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[petri808]

I’m throwing canon Noragami off a cliff. Maybe canon divergent. Definitely just satisfying my selfishness lol but here I make my offering 🙃

Day 29 @flufftober - “Hey, wake up” Yatori/family-ish Drabble

From the darkness, Yato hears the sound of faint voices calling, calling, for what he cannot make out. Where is this? Where am I, he wonders. Even his extra sensory perceptions as a God do little against this black void he’s floating in. Oh… That’s right, once his father was killed and because Hiyori is now a shinki, his last tether to humankind has been lost. Does that mean this void is a God’s death? Just an unending space of nothingness, because that’s now what his is— nothing, no rebirth, no second chances. What are those voices saying? So frustrating. He feels like they’re calling to him… Senses familiar energy… Open your eyes… Is that what he’s hearing? Wake up… Come back… Back to where? He can’t exist anywhere anymore now that there’s no human who believes. Open your eyes!… The voices, they’re getting louder. Wake up… How? Come back! Yato feels something pulling on him now, like a cord tied to something on the other end. Hey! Wake up! The voice now screams to him. Open your damn eyes! Okay, okay!

Slowly, Yato cracks his eyes open a sliver expecting nothing but more darkness, yet— light suddenly floods through the tiny crack stunning him for a moment like someone shining a flashlight in your face. What the hell? The more he opens his lids, the brighter the light till they’re completely open. He double blinks, and puts his hand over his face trying to block out— the sun?? His vision is still focusing, but he’s pretty damn sure it’s just the sun.

Well, there’s no time to think about it as two bodies pile onto him. Huh?

“Yato!” Hiyori and Yukine scream in tandem. “Yato, it’s over! It’s over!”

Wait! Hiyori?? But, but… Yato sits up, forcing the two to get off him. Yato blinks in absolute disbelief. “Hi-Hiyori?” His voice trembles. This is impossible. Shinki shouldn’t remember their past lives without it causing them pain, yet Hiyori sounds completely normal.

“It’s me,” Hiyori smiles.

The dam of tears break free as Yato pulls Yukine and Hiyori into a bear hug. To feel them, touch them— for them to be here as if nothing had happened. His true family. This is the happiest day of his life and with such a second chance he does something he's wanted to do for a long, long time. When they release from the hug, Yato cups Hiyori's cheeks, pulling in and placing a pressured kiss to her lips. Hiyori squeaks at the sudden intrusion and a bloom of pink flushes his skin.

"Seriously!" Yukine slaps Yato's shoulder once he breaks away from the kiss. "Not the place for this!"

"Sorry," Yato scratches the back of his neck in embarrassment. "Couldn’t help it. But tell me," he grabs Hiyori's hands. "How can you remember who you are or me or any of us?" He also turns to Yukine as well as he speaks. "Why am I still here if my lifelines are gone?"

"I don't fully understand it myself, and I didn't know anything at the beginning. During the battle with father I was just a vessel." Hiyori explains.

"After father was killed, and you were knocked out, Ōkuninushi showed up with your tied plaques," Yukine continues.

"I had no idea who he was, and that’s when he said just one word to me," Hiyori carries on, "'remember,' and suddenly everything came flooding back. It took some time to get my bearings back, but thankfully, Yukine was there to help me through. Once I remembered everything, that's when he explained how my love and promise to never forget you was strong enough for him to use to intercede."

"Oh, I remember you doing it once before," Yukine points out to Hiyori, "you broke the spell that one time too." He then addresses Yato again. "As for the lifelines, well there are enough that remember you."

Yato’s brow raises in disbelief. "Like who?"

"My brother," Hiyori smiles.

"And my sister, thanks to Hiyori," Yukine adds. "And maybe some of the customers you've helped. Point being, you're still here."

This is all so much to process quickly, but now that he knows what’s happened, all of the emotional toil he held in during the battle is released like a tidal wave sweeping over the land. Yato pulls them back into a hug as the waterworks start anew and his babbling apologies to the two shinki flow free. Throughout his life, he hasn’t always been one to see the mistakes he makes— a trait common among the gods who do not truly understand things like emotions or atonement. They ask for atonement from followers, yet do not believe it applies to them. If there’s one thing father proved, is that this unattached, unfeeling sense of omnipotence is a problem amongst Heaven that needs to change. Only gods like Bishamon or Kofuku who have created close bonds with either their shinki or the humans around them, learned what it means to care, to hurt, and to love— they are the gods worthy of their station. And now, Yato has entered this point thanks to Hiyori and Yukine, and others like Kofuku. His battle with father is the proof, because all Yato wanted to do was protect those he loved even if it meant his death.

“I’m so sorry for everything,” Yato stammers through the tears. “It’s my fault all these horrible things have happened to you. If I’d just listened to you Yukine, father wouldn’t have been able to manipulate you, and Hiyori…” his voice chokes, “y-you would still be alive. I was so stupid to try and do things on my own when having my family with me made me stronger.”

“You’re damn right, you should’ve listened to me!” Yukine punches Yato’s arm with medium strength. “But, I know you were just trying to protect me. I hope you’ve learned to trust us now.”

“And Yato,” Hiyori speaks up, “please don’t blame yourself. It was my selfish wish you were trying to honor. I chose to get involved knowing it would be dangerous even with several of you all trying to warn me.”

“But Hiyori, you never got to live a full life,” Yato blubbers. “It’s not fair!”

“It’s not,” she smiles, “yet I still wouldn’t change a thing.” Hiyori grabs Yato and Yukine’s arms and pull them close to her on each side. “I love you both too much to have walked away. So, I forgive you,” she kisses Yato on the cheek. “And I’m happy to have you back,” she kisses Yukine on the cheek.

“And I forgive you too, Yato,” Yukine adds. “So stop the blubbering cause now we need to figure out where to go from here.”

“Oh!” Hiyori sits up straight in her excitement. “There’s one more good news. Heaven has recognized your efforts and contribution to this fight and finally consider you to be a true god worthy of respect. Therefore, you’ve been bestowed a new title. The god of calamity is due to your father’s wish, but it’s no longer the wish fueling your existence. So, they feel you’ll be a god who protects children. Ebisu has even offered to build a temple for you in the city.”

Yato and Yukine’s jaws drop, both uttering a, “Wow…”

“I’m stunned,” Yato’s mind is short-circuting. “Am I really worthy of such a title?”

“Why not,” Yukine teases. “You act like a child, so you’ll understand them better.” Even Hiyori has to laugh at the stab of truth.

“I see your mouth is back to normal,” Yato retorts, then laughs, “but you’re so right!” He pulls both of them to him, one on each side, and resting his arms over their shoulders. “Well family, should we grab some food? Cause I’m starving!”

Hiyori chuckles. “Now, there’s our Yato…”

[thebenjiblackwoodexpress]

Jump then fall prt.8-The Finale

Description: Can Aeron and Y/N get their happily ever after, or will the impending Dance of the Dragons keep them apart? Dragons, a wild Benjicot, and tourney's, oh my!

Part 7

Writer's note: the final part of Jump then Fall! I had never written a fanfic before this but it's been so fun to get involved with the HOTD fandom. Thank you so much to everyone who read this series :) I'm not sure if I'll write for Aeron anymore as I'll be trying my hand at an Aemond series next. But Elizabeth will hold the fort on the Brackenwood twinks with her Benji content. This includes crossover content with The Blackwood Knight since we accidentally created what we like to call 'The Bracken Tree Multiverse.' 😏

Warnings: swearing, female reader, Canon divergent, hurt/comfort, brief angst, lot's of fluff.

As dawn broke, Aeron made his way to the border with Samwell and Edmund. They did not have to wait long for Benjicot Blackwood to appear over the top of a hill, making his way down to them alone to Aeron's surprise. He was either brazen or so in love with Aeron's cousin that he had become blind to risk. He addressed Aeron with more deference and respect than he'd expected, based on the hostility that had tinged all their previous interactions. "Ser Aeron, I was gladdened to receive your raven." Aeron tried to match his tone "Ser Benjicot, I thank you for agreeing to meet with me. I will get to the point. It is my intention to broker peace between our Houses, your relationship with my cousin has led me to believe you will be amenable to this." Benjicot looked up sharply, can he really have been surprised that his love for Aeron's cousin was the worst kept secret in the Riverlands?

Coughing slightly at the awkwardness of the situation, Benjicot straightened and assumed an air of pride. "I am indeed in love with your cousin. I hope you do not intend to take issue with this. I would prefer not to fight you for fear of upsetting my beloved, I know how she cares for you." Aeron smirked back at him. "I do not take issue with you Blackwood. But it has come to my attention you have been sneaking across the border to see the lady under cloak of darkness. I ask you to desist and to meet with her by day instead before you are married." An uncharacteristic dusting of pink tinted Benjicot's cheeks as he nodded wordlessly. Aeron continued  "I will arrange for you to meet her at the border and take her to visit Raventree Hall on the morrow should this be acceptable to you. The lady herself has already agreed to the arrangement." Benjicot's perpetually cocky smirk returned in full force "I gladly accept. Now tell me of your terms for peace."

The terms were shortly settled and Aeron turned to Edmund as soon as Benjicot was out of hearing distance. "Cousin, I am grateful for your aid today and must ask of you another favour. Can I entrust you to take a message to my Lady, requesting a meeting with her in a location of her choosing. I will not encroach upon her home in the current circumstances. In doing so I trust that you will also issue her with your most heartfelt apology." Aeron's eyebrows rose up at the last, Edmund sheepishly nodding in return. "I will see to it forthwith cousin." Aeron wished to inform Y/N of the fortunate outcome of his meeting with Benjicot in person. He felt her absence most keenly, and seeing her so distressed the previous evening had broken his resolve to stay away from her entirely.

He had just barely been able to bear it when he'd thought it was only him that was suffering so acutely, knowing that it was her wish for him to keep his distance. And he'd instead tried to be content with sending her letters each day and imagining her response to each word. But seeing Y/N look so unwell, watching her burst into tears upon seeing him, and having her practically faint in his arms, had broken his resolve. Nonetheless, he wished to approach this as respectfully and in keeping with Y/N's wishes as possible, sending Edmund with his message first and requesting that she appoint a meeting place herself.

Edmund returned to Bracken Hall before midday with his Lady's response. He let out a sigh of relief as Edmund informed him of her acquiescence to meeting him and that she awaited him presently under their tree. Aeron wasted no time, pocketing a small parcel and departing to meet her at a brisk pace. He slowed his pace as Y/N came into view, palm raised to the trunk of the Brackentree as if reliving a memory. Trying not to startle her, he endeavoured to make enough noise to make his presence known at a distance. She looked up upon hearing the tread of his boots and Aeron stopped a respectful distance away. He looked longingly into her expectant eyes, wishing he could take her hand but knowing his advances would be unwanted at present. He did not assume that because she had allowed him to hold her yesterday, she would allow him to do so today. "My Lady, I am grateful you agreed to meet with me. I hope Edmund was respectful and fittingly apologetic for his part." Y/N nodded, the corner of her mouth quirked up as if trying to contain a smile. "He was, i've never seen him do anything but preen and look obnoxious. I would say it made a welcome change if I could, but it was almost disturbing." Aeron laughed at her wit, the sound and feel of laughter almost foreign to him now, and he rejoiced that she should feel comfortable enough to jest with him. "I wished to tell you of my meeting with Benjicot Blackwood." Y/N eyes immediately perked up attentively at that, eager to hear his news as she leaned her back against the trunk of the Bracken tree. "He was amenable to my suggestions for brokering peace between our Houses and was generous in his offer to dispense with the boundary lines. You were right that my cousin had a secret love, it was Benjicot all along. He seemed willing to go to any lengths to ensure she would not be torn between our two Houses and so I could not have hoped for a better outcome."

He took some tentative steps towards Y/N, and when she did not startle or attempt to move from her position, he walked to stand directly in front of her. His voice came out soft and distant even to him as he became lost in gazing at her. He had not been able to gaze upon the woman he loved for such a painfully long period of time and drank in each detail of her appearance now, in the fear that she would not allow him to see her again. Pulling his focus back to her eyes he was startled to find that her eyes seemed to be flitting across his features in the same manner, and he felt his own heart stutter at the thought of her missing him too. "All that is left is for me to convince my uncle to agree to Benjicot's terms, and reaffirm my refusal to the marriage with Roslyn Tully." Y/N nodded but still looked to him unsure. "And you think you can convince him on both those matters?" Aeron's expression turned resolute, his gaze focused on her eyes "I am certain of it because there is no other option for me. I have only ever loved one girl my whole life and I will marry no other, whatever the consequences."

Y/N raised her hand to hold onto the sleeve of his tunic, pulling him towards her slightly, before looking back up to him with her own determined stare. "I must ask you to understand how betrayed I have felt, how much your actions hurt me, and that it is difficult for me to trust you now. But I love you, you know this already and there is no use in denying it." Aeron tentatively raised his own hand to lightly graze her ribcage with his knuckles, a barely there touch that still conveyed his affection for her. He did not try to interrupt her as she continued. "If you make me your solemn promise never to deceive me again, and to keep your word with regards to your intentions, I will endeavour to forgive you and hope that in time my trust in you can be restored to what it was."

Aeron smiled tenderly at her, her words so welcome to his ears. He pulled a small package from his tunic, unwrapping it to reveal a golden broach to her. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the golden stallion atop the clasp, the symbol of House Bracken. "I wish for you to take this small token as an assurance that I mean what I say, in my eyes you are already the future Lady Bracken, should you permit it." Y/N tentatively took the broach from him, finding herself genuinely moved by his heartfelt attempt to show her his true intentions. She looked back up at him with a gentle smile "Thank you, Aeron."

Lost in his feeling of elation at her acceptance of his small gift, he took a step closer to her as if to embrace her and she planted a hand firmly on his chest to stop him. Aeron instantly halted his movements as his head dropped and he took a step back. "Aeron, I do not wish to open my heart to any more dissapointment. I ask that you keep your distance oncemore. You may come to me only when you have your uncle's express consent to break off your betrothal to Lady Roslyn, only when you are free to marry who you wish." Aeron's expression turned pained, but he understood his Lady's reasoning. "As you wish it, my love." Y/N briefly raised her hand as if to touch him before seeming to think better of it, lowering it back down to her side. "Farewell then Aeron." Her eyes glistened slightly as she strode quickly away from him. Aeron stayed rooted to the spot, watching Y/N walk away from him until she passed over the hill that lead to her home and he could no longer see her.

Lord Amos Bracken was furious at first to learn of his nephew's meeting with Benjicot Blackwood and the pact they had made. To know that Aeron had acted on behalf of House Bracken without his consent. He refused to speak with his nephew for three days in his anger, despite Aeron's constant attempts to catch him as he left his council room or left his chambers to break his fast. By the third day, Aeron had had enough. His uncle's stalling was just extending the length of time before he could see Y/N again and so on the third day he boldly strode into his uncle's council as it was in session. "Uncle I will speak with you, should you permit it or not. I ask you now to decide whether I will do so in front of your council members or not."

His uncle gaped at Aeron's audacity before signalling for his council to depart with a wave of his hand. As soon as the room was vacated and the door shut, Aeron began before his uncle could forestall him further. "Uncle the pact Ser  Benjicot Blackwood and I have brokered will mean peace throughout the Riverlands. There will be no more cause for violence at the border, indeed we will need no border at all and can pass peacefully between Blackwood and Bracken lands. You reject it out of spite alone. Will you not see what lies before you? We assure our own destruction if you will not be swayed." Lord Amos merely glared at Aeron, saying nothing and Aeron threw his hands up in frustration before stalking from the chamber, leaving the door to swing harshly against the wall. However, Lord Amos had begun to consider Aeron's words, unbeknownst to his nephew.

The next day Aeron took a different approach and when he sought an audience with his uncle again, it was with Lady Roslyn beside him. "Uncle, I entreat you to consider the benefits of an accord between our House and House Blackwood. There is no need for us to tear the Riverlands apart for Targaryen overlords who have no care for us. I will not marry Lady Roslyn, nor does she have any desire to marry me and she has kindly accompanied me to tell you as much. It is Y/N I love and it is her alone I will pledge myself too. You can either except this absolute with or without the peace pact I have secured." Aeron was out of breath by the time he had finished his tirade but his persistence had been worth it. Lord Amos finally acceded the sagacity of a pact between Blackwoods and Brackens, particularly when the Riverlands were threatened by all out warfare and destruction by dragon fire. Together, the Houses of the Riverlands would stand strong. And at last, he consented to dissolve Aeron's betrothal to the Lady Roslyn, much to her own relief. Aeron was pleasant enough but her tastes lay elsewhere, she had already found love with her handmaiden. She laughed as Aeron ran from the hall the second they were dismissed, having no doubt of where he was headed.

Y/N was almost ashamed to find herself yet again sat in the windowsill of her father's home, that gave her a direct view of Bracken Hall. She knew that it was at her request that Aeron stayed away. She had not thought she could bear his closeness while still uncertain whether she would be able to marry him. It did not matter that he'd all but promised himself to her, not until Lord Bracken rescinded his betrothal to Roslyn Tully. The Blackwood heir's ready acceptance to peace terms had filled her with hope, but she was no fool and would not allow herself to be placed in a precarious position again as she had been when Aeron's betrothal had first been announced.

And yet she had almost convinced herself she could see Aeron walking the path that led to her home, as she had often imagined. Her heart leapt in her chest as she realised she was not imagining anything, that was Aeron making his way across the field which led to her home. He was far off in the distance but she could recognise his silhouette anywhere. Y/N knew that if he had come to her that could only mean one thing, that all her hopes were coming to fruition. She slid off the window sill, picking up her skirts and beginning to run. It was a difficult task with nerves racking her entire body, but she felt an inexplicable pull forcing her legs to move faster as she ran to meet Aeron.

He did not spot her at first, seemingly preoccupied with staring at his boots, a bouquet of baby's breath flowers swinging from one of his hands. But when he did his face lit up in a smile that was pure sunshine to Y/N, full of warmth, which only made her run that much faster. Aeron opened his arms to meet her as she practically flew into him, wrapping his arms around her and holding her to him in an embrace that lifted her feet of the ground. He held her aloft and against him for a long while, his face pressed against her hair, breathing in the smell of her perfume, before he slowly slid her back down to the ground. He kept his arms firmly encircled around her waist nonetheless, as if frightened she would dissapear, though she had no intention of leaving his arms anytime soon.

Still out of breath from her exertions, she spoke in between pants. "It is settled then? I am to be your wife?" She watched a soft emotion crossed Aeron's eyes. Removing his hands from her waist and taking a step back from her, which had Y/N inwardly panicking that she had misunderstood the situation entirely, he suddenly knelt before her on one knee. She blushed as she realised what he was doing. Taking both her hands in his, he looked up at her reverentially as if she were a goddess and he her humble worshipper. "I will make no great speeches now my love, for I hope there will be plenty of time for that in the days and years that follow. I know that I tarried too long in expressing this, my most earnest and longheld desire, that you should become my wife, so I will waste no more time. I offer myself to you as your husband, as one who loves you and wants nothing more than to cherish you for the rest of our lives."

Y/N could hardly speak through the all-consuming joy she felt but squeezed his hands and managed out a breathy "yes." Aeron was on his feet in an instant, oncemore lifting her off the ground and spinning her as they both laughed. Setting her back down, he slowly brought his hands to either side of her face, before pressing his forehead to hers and closing his eyes, as if trying to convey the love he felt for her with this touch. He brushed his lips against hers, whispering against them "I can no longer be a raven", seemingly referring to that pained period when the only connection he could have with his beloved was the daily letters he sent by raven. With that he closed the distance and captured her lips with his. Y/N pulled away from him after a few moments, fixing Aeron with a stern gaze. "Don't you ever do something so stupid again, do you understand me?" Aeron gulped down a swallow before responding "Of course my love, it was a terrible thing and I am sorry for it. I will spend a lifetime trying to make up for it." Y/N considered this and nodded, placing her head on his chest. Only a second later she abruptly pushed him away from her, seemingly not finished with scolding him for his previous misteps as she poked him in the chest with her index finger. "And don't think that you can just get away with..." Aeron quickly cut her off, pulling her back to him by her waist and crashing his lips to hers. Y/N found she did not care about his rude interruption, simply opening her palm to lay it flat against his chest and entangling her other hand in his hair. She felt him smile against her lips as she did so.

Aeron did not think he had ever been so nervous in his life as he stood at the altar of the Sept at Bracken Hall, waiting for Y/N. His feelings had clearly mapped their way onto his expression and Samwell lightly elbowed him in the ribs as he stood at his side. "Worried she's going to jilt you? Can't blame you, she was always too good for you." When Aeron shot him a look of utter panic at what he'd intended as a joke Sam relented and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Stop worrying. Y/N loves you, it may be misguided philanthropy on her part but it's true nonetheless. She'll be here." Aeron nodded and faced back towards the door.

He was glad of it as within moments Y/N appeared on her father's arm. Aeron's face broke into a smile at the sight of her. She had never looked so beautiful to him than she did now in her wedding dress of cream and gold, symbolising her affinity with his House. He had to remember to keep his breathing even as she walked towards him, but his nerves disappeared altogether when she removed herself from her father's arm to take his hand instead. He could barely contain his joy as they spoke their vows, realising that he could finally call Y/N his wife.

𝕰𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖚𝖊

As the great Houses of the Riverlands came together as one to support Rhaenyra's claim, the war was quickly won in the true Queen's favour. A period of peace and prosperity was brought forth such that the Riverlands had never seen in living memory, the pact between House Blackwood and House Bracken cemented in treaties and in blood with the marriage of the Lord of Raventree, Benjicot Blackwood, to Aeron Bracken's cousin.

Aeron felt sure he'd checked everywhere for his favourite riding gloves, having turned his chambers inside out to find them. He was certain his Lady Wife would not be best pleased at the mess but he urgently needed his gloves for the tourney his uncle was holding on the morrow. He had neither the time nor the patience to restore everything back to its rightful place as he searched, leaving behind him a wake of destruction. A gentle cough behind him signalled the arrival of the very lady he'd been  thinking of and he turned to her with a sheepish smile. "I must apologise, my love. I assure you I will set everything back to rights, I just cannot seem to find my gloves anywhere." Y/N nodded, smoothing her skirts down and beginning to open up a cabinet he'd not yet checked. "I think it best we find the gloves first before we attempt to put anything back in order. I don't trust you not to mess it up again otherwise." She sent him a look that was half stern, half teasing. "Right you are of course, my darling." He smiled at her sweet nature as she joined him in looking for his missing gloves.

Opening a drawer in the bottom shelf of a dresser his hands grazed some crumpled parchment, and he pulled out a wad of letters tied together with lilac ribbon. As he continued to look at them he realised they were in fact his letters, or rather the ones he had written to Y/N in the weeks following that disastrous banquet, when she had refused to speak to him at all. He had imagined she'd thrown every letter out in her anger with him, it warmed his heart to know she'd kept them like precious treasures. They were crumpled and clearly well-read, as if she had gone back to them time and time again. Suspicious of her husband's silence, Y/N turned and her heart skipped a beat at what she saw. Quickly running over to him she made a grab for the letters but Aeron pulled them out of her reach. Her face was flushed with embarrassment but Aeron could not see why.

"You kept my letters?" Hearing the tenderness in his tone as his eyes softened, she realised he did not mean to mock her for her sentimentality.

"They were beautiful letters."

"I thought you had hated each one, though I could not find it in myself to stop writing. Those letters felt like the only thing tethering me to you at one point."

Y/N reached up to stroked Aeron's cheek. "I cannot tell you what those words meant to me. I read them over and over, they were the only thing that made me certain you did in fact love me. I cherish them and read them often even now."

Aeron took her hand from his face to place a kiss on her palm at her admission. "Perhaps I should write more love letters, then, if it would please my Lady Wife." Aeron smirked cockily at her. She swatted his chest, "Don't get too arrogant now, it doesn't suit you husband. I should be glad to receive your notes though if you deign to write them."

Aeron pulled her to him, his chin resting atop her head. "I shall dedicate hours to them each day. Nothing shall take precedence." Aeron jested. He did so love to hear his wife laugh.

As the morning of the tourney loomed, Aeron attempted with little success to put on his armour without the help of his bastardly squire, who'd gotten too deep into his cups at the opening feast the night prior. As he struggled to attach his pauldron to his breastplate he heard the shift of fabric as the flap of his tent was pulled up and his Lady Wife entered. "Husband, I can hear you clanging about with your armour from outside. Let me help you." She removed his hands from where he'd been fumbling with clasps as she deftly began to attach each piece with more patience and skill than he had done. He felt his heartbeat race, as she brushed her hands across his shoulders to survey her handy work. Though they were now married and he could barely feel her touch through the armour, she was ever able to have such an affect on him.

Handing him his gauntlet she nodded, seemingly satisfied with her work. "You are presentable, now make me proud." Aeron let out a hearty laugh, pulling his beloved wife to him with one arm wrapped around her waist as she braced her hands against his chest from the momentum. He leaned down and lightly brushed his nose against hers. "I shall win every tournament  which I compete in if it should please my Lady, and if she consent to give me her favour." Quickly pecking him on the lips Y/N affectionately patted Aeron on the cheek before pulling away. "None of that my Good Knight. You can get a kiss when you win your tournaments."

As Aeron reluctantly released her, a playful look lit her eyes and she made a grab for his sword. "You should teach me how to use this Aeron, it might come in handy when your cousin Edmund is being particularly reprehensible." Lifting it she attempted to swing it in an arch but stumbled under the weight of it, not having taken that into account. Aeron's eyes widened in concern for her safety as it swung wildly out of her grip in the direction of the tent entrance, only for Samwell to pop his head through the flap. The sword just barely missed his head as his eyes widened comically in shock. Y/N quickly covered her mouth in embarrassment and fear of what she had almost done. Seeming to recover his wits, Samwell turned his head in Aeron's direction. "I dare say my good man your Lady Wife almost decapitated me. What have you done to make her so angry she should swing your own sword at you."

Y/N took a step towards him, frantically uttering her apologies. "I'm so terribly sorry Samwell, I was being silly and messing about with it."

Samwell did not wish to embarass his friend's wife and so shrugged it off. "No worries my Lady, if I were bound to that oaf over there for the rest of my days I'd also have swung a sword at him by now." Aeron rolled his eyes at Samwell and wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulders, rubbing his hand down her arm comfortingly. "I'll not have you undermining my Lady's swordsmanship Samwell. The blow was clearly well aimed and meant for you. I'm immensely proud." Y/N's embarrassment had begun to fade as the two men continued to jest and volley insults at one another, but she resolutely decided she would in fact ask Aeron to teach her to handle a sword in future to avoid any recurrences. With a soft kiss to the crown of her head, Aeron departed for the joust and Y/N made for the stands to cheer on her husband. She positioned herself close to the balcony railings of Lord Bracken's box so Aeron would be able to see her and ask for her favour. She well knew he had kept the first lilac favour she'd ever given him tied to his swordbelt, and yet she still knew he would ask it of her. She believed that to him it was his way of expressing to her what they'd both always known since they were children, that he was her Good Knight and she his Lady.

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[diejager]

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Can I request one of Miguel x a fem and plus size character please 🫶

Cinnamon

Miguel was a soft lover, his big and warm hands the grounding pillars of your world. You love how easily he melted when you cooed in his ears, carefully rubbing the ache and loneliness away from his muscles, tightly-wound and tense. He was strung left and right with his business, pushed and drowned under mountains of responsibility to the multiverse he never wanted to discover. It was a curse, yet a blessing.

With it’s cons, dimension-ripping anomalies, dangers of canon-divergences and leading other Spiders, it came with it’s pros, brothers-in-arms, people who could emphasize and prideful successors. All things came with another, one could not live without light and dark. It was a world to marvel at, the wide expanse of the multiverse and its unlimited possibilities. One could not fathom the need to explore it, to seek and to know of it’s mysteries.

Yet he came home every night, into the arms of the woman he loved and cherished over all. You, the reason he still fought and led the society. Your safety was his top priority. Your soft body and warm heat.

He always came home to hold you, his palms kneading the rolls of your stomach, pushing and pulling at your rounded stomach and thighs. His rough and calloused fingers softening at the warmth of your skin, he would groan and slouch against you, as if you burned higher than most, your body absorbing and trapping the heat of your humid atmosphere.

While others cried at the loss, envy staining their eyes when they called you fat and ugly, Miguel cooed at you, giving you his heart as he told you how pretty and delectable you were. Where others saw a flaw, excessive fat (in their eyes) and ugly rolls, he saw beauty, graceful roundness and strong limbs. Whereas him, you didn’t melt, you grew and blossomed, unravelling like a flower in the cool air of spring. Pink and Blue petals turning purple and red, yellows leaves fading to a bright, lively green.

He was the healthy soil you depended on and you were the flower he was cultivating, the ring he was meant to watch and protect, to love and care. His entire being was created for you solely, in all your round glory and warm softness.

“Oh, mi alma,” he whispered. ”Te amo, te amo tanto.”

@yas-v @elliewilliamsbae @rinieloliver

[mieczyhale]

deadpool & wolverine canon-divergence where it was steve rogers in the void and not johnny

the tva sent the real steve to the void because: 1. he messed with time in the first place, even though he wasn't the only one 2. he was only going to the past to say goodbye. this was not supposed to be the case. the tva needed him to stay there so certain future events could happen in the way they wanted. and so other certain events wouldn't happen

but even the tva knows you can't fight steve rogers when it comes to bucky barnes so they had to kind of ambush him in the past, when he went to say goodbye to peggy, to prevent him from going back to his own time.

it was not the most well-planned ambush but they got him sent to the void. that solved most of their problems, but created some as well. like how they needed steve to hand the shield over to sam but, as of five minutes ago, they were steveless. so they got an old man to play steve. it wasn't the most convincing role, and it didn't make the most sense for the timeline, but the multiverse was fucked as it was so who was going to notice?? some fans on tumblr dot com?? 3. his interaction with another version of himself was going to fuck everything up by saving bucky and that's not how this is supposed to go.

steve has been in the void this whole time, trying to get out and failing, so when deadpool and wolverine show up he joins them on their adventure and they eventually get him back to bucky and they do double dates or something idk roll credits

[noncanon-fictionkin]

Oh we're talking canon-divergent kintypes?

I'm the Heart from Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium, blended with the Robber from Chonny Jash's Ain't no Rest for the Wicked by Chonny Jash's cover.

I come from a world between worlds on the overlap in the multiverse and my world is a crossover world between like sixty different fandoms.

My ex-lover is anthro Artificer from Rain World.

It's a hero-villain world and I was motivated by resentment for humanity to rob places and target those whom are happy.

And as a cherry on top, my original world was a Tumblr ask blog created by some tween girl I consider God that's from another universe beside our own and I was an "(author favourite)".

I am the KING of canon-divergent sources, I have never met a kin as bizarre as my own. If you ever feel like your source is weird, just remember your old pal Villain Heart.

~ @thehearteccentric

OH MY GOD HI. ITS SO GREAT SEEING A CCCC KIN (IM SOUL !!!!!). live laugh love chonny jash. ur canon sounds so fucking cool i had to reread this like 5 times for everything to click properly. ur so right ur taking the cake thus far for canon divergent-ness please come pick up ur award

[anotherhumanpet]

The Realm Strider’s Curse: A Summary || Mobile

So what is the curse?

To answer in an in-character way, the curse is a strange phenomena that seems to be spontaneously hurtling Dennis across the multiverse. To what end or for what purpose remains unclear though because there isn’t any sort of puppet master pulling on any strings. There is only Dennis, and maybe the occasional companion he accidentally brings with him.

To answer in an out-of-character way, the curse is my personal writing excuse to have the main version of Dennis be open for interactions across the multiverse. So it doesn’t matter if your character hails from a completely different timeline, universe, media series, what have you; Dennis has the means of popping up in your character’s setting and to do his Dennis thing while he’s around.

How does the curse work?

In order to understand the mechanics of the curse you have to understand Transformers lore, and sometimes the lore can get a bit convoluted - especially when you consider how old the series is, how many times it has been (re)written, and how every writer approaches the series with their own interpretations in mind because everyone is right and no one is ever wrong.

With that being said, I’m going to present the necessary lore as neutrally as possible. Then, I’m going to explain my interpretation on it to help explain Dennis’ curse.

First, there is a relic known as the Matrix of Leadership. Typically, the Matrix is used to upgrade a mech with god-like powers while also granting them the title of Prime. How these powers will work varies from one series to the next, but the Matrix has a way of elevating whoever carries it above the rest of the cast. The title of Prime is also considered a very honorable title, and is typically highly respected by transformer society. Sometimes, mecha will change their entire name to something more befitting their Prime status, but this is not always the case.

For Dennis’ universe specifically, one of the things that the Matrix can do is grant its bearers a direct connection to the Primes of the past - better known as the Thirteen. They are the first transformers to be created by the likes of Primus, the transformer god of order, and they held the most god-like powers because of their direct lineage to Primus. As the thirteen died off, their consciousnesses meld with the Matrix, thus allowing future bearers of the Matrix to commune with the thirteen for whatever purpose or needs they had.

For my writing purposes, another power boon the Matrix grants is the ability to tap into the god-like abilities that the thirteen had. This is an unreliable boon as it is very hard to tap into, especially if the Prime used a relic or tool to exert their power, but it is something that can be done by those capable of figuring out the process.

Now, one of the thirteen was known as Vector Prime, and his specialty laid solely in space and time.

See where I’m going with this now?

So how does this relate back to Dennis?

In Dennis’ lore (which is essentially altered/canon divergent TF:P lore), there was a period of time where Optimus got very hurt, was laying half dead in a cave, and his only company during his seemingly final moments were Dennis and Smokescreen.

While Smokescreen was popping in and out of the cave to steal supplies and survey the situation outside, Dennis kept watch over Optimus and just simply hoped for the best because he didn’t know what else he could do at the time. The situation seemed bleak, he didn’t have any useful skills or knowledge that could aid Optimus, and he was deeply fond of the mech so staring at his corpse-like-state was more than a bit traumatizing for him.

Then, Optimus’ chest cavity opened up and the Matrix began to shine brilliantly from within him because it was desperately calling out for someone else to pick up its mantle while the current host was dying. There was no one to answer the call though. There was only Dennis, who panic-climbed his way up onto Optimus’ chest and pleadingly yelled at the Prime to wake up, all while pushing against Optimus’ chest panels in a desperate attempt to close them.

Dennis’ near proximity to a panicking and spiritually flailing Matrix would wind up infusing him with energy that is akin to Vector Prime, thus granting him minor power over space and time.

The problem is the kid doesn’t realize this. Nobody does.

And so now, Dennis just hops wildly around the multiverse, equally frightened and frustrated by his ability.

[ifearifearifear]

The FNAF Multiverse (3/10)

Part 3, baby, lets get down to it.

Chapter 3: Fan Content

Unsurprisingly, fan content is another prominent part of the FNAF fandom. Simply put, there are people who get very invested in these silly little traumatized characters, and like to create their own stories with them. I mean no offense by summarizing in that way, just to make that clear - been there, done that. But the thing is - in this multiverse, all of those worlds, and headcanons, and timelines people create are very much real.

Fan content makes up the vast majority of the FNAF multiverse. There's quite a lot of it, after all. While not as densely packed as canon, it spans over a much larger area, diverging from canon and exploring stories that wouldn’t ever be considered for official materials. (For better and for worse.)

For clarity, let’s go ahead and define what fan content is. (Though I’m sure most of you don’t need an explanation, I’d like to be thorough.)

Fan content is any content made by a fan of a piece of media, which noticeably and clearly takes inspiration from the media in question. For example, fanart, fansongs, ask blogs, fan comics, animations, cosplays, alternate universes, and many more unique types of fan content.

But with this, the question then becomes, where is the line between something made by a fan, and fan content? How close does it have to be, to be a part of this multiverse? Does mascot horror count as part of the FNAF multiverse, because it’s inspired by the themes of FNAF? What about something like CASE: ANIMATRONICS, which had a lawsuit brought against it for IP infringement? What about content that goes out of the limits of the franchise? Where is the line drawn between ‘inspired by’ and ‘multiverse’?

Well, I’ve thought about that a fair amount. And here is my conclusion:

There isn’t a clear line. Universes can be rather close in proximity to canon, but not be part of the multiverse - and universes can be quite far from canon, and still be part of the multiverse. There isn’t a clean line, because that’s simply not how fiction works. Everything is inspired by something. And in this case, it’s simply a matter of choosing what you think fits into it, because everybody will draw their own lines. It’s always a matter of perspective, in this franchise.

But, if you’d like my input, I have a few questions that I use to determine if a universe is part of the FNAF multiverse.

1.) Does it have anything in common with FNAF?

Technically speaking, everything has something in common with FNAF, because if you look hard enough, all stories share something in common, even if it’s very small. But I particularly mean in terms of characters, settings, events, or other specifically recognizable things.

2.) Is it inspired by FNAF?

This is a rather self-explanatory one. Something can’t be part of the multiverse if it was created independently.

3.) Does the creator insist that it is distinct?

This one might confuse things a bit, but here’s my train of thought. A universe exists under the provision of its creator. It might be in the locale of a certain multiverse, but the creator maintains sole control of if it is under the ‘jurisdiction’ of this multiverse. Something like CASE: ANIMATRONICS is distinct because the creators insist that it’s not part of the multiverse. Compare with something like FNAC, which makes explicit references to FNAF, and has been brought in as an official fangame. - If the creator does insist that it’s distinct, then it’s probably part of the greater exaverse. (aka, Fiction on the whole. When I said this multiverse concept could be applied to a lot of different things, I meant it. It goes much farther than just FNAF.)

4.) Does it involve themes that have been explicitly disowned by the creators?

The fact of the matter is, there are AUs that go into content that has been openly renounced by the creators of the franchise. And as the multiverse is under their jurisdiction, these universes are basically in voluntary exile due to the inclusion of these themes.

So, now that that's cleared up, where does that leave us? Wading through the still-absurdly-dense web of universes that remain a part of the multiverse. There are still thousands - hundreds of thousands, even - of fanmade universes, timelines, satellite universes, and megaverses, even with these guidelines in place.

Next chapter, we’ll be defining what makes a universe a universe, and why there are so many of them in the first place.

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[chiangyorange]

I just read the most recent chp of your fic (a superb piece of writing) and got the urge to ramble about it, if you don’t mind. (Feel free to ignore, if you want)

I really enjoy the way you write, and the interactions and characterization is splendid! And you even brought up the multiverse/diverging timeline stuff! :D

It’s such an interesting concept! Like, there’s so much to unpack! If Blue and Casey jr came back, their timeline obviously existed, but does it continue to exist? If it didn’t, would they cease to exist, as well? But if it did, what would be left? What is required for a timeline/universe to even exist?

As you know, CJ goes back in time and alters that past (now his present) so that his past doesn’t happen, and that rules out the theory that the future is unchange-able. So the future can be changed, but that implies that different decisions could bring about divergences (i.e. branches) in the timeline, causing wildly different outcomes (butterfly effect). As Donnie noted, who/what decides what these ‘big decisions’ are? Where do the divergences occur? Why?

Another possibility is that the multiverse exists, and Casey jr went back in time to another dimension (we’ll call it D2), not actually changing his dimension (D1)’s past or future, but becoming part of another dimension where the Invasion failed. (Does this mean D2 would follow the same path of D1 if CJ hadn’t travelled to D2 to prevent it?) If the past/future can’t be changed (alluding to a higher being), but the multiverse exists, then theoretically the dimensions/universes might mirror one another, with varying differences.

A third theory is that the multiverse and separating timelines both exist, and that’s a whole mess I can’t even get my head around rn. Like, do the dimension/universes mirror each others’ branches/divergences? Could separate branches of D1 and D2 converge, creating a bridge of sorts? Would they still be separate universes?

Idk, just lots of theories.

Thank you for sharing you’re amazing fic <3

first of all thank you so much for reading!!! im honestly so glad people are enjoying wmas <3<3<3

AS FOR THE TIME TRAVEL putting this under the cut because hoooooly shit anon i LOVE thinking about it sm

OKAY SO as it stands this is the scenario i think of when i think about the rottmnt movie in terms of actual canon. the invasion timeline was the main branch of what happens in universe and by sending Casey Jones Jr back, it branches off to what we know now as the movie proper.

the main takeaways for this scenario is that the butterfly effect is confirmed and true, but on the other hand it brings up the question; what happens to that future timeline? does it disappear and its linearity is continued through CJJ? or does his presence not affect things at all and the invasion timeline falls into the invasion?

personally i like to think the former, even though the world ""dies"", it still lives through CJJ unknowingly. the events of the invasion still HAPPENED, but its linearity is more like a loop rather than a break.

then theres scenario 2, the dimension theory where CJJ doesnt actually change the past at all, and instead just hops from one dimension to the other.

imo this one is a lot more bleak in terms of not changing the past, but it DOES bring up the interesting aspect where both timelines are just cocurrent, so for example while the rebellion falls in D1, at the same time in D2, the chase for the key is happening.

AND THEN THE THIRD SCENARIO which kinda of builds on the previous, but its also an option to consider. whatever ""master timeline"" is just the encompassing idea of rottmnt i suppose. we DO see in film that events sort of parallel each other (which has VERY interesting implications of fate), but in different ways (ex. f!mikey winking while opening the time gate compared to mikey winking while closing the portal to the prison dimension).

in this scenario, CJJ goes back in time like a loop, but also experiences a sort of deja vu when events from the apocalypse timeline echo and reflect on the failed timeline which ALSO runs on the cocurrent events scenario.

this one MOST opens up the meta of the peepaw multiverse too because it ALL comes from a source and the paralleling events are just the entirety of the f!leo goes back genre lol so i think this one is the most canon to wmas proper.

ack, ack!!!! its all SO INTERESTING to think about!!!!!!

[endlesstwanted]

Peggy Carter Bingo Masterpost

Hi guys! I joined this last round of @peggycarterbingo to finally have a try at writing Peggy and trying out some pairings. I created a total of six, with four ficlets and two drabbles, featuring Peggy/Sam in two, Peggy/Natasha in another two, Peggy/Maria Rambeau and one gen with Peggy & Steve!

Check below the cut my fills with links and tags. Thanks @captainjimothycarter for running this!

“I know what I did was wrong, but I’m begging you for one more chance.”

Quoting You, “Not Necessary”

Peggy Carter/Maria Rambeau | Teen | 567 words Summary: Maria stole Peggy's favourite mug, for like four seconds. Tags: Married Life, Domestic Fluff, Breakfast, Slice of Life, Pre-Canon (based on Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness’ Earth-838)

Buying flowers for no reason

None, Really

Peggy Carter/Sam Wilson | Gen | 100 words Summary: It’s Tuesday. Peggy can’t wait to see her favourite customer. Tags: Flower Shop AU, Crushes, Mutual Pining

Image prompt: WhatIf!Peggy seeing her reflection on the shield

What Comes Next

Peggy Carter/Natasha Romanov | Teen | 902 words Summary: One second she was fighting, as Barnes had called it, the calamari, and the next one she was in Washington? Tags: Post-Episode: s01e01 What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?, Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Pre-Relationship

Cuddle by fire

List Of Things I Like About You

Peggy Carter/Natasha Romanov | Teen | 1,4k words Summary: Coming back home, Peggy finds Natasha fuming about something that happened at work. It’s not the first time she has had a bad day at SHIELD, so Peggy knows exactly what her little girl needs. And this time, they try something new. Tags: Non-Sexual Age Play, Domestic Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling

“Whoever you marry will be lucky to have you.”

Look At Us Now, What Do You See?

Peggy Carter/Sam Wilson | Teen | 377 words Summary: Peggy and Sam share a moment when she helps him get ready for an event. Tags: Canon Divergence, Living Together, Developing Relationship

“If I want to get through the night, I’m gonna need a lot more alcohol.”

Guess I’ll Go

Peggy Carter & Steve Rogers | Teen | 100 words Summary: To convince Peggy to go with him to a party, Steve just needs to say that one name. Tags: No Powers AU, Party, Crushes

[merchantziro]

That's a pretty narrow minded way of looking at it if you ask me. Not to say you don't have any point at all and I do understand what you're trying to say, but... I hate to break it to ya bud but the DC universe is arguably still quite moldable with so many different elements of continuities and stories to mix and match as well as stories that could diverge from the main story entirely if the author so wished.

Danny Phantom's world in these fics especially is so moldable due to just how many concepts and fandom specific world building concepts to expand upon the unexplained lore or add new elements to further flesh out his world or even Danny as a character.

This basically allowed us to create our own lore as substitution such as Cores, Ancients, Obsessions, John Fentonightingale, Wes Weston, Death Days, the Ghost King, and so on to flesh out the Infinite Realms. But due to them being fandom concepts, allowed us to redefine how they worked from story to story they're included in.

DC meanwhile has the opposite problem due to how many different canons or continuities the multiverse contains, meaning fic writers don't even really need to abide by one specific canon. They can focus on blending elements of existing canons they like, just giving their own take of events from different storylines, or hell just making their own AU where certain characters took different paths in life yet still meet characters in other ways.

Like established characters or not, the DC Universe has so many different variations of their personality that you can honestly just break apart certain characters or stories into key elements or traits to be reconstructed together differently with some original concepts to fill in the cracks, writing with this new interpretation in mind.

When you bring together worlds like this, it creates a very, very interesting result that I'd argue is the core of the DP x DC fandom.

If the DC side is the basis that we have shattered to grab different bricks to create our own interpretation of its world, then the DP side is the concrete in-between that allows us to hold it together.

A world with so many different concepts and lore elements that can be mixed and matched at your choosing, and a world that the fans have expanded upon with different concepts that can interpreted numerous different ways or even outright ignored. I think that's why these worlds work so well together, allowing us to form such concepts for an oddly specific crossover.

And as a character, Danny Fenton himself may have an established personality, but is relatively a blank slate for what we can do with him regarding DC's universe. Like he has a few core traits, but can easily end up in any situation depending on what the writer wants to do with him through shenanigans.

The Ghost King who is summoned by cultists or the heroes for whatever reason?

A small town hero off the League's radar?

A hero defending a town from threats the Justice League isn't even aware of?

A guy who isn't even from the same universe as DC and might be fanboying if DC is fictional where he's from.

A rogue who the local government is convincing the heroes that he's a major threat to the world?

A brother of Damian who ran from the Leagues of Assassins through one reason or another?

A member of the Teen Titans or Young Justice League, if not a Justice League member?

A retired hero who decides to finally settle down and ends up working for one of the heroes or villains somehow?

A victim of the GIW who will avenge the life he's lost, even if the heroes get in his way?

A scared troubled orphan with no friends or family left trying to run away from what he fears is his destiny of destroying everything?

Done.

In general however, the beauty of fanfiction is that we're able to write whatever we want without the same limitations the authors of official media are restricted by. To not have to feel the need to set up our own characters and their world if we don't want to, and instead can just cut to the chase using the familiar world and characters we already know and love.

Not every fanfic writer who wants to write should feel like they're being forced to focus on writing a specific way, that's how you turn people who could have written great stories away... Trust me, I know from experience.

Besides think of it this way, if the DC Heroes were truly not moldable at all... Then why are there so many different interpretations of the characters in canon already with variance in their backstories and such?

Regardless, that's just my take on the subject. Forgive me if I rambled a bit, I just have a lot to say.

Merchant Ziro out!

I love how Danny is the DPxDC fandom's (at this point is its own fandom) personal Barbie

He's the ghost king, he's a mechanic, he's a runaway, he's an ancient, he's an engineer, he's a barista, he's a regular guy, he's an eldritch being, he has trauma beyond comparison, he has no trauma at all, he's a child, he's a teenager, he's in his 40's, he's gay, he's straight, he's bisexual, he's whatever suits the character he's being shipped with, he's Damian's twin, he's a clone, he's Dani's dad, he's Dani's brother, he's both at the same time

He's truly made of play dough

[darkkitty1208]

hi! you mentioned you liked alpha!tony and omega!stephen, do you happen to have any recommendations? 🫶👀 thank you in advance <3

Hey, Nonny!

Oh dear, I gotchu. I'm putting everything under the cut in case any of you want to preserve your innocence (and me, to preserve my dignity. Ugh)

Minors DNI

Unfortunately there aren't much Omega!Stephen/Alpha!Tony fics out there, and a lack of Bottom!Stephen/Top!Tony fics in general. But I'll try.

I'm not sure if you're looking for plotty or smutty fics, so I'll just split them up.

Plotty A/B/O Multichaps

Alpha Syndrome by atypicalsnowman – A beautiful fic featuring Alpha!Tony and Beta!Stephen Strange. Tony Stark has to bond with an omega. He has to or face a slow and painful death. No matter how much he loves his beta, Stephen Strange. Then magic steps in. (Some good smut, a healthy amount of angst and whump, too.)

Can't Help Falling In Love With You by Chocopiggy – Animal Shifters and A/B/O Canon Divergent: Tony falls in love with Stephen on Titan. Specifically, the moment when the wizard stops scrying with that time stone of his, and Tony's met with the most loving look from Stephen (or anyone) he had ever seen. Back on Earth, Stephen has his memories of the alternate futures blocked by Wong, in order to protect the omega's sanity. And it's up to Tony to get Stephen to fall in love with him once more, just to see the same expression on Stephen's face once again. (In progress, no actual smut (yet), and a good amount of fluff, romance, slowburn, angst/whump and hurt/comfort)

Children of the Old Moon by old_blue – After an encounter with a supernatural killer goes wrong, Stephen is pulled into another world. There, he meets a very familiar face... Now he just needs to catch the murderer, save the multiverse, and find a way back home. (It's not Ironstrange actually, it's Sam Wilson/Stephen Strange (dunno their ship name, rarepair), but it's one of my favourite Omegaverse pieces. We all know how messed up the abo verse is, but I've never actually seen it being addressed in a fic itself. Also has super good plot twists and mysteries, and a LOT of good smut)

Royally Fucked by Insert_Witty_Username — King Stephen Strange’s kingdom had been at war as long as he can remember, locked in a battle between the fey, Stephen’s people, and the humans. The war almost ended with the union of Stephen’s parents, one fey and an omega human, that is, before they were killed in an attack. Stephen, now blooming into his early twenties, and still suspiciously unpresented, has taken it upon himself to meet the human’s king and put an end to the war ravaging his land, no matter what it takes… however it ends up taking a whole lot more than he expected. When his meeting with the alpha prince Anthony spirals south, triggering Stephen’s first-ever heat and revealing him as an omega, King Howard of the Stark Kingdom sees it as a perfect opportunity to create a union between the humans and the fey through marriage. Anthony and Stephen struggle to get along, both unable to see past the inescapable bonds of their inevitable wedding. Stuck in a strange new world, Stephen is lost without a support network all while his entire identity and sense of self is turned upside down. In the meantime, something far larger and far more dangerous than a petty squabble over the union of a prince and a king brews in the background… (In progress, Stephen is a fae here so magic does exist. He gets all dolled up with fae clothing and the descriptions there are superb, there's even a fanart by slasher_art444 picturing it.)

Smutty A/B/O Oneshots/Fics

Family by Chocopiggy – Scared of the rain, Stephen curls in his nest and waits for Tony to come home. The need for his mate to comfort him is stronger than ever, thanks to his approaching heat. (Hurt/comfort with a dash of smut)

With You Series by Descaladumidera – A series with three installments, each with a good smut scene and some plot.

Falling by IronStrangeLover (sherlockian4ever) – Stephen has been hiding the fact that he is an omega with magic. When he meets alpha Tony, he falls for him hard. Tony's scent triggers Stephen's heat and they end up sharing it. Afterwards, they date. The inevitable happens and they bond. (Filth. Absolute wonderful filth. And yeah, also some fluff and romance because they love each other and it's ironstrange)

101 Ironstrange Kinks by RisingQueen2 (FallenQueen2) – Not all chapters are A/B/O, but they are in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 32, Chapter 38, Chapter 55, Chapter 63 (personally I did not read this specific chapter, it's uh.. pregnancy kink. But feel free to read it, no one's judging).

[casitafallz-a]

Watcher Mirabel

Watcher Mirabel isn’t simply another born AU, from a change in choices. The watcher AU was designed by the Architect behind the multiverse of Encanto. The Watcher AU was spawned into exitance after the first miracle ( Canon)  was created and from that, the Encanto timelines and AUs developed fast and quickly.

But it was inheritably unstable so to keep things balanced, the Encanto Watchers were there to keep things in order; Watchers are amortal, so they kept track of AUs; what diverged and what to do in the event of a deletion. Deleted worlds had surviving Madrigals ejected to different worlds.

Watcher Mirabel had spent very little time in her own AU, not fond of how it’s run but enjoys the company of counterparts of her or her family’s variants. As a watcher, she’s naturally able to teleport to AUs, but her friends needed Watcher Technology to so do.

As Watcher, small things such as glasses wasn’t something she wanted to keep, despite it being otherwise a necessary for all other Mirabel's; she wanted to keep diverged so not to be mixed up. She switched the glasses out for contact lenses.

Watcher first befriended Wanderer Mirabel who wanted to find her scattered family, then Hallow, Pariah and then Dweller.

[randomshyperson]

Hi, for the directors cut request I would love to know the thought process behind Left Behind. Such a cool concept. I remember reading that last chapter and the multiverse twist. It was so awesome.

Obviously I'd love to know about The Scarlet Witch Prophecy. That must've taken so much time and planning. I came in about 3/4 of the way into the series and read it all in one day to catch up.

Really happy that you're back as well.

Hey love, how are you? Let's talk about Left Behind this okay? I received another one about Scarlet Witch and I will respond soon (to have a post about each fic).

Left Behind - Director's Cut

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This story was my first (and only) series on Canon Divergence and it's basically very special to me for that. I have a hard time working with the Marvel canon because, in addition to having numerous plot holes (which I end up finding when I need to do research and rewatch the movies), in general, I don't like to follow the canon of others (it must be This is why I love alternate universes).

And I need to be honest and say that even though so many people liked it, I hate how it didn't turn out the way I wanted even though it was rewritten so many times.

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As I said before, this story has been rewritten in my personal best of six times! I had to look for the original drafts here, but basically, it would look quite different at first. When thinking about the story, I knew it would be Wanda x Reader and that Reader would have grown up in Sokovia with the Twins and basically that, all the other information popped into my head as I wrote it, and it changed as I reread the drafts.

I don't know if everyone who follows me knows how much I love Bucky Barnes but let's put it on the record here. In early drafts, I rewrote a lot, removing almost 90 percent of the interaction between Bucky x Reader (which took up a lot of story) simply because I was getting lost. It was a Wanda x Reader, but it didn't look like you know? There was a lot more about the friendship between Bucky and Reader than anything else. And that's because I had originally thought about writing about Wanda getting the impression that she was replaced (even too easily) by the Soldier, as she and Reader were friends in the past. It would be more angst, but I ended up changing it.

Other Curiosities

I needed to review the drafts to find it but the following things were changed from the original story:

The ending would be completely different. In fact, the whole multiverse ending just happened because I was watching Loki at the same time I was writing it, but originally there was none of that. Reader would lose her powers saving Pietro, and would wake up in the Tower's infirmary after 8 weeks. She would resume her friendship with the twins and start a romance with Wanda and be part of the Avengers. There really wasn't anything too special or epic like being destined to be with the Scarlet Witch, and I'm glad I changed.

Other things from the narrative that were removed that I found in Portuguese in my draft (that is, I didn't even get to translate, I just put it on paper, and ended up discarding): Conversation between Reader and Bucky about the importance of talking to a professional about the past traumas, Thor inviting Reader to travel to Asgard with him and mentioning Loki as someone he loves and has made mistakes as well (it would be in relation to Reader being confused about forgiving the Maximoffs or not in relation to joining Hydra).

Reader would have found out about the ability to create life (revealed only in the last chapter after her death) with Bruce and the studies with her blood in the lab. I confess I reread this draft and wish I had kept it, it's better written. Too bad, the fic is already finished haha

Originally, Ultron would not be created. In fact, as I reread the drafts, I still want to write a fic that maintains this idea. With Reader's interference on the day the Avengers get the stone back, Thor would understand the torture she went through as the humans' true intention with the stones, and take the stone back before Tony could study it. Reader would stay in the tower only to control and study her powers, then return to Sokovia for the twins. The story in Europe would have a lot less of the Avengers, and a lot more of the trio in a country in civil war being rebuilt.

Conclusions.

This got too big, and I would really change a lot of things in this story, and therefore I'm unable to understand why so many people like it since I hate it. But I hope someone liked this cut.

[lorata]

do you have a guide for how to read your works? especially with the different canons. im incredibly invested in the world building but some of the plots with selene and alec are what confuse me. i might also just be daft so im sorry 😅

OH lord. so i have universe primers on my LJ / DW for canon divergence, the main avenger games crossover universes (there are ..... 3?) and the victor selene universe, but I don't ....... have a guide for the rest, e.g. victor creed or victor alec (there are two) BECAUSEEEEE originally i was never going to post them! they were just for me and whatever ridiculous friend i wrote them for! but then wonderful people on tumblr dot com asked me to so i started putting some of them up

i absolutely do not have the wherewithal to create another masterpost with like .......... all the quantum branches though. like that would be absolute mothballs. sometimes i think about putting it all on AO3 as some kind of multiverse series but working out how to organize that makes my head hurt

[cap-ironman]

2021 Cap-IM Rec Week Announcement!

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[mxgilray]

I... have some thoughts on the Loki finale. It was not what I was expecting, but I'm still hopeful for season 2.

This felt like a meh finale, like how a lot of season finales felt in Spring 2020 when they unexpectedly quit filming and had to cut things short by a couple episodes thanks to the pandemic. Only this was the planned out finale, they should've given a bit more oomph. I'm quite a fan of exposition and character development usually, but all the dialog was centered on He Who Remains, so it felt like our main characters were just side pieces.

Plus, the final "cliffhanger" of Mobius not knowing Loki and the statue of HWR replacing the Time Keeper statues felt quite lackluster. Not sure how they could've made it hit harder, but it didn't deliver the "oh shit" vibes they intended, but maybe that's cuz Mobius not remembering Loki has been an expected plot line on tumblr for half the season so it wasn't a blindside.

I get the point of the Sylki kiss. From what I've seen on tumblr so far I feel like the nuance of Sylvies actions was lost to most people (both Sylki fans and antis just Didn't Get It). It wasn't a big declaration of love like the fans are grasping onto it as, and it wasn't shoving selfcest into the canon to keep the heternormativity like antis are accusing it of being; it was Sylvie using Loki's attachment to her to trick him. She needed Loki out of her way, and she knew the only way to get past him and get He Who Remains' tempad was through emotional distraction. She used his love against him and betrayed him, a kiss was simply the most efficient way to do it. I did a whole post last week about Sylvie's feelings towards Loki, but to sum up I firmly believe that while Loki harbors some romantic feelings for Sylvie, she feels strictly platonic towards him, but is very aware of his attraction. She took advantage of his care for her to get the upper hand during their fight. Heck she even foreshadowed it herself in ep 5. "There are more important things than friends" "like taking down the TVA" she told Loki that taking down whoever is behind the TVA comes before everything; it's priority #1 in her book, above friendship or love or trust. Loki proved that his priority now is the greater good of the universe not her revenge, so Sylvie has no use for him anymore (partners only when it's convenient, because she is a Loki and that's how emotionally stunted Lokis behave).

I would like to point out the irony of her being worried about Loki betraying her, only to turn around and betray him. It's in the realm of "people who cheat assuming their partner is cheating" / "not using a turn signal when changing planes to avoid being cut off because when you see someone else use their signal you tend to cut them off", it's assuming other people will behave like you do. Sylvie feared in ep 5 that Loki would betray her in the end because she knew if it came down to it she'd betray him. But the thing is, he's actually grown past that. Loki is finally thinking about how his actions can damage others, not just his own wants and needs. Sylvie saw this moral change in Loki, realized there was no chance of getting him back on the blind revenge boat, and decided to exploit his newfound selflessness and emotional attachment to get him out of her path.

This whole season Loki has been maturing emotionally and growing into the best, most heroic version of himself. Sylvie, on the other hand, still has that deceptive, selfish, can't trust anyone persona that every Loki develops to combat insecurity. She hasn't had the emotional growth needed to see the bigger picture, she's still trapped in her own self centered mindset. As such, she disregards the impact her betrayal will have on Loki, the impact killing HWR will have on the universe. She doesn't even take a beat to consider whether revenge is still the right path cuz she doesn't practice self reflection yet; revenge has always been the goal and she refuses to give herself a chance of changing her mind. I hope in season 2 she'll get some character growth, now that her 1 goal has been accomplished.

Now on to Mobius. I enjoyed his scenes, I wish we'd been shown more of what he did to reveal the truth to the rest of the TVA. Again, I feel like too much time was given to HWR's monologing and not enough was spent on the other characters so Mobius and B-15 got very little screen time to display their plan. I am happy Mobius got the opportunity to throw Ranslayers betrayal back in her face, and his attemp at attacking her...my boy you work a desk job you ain't no fighter, she used to work in the field collecting variants, you had no chance. Also, where the F did she go??? I kept expecting her to show up at the end of time but she didn't. Where did Miss Minutes send her??

I'm sad Mobius doesn't know Loki anymore, but I can't say I'm surprised. I've got a few different thoughts on what the heck is going on with him and the TVA:

Sylvie accidentally sent Loki way back to a time early on in the TVA before HWR created the Time Keepers for anonymity. As such, this is a past Mobius who has yet to meet Loki or even learn of Loki's existence. If this is the case, then I think Loki and Past!Mobius's interaction at the end of ep 6 will be the catalyst for him becoming a Loki expert. The 63 branching timelines Mobius and B-15 are discussing before Loki interrupts are from some currently unknown disaster that'll be a plot line in s2. (This is my least favorite theory, but nevertheless a possibility)

HWR was correct when he said that if Sylvie kills him and destroys the TVA then another variant of him will just start it all up again. This variant didn't care to remain anonymous, hence the big statue of him, but kept all the memory wiped variants working there. Because time is a chaotic bitch, the changeover from one HWR variant to another may have been near seamless at the TVA and just involved a quick memory wipe of anything relating to the Time Keepers, Loki and Sylvie, or knowledge that the TVA are all variants. The 63 branches may be thanks to something Renslayer is doing like killing all the HWR variants in existence in order to negate the need for the TVA. The branching could also be from Sylvie's revenge still, we have no idea how much time has passed between her killing HWR and a new HWR taking over so the branching she caused could still be an issue.

There have actually been multiple TVAs running simultaneously, each in their own multiverse. Each one employs memory wiped variants, each one is in charge of a certain subset of timelines, and all work under the one HWR. Sylvie used HWR's tempad to eject Loki back to the TVA, but she accidentally sent him to the TVA of a different multiverse not realizing that's a Thing. The 63 branching timelines Mobius and B-15 are discussing are indeed from Sylvie killing HWR, but there's only 63 as opposed to the countless we saw diverging from Sylvie's perspective because this TVA only sees branches on timelines within their own multiverse. Mobius doesn't know Loki because he isn't our Mobius and in the multiverse he works in maybe Loki's aren't as much of an issue because none of them ever escaped the TVA like Sylvie did (or none of them have Tom's face so he doesn't recognize him as a Loki). If this is the case, then Loki is gonna have to find his way back to his own multiverse in order to be reunited with his Mobius, and that could end up happening thanks to Renslayer. Miss Minutes gave her a file that I suspect only HWR should have access to. Maybe it was tempad coordinates for other multiverses? It took til the 31st century for the multiverses to be connected despite Tony figuring out time travel in the 21st century because travel between universes is much harder, maybe HWR is still the only one who knows how to do that. (If this theory is correct then all the time travel done during Endgame was through timelines within one multiverse) Also just thought of this but what if the reason there are so many extreme variations of loki that grew to adulthood is because the criteria of "sacred timeline" is different in each multiverse. Classic Loki and maybe President Loki and Kid Loki are from the same universe as MCU Loki, but red haired Loki, Croki, Boastful Loki, etc are all from other universes. Think about it, Classic Loki, 2012 Loki, and MCU Loki all have an exact identical path up until their nexus event (or death in MCU Loki's case). I think other than identifying as female, Sylvie's childhood was identical as well and that her nexus event was coming to terms with her adoption as a child, which erased the catalyst of 2011 Thor's plot and would've changed everything for her future path. Had her adoption remained a secret and she grew up on asgard, I believe her story would mirror MCU Loki's. It mildly hit me weird that there would be such wild variation amongst Lokis, even with him being a shapeshifter, because there's a rigid sacred timeline (that supposedly the MCU movies have all adhered to) and they all felt like too big of a divergence to have been left unchecked so long. If boastful Loki was telling the truth about getting all 6 infinity stones then he should've triggered a nexus event as soon as he got more than the 3 he is "supposed to" interact with, unless in his multiverse the sacred timeline criteria is different. Another theory: the agents employed in each TVA are from multiverses other than the one they're working in. It would make sense, keep them from running into their own past by fully detaching each agent from their home timeline/universe. So the Principal!Renslayer that B-15 found will never in any future become the TVA judge we know. The one we know maybe came from the universe Loki got sent to, and that's how the two of them will end up crossing paths again.