#divergent mashups

[eriqas-fate]

Hi there,

{Mashups/Ships are closed}

Fandoms: Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Divergent, Pirates of Caribbean, Stardew Valley, Coral Island

Some basic rules: Tell me a little bit about yourself or an OC of yours that you'd like me to ship a character with. Include anything interesting that you'd like me to incorporate into the two small paragraphs that I'll write. I will ship you with one character only.

[outcasting101]

Jujutsu Kaisen X Transformer Prime "Another One Bite the Dust/Scrap Metal"

Unofficial title I kinda like this one "Another One Bite the Dust"...

An escape curses means disaster to the whole jujutsu world countering their moto of leaving intact of normal life people away from the danger of curses, it a highly demand and priority to ensure no curse ever leave the plane that jujutsu lines the location of curses.

Thought it is rare, only ever a back of a person mind, it still there, once activate can spread to the whole nation.

You were a level grade 1 close to a special grade one that is if you ever passed this mission. Placing on a mission on the isolated dessert town of Jasper Nevada, you expect nothing less but a dirty deed to be done by the son down - only to find yourself running in a circle investigation each corner inconspicuously as possible only to confront that there is no curse.

Sighing with agitation due to the lack of professional confirmation, you treat yourself to some 5 burgers, giving out to any passerby just to be friendly with some local; sharing is caring an old motto you follow by - it fiiine you're load from dangerous stunt you pulled on prev-mission. Settling within the cold night with a moon face, unmarked from the darkness, the silent night house treat you to slumber, only to be woken up by a giant metal claw snatching you up before facing the glass surrounding you. Faceless of red glow within the dark before you know it, you face the overworld of another worldly being called deception.

A radar was picked up of your highly active curse energy intrigue the deception, hoping to weaponize such sustainable energy, could it ever work out when you yourself isn't normal. You smirked at their ignorance but stand on wishing to entertain of this war.

It couldn't be that bad right. You cheeky bastard, I'M IN. >:D

[thunderandsage]

peak tos fics

(aka fics that just get the original series in all it’s flaws and strengths and vibes, list may be updated as i read more stuff)

Be Still My Beating Heart by mystery_ink - janice rand and t'pring-centric, look we all know that tos doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to the way they treat female characters and instead of sweeping it under the rug this fic takes hold of some of those worst moments and examines them (including rand’s assault in “the enemy within”), also i found it shortly after this post so clearly some great benevolent divine interference was in play, I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS ENOUGH

It Goes On, This Embrace by maryshelley - harboring Spock’s katra takes a toll on Mccoy’s mind—or: the search for spock remix that’ll take a hatchet to your heart, really digs into all the fear and love and determination and grief of the character dynamics and turns up present emotions all the way to eleven, the writing is also incredible (for people in the know, it’s a bit of a “harrow the ninth” spin on the search for spock)

K'oh-nar by AlexPrime - wherein spock’s guilt and shame over amok time and general self-loathing get exacerbated by a telepathic species and nobody is having a good time, an insanely rich character study

Point of Divergence by tihsho - a mirror mirror/city on the edge of forever mashup, the author is a genius as they take the core concepts of each episode and weave it into a truly astounding fic that packs more feeling in 3k words than you sometimes find in 300k novels

The Case by tihsho - wonderful worldbuilding of vulcan society and pon farr, takes the difficult route of staying true to the characters’ imperfections and honestly the fic is much the more bittersweet and interesting for it

Sometimes Things Are Better From A Distance by PunishedPyotr - explores the aftershocks of dagger of the mind in a genderswapped universe, explores the exploitation of mind-warping technology and consent (or lack thereof)—vy interesting both in the way it acknowledges how genderbending the characters makes the story appear different and how implanted false memories are honestly a nightmare to work around

[wordsinhaled]

okay, but has anyone written canon divergence merthur magic reveal as of "beauty and the beast part two"???

thinking about how in that episode arthur's immediate and insistent reaction to learning merlin had been ordered to be arrested was to alert him in time for him to escape and urge him to leave camelot immediately before he could be detained

arthur didn't ask if merlin had really taken lady catrina's seal. he didn't even care if merlin had taken it, and was possibly guilty of a crime against the crown. his first and only thought was for merlin to save himself

imagining the same situation, but with merlin being accused of using magic after someone catches him doing a spell. arthur coming to him and telling him to save himself, to get out while he still can because the king is arresting him on suspicion of practicing sorcery

merlin standing there frozen, because he's kept this secret for so long and a part of him has always dreaded this would be how arthur would find out. voices coming from beyond the door to arthur's chambers, as arthur realizes merlin's not going to move in time

imagining arthur frantically hiding merlin somewhere in his rooms while the guards search for him - maybe he's stuffed unceremoniously in a wardrobe, or has to clamber out of arthur's window and hang off the windowsill for dear life until arthur hauls him back inside, or something

and after the guards are gone, and the coast is relatively clear, merlin realizes he can't hide his secret from arthur any longer

cue arthur processing his feelings about merlin's magic (and about merlin) while also harboring him as a fugitive within his rooms, which merlin can't leave for his own safety. arthur who's at first angry with him, then grudgingly curious about what merlin can do with his magic, then openly admiring, then indignant when he finds out merlin's been cheating at his chores with magic

arthur realizing there really is a risk to merlin, if the allegations are true, becoming all the more insistent that merlin must leave camelot even if it will pain him for merlin to leave. merlin adamant about staying. the two of them arguing over it because doesn't arthur understand he's merlin's destiny, and everything merlin's done has been for him, and if arthur sends him away now, it'll all be for nothing? (unspoken: doesn't arthur understand how merlin loves him? and also unspoken: doesn't merlin understand how arthur loves him? because arthur would rather long for merlin from afar and have him safe than put him at risk, here in camelot?)

of course, all of this happening while merlin says he'll sleep on the floor during the nights, and arthur not hearing of it after all merlin's done for him, knowing now all the power merlin has, and merlin insistent that arthur doesn't owe him anything, he'd have done it a thousand times over

okay, and basically it's like the best mashup of mutual pining + forced proximity + magic reveal + there was only one bed EVER, the end

[1dcommunityficrecs]

Rec List: X Factor fics!

Happy fourteen years (next week), and welcome to this list of six fics focused around the X Factor. From canon fics set back where everything started to canon fics set just a few years ago when Louis came full circle to canon divergent fics where we explore What Could Have Been to entirely new universes where everything is different but people still find each other and themselves along the way. From short and sweet to long and luxurious, from soft and sensitive to spicy and sensuous.

Please enjoy, kudos, comment, reblog, and stay hyped for what comes next!

One More Time Again by orphan_account (232268, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) Warnings: the tags note homophobia and angst

A fix-it fic that makes it all the way it should have been.

Reccer says: This fic taught me so much about 1D history. (I was late to the game) It will always be a favorite.

it's crazy, how (we found each other) by honey_beeing (8127, Teen, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson)

Based on Home by 1D

May You Enjoy Your New Life by aimmyarrowshigh (264033, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson)

What if Harry was a 16 year old single father while on The X-factor?

Reccer says: Harry as a single dad doing his best to make the right decisions. Louis doing his best to be supportive.

In My Place by kassio (97500, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) – fic post Warnings: disordered eating behaviour in response to stress

Louis is the (supposed) Prince of Wales, Harry is the x-factor contestant who looks a lot like Gemma, the Princess of Wales.

Reccer says: The author did a brilliant job with the Prince + the pop star mashup. Plus: kidnapped babies! Harry and Niall as brothers! Harry’s x-factor gold thong!

You See The Sky I Can't See by LiveLaughLoveLarry (14303, General, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) Warnings: descriptions of anxiety attacks

Louis has the ability to sense and influence the emotions of people around him. When he makes it onto the X Factor and One Direction starts getting popular, sometimes it gets a little intense.

Reccer says: The descriptions of how the emotions feel on his skin or in his body are so interesting, and Harry is so sweet and helpful when Louis gets overwhelmed.

What We Never Said by GateofMemory (1689, Not Rated, Louis Tomlinson & Brendan Murray)

A conversation between Louis and Brendan, just before the semi-finals. The words left unspoken between the lines are loudest.

Reccer says: The careful double-talk, the sense of "I see you and you see me, and I know that you know and you know that I know" is so palpable and intricate and delicate and soft

[callivich]

Good morning Calli! 43 + 57 for the trop mashups, please

Hi Gigi! 💖

Making Up After A Fight/Forgiveness + Fix-it (I think this might be more canon divergent than fix it but hopefully it works 🫣)

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S2. What if before Mickey can punch a cop and get thrown in juvie again, Terry gets arrested? Suddenly, the very real and very terrifying threat is gone and Mickey doesn’t have to worry about Frank telling Terry anything. Because Terry is going away for a long time and Frank sure as shit isn’t going to be on his visitors list.

Mickey doesn’t know what to do. He told Ian they were done, that Ian meant nothing. And maybe that’s a good thing? That they’ve ended this….whatever it was. It was a mistake. Right? He keeps telling himself that but he keeps seeing Ian around and it doesn’t take long before he realises he’s gonna have to talk to him. Because the problem is, Mickey really doesn’t want them to be done. He can’t stop thinking about Ian or the hurt in his eyes.

Fuck. He knows he said stuff he didn’t mean because he was scared. Not that he can admit that to Ian. Can they get back to how it was before? Mickey’s not sure but he does know that he can’t stand another day without Ian.

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Thanks for the ask!

Gallavich Fanfic Trope Mashup

[enigmaticxbee]

XF AU - Fic Recs

When the world was unrecognizable and upside down, there was one thing that remained the same. You... were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone (or, alternate universe and canon-divergent fics):

Contemporary AUs:

A Companion Unobtrusive by @slippinmickeys - She needed a roommate. He needed a room.

The Annapolis Grant by @slippinmickeys - Fake relationship! Scully hires Mulder to pretend to be her boyfriend.

Aprons and Scrubs by @lokisgame - Scully’s a doctor and Mulder runs a bar.

Five Years and a Lifetime by @monikafilefan @slippinmickeys - One night stand AU. Five years later, Scully and Mulder work at the same pediatric hospital, and Scully's four year old daughter bears a striking resemblance to the picture of a dark haired girl that sits on Mulder's desk...

Skin by Annie Sewell-Jennings - In a world where Mulder and Scully have never met, fate intervenes and brings two worlds colliding in the city of Charleston, as a vicious murderer reigns and a storm approaches.

Sinners Come Down by aster_risk - Six years into her marriage to Daniel, Scully meets Fox Mulder at a bar one night, and they get talking and fucking over alcohol and self-pity.

In the Best Interest of the Child by @mldrgrl - When tragedy strikes, Mulder is forced to take guardianship of his young niece, but the matter is complicated by the arrival of a sister-in-law he's never met.

Historical AUs:

By the Dim and Flaring Lamps by @sunflowerseedsandscience - Civil War AU. Captain Mulder befriends Private Scully who’s hiding a secret…

The Countess and The Earl by @slippinmickeys - Regency Romance!

Old Growth Forest by Andrea - Mulder and Scully travel back to frontier times

Rocky Mountain Interlude Part 1 and Part 2 by Jacquie LaVa and Tess - Mulder and Scully travel back in time to solve the case of a Colorado mining ghost

The Science of Sex by @if-the-seascatchfire - Masters of Sex AU. Mulder and Scully are doctors in the late 1950s who undertake a years-long study about human sexuality, and as part of the research, they also have sex with each other - you know, for the science.

Out of this World:

The Magician by Suzanne Bickerstaffe and Jennifer Lyon - Fantasy series where Mulder and Scully travel to another world full of magic (one of the first fanfics I ever remember reading!)

Out of the Little Grove by @slippinmickeys - Crossover with His Dark Materials (a mashup truly made just for me, my 13 year old self would have been over the moon)

Blinded by White Light by @dashakay - Post-colonization. What are we, but the sum of our memories? A classic.

Julia and Gabriel by Mish - Post-colonization. A new identity, a new, dangerous society, an unchanged heart and soul. Gave me Hunger Games vibes for some reason (although written years before that was published)

Canon-Divergent: Pre or Early Series

Eleventh Hour by Rachel Anton - Mulder travels back in time to find college-aged Scully and change everything.

Belphagor’s Prime by Prufrock’s Love - When Scully disappears Mulder travels back in time to a pre-X-Files Scully for help.

In Another Life by @mldrgrl - What if there was no conspiracy? What if Mulder was just a regular FBI Agent? What if Scully was just a bureau pathologist?

How They Met by @peacenik0 - After an encounter at Scully’s FBI academy graduation party they must determine how to deal with their past and their undeniable attraction to one another when partnered up.

One Week at Quantico by CrossedBeams - What if Mulder had been teaching at the Academy when Scully was training…

Paging Dr. Scully by @mangokiwitropicalswirl - Mulder keeps ending up in Dr Scully’s ER.

Only One Choice by @sisterspooky1013 - Scully was never assigned to The X Files.

The Way Things Are by Sukie Tawdry - A season 1 one night stand changes everything. Baby-fic.

Departures & Arrivals by anarchybeauty - After the X Files are closed in 1994, Scully moves on. Two years later, she runs into Mulder in an airport.

Right Hand Return by humphreywrites - Scully is returned from her abduction with a baby, no memories of anything prior to her captivity and some PTSD.

12 Rites of Passage and 12 Degrees of Separation by Anne Hayes - mytharc story written very early in the series run.

parent_1 by @markwatneyandenesemble - It’s 1996, Mulder’s been off the X-Files for three years, and not speaking to Scully. They’ve almost moved on with their lives. Almost.

Canon-Divergent: Mid Series

A Different Place by @myownsuperintendent - When Mulder successfully brings one of the Samantha clones back from the farm with him in Herrenvolk, she must learn to adapt to a different life.

Once More With Feeling by skinfull - While on a stakeout Mulder is shot in the head and loses his memory.

Iolokus by rivkat and MustangSally - Mytharc AU. Painted across the barren and desolate reaches of Texas, the shadows of the Project put additional pressure on Scully and Mulder's already fragile relationship. After a hostage crisis raises more questions about the Project's breeding program, Scully begins her own investigation, leaving Mulder to choose between saving her and saving himself. Pretty disturbing but fascinating, a classic.

Arizona Highways by Fialka - Mytharc AU. Visions of Melissa lead Our Heroes on a case confirming the existence of a series of Emilys. But does Melissa really have a message, or is it all in Scully’s head? Another classic.

Heuvelmans' On the Track by @mashnotesofthemythopoeic - post-FTF mytharc AU, truly a ride you’ll never forget.

The Leap and Landfall by Ambress - Scully has a one time opportunity for motherhood, given to her by the Kurt Crawfords.

All That Is Dark and Bright by @malibusunset-xf-blog - Emily lives AU.

Five Years and One Night by Shalimar - Scully leaves the X-Files post-Emily but gets drawn back in when Mulder discovers Emily wasn’t the only child created.

Cubed by Louise Marin - Mid-season 6 Scully does a little body-swapping of her own. Can she and Mulder make it back to each other? Do they want to?

The Boy on the Beach and Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999 by @cecilysass - One moment she was sitting in the chair. Her chin up, her expression ice. And the next moment she was gone. Fantastic exploration of the Samantha storyline.

Canon-Divergent: Late or Post Series

40 Weeks by @malibusunset-xf-blog - What if the IVF attempt in Per Manum had been successful?

Mobius by L.A. Ward - Post-Requiem while investigating the disappearance of a physicist, Scully finds someone she didn't expect - Mulder. But is it her Mulder?

By the Wind Grieved by Karen Rasch - Mulder is returned several months post Requiem but he doesn't know who he is or what Scully and he are to each other. Together they must reclaim the past before their enemies take away their future.

Deadalive AU by @markwatneyandenesemble - Mulder is returned but is missing several years of memory.

The 13th Sign and 7 Days in May by Prufrock’s Love - Post-Deadalive. Mulder saw no reason for life, death, sex, Armageddon, or emotional dysfunction to stand in the way of true love.

Hurricane Season by rah and beduini - Post-Existence week at the beach with the Scully family and baby Wim.

Terra Firma series by @malibusunset-xf-blog - Post-Existence domestic family drama, a classic comfort read for me.

2008 by MystPhile - With the quest at an end, the X-Files closed in the year 2000. Our heroes went their separate ways. In 2008, they meet in Bloomingdale's and the past, present, and future are explored.

Dr. Scully's School for Exceptional Boys by Prufrock’s Love - More than a decade had passed. Mulder had no reason to hole up in his apartment alone, wearing a Three Dog Night T-shirt with dried mustard on the hem and blue jeans that had seen better days. He wasn't "saving himself" for anyone. Especially not Her. Though she remained epically, beautifully, brilliantly kick-A-S-S.

Machines of Freedom by Amal Nahurriyeh - post-IWTB. The end of the world is coming. And they're doing everything in their power to stop it.

North of Zero by @slippinmickeys - Post-IWTB, post-colonization. The bombs have fallen. The aliens have come. What’s next?

Canon Parallel AUs:

I've got you under my skin by cuits - In a universe where soulmate identifying marks exist and affect a part of the population, would Mulder and Scully's relationship evolve any different? Unfinished but complete through Existence so it still ends in a satisfying place.

Half-light by skuls - Mulder and Scully get a second chance.

The Family G-Man by Neoxphile and FelineFemme - A double tragedy strikes Mulder the week before Christmas of 2003. What if he could go back and change things, save the son one lost and give the other the family she wanted? Could it keep them safe?

[keruukat]

I fully expected a rant as an answer to the last question lol

Tell me about the CJVerse please :)

HAHAJKJHJ fair

Hoo boy where to start!!!! Basically its a chatroom-style roleplay where alternate-universe versions of Heart, Mind, Soul, and Whole (the characters from the CCCC music album by Chonny Jash) are placed into a chatroom to interact. It’s been going since April and currently there’s about 16 of us roleplaying in it but over 100 characters. Probably 150+ characters, not counting the non-canon free-for-all chat where people put AUs of AUs haha.

I’ve got a hefty amount of characters in there, but not nearly as many as some of my other friends like @disruptivevoib or @agent-8449 (they’re insane /pos)

I think I have…? 12 guys between canon and FFA?

My favorite guy is Static, he’s my Mind from my Trial AU. Originally based off of canon, but has since diverged a LOT due to the nature of the chatroom. He’s actually very sweet? Gained some self-awareness and is actively attempting to better himself and help out Hearts. Most of the chatroom likes him but he does have some enemies. Most important enemy is Tune, who hates him due to trauma he inflicted in the past.

But lemme give an updated comprehensive list of all of the characters I RP as! Didn’t mean for this to turn into a masterpost but fuck it we ball

TRIAL AU:

Tempo <Whole> (canon)

Amp {Soul} (canon)

Static [Mind] (canon)

Tune (Heart) (canon)

ALIVE AND ALIGHT (A3) AU:

Tenor (Heart) (Canon)

Trill <(Heart + Whole (Sing) 2/3)> (FFA)

(AU with @squeak-4657 and Q-ott)

SELF AU:

Tachycardia [(Mind??? Mind-Heart mashup? Fucked up Static.)] (FFA)

(AU with Q-ott)

THE STANLEY PARABLE AU:

Robert [Mind] (Canon but haven’t used him in a while)

(AU with @disruptivevoib, @shadywoods, and Q-ott)

THE ASIDES:

The Sound of Deep Waters [Mind] (Canon but taking a break from him. Hard to RP as an eldritch horror lmao)

(AU with @agent-8449 and @nitroish)

Now for some misc 2/3! All FFA

SPRING AND A STORM:

Petrichor [[Mind x2, Static + Storm (Q-ott) 2/3]] (FFA)

STFR:

Chrysanthemum [(Mind + Heart, Static and Frizzy (Francey) 2/3)] @squeak-4657

PRAY:

Psalm (((Heart x3, Tune, Rain (Ouro), and Saint (Rapt) 3/3))) (FFA) @rosyfox2002 @shxwrunner

Plus three more 2/3 I’m cooking :3

Anyway!!! Yeah if you or someone else wants to ask about any specific AU or character I’m always happy to infodump :D

[nyoomerr]

hello do you have any bingqiu fic recs!! 👀

oh gosh, i always have fic recs, we're just too spoiled with incredible writers in this fandom!! here's a handful, though -

stuff i'm currently reading / ongoing fics: The Cultivating Force by esama - post canon but also star wars mashup? i'm not huge into star wars so i didn't expect to love this one as much as i do, but there's just something really charming about the world building + getting to see long married bingqiu from outsider pov!

In the Red by ibex_ascendant - binggeyuan rather than bingqiu, but this has one of my favorite takes on how mean-slash-sad of a guy bingge is, and how miserable he really would be if he was driven to the point where he wanted to go find his own sy. mind the tags on this one!

stuff i've recently reread + loved just as much as the first time: Infinite First Dates by pallas_rose - lbh finds sqq's mind during sqq's 5 year dirt nap, except sqq's mind is firmly sy in the dreamscape. hilarious every time

Critical point by mamiser - canon divergent where lbh was brought up by huan hua to hate all of cqm... and then he meets sqq, who teaches him both the truth and to be kinder to his own self

(some of) my favorite bingqiu writers: The Feels Whale (miscellea) - i really adore their bingqiu characterization (obsessed with each other) and general writing tone. hard to choose a favorite by them, but i'll go with Tongfang, in which disciple lbh is sent to work for young master shen yuan in the summers and very quickly discovers his true career goal of 'bride' >:))

x_los - they always have some of the most unique fic ideas + carry them out well! i think my favorite is Marriage by Proxy, which is an arranged marriage / identity shenanigans fic!

i could go on and on and on about all the fics and writers i love honestly but 🙈 hopefully there's at least something there you haven't read yet!

[luimnigh]

One thing I find fascinating about Gwenpool as a character is that the very premise of her character is meta. And I don't mean that in the whole "she's a person from the real world" way.

I mean that the Doylist explanation of her backstory is not only divergent from the Watsonian explanation of her backstory, but the Doylist explanation is as important to her character as the Watsonian explanation is.

For a character like Spider-Man, you don't need to know anything about the development process behind him to understand his character. You don't need to know why his creators chose a spider theme, why they decided to make him a teen to begin with, etc. He's a boy bitten by a radioactive spider. The Watsonian backstory suffices.

There are also characters where the Doylist explanation is obvious. Like She-Hulk or other Distaff Counterparts. They wanted to capitalize on the success of a character, so they made a female version and added a word that indicated this was the girl version. She-Hulk, Ms Marvel, Supergirl, etc. But understanding the Doylist explanation has never been necessary, as usually these characters have explicit Watsonian connections to their male counterparts. They're related to, inspired by, or picking up the mantle and themes of their forebears.

Gwenpool, however, not only requires you to understand the Doylist explanation for her creation to understand elements of her character, but also needs you to understand that the Watsonian explanation is different.

The Doylist explanation, which is obvious even to the non-comic reading public thanks to two popular superhero movies, is that this is a mashup of Gwen Stacy and Deadpool, inspired by the creation of Spider-Gwen. This explains why she's a blonde, blue-eyed girl named Gwen; and why she's a fourth-wall breaking mercenary.

The Watsonian explanation is that Gwen Poole is a comic fan from the real world, who ended up in the Marvel universe, and had her name mistaken at a costume shop/mercenary agent as Gwenpool. This explains why she's not actually Gwen Stacy, and not actually Deadpool.

The very premise of the character requires you to hold both the real-life backstory of the character and the in-universe backstory of the character in mind at the same time.

[zahri-melitor]

Okay, having scrolled through these DC Go! previews:

They're clearly not in main continuity which is fine because I can ignore them if I don't like them. They might be divergences from WFA and webtoons RH:O, but not the exact same continuity.

HQIP I will not be reading any more of, but that's fine, because I rarely read Harley Quinn content anyway. I see timelinewise this is once again reset to "Harley just broke up with Joker" which...I feel is overdone as a default setting for her at this point? They've been over for multiple universe reboots at this point. (But as said, I don't follow Harley).

Looks like they're doing a Love Island style spoof with Harley heavily playing the ditz and Ivy as her reality check.

NBN: look. I'm honestly more interested in what the thought process was going into this comic, because part of me feels like this is a wild Devin Grayson + Bruce Jones mashup (with premise from Jones and setting from Grayson) and the rest of me is mildly concerned that the story is trying to premise "Dick finds himself and his interests outside the costume" through the lens of a stream of butt jokes and focusing on Dick's looks, which is often regarded by fans as part of what contributes to devaluing Dick's personality and hobbies outside of the costume.

Though seriously, were the people crying out for more Bruce Jones style content? My extremely unbiased (lol) recent poll points to no.

Honestly, NBN feels like someone's 20 year old canon divergence AU fic spun straight out of Devin Grayson's run. I can even name what scene they're building out from: it's the scene where Dick flips over the kitchen counter in Nightwing #86. Babs tells Dick he's acting immaturely, ignoring an injury and hiding from what long term incapacity could mean.

Which is certainly a choice to use as a premise for a whole new comic run, 20 years later, because the conversation in #86 leading into the coming break up is based on a lot of build up on page, while NBN skips over all of that context by...randomly throwing readers in with Babs going out the door.

(the way Babs is written in NBN also very much screams 'early 2000s breaking up characters for another ship')

I don't think these are going to be my thing. Which is fine; I'm not their planned audience for them.

They're both starting out with some MAJOR tonal differences between premise and story context however (Harley dealing with multiple credible death threats; Dick's relationship state being '3/4 of the way through the Blockbuster arc'), which feels wild to me for something that's supposed to be a super-accessible easy read.

[eriqas-fate]

Eriqa's Masterlist

{Mashups/Ships closed}

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Rules on Request:

Headcanons: Give me a brief topic you'd want me to write about, like a reaction or idea

Imagine: Give me a theme to write about like a scenario

Mashups/Ships: Tell me a little bit about yourself or an OC of yours that you'd like me to ship a character with. Include anything interesting that you'd like me to incorporate into the two small paragraphs that I'll write. I will ship you with one character only.

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Fandoms I will write for:

Lord of The Rings & The Hobbit

Divergent

Pirates of Caribbean

Stardew Valley

Coral Island

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Fandoms I'll soon write for:

Hunger Games

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Baldurs Gate 3

Delicious in Dungeon

[reggieblk]

what's If We Were Lovers? I was scrolling on the Tomarry tag and I'm so curious now! I love longfics. What's the concept?

hi! thank you for asking!!

if we were lovers is the second long fic I've ever written, and I'll try and explain the concept to you though please keep in mind that I am so bad at explaining the premise of this fic and I rarely do the actual fic justice when I explain it lol

but! basically it's a no magic AU that takes place in the 90's (so same era tomarry) with some timeline mashups when it comes to secondary characters. the premise is that Harry gets into a very prestigious and selective school for the arts (he attends for theatre) and his arrival sparks a bit of controversy because students are only accepted at 12yo or never at all, and he is 18, so joining the last year theatre students. his arrival is not taken well by Tom, whose class he is in, because students get cut every year, and by arriving in their last year Harry has subverted that threat that the others faced every year. there are five other boys with Harry and Tom in seventh year that i love a lot. I'll put the list of tags I have up until now at the end of this post to give you an idea of what's gonna feature in this fic!

concerning the actual writing of the fic, initially it was heavily inspired by the book If we were vilains by M.L Rio, if you've read that. though the inspiration kind of dies out after the first Act of this fic, so it doesn't resemble the book plotwise at all, merely in vibe. as such, I decided the write this fic in 5 Acts, each comprised of 12 scenes (the fic will be posted in Acts so each update will be very long, and there will be a total of 6 "chapters"; Acts 1-5 + an interlude for a rough total of 260k words).

Additionally over the months I made this post, this one, and more recently this one about this fic if they can give you a vague idea of what's gonna be going on.

And, here's the list of tags I have so far :

And here is the summary (which may change bc i literally just wrote it now for this post) :

When Harry arrives at the most prestigious theatrical school in the country under very suspicious circumstances he doesn't have many expectations. The most unexpected thing he encounters, however, is one Tom Riddle. Amidst peers of great talent, his worry for his Godfather, unconventional professors, and a vague sense of unworthiness, Harry falls in love with the only other person who deals with feelings as well as him. But maybe, just maybe, he and Tom will find out that not all love stories have to end in tragedy.

Okay!! sorry for going on so long, like I said I'm really quite bad at explaining the premise of this fic lol. I promise the fic is actually good, and with so much divergence from the canon works, there's quite a bit of world building and stuff.

thank you again for asking!! i hope my answer piqued your interest, and feel free to ask anymore questions I will be more than happy to answer! I'll come up with a posting schedule some time this week and post it but the whole fic will be going up in December!

[mdzsshoujo]

MDZS Shoujo Mashup Master List

We made a list of all the amazing works made for the MDZS Shoujo Mashup!

ART

Artist: Frania (teleport warning)

General Description: Yunmeng siblings run a maid cafe

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Artist: Frania (teleport warning)

General Description: Clow Cards (Cardcaptor Sakura), WangXian as The Time and The Return

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Artist: HellingLaozu

General Description: magical swords WangXian (collaboration with spookykingdomstarlight, art accompaniment to "Help!!! I'm a Broke College Student How Did I End Up With a (Hot) Amnesiac Sword Spirit For a Sugar Baby??!??")

Chapter 1 art on Bluesky and Tumblr

Chapter 2 art on Bluesky and Tumblr

Artist: littleartbot

General description: Magical girls Jiang Yanli, Wen Qing and MianMian

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Artist: lychee (lycheeeart)

General description: "welcome to 'burial mound oddities and antiquities'" 🪭✨

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Artist: Niq (skuzzybunny)

General description: modern au accidentally drunk teenji and his magical animal companion silkie chickens

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Artist: YaYa (terabyte-my-ass)

General description: Cloud Recesses Host Club

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FICS and THREADFICS

Author: em (gusufan) - threadfic WIP

Summary: Lan Jingyi is sick of watching Wangxian pining for each other, so he convinces Jiang Cheng to help him get them together. (He doesn’t expect to fall for him in the process) Additional Details: CW: strong language probably? (it's JC 🙄)

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Dawn of the Red Lotus by Raine (rainewritesfanfics)

Summary: Wei Ying is hiding something, and Lan Zhan can do nothing but watch and worry as Wei Ying's smile stretches thinner and more bandages peek out from his hems. When he finds himself entangled with the city's young superhero, he realizes that answers may be closer than he realizes, and that the Red Lotus may not be the only one with magic in his veins. Additional Details: featuring magical boy Wei Ying, tea shop waiter LWJ, and a deadly family curse 😱

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So, You Think I'm Pretty? by Sour Tea (lordoflemons)

Summary: Lan Zhan takes on a role as a maid at Caiyi Cafe, a maid cafe his friend had introduced him to. Far from his school, he thought no one would find out about his part-time job until one day, classmates he knew too well came to visit. Now one of them has taken an interest in the shop and has become a regular. This person also happens to be his deskmate, Wei Ying, and he seems to have a keen interest in Lan Zhan's alter-ego 'Jiji'. Has Wei Ying figured out it's him or does he really like maid cafes? Guess the only way to find out is to go on a date with him.

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Help!!! I'm a Broke College Student How Did I End Up With a (Hot) Amnesiac Sword Spirit For a Sugar Baby??!?? by Spooky (spookykingdomstarlight)

Summary: Wei Ying is a normal first-year college student. He lives with his parents. He gets good grades. He has friends. Or a friend, at least. Everything is going well, at least until a stunning man in hanfu with white hair manifests right in front of his eyes on a field trip. Suddenly he’s stuck introducing a sword spirit to the modern world, dealing with a mystery involving metal shards appearing all over Jiangsu province, and grappling with the possibility that Siri from his old phone might be sentient. What’s a normal first-year college student supposed to do under these circumstances? He dives right in, of course. ⚔️ sword spirits ⚔️ reincarnation ⚔️ tragedy with a happy ending ⚔️ siri

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Unusual Gifts by Toshokanin

Summary: At a critical moment in canon, Luo Qingyang, Wen Qing, and Jiang Yanli each receive a magical gift. But will it be enough to change the course of events? 🔮 CQL canon divergence ✨ Magical Girls ❓ Ambiguous/hopeful ending

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OTHER WORKS

WIP teaser: jes (francowitch)

The word of the week was "friends"

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Picrew: Niq (skuzzybunny)

A Shoujo-ifier for all your MDZS favorites

Picrew Dollmaker

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[slotumn]

Claude von Riegan epic moments.txt for WIP Wednesday

This is a modified version of his Scarlet Blaze speech for the Gronder battle in a canon divergent/VW+GW mashup/Shez in Houses timeline fic bc I wish he got this big damn speech in his own goddamn route lmao

For context the Alliance centralizes more and becomes the Federation over the timeskip. But instead of using the title of king, Claude (and other lords of the Alliance) use (sovereign) prince. Sort of a way to bridge the gap between his Fódlani and Almyran identities I guess

[callivich]

Hey. Could you do 65 and 87 for the trope mashup? I think it has a lot of potential.

Hi anon! 💖

First Kiss/Date + Unresolved Sexual Tension

I’m gonna go with a canon divergent idea for this. Everything is the same in s1 but in s2, Frank never finds them and Mickey doesn’t go to juvie again. Terry gets locked up for life early s3. Mickey works with Ian at the Kash and Grab. They spend all their free time together. But Mickey is still struggling a lot with his sexuality.

He wants more but he doesn’t know what to do. Ian is struggling with this too. He very reluctantly breaks things off with Mickey. It’s angsty and dramatic and so difficult. Ian wants to try and be friends. Mickey refuses this but it’s clear he’s not being truthful.

They still see each other a lot and Ian has started hanging out with a guy from his class. Mickey finds this even worse that Ian dating older guys. Ian hasn’t done anything much with his new friend but it’s getting serious. He’s not trying to hurt Mickey, he genuinely thinks Mickey will never want a serious relationship. Mickey is confused, conflicted and struggling with his feelings. Not just towards Ian but his sexuality in general. He realises Ian is the one and that he can’t hide anymore. And that he doesn’t need to hide. But is it too late?

He texts Ian, asking him to meet him at a certain place, at a certain time. Not sure if he’ll show. Ian is hesitant. But he still goes. Mickey’s brought beer and weed and a pizza. It’s a date. Not that Mickey will admit it. But there’s so much tension between them. As well as so much history. Can they overcome this?

Gallavich Fanfic Trope Mashup