#forged in Hellfire

[prismatica-the-strange]

Can I get asks for any of these idiots?

I wanna talk about them or write about them or just make incoherent noises and hand motions at them (The order is nothing of importance)

Hayden is for both Ani and Donovan. and Parker is for both Felix and Emmett.

[missmics]

When I had Alastor briefly muse on this in the latest chapter of my adoption fic I meant it in reference to him having raised Charlie in Great Depression era America

Funny how things go.

[prismatica-the-strange]

My Eddie and our daughter Vivian?

Alright! I wanna contribute so..

Reblog with a picture of your F/O’s and I’ll assign them a flower! Can be multiple f/o’s and you can reblog as many times as you want!

This’ll always be open so come back whenever!

[speakofthedebbie]

by popular demand (re: one person) some radioapple fic recs!! (i hope thats what you meant lol most of the fics i read are just radioapple)

Bedtime Rituals to Try out Before the Next Angelic War by @miribalis

just yes. thousand times yes. so basically my boy luci has some sleep troubles and that somehow leads to a qpr with al look its been a while ok just read it

Managerial Liberties by the same fella

these two tags explain it pretty well

something that sticks out to me about this is that charlie is actually (reasonably) cold to adam and like. im actually surprised with how little ive seen that. i mean i dont think id be exactly buddy-buddy with my besties killer either. only 3 chaps as of writing but already looking to be a radioapple classic

im not sure if its meant to be read as such but it kinda feels like a squeal to bedtime rituals in a way (edit: not meant to be read as such, just the same vibe)

devils don't fly (don't expect me not to fall) by @corgiss

also just yes. basically a really not cool joke evolves into a blossoming romance because why wouldnt it. (man if i had a nickel for every radioapple fic that had a masquerade that was sabotaged by the vees- *gets shot bc i cant mention osas yet*)

i’ll hold you close (i’ll stay the course) by the same fella

the entire time i was just going "yas king! put that egotistical flatscreen in his place!!". basically luci reminds the overlords who he is and vox shows he can be more of a threat than he lets on.

ykw fuck it just the entire series (i didnt mention i would give anything to not give a shit (but i do) and my perfect rock bottom (my beautiful trauma) because the first one sounded a lil too angsty and ive gotten enough of that from other sources [pointedly glares at Quietly, It Slips Through Your Fingers, Love {also coming up later!}] and the second is (mostly) smut and ive been trying to step back from that because "ive seen worse" isnt a valid excuse for that torture actually)

Of Saints and Sinners by the forever amazing @morningstarwrites!! (if you see this i have a serious question: is this your first time ever writing a fic? because how do you get so much right the first time- [not even beginners luck could explain this level of skill])

i could sing its praises until my death bed but ill hold off so i can explain whats happening. basically after burning down a meeting room several times, luci and al make a deal ("not a deal!", luci laments to the void): they will attempt to be civil and maybe even friendly, and by the end luci will owe al a favour. whats the favour? read it yourself dammit! seriously, 10/10, i am foaming at the mouth till friday (depending on how this goes, that might be tomorrow or today)

Quietly, It Slips Through Your Fingers, Love by Starlit_Rainfall (no tumblr in sight, so AO3) (i. urgfgh. what happened. i was just smiling over the fluff while crossing to go to school. where did it go. where did it gooooo)

if thats anything to go by, the last few chapters have been rough. the fluff feels so far away that i cant even explain what happens. luci was waxing poetic about swimming in maple syrup for al, i remember that much. also emily is there (fallen) tho we havent seen her in a sec. if you read it, warning for the gut punch of angst that starts chap 32 "She/Her" (though the chapter before that, "Should Alastor Know By Now?" ends pretty rough too)

Freely We Serve by @romanaxe

i dont remember how i managed to stumble upon this but im having a great time. basically alastor is a new sinner fresh in hell (but time doesnt matter and the whole cast is still here) and thinks "what better way to gain power than be the personal assistant of the heartbroken king of hell!" features a 6(?) year old charlie and a morally dubious lilith (also i loved eepy al X3)

A Family Forged in Hellfire by Green_Ghostwriter (once again, no Tumblr, so AO3)

this ones a bit newer (10 chaps), is so far mostly exposition and the slowburn pot hasnt even been put on the stove, but as just a hazbin fic in general i see the potential. basically its a 1920s au where heaven decides little charlie doesnt deserve to be raised in hell and is sent to earth with a "foster" family where her actions in life will determine witch realm she will return to after death. her "parents", al and minzy, are given false memories so they can claim the girl as their own and gee i wasnt kidding when i said it was a lot of exposition. erm honestly explaining anymore would tech be spoiling so go read it!

The Red Thread That Binds Us by @scun-gilli

{{future me prefacing this by saying i have no idea where i was going with yesterdays thought process, all you need to know from it was im on chapter 27. also scungilli your comment is making me very worried 😟 well theres no mcd tag so im sure itll fine, right? RIGHT, SCUNGILLI??}}

basically its a king x kings guard au where al and luci grow up together and only grow closer after a. certain life event for al (its fine guys trust :)) [she said, like a liar]) then al is sent of for royal guard training school (ik its not called that i forgor 😭) but dw he comes back. just watch out for graphic depictions of injuries (i think thats this fic) angst and a sneaky eve bc radioapple fics are allergic to happiness (or maybe im not looking hard enough lol) (also im really tempted to make the friendship bracelets they had 👀)

somewhere down the line by kj_crwm (AO3 link)

this one starts off as human!alastor/lucifer but by the middle(?) its just regular radioapple. basically al is encountered by luci while finishing off a job who agrees to keep quiet. luci just keeps on showing up, reveals hes the devil to which al us just like "lol ok" and eventually they get in a relationship (ooh lala 👀) but they break up after saying some hurtful things to each other (oh nono 👀) with luci promising al they will never cross paths again. if you watched the show then well. you know that doesnt happen 😂 most human!al radioapple have al summon him (no hate to them) so this was an interesting change of pace

cannot stress it enough but this is a WORKING list i WILL be coming back to it bc these are purely the fics i could think if off the top of my head. IN FACT, if any of you have radioapple fics you love, SEND THEM THE FUCK IN! i am one person whos only been in this fandom for 4 months, and reading fics/shipping radioapple even less, theres bound to be some ones i missed that you think are Worthy™️! and if theyre nsfw then at the very least it shouldnt be the main focus

EDIT: so sorry anyone who reblogged this before had to see the disgusting unedited version. literally just found out that tumblr doesnt apply edits to reblogs. what the fuck

[lillbitdramatic]

forge's gala look

[prismatica-the-strange]

For Pollo or Petersburg?

New Reblog Game!

A game specifically for pet F/Os since I'm thinking about mine a lot!

Not sure how many people have pet F/Os or if anything like this has been done before already or not but, reblog with a picture of your pet F/O(s) and I'll give them a treat!

(Proship dni please)

[prismatica-the-strange]

Irl vs. S/i

(Left to right)

Top: Mika (Eddie Munson), Charity (Bernard) , Adeline (Hector Escaton)

Middle: Krynn (Aleksander Morozova), Me (It's me!), Bradey (Derek Hale)

Bottom: Celeste (Stephen Strange) , Kronos (Cleon XIII), Lyra (Donovan Shrike)

[missmics]

Is it weird that ‘A Family Forged in Hellfire’ is making me imagine scenarios where other characters raised Charlie? (Sir Pentious in the 1800s, Angel Dust in the 1940s, Husk in the 70s, etc)

I'm so sorry it took me a while to answer this! I've been having some major writer's block :(

But that's a really fun idea to think about too! I could see Pentious constantly accidentally having experiments blow up and stuff when she's playing in his lab, but she always comes out just fine because of demon immunity and he just goes "oh well I guess that's normal". I imagine that Husk might've had a family when he was alive (got my own angsty headcanons) so that'd be interesting having Charlie grow up in a more "normal" family dynamic!

And I did actually have a bit of an "AU of an AU" one shot for A Family Forged in Hellfire that involves Angel having a pretty major role... I should finish it up sometime. But basically, I imagine that in an alternate timeline of the fic where Alastor actually dies instead of Mimzy when Charlie is 2, Mimzy decides they have to get the hell out of New Orleans due to the whole "whoops my husband was a serial killer thing". They end up in New York instead, where Mimzy gets in with the local criminal network to start up a new speakeasy. That criminal network being Angel's family ;)

Angel died in the late 1940's, he would be a few years older than Charlie in the fic, and basically becomes her new big brother because someone has to keep an eye on her while the grownups are running off doing crime.

[synergysilhouette]

I wish Forge had a costume that wasn't a uniform. I'd love for them to adapt his HG look

Obviously an exact translation wouldn't work, but a black and white suit (or a white one with black accessories such as his boots) and a splash or orange/red here and there would be cool. I loved that the gala didn't just re-adjust his costume to formalweear like the year before.

And side note: I love that they kept his pink skintone here. I personally believe a character's "true" skintone is the one they debuted with--even though it can be pointed out that colors were limited back then and I've heard that sometimes a pink skintone would be used for dark-skinned characters.

[prismatica-the-strange]

Bernard and Eddie?

Give me a f/o (max 2) and I'll give them a random funny headcannon despite if I know them or not!

I've been inching to do one of these for a while since I haven't seen that many.

Also disclaimer they might not be the most favorable to them

[dungeonofthedragon]

Pamphlet TTRPG Exchange

One Wednesday night myself and a group of friends got together to share small ttrpgs. There were snacks, tangents about media these games reminded us of, and much discussion of which games we want to play first.

I had a great time! Discussion of the games we shared is beneath the cut- turns out Lasers & Feelings hacks are very popular with this group.

Carry On by Chaosmeister Games

We opened the exchange with Carry On, the first and only 24XX game of the night. It was a great way to open the evening: a simple system for hunting monsters and taking names!

Halos & Hellfire by Jason Tocci

This one was a big hit with the gang. Everyone wants to play agents of heaven or hell.

Nice Marines by Grant Howitt

Everyone wants to try out this one! Super soldiers engineered for war trying to broker peace? It's so fun. It's possible to 'succeed' so well you cause massive collateral.

Dude Where in the Galaxy Did We Leave the Macguffin? by Fossilwood

I try to stay up to date with ttrpg happenings on Itch, so this unfamiliar game was a pleasant surprise! A sci-fi version of the hangover, this would make an excellent one shot.

Chaos Theory by AurekFonts

This one is Jurassic Park. There are dinosaurs. Don't get eaten!

Ronin by James Simon

An innovative hack of Lasers & Feelings, with six stats across three tracks. Play as wandering ronin in some classic genre scenarios. I just watched Seven Samurai restored and I have FEELINGS, would love to try this game some time.

Magical Pets by Plotbunny Games

The game with the most beautiful layout- I made sure to take home one of the physical copies provided! Play the magical pets of some admittedly fairly useless wizards, as you solve mysteries at a magic school and save your masters from themselves.

Bloodstone by Matteo Sciutteri

A lightweight Forged in the Dark game inspired by soulslikes (particularly Bloodbourne, although comparisons were made to Elden Ring by one of my pals.) The GM hasn't revealed what game we'll be playing on Halloween, but I think it'll be this and I'm excited for it.

Blood & Wine by Yuigaron

Great for those who are intrigued by Vampire the Masquerade but look for a less complex game. Take bloody revenge for the deaths of your kin. Before the night is done, your enemies will lie dead.

Blades & Darkness by Sam Robson

This is one of my games, although my friend had not realised. When she found out she tried to get me to present the game instead, but I insisted she do it. Always more interesting to hear how others experience/interpret your work!

Anyway: Blades and Darkness is a BitD themed Lasers and Feelings hack, where Blades is physical action and Darkness is magical action.

Honorable Mention: 18XX Muramasa by Diego Barreto

I noticed an element in Ronin that had previously been lifted for a game of Muramasa, and so I shared this game in our group chat. The guy next to me was checking it out on his tablet only moments later.

[comicwaren]

From X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #001 (1/2)

Art by Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka, Pepe Larraz, Rain Beredo, Ceci De La Cruz, Matthew Wilson, Erick Arciniega and Marte Gracia

Written by Gerry Duggan

[stormandforge]

Forge at the Hellfire Club: a hypothesis

Guys guys guys (X-Force readers), I just had a brain wave. Big spoilers, be warned.

You know how we've been trying to decode who Sage is talking about in this bit of narration?

"One picosecond after she dies, I'm thinking. Of course I am - I'm always thinking. I remember the first time we met. I wasn't "Sage" then, I was still undercover at the Hellfire Club, working for Charles."

Many of us read this bit as one block. As the same train of thought. Meaning: Sage remembered meeting the person who dies at the Hellfire Club.

It followed that this person, the person who dies, would be Betsy, because Sage had canonically met her at the Hellfire Club. But no, it's not Betsy who died. And it doesn't make much sense for the person who actually died (Surge) to be at the Hellfire Club while Sage was there either. Nori would have been too young. (I know time in Marvel is flexible, but come on, that was long ago.)

What I've suspected for a while is that the now infamous opening phrase "One picosecond after she dies, I'm thinking. Of course I am - I'm always thinking" was a separate train of thought from the rest. It definitely is when it appears again in the next issues, so it makes sense that it should be from the start. It's a mantra - or a haunting, as it were - to be read on its own.

So the phrase we've been debating "I remember the first time we met, I wasn't Sage then, I was still undercover at the Hellfire Club..." isn't connected the bit above it (the person who dies); it's the beginning of a new train of thought.

It's the beginning of her reflection about Forge. She's saying she first met Forge when she was at the Hellfire Club.

We don't know when Sage and Forge first met, so I thought, why not, they could have known each other for a lot longer than we thought. They could have crossed paths when the X-Men clashed with the Hellfire Club back in the day.

But today I decided to look at the narration on its own, without the art or the dialogue, and a very different picture emerged:

"I remember the first time we met. I wasn't "Sage" then, I was still undercover at the Hellfire Club, working for Charles. Usually, I can instantly size up any new player. I create predictive models of everyone I meet. How they think, their motivations, how they move. Not him. Forge was...a jumble. Too many variables and some were in conflict, some oppositional. There were just too many holes in his data flow. At one point, I just asked him. 'How do you work?' He said, 'End of the day, there's nothing wrong in the world that I can't fix by putting my hands on it.' I thought he was a bit full of himself. Even with people like Shaw and Frost strutting around. Now? I know he's not. But what is he? I'm still collating."

We've been deceived by the comic book format, which splits Sage's narration onto several pages and makes you lose her train of thought.

She's saying she met Forge at the Hellfire Club. They were both there.

Fucking hell, the bit about Shaw and Frost? Right there in front of our faces! I thought she was talking about Krakoa times, but nooooo, look!

Forge. Working at the Hellfire Club. Back in the day when Sage was there.

WHEN? WHY? HOW?

More importantly, did they make him wear the ridiculous Victorian outfits? Or did he hold on to his denim shorts?

Please let there be an image of Forge in denim shorts at the Hellfire Club. Come through, Marcus To.

[prismatica-the-strange]

Peter and Eddie (and Kleon if you can think of one lol) Please?

Reblog with a picture of your f/o and I'll assign them a Beanie Baby!

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

[remylikesnoodles]

Making some Family Forged in Hellfire memes because I haven't abandoned the story I swear I've just been very busy

Read it HERE: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39454893/chapters/98747316