#gen swap canon au

[bionicleactiontales]

bionicle actiontales let's pilot della's jetplane for any time

dewey bluey turbo duck just join his twin sister della dello delly firework duck for the sky trip, he bring his camera for take the photo of the sky, della dello delly firework duck just pilot her jetplane that she made it for a week, so they fly off to the sky, dewey bluey turbo duck point at the phoenix, he want to ride on the phoenix in the future, but unknown to him, della dello delly firework duck has her chance to get the blue phoenix for the thanksgiving dinner.

della dello delly firework duck: i did it, it still working, i knew my jetplane still work.

dewey bluey turbo duck: wow, you just fly your jetplane by yourself, i love it sister della.

della dello delly firework duck: brother dewey, this is the first we can fly the jetplane by our own self.

dewey bluey turbo duck: hey look, it's the blue phoenix, this is my chance to take a photo of the blue phoenix.

della dello delly firework duck: it will be useful for the thanksgiving dinner for everyone.

dewey bluey turbo duck: yes sister della, i do wish to ride on the blue phoenix.

della dello delly firework duck: so you want him as your pet, well i hope you like it.

dewey bluey turbo duck: well thanks sister della, i knew you never let yourself down to fail me.

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DEE'S YUMMY LULAWLU FIC RECS

Compiled in this post you'll find all of my favorite LuLawLu fics! Enjoy your reading and make sure to leave kudos/comments on the fics you enjoyed <3 The fics are listed in no particular order other than Completed vs Ongoing. I will update this list as I find more fics that I enjoy, also to add some that I've probably forgotten.

Completed works:

when we go, we go together. by happychi 3,694 words, M "When Law dies, he spends an eternity searching for forgiveness. It was the first time anyone had smiled at him in over a century." Beautifully written fic where Law is cursed with being a reaper. This fic made me cry, it's absolutely gorgeous and bittersweet. The "D" stands for Daddy by bokkuroo 9,033 words, E Bonney uses her powers to age Luffy up, and Law starts gay-panicking! I am insanely weak for dilf!Luffy and this fic hit all the right spots with the delicious smutty goodness. A new favorite of mine!

Fanservice. by Mil0o2 23,169 words, E Law gets a new neighbor who happens to be his favorite dom pornstar "PirateKing56". Incredibly hot BDSM smut and I love the way this author writes both Law and Luffy. Delicious fic, definitely a favorite of mine.'

Keep You Safe by Rei_the_Rat 7,904 words, E "A favor and a threat that could destroy everything they hold dear, bring Law and Luffy a new opportunity to face unspoken feelings from a previous encounter." LuLaw Demon AU! This fic is gorgeous and the ambience is fantastic. Definitely a classic and a must-read!

carve your name (eat you like crème brûlée) by Trashgalore 11,556 words, E Luffy is insatiable and Law has to deal with it. PWP! Check the tags for potential CW!

Slipping Through My Fingers by Camafeu 8,525 words, E Luffy takes care of Law and eats him out. Porn with feelings! Pride is Before the Fall by Heart_Core 2,232 words, E "Law’s pent up from all the stress of traveling with the straw hats. When Luffy offers to help, how can he refuse?" Super yummy PWP by one of my favorite LuLaw authors! Seashell Lovers by cosmicatta 2,020 words, E "Law is learning to be free. Luffy helps him." This fic is so beautiful and soft and I'm smitten with how gentle and understanding Luffy is in it. Definitely a must-read!

Inhuman Potential by sydneyxface 82,094 words, E Exciting thriller featuring vampire!Luffy and pathologist!Law! Bloodplay ensues. Check tags for CW! My Heart Is Still Beating (But I Lost It Long Ago) by betsib 27,097 words, E Post Apocalyptic AU! "Law is travelling alone between quarantine zones when he comes across a young man with three bullets in his torso and an unflinching look in is eyes." Extremely well written and thrilling fic. Read tags for CWs! feel the rythm in my chest by shishiswordsman 9,140 words, Gen Bodyswap AU! "Law and Luffy decide to swap hearts for a moment. They end up swapping much more than that." I love this fic so much, it's funny, has angst AND fluff!

Ashes of Life by chenziee 10,248 words, T Canon Compliant series filled with Hurt/Comfort and lots of fluff where we follow the two captains relationship from Zou until Wano. Beautiful!

melting into you by adore_yuu 9,873 words, E Luffy discovers fanfiction and Law has to deal with it. Gorgeous and delicious one-shot!

Curiouser by xairylle 10,125 words, E Luffy asks Law to read him to him while he fucks him. Law complies reluctantly. Smutty goodness with great dialogue!

Stow Away Captains by xairylle 1,884 words, M Zoro POV. Law sneaks into the men's quarters on the Sunny and Zoro doesn't know how to deal with it. Awkward and funny as hell!

lowkey by gentoopengwyn 6,350 words, T Fluffy and hilarious Modern AU where doctor!Law has a secret husband who turns out to be Luffy.

more than a physical attraction (it's a passion) by gentoopengwyn 11,517 words, M Luffy simps for Law! Fluffy goodness.

I Could If I Wanted To by dunkinicedcoffeebeverage 5,615 words, E Law can't lie due to unforeseen circumstances and Luffy shows up! Smut and fluff. promises under the rising sun by Yakarmi 3,736 words, T "Luffy promises Law freedom." Canon compliant one-shot set on Zou. So sweet and soft!

quote, liquid courage, unquote by naturecalls111 7,475 words, E Law consumes aphrodisiac and Luffy kindly helps him with his problem. Smutty goodness.

Trials and Titillations by Callunar 42,796 words, E Luffy eats a mystery fruit and grows tits. Jealousy and misunderstandings ensue.

cough it out, loverboy by frogsterz 4,029 words, Gen Law comes back from Punk Hazard with a mating bite. Who could the mysterious alpha be that gave him the mark? Fun and cute omegaverse AU!

Saline by pbjnotes 19,321 words, M Modern AU with organized crime! Law is a doctor and has been terrorized by Doflamingo for many years, enter Luffy!

Aurum by bimarian 13,177 words, Gen Soulmate AU where Luffy learns about colors and the feelings they represent for him. Beautiful and soft.

Find Our Place in the Sky by lampalot7 4,615 words, T "Luffy is the Sun, Law is the Moon, and an eclipse brings them together." Beautiful and soft Moon/Sun God AU.

Modern Medicine Didn’t Prepare Me For Transmigration by betsib 17,018 words, T Isekai AU! Law gets transported into the world of the fantasy romance novel he's reading and adventures ensue!

Hook, line and sinker. by Mil0o2 1,323 words, E "Law is drunk and horny and makes sure Luffy knows exactly that." Service top Luffy PWP!

As Warm as the Sunlight by Camafeu 6,160 words, E Modern AU Porn with Feelings! Luffy finally gets to put marks on Law.

How To Top A Cop by initforthelolz 5,895 words, E Luffy is caught speeding and tries to convince the cop pulling him over to forget his crime with questionable means. PWP!

House Call by ZuviosGemini 4,854 words, Gen Sick Fic Modern AU! Law nurses Luffy back to health. Very sweet and fluffy comfort fic.

Meet Me in the Drift by riverofnara 28,460 words, T Pacific Rim/One Piece fusion! Luffy tries to convince Law to become his Jaeger co-pilot.

Shoot Me with a Smile by OliveGardenSafeSpace 42,161 words, M Mafia AU! Law is a mafia family boss and rescues Luffy during a heist gone wrong.

A Shiver of Pleasure by Camafeu 6,805 words, E Modern AU! Porn with Feelings and fluffy blankets.

i think she might be robbing (she can take what she wants) by Trashgalore 13,821 words, E Fem!LuLaw! Everyone is genderswapped in this roomate to lovers story. Fluffy and smutty!

The Straw Hat and Heart Pirates 'Alliance' by KivaEmber 6,706 words, Gen Smoker cockblocks Luffy and Law and hilarious situations happen in this series. Fluff and humor!

What Feelings? by Brewit 2,680 words, E Law is the last one to learn that him and Luffy are in a relationship. A story about how their relationships evolved! Fluff and a bit of smut.

You Don’t Love Me by xairylle 2,312 words, T Hurt/Comfort. Law has forgotten how to be honest.

A Summoner's Worst Nightmare by cringewerewolf 34,199 words, T "Law summons a demon to help him take down a crime lord. It all goes downhill from there." Hilarious AU where Law summons demon!Luffy!

Two Sinners' Conversation by bimarian 7,599 words, M "In which Luffy and Law redefine what a conversation is on their wedding night." This is technically part of a series, but this can be read as a stand-alone one shot. Fluff and smut!

Sick Heart by Cel0x 7,427 words, E Law and Luffy had been apart, missing each other deeply, and they have a delicious reunion. Porn with Feelings!

The Morning Comes Early by Alte 7,813 words, E "Law finds a new way to get a good night’s rest after forming an alliance with the Straw Hat Pirates." Very sweet and one of my comfort fics! Not a Ball or a Chain by HollowIsTheWorld 79,341 words, T Modern Soulmate AU! Asexual Luffy, Demisexual Law. Law grows up hoping he'd never develop a soulmark and tries to avoid meeting his soulmate.

the sea throws rocks together by manhattanvalleys 2,072 words, E Future Fic. Porn with feelings. I would recommend reading the three fics from this author in order. This one first, then the two below.

(but time leaves us polished stones) by manhattanvalleys 3,133 words, E Future Fic. Porn with feelings.

something that you might perhaps forgot to say by manhattanvalleys 4,391 words, E Future Fic PWP. Gorgeously written and a fic I can re-read over and over again.

Bloodied Knuckles by bimarian 9,099 words, E Flower Shop and Tattoo Parlor AU! Porn with Plot. "In which Law saw Luffy punching the life out of his rude customer—and decided right then and there that his ass was getting laid tonight." Dark Luffy, and Law's into it. Read tags for CW!

what the ocean gives by betsib 5,570 words, T Merman!Luffy gets saved by doctor!Law! This fic has a special place in my heart, it's very cute and funny.

To Call Myself Beloved by purplehairedwonder 13,202 words, T Luffy tries to get Law to marry him, and Law tells Luffy he'll have to catch him first. Betrothal Chase AU!

Give Me A Reason by betsib 6,400 words, M Band AU! Law does a cover of the Straw Hats' new single and it gets recorded in secret by Shachi and it goes viral, the attention eventually reaching Luffy who is intrigued by Law. Then they meet!

A Different Type of Hunger by karategal 25,111 words, E Luffy is King of the Pirates and he's "hungry for Torao". A game of cat and mouse begins. Funny and smutty!

Burning by vantrums 8,245 words, E Omegaverse PWP. Law is in heat and Luffy conveniently makes an appearance to help him out. One of my favorite PWPs!

Nothing compares by JustPassingBy19 4,261 words, E "Law and Luffy reunite after a long time away from each other's arms." Dilf!Luffy!!! Porn with Feelings!

combustion by Anonymous 3,799 words, E "Law pines and gets railed, both in and not in that order." Smut with a touch of angst!

Make Me Feel Good by sydneyxface 21,529 words, E Law seeks the help of Luffy, a professional cuddler, to help him get through university. Angst with a happy ending! This is one of my comfort fics and a favorite of mine.

Let's do It! by KhonekoChan 4,659 words, E Law and Luffy enjoy some sexcapades after the liberation of Wano. Smutty goodness.

find me in the shell's whisper by Deleted Account 5,441 words, M Law and Luffy run into each other on an island and Law pines.

Safe and Sound by All_My_Characters_Are_Dead 15,726 words, M Law gets taken hostage and Luffy is on a mission to rescue him. A lot of hurt/comfort with a lot of hurt before the comfort. Practicality is Useless Around Here by Ghosty_Bee 28,248 words, T Modern AU with magic! "Law's luck runs out when a series of events forces him to open his eyes to a world completely different from his own, full of magic, monsters, and danger. Luckily, or maybe not, he's found a crew of seers to help him out." This fic has fantastic world building and is a thrilling ride! Tell Me That You Love Me (I’ll Never Ask You Why) by Itycos 3,557 words, T "After Wano in a nameless port-town two captains reunite. Not all alliances are the same." Very sweet and beautiful fic about the two captain's finding something in each other they didn't quite expect. Like Sails on the Breeze by HollowIsTheWorld 5,115 words, Gen Corazon Lives AU. Luffy kisses Law and then he leaves. What's next for them? Bittersweet and fluffy in the end!

between you and i (the throths, the tide) by shishiswordsman 20,630 words, E ARRANGED MARRIAGE AU! Law is set to marry the future king of Dawn. Luffy is certainly not what Law expected.

What Is This Thing You Call An Alliance? by cywscross 13,701 words, T Eustass Kidd observes Law and Luffy after the fall of Kaido. Introspection, light angst and fluff!

and all the things that keep us here by qunlat 9,323 words, Gen Law gets a second chance. "(Or: the one where they get married, in secret, at someone else's wedding, and make Usopp late to his.)" Law and Luffy elope!

My Love For You Is Choking Me by ObsidionWingsofMidnight 56,880 words, T Hanahaki disease AU! Very angsty with eventual happy ending.

the white city by tciddaemina 32,328 words, Gen, M "Nika/Sun God!Luffy AU, set during the genocide in Flevance." Very interesting and beautifully written series. Total Eclipse of the Heart by Aspiring_Trashpanda 33,401 words, M "Luffy almost dies, makes a deal with a god, and falls in love. Law's along for the ride." Slow burn-y goodness!

Keep This Close To Our Hearts, Love by riverofnara 3,884 words, T Modern AU! Luffy's prank on Law says everything he hasn't been able to put into words. Fluffy!

sol ex machina by Almageist 3,757 words, Gen Angel AU! I don't want to say too much about this one as I believe it's best experienced going in blindly. One of my faves!

Meat Cute by marimoes 66,823 words, T Modern AU! Law has a literal run in with Luffy's dog "Meat" and they have a meet cute! Long fic with all of your favorite tropes!

king of my heart by frogsterz 7,411 words, E "The AU where rookie Trafalgar Law and the Pirate King walk into a tavern. Things only get better from there." The summary says all you need to know. One of my favorite LuLaw fics EVER.

Sabishigari-ya by Alexgrand 15,943 words, M Modern AU. "Law finds a website where he becomes infatuated with a user named Mugiwara22."

Who, Me? My Hand? by dunkinicedcoffeebeverage 8,903 words, M "5 times Luffy holds Law's hand, 1 time Law holds Luffy's." A getting together fic filled with fluff and beautiful moments between the two captains. The art accompanying this fic is also gorgeous!

Luffy's Law by JadedCoral 32,630 words, Gen Modern AU where Law starts a rumor about himself and hilarities ensue. This fic made me cackle out loud, it's so funny and sweet!

as I hold your hollow heart by betsib 24,962 words, M Soulswap AU! "...Law wakes up in Dressrosa, with Doflamingo's symbol tattooed on his chest and servants calling him "Corazon". Very interesting AU that I loved reading, many twists and turns and suspense!

Grand Line Carnival by Bubblegumbeech 24,140 words, T Modern AU with horror themes. "Law doesn't want to go to a carnival ever again, but his crew doesn't know that and they insist that he has been spending far too much time in the hospital.." Spooky things happen and Luffy and the Straw Hats are unintentionally creepy!

Ongoing works:

from us, to the rain by toricola 10,835 words, E Modern AU LawLu. One of the most beautifully written fics I've come across so far. The characterization of Law is one of the best I've ever read, and I am dying to read more from this author. If you want to feel, definitely don't skip this one!

white elephant gift exchange by happychi 15,184 words, M "Law’s troublesome coworkers are on thin ice after gifting him a male escort for his Christmas vacation. Now he’s snowed in with a complete stranger for an entire weekend." Things aren't as they seem in this Modern AU. The author's portrayal of Law in this is on of my absolute favorites. Excited to read more of this!

Critical Fire Weather Pattern by lettersinpetals 7,787 words, M Journalist AU! Law is an editor at One Piece News, and Luffy is the newly appointed weatherman. A super fresh and unique AU that I immediately fell in love with!

The Beast of Buckden by Callunar 11,537 words, E "Law has moved to a sleepy little countryside village. The people of the village warned him not to go out on the night of the blood moon, but he finds himself lost in the woods anyway." Werewolf!Luffy AU that has quickly become one of my favorite LuLaw fics. Read tags for CW!

The Pirate King's Treasure by Callunar 64,842 words, E Another fantastic work by Callunar, this time it's PWP! Luffy becomes interested in Law after a heated argument. Extremely smutty and kinky.

Broken Heart Syndrome by Callunar 115,597 words, E Surgeon!Law and boxer!Luffy. AND THEY WERE NEIGHBORS. Slow burn!!!! Another one of my favorite chaptered fics.

Chasing the Sun by illusiverose 174,160 words, E Another one of my favorites! Modern AU Surgeon!Law and Firefighter!Luffy. Law has dark secrets but becomes enamored with Luffy, the embodiment of sunshine. Exciting plot with a slice of Mafia!

Red and Yellow by BewitchingDemon 20,214 words, M Pokemon Fusion AU! A true joy to read this fic. Strangers to lovers with a lot of awkwardness and slow burn. One of my favorites!

(We Would Never) Break the Chain by cosmicatta 15,507 words, M A Modern AU set in the 70s-80s where you get to see Law and Luffy grow from childhood friends into something more, with a lot of pining and angst in between. A beautifully written fic.

Haze by initforthelolz 56,381 words, M Fantasy AU with dystopian themes with fantastic world building and intrigue.

Godslayer by initforthelolz 19,611 words, M Fantasy AU where Law is a Godslayer and his purpose is to defeat one of the god's that terrorized the world. Things don't go as planned. Incredibly well-written fic with solid world building and a plot that draws you in instantly.

for a wilted rose not yet withered by ame_kko 45,682 words, T Ancient Greek Gods AU! A strangers to lovers fic with Luffy as Persephone, God of Spring and Law as Hades, God of the Underworld. An all time favorite for me!

Hearts Spring Eternal by riverofnara 34,386 words, E Law performs the Perennial Youth Surgery on Luffy out of desperation, but Law somehow survives. Angst and complications happen.

In the Sultry Summer Calm by Alte 15,563 words, M Omegaverse Flower Shop AU! Two of my favorite things combined. "After the loss of his adoptive father, omega Trafalgar Law is forced to give up on his dream to become a surgeon in favor of taking over his father’s flower shop." Very sweet and I can't wait for this to be updated!

In the Night by TheeGirlWonder 8,273 words, M Fantasy AU! Vampires, werewolves and witches! Law is a vampire and helps werewolf!Luffy escape Doflamingo's clutches after being captured.

Saint Peter's Keys by Aspiring_TrashPanda 52,560 words, E Modern AND Canon Div AU! A story involving parallel universes with a fantastically written story. Slow burn!

It Was Always Blood With You by initforthelolz 14,970 words, E Vampire!Law AU! "Luffy finds a vampire on the side of the road and decides to bring him home... against better judgement that he does not possess." I immediately fell in love with this fic, the summary says it all!

The Compounding Impact of Time by salient17 14,889 words, M Time Travel AU! "It didn't matter where, or when, because Luffy would find him--time and time again." Luffy is lost in time, will he find his way back?

The Years We’ve Lost by Heart_Core 24,618 words, M Time Travel AU! "In the middle of the War on Onigashima, Law wakes up to find himself 19 years into the future. Luffy had long defeated Kaido, believing Law to have died in the war." Love this fic and can't wait for an update. Can never go wrong with dilf!Luffy either.

At the Heart of Worship by Heart_Core 8,014 words, E Sun God Luffy AU! Luffy has had his attention captured by Law.

always too much (never enough) by Jien_o 21,303 words, E Modern AU cockwarming fic of my dreams. This fic has me in a chokehold. CRAZY good!

within & without by Jien_o 68,686 words, E Arranged Marriage AU! LawLu. Enemies to lovers-esque type story, where both Law and Luffy are very flawed and many misunderstandings ensue.

The Omegaverse Clothing Exchange Service by bananabunch 8,162 words, E Super cute A/B/O fic with a really unique plot! I love this fic so far and can't wait to read more.

As Sunflowers Do by martilla 95,283 words, E Modern AU! Luffy is in an accident and gets amnesia and forgets all about his relationship with Law. A lot of angst and heartbreak with an eventual happy ending.

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Favorite Ongoing/Unfinished Joongdok fics

Canon Universe

running up that hill by aevum; Multi-chapter, Unrated; Joonghyuk Role Swap AU

Echos of the Future and the Past by Akeara4; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; KDJ meets YJH pre-scenarios.

Hidden Scenario - [Dramatis Personae] by Anonymous; Multi-chapter, Rated: Mature; A reaction fic - KimCom reacts to the events of ORV from KDJ's POV.

unendurable, unendurable by aryelee; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; KimCom get caught in a sub scenario. No one sees it ending well.

A Former Regressor's Otome Struggles by fourthrisen; Multi-chapter, Rated: Gen; YJH gains a new (dating sim themed) skill.

so long to load by Frill; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Teen friends Joongdok started the scenarios one train cabin away from each other.

new game (+) by illusionedwhite; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Role Reversal AU where TWSA is an unpopular RPG game.

Say it Again by Moreta; Multi-chapter, Rated: Mature; YJH fails to resist regressing and starts his (alleged) 4th regression. He fears he will never meet KDJ again, but they meet again in the subway. But something is strange about this turn...

[Story, ‘Life and Death Companions’, is continuing with its storytelling.] by pythia (eireneo); Multi-chapter, Rated: Mature; Canon Re-write - YJH decides to stick a little closer to KDJ. Something about him is familiar.

Kim Dokja’s Epic Rewrite Extravaganza by Sasala; Multi-chapter, Unrated; KDJ takes a different route with 0th Regression YJH by saying screw it to the rules.

Eternity Soulmates by tsukithewolf; Series, Rated: Teen, Story 1 Complete (23,583 words)/Story 2 Ongoing; Soulmate AU - KDJ manifests as a ghost-like apparition while he's reading TWSA and becomes YJH's one constant companion throughout his 1863 previous regressions. They meet in the flesh for the first time in the 1864th regression. YJH remembers their time spent together, KDJ doesn't.

Fragments by tsukithewolf; Multi-chapter, Unrated; KDJ is still in a coma recovering. YJH learning he can use their shared story to enter Dokja's dreams.

One Half of a Whole by WindsOfTime; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Soulmate AU - How ORV would play out if TWSA had established soulmates in universe and KDJ was YJH's.

Alternate Universe

Second movement by aeber; Multi-chapter, Rated: Explicit; Modern AU - If the scenarios never existed, and they met on the train as how the 0th regression went.

a seven pointed star by Anonymous; Multi-chapter, Rated: Explicit; Modern AU - After getting cancelled for being homophobic, CEO of Supreme Games Yoo Joonghyuk meets his future husband

A Dreamer's Love by byami; Series - Story 1 (Complete - 8,405 words; Unrated), Story 2 (Complete - 26,756 words; Rated: Mature) & Story 3 (Ongoing; Rated: Gen); Fantasy AU - Prince YJH meets "mage" KDJ while hunting demons.

That's the Spirit! by cherryousama; Multi-chapter, Rated: Mature; High School/Supernatural AU - KDJ is an exorcist. YJH is a new transfer student who is a magnet for ghosts.

In other words, by dokjaless; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Modern AU - Ways to accidentally become a book editor to a progamer.

a streamer’s guide to gaining the favour of the gacha gods by erisky; Multi-chapter, Unrated; Modern AU -ORV is a gacha game. Steamer YJH is a simp for the character KDJ, based on the man of the same name.

I am NOT the Imperial General's Ex-Boyfriend by feriket; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Sci-Fi/ABO AU - Kim Dokja was busy working a boring office job and pointedly not thinking about a certain man that he ghosted, when the said man suddenly showed up at his workplace as if he was summoned by some higher beings who wanted to torture Kim Dokja for fun.

superstition and the wishing fountain by fourthrisen; Multi-chapter, Rated: Gen; Modern/High School AU - Even with the ability to read minds, KDJ still manages to entirely miss recognizing that YJH is crushing on him.

Pixelated Abyss by Frill; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Esper/Guide AU - YJH wants KDJ to be his personal Guide because no one else is compatible with him.

lights, camera, action by heliotrope; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Modern AU - Every single one of everyday cubicle worker KDJ's friends is a rich and influential public figure, and the only one in the dark about it is himself.

Imaginary Truths by Mythril (fantacination); Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Modern/Actor AU - KDJ is a talented actor that likes to fly under the radar and succeeds. Until YJH starts paying attention.

let the end credits play by NoteInABottle: Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Modern AU - TWSA is a game. KDJ is the game's programmer. It's Pro-Gamer YJH's favorite game.

How Pro Gamer Yoo Joonghyuk's Twitter Alt Became a Thirst Account by scintifeli; Multi-chapter, Rated: Explicit; Modern AU - YJH gets sponsored to play a game. He plays and on an unfortunate early encounter with a boss, somebody swoops in and saves him from death. YJH falls hard.

thrice is poison by sIackerlife; Multi-chapter, Rated: Gen; Modern AU - Streamer KDJ meets Pro Gamer YJH during a Valorant match while he's playing his sister's account.

My Neighbor is a Sleep Deprived DILF by SkylerSkyhigh; Multi-chapter, Unrated; Modern AU - Older KDJ/Younger YJH - College Gamer YJH becomes neighbors with DILF KDJ.

Guardian by smooth_jade; Multi-chapter, Rated: Explicit; Modrn AU - KDJ never pictured himself as someone who would ever be a father, but before he knows it, he is the adoptive father of a traumatized SYS.

Heels Over Head by timegoesby; Multi-chapter, Rated: Gen; Modern AU - Younger Pro-Gamer YJH and older CEO KDJ become new neighbors.

The Main Character Arrived Half-Dead at My Castle After Abandoning His Role and Now He Won't Leave by tsukithewolf; Multi-chapter, Unrated; Modern/Fantasy AU - Gamer!YJH is isekai'd into a fantasy game as the protagonist. KDJ is the main villain in this game.

and at the very least, the wall will change. by your__isgayrights; Multi-chapter, Rated: Teen; Modern/Soulmate AU - KDJ and YJH are soulmates that can write message to each other on their skin. The only thing KDJ wrote to YJH was goodbye. YJH keeps writing to KDJ, not knowing if he's alive or not. 15 years later YJH and KDJ meet for the first time.

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Five Ways Ballister and Nimona Never Met

Written by @space-kase

Five different universes, five different scenarios, five different ways Ballister Boldheart never met his spunky sidekick.

Art by Neth | Hugs4neth

Art by Wiz | @wizisbored

Content warnings and additional tags below the cut:

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F, Gen, M/M, Multi

Fandom: Nimona (2023)

Relationships: Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart & Nimona, Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart/Ambrosius Goldenloin, Gloreth/Nimona (Nimona)

Characters: Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart, Ambrosius Goldenloin, Todd Sureblade, Original Characters, The Director (Nimona), Gloreth (Nimona), Queen Valerin (Nimona)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Blood and Gore, Blood and Violence, Blood and Injury, Infection, Infected Characters, 5+1 Things, 5 Times, Nimona Big Bang 2024, Nimona Big Bang 2024 (Nimona), Transphobia, Misgendering, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Assault, Mugging, Foster Care, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Canon Gay Relationship, Canon Gay Character, Adoption, Crying, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Age Swap, Alternate Universe - Age Changes, Age Reversal, Alternate Universe - Age Reversal, Amputation, Ableism, Human Experimentation, Medical Experimentation, those last two are mentioned anyway, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Gay Dads AU, Trans Character, Canon Disabled Character, Alternate Universe - Animal Shifter, Dismemberment

Words: 22,419

Chapters: 6/6

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Survey results time.

At time of downloading the data we got just over 300 responses, which is not bad for a survey that was long and complicated to take! I'm sure my shamelessness helped. Being a survey for a specific crowd, we also didn't get anyone (as far as I could tell) taking the survey in bad faith, which is a legit surprise. Special shout-out to the several people who, when asked to write literally anything to say they understood what was going on, wrote "literally anything"; additional shout-out to the person who wrote "penus and hole" (sic). You get it, anonymous person.

I'm going to share the top results for the questions here, but I'll also include the raw data as a sheet at the end in case anyone wants to actually go through it with a fine-tooth comb. This is not a survey where cute pie charts or graphs would be useful or readable, so get ready for some sweet-ass numbers:

Story Genre

Unsurprisingly, our leaderboard for most favorite story genre in the 'Anytime!' category is as follows:

Hurt/comfort (153 votes)

Angst (142 votes)

PWP (139 votes)

We just like the guys to get the shit beaten out of them, angstily, and then they can feel better by jerking off about it. The ideal evening.

The big loser in genre, with 34 buds flat out saying "not for me", was Dark!fic. That said, Dark!fic also got 112 votes (third highest) for "has to be JUST right," so we can probably take from there that while as a group we don't hate dark content, we have pretty strict definitions for a) what counts as dark, and b) what kind of dark we're willing to take.

Gencest/gen was arguably the most 'eh, idk?' of the genres, with respectable showings in every category from Anytime to No; most people don't hate it, but people aren't really seeking it out either. It's definitely There.

Story Setting

The winner of most 'Anytime!' votes for story setting is close to my heart; the podium is:

Bunker era (142 votes)

Canon-close, codas, etc (129 votes)

Pre-series/weechesters (126 votes)

It feels good to know that canon is on our side. This may help explain why various alternate universe settings didn't do so hot with the respondents -- the least fave according to this survey is an age!swap AU, followed by a raised apart!AU. Writers who are making Sam the big brother who lives in Cleveland while baby Dean lives in Seattle, you keep living your truth, but readers are rearing back.

That being said, while Canon Divergence isn't an overall winner, it has a full 149 votes in the 'Dig it' category; so, while we may generally prefer canon, we're willing to be led on a garden path away from it. We just want canon to be within shouting distance, at least.

Canonical Character Variants

Here's where the survey gets more complex. I've always been interested in how and why people are fandoming about things, and simple 'yes/no' surveys rarely dig into that meat. The point of the superego/ego/id separation is to really interrogate -- hey, do you like to read about (for example) soulless!Sam because you find it interesting on a high-minded level, or because your heart-strings are getting tugged even if you think it's kinda dumb, or just because it makes you so hornt-up you can't think straight? All are valid, and all are possible simultaneously, but it's interesting to prod at to see how the interest is working. You might also just be like, eh, it's fine, or GOD, STOP, and that's fine too. So, with all that said:

Superego winners:

demon powers!Sam (202 votes)

soulless!Sam (177 votes)

blood addict!Sam (160 votes)

Y'all like to really brain about how Sam is fucked up. I get it.

Ego winners:

Trials of Hell!Sam (186 votes)

blood addict!Sam (180 votes)

demon powers!Sam (161 votes)

Still all Sam, and no surprise that his saintly pale sleeplessness is winning the heartstrings battle.

Id winners:

demon!Dean (205 votes)

demon powers!Sam (175 votes)

blood addict!Sam (165 votes)

Again, no surprise: fandom girlies (gn) love their bad boys, lol. Soulless snuck in at #4 here with 163, presumably because working out still wearing a belt was juuuust dorky enough to kick him off the podium; #5 was Smith & Wesson at 162, probably because if they'd been left in that AU for ten more minutes they would have been fucking over the top of Dean Smith's desk. Glad we're all on the same page, there.

The nopes here were an interesting mix. In the full-on No Thank You category we had Michael!Dean and Gadreel!Sam (with 52 and 53 votes respectively) -- it would be interesting to know if that was due to dread of the storyline specifically, or just how No Bad Wrong it felt to have it happening. These two also led the 'meh' category, although they were joined on the podium of bad by Endverse!Dean (128 Meh votes), which frankly shocked me. Y'all aren't into his thigh holster? C'mon now. Sure, he murders his friends without compunction, but -- thigh holster!

Story Tropes

These ones were fascinatingly all over the place, which is exactly why I wanted to do this. Going to just run down the S/E/I podiums real quick, then 'Hard sell', then No --

Superego winners:

Outsider!POV (211)

Someone Finds Out (191)

Mental health issues (190)

Ego winners:

Mutual pining (252)

First time (242) AND Sick/injured (242)

First time in a long time (235)

Id winners:

Jealousy/possessiveness (224)

First time (218)

First time in a long time (180)

Now, part of what's interesting about these is how they fall off in other categories. Outsider POV wins handily at Superego with 211, but then drops all the way down to 92 votes at Id -- which isn't nothing, but clearly it's preferred to have a heckin' think about how other people view the incest relationship, rather than thinking it's just So Hot that people might. Similarly, while people do think it's so so hot for one brother or the other (or both!) to be possessive at 224 votes, when it comes to the superego that drops right down to 134 votes, presumably as the brain wakes up and goes RED FLAG!

Entering the land of no thank you, we shall have two anti-podiums:

Real hard sell:

Infidelity (127)

magic/powers!Dean (125)

Unrequited/no relationship upgrade (110) AND "Carver Edlund" fandom

This is a much more mixed bag. Infidelity and Unrequited are no surprise here, because it Feels Bad, Man; magic!Dean also not really a surprise, given that most of our respondents prefer being closer to canon, and Dean is very much our mundane buddy in the show as presented. (A delightful buddy, but a distinctly nonmagical one.) Carver Edlund fandom makes me laugh mostly because it's such a bananas thing to exist in the show. Sam and Dean reading big bang fics about each other? Collectively we just... don't know what to do with that. Weird.

Squick/No/Maybe one exception:

Permanent character death (140)

Infidelity (108)

Eating disorders (102)

Again, no surprise in the anti-winners of 1 or 2 here, but number 3 surprised me, personally. ED fic used to be a pretty big wedge of common tropes that people would seek out. Perhaps it's gotten less popular over the years? Or perhaps just that the people who like it REALLY like it and so chat about it out loud, while those who don't quietly bury it in sand, lo as a cat does with their leavings.

Most extreme delta in 'general interest' (whether that be S,E, or I) to 'ehh' (whether that be Hard Sell or Squick) is first time. Y'all loooove your first time.

Sexy Tropes, Vol. 1

This is where I really wanted to know if people could pull apart their interests between brain and heart and guts. Hopefully people were honest, as requested. Some of them we know are slight liar answers, because the hits on AO3 tell a story that can't be refuted -- nevertheless, here's what people were willing to admit to.

Bulletproof kink/will read any version:

Bedsharing (158)

Incest kink (139)

Size kink (133)

your friendly neighborhood survey creator is jumping up and down going 'wooo' that size kink made the podium. also I hope everyone understood that incest kink meant, like, indulging in the incest of it all via 'oh you're so totes my brother and i want to suck your dingle for that reason specifically', but I realize that could've been clearer.

Easy sell/you don't have to work hard for me to enjoy:

shameless bottom!Dean stuff (151)

switching (147)

voyeurism (138)

the first one here genuinely surprises me considering what I see getting written most often; is this a case of just not being in the right venn diagrams, or the 'easy sell' just not matching up with what people are being sold? Curiouser and curiouser.

Medium sell/not my fave, but I can see how it appeals:

bad/awkward sex (120)

phone sex (114)

in [drug/alcohol] veritas (110)

edging into awkward town in a few ways here: we don't love these, but we can see how it'd be fun. or not fun, in the case of bad sex.

Hard sell/this is unbelievable or uninteresting so you have to work hard to get me to enjoy it:

always-another-gender!AU (84)

multiple Sams or Deans (73)

genderswap (magic) (72)

so, in general, we prefer to keep the penises around and intact, but just one Sam penis and one Dean penis, please. Here, I'm interested that the volume is much lower than in the top category: maxing out at 84 hard sells compared to 158 bulletproof options means that we're willing to give more of these tropes a chance, even if they're not our faves. How accepting we are!

Squick/no/maybe one exception:

always-another-gender!AU (83)

A/B/O elements (65)

multiple Sams or Deans (51)

strong overlap with the hard sell; and, keeping in mind that people were able to choose multiple options, it's possible that some of those were identical votes. Again, please keep the penises straightforward and only two at a time. A/B/O is interesting here, especially given what we know of how well it does on AO3; while it's a big squick for a lot of people, it also has decently high votes in bulletproof/easy, averaging 82 votes. Mixed bag!

Sexy Tropes Vol. 2, Electric Boogaloo

Bulletproof kink/will read any version:

Possessive/claiming sex (129)

Marking (hickeys/bruising) (116)

Hair pulling (103)

Let's glance back up at the Id winners in the story tropes above, hmm quietly to ourselves, and move on.

Easy sell/you don't have to work hard for me to enjoy:

Marking (hickeys/bruising) (135)

Hair pulling (130)

Possessive/claiming sex (121)

Well, that's boring. So let's expand so as not to be repetitive:

4. Dub-con (116) 5. Dom/sub (113) AND Underage (113) 6. Knifeplay (107)

There we go. Pretty easy to put all of those into one fic, too.

Medium sell/not my fave, but I can see how it appeals:

Blindfolds (128)

Painplay (116)

Shibari/rope play (112)

We're starting to lose interest as accessories come into play. Interesting to compare D/s and its relative success against painplay -- so, tell him what to do, but don't hit him while you're doing it. Fair enough.

Hard sell/this is unbelievable or uninteresting so you have to work hard to get me to enjoy it:

Fucking machines (94)

Vore (80)

Mommy!kink (77)

Entertaining mix here, haha. General feasibility may be rearing its head here. (Also, for my own entertainment: daddy!kink got 67 Hard Sell votes. People generally prefer to keep it as horizontal incest, not vertical incest.)

Squick/no/maybe one exception:

Feederism (164)

Vore (161)

Extreme underage (157)

No surprises here, although some fans of the nibbly variety of wincest may be disappointed by vore's poor placement. Note also that 'extreme' is in the eye of the beholder; we'll leave aside value judgments, as we have for the whole survey, and note that people are not indulging in a version of underage they find to be personally past the line, or at least are not admitting to that.

At a glance, the closest matchup between bulletproof for some and a squick to others is bloodplay, with just 1 vote separating the two categories: 44 bulletproof, 43 squick. Next time someone tries to tell you that 'everyone' likes or doesn't like something, please take it with an entire shaker full of salt.

Dynamic & Position Preferences

I tried to encourage people not to think too hard about this one and just answer on instinct. Who knows if that worked. But here are some overview takes:

Toppy/dominant: Sam takes the lead here, with 69% of respondents being in the 'Love it!' category. Nice. (217 votes)

Dom Dean earned a respectable 52% of 'Love it!' votes (163).

However, I was also interested to check out the inverse --

subby!Sam: 44 'Very no thank' votes (13%) subby!Dean: 27 'Very no thank' votes (8%)

It's interesting to leap way back up and compare that against 'shameless bottom!Dean stuff' doing so well in the rated E categories. Makes you ponder.

Actual sex position: Frequently switching takes the win here, with 61% of the vote (194 votes). Sam always topping edges out if people must choose, with 144 votes; Dean always topping is our lowest choice, with 112.

Service!topping: this is a fairly niche fic type, but it does still exist -- I guess in a world of bottoms someone's got to actually get up and do something, and it is hilariously an almost perfectly even split:

service!top Sam: 50.17% (151 votes) service!top Dean: 51.50% (155 votes)

A healthy percentage of people said they didn't care about these questions either way, and more power to them. However, they were wildly outvoted by those who did.

Multishipping Time

Our final categories are when other people get their grubby hands on Sam or Dean, either canonically(ish) or in our fandom activities.

Canonical relationships for Sam

Jess wins, quelle surprise. :) 161 people Dug It and who can blame them.

Amelia LOSES, shocking no one: 112 people said Fuck That.

Eileen was definitely a mixed bag; her results, in order, were: Meh: 92; Fuck that: 76; Worse than meh: 66; Dug it: 44.

Canonical(ish) relationships for Dean

Note here: it was too unbalanced if we only went with people Dean officially dated. However, the show leaned hard into a few unrequited male relationships for him, which we included here, and no one sent me hate about it so I guess that was fine.

Benny wins the Love It! category with 129 votes, barely edging out Cassie at 122. Benny is best boy, so that fits.

Cas loses with a full 99 Fuck That votes, which is probably what we'd expect from a wincest survey. That said, he also got 93 Dug It votes, so it's a pretty balanced showing.

Poor Lisa sits firmly at Meh with 148 votes. It's not that we hate you, Lisa; we just don't really know what to do with you. Which is pretty much how the relationship went in the show.

Shipping Sam like FedEx

We returned to the S/E/I model for shipping as we did for tropes, because it means something very different to go 'oh sure, I can see how that would be interesting' vs saying 'I want them to fuck rawnasty and I don't care why they're doing it.' Apologies if I left out your favorite side-ship but, shit, there's only so much time in the day.

So, we return to the podiums:

Superego:

Ruby (132)

Rowena (121)

Cas (102)

Ego:

Rowena (121)

Cas (106)

Ruby (90)

Id:

Ruby (125)

John (121)

Rowena (118)

So that was going on sedately until Dad came in like a hammer. Fascinating. On the other hand:

No:

Lisa (234)

Donna (222)

Claire (219)

Interesting to me that these three are ladies that Sam theoretically could have got up in but people are not into it, regardless. This is slightly different to Dean's 'no' category -- spoilers for three inches of screen space!

Dean, Shipped by UPS

Superego:

John (129)

Benny (115)

Lisa (99)

Ego:

Benny (134)

John (116)

Lisa (102)

Id:

John (147)

Benny (128)

Crowley (114)

Well. That tells a slightly different story, ahem. Enjoy the various tropes that will be applied, Dean! And then we get:

No:

Amelia (245)

Kevin (223)

Gabriel (217)

Comparing to the Sam 'no' above -- these three are slightly more 'traditional' Sam ships, though the wincest shippers are nevertheless not into them for Sam, either. Dean literally never spoke to or saw Amelia on screen, so it'd be a determined shipper who'd make that happen. Not undoable, though!

Conclusion

Syke: there isn't one to be made. This really shows how diverse the taste is in the wincest community, or at least in the wincest community that a) happened to see this survey over the last five days and b) bothered to take it. This particular group leans slightly toward e.g. toppy Sam, or slightly toward switching, but when you look at raw numbers what you see is that at least one person LOVES every single one of these things, and at least one person fucking HATES every single one of these things, and so -- so what? Write what you want. If you see a niche of something that you love where you feel like not enough people are writing or reading, try to fill it. If you're worried "no one" will like it, well -- you're wrong. Someone will. It just needs to get seen by the right people.

That's where fandom comes in, to spread the love even if something isn't bulletproof for us -- reblogging a post to say, 'hey, my mutual made this thing, look at it!' What a joy it'd be if someone saw it and loved it to absolute shattering bits, and then found their little bulletproof community, and happiness was made. What's the point, if we're not making each other happy.

Thanks for participating if you did, and reading all this if you did. Here's a link to a google sheet (read only) with all the tables of raw data if you're interested. I'll post some of the more entertaining fill-in answers later.

s&d shipping survey results: November 1, 2023 - Google Sheets

[critter-genfic-events]

Campaign Crossover Recs

This week, we have seven fics that mix Bells Hells, Vox Machina, and the Mighty Nein together (usually through Keyleth). Check them out beneath the cut, and as always - comment and kudos if you like them!

Voice to the Rain by J (jaywright) (12808,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Keyleth & Orym, Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Keyleth/Vex'ahlia

Before the events of EXU, Keyleth takes a grieving Orym with her to Whitestone

Reccer says: warm and beautiful and heartbreaking

Amethyst and Flowers on the Table by Operafloozy (2291,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Caduceus Clay & Keyleth, Keyleth & Vilya

Vilya introduces her daughter to the man who restored her memories, one Caduceus Clay.

Reccer says: I love that Keyleth is still angry in this and she and Caduceus have their disagreements, but there's still the potential of a friendship

whitestone is for eulogies by Lifelights (13290,Teen) Warnings: canon typical violence, temporary character death Pairings: Laudna & Vox Machina, Laudna/Imogen

When they first meet, she's dead and hanging from a tree. The second time...she's still dead, but more able to remember. (Aka: a barely divergent AU where Laudna meets Vox Machina in Whitestone)

Reccer says: Everyone is extremely in character and it's a great premise

a spark of potential by mousecookie (1189,Teen) Warnings: Pairings: Ashton Greymoore & Caleb Widogast

After Ludinus's defeat, Ashton approaches one of their new allies with questions about dunamancy.

Reccer says: Great voices and it has a lot of fun details

Fearful Symmetry by seraphium (3151,Teen) Warnings: No archive warnings apply Pairings: Keyleth & Vilya

In the aftermath of the Apogee Solstice, Keyleth's mother waits at her bedside.

Reccer says: It's an amazing look at what the relationship might look like from Vilya's point of view

From My Rotting Body, Flowers Shall Grow by keyleth_clay (10972,Teen) Warnings: Major Character Death Pairings: Caduceus Clay & Keyleth, Keyleth & Essek Thelyss, Caduceus Clay & Essek Thelyss

Keyleth has spent many, many years visiting the Blooming Grove. This visit is so different from the rest. Primarily because her first and best friend from the Clay family is no longer there to share it with her.

Reccer says: Beautifully rendered lifespan angst, with flashbacks to their friendship over the years

Girls Gone Feywild by royalgreen (allyoop) (821,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Bells Hells & The Mighty Nein, Fearne Calloway & Jester Lavorre

Chaos faun meets chaos tiefling. Exandria will never be the same.

Reccer says: I liked it

This is one of our weekly communally-generated gen rec lists. Every week we announce a new theme and allow anyone to submit a fic recommendation. Please note that the summary and content notes are provided by the reccer, and may be different than what the author has provided. Please assume good intentions all around. <3

And hey, anyone includes you!

Next week, we're focusing it'll be Skill/Class Swap fics. Maybe Keyleth as a Barbarian? Orym as a druid? Laura Bailey's characters as the class that she originally wanted?

After that, it'll be Mourning and Grief, Fjord focused, and then backstory swaps!

Any fics coming to mind? Well, then use this form to submit!

Oh! Also! Critter Gen Week is happening! We've been using the themes for our reclist - so if you're inspired by what you're reading, consider writing (or making art) for that week!

[spnficrecfest]

detailed schedule and themes

here you’ll find more info about the prompts. these are open to interpretation — if you’re not sure if something fits the theme, add it anyway!

most days have two options to choose from. you are not restricted to only one prompt on those days. feel free to rec something for both, or combine them!

i added suggestions for some prompts in case you're having trouble thinking of anything in particular, but of course you can always put everything in one post/list (for example, all your beloved AU fics instead of focusing on one specific kind)

august 1 — specific era or season

suggestions: pre-series, soulless!sam, heaven fic, dean's time in hell, late seasons, dean’s time in purgatory, demon blood era, god!castiel

august 4 — kinks or whump

kink suggestions: car or public sex, bondage, lactation, scent kink, the gentle holding of hands, a/b/o, biting, phone sex, pregnancy, size kink, first time, wing fic, cross-dressing, marking, dub-con, voyeurism, wounds

august 7 — short fics or long fics

short fics: anything with less than 3k words long fics: anything with more than 50k words (don’t get too hung up on the suggested word count; if a fic you really love and want to include has 3.5k words or only 49k, just throw it in there as well.)

august 10 — AUs and crossovers

suggestions: space/future, demon!dean, merpeople, non-hunting au, always-a-different-gender, cowboys, unrelated au, end!verse, serial killers, canon divergence, age swaps

august 13 — poly ships or rarepairs

for the purposes of this fest, i define “rarepairs” as anything besides sam/dean and dean/cas. suggestions: sam/dean/cas, jess/sam, anna/ruby, dean/john, claire/jack, sam/lucifer, dean/benny/cas, crowley/bobby, jody/donna, azazel/john, dean/omc, meg/castiel

august 16 — case fics

august 19 — tropes or outsider pov

tropes suggestions: fluff, bed-sharing, curtain fic, fake dating, mistaken for dating, (love) curse, fuck or die, enemies to lovers, amnesia, first time in a long time, death fic, holidays, time loops, dark fic, accidental baby acquisition, huddling for warmth, sick fic, hurt/comfort

august 22 — G/T-rated and gen fics

gen suggestions: character studies, religion, trauma, found family, humor/crack, platonic relationships

august 25 — vintage fics or recent fics

vintage fics: anything published before season 6 (mid-2010) recent fics: anything published since 2022 (feel free to define both of these terms differently, this is only a suggestion.)

august 28 — episode codas or formats

specific episode suggestions: mystery spot, about a boy, free to be you and me, it's a terrible life, lebanon, the end, red meat, what is and what should never be, despair, sex and violence, hello cruel world

format suggestions: chat fic, 5+1 things, epistolaries, poetry, screenplays, anything unique and special you’ve come across

august 31 — all time favorites or free space

the grand finale: the crème de la crème. the stuff you want everyone and their mother to read. or: all the fics that didn’t fit into any of the other sections!

[tai-janai]

So, what is the main deal with the swap AU? Like what about the voices and vessels are swapped, why did you swap those particular pairs of Voices and how does it connect to what you swapped with Hero and Princess? /gen /pos

so, there is a difference between the voices swapped and the prince/heroine swap.

the prince and the heroine have both been completely rerouted. they are choice and reaction, the pieces of shifty that were cut into the hero and the princess respectively in the canon game (er, in my headcanon). they just end up in different places. they are entirely different rather than just a personality/goal/embodiment swap like the voices; this is why the heroine and the prince have different names from the original (and the voices don't) (also why their colors are different, but that's just for my portrayal of them)

the additional voices, on the other hand, are still themselves, just through the lense of their swapped counterpart. smitten doesnt act like cheated, but he feels cheated. broken doesn't act entirely like hunted, but he understands that he is prey, and he shouldn't just let the body die.

now, for the vessels,

they do also get a bit of a personality shift ! here is the witchy hero!spectre. she's a bit upset that you killed her without hearing her out. she's not a fan. (uh, subject to change.)

the reason i swapped a lot of them is that they are already kind of similar, especially in how you get them. hunted and broken both come from losing completely. skeptic and contrarian are both untrusting of the narrator. opportunist and cold are both murderers with no regret. smitten and cheated are both determined to do what they think is right. stubborn and paranoid are both very strong and put in tangible effort for the body. they all just go about it differently, so i just muddled it around a bit.

[spotsupstuff]

actually ey fuck it. list of personal headcanons for the main six iterators some of which i might illustrate properly at some point:

Moon: • one of the first 10 iterators ever built. she is grandma as HELL and totally forgot she is that old • Pebbles sometimes asks her to tell him about the older times, because history nerd. he writes everything she says onto a pearl • in the post i've made talkin bout her and pebs' voice, saying that she sounded like Miku, somebody said that they like to think the ancients made Moon a vocaloid. to that i absolutely agree: she has NO fucking clue what do when it comes to putting a certain emotion into a song but god DAMMIT shes so good at singing • she can add effects to her voice, including a glitch effect. she likes that one the least • -HITS DESK- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HATSUNE MOON. • she doesn't particularly like to sing, especially not to herself. but she does know that pebbles likes music- the first week after the mass ascension was rough and he was working mostly on autopilot, not answering DMs or anything. she called him up and told him they could sing together, if he wants to. he felt much better afterwards • MOON'S SECRET RAP CAREER • i'll put it here too so it's all in one place: her AI isn't developed enough to understand the emotional quality of any form of art • Moon was upgraded a few times in her function. most of the time it was because her citizens loved her too much to let her go too out of date (specifically in the physical sense. they made sure she wouldn't fall too easily) • one of the first memories she designated as a "core memory" was her first upgrade that was a result of her citizens' riot against the Houses- to keep her safe. she noted it down as "Kindness is effortlessly repaid" • she remembers when iterator comms were connected by a cable rather than radio waves • she also remembers when two of the first 10 collapsed and went into coma, with their citizens of course perishing in the fall and crash. she's still terrified of those days and doesn't like recalling them even for Pebbles • Nish was her first little sib and she feels like she can talk with him about anything. she hates it, but she's distant with Suns- they are always so damn polite and skittish around her... and she absolutely adores the other three. her tiny little wonderful siblings • she didn't like to admit that maybe her hardwave wasn't keeping up with her citizens anymore. at that point she did start to emotionally care less for them, but she still didn't want to admit she wasn't able to provide and protect those she was responsible for • i can't get the image of her being the one to actually ensure the family is gonna financially survive in a more chill au where the iterators r just sorta kinda people. Miss Moon From Accounting... • her overseers were originally blue. she swapped colors with Pebbles all on her own accord. having yellow overseers, seeing them, made her feel even more connected to Pebs • this is basically canon but she fuckin Loves animals. she's the iterator version of Steve Irwin. she also don't kno jack shit about the vegetation • city's representative instrument Evolved- first it was a harp, then it went to a nyckelharpa and then to a violin

Nish: • he is built over marshes to the south-west from Moon and she helped with his blueprints! the Gen 1s had their blueprints checked over by the already built iterators to make sure something wouldn't go wrong. she was so so excited to have a neighbour • the scarf is from his main programmer. the Ancient wrapped it around his puppet's neck before he was even turned online so for the longest time he had no idea that the thing wasn't originally in his design. Moon had to tell him • he became a jokester Entirely because the first time he made Moon laugh he absolutely fell in love with it. he told her and she recommended him looking into jokes. baby boy had no idea what the fuck a joke was so Moon had to explain • when the middle gen started being created, the Ancients noticed that these new iterators didn't have... much of emotional skills. so they turned to the older gens to look for the most emotional and empathetic ones. Nish scored Really High on that survey- his empathy and emotion modules were studied and each time they found something new and better, they upgraded him in that one aspect. so now Sig is one of the biggest crybabies ever. you show him a sad movie and this supercomputer will be lyin on the ground wailing like a newborn. oh and also he makes for a great therapist because he can now just Get It • as the most emotionally... mature? capable? he decided he will be the one to keep a real close eye on everyone in the Local Group after the mass ascension • thanks to all that emotion business he gets along with Suns swimmingly. when Suns needs assistence with figuring out their own emotions or what would be appropriate and not too cold towards someone, they go to him • if he could he'd give everyone younger than him a noogie and you cannot convince me otherwise • the Hunter was a sickly pup that was left behind on his roof by a family that came to him which he directed towards the void sea. they were far too weak for the family to keep them, basically on the death's door. Nish took them in, operated on them, enhanced genes and raised them from there • Is half a medical facility. mister veterinarian, baybeee • since he's a sap, he started to view the Hunter like his own kid at some point. he was also the one who pitched to Suns the idea of sending Spearmaster over to him for visits. Spear tried its best to help raise and train Hunter • the whole rot thing happened because Nish did a stupid and forgot that neurons are quite the fuckin reactive things and continual exposure to what is essentially extra macho giga neuron Can and Will fuck up cells. his and Moon's cans have a long distance between them. it was enough time for Hunter to develop the big owie cancer. he noticed it only when they were too far away and it was already too bad • he felt absolutely Terrible about it. again he loses someone so so very close to him. but this time around? there is no one to be angry at for this but himself • Hunter manages to ascend. Nish watched them leave, silently, in subterranean • he used to do his best to play with his citizens. when a kid came to his chamber, he gave them rides on his puppet's shoulders or the umbilical arm. same went for Hunter • his city is called Risio • city's representative instrument was EITHER a PVC instrument or suona i can't decide for the life of me

Suns: • they were built much further away from the planet's equator than most of the Local Group, meaning they experience polar days and nights • the "Seven" in their name refers to the amount of months the unusually timed sunsets and sunrises last for. for seven whole months, the locality gets only about four hours of Somewhat darkness • in return, they have three full months of relatively strong darkness. their city used to shine bright, during this time. post mass ascension those months are terribly lonely and depressing • because of the warmth they produce, there's an oasis for wildlife underneath them • the warmth was also sung about a lot by their citizens. they've seen it as an incredible blessing- Suns used to run hotter than other iterators just for them. nowadays they are mostly normal though • the outside of their can is tinted blue- frostbitten. that much warmer their yellow, orange and red city feels • their and Moon's personalities clash so hard that they sometimes go out of their way to avoid her. they do appreciate her but talking with her is exhausting. she's a stranger to them, almost • the iterators can project/send their emotions through messages/broadcasts. Suns' messages always sound flat, unless they use the ~ • one of their biggest dreams is to sit with Pebbles leaning against their side, all the while listening to old music of their cities • once Spearmaster returns, the walls of their puppet chamber become completely covered in doodles and masterpieces • they end up standing the longest out of the whole Local Group. bright and warm even after everyone else dies • their city is called Solis • city's representative instrument was an armonica (look that shit up its sick)

Wind: • Wind's can stands in this giant plain. there's like nothing as far as the eye can see and even further Except her. she just stands there like fucking Slanderman XXL version • the plains are absolutely prime location for a spawning grounds of tornadoes and shit like that. the wind is Constantly strong so most of the rain clouds they exhale are immediately blown away • instead of rain they deal with ginormous tornadoes at the end of each cycle. while their superstructure can take it, the comms can't. so Wind is often absent from iterator chats as a result. after the mass ascension these connection knock-outs become a great source of stress and worry for the others cuz they never know if Wind will come back or not this time • because of these comm blackouts, Innocence took it upon herself to catch Wind up on everything they've missed when they come back online. Innocence started doing this all by herself out of seemingly nowhere. she just cares. silently. • the strangest thing about her is that her city is half built within her structure instead of on top of her. the winds can get sometimes so bad that they manage to affect even the top of her can. so the solution was to put half of the city under her skin as a sort of giant bunker • the ancients, not being ones to waste much space, made sure the city can still be used by Wind's processes, in a way. their neurons fly through the streets, completely unbothered, working as makeshift streetlights. the kids used to love chasing after them- never catching any though • sometimes when the wind storms outside got real bad, the kids that were scared of them were sent to Wind's puppet chamber. she used to tell them all kinds of stories or about what she was currently working on • it was often that their puppet chamber would be full of pillows, blankets and sleeping children. they loved their citizens so so much • nicknamed themself "Chasing" Wind in chats because, just like Moon, they are also quite the dreamer • closest with Moon, too. Wind looks up to Moon Immensely. they really wanna be like her one day • Wind is what some people think of Moon- a too kind pushover that doesn't know how to get angry and defend herself. Wind is the kindest, most sensitive and softest person they have in The Local Group. Nish takes care to keep his jabs and jokes about Wind very mild • has a really beautiful voice • likes flowers :) • her city is called Procella • city's representative instrument was a fujara cuz god DAMMIT i love that instrument i Have to slap it on Someone in here. it fits their vibe in my heart either way

Innocence: • she really wishes her surrounding circumstances were in some kind of way special but actually she's built at the least unique place with basically nothing neat happening nearby. there are strange giant cherry trees nearby, but that's about it • fuckin LOVES lizards. she's the one who made the Cyans and sent some over to Pebbles to fuck him up. thankfully, as we all know, Cyans are kinda stupid and since they launch themselves over edges of cliffs they haven't managed to destroy the local ecosystem • her citizens used to keep lizards as pets. most of the time just for the joy of having 0 braincells creature follow you around but some had 'em as sort of hunting dogs • was the one who created The Rivulet. she was mumbling to herself and a friend smth about how boys only screw things up while engineering Riv's genome • she BASICALLY packed Riv into a cannon and shot them over right into the middle of a scav toll cuz "come on, it's not that far away. this will make your journey shorter and shit". i don't care how goofy it sounds, this is how it went in my heart • in possession of probably the most durable comms ever made • claims she's purple! she's actually fake out purple which means homegirl is Deceptive Blue. she CONSTANTLY fights over this with Pebbles • despite their squabbles she did care for Pebbles. she was very excited to not be the youngest anymore and getting to baby someone • her and Nish always start verbal sparring matches, often consisting of threats that more often than not range on impossible to actually commit. they constantly lead their mock wars in #general. Moon's gonna kill 'em one of these days • trusts Moon the most- which is why she outed Pebbles' rot and sent Rivulet with the instructions to extract the rarefaction cell • her city is called Sermo • city's representative instrument was a shamisen. she absolutely knows how to play it and loves to threaten people with the bachi

Pebbles: • the only people he enjoyed doing group projects with were Suns and Wind. he Could do group projects with Moon and Nish but Only if he could race them. rascal found it fun to challenge the nokias 😔 • now with Innocence though? Never. if they were forced to, they could do a great job with minimal communication but they were not going to be happy about it • latched onto Suns exactly because Moon was overbearingly protective and Suns always seems like they couldn't give less of a shit about anyone. sometimes they'd have a videochat open and not say anything for hours as they worked • with Nish he used to like inventing new things. a lot of times the things turned out to be silly or kind of useless which would normally frustrate him, but surprisingly enough Nish made the time spent worth it • Wind's favorite activity was comparing notes with him and then talking about the differences in their research. they'd hum to him happily while the both of them would be sorting through their stuff • i sometimes imagine him having a slight chinese accent and i blame Steven He for this so hard • second most emotional fuck in the group. his emotions mostly rotate around anger, though • he won't admit this to anyone but he really liked it when his and Moon's cans were connected by bridges. it felt like holding hands. he felt more stable. now all he can do is just miss it quietly • was legit surprised when he found out not every iterator has a build in older sister right at their side • his city is called Literally just Metropolis cuz the ancients didn't bother with properly naming it. depeshioumn. • city's representative instrument was adopted straight from Moon since Pebs' citizens were honestly just hers, so- violin it is • Pebbles HAS attempted to learn how to play a violin himself. certainly was a test of patience and puppet dexterity/camera-to-digits control. almost broke the poor thing a few times from nerves

either way, Wind, at the end of each fucking cycle from day 1 of their life:

[salternateunreality2]

I SUDDENLY WANT A GIRL-DAD BARRET AU WHERE HE IS THE GIRL DAD TO END ALL GIRL DADS (yes I know this is already canon, but I want MOAR)

Barret with minified Aerith, Tifa, Jessie, Cloud, baby Marlene, and Yuffie. And maybe a little Miniroth and Genesis and Angeal.

The boys can be pre-transition (Cloud? Gen?), just honorary members of the club, post-transition (Seph?), or gender swapped through the power of AU or something.

Barret wearing two of his girlies in a backpack and a sling half the time while herding the rest of the rabble.

Barret hosting tea parties, gun arm festooned in ribbons.

Barret teaching self-defense to a bunch of pretty princesses with the chubbiest cheeks and the fiercest scowls.

Sephiroth coming over and watching from the bushes as everyone else gets to dress up. Barret initially being wary, but eventually welcoming him. Them figuring out together that Sephy is Sephira. Aerith leading the charge in welcoming her into the group.

Angeal learning how to be the best momdad dadmom from his hero, Barret, and growing up to sport the frilliest aprons for his girls while also showing off his beard.

Cloud being quietly distressed for months as she enjoys dressing up and feeling pretty, but it still doesn't feel right. Barret taking her out on a daddy daughter date and them figuring out she's a they. Cloud feeling so much more settled as they fluctuate between masc and fem presentations, but is still included.

Genesis "suddenly" deciding she's a he (he thought about this for years, but he pretends it's sudden because he lives for drama), but still being included. He gives no fucks about gender norms when it comes to fashion, and is welcomed as-is. Well, as much as anyone welcomes a squawking parrot of Loveless.

Jessie and Aerith being horrible menaces to society, then when Yuffie is acquired, molding her into their image...and creating a monster worse than the two of them combined. They are very proud.

Marlene and Tifa being the sweethearts with fists of steel who scare off all the bad guys. I mean, everyone can kick ass, but they're the ones you don't see coming. They don't start fights, but they do finish them.

Cloud, Genesis, Yuffie, and Aerith start fights.

Zack is another cis boy (like Angeal) who gets invited to things because he's just such a good boy.

Uncle Cid and Uncle Vincent take the crew out for a day and come back looking like they aged 5 years.

The gals (gender neutral) turn into a roving gang of justice and terrorize bullies everywhere.

Barret sitting in so many parent teacher conferences asking why his child is getting reprimanded when the other child harassed them first.

Or why his child is getting reprimanded for starting an underground pizza ring when her food is both healthier and tastier than anything the cafeteria is offering.

Or why his child can't wear a dress one day and a tank top and combat pants the next day. Are you saying if they're masc presenting, they can't wear a dress, or are you saying that if they're fem presenting, they can't show their shoulders? Either way, fuck you.

Or why his ginger kid and silver-headed kid can't get into a fight with each other and destroy school property over the pettiest...ok, ok, yeah fair enough. SIGH.

[t4tozier]

Fic List

IT

Reddie

Best. Summer. Ever. - E, 3/? chapters, Graphic Depictions of Violence

High Achiever Universe - E, 5 works

Five Dollars Cheaper - M-E, 2 works

Howlin’ For You - T-E, 4 works

what is this, richie city? - E, 4.6k words

i belong to you (know you’re all mine too) - E, 4k words, F/F

see me seeing you - T, 1.9k words

stray thought/dog/bullet - E, 6.4k words

Eddie/Wentworth

Worship Me (I'm What You Need) - E, 3.k words

Gen

don't worry baby - Maggie & Richie, 1.4k words

Fantasy High

Starbreaker/Jaceporter

I Know It's Today - M (rating to change) , 2/? chapters

A Dying Star (Or, Red Giant) - E, 1.7k words,

Right for Us - E, 3.1k words

you're a dog (and i'm your man) - T, 582 words

Commentary for i'm your man

if i put my fingers in your mouth, would you bite them? - E, 2.7k words

When I'm Down on my Knees, You're How I Pray - E, 7/7 chapters, 13.3k words, Graphic Depictions of Violence

Got It Bad (So Bad) - E, 3/? chapters, 6.7k words

Rich Boys, Fine Wine - E, 4.8k words

(be the first who ever did) - E, 4k words

Eat Your Heart Out - E, 2/2 chapters, 6.2k words

Succession

Romencken

you take my last name - E, 2.1k words

pray it all away (but it continues to grow) - E, 2k words

Tomgreg

You're Royalty to Me (I'll Get on my Knees) - E, 4k words

cubicle confessions - E, 2k words

HC List

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Richie Tozier

Werewolf Richie

Outdoor sex with Eddie

Piercings

Size difference

AuDHD wolf Richie

Trans Richie

Trans bear Richie

Trans Reddie HCs

Nonbinary moodboard

T4T Streddie HCs

Various HCs

Various HCs pt 2

Eddie Kaspbrak

Vampire Eddie

Vamp HCs

Biting Richie

Bites and speech impediments

Fantasy High

Jace Stardiamond

Jace and Henry

Warlock theory

Masochist Jace

Jace considering Suggestion

Clothes, music, and angsty HCs

Sleep

Worst thing and romantic HCs

The morning after (Jace gets shatterstarred)

Class change

Why Jace wears two belts

Horse girl Jace

Porter Cliffbreaker

Car HCs

What type of car

Bumper sticker

Washing his car

Car fridge

Misc HCs

Clothes, music, and angsty HCs

Quirk

Worst thing and romantic HCs

Class change

Starbreaker

Accidental voyeur Gilear

Jace gets his wisdom teeth out

Ship names

Size queen/masochist Jace

Jace objectifying car-washing Porter

Post-canon sillies

Post-canon less sillies

Post-canon silles pt. 2

Quirk and love languages HCs

How they start talking

Jealous Porter and oblivious Jace

Meetings for The Plan

Porter cooking

Shatterstar anniversary

PDA at Aguefort 1

PDA at Aguefort 2

Class swap

First time HC

Needy Porter

Needy Jace

Hooking up with other teachers

Rockstar/groupie AU

Bunny Jace and werewolf Porter

Survivor AU

Autistic Character HCs:

Richie Tozier

FNAF Special Interest

Werewolf

Writing

Tics

Vegan Richie

Food and sensory seeking

Food in general

Stim toys

Post-canon disability

AAC user Richie

Stims

Coming out to the Losers as trans

Losers Club

Jace Stardiamond

[bionicleactiontales]

bionicle actiontales let's have the phoenix or the turkey at the thanksgiving dinner

huey redy jet duck finally home as he bring the turkey food for the thanksgiving dinner after he buy the turkey food from the store, but della dello delly firework duck carry the phoenix with the rope after she got the phoenix as she rope tie on the phoenix at the wild, huey redy jet duck was very stock as he see how his twin sister della dello delly firework beating the phoenix with all the thanks to her trusted rope.

della dello delly firework duck: brother huey, i just got the phoenix for the thanksgiving dinner.

huey redy jet duck: but sister della, you know i buy the the turkey food for the thanksgiving dinner.

della dello delly firework duck: i know, but i do prefer to hunt the bird for the thanksgiving dinner.

huey redy jet duck: yeah, yeah, yeah, the hunt is your favorite thing, but i still buy the food for thanksgiving dinner.

[leviadraws]

hey loz! i was bouncing au ideas around in my head and got a little too invested, so now i'm here to askwhat do you think would have to change in order for there to be a viable roleswap between dra yuki and utsuro?like, with yuki as the mastermind and utsuro as the one around for the killing game. what do you think that universe would be like?

anyway hope you're having a great day LOL

Oh my this is such a cool idea! I'd love to hear more about it /gen

Under cut, since I waffled a load /lh

I will preface that I struggle to characterise Utsuro a fair bit compared to Yuki, just because we see so little of him, I took so long to answer this just because I had to go watch chapters 0, 6, and IF just for the refresher.

For the sake of argument, in this role swap Utsuro isn't aware of his own luck, like how Yuki isn't.

Which meant watching the footage didn't actually help all that much, since a lot of his apathy and confidence (arrongance? on how things will pan out) stem from his talent and the results of his talent.

Anyway

I think, who he does and doesn't get on with changes a lot. I don't think his kinda pessimistic realism would allow him to get on much with the more optimistic cast members (like the sunshine quartet, Akane, Kanata, Kakeru, Ayame, etc). I could see Akane trying to reach out in some subconscious way (something in the back of my head tells me I know this person kinda way) but I think the way he deflects and doesn't share the same "we got this! You just gotta not lose hope" would push her away.

I also think he'd have a lot of up and downs with Tsurugi and Rei. They'd probably get on with some things, like the idea that people often don't have good intentions and all and don't trust and all. But, I can't see Utsuro joining the large group in chapter 2 and chooses to go his own way like how Kizuna, Rei and Kinji did.

I think he gets along with Kinji the most, Kinji isn't loud and talks when it's needed, he isn't argumentative in the same way Rei is either. I think Utsuro would annoy early game Rei a lot, since he wouldn't rise to her quite outlandish points of view and just ignore her a lot.

I think there's a possibility that he'd get on with Mikako, kinda in the same way as the main game. But with the swap they kinda have different views on hope and getting everyone out so I'm not entirely sure how that'd pan out.

He takes a bit of a back seat in trials, he's cynical and so calls people out on very obvious lies and cover ups, but since he doesn't stick with the group all that much he often doesn't have an alibi outside of luck coming into play, so he ends up getting the blame pinned on him a lot. He doesn't really feel "Oh X could never do that", so he's ready to press threads regardless of the person on the other end.

I don't think the early deaths actually change all that much, in canon Yuki isn't actually all that involved in the cases all the way up to like, case 5? And even then he's not involved, more like well, blamed in a last ditch effort.

Case 3 would change a tad, since if Utsuro isn't all that close with the main group he'd probably not be around for Akane's episode and therefore not have an alibi. Kinji probably tries to subdue him like how he does Rei and Tsurugi but divine luck kinda intervenes in some really silly way and so instead Kinji tries to pin the blame on him as the only one not "attacked".

That makes the trial hard, he's been betrayed again, they weren't quite friends but to have one of the people that didn't berate him completely turn on him hurts.

I, also think eventually they soften up to him sometime after chapter 3. After being blamed and scapegoated so much in trials, the others start to see that maybe they were mean in their initial impressions. I'm unsure how much he'd soften up? Perhaps he becomes more patient in time, but getting the blame pinned on him and having the others admonish his more pessimistic nature when they're getting no where searching the facility gets on his nerves.

You know that bit where he slips talking to Mikako? (can't remember if it's chapter 3/4/5), it's a little more creepy. A smile comes through and a manic look that really spooks her.

In chapter 4 he's forced to dance with whoever you'd like haha

I can't see him spending all his energy looking for a way out of the ballroom, I think he takes a look around and then retires to his room to save his energy. Akane notices and brings meals to his room.

When the hunger starts to kick in he seems to slip a little more often, people catch him just smiling to himself and it catches them off guard, but then they look back again and it's gone so they think their minds are just playing tricks from the hunger.

I've been trying to think if he'd be there for Tsurugi's freakout. I think luck would probably mean he ends up in the right place at the right time to intervene.

Chapter 5 is weird, would Tsurugi die if they were never close? Would he still subconsciously save him with luck? I honestly don't know. I'm gonna go with the latter for simplicity but I think the former is an interesting path to go down.

So chapter 6, and if he found Akane occasionally annoying before she's unbearable right now. Seeing her gives him a migraine that he can't shake and he makes him harsh, curt and a little rude. Tsurugi approaches about how different he remembers Utsuro, how they used to be really good friends, and how he was well liked by pretty much the whole class. It puzzles him, they're really acquaintances at best and he really can't see him being the life of the party in class.

When Tsurugi won't drop it he just nods and assumes it must be his injury affecting his memory.

The final trial comes up, and the headaches are getting worse and worse. It goes black for a moment and he sees someone who looks just like him, just a little more neatly kept, eyes brighter than his, and a soft smile on his face. But there's something a little off putting about it all as he points to the red door infront.

He opens his eyes, smiles a little too wide, and laughs.

[henrysglock]

I haven't read the full post, because honestly I'm just too damn busy for all this, but a little birdy told me that Henry's transness in Papa Warbucks is a sticking point for some readers, specifically because they believe it offers no meaningful context to Henry's story and only exists to be sexualized for a breeding kink.

You know who you are, and I've actually specifically unblocked you because I'd like to ask you, very politely, to read this post responding to that one part of your (evidently quite long?) critique of Papa Warbucks.

First and foremost: Papa Warbucks is for me. Me, a gay trans man who wanted to write about a gay trans man having fun getting dicked down...while also writing about characters he finds interesting/relatable.

I wrote that fic for me. Not in hope of appeasing your sensibilities, not to make a political statement. No. I wrote that fic for my enjoyment.

And while it is the first fic of mine that Henry's been transgender in, it's not the only one that features a breeding kink. Shocker, the first breeding kink fic I wrote about Henry featured him as a cis gay man getting knocked up by the UD hive!

So I ask: Does my transness need to be "meaningful" in the context for every situation I'm in? Does every situation I'm in have to be colored by or factored into my transness? And if I fuck a cis guy, are you going to call that "physically heterosexual", too? Is my transness all that meaningful in that context? /gen

I thought we were pushing for trans people to be casually trans, and I thought we were past biocentric thinking.

Honestly, the "physically heterosexual" comment was really, really off-putting, especially since you used it to prop up a m/f ship. You padded it pretty nicely with "oh, of course it's no less gay...", but then you went, and I paraphrase, "you can write a ship that's physically heterosexual, but god forbid I ship h3ntty (a m/f ship...)".

You said "Okay, but then why did you have to make your gay ship het by switching Henry's bits? Can't you just write the het ship?" and that's a really weird question to ask. It's like asking a pregnant trans man "Why not just be a woman, then?" It's not the same. Two men fucking is gay regardless of the parts involved, and nothing there is going to make it remotely het, just like a trans man is still a man even if he has a baby, and nothing there is going to make him a woman. A trans/cis story is not interchangeable with a m/f story, just like a pregnant trans man is not interchangeable with a pregnant woman. Capiche?

To answer your question directly, though: Why did I make Henry trans? Because I wanted to. Because that's the story I wanted to tell. Same as the fact that he doesn't have powers in this AU. Swap one hidden, unappreciated secret for another.

Riddle me this, though, regarding my "fantasizing" about Henry being gay: When Troy says that Will is "flying around with all the other fairies, all happy and gay", it's taken as unquestionable subtextual proof that Will has been gay since Season 1. When Patty says, in direct reference to Henry, that "[she likes] the gay ones best"...that's subtext for what, precisely? Hm? She likes the gay 001s best. Anyway, moving on.

Second: Regardless of the fact that transness in stories doesn't have to be a focal point of the character's arc...Henry's attitude towards his own transness is a focal point in this fic outside of sexual contexts. It runs alongside his attitude towards his "weirdness".

Henry is set apart/othered by his transness, alongside his other oddities. Consistently. That's kind of the whole point. Henry's transness is given decently equal standing to his social awkwardness in terms of character development. His attitude towards his transness somewhat mirrors his canonical attitude towards his abilities, which also run alongside his social awkwardness and are subjected to the same kind of repression irt "normalcy".

Henry's transness, his otherness, his struggle with hiding and trying to be "normal"...it's baked into everything he does. It's not just in the sex. I mean, yeah, transgender sex worries are typically centered around genitals, so it's kind of going to be most obvious and prevalent during fucking, but it's also in his mental state, his perception of the world, his self-worth, his fear. It's written into the way Henry socializes long before his clothes come off, just the same as his autism is written into the way he tries and fails to mask. Both are written into the way he begins the story hiding and apologizing for existing differently, which is very much in keeping with canon.

Henry reflects on trying to fix himself/trying to force himself to be "normal" to win his mother's love and acceptance, and specifically doing so by briefly dating Patty while identifying as a lesbian:

[Henry] really wished his heart would quit banging around in his chest as much as it was, since he was absolutely certain the racket would give him away as something fresh-faced and inexperienced. After all, he’d only kissed Patty a handful of times back in high school, back when he was still trying to be a good, normal-ish daughter for his mother.

Much like Henry in canon tries to push everything away and be normal for the sake of his family, Henry here first tries to push away his transness.

See: "I tried to be a better person/You make me want to be a better person, but I can't."

It's something he and Martin connect over later on—the push by parents to fit an idea of normalcy:

"I also think your mother and my papa would have agreed on a great many things." "You think so?" Martin hummed in agreement—a soft, low sound that Henry thought he might like to hear more often. "Mhmm. She sounds like she wanted you to fit her idea of 'normal'. My papa was much the same. He had a vision of what his son was supposed to become—what a man is supposed to look like."

Though their experiences are not identical, not even similar, really, they connect emotionally over a shared feeling of being othered—Henry for his childhood hobbies and his transness/queerness, and Martin for choosing academia over following in his father's military footsteps. They are not the same, but they can understand each other.

Again, in keeping with canon re: Henry and Brenner complaining mutually about Virginia vs Captain Brenner telling his crewmates that Brenner Jr told him he hates him. Their struggles are not the same by a long shot, but they've both been stuck in similar situations.

It's a continuing theme within Papa Warbucks that Henry feels undesirable, unattractive, and unfuckable because of his transness. Henry specifically feels that he garners negative reactions due to his transness. It leads him to feel like he could be cast aside at any moment, just as soon as Martin sniffs out that he's not a cis man. Lo and behold, Martin's the person who upends that fear. Even Patty can't quite give him what he needs, even though she tried.

Henry, in canon, is afraid of anyone finding out about the supernatural aspects of his life. Even with Patty, he's fearful, and so is she. Henry's afraid of doing harm, of being abandoned and unworthy of love due to this massive, dangerous secret he's hiding. The only person openly and consistently unafraid of Henry, even at his most dangerous, is Brenner. Even Patty fears Henry at the end of the play. Never Brenner, though.

Do you see how I'm pulling instances from canon and shaping them to fit into a different universe?

Henry's fears specifically stem from a bad experience he had with a young man in college, one he panics about before he's even been picked up for dinner:

"And sure, he’d kind-of made out with this one frat idiot, Rick, at a house party last year, but that had ended abruptly when Rick had drunkenly shoved his hand down Henry’s pants and found him distinctly, well…lacking, to put it kindly. Seven-twenty-six. Hands wringing by his sides, Henry pressed himself to the door and peered out the peephole. Is that...? A sleek black town car was idling in the parking lot, one he hadn’t seen there before. Henry tore himself away from the door and rubbed a fingertip of lip balm on his lips. You’re fine, Just breathe. Seven-twenty-eight. He looked himself up and down in the bathroom mirror and pressed his clammy palms to his embarrassingly fiery cheeks. Breathe."

To be clear, because it does seem the message was lost along the way the first time: Henry was rejected because he doesn't have a penis. He was specifically rejected by Rick because he's trans.

The constant rejection based on transness and "weirdness"—from his mother and from his peers—is something that's shaped him as a person and bleeds over into every aspect of his life, especially into his first-ever experience with sex.

This runs in parallel, yet again, with canon. The boy in Nevada, who Henry put in a wheelchair. Henry was "rejected", both by his peers and by his mother, specifically because of his supernatural associations. It's enough to make him panic and freak out when it's brought up at school.

At the beginning of Papa Warbucks, Henry feels bad about his transness and his social weirdness in almost equal parts. He wants to hide both of them. He's scared of them. Henry is terrified of being perceived as a freak. He wants Martin to believe he's normal. He wants to be wanted, and he specifically believes his transness (with his overall "weirdness" playing second fiddle) is what's holding him back from being desirable.

[Henry] had no clue what to do with his hands, the nervous urge to fidget and pace beginning to creep in alongside his excitement. The monologue that was constantly running in the back of his mind was listing off every single way he could make a fool of himself. It didn’t even take into account the more rational fears: what if Martin hadn’t clocked him yet? What if he was weird about it? What if he got his pants off and Martin just awkwardly called him a taxi because he was expecting dick?

Even when he's literally in bed being undressed, he's afraid of being "found out":

His reaction must have been more noticeable than he thought, though, since no sooner had he finally gotten Martin’s hands on him, they were gone once more. Henry cracked his eyes back open, his taxi-related concerns from earlier kicking at his diaphragm. I didn’t think his hands got quite high enough to feel the scars, but…

See: "I'm not a freak, I'm normal"

I could go on with examples, but I trust that you get the point. Henry begins the story terrified of himself, believing his transness, much like the rest of his hobbies and personality, is something he needs to hide to be attractive and worthy of love.

Here's the arc, though, because this story is not defeatist in its depiction of transness. Henry ends the story realizing he's desirable exactly the way he is. His transness, his weirdness...they're things to be indulged, and not just sexually.

His transness isn't just, like...no big deal. His transness isn't something Martin overlooks or sleeps with him in spite of. It's attractive, it's considered beautiful, and it's no longer something Henry feels the need to fear or hide.

I didn’t think his hands got quite high enough to feel the scars, but…Looking down at the man currently trapped by the cage of his arms, Henry found that Martin was already staring at him. His gaze was scrutinizing, like Henry was a puzzle he could solve if he thought about it hard enough. “Is something wrong?” Henry shook his head. He was about half a second away from launching into an apology, veritably murdering the mood while trying to explain that sometimes his brain fed him lines that sounded so monumentally cheesy that he had to have a visceral, full-body reaction to them, when he realized Martin wasn’t pulling away. Instead, whatever he’d seen in Henry’s eyes had resulted in a full one-eighty in attitude.

Appeased, he barely registered the closure of his pants being undone or his undershirt being rucked up under his arms...Henry found he didn’t have half a mind to care about the straight, pearly scars that stretched horizontally under the meager rise of his pecs...

“Ayeaye, Cap’n…” It was out before he could stop himself, ditzy salute and all...He expected things to get awkward, for the older man to remove his fingers with a brusque ‘I can’t do this’ because he’d realized Henry was just too weird to fuck, but then Martin was laughing, and not in the ‘get a load of this guy’ way. No. Henry’d daresay he looked smitten.

If he'd thought Henry was lovely last night, in the dim glow of the bedside lamp…there was really no comparison for stark white of the bathroom's overhead lights...[etc.] "You're beautiful."

Henry is a man, he is transgender, he is perceived as both beautiful and desirable (yes, there is a difference), and he's told as much. It doesn't get much better than that.

Do you see how all that spins off canon?

But one good night doesn't magically erase all of Henry's issues, either. He still assumes Martin's going to send him packing once the deed is done. His transness isn't the issue anymore. Henry's grown beyond that, and he's facing his next challenger: his lack of self worth as a person, due to the loneliness and rejection that come with being weird, being autistic. His "weirdness" others him as much as his transness does, and one good dicking doesn't magically solve every self-worth issue Henry's racked up throughout the years. Martin does attempt correct Henry's beliefs at every turn, though.

“Henry?” “Mhmm?" Henry shut his eyes and mentally prepared to be sent back to crash at the motel. "Don’t worry. I’ll be ready to go in a second.” “Go where?” “Home? Back to the motel.” A hand found his shoulder, and he let himself be rolled onto his back. Martin hovered over him looking thoroughly confused.

"You're not gonna call a taxi 'n' send me back?" ... "What? No, no. You're staying here, Henry—with me." Maybe I assumed the worst of him. Henry had heard enough horror stories in his twenty-one years to paint men like Martin in a terrible light, and nine times out of ten the worst assumption was the right one to run with. He'd kind-of known what he was signing up for with this, that no matter how genuine his date had been over dinner...it was probably going to be a "wham, bam, thank-you ma'am" scenario at the end of the night. I guess I was wrong, Henry thought as he wiggled free of the washcloth and turned around to bury his face in Martin's shoulder.

Like I said, AU where none of the tragic things happened. Henry is shown that he's not just desirable as some quick hole that can be tossed out on the curb once he's used up. He's someone Martin wants to keep around. He's someone Martin wants sleeping over, someone worth waking up next to, someone worth talking to, someone worth seeing again.

Next time. Next time. He wants to see me again. Not just that...he wants to sleep with me again. He might even like that I'm not normal. Somehow, that particular thought was the one that knocked the wind out of him. Sure, Martin was older—and hell, he could admit that that was part of the appeal—but more than that, he didn't flinch away from any of the weird shit he'd said over dinner. That made him one of five people in the whole world who didn't seem to be weirded out by him in some way.

FROM: Me TO: Papa Warbucks, M.D. you said any time :P He hit send as fast as he could and hoped for the best. Just after three, his phone buzzed. Papa Warbucks, M.D.  3:05 PM Hello, Henry. Lovely to hear from you. Tell me about your ride home? Henry grinned down at his phone. He had a feeling that whatever this thing was...It was going to be fun.

Henry begins to understand that he's valuable exactly the way he is—weirdness, transness, and all.

Henry's shown that his weirdness and transness are not just something to be overlooked or ignored for the sake of sex!! They're something to be appreciated as a founding part of his relationships. He can be fucking weird and trans and still be valuable, both sexually and romantically. It's not something he needs to hide or fear.

Henry does not have to perform normalcy or be cis or be anything he's not just to be wanted. He just has to be himself. He's good enough exactly as he is.

Do you see how that's a healthy, positive spin on canon? Do you see how Henry's transness is integral to the story I wanted to tell?

Between the beginning and the end of this piece, Henry grows. Henry develops as a character. He goes from being closed off, shut down, and fearful to reaching out, asking for what he wants, and understanding that his transness and his weirdness are strengths, not detriments.

He learns that it's everyone else who's wrong, not him. But, like...for good. I think that's pretty important to his arc. I think his being trans is pretty meaningful within the context of his character as a whole, in this story.

Final remarks: Even if Henry was trans just for sexy purposes, I'm allowed to write a porn fic about someone built like me. That's more than okay.

Trans people are allowed to be horny without thinking about plot or how "meaningful" transness is to the porn. That extra level of detail just something I sprinkle in because I like telling stories. We're allowed to write and read PWP about people like ourselves. Trans people are also allowed to have kinks. Weird kinks. Kinks you don't necessarily agree with. And they're allowed to indulge in them—in safe and consensual ways.

There doesn't need to be anything meaningful about Henry's transness. It is meaningful, because I like to give my stories depth, but at its base...It's pornography that also says "Yeah, trans people are just, like. people? And other people find them hot. Trans people are hot, and they deserve to have fun, safe sex with whomever they choose."

Also how are you gonna call that sex any brand of hetero when it's clear Martin was planning on screwing Henry regardless of whether Henry had a dick or not? The man didn't miss a fucking beat when he found out his OUTWARDLY MALE PRESENTING DATE had a vagina. Do you think he would have taken issue if Henry had a dick instead? Lol. Lmao, even. Martin was ready to go, dick or no dick.

Last thing—

From my notes on the top of the fic:

Martin Brenner. Let's...get you some tboy pussy.

I know you were trying to be, like, clever when you used it as a snarky little quip. but I'm here to tell you. It was a joke. Levity. Like, yknow..."hahaha yeah bro let's get you some tboy pussy lmaoooo". A jokey joke.

[total-drama-brainrot]

Love your P!noah au, but it makes me wonder? What if Alejandro was also “psycho” or if Izzy was more like Noah? Because all three of those characters have high HQ (in the first gen) would it would be neat to see them in like different personalities or something?

Bold of you to assume Alejandro isn't already a little psycho. The guy French kisses a pineapple on top of a volcano in canon. That's not the behaviour of a sane person. (/lh /j)

A hypothetical three way personality swap AU would be very interesting- in this scenario, it's be Alejandro with Izzy's personality, Izzy with Noah's and Noah with Alejandro's?

It's be kind of ironic that both Sierra and Alejandro- the later additions to the cast- are both crazy (in their own ways). Especially since the original cast would be lacking that sort of manic energy with Izzy being sarcastic and bookish instead of the "Psycho Hose Beast" we all know and love.

And I'm really interested in how a Noah who's a) incredibly charming and manipulative and b) burdened by the perpetual need to portray himself as perfect (thanks to familial pressure- imagine having to deal with seven Josés 😱) would place in Island. Would he be the one to make it to the final three, only to go bald, instead of Heather? Or would he make it to the finale and lose to Gwen/Owen? OR would be still be voted out first from his team?

AND without her instability, what would Izzy even do? Most, if not all, of her screen time revolves around her causing chaos, mayhem and destruction- take that away from her, and you're left with... what, exactly? Elimination fodder (which is pretty much what canon Noah is, so I guess that tracks). Would she still have her physical prowess despite her lazier temperament?

[afreakingdork]

hi i have a dumb question cause i freaking love you weak spot story, but how do you think it would go if Y/N and Donnie switched roles? like just a whole role swap between the two?

your writing is awesome

Not dumb at all, bun! There are no dumb questions!

Roleswap Weak Spot... I guess I have a few questions before I can properly answer this if you don't mind? /gen

Donnie became a villain because of what happened to him after being separated. My thought would be he would simply follow canon and be a hero if he was just placed back into the bale. Would you want my to take a crack at this as if it was still a separated AU or like that?

Also, if the latter is true, that's just basically canon Donnie in love with a villain 🤔

There are quite a few people whose OCs or even canon characters are like this (looking at Kendra) so it's an dynamic people love for sure.

For a regular human to turn evil... are we thinking regular human evil? Foot clan evil? Knows about the Hidden City evil? or has been mutated evil? Because in my mind, all these go down different branching paths.

My personal head canon, and I said this a long time ago, was Donnie was putting on about the cute but mean line because this is also the guy who said he's an emotionally unavailable bad boy which I also don't see as true. His all time fictional crush is a hero, ya know!

But yeah, sorry I can't be clear cut, but this scenario isn't so cut and dry of a switch! Let me know your thoughts though and don't be shy writing in! I'll do my best to get your question answered!