#but just know this was written with klapollo intentions

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the Turnabout Light cover is here!!

(as well as my comic archive post where this cover is featured, I just thought it deserved a post of its’ own)

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤

Thank you for the ask, Quoth! I think you'd be pleased to know that I had trouble narrowing things down (they're all my favorites today), but I got there eventually.

1. Promised Me a Feeling

Ace Attorney, T, 2.8k, klapollo

Post-AA4, Edgeworth accidentally invites himself to dinner with Klavier and Apollo. It's painfully awkward, but it helps him find the courage to take the next step.

I took a huge internet break years ago (my own 7yg hehe) and only returned to fandom in 2021. "Promised Me a Feeling" was the first time I felt genuinely confident in my writing again, so it holds a special place in my heart.

2. Third Time Charmed

Ace Attorney, G, 3k, Maya

Maya visits the building for the "first time" three separate times. Whether it's housing Fey & Co. Law Offices, Wright & Co. Law Offices, or the Wright Anything Agency, it always manages to be just the opposite of what she's come to expect.

In a lot of ways, this was a celebration of being part of a fandom in which I'm "allowed" to enjoy female characters and to place value on non-romantic relationships. Those were two quick ways out the door in my 2008-2012 spaces.

3. And a Borrowed Car

Good Omens, T, 3.6k, A/C (ambiguous)

Aziraphale falls asleep in the stolen Jeep, Crowley remembers that his flat could use some cleaning, and they end up sharing a very nice room somewhere and talking about things they've lost and time they've wasted. It turns out all right in the end.

An attempt to integrate some details from s1&2 into book canon. Casual intimacy, only one bed (because it's what they wanted), soft with an aroma of their inherent angst. Feels like some of my best characterization, but I could be wrong.

4. Anthems of Joy

Ace Attorney, T, 17k, FranMaya

When Maya and Franziska's intention to get married is made public, they get railroaded into using their wedding to generate good press for the district prosecutors' office. Over the next few months, Franziska finds that her relationship with Maya isn't the only one that gets strengthened in the pursuit of happiness. Also, I wrote what feels like half a Sesame Street episode for this. You're welcome/I'm sorry.

A weirdly personal fic that was a long time in the making. I don't know what I can say about it concisely except that I hope someday I can let go of as many hangups as Franziska.

5. Competitive Inhibition

Good Omens, M, 15k, A/C through the ages

In biochemistry: a phenomenon in which a molecule is blocked from binding to an enzyme by another molecule with a similar structure—like a demon preventing an angel from binding completely to Heaven or, more to the point, doubt and fear keeping an angel from wholly welcoming a bond with a demon. Or: The ups and downs of sharing 6000 years of life on Earth with an angel who wants desperately to be doing Good.

Written for a gift exchange, this ended up being a long series of vignettes that alternate between good times and bad times (with a hopeful ending). I even did some (very) cursory historical research! I'm very proud of it despite it apparently not having very broad appeal.

[littleladymab]

Mab’s Masterlist

hey hi hello!! welcome to mab’s masterlist of??? writing!!! 

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Currently writing: an original novel rebuild, a journaling game, and honestly just trying my best.

Below the cut is my recommended reading list of my favorite fics and the original content that I have posted publicly! 

ACE ATTORNEY

‘til my lungs burn bright: Regency-esque magic AU written for Klapollo mini-bang (and a sequel to a fic I haven’t finished writing yet) 

Apollo is, for all intents and purposes, content with his job.

Femme Fatale for Hire: Dahlia and April use their femininity for crime, as a treat. Written for Traces of Beauty Dahlia Zine

“So,” April asks as she leans in close to the bathroom mirror to fix her lipstick, “who is the chump this time?”

visions (are seldom all they seem): Klapollo Sleeping Beauty AU (tumblr post)

On Prince Apollo’s second birthday, King Jove and Queen Thalassa declare a week-long celebration throughout the kingdom.

we caught fire like california in july: Klapollo date in downtown LA

The sun is just a burnt red line across the horizon, illuminating the cityscape in stark silhouettes and golden windows.

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FRIENDS AT THE TABLE

cold and still: Echo and Signet in the wake of Quire’s Second Miracle

Ache, she thinks, and she does. Her chest hurts. She says its name as a final goodbye, sending it off.

My Place to Land: Echo becomes the bodyguard to the last remaining Except, and finds themself wrapped up the politics of a swiftly crumbling society (DW mirror, including links to art, playlist, and pin board)

Empyrean has been lost. Hull compromised by the scavengers. Status of Excerpt Blooming is unknown, presumed dead. Official brief to follow. Signet—be safe.

tether: Ephrim gains a Blooming Brand, post SiH 18

There's a tether that draws his attention outward.

this can’t go on forever: Candidacy AU in which AuDy is themself, and Cass is their new Candidate. 

Divine Candidate Chital: You died again today.

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THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

It’s only forever: JonGerryMartin Labyrinth AU. (Tumblr masterpost)

“Forgive me,” Jon starts in a rush, in a tone that does not beg forgiveness in the slightest — in fact, asks for quite the opposite. “But you’re standing in my husband’s study after kidnapping him, and pretending like you’re a Goblin King.”

NO SPOOKY ARCHIVES!AU: JonGerryMartin AU in which there are, you guessed it, no spooky archives. A collection of fics, no plot and no order. (Tumblr tag)

INSIDE EVERY OPEN EYE series (Tumblr tag): When Jon goes missing when attempting a ritual of the Beholding, Sasha is asked to return to the Archives to help find and save him.

Watching the waiting: Georgie & Melanie side story (Tumblr tag)

Georgie knows something is wrong when the dream changes.

tiny cracks of light: Archivist!Sasha taking her place as a temporary Archivist in order to save Jon (Tumblr masterpost)

The woman standing in her doorway reeks of the ink-stained parchment and scratching quills of academia, despite her gilded breastplate and embroidered brocade headscarf.

when your seams have come unknitted: Jon journeys into the Lonely to save Martin. (Tumblr post)

Archivist, the scene you see is thus: In the center of a different lake, the man you love stands with water up to his hips. He can’t remember, exactly, how he got there.

hollow me out: Gerry prequel. (Tumblr post)

There is a prophecy about Gerry in the Archives.

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STAR WARS

THE SCARS THAT WE’RE MADE OF series: Post Rebels/Rebels S5 fics spanning from the Ascendancy to Lothal and the people in between. 

far from the world that i made: In which Sabine and Eli go searching for Ezra and Thrawn. Written for Star Wars Big Bang. (tumblr tag) (Tumblr Masterpost) (link to podfic)

The war ends with a wedding.

with sparks of what i used to know:  In which two too-young saviors meet each other for the first time

There is a flower that Ezra keeps with him, tucked safely away into whatever pouch or pocket he can slip it into. (tumblr post) (link to podfic)

everything’s brand new: In which Jai and Ezra bond over food and the Force. 

"Welcome back," Jai answers. One son of Lothal to another.

The Phoenix Suite: Kallus tries to get a message to the Rebellion, but he fails -- tries to get a message to the Rebellion but he fails -- but he fails -- he fails. Written for PodTogether (tumblr post) (link to stream podfic)

“This is all my fault,” Kallus says to the valley below, and wishes that it could be more of an apology and less of a goodbye.

where the sun sails and the moon walks: In which a Jedi has to travel to where the sun sails and the moon walks to save a boy he barely knows from the clutches of the dark side (an east of the sun, west of the moon retelling) Written for Star Wars Big Bang (tumblr link for art)

It’s almost dinner when a knock sounds at the door.

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ETC FICS

Five Steps to Take to Ensure Your Soulmate Becomes a Ghost: Rusty Quill Gaming ‘Monster of the Week’ oneshot - an easy step-by-step guide when you lose the one you love more than life itself; written for RQG Femslash Week

1) She dies. That is step one, of course.

In Death’s Dream Kingdom: Lockwood & Co, The Hollow Boy - the hollow boy meets the fetch; if Lockwood fell, instead of Lucy.

Lockwood turned back to Lucy, and he could feel his feet give on the ground.

memorandum: The Starless Sea - a series of drabbles on what happens after

(Sometimes, it happens softly.)

Theseus’ Ship: Dragon Age (Awakening & 2) - an Anders character study, written for the Road to the Imperium zine (Tumblr post)

Anders likes to think that once, quite possibly a long time ago, he was a man who was whole.

The Line Between Us: Big O - a Dorothy character study on what it means to be an android with a human’s memories. Written for Metropolis, the Big O Fanzine.

R. Dorothy Wayneright always knew her place in relation to the humans in her life.

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ORIGINAL STORIES

MELIORA SERIES -  A mysterious benefactor invites citizens of Eminence, built on the remains of London, to participate in a game. The reward? Information on the darkness of the city and a chance to escape. All they have to do is prove they are worthy. (DW masterpost with links to individual chapters)

Book 1: Emanate (completed)

Book 2: Extricate (completed)

Book 3: Eradicate (in progress - on Patreon)

MWYR SERIES - The story of a curious girl who wrote herself into the cosmological narrative of a world that did not exist and became their beloved goddess. She learns what it means to be divine made flesh, and what the price of sacrifice is for someone with unlimited power. (DW masterpost with links to individual chapters)

Book 1: Stars that Burn (pending 4th re-write)

I Name Thee - A thief who plays host to a spirit of the winds is asked to defy the will of the gods and steal them a new body. 

I stand on hallowed ground -- petulant, the voices in my head say, defiant, I argue.

Beneath the Brine - A princess is turning into a monster, and asks the daughter of the ocean to fix the curse. 

Sella turns her face into the wind, and lets it learn her features, mapping the ridge of her cheekbones and the crest of her brow.

[bevioletskies]

Bestie, I hopped over here from Ao3 after I discovered that you have tumblr and I gotta say: I don't know what you're made out of, but you somehow have magic hands bc all your Klapollo fics are just. Perfection. It's soft, warm and makes me feel like bursting inside. I looked through all the fics you've written and I keep thinking "wait what - this author wrote the same 5 fics I've been brainrotting about!? WAIT HOL' UP THEY ALSO WROTE THIS FIC AHHHH" anyway tldr; you somehow captured everything I wanted in a fic in different settings, and just continue to poke my heart with a very soft warm and glittery stick, please keep em coming and keep making me combust inside 😩💘🎀

oh my gosh WAIT this is one of the sweetest messages i’ve ever gotten 🥺 thank you so much!! i’m so glad you like my klapollo fics, they’re super fun to write and i definitely have no intention of stopping. i’m absolutely obsessed with their dynamic and writing their snarky (but loving) banter 🥰

(also i low-key wanna know which of my fics you’ve specifically had brainrot about because 👀)