#&. EMPEROR : DIVERGENT

[relmint]

I made memes for my Divergence AU

[wangxianficrecs]

After I Met You by Amandyalmonds

After I Met You

by Amandyalmonds (@amodwithoutamark)

M, WIP, 78k, Wangxian

Summary: "They’re not going to go through with the marriage proposal though, right?” Jiang Cheng reasoned. “You’re ours. And surely the Lan sect wouldn’t want a huli jing, let alone the famed Hanguang-jun.” “Exactly," Wei Wuxian said with a grin. "The Lans are too stuck up to know how to handle someone like me, and they won’t risk forcing their precious Hanguang-jun into such a marriage.” Or, after the end of the war, Wei Wuxian is offered as the last known huli jing to marry into the Lan royal family. The only problem is that Wei Wuxian has never met the man he's marrying, and he's not sure he'll survive in a palace with over three-thousand rules. Kay's comments: An arranged marriage story between Dragonji and Foxxian that doesn't hold back on the knives at all! Really going for the Wei Wuxian whump in this one and the miscommunications also keep on happening, it's the most delightful angst! Also definitely a story for those who crave some protective brother Jiang Cheng content. There's also been hints about things that have happened in the past and I'm so curious to see how it all plays out! Excerpt: Hanguang-jun probably wasn’t happy about bedding a huli jing, so he might not mind if Wei Wuxian kept himself somewhat covered. Or perhaps Wei Wuxian could have Hanguang-jun take him from the front, keeping his back pressed against the bed— “Wei Wuxian?” Wei Wuxian flinched at the sound of Hanguang-jun’s voice. It was now or never. Deciding to try his luck in keeping his inner robes on, Wei Wuxian steeled himself and stepped around the screen, letting out a playful laugh. “Impatient, aren’t we?” Wei Wuxian quipped, then promptly choked on his own words. Because Hanguang-jun stood near the bed, watching him with the slightest crease in his brow. Fully clothed. In sleeping robes.

pov wei wuxian, canon divergence, shapeshifters, dragon lan wangji, fox wei wuxian, emperor lan xichen, prince lan wangji, royalty, slow burn, angst with a happy ending, misunderstandings, hurt/comfort, emotional hurt/comfort, protective wen qing, protective jiang cheng, good sibling jiang cheng, abusive yu ziyuan, dysfunctional jiang family, autistic lan wangji, arranged marriage

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[sinvulkt]

Cogito, ergo sum

Time/Place: Canon Divergence before Act 1, the Mindflayer colony

Characters: The Team

Main tropes: Non consensual body modification, ’spy infiltration’, eventual mind control

Summary: The Nautiloid manages to reach the illithids colony and the Thralls transform. They become mindflayers but for one thing: their mind is still mostly theirs. How to escape when any sane person would kill them on sight?

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Snippet:

Walking hurt. Standing hurt. Moving hurt.

Gale could bet eating would hurt too. How did a Mindflayer even eat? Past studies of the tentacles and their role in Brain-eater anatomy flashed in front of his eye. He shuddered at the thought.

He took another step, tensing as newborn neural connections screamed in complaint. Next to him, other freshly transformed mindflayers did the same. A pulse in the back of his mind insisted he meet the Elders, pushing him forward despite the pain. When Gale tried to resist, it backlashed and the consequent headache sent him on his knees. Gale didn’t insist on fighting the impulsion after that. 

Being a Mindflayer was… weird. Gale would have thought he would not have enough of himself left to think after the transformation. All books he had found about the matter pointed to a thrall identity being erased under the worm’s evolution. And yet, here he was. Gale of waterdeep, magicien extraordinaire, trapped in a squishy body he could barely control.

A wise man once said: “I think, so I am.”

Gale wondered how much of the adage remained true when applied to his current predicament. Adages, he had found, often did not account for cursed luck.

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Plot Description:

The Nautiloid vessel doesn’t crash after the attack. Rather  it arrives at its intended destination: illithid colonies. 

Furthermore, the infected that were on the vessel all transform, including Gale and co. The trick is, their larva have still been tempered with. As a result, while their bodies undergo ceremorphosis, their mind remain their ‘true’ individual selves. 

Now they have to navigate the illithid society while hiding their intact ego, all while fighting against the new instincts their mindflayer body provide them with. Will the Emperor, responsible for their tempering, contact them? Will they find each other, cooperate and escape? Or will they struggle alone, unaware other illithids of the same ‘batch’ are in 

[relmint-draws]

What if I told u I have an AU that makes the three of them wanted criminals of Heaven

[ID: A character lineup of Erlang Shen, Sansheng Mu, and Nezha wearing commoners clothing. Erlang Shen has his long black hair tied in a ponytail and he is clutching a wooden bow. He is wearing a black round-collar undershirt layered with a dark grey banbi and a light brown yuanlingpao. The left sleeve of his yuanlingpao is removed from the shoulder and tucked under his black belt. He also has his sleeves tucked in bangshoudai. Erlang Shen is wearing grey trousers paired with xue boots. The arrows in his quiver peek from his shoulder. Sansheng Mu is dual-wielding Dao swords while smiling confidently. She has her hair tied up in a ponytail and is wearing a pink-to-white ombre hanfu. On top of her hanfu she is wearing a green cross-collared banbi. She is wearing a diexie belt and a pair of xue boots. Sansheng Mu's sleeves are also tucked in bangshoudai. Nezha has a part of his short black hair tied up in twin buns. He is wearing a simple white shirt topped with a pink and purple beizi. He dons a red sash and is wearing brown trousers with black slippers. He also has a golden band around his neck. END ID]

[emilianadarling]

fic: only as strong as the warrior next to you author: emilianadarling | beta: carogolden chapter: The Performance Gauntlet (9/10) rating: E ships: Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa/Han Solo contains: Canon Divergence - Emperor Vader AU (But Palpatine Found the Twins First), Sith Imperial Luke Skywalker, Unreliable Narrator, Moral Dilemmas, Slow Burn Into Roaring Burn, First Planetary Event Together (And It’s a Doozy)

The second-to-last “Warrior” update is here!! Chapter 9: The Performance Gauntlet is now live, and I’m so excited to share it with you all! Mind the tags, and I hope you enjoy. 🤗 Thank you everyone! The series masterpost on tumblr can be found here. 

[icepopstar5105us]

An AU where Hunter kills Belos, flees, and just wants to be left alone. Unfortunately, the rest of the Isles is furious at the Emperor’s coven. A new government system hunts down and arrests all previous members of the Coven. They either punish, pardon, or redeem all potential members. As the Emperor’s right hand man, Hunter knows his chances of being pardoned or redeemed are far too low. He doesn’t want the attentions for being the one to kill Belos, and he isn’t willing to be trapped by another government.

Little does he realize, a pardon might be more likely than he realizes.

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“Ugh! Where is he- Miss?”

Hunter’s breath caught as a deep voice came from right above him.

“Have you seen a hooded figure run past in a black cloak? Shorty. About this tall?”

“Why? Did he steal something?”

“We’re Tri-Seekers. Reports state that he has the Tri-Mark.”

Hunter paled — knowing what came next.

“Ugh! He tricked me! The little crook is under the table.”

He darted out just in time to avoid the flail that swiped through where he had been before. Hunter ran as fast as he could and bolted. A cardinal palisman flew out from under his cape and followed worriedly.

Hunter made it far enough ahead to turn the corner. He turned into an alley and ducked behind a dumpster. He waited for the Seekers to run past and then darted the opposite direction.

A sharp pain hit his head and Hunter collapsed onto the ground — knocked out.

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Completed! Now go read the Angst and Suffer. :D

[razzle-zazzle]

the divergent au is funny to me because if cole ever sees the ninja again they're going to see him accompanied by a) pythor, one of their worst enemies b) morro, another one of their enemies and c) zane's long lost brother. it would be so much chaos

The best part is that this happens when they're invited to Vania's coronation after Cole's group goes through the events of MoM. So Cole is Too Tired for all of this and Pythor's Too Old for all this bickering and nobody's happy with anyone. Vania is trying so so hard to keep the two groups from running into each other when she first finds out the ninja were invited and It Does Not Work.

Chaos ensues.

[ofglories]

He thinks the Paladins are quite charming in their antics. It's amusing to watch their dynamics, like watching his siblings back when they were young.

[endawn]

canon pax - emperor pax falco - dark brotherhood pax - totally not sheog..orath

[artzychic27]

How is Nooroo in the Evil Nathanial AU?

Uhh… Not great

Imagine how Mother Gothel treats Rapunzel. That’s how Nathaniel treats him

He dotes on him, but in a condescending way like-

Nathaniel: Nooroo~ You know you’re not supposed to leave my side at any point… Is my little papillon trying to leave the cage I so lovingly made for him?

Nooroo: N-no, I-

Nathaniel: Aw, I should have known. I must be causing you such agony with how I use the Miraculous. You’re only worried, and I’m making it worse, aren’t I?

Nooroo: …

Nathaniel: Look at it this way. I could be like many of your previous holders, a cold, ruthless person seeking petty revenge and world domination. But I’m not like them… Am I?

Nooroo: … No.

Nathaniel: Of course not. But, if you want to take my Miraculous and leave… The decision is yours, of course, little papillon. Just know that I can’t fix this broken city without you.

Nathaniel still feeds him regularly and makes sure he’s well rested after using the Miraculous

Basically, he treats Nooroo like royalty so he has some leverage against him

Occasionally, when Nooroo tries to tell him what he’s doing is wrong, Nathaniel will silence him for a while or just feign being tired and that he has a headache

[enchantedchocolatebars]

Hc: (This headcanon is canon divergent. In it, Philip and Caleb were born in the town of Gravesfield.)

The "Tales Of The Brother's Wittebane" story was slightly incorrect with some noticeable inaccuracies and one of those inaccuracies were the choice of clothing for the Philip and Caleb puppets in the beginning.

Those outfits were ones that the two would wear to church.

They should have been wearing their casual og outfits + Caleb seemed a bit older and taller (he should have been younger and shorter).

[wangxianficrecs]

To Not Vainly Break Branches by ChilianXianzi

To Not Vainly Break Branches

by ChilianXianzi

M, 3k, Wangxian | One-sided Xixian

Summary: "It gets lonely in the Gentian Palace, Wangji," his brother says, something like a gentle rebuke in his voice, "You might remember it less clearly than I do, but Mother was always lonely too. I merely do not want the Empress to suffer the same fate." Lan Wangji does not remember much of Mother, only remembers the feeling of warmth and the soft hum of her songs, the gold of her eyes shining with what he now realises was longing. Unbidden, he remembers the shadow of a face behind a curtain of gossamer red, a face he never even unveiled. After three years of fighting a war and being away from the Imperial Palace, Lan Wangji finds himself falling for an Empress he's all but forgotten having wed. Kay's comments: There's just something about Emperor Lan Wangji/Empress Wei Wuxian stories that hits different, especially if it feat. the delicious angst and pining of Emperor Lan Wangji who totally ignored his Empress Wei Wuxian and left him lonely in the Gentian Palace and only turns up when it's almost too late to gain or re-gain Wei Wuxian's affections like in this story! Lan Wangji's POV in this first chapter was amazing, the way he seemed so detached and truly above everyone else like an Emperor is supossed to be, but then he immediately melted when he actually got to interact with his Empress, so good! Excerpt: It would seem that once Lan Wangji was reminded of his Empress' existence, he finds traces of him everywhere within the Cloud Recesses. Minister Herald Meng speaks of the Empress' help in making sure the delegations from the far South were served a suitably spiced fare, and Nie Huaisang flutters a fan adorned with golden finches that the Empress painted for the younger Nie. There is a strange feeling in the pit of Lan Wangji's stomach, like one does when one accidentally misses a step, at these small revelations of how much his Empress' life seem to intertwine with everyone else but himself. And the way things were going, he probably ought not be surprised that his own heir is not exempt to it.

pov lan wangji, royalty, canon divergence, arranged marriage, married lan wangji/wei wuxian, adopted lan sizhui, emperor lan wangji, empress wei wuxian, one-sided lan xichen/wei wuxian, xixian, possessive lan wangji, genius wei wuxian, inventor wei wuxian, prince lan xichen, pining, developing relationship

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[byzantine-suggestions]

Another great review of Sailing to Sarantium

[martyrizing]

&&. EMPEROR ; DIVERGENT : starter for @firstguard​

“I’d heard reports of a little worm crawling amongst the boiling isles. To see it’s you though, well, can’t say I’m the least bit surprised.”

With artificial staff in hand, Belos looked before him at the mere mirage of a person he may have known long ago. His knuckles grew white under his gloves as the grip on his staff tightened, but quickly loosened in order to contain the irritation and disgust bubbling within his stomach. No time for that one, Philip. He thought. Be lucky no one can see you make such weak responses to these situations.

“So what shall you do in a situation such as this. I’m curious in finding that one out for myself.”

[icepopstar5105us]

TW: Child Abuse (more in notes of fic)

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“I don’t think I need to.” Hunter sat down in front of the door, “You know, I saw a lot of first aid kits hidden around the house. You put those there, right?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Yes, you do.” Hunter said knowingly, “I know you do. Just like you know about all the sentimental items hidden in your room.” The girl was suspiciously silent, “I have that stuff, too, you know?”

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AKA: Darius should have figured out that Hunter wasn’t safe with his Uncle before things went this far. Afterall, Hunter himself had already shown him just how to identify abused kids years ago.

(Also, I’m assuming Coven Scouts are like glorified police.)

[asshaid]

mel being around 400 years old is so juicy for me but also so sad, you feel me. she has one purpose and that was wait for the battle for the dawn and had to watch house targ.aryen destroy itself while she gathered all of her powers for being "special".