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🔎 RECS: The Five/Lila AU Collection on AO3 

Hello shippers,

I thought I'd make a list of the AUs I could find on AO3 for those looking for this genre... well, making a list has been easy. 'Tis a niche in a niche 🤣

Alternate Universe (often abbreviated as "AU") is a descriptor used to characterize fanworks which change one or more elements of the source work's canon. Broadly, an AU may transplant a given source work's characters to a radically different setting, shift the genre in which their adventures occur, and/or alter one or more of their professions, goals, or backstories. (Source: fanlore.org)

Please, don't hesitate to recommend others to be added to the list if I have missed some. By alphabetical order. Will be updated as there is new content.

I've come to the conclusion that we need more AUs 🙏

By the Book , by @monfivela – WIP  Librarian!Five  

Condemned in Eternity by @marygeldingm93 - WIP  Vampires!AU 

Five and the Fives by @everyunhappyending - COMPLETED  Music!AU 

I Want Tomorrow by @okay-letsbestill - WIP  Detective!Five & Florist!Lila 

Love inside of music by @everyunhappyending - COMPLETED  Music!AU 

Loyalty by @tardis-jpeg - COMPLETED  Academy!AU  

Marigold Bonds by wilwaren - COMPLETED Reincarnation AU College!AU

One Semester by @tardis-jpeg - COMPLETED  Prof!Five & Student!Lila 

Reincarnation by @tardis-jpeg - COMPLETED Reincarnation AU PhD!Five & Drummer!Lila

Say Yes to Heaven by Lana_Del_Saltlamp - WIP First meeting AU 

The Incredible Journey of Going Nowhere, by @kitsuneudon743 - WIP  Lighthouse!Five & Ornithologist!Lila 

The Tower by @just-b-wilde - WIP  Tangled!AU 

Whatever Our Souls Are Made Of by Anonymous - COMPLETED Soulmates!AU

Your Song, by @monfivela - COMPLETED  Music!AU Lyricist!Five & Drummer!Lila 

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five hargreeves moments i think about too much

"NO TWINE, NO BIRTH MOTHER"

that time he called lila and diego 'sentient std's'

“I don't think I'm better than you. I know I'm better than you."

"think batman...then aim lower."

"It's an extra kinky kind of black hole."

"the next person who says dickhead will get a punch in the throat" *everyone proceeds to say dickhead*

"that's one badass stapler"

"IM THE DADDY HERE"

"What a disturbing glimpse into that thing you call a brain."

"ITS ÖGA FOR ÖGA YOU IDIOTS"

"GIANT BALL OF TWINE!! THATS ONE OF THE BEST ONES :DDDD"

“I’d ask what you’re doing Klaus, but then it occurred to me that I don’t care”

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Fivela Secret Santa

Now all of the submissions have been posted and we've all had some time to digest them, I did a little bit of analysis on our lovely @fivela-secret-santa24 submissions

We had 13 fics as part of the submissions, with the rest being either video edits or art work. So many talented people who took part! We also had a bilingual fic with Fancy Nancy being available in both English and Spanish - incredible work from both the writer and the person who helped them translate.

So what was the breakdown?

Word counts

Overall (and there are still some WIPs so this is going to climb) there was a colossal total of 89158 words across all the fics.

There is one very heavy lifter in there, with Loyalty making up over 25k of those words... and still going!

For one shots, the longest work was Ties That Bind at 8460

The average word count for multichapter works was 11k, with one shots coming in at around 4.2k.

Ratings

There was a spread across all the ratings, but with a definite trend towards the spicier end of the spectrum. Explicit - 5/13 Mature - 4/13 Teen and general rated fics tied at 2 a piece.

Settings

The most popular setting was in a normal universe/timeline (6/13), but we did have some people getting creative including:

Movie AUs: Love Unexpectedly (T)

The Commission: Ties That Bind (E) Wherever You Will Go (E)

The Academy: Loyalty (E)

And of course the Subway and Strawberry House: The Edge of Us (E) Strawbella Forever (M) Christmas Presents (G)

Christmas?

Not always! While this was a secret santa, not every fic included Christmas themes, but we had a few!

We also had some Christmas Parties: I Can See You as A Secret Mission (M) Wherever You Will Go (E) The Trail of Christmas Ghouls (E)

Some gift giving stories: Secret Santa (T) Christmas Presents (G)

Christmas, ahem, activities Ties That Bind (E)

Characters

A lovely little surprise was how many fics included Nancy and Jerome as part of their plot. Mostof these were set in the 'normal' world playing around the edges of canon except for Strawbella which is a collection of subway timeline oneshots. The Nancy/Jerome fics are all M/E rated...

I Can See You as A Secret Mission (M) Fancy Nancy (M) Strawbella Forever (M) Can We Simply Starve This Sin (E) The Trail of Christmas Ghouls (E)

Original Artwork

Two of the artworks were inspired by the fics of the giftee, so I have linked the art and the fic that inspired it! In the swimming pool inspired by @just-b-wilde's Survival. This was also gifted to b-wilde :)

Fanart for Resosnant Dissonance, inspired by @okay-letsbestill's Resonant Dissonance

Then we also had a lovely edit, True Love Story

Video edits

Golden Cage (G) is a short fic and then a beautiful video edit to go with it!

It was such a joy being involved in this as a writer, but also as a giftee and trying to figure out which geniuses were behind each of the works. There are polls still running to make your best guesses, but some of them still have me scratching my head!

Thanks to everyone who was involved, and a special mention to @monfivela for being our Mrs Klaus behind the scenes and sorting all the pairings and background admin!

@marygeldingm93 @deadinsideserpent @little-moony @howdoioperateher  @tardis-jpeg @okay-letsbestill @littleleopardseal @kitsuneudon743 @hansodax @bloodyplunder @just-b-wilde @silverywolf14 @bittersweetnessd @seasphinx

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Lancelot and Guinevere Dramione 🔥⚔️

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Chapter 7 of I Want Tomorrow just dropped 🔥❤️🔥

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Older Warrior!Five from an upcoming chapter of Resonant Dissonance 🤭😈

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📢 Fivela Secret Santa 2024 // Masterlist (unrevealed)

Secret Santa will be revealed once the polls are closed.

Ties That Bind for @marygeldingm93 True love story for @lokinightfury Love Unexpectedly for @lokinightfury [WIP] I can see you as a secret mission for @deadinsideserpent Fancy Nancy (with Spanish version) for @little-moony (LadyMoony) Loyalty for @howdoioperateher (chronokinesis/Mercy) [WIP] The Edge of Us for @tardis-jpeg (Tardis_jpg) Fanart for Resonant Dissonance for @okay-letsbestill [ART](okay_lets_be_still) Strawbrella Forever 🍓 for @littleleopardseal (little_leopard_seal) Wherever you will go for @kitsuneudon743 Secret Santa for @hansodax Can we simply starve this sin? for @bloodyplunder In the swimming pool for @just-b-wilde (JustBWilde) [ART] The Trail of Christmas Ghouls for @silverywolf14 (Alexa_K3S) [WIP] Christmas Presents for @bittersweetnessd [WIP] Golden Cage for @seasphinx (Sea_sphynx)

~ We aim to please 🍓

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@bloodyplunder thank you so so much for this gorgeous art. This is exactly how I imagined this scene!! You're my all time fav Fivela artist so this is SUCH an honor ❤️🍓❤️

📢 Fivela Secret Santa 2024 // Fanart for Resonant Dissonance

For @okay-letsbestill

Thank you (not so) Secret Santa ❤

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Polar night.

Russian ff 'Three metres higher'

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Chapter 13 of Resonant Dissonance is now live on AO3 😈

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He was slowly rocking back and forth on his knees, cradling a woman in his arms. Her eyes were open, staring blankly skyward.

“No, no, no, no,” he sobbed, trying to adjust her arms to keep them from hanging limply.

Blood was pooling beneath her, spreading in stark contrast to the white snow covering the ground.

He lifted his head to the sky and screamed in agony, tears streaming down his face.

Draco holding Narcissa in The Reeve in the High Castle on AO3

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Chapter 2 of The Reeve in the High Castle is now live on AO3

Fred and Iter Geminus

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Lovelovelovelovelove

The amazing, incredible, seriously talented @m3ils created this gorgeous little comic strip playing around with the idea of the photobooth scene in chapter nine of slipped away like a moment in time

Their art is *stunning* and I can't even begin to explain how much I adore this!! You should absolutely give them a follow and some love!!

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There’s not many people who can sneak up on me. The Avengers (2012) | Joss Whedon

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i don’t want characters with healthy coping mechanisms, actually. i want them to yearn and weep and suffer and have their brutal worldviews informed and/ or altered exclusively by their unyielding love for like. one other person. sorry