, perhaps more legacy than destiny, but it makes sense in my head. Hopefully it translates? Opening of ME2, F!Shepard, Joker, & Kaidan (with a little bit of Shenko for the tragedy of it all).
All Shepard could hear was her own breath, ragged and stuttering and too sharp in her throat.
For the first time in her life, she hated space, hated the bright lights that blinded her, the fact that the stars were too far away to matter, that her ship was exploding, her people were dying, the enemy was fleeing, its job done, the rest of them too small to matter, and she couldn't hear any of it.
Her heart beat so hard her ears throbbed in time, her breath too fast to match, too small, too shallow, yet she could still hear it beneath the whine of overlapping alarms. Her eyes burned with the flash of almost every alert possible simultaneously lighting up the edges of her vision, her HUD desperate to show her what she needed to know, desperate for her to fix it, help it, help them, fix them, fix everything, but still too dim to show clearly against the flares of lasers and oxygen burning burning burning.
Joker was swearing, the edge of pain clear in his voice, a hiss and a spark just audible beneath the rasp of his voice, and she was reasonably sure he'd just broken through a wall panel to access the system directly. As if he could refuse everything that had just happened, as if he could pilot an escape pod to come get her, as if his will was strong enough to turn around something without an engine or steering.
She almost laughed, felt it catch in her chest. If anyone could, it would be Joker.
“Shepard?” It was Alenko, his voice off-rhythm, unsteady, somehow both too fast and too slow, too low and too loud and yet so hard to hear over the silence around her. “Shepard, can you report? Status,” his voice caught, a swallow she could feel, could hear, “Shepard, please, damn it, Shepard.”
Her comms were still on.
Everyone could hear her breathing, Alenko had heard that almost laugh. Impossible though it seemed, that slight tremor of a breath wasn’t too faint for him, not with the way he always listened, always paid attention.
Especially to her, just as she’d always done the same for him.
She could hear Alenko’s breathing now, steady, let it steady her own, let herself pretend for just one inhale, one exhale, that there was something someone could do.
Something that Alenko could do, her Lieutenant, her XO, the best marine she’d ever worked with, that beautiful studied calm of his backing her up. He’d crossed every t, dotted every i, noticed every misstep around him, just so he could help someone take the next one and keep going…
He’d kept her going.
He’d keep them going.
He was the only one who could.
“Suit malfunction.”
Her voice sounded… normal.
Fucking N training.
She hated Anderson for a moment, almost as much as she hated space. Got her killed, the two of them, and trained her so well along the way that she couldn’t even panic about it, not when it would hurt someone else.
Kaidan.
She had to clench her jaw, close her eyes.
I’m sorry.
She opened her eyes.
“That final attack spread us all in different directions.” Her trajectory was almost exactly the opposite of Joker’s pod. Even if he could manage to steer the damn thing out of sheer fucking spite, he’d never be able to catch up.
Fucking physics. Newton was a bitch, and she’d tell him so herself when she met him.
Soon, now.
“Weaver,” Alenko’s voice was hollow in a way she’d never wanted to hear, especially not between the two of them, not when he was saying her name.
She just barely managed to mute her mic before she made a noise she couldn’t repress, rage and sorrow and cold, something that hurt her ears even more than the still whining alerts, something she couldn’t let him hear, not now, not like this, not as the last thing he’d ever–
She bit her tongue so hard she could taste copper and turned off the alerts so her mic wouldn’t pick them up, ignored the way the O2 sensor flashed as if it wanted to refuse her command.
“Get them home, Lieutenant.”
“Aye, ma’am.” His voice was solid this time, solemn, and she hated to think what it had cost him to put everything else away. “Understood.”
“Thank you, Kaidan,” she whispered. She thought she heard his breath again, just for an instant, something warm and alive and oh so far away, but then she cut her comm lines completely. She couldn’t bear to hear him say good-bye, would not allow him to hear what was going to happen next, what was already happening, the cold and the weight and the effort it took to inhale, the tremble in her arms, the battle she was about to lose to keep herself still, to stop herself from desperately scrabbling at the edges of her suit to try and find some way to fix everything that was broken.
Alenko would save as many of her people as could be saved, she had no doubts.
She just wasn’t one of them.
Good-bye, Kaidan.
#awaylaughing#mass effect#weaver shepard#kaidan alenko#jeff 'joker' moreau#f!shenko#MCD#but just the canonical temporary one!#jilly answers#me ot#jilly writes#<- !!!#no beta we die like shepard
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okay y'all seemed to like the last one so here's a few more Horizon 3 thoughts:
Aloy won’t die. It would completely upend the series’ themes and just be really nihilistic.
Since Nemesis is a gestalt entity I think it’s a safe bet that we’ll see Sam Witwer, Carrie-Anne Moss, etc again. I’m curious how they’re going to do it because at least structurally, it’s basically a reaper. Maybe it’ll use different Avatars when communicating like the Leviathan in ME3.
It's gonna take some work to make a flashback/dream/vision not contrived but I would love to see Varl and Rost again. I think we deserve that.
Minerva is gonna have its work cut out for it blocking access to both the dormant Faro Swarm and the ZD terraforming system.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Nemesis has some sort of corruption function that becomes the equivalent of the corruption in HZD. It would be a really fun tech showcase if GG uses Zenith nanotech for machine corruption and leans into mechanical body horror.
If we’re going to Ban-Ur I really really hope they do the work to make the Banuk less problematic and more fleshed out as a culture. A quasi-Spartan society absolutely would not survive in an extreme environment, *especially* without megafauna to hunt. The Banuk characters are lovely and well-written; they deserve a society as well thought out as the Utaru or Carja. I’m honestly fine if there’s retcons or revamps to the cultural lore because the whole “outsider barges in and becomes chief” is rooted in racist, colonial tropes and we just don’t really need that imo.
The most recent footage of Death Stranding 2 (also running on Decima) has me SO excited for the visuals. GG’s gonna knock it out. The facial rendering and animation that Kojima Productions are doing looks industry-peak and I’m sure GG’s gonna match that. Aloy’s Gay Panic™️ scene on the beach in HBS is already top-tier nonverbal storytelling through animation. Digital Foundry actually just posted a really cool tech breakdown of the current Decima engine. I’m especially excited about the environmental stuff. The ocean simulations in HFW are already incredible and I hope they increase verticality in the world. I can’t wait to see the Sacred Lands in current gen graphics.
I really love Kotallo’s DIY arm and it’s so so important to his development but Beta and Gaia now have access to Zenith nanotech, maybe give your buddy a sick upgrade hmm?
Speaking of, I can’t wait to see Beta come into her own. She’s one of the best parts of HFW and Aloy’s character absolutely shines in a sibling dynamic.
I wouldn’t get your hopes up for a romance mechanic. Everyone’s feelings on that aside, it would be really odd from a game development perspective to just overhaul part of how the narrative develops Aloy’s character in the last act of the story. Yeah, there are flashpoints but I would argue that the presence of choice in Horizon is smoke and mirrors- cosmetic at best. Kentucky Route Zero (which you should play) does something similar where the player is given a certain amount of control over the substance of individual conversations and scenarios and it does absolutely nothing to alter the plot, by design. I think it’s the same here - this isn’t really a choice-based RPG, the flashpoints don’t really affect anything plot-wise or for Aloy’s character development. Olin is still out of the story, Nil lives, Regalla still dies one way or another. Aloy’s character development is pretty firmly on rails (think Jin Sakai, not Shepard - you get to guide some momentary character reactions but that’s it). I don’t think HBS is a testing ground either - If they were gonna introduce a romance mechanic I think they’d just do it, and not spend two years making a direct continuation of HFW’s main quest and establishing a specific romance hard-baked into the plot, complete with multiple leitmotifs for the character relationship (which is something they haven’t done before afaik) just to introduce a side quest mechanic coming in 5 years. I genuinely can’t think of any game or dev that has beta tested a major alteration to upcoming game mechanics that way - it doesn’t really make any sense in terms of developer resources, and these games are extremely time-consuming to make. I know this is a thing a bunch of people want and I can totally empathize with that! I just think it’s probably not on the table.
I would bet money the series will bookend itself and the epilogue will involve a) the naming of Zo and Varl’s kid and b) Lis’ pendant.
Mostly I'm just looking forward to being surprised. One of my favorite things that Horizon does is use carefully established elements in the world to pull the plot in unexpected directions and keeping the world grounded while they lean into speculative science fiction. I can't wait to see what Guerrilla is cooking up
#horizon 3#horizon zero dawn#horizon forbidden west#horizon#hfw#aloy#guerrilla games#hzd#horizon burning shores#horizon theories#well not so much theories as observation and vague speculation#and some zesty takes#I love this world though#erend#sylens#varl#kotallo#beta#alva
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I had a thought just now while reading some of your ask game responses: so, I get super excited anytime you so much as mention Mezzo, because I miss my baby boy. very much. I'm frothing at the mouth. *coughs* uh my point was, brain went that, → I'm dying → no beta we die like __ tag on AO3 → no beta we die like Commander Shepard. and I felt like I had to share that phrase with you 😂
XD
Just for you, because you are so amazing, here's a scribbly draft of something for Mezzo.
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“I have a present for you,” Wrex says gruffly.
Garrus’ mandibles flick in mild concern. Even Shepard’s head tilts a warily as Wrex barks something over his shoulder. A few krogan shuffle to clear a path, and moments later a shaman in long, flowing robes makes her way through.
Shepard freezes, staring in open shock.
“Shepard,” she rumbles.
Before Garrus can ask what’s going on, Shepard takes off at a sprint and barrels into her. A startled grumble runs through the gathered krogan as she lowers her great head to reciprocate Shepard’s headbutt, then catches him with one scaly arm and knocks him off his feet. They wrestle, limbs flying, before the krogan pins him to the ground and growls. Garrus starts to reach for his sidearm, but Wrex swats his hand with irritation.
“Idiot,” Wrex mutters.
Garrus is about to protest until he hears the sound coming out of Shepard’s throat.
Laughter. Open, unrestrained, delighted laughter.
“My human whelp,” the shaman says proudly, before offering Shepard a hand to help him back to his feet.
Wrex thunks Garrus on the carapace as he heads towards them, reptilian gaze more than a little smug. “I found her for you, Shepard.”
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Couldn't Utter My Love
Title: Couldn't Utter My Love
Fandom: Mass Effect
Relationship: Male Shepard/Male Shepard
Characters: Jackson Shepard, Alex (Shepard) Atruzea, Aria T'Loak, general ME2 ensemble, assorted OCs
Tags: Alternate Universe- Mercenary, Canon Compliant, Canon Typical Violence, Sexual Content, Mildly Dubious Consent, Explicit Consent, Trans Male Shepard, No Beta We Die Like Jenkins
Summary: Jackson Shepard, Commander of the Normandy spends a lot of time with Alex Atruzea, right hand of Aria T'Loak on Omega.
Notes: Hey, I only realized 4 chapters in that I never posted this on the ol Tumblr haha. Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy! The story is most complete and posts every Sunday!
Read it Here!
#mass effect#Male Shepard/Male Shepard#Jackson Shepard#Alex (Shepard) Atruzea#merc!au#canon compliant#trans male shepard#cr noble writes
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some quick notes on miranda
(long ass post warning and i didn‘t edit this because my executive function disorder brain won‘t allow it so no beta we die like men)
contrary to what some people might believe, miranda doesn‘t think she is superior to other people because she‘s genetically modified. look what she says here:
‚You should know I‘ve had extensive genetic modification. Not my choice, but I make the best of it.‘
miranda doesn‘t seem to feel guilty for it, because it wasn‘t her choice. but she also doesn‘t feel like she‘s superior for having perfect genetics (which i feel a lot of people accuse her of), because she knows she only has those because her father paid for it. it isn‘t something she can take credit for. i think she knows she‘s got ‚unfair‘ advantages but she doesn‘t dwell on it - she makes the best of it. she‘s not ashamed to point it out, because it‘s just a fact - if other people interpret her stating the facts as her being cocky and feeling superior to others, that‘s their fault for falsely interpreting what she says. i also think she likes to point out how she‘s good at everything because before joining cerberus her whole life she believed she was a failure - her father constantly criticized her and picked her apart her entire childhood, how could she not believe she was a failure at everything she did?
that time when miranda instantly mentions what she is capable of (‚worried about my qualifications? i can crush a mech with my biotics or shoot its head off at a hundred yards. take your pick.“) isn‘t her bragging. it is miranda preemptively assuming that shepard is potentially doubting her qualifications. because her entire childhood miranda was constantly fighting a battle - constantly having to prove herself to her father. so before shepard even gets the chance to express any doubts, miranda makes sure to tell him what she is capable of because she doesn‘t want to be in that unpleasant position again of having someone doubt her. because she knows she is not the failure her father claimed she was.
she‘s still so traumatized from constantly being criticized, that she just instantly assumes shepard is worried about her qualifications. even though there should be no reason why shepard should be worried about her qualifications right from the start without a proper reason. it‘s the mindset abuse victims have.
miranda isn‘t bragging when she mentions her capabilities. she‘s just avoiding being vulnerable, or she is responding to questions - such as that time when she mentions what benefits she had from her modifications because shepard asked. she wouldn‘t have listed it off if shepard didn‘t ask - which is exactly what conceited people do who like to brag.
miranda, in my opinion, even downplays her modifications. when shepard asks what level of modification she‘s talking about she says
‚It‘s very thorough. Physically, I‘m superior in many ways. I heal fast and I‘ll likely live one time and half again as long as the average human. My biotics are also very advanced - for a human. Add to that some of the best training and education that money could buy and well, it‘s pretty impressive really.“
she‘s got far more modifications than just her lifespan, faster healing and biotics. if miranda really were that conceited she could have listed them all but she didn‘t. she gave shepard a quick run down of the most relevant ones (biotics and healing for instance are relevant to mention because it matters in a combat setting). she‘s not even mentioning her genetically modified intelligence here. she doesn‘t mention that until later. note how she also adds her biotics are only strong by human standards. would a person that is so conceited really mention that? if she were so conceited and self obsessed she‘d use every opportunity to get to brag. and she‘d definitely be mentioning something like superior intelligence much earlier if that were the case.
the rumor that miranda thinks she‘s something better because of her perfect genetics is definitely just a myth, and whoever claims she‘s bragging all the time is wrong
#mass effect#miranda lawson#chatacter analysis#notes on miranda#miranda analysis#no beta we die like men#miranda character study
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I have finally finished this very short character exploration for Jacob! It's not much, but I think I like it.
Thanks to @neonbutchery for the beta reading!!
You can read it on Ao3, or under the cut!
LETTER TO MY SON
(Character Study | Second Person Referral | Jacob PoV | Semi-Compliant Canon | Past Shepard/Jacob Taylor | Jacob Has Cheated | Newborn Children | Generational Trauma | A Very Light Touch of Past Suicidal Thoughts | Parenthood | The Baby Is Born Before the Battle of London)
You know what’s weird? I didn’t feel much when I saw you for the first time.
I don’t know why I expected to cry. Never been the effusive kind –never been one to invest tears in a cause, no matter how precious. Not how I operate. You’ll learn this about me, in time.
But what the hell, I thought I’d cry because you deserve to see me cry. You deserve to look upon my face, for the very first time, and understand how much you matter. Not just to me –I refuse to play that game with you, that game where your value stays relative to how important I decide you’ll be at any given point. You’re important, because to love you is to deny the world its cynicism, its cry for collapse. Because you’ll be so much, or so little; you’ll just be. You don’t need a reason to be important.
I guess it’s something a death machine could never understand.
Your mom loves you too. She didn’t cry either: she laughed, once she was done screaming. She laughed because she saw my face, and I think she saw the dread that cut my breath off and left my hands shaking. I didn’t realize at the time just how terrified I was. But I don’t know, I might love your mom because she stubbornly refuses to be afraid of me, that I couldn’t stand to hold something as fragile as you, so dependent on my own strength –that I’ll be too scared of my understanding of attachment, presence, authority, and would rather run than ruin you. But she laughed, because she isn’t afraid of the ghosts in my veins, like I am.
She chose to believe I’ll stay. And I chose to believe her.
She’s a smart woman, your mom. Doctor Cole –doesn’t it have a great ring to it? I like pragmatic girls. Brynn told me she carried you in her the second she knew. She held my hand, held my eyes: what do we do? she asked. I think we both knew it wasn’t wise, to raise a child in the apocalypse; potentially to force that child to watch the world ending only so we could have our last burst of joy, and use you as relief from the nightmare no matter what that would do to you. Besides the philosophical concerns, which were more her thing than mine (at least in the beginning), there was the material cost. Could we feed you? Could we keep you warm? Could we promise you that we’d survive the war, stay by your side no matter what, cradle you to sleep when you’d be afraid –because you will be afraid?
No. We could not promise you this. We won’t promise you that we won’t die, that you won’t resent our choice in time. I can’t control this. Maybe this is why my first instinct was fear: I can’t promise you that I won’t leave you behind to deal with chaos beyond what any of us could possibly understand.
But what I can promise is: I will fight for your right to live.
It’s difficult, to figure out when fighting is fleeing, when fighting is devotion, and when fighting is love. Maybe it’s just more difficult for me. The woman I left for your mom, she always seems to know when to fight, what for; grounded and solid in a way that, I think, I could never completely trust. Not that she’s a bad person, far from it. She did hate me for abandoning her though, especially with the entire universe resting on her reconstructed shoulders, restitched from dead pieces we had to pretend were always meant to stay alive.
But here’s the thing: we both were in the death cult. We met in the death cult, kissed in the death cult before flinging ourselves inside of a black hole –and survived it on borrowed time. Both her and me? We’ve been in the death cult all of our lives.
Now, I like a pragmatic girl, right? Shepard fights like she breathes, because that’s why she breathes. They gifted her life back, only so she could burn it again, and again, and again. I watched her body forced back to motion, I watched the scar tissue from the exposure to the vacuum of space –they made her come back regardless. And she agreed to fight, because she can’t do anything but thoroughly offer herself up to others. She will never stop killing herself. She will never leave the cult.
I think Shepard fights for devotion, fights to flee, and fights for love. But the death cult rules her: Cerberus, the Alliance, call it whatever you want. It ruled my own father as well –though my father never fought for love, and I learned that in time, bitterly. And well, it ruled me. Disappearing seemed inevitable. Absence is only complicated for those left behind. My father made sure that I understood this; and when he reappeared? He had taught me about the mantras of the death cult, through presence and absence. And when I met him again, all I could think about was: all of the garbage I went through, willingly... for this?
Maybe this was the first thing that shocked me off my numbness.
Maybe this is why I survived a planned suicide as I willingly followed Shepard into hell.
And Shepard will keep on fighting the selfless fight, the fight of the desperate. And if we survive the end of the world, it will be because of the blood she spills: her own, and everyone elses.
Maybe that’s why I hated Brynn’s idea to give you her name. Not only does Shepard hate me for abandoning both her and the love she thinks she could have given me –but I don’t want you to die for anyone but yourself.
Brynn was in the death cult, too. But she was a skeptic. Scientists tend to live less miserable lives than soldiers: we are told to die for the survival of others, while they are told to live for the sake of nurturing wonder. It didn’t take her much to disentangle me from the little threads still holding me down –barely escaping the clutch of a suicide mission will have you resort your priorities.
I think that, through you, Brynn wants to teach me how to nurture wonder.
You were not born out of selflessness. Sentient creatures are not selfless; this is why we’re sentient. But I have killed for so long. I have compromised myself for ideas that were not worth the pain. But now, here you are.
I won’t fight to hide. I won’t fight at all, if you don’t want me to.
I don’t know if this is how we win against the apocalypse. I don’t know if that yearning for hope is good enough of an excuse. I don’t know if I get to leave the death cult without being haunted by what it might cost you, one day.
All I know is: I’ll be selfishly alive, for as long as I can handle it.
And I will not leave you.
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Ask the ghosts if honor matters
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/ia8QOEN
by Rifle
He never seems to understand that the weight he keeps trying to carry is going to crush them both, because that's what happens to people who try to be heroes.
Jyn knows better than most.
Words: 1308, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Mass Effect Fusion, Unhappy Ending, Resurrection, No Beta - we die like Shepard
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/ia8QOEN
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Screw it, no beta, we die like we’re left behind on Virmire.
Here is my Twin Shepard fic! An AU im obsessed with slightly, and absolutely love. Jane is an Infiltrator, Kate a Vanguard. Jane will get together with Liara, and Kate will get together with Thane and Samantha!
Content warning for graphic violence: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44100060/chapters/110887173
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Stand in the Ashes (Ask the Ghosts)
stand in the ashes (ask the ghosts)
by daylightbreaks
“Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.” - Javik, Mass Effect 3
When Midoriya Izuku's mother dies in a villain attack, he feels as though there's nothing in his life left worth living for. After his mother's funeral, a wormhole opens up in front of him. Izuku walks in, uncaring of where it takes him or what it might do to him. He just wants to get away from a life that has nothing left for him.
Conversely, during a mission one Commander Jane Shepard ends up in a lab where a scientist has been studying alternate realities, branching timelines. Shepard soon realizes the scientist was successful with one of their prototypes, and she's shocked when a depressed, injured and underweight teenager walks right out of the unstable wormhole. What is she supposed to do with a kid?
This is the story of how Midoriya Izuku became the hero the Milky Way galaxy never knew it needed - and the son Commander Shepard never knew she'd have.
Words: 3859, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: Gen
Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect), Midoriya Izuku, Urdnot Wrex, Normandy Crew (Mass Effect), Other(s)
Relationships: Female Shepard & Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku & Urdnot Wrex, Normandy Crew & Female Shepard, Normandy Crew & Midoriya Izuku
Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Quirkless Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug, Midoriya Izuku is a Dork, Midoriya Izuku is a Good Person, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, he gets there eventually anyway, Paragon Shepard (Mass Effect), Default Shepard (Mass Effect), Space Mom Commander Shepard, why is that not a tag, Space Dad Urdnot Wrex, Why is that not a tag either, Shepard & Urdnot Wrex Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Reader-Interactive, Interactive Fiction, no beta we die like men, Tags May Change, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40430421
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Izuku#♠#Izuku Midoriya#Shepard#R:M#A:Daylightbreaks#Quirkless AU#Crossover#Sex Swap
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Lay Me Down, Shut Me Up
by Anonymous
Shepard brings something new to the bedroom. Kaidan is happy to oblige.
For Shenko Summer 23
Words: 2044, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Male Shepard (Mass Effect)
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
Additional Tags: Sensory Deprivation, Blindfolds, ear plugs, Cunnilingus, Trans Male Character, no beta we die like jenkins
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47826142
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Lost at sea, or maybe I'm your island (a lost and batman crossover you never knew you wanted)
by darknesssfriend0
Trapped on an island, plane crashed, stuck with the survivors of oceanic flight 815.
Bruce Wayne is stuck, and this time he can't be batman. because he left his cape and cowl at home, now he has to protect the night as Bruce Wayne.
but Smoke monsters, polar bears in the tropics, a doomsday computer, mysterious enemies, a forgotten organisation, ghosts, and explosions.
are too inciting to just be a coincidence, how will this mystery unravel? will they ever get off the island?
find out inside!
(or AKA Bruce Wayne is from Gotham and basically fearless, while the entire lost cast is screaming and shooting people.)
Words: 3300, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Lost (TV 2004)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: Gen
Characters: Charlie Pace, Claire Littleton, Bruce Wayne, Jack Shephard, Sayid Jarrah, Batfamily Members, Hugo Reyes, Rogues Gallery (Batman) metioned, the other survivors (Lost (TV 2004)), The Others (Lost (TV 2004)), Benjamin Linus, Juliet Burke, Penelope Widmore, Desmond Hume
Relationships: Claire Littleton/Charlie Pace, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added, Desmond Hume/Penelope Widmore
Additional Tags: Bruce Wayne is Batman, Bruce Wayne is Brucie Wayne, Bruce Wayne is stuck on an island and is trying not to reveal his identity as batman, Basically a AU, The Batman lost (TV 2004) crossover you never expected, Jack Needs a Hug, Gotham Lore, Gotham City is Terrible, everyone is horrified by bruce, It's Not Paranoia If They're Really Out To Get You, Detective Bruce Wayne, Approximately 7 more people live in this AU crossover, basically no one knows who the hell Bruce Wayne is, let alone batman, the lost Cast lives under a rock, bruce is going to absolutely going to have a hard time, mostly because of all the guns, lost canonically has basically everyone use a gun at some point, Bruce Wayne Tries, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, For All Of Them, the batfam is currently in crisis mode, Timey-Wimey, Multiverse, Murder, Attempted Murder, Mass Murder, Ben is the worst, DHARMA Initiative, the others are coming to kill you! the others are back in town to KILL YOU!, Bat-a-rangs, Autistic Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne is very very strong, no beta we die like dharma initiative, Magic, Ghosts, whatever the fuck the island is, much radiation poisoning, Desmond's gonna freaking explode, The smoke monster (lost (TV 2004)), The Numbers, John Locke's missing kidney, daddy issues YEAHA!, the doomsday computer, Explosions, Batman Identity Reveal, people still die in this AU, I have no clue how to write them alive, Charlie is a druggie, I'm Bad At Tagging, after I finish lost I'm gonna cry and rewatch it, I'm sure people aren't gonna live, Whispering TM, Leader Jack Shepard, whatever happened to the kids the others stole? like really where did they go?, Bruce Wayne Loves Children
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/44919646
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I Can't Wait to Meet You (2751 words) by oxizzz
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell, Simon Snow & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Simon Snow/Original Female Character(s), Penelope Bunce/Shepard, Niamh Brody/Agatha Wellbelove, Dev/Niall (Simon Snow), Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Penelope Bunce, Shepard (Simon Snow), Niamh Brody, Agatha Wellbelove, Dev (Simon Snow), Niall (Simon Snow), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Child Character(s), The Mage (Simon Snow), Lucy Salisbury, Ruth Salisbury
Additional Tags: Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Raising a Child, Co-Parenting, Getting Together, The Mage (Simon Snow) is an Asshole, POV Simon Snow, POV Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Post-Watford (Simon Snow), Oblivious Simon Snow, Domestic Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Adopted Children, Aristocratic Otter's Target Ad spell, (Thank you for letting me use it!), Dev being a music snob, Married Penelope Bunce/Shepard, Penny is pregnant in this by the way, Agatha and Niamh getting married, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, no beta we die like men, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Simon and Baz don't get together in 8th year
Summary:
A few years back, Simon Salisbury agreed to adopt a magical child if the need ever arose.
Not that it would. He was the only magickal orphan in existence.
But now, there is a need for a magickal foster parent, and Simon is the only one on the list.
. . .
“Are you ready?” Penny asks.
“No.”
“Then…” she urges me on. But I don’t have an answer. So I shrug.
“I don’t know. I mean, I want a kid, but I don’t know. I’m only home during the day, and if they’re young, I can’t just leave them alone at night!” I sigh, and Penny nods. “I want to give them the attention they deserve, but I’m not sure if I can. And I’m not seeing anyone who can help me.”
“Have you considered co-parenting?” she asks, raising a brow and stirring her tea.
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A Burning Hill
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Johnny Cade, Johnny Cade's Mother, Johnny Cade's Father, Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Steve Randle, Two-Bit Matthews, Cherry Valance, Marcia, Minor Original Characters, Tim Shepard, Curly Shepard, Randy Adderson
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Recovery, Ableism, internalized ableism, Found Family, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Canonical Child Abuse, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Song: A Burning Hill (Mitski), some historical inaccuracies, because the wheelchairs in the 60s sucked, Physical Disability, Confrontations, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- PTSD, POV Second Person, Pining, Getting Together, First Kiss, They're All Neurodivergent, background sodapop/dallas, Sharing a Bed, no beta we die like men, mostly
Words: 46,622
Chapters: 12/12 (Complete)
Summary: songfic based off Mitski's A Burning Hill.
A month after the Windrixville incident, Johnny Cade lies awake in his hospital bed. His wheelchair, brand spanking new and paid for by the long work nights of Darry, Steve, and Soda, sits unused in the corner.
Little did he and the rest of the gang know, the problems wouldn't end after he survived- familial drama, post-traumatic stress, and the ever-looming threat of the trial weigh down on all of them. Not to mention his newfound feelings for his best friend. In short, Johnny Cade is royally fucked, but he's nothing if not resilient.
Or: Johnny's story of recovery, family, and learning to love.
#the outsiders#s e hinton#the outsiders fanfiction#the outsiders fanfic#johnny cade#ponyboy curtis#johnnyboy#ponyboy x johnny#johnny x ponyboy#fanfiction#ao3#darrel curtis#dallas winston#two bit mathews#steve randle#sodapop curtis#greasers#cherry valance#randy adderson
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Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thane Krios/Female Shepard
Characters: Thane Krios, Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
Additional Tags: Sex Pollen, but nobody gets laid in the first chapter, no betas we die like Jenkins
Summary:
Shepard had no idea what he was about to say, but still she felt the horrible sense that she knew where this was going. He barked out a laugh at her hesitance, but it didn’t sound amused. “It is designed to incapacitate through sexual arousal.” he said finally, his voice lowering. That buzz at the bottom of it ran right up her spine, and she resisted a shiver. “It is not merely distracting, but disabling; victims of the toxin find that they must act on the smallest of lusts.” There was a growing static between her ears, an inability to think. Thane continued “While theoretically not impossible to resist, most find it very difficult.”
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I'd love hp recs if you're willing!
* = incomplete
boy with a scar series* by dirgewithoutmusic
summary: A series of "what if" rewrites of Harry Potter, books 1-7. Cross-posted from tumblr (ink-splotch).
pairings: romione, hinny, wolfstar, bleur, jily
tags: hurt/comfort, angst, fluff
warnings:
we must unite inside her walls or we'll crumble from within series by dirgewithoutmusic
summary: stories for the ladies of hogwarts, who cry, waver, giggle, trespass, and who deserve our respect all the same
pairings:
tags: angst, hurt/comfort
warnings: none
the dogfather au by hollimichele
summary: “I’m not a reverse werewolf either,” says the man. “I’m your godfather.”
pairings: wolfstar
tags: fluff, hurt/comfort
warnings: none
The Changeling + Armistice Series* by Annerb
summary: Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why.
pairings: hinny
tags: angst, drama
warnings: rape
tell me whether he is dead by LullabyKnell
summary: Post-DH AU: Harry suffers a few side-effects of dying but not dying.
“Hey, can someone help me with this? The mirror in the bedroom’s stopped working for me."
“What do you mean ‘the mirror’s stopped working’?”
pairings: hermione/harry/ron
tags: fluff, angst, humor
warnings: none
Regulus Black and the Way Things Changed: A Not!Fic by imaginary_golux
summary: What if Regulus Black, and not Severus Snape, ended up being the turncoat Potions Master of Hogwarts?
A not!fic written in bullet points, ignoring the Deathly Hallows entirely because they annoy me.
Beta by my immensely patient Best Beloved, Turn_of_the_Sonic_Screw, and by the delightful starbirdrampant.
pairings: wolfstar
tags: crack
warnings: none
who discovered your secret by LullabyKnell
summary: Pre-Canon AU: On the street named Privet Drive, in Little Whinging, Surrey, a man lived alone at Number Eight, supposedly.
It was apparently difficult to tell.
pairings: none
tags: fluff, angst
warnings: none
Little Lion Boy by ShanaStoryteller
summary: Draco is sorted into Gryffindor.
It's all part of the plan, really.
parings: none
tags:
warnings: none
a witch in the family by LullabyKnell
summary: - "For the 5+ Headcanon game, what do you think of an AU in which Petunia is a witch?"
Pre-Canon AU: Petunia Evans learns important life lessons from the magical world that every proper witch ought to know.
pairings: none
tags: angst
warnings: none
when in doubt, go to the library by LullabyKnell
summary: The Hogwarts Library saves the Wizarding World through the power of reading.
pairings: none
tags: humor, crack
warnings: none
these long cold days by dirgewithoutmusic
summary: In the war, Dean holed up in hollows and friendly attics and Muggle pubs. He drew Umbridge the Toad, noseless Voldy confused by the last dozen plus years of wizardly pop culture, the Ministry of Magic with its fingers stuffed in its stuffy ears.
He drew Snape as Headmaster, his sneer easy after seven years of notebook margin practice. Dean drew the Dark Mark over London’s skyline and he left his work nailed up around Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, Godric’s Hollow. He signed his name. He had things he wanted to say.
There were long days when he didn’t talk to anyone– walking old fields and long roads, sleeping in haystacks. There were long weeks when he only talked to strangers– passersby, shop owners, sympathizers, snatchers who he traded curses with.
He drew the Gryffindor Common Room, hearths all ablaze. He listened to Lee Jordan’s radio show on the crackling airwaves. He drew his little sisters, who had gone to France with his mother and father. He drew faces from the darkened boys’ dormitory– Harry’s long bangs hiding his scar, Neville practicing his dance moves for the Yule Ball, Ron asleep with his head on his thick Weasley sweater, Seamus grinning at him over a three a.m. game of cards.
pairings: deamus
tags: angst
warnings: kidnapping
Rise by Kyra_Neko_Rei
summary: When Voldemort came to kill Harry, Lily met him with a SIG Sauer pistol she bought at a pawn shop. Seems Dark Lords die as easily as anyone else when you empty two clips into them.
Hailed as the savior of the Wizarding world, Lily has a live baby, a dead husband, the personal enmity of most of the Dark Lord's followers, and not the slightest idea how to put her life back together.
Phoenixes have it easy. Burn, die, rise from the ashes.
For humans it's a bit different. Sort of.
pairings: none
tags: angst
warnings: character death
look to your kingdoms by Vail
summary: When she visits Diagon Alley, Hermione hates that the first thing the shop clerk in the apothecary tries to sell her is a potion to “tame her hair.” She likes her hair the way it is, curls and frizz, heavy around her shoulders. She thought the wizarding world would be different. (Black Hermione character study.)
pairings: none
tags: drama
warnings: racism
The Chamber Strike by BlainelovesKurt, evansentranced
summary: Harry is sick of Umbridge and everyone pushing him around. Halfway through fifth year, he decides to Do Something about it. Warning: Contains nuts. And cults, falling sugar bowls, terrible handwriting, and beleaguered caretakers. Crack!fic. Written with transfiguredbunny over Thanksgiving of 2006 after we ate ALL the turkey.
pairings: none
tags: crack
warnings: none
Dudley Dursley's Most Unexpectedly Fortunate Flower by aTasteofCaramell
summary: Dudley Dursley is leading a perfectly normal life, his contact with his odd cousin limited to Christmas cards and peculiar memories.
Until his daughter sneezes and sets the curtains on fire.
pairings: dudley/ original female character, hinny
tags: fluff, humor
warnings: none
repeated a thousand times in golden ink by LullabyKnell
summary: Half-Blood Prince AU: In which Luna makes a friend through desk art and Ginny helps.
Shameless, essentially plotless friendship fluff.
pairings: none
tags: fluff
warnings: none
The Splendid Gallery by LullabyKnell
summary: Pre-POA AU: In the summer of 1993, the Grangers vacation in France and meet the Delacours. When the Granger-Delacour parents elect to explore Wizarding France as a group, Hermione Granger is thrown together with a girl named Fleur Delacour due to some bizarre idea that they will somehow magically become friends. Even though they have nothing whatsoever in common and Hermione doesn't like Fleur at all!
In which two of the brightest witches of their age become very good friends.
pairings: fleur/ hermione
tags: fluff
warnings: none
riding up the wrong path by ashen_key
summary: When Lily is eighteen, she cuts her hair and joins the army. The British Army.The British Muggle Army.
Despite what the gossip papers say, she leaves her wand at home. She's not a complete idiot.
– –
Oh, right.
Maybe take a few steps back.
pairings: none
tags:
warnings: none
there will come a time, you'll see by aloneintherain
summary: They have Shepard’s pie for dinner. Ron and Hermione watch Harry fill up his plate and only start serving themselves when he picks up his fork and starts eating. Neville laughs into his wine glass.
“How are you dealing with their mothering, Harry?” he asks.
Ron opens and closes his mouth for a minute, groping for an excuse. Eventually, Ron says, “He’s just so small, Nev.”
“Hey,” Harry says. “I’m seventeen. I’m an adult.”
Ron shakes his head at Neville. “My best friend is an infant.”
A curse regresses Harry to his seventeen year old self, physically and mentally. He doesn’t recognise this strange peaceful wizarding world, but there are two people he does recognise: Ron and Hermione.
Based off this tumblr post.
pairings: romione
tags: fluff, hurt/comfort
warnings: none
call it a badge of honor by dirgewithoutmusic
summary: In those halls, they faced down Death Eaters under the guise of teaching robes. They faced them with raised wands, raised fists, or just raised chins, these children who kept telling stories in the dark about Harry Potter, who was going to save them.
pairings: none
tags: angst
warnings: none
Hogwarts, to welcome you home by gedsparrowhawk (FaceChanger)
summary: “You understand, Professor,” Harry began, after a moment, “that I don’t have my N.E.W.T.s. I never even finished seventh year. Between everything, I never had a chance the first time around, and then afterwards there didn’t seem to be much point. Hermione argued for it, of course, but I was so tired of Britain. So technically, I am completely unqualified for the position.”
“Quite a way to begin an interview, Mr. Potter,” McGonagall said, dryly.
Or, three years after the war, Harry Potter becomes Hogwarts' newest Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
pairings: hinny
tags: fluff, humor, angst
warnings:
THERMOS!, or, How a Muggle-Born Brought a New Age of Spell-Making to Hogwarts (Entirely by Accident) by susieboo
summary: Muggle-born witch Phoebe McDevitt just wanted her tea to stay warm during class. She didn't expect to accidentally start a spell-making craze among her classmates.
[Oneshot. Next generation. Based off a Tumblr post, which I will link to in the notes.]
pairings: none
tags: humor
warnings: none
and ready to suffer and ready to hope by irnan (locked to ao3 users)
summary: or, the one where petunia evans is a witch.
pairings: jily, hinny
tags: angst
warnings: character death
a very nice thing to say by LullabyKnell
summary: Chamber of Secrets AU: Harry and Ron miss the train to Hogwarts. Luckily for them, they're not the only ones. Harry's not sure what's going on, what they're going to do, or who these people are exactly, but Ron seems to know these Lovegood people and it's not like there's anyone else to help them get to Hogwarts.
tags: fluff, humor,
pairings: none
warnings: none
yesterday we were just children playing soliders by girlmadeofstars
summary: What if, when Harry heard the Slytherin portion of the Hat's song, he payed attention when the Hat sung perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends? Imagine this: a little boy- beaten, and ignored, for his entire life. A little boy- friendless, and lonely. A little boy- desperate for the kind of friendship he had read about in books, seen on the television screen.
When the Hat offered him Slytherin, imagine that Harry said yes.
pairings: hinny, romione, astoria/ draco
tags:
warnings:
The Transfiguration Incident, Or Pettigrew's Problems by Kyra_Neko_Rei
summary: The lesson is transfiguring rats into teacups . . . only Ron Weasley's rat is actually an Animagus, which has dire consequences for the spell, for Peter Pettigrew, and for the Dark Lord's prospects for resurrection (and rather better consequences for Minerva McGonagall's reputation). Cross-posted (finally!) from Tumblr.
pairings: none
tags: humor
warnings: none
In the Name of the Brave* by LullabyKnell
summary: “Who’s that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?”
“Oh, that’s Professor Black.”
- A slow-paced, self-indulgent, canon rewrite Philosopher's Stone AU.
pairings: none
tags: fluff, angst
warnings: none
Take Two* by Bundibird
summary: Never let it be said that a Slytherin doesn’t know to take hold of an opportunity when it’s presented to him on a silver platter.
[A Fourth Year AU in which Draco makes the most of Potter and Weasley’s fight and takes a second shot at befriending Harry. For the Greater Evil, obviously.]
Cross-posted at ff.n
pairings: none
tags: fluff, humor
warnings:
Percy Weasley and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by LullabyKnell
summary: Pre-Philosopher's Stone AU: In which fourteen-year-old Percy Weasley is very stressed, does not get enough sleep, and accidentally and unknowingly saves the Wizarding World because of bad aim.
pairings: none
tags: humor
warnings: none
beautiful enough for the both of us by dirgewithoutmusic
summary: “You know Professor Lupin was a werewolf?” Hermione said, ten minutes into a very awkward lunch she had asked for in an equally awkward letter.
Lavender pushed a sauteed carrot through a little puddle of pasta sauce. “I think everyone heard about that one. Someone told the papers, or something, right?”
“Er, yes,” said Hermione. “Snape did. Which is what I– I mean, it’s related. Oh, I wish you’d gotten to talk to Remus about this. He was a lovely man.”
“Not as lovely as Lockhart,” Lavender said and she and Hermione spent a moment in wistful remembrance. “God, I feel old,” Lavender said.
“Anyway, Snape,” said Hermione. “Snape and Lupin. When Lupin was at school, Snape would make him a potion that would… tame him, on full moons. He could just curl up in his office and sleep by the fire. If you’re interested, I’m trying to learn how to brew it myself.”
Lavender shook her head. “We’re not friends,” she said. “Never have been. So why are you doing all this?”
Hermione looked like she was trying to say “we’re friends,” but she couldn’t get it out.
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Werewolf!Lavender, post-canon
pairings: lavender/ parvati
tags: hurt/comfort
warnings: none
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