#gladiator/assassin au

[captain-rickbond]

Benjaminus Decapitus - gladiator!Ben AU request

(since I’m currently playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey I couldn’t resist turning this into a gladiator/assassin!Ben thing)

[madlad-link]

hmmmm. Gladiator Korra au. what do yall think

[strangererotica]

EXPLICIT CONTENT | MINORS DNI

Steddie Gladiator AU - Emperor Geta x Empress Reader x Gladiator Steve

Includes: lots of drama, power imbalance & abuse of power, infidelity, Geta is a cruel, sadistic husband to reader, forced intercourse & pregnancy, violent language used, character death implied, unhappy ending.

He was a slave who fought in the arena against his will. You were a slave of a different kind, married to an emperor against your will. By all accounts, your paths should never have crossed. Yet somehow, they did.

You didn’t even know the man’s name, and you didn’t need to. It didn’t matter that he was a slave, beneath you in every way…except for when he was on top of you…his muscular arms enveloping you, his thick cock pumping between your legs.

In battle, he was savage, vicious in his quest to survive the arena. But in your bed, he was everything the opposite of brutality. He loved you tenderly, cherishing you. Your husband the Emperor had never made love to you, only fucked you, not unlike the way he treated his concubines.

Geta was cruel to you, deriving pleasure from your sorrow, from both the physical and emotional pain he caused you. One way the Emperor achieved this was by taking you anally every single time he fucked you. With absolutely no concern or care with preparing you for penetration, your husband took what he believed was his by right. He refused to fuck your cunt lest he accidentally come inside you, because denying you the possibility of pregnancy was another way the Emperor expressed his cruelty. One of his more sinister goals was to ensure that his first heir be conceived with a concubine, instead of his wife. What a humiliation for you, Geta reasoned, to deceive all of Rome into thinking a whore could provide him an heir, while his own wife could not.

But your lover, the slave, the fighter, was gentle and sweet with you. He made love to you any way you wished, because for him, your pleasure was his pleasure. He avoided coming inside you, however, to avoid the suspicion of the Emperor. Should you fall pregnant, the revelation of your affair would be inevitable. And you both knew that if your husband learned of your adultery, he’d execute you both, brutally.

In private, the gladiator longed for you. He spent every endless night you were apart dreaming, (as you did) of an escape…of a world in which you could both be free.

Tragically, it didn’t take long for the Emperor to learn of your affair. However loyal your handmaidens were to you, they were not so loyal as to risk their lives to protect your secret. Geta had spies in every corner of the palace, always listening, always watching. The Emperor was a jealous, paranoid man. He frequently put servants to death whom he feared may be plotting against him. Always in the back of his mind, lingered the fear of assassination from one of his numerous enemies. Geta had very little trust in any of the men he kept company with. He trusted his wife even less.

Keeping your relationship with the gladiator a secret was virtually impossible, under the regime Geta operated. And even without Geta’s spies, your attraction to the gladiator could not be easily concealed. You watched him fight, seated beside your husband, who took more interest in your studying the gladiator than he did the fight itself. Emperor Geta wondered what it was about this slave, apart from all the others, who had captured your affection in such a way? He envied the lust you clearly felt for him. Geta saw the way you squirmed in your seat while watching this man fight, in a way you never did for any of the other hundreds of slaves who had fought and died in front of you. Geta noticed the way your hands rested on your lap throughout each battle, how your fingers dipped ever-so-subtly to touch yourself when you thought your husband wasn’t looking.

A twisted new idea bloomed in the Emperor’s depraved mind. How exciting would it be, he imagined, to confront his wife and her lover in the midst of committing their sin? The following night, flanked by two armed guards, Geta ambushed you and your lover in your bedchamber. As his men drew their swords, he threw himself across your body, shielding you. “Do not take her life, I beg of you,” the slave implored, anger simmering in his eyes like fire. “If revenge is what you desire, then pay what is owed with my blood-.” He swallowed, squeezing your wrist. “-Not hers. She is innocent of all wrong. I…” Your lover quickly formed a lie, which he hoped would convince the Emperor to spare you. “…I forced myself upon the Empress, your grace. I attacked her while she slept, unattended by her maids-.”

Geta interrupted by clapping his hands in a sarcastic applause. “Your lies are noble, slave,” Geta jeered. “Quite an excellent performance, in fact. But unfortunately for you and my wife, your efforts at deceit are made in vain.” The Emperor’s wild eyes landed on you, a chill crawling under your skin. “I’ve known of your traitorous affair for weeks, my wife.” He took a step toward you, his pale skin illuminated like a ghost by the single candle burning at your bedside. He reached to touch you; you flinched when his cold skin made contact with your cheek. Geta smirked wickedly, before shifting his attention to your lover.

“It has been reported,” the Emperor continued. “That when you fuck my wife, your seed never enters her.” Geta tipped his head, curious. “Why is that, slave?” When your lover failed to respond immediately, the Emperor shoved his face within an inch of the gladiator’s, and shouted “TELL ME, while you still have the luxury of breath!” He spat at your lover’s eyes, as tears streamed from yours.

“It is a protection, my lord,” you managed to say, your voice high and wavering. “He did not want to overstep a line, by making me with child-.”

Geta interrupted with a cruel, maniacal laughter that startled even the guards behind him. “Overstep a line?!” he parroted back at you. “As if allowing a filthy slave to touch you was not?? His body still caked in dirt and blood from the arena-?” Geta struck you across the cheek, making you cry out. Your lover lunged for the Emperor, and was met with the tips of two swords placed at his neck.

“I once thought,” Geta mused, an eerie calm tinting his speech. “That to sire an heir with a concubine would be the ultimate method of humiliating you, my darling.” His fingers caressed the raised welt forming on your cheek where his hand had struck you. “But I clearly lacked imagination,” he continued. “Because perhaps nothing would shame you more, dear wife, than to be forced to carry the child of a slave…” Geta smiled villainously, his body teeming with a quiet rage. “…Forced to watch your lover killed,” he continued. “Brutally, horribly…while carrying the bastard child he’ll never have the chance to know-.”

The gladiator jerked, prompting the guards’ blades deeper against his flesh, piercing it slightly. “-That,” Geta concluded. “Would be the ultimate punishment befitting a traitorous whore like you.” He stepped back, encouraging his men to do the same. As their blades left your lover’s neck, he turned to face you, his eyes desperate and longing, moving a hand to tenderly caress your wound.

“You will impregnate her,” the Emperor demanded, nodding to the bed on which you both were seated. “Now.”

The gladiator took your hand, squeezing it gently, his expression defeated.

“Let her know the pain,” Geta added, a sick grin on his lips. “Of feeling a dead man’s child kick and squirm in her polluted womb…”

You bit your lip to restrain a flood of tears that begged release, looking into the eyes of the man you loved. His tenderness was the only love you’d ever received, and he’d given it freely, knowing the risk it carried.

“NOW!” Geta shouted, his voice rattling with rage, spit flinging from his mouth. The gladiator nuzzled his nose against yours, his hand still softly caressing your cheek, his voice low and gentle as he whispered, “it is only us…” You tried not to sob as he repeated, his words a hypnotic balm, “it is only…us…you and I alone, my love…”

As you sank gratefully with him inside the fantasy his words encouraged, the world around you both began to fade. Your husband’s voice felt far away, as he shouted once more for the slave to obey his command. And like a dream, a beautiful dream you’d lived so many times before, your lover laid you softly back against the bed…and made love to you, for the very last time…

[caelumwingstar]

List: MegOp Recommendations

COMPLETED

THREAD: Advice - Interface Dream About Best Friend?? - auri_mynonys (7ch | TFP Gladiator!Megatronus/Archivist!Orion Pax)

Ethics and Employee Management: A Love Story - perictione (leclairage) (7ch | both leaders disguised & obliviously met up)

Ride Eternal - spaceliquid (20ch | TFP, post-apocalyptic Cybertron AU, Imperator!Megatronus/Scribe!Orion Pax, bittersweet ending)

War Bride - Kit_SummerIsle (11ch | Barbarian Tribe AU | Nomad!Megs kidnaps CityDweller!Orion)

Plus One - auri_mynonys (19ch | Gladiator!Megs/Archivist!Orion)

Contact - auri_mynonys (11ch | Orion committed accidental marriage proposal to Gladiator!Megs)

Spin the Bottle - auri_mynonys (4ch | TFP, with illustration)

Head Strategist - Yuna Yami Mouto (26ch | FF.net, a sparkling discarded)

How Sweet He Sounds - Zira (18ch | TFA OP works as a phone call role player)

Take me out - jeune_hibou (12ch | Hitman!Megs/SugarBaby!OP hired by Jazz to target a Senator, misconceptions ensue)

All I wanted was to be more - AenElle_Undvik (20ch | TFO D-Pax sold to Tarn, Warning! Slavery but HE)

Dancing Around the Pole - Rinny636 (4ch)

ONGOING

Primus' Rising Prophet - IsekaiGirl (33ch | OC reborn as OP)

Optimus Prime is Destined to Die!! - Chuzilllaa (13ch | Orion reincarnated into a NOVEL, Royalty AU)

caught in the undertow - callalypsolily (6ch | TFO AU Miner!Pax/Imprisoned Megatron, Friend!Sentinel/Bumblebee)

Can't survive with you, can't survive without you - Tf_Tere (Tere706) (32ch | TFA Megs/OP survive together on wild, hostile planet)

Forged/Bound - taiyari (3ch | DataClerk!OP/Miner!Megs before the war, with COMIC illustrations)

Lion's den - VioletCringe (Glyphthedragon) (61ch | TFA, Captured!OP treated well by Megs who wants him to defect)

Pandora's Box - StrawberryErotica (4ch | TFO D-16 given a interface data chip)

I Am The One Who Sleeps - Anonymous (4ch | Senator Megatronus/Orion Pax, Unrequited!SenatorShockwave/OP)

Pull the stars down to us - Blackberreh (4ch | TFP Optimus time travelled & forced into the Gladiatorial Arena, Megatronus & Soundwave mistook him for Orion. Fic comes with the author's own illustration, Warning! Updated 2020)

And yet (I want you more) - wasureukiyo (3ch | OP's secondary job is a cyberbunny)

SERIES

Cops and Mobs Collection - GeminiWishes (4 works | 5 times Megs try kiss OP)

Designation:Mine - auri_mynonys (2 works | mutual pining & eventually coupled)

Under the Beast's Claws (2 works | Sequel Updated 2020, Warning!: Forced Preg)

Symphony of Life - BlairDrakko (2 works | Sequel Updated 2021, Warning!: Slavery, Flight Frames are the leaders of Cybertron)

ONESHOTS

The Bot Who Went Through Time - Commoncoral (TFA | so emotional, so sweet)

The Con Who Remembered - Ghost_Library (inspired by the above link | Megs POV)

To the Victor - eiseedoesit (There is a story about a certain lake hidden beneath the Hall of Records)

A Couple Promises - loserVillain (TFO Miners!D-16/OP, best friends sharing a couple's meal)

Quarter After One - auri_mynonys (A drunk ex-gladiator & warlord comms OP)

(Restricted) Unfold Me - orphan_account (Megatron searches the ruins of the city for his beloved courtesan)

Helpless - platonicharmonics (Orion dragged to an elite midnight gala by Alpha Trion)

OTHERS

The Day The War Ended - Or At Least Was Put On Hold - And_The_Rest (35ch | Megs/OP/Jazz)

Amalgamation - Maunakea (22ch | slave coded OP/Warlord Meg/Starscream | Warning! SE Megop, HE MegsStar)

Bad End Office - Anonymous (1ch - ongoing | Mainly MegOp, Orion Pax/Jazz, OP/Everyone)

[jungkoode]

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My stories are very slow burn. Know what you’re getting into.

Next chapter when goal is reached. Update schedule.

UNLESS MENTIONED, ALL OF MY WORKS ARE EXPLICIT, 18+.

✧ ( fuck me up ) - ongoing

updates: when goal in last chapter is reached.

✧ aka FMU ✧ jungkook x female reader ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: [tumblr]

Author intros/tw.

this one's not for the faint of heart. it's messy, it's raw, and it's complicated. you'll meet jungkook at his most difficult—emotionally distant, a little bit broken, and hiding behind the physical connection he has with y/n. a one-night stand turns into something neither of them can define, and their journey is as emotionally charged as it is physically intense as they navigate their roommate situation.

✿ heavy on the angst ✿ lots of psychological depth ✿ fuck-buddies-to-something-more ✿ trauma, healing, and everything in between

if you're into stories where the characters push and pull until they collapse into each other—this one's for you.

₊˚✧ ( kkangpae ) ₊˚✧ - ongoing

updates: when goal in last chapter is reached.

₊˚✧ aka KGP, KK ₊˚✧ jeon x female reader ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: [tumblr]

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welcome to the dark side of seoul, where attachment means death and rules are written in blood. you'll meet jeon at his most lethal—cold, precise, and carrying the weight of a past painted in red. when you join kkangpae's seduction division, you know the rules. no relationships. no exceptions. but there's something about the way the chief assassin looks at you that makes you wonder if some rules are worth dying for.

✿ heavy on violence and gore ✿ complex power dynamics ✿ enemies-to-lovers-fuck-buddies with dire stakes ✿ psychological trauma and moral ambiguity ✿ 500k EMOTIONAL slow burn gang au

if you're into stories where love and death dance too close for comfort—where every kiss could be a bullet and trust is a luxury no one can afford—this one's going to break you in all the right ways.

₊˚✧ ( the 25th hour ) ₊˚✧ - ongoing

updates: when goal in last chapter is reached.

✧ aka 25H ✧ yoongi x f!reader ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: [tumblr]

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in a world where time is strictly regulated, some people called Outliers still experience the forbidden 25th hour. when they do, they're erased—rewritten into obedient citizens with no memory of who they were.

you've always been normal, until the night you wake at 1:59 AM and meet min yoongi, a mysterious agent who seems to already know you. now, hunted by the authorities, you must uncover the truth: about the 25th hour, about yoongi, and about the versions of yourself you don't remember.

✦ dystopian psychological thriller ✦ time-bending romance ✦ mystery, conspiracy, forbidden love ✦ angst with a side of existential dread

if you like plot twists, reality-questioning narratives, and achingly star-crossed romance, this story is your next obsession.

₊˚✧ ( unmanageable ) ₊˚✧ - TBD

✧ aka UM ✧ jungkook x female reader ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: [tumblr]

Author intros/tw.

welcome to the gladiator pit of seoul's entertainment industry, where you'll meet jungkook at his most lethal—korea's ice prince with dead eyes and a talent for verbal execution. aloof, sarcastic, trust issues deeper than his bank account, and a coldness that makes winter feel like a beach vacation. when HALYX dumps his impossible ass on your desk, it's clear why every handler before you quit: the man's never heard the word "no" until you showed up with your clipboard and zero tolerance for celebrity bullshit. he thinks your efficiency is a personal attack; you think his designer tantrums are beneath someone with his talent. what neither of you expected? the sick satisfaction of finding the one person who won't back down; of having someone see your worst and stay anyway, even if it's just to prove they can break you first.

✧ 2 professionals 1 wrong word from career homicide ✧ spite/hatred so electric it could power seoul ✧ emotional warfare disguised as management ✧ enemies to lovers but the enemies part is probably 300k words long bc i’m tired of enemies not enemying

if you need stories where contempt feels like foreplay and professional distance becomes the biggest lie two people ever told themselves—this one's going to live in your head rent-free long after you finish

✧ ( strings attached (to my heart) ) - series

updates: when goal in part 2 is reached.

✧ aka SA(TMH), strings attached ✧ jungkook x female reader ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: part 1 | part 2

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when your local friendly neighborhood spider-man can't stop bringing you snacks at your favorite cafe, and a certain clumsy freshman keeps showing up at the most suspicious times, something's gotta give. featuring: a supply closet, some very interesting revelations, and jungkook absolutely losing it when you touch him.

✿ spiderman au ✿ college setting ✿ sexual tension ✿ virgin!jungkook ✿ 12k of pure self-indulgence

if you're into flustered jungkook, secret identities, and things getting spicy in inappropriate places—this one might be your new favorite.

✧ ( off-labels ) — mini series | completed

✧ aka OL ✧ hoseok x female reader tumblr link 𝟘𝟙 | 𝟘𝟚 | 𝟘𝟛 | 𝟘𝟜 | 𝟘𝟝 | 𝟘𝟞 | 𝟘𝟟 | 𝟘𝟠 | 𝟘𝟡 | 𝟙𝟘 | 𝟙𝟙 AO3 link: [archive of our own] | wattpad: [wattpad]

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when your brother’s best friend is the golden boy of Seoul National’s medical program, and you’re just trying to survive your first year of med school without combusting every time he offers to “help you study.” between his perfectly pressed white coat, those steady hands that have probably held hearts, and the way he keeps finding excuses to explain anatomy in that low voice—you’re starting to think your chronic overthinking might be the least of your problems.

✿ medical school au ✿ brother’s best friend trope ✿ gentle!dom hoseok acting innocent ✿ plausible deniability king hoseok ✿ competency kink ✿ mini series

if you’re into smart men who pretend not to know what they’re doing, forbidden attraction, and things getting inappropriately educational in study rooms—this one’s for you.

✧ ( 5 seconds to freedom ) - TBD

✧ aka 5STF ✧ latino!jimin x female reader | street racing Tokyo au ao3 link: [archive of our own] wattpad link: [wattpad] tumblr link: tumblr

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in tokyo's underground racing scene, respect isn't given—it's earned at 200km/h with your life on the line. for years, you've been untouchable as "hachiroku," the drift queen whose AE86 has humiliated men with cars worth ten times yours. then he arrives. jimin—"jaque"—with his midnight purple skyline and spanish curses when he's pissed. cocky. reckless. the bastard who handed you your first and only defeat. now he's everywhere—leaning against your car, watching you with those eyes that see too much, calling you "princesa" just to watch you scowl. by day, you're trapped in a life of obligation—the perfect heiress engaged to the perfect son of the perfect family. by night, you're free. but freedom has a new price when jimin starts blurring lines you've carefully drawn, making you question which version of yourself is real.

✧ high-octane street racing culture ✧ heiress with a dangerous secret identity ✧ rivals-to-lovers with explosive chemistry ✧ forbidden attraction across social divides ✧ complex family legacies and responsibilities

if you crave stories where every rev of an engine feels like a heartbeat and every race is a confession—where two people from opposite worlds find freedom in the five seconds after the light turns green—this one will leave you breathless.

[plutonium-heart]

Gladiator AU Starscream. I will color her eventually. She's Romani, as are her sisters Thundercracker and Skywarp.

She used to be a Valkyrie and had a secret marriage with Skyfire who was also a Valkyrie. They clipped her and her sisters' wings and now she's an assassin on a mission to get her wings and wife back.

[im-just-echo]

Gladiator Orion AU

Megatron Prime and High Lord Protector Orion short drabble.

The Senate floor was in chaos.

Megatron Prime knew that the Senate floor was a battlefield- but one where words were used, not weapons to do battle. Until now.

He barely had time to react when the mech lunged at him, a hidden blade flashing under the cold Senate lights.

He caught a glimpse of the would-be assassin's optics- wild, desperate- before the weight of another body crashed between them. The impact sent megatron stumbling back against the wall. A sharp vent escaped him, but his focus wasn't on himself. It was on Orion.

Megatron had seen Orion fight before. Had watched him break Mechs in the pits with his bare servos, had seen him silence a entire hall with a single speech. But this- this was different.

Orion Pax had moved with terrifying speed, intercepting the attack before it could land. His servo wrapped around the assassin's wrist crushing the limb until the metal groaned and the blade clattered uselessly to the floor.

The would be assassin's snarled, struggling. "Cybertron will never- "

Orion silenced him with a devastating grab, his servos wrapping around the mechs throat, squeezing tight, a metallic crunch echoed the room and energon began to leak into the pristine floor. The Senate erupted into shocked gasps, but Orion wasn't finished.

"You dare?" Orion whispered as he leaned into the assassin's audials, his voice low and dangerous. "YOU DARE to raise your servo against him, to hurt him in my presence?"

The air cracked as he wrenched the mech off the ground, his servos gripping the mechs midsection. For a moment, there was a horrible pause- realization dawning in the assassin's optics.

The mech- some nameless, self-important senator- managed a weak, static-laced plea before Orion tore him in two.

With a wet, sickening metallic screech, the sound of metal giving way under sheer strength, tore through the chamber, as energon and internal fluids splattered across Orion's frame. The sound of the wet splatter of energon against the polished floor echoing loudly as it dripped off Orion's frame. The two halves of the traitor hit the floor with a heavy, final thud.

Silence.

The Senate was frozen in stunned silence. Even the most outspoken politicians, those who had spent cycles rally against Megatron's leadership, stared in wide-opticed horror.

Megatron himself was venting heavily, pressed against the wall behind Orion. Not from fear. Not at all.

Holy Primus.

His spark thrummed at the sight of Orion, energon-slicked and still seething with protective rage. His optics glow a deep intense blue and his stance was one of absolute certainty. Orion turned to him streaked in fresh energon, his frame heaving with exertion. Megatron was stunned by the raw violence and sheer devotion in his act, and it sent something molten right through his Spark.

"I will not tolerate anyone who thinks they can harm you." Orion declared, his voice cutting through the silence like a blade.

Megatron almost fragging collapsed.

From his seat, Senator Ratchet groaned, palming his faceplate. "For frag's sake."

Soundwave, who was sitting next to his adopted sire, had allowed his visor to slide into place at some point during the altercation, simply inclined his helm, in something that could have either been approval- or deep disappointment. It was hard to tell.

Megatron swallowed and vented sharply, staring at his High Lord Protector, his Orion. Attempting to compose himself with a voice thick with something far from regal he managed, "My Orion..."

Link to it on AO3

[stabthroughme]

Hi yes @sing-a-sirensong dragged me into watching Spartacus the tv show they showed me there were canon alive gays once and now I'm hooked so I present a vague idea post bc @deepwithintheabyss said to, ft some relevant historical stuff significantly simplified.

Gladiator JayTim AU:

Jason is the champion of his Ludus (gladiator training ground/barracks) and is well beloved by the people because even if he doesn't get the go ahead to kill at the end of the match he still makes it bloody and theatrical. The members of the ludus knwo not to fuck with the cats even if they're strays bc Jason takes it personally. They're the only thing Jason cares about. No one knows how he ended up a gladiator, whether he sold himself into it for the glory or money, or if he was captured, and no one dares to ask.

Tim's the cousin of the last emperor, and he was the closest male descendant and was named and educated as the emperor's heir. However, someone else was closer when the emperor died and claimed the throne and, as is not uncommon in history, sent assassins after all of Tim's family. He happened to not be home when the assassins arrived and killed his parents and the servants and slaves actually liked Tim so hid him in their ranks. He was sold pretty cheap because while he looks fairly strong and healthy, he clearly hasn't ever fought.

The doctore (trainer) starts off the training super harsh, like it's not a gradual climb it's the sort of training to weed out people who won't put on a good show or can't fight for show so they can be sold on/repurposed in the lanista's (owner/sponsor) other pursuits ie. sent to the mines (I feel like Bruce should be the doctore but idk for sure on that). A not insignificant amount of that first week also includes harsh hazing from the other gladiators (including but not limited to food getting stolen from the trainees) and general suckyness.

During that first week Jason is mostly a passive asshole, kicking over food, snatching water, pulling chairs/benches out from under people, verbal bullying, but there's no physical assault outside of sparring because that can incur punishments. Even in sparring if they push too hard they get physically restrained bc there's no one paying to watch them so there's no point.

Tim actually makes it through the first week and manages to beat the first of the "real" gladiators he's paired up with to spar at the end of the week which catches Jason's attention. Jason fully stalks/watches Tim for a while after that and a rando trying to get on Jason's good side knocks Tim out and trusses him up in Jason's room.

Jason is Not Pleased but keeps Tim in his room because he can tell others are noticing how pretty Tim is, and that there's a not insignificant number of people who want to ruin him (sexually, physically, emotionally, etc). So he unties Tim, wraps him in the sole blanket Jason gets for being a Good Fighter and makes Tim take the bed while he sits on the floor of the pretty small/cramped cell. They have a conversation where Tim admits to never having worked a "real job" before, Jason tells Tim that he feeds half his fish rations to the stray cats even though the lanista hates seeing so many cats.

Jason takes Tim under his wing after that, everyone assumes that they're fucking and as a result stop tormenting Tim instantly. Tim ends up sitting alone with Jason at the edge of the mess room and asks if it bothers him. Jason shrugs and tells Tim to eat his food. Jason actually helps Tim train that day and it makes Tim's life a hell of a lot easier. Jason idly asks if the whispers about them bother Tim and Tim replies that he doesn't have the luxury of caring. Jason brings Tim back to his room again but Tim insists on taking the floor bc he hasn't "earned" the bed like Jason has, ofc there's innuendos and they end up fucking.

mmmm Jason's big scarred and calloused hands on Tim's tiny waist fucking into him and kissing him...

Anyways. Afterglow Tim tells Jason how he ended up there, that he really doesn't have anything to return to or fight for, and he needs to be good enough to live but not excel and possibly be put up for games the emperor could attend. Jason promises to protect Tim, no matter what, and Tim holds onto Jason tight.

Tim ends up premiering in the arena and is pretty good, nowhere near Jason's level but Tim can't be killed because he starts to get used as another reward for Jason doing well. And everyone likes watching Jason perform well.

A couple years pass and they end up being a staple in the ludus, wherever Tim is Jason isn't far behind. When they're shown off before games the patrons are All Aware of Tim and Jason and occasionally as a Special Treat the lanista has them fuck in front of people before the games. It's a Part Of Life for them. Tim and Jason have their oil sometimes scraped and sold together bc people think the aphrodisiac properties will be even stronger w two fucking gladiators who are super strong and good/the best fighters than the normal oil (gladiators were oiled up before fights and then the dirty oil was scraped off and sometimes sold as there was a belief that it held aphrodisiac and fertility boosting properties, aka the og gamer girl bathwater). There's a *lot* of fucking, Tim is 100% a powerbottom and is so in control of the situation it makes Jason go weak in the knees if he thinks abt it too much.

During the couple of years Tim and Jason also take a couple more gladiators/trainees under their wings and kinda make a lil family unit within the ludus itself, most of the ones they take in are people without any family outside the ludus. The lanista actually doesn't mind this bc it ensures that they're loyal to the ludus, and it means they fight better together so there are frequent matches where they play roman armies/generals winning against "savage barbarians" (people sentenced to death in the arena were not infrequently dressed up as enemy tribes to recreate famous battles that the Romans won in a very bloody pantomime recreation of the battle).

Then the emperor gets assassinated by someone who believes the Rightful Heir is alive, the person then takes the throne as regent until the rightful heir is found. (Worth noting that historically the idea of a rightful heir in Imperial Rome was much more loosey goosey, anyone *could* become emperor but frequently it passed through family lines and those who didn't have children would pick a family member as heir. It was also possible for someone who had their own children to instead bypass their kids for someone else, or just upset the birth order and pick their last born child, or adopt a family member and make them heir. It was a wild time for inheritance laws)

When the whispers reach the gladiators Tim instantly tenses bc the only people who knew he was alive was the servants and slaves, and he doesn't know what to do. What really doesn't help matters is when the regent is said to be arriving in their city to look for the rightful heir and will be attending a special show in the arena.

Tim manages to escape being chosen for the fight but the lanista decides that the regent should get to watch Jason up close and summons Tim from the barracks to get fucked. It doesn't get that far bc the regent is Dick who was a former teacher of Tim and was made a member of the senate on the recommendation of Tim's parents to the emperor and Tim wrote a letter to the emperor for whom he was heir verifying that Dick was a good pick bc he didn't shout for no reason (Tim was like, 8/9) and the emperor thought the letter of recommendation was highkey a great sign of leadership from Tim. 

Of course Dick recognizes Tim instantly and orders everyone else out of the room, including the imperial guards, slaves, lanista, and Jason, everyone's kinda sad and a little peeved bc they like watching Jason fuck Tim. Tim grabs Jason's hand and makes him stay bc he needs him there. Dick looks Tim over, makes sure he's okay, worries over him ofc, shooting glares at Jason. Tim smacks Dick about it and tells him that Jason's the only reason he's still sane, that he's not going anywhere without Jason.

Dick shrugs off one of the layers of fabric from his ornate toga style to cover Tim (gladiators were sparsely clothed when shown off bc yk... apparently it was sexy) before summoning his servants and orders the lanista compensated for the loss of Tim and Jason while both of them are rinsed and dressed appropriately (it's the most clothing Jason has worn in years and he's instantly overheating and complaining to Tim), but he didn't want Tim to remain uncovered bc he was summoned naked and Dick Needed To Cover Him Right Now. 

Once he's decked out as emperor and Jason is close enough to respectably dressed to be at the emperor's side, Tim is presented to the gathered crowd as the rightful emperor of all of Rome and yk people have feelings about that. But ofc they kneel/bow etc.

Tim pays for the freedom of any of the gladiators from his ludus that want to leave (some people did actively choose to become gladiators) that were even a little bit nice to him and offers them spots on his guard/as generals bc they know how to fight, but especially those they took under their wing. They don't get a choice they're coming w them they can make money and fight for glory in Tim's name but Tim is the emperor and will not take no for an answer from the ones he cares about. 

Tim never gets married and lives openly with Jason and does the imperial tradition of adopting a distant relative's kid into his household to be his heir and this time he keeps the kid close by bc no thank you for a repeat of what he went through. He also gives his formal ludus the patronage of the imperial household.

[sciencelings-arts]

Sir Jason Todd, Robin Class: Knight, the Crimson Helm

Closeups, alt colors, and excessive lore below the cut

One thing I noticed going through the prequel comic was that Jason already had his white streak, which is usually indicative of him being put in the Lazarus pit. In the DKoS earth, the Lazarus River turned the dead into ‘failed abominations’ that are ‘dead already’, and look very different than living people, but also in this comic, Ra’s has brought a boy back from the dead with his own demonic power. So in my mind, the league of shades prefers mindless assassins whose lives have no consequence. But maybe there was once a little street kid that was no more than a body to experiment on. Somehow with demonic magic and the Lazarus river, Jason Todd was brought back, if only just a little more cursed than he was when he was brought there. It would also give him a personal reason to hate magic like Bruce does. Like how I think most of the robins do.

What’s interesting to me is how the robins seem split up into pairs, we’ve got the scouts (Dick and Duke), the spies (Cass and Tim), and the knights (Jason and Steph). So I wanted to lean into the knight thing for Jason, he has partial plate armor because he wants to be protected but also mobile enough to swing a giant sword around. He deserves an edgy sword and a gladiator inspired helm.

I love drawing swords and every Robin I draw will get one. What is that gemstone? Idk but it looks cool. I almost made it green which would’ve had fucked up implications seeing that he works under a half-kryptonian. I don’t actually think he’d be too antagonistic in this AU since the green man (joker/lex fusion with a green lantern ring) killed 3/5 of Bruce’s parents and if he killed Jason at first, it happened before he even met Bruce. Also the green man is probably dead.

I’m sorry I prefer Jason being a dark redhead I’m just so tired of drawing black hair. All of them have black hair except for Steph.

Steph and Jason are a duo I absolutely love, so they’re both knights. They’re so silly and I think they should be friendly rivals who both want to be the captain of the kings guard even though Bruce is more knight than king and thus leads his own guard. Those two get the most knight training that Bruce got from the Kings Bane. They’d love a good tournament.

Anyway, Steph becomes more of a General with training in diplomacy and negotiation, Jason is more of a wartime advisor, captain of the royal guard type. They both get dramatic cloaks and cool swords. They stay more stationary than the other robins and are by the Bat-Kings side more often than not.

Is he cursed from the Lazarus river or demon magic? Maybe, idk how though. Maybe he goes into an uncontrollable green tinted berserker rage and heals his injuries faster than a normal human could. This is the fantasy Middle Ages so he could just have ptsd and it would be considered an evil demon curse.

[misguidedasgardian]

GLADIATORS / A HotD Au

SUMMARY

The Andals came from Essos and conquered five of the seven kingdoms, and founded The Great Republic of the Andals and has them under its yolk, they took every tribe, culture and town that oppose them and subdued it, they took their men, and their women, and slaved them, only the greatest, strongest, better men, became gladiators under the sun of the mighty Republic

Pairings: Slave/Gladiator!Cregan Stark x Domina!Reader, Gladiator!Harwin x Domina!Reader, Slave/Gladiator!Aemond x Slave!Reader, Slave/Gladiator!Aegon x Patrician!Reader, Gladiator Trainer!Daemon x Empress!Reader. 

Warnings: Ancient Rome AU, Cursing, slavery (and everything that comes with it, technically rape, forced labour, punishments), blood, guts, gladiator battles, lude language, nudity, sex and evrything related is no biggie here, we’re a ‘sex positive’ Republic, mentions of sex, same sex couples, orgies, and more. Assassinations, assassinations attempts, pagan rituals, slaughter of animals for ritualistic purposes, crimes of war, more might be added by chapter.

The trilogy, Smut, Angst & Fluff (some) 

Since it's heavily inspired by “Spartacus”, “Domina” and “Gladiator”, you can expect similar events to be depicted here. If you are an Historian, you are clearly going to want to kick my ass, since I’m not, expect inaccuracies in rituals, cultures descriptions and religions. 

Notes: Alright… of course I’ll be adapting the ancient Roman empire to the Westerosi world… so here are some guidelines

“Romans” will be referred as “Andals”, and after those they are two other types of natives of Westeros, the “Northmen” or rather The first men, and the Rhoynar from the South. 

I’ll be using ancient roman terms that due to context should be easy to decipher jeje, and I’ll be using much of their rituals and customs. 

This will be considered “short”, as each gladiator will have three chapters. All the stories happen at the same time, though they won't cross much against each other, you can read them either the I's of each and then the II's and III's or read the characters separately, the ones that interest you.

Please remember, I am not an historian, just relax and have fun! that's what we are here for.

EVERY READER IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER! each character has a different reader! and they do not meet each other!

CHAPTERS SOON

CREGAN: CHAPTER I.

Cregan is a man that got enslaved when the Andals conquered the wild tribes of the North, he ends up being trained as a gladiator in the villa of a prominent family; a respectable man, and his daughter who is impressionable, and young, and as a young woman, she starts hearing tales of her friends about men, about their own gladiators and stories of orgies and sex… and she gets curious when she sees this beautiful man, a slave no less, training in his father’s villa.

HARWIN: CHAPTER I.

Reader and Robin knew that they were never going to find better than each other, best friends since childhood, so they got married. Robin prefers the company of men, he and reader have an agreement.

They came to the capital to get out of the scrutiny of the Vale, they want an heir, and embark in the politics of the capital. The answer to both their desired might be incarnated in the champion of the Arena Robin just purchased

AEGON:

It was not uncommon for patrician families to… copulate… with their slaves and gladiators specially, a particular group of women decided to bed specially gladiators because of their strength and physiques. Domina Alys starts to sell one of her gladiators in particular to her best friend. 

Aegon takes a liking to this, rather than fights, specially with reader, who only wants to escape her old husband Borros

AEMOND:

Aemond is a gladiator in the same villa as his brother Aegon. He dreams about victories in the arena, and it's focused on his training and bringing honor to his Ludus.

His determination and skill makes him the favorite of his domina, Alys, who had inherited the Ludus from her father, the only problem they are both going to face is you, a young sweet slave, purchase to tend and serve your domina, who does not take kindly that you are “stealing” away her favorite gladiator

DAEMON:

Daemon is a legendary gladiator, but his days of glory are past him, now he trains his own Ludus in the outskirts of King’s Landing, finally he has recovered some of the power he once had, now a free man. 

But the emperor is frail and weak, he’s got no heirs but a girl, in the dangerous political climate, he has been hired to protect you, next in line to the throne and the first woman to ever ascent as empress of the republic

[aetheloria]

Ah thank you for answering my ask! lets see… what is Soundwave up to in your au? -🪳

Im happy you asked about him ngl, his lore is a bit of a wild ride.

Soundwave was constructed cold amongst four others of his frame type (Tape decks, Blaster is one of them!) by the council to be used for espionage and surveillance to aid in catching organized criminals alongside their cassette tape companions. My Soundwave was also born with very little vision! He sees in the same way Toph from ATLA does.

However, with his outlier ability, he was separated from the rest and essentially groomed to be a teacher's pet.

The flow of government after the age of Primes needs its own post, but Soundwave worked primarily under Nova and Magnus to keep tabs on everyone elected into any official role. Only Magnus, Sentinel, and Nova were aware of his ability to hear thoughts.

He never had any issue with ratting traitors out. He never was a fan of deceit, and his friends at the top treated him so well! Why would anyone plot against them??

Until brand mew elect Senator Shockwave. Traitorous? Yes. Genuine? Also yes..? Soundwave was fascinated. How could this mech be lying for good? He kinda followed him around for a while, while keeping his mouth shut. He's not sure when spying for the council became spying for himself, but he just couldn't stop observing. This guy was kind. Just to be kind. Not for his own gain.

Everything the 'Primes' of the council claimed to be.

He was enamored with his ideas-- with his vision for the future of Cybertron. They seemed so outlandish, and so wonderful.

He got sloppy; He wasn't focused like he would be if he was on duty. He was too busy enjoying following a silly crush around like a stalker. Shockwave absolutely noticed, and eventually confronted him about it. Luckily for Soundwave, he's got a cute face.

A vorn later and they were conjunxed 🎉

Shockwave filled his head with ideas of rebellion, ending the corruption from inside the government. A world where everyone is free to be themselves without limits based on their frame. Soundwave saw a new perspective, and realized how terrible the system really was. They were

The council wasn't too fond of Shockwave. He had a way with people. He motivated them with his charisma. He was a problem. And he had their best spy wrapped around his servo.

So they got rid of him.

Nova and Sentinel told Soundwave he'd been assassinated by a civilian. All he felt radiating off of them was deceit. He knew they did it.

He fled. He had no idea where he could go, but he couldn't stay there a second longer. He ran, and he didn't stop running. He eventually exhausted himself, and found himself on the outskirts of Iacon. Notorious for being sketchy and violent crime. Having spent his entire life privileged, he wasn't very smart. Everything about him screamed high caste, and it didn't take long for someone to take the opportunity.

He was kidnapped, and taken to Kaon against his will. He was then bought and sold to an illegal underground fighting ring. Nothing packs in crowds of exhausted laborers like watching someone privileged and rich get slaughtered by someone just like them.

Unfortunately for them, Soundwave refused to die. With no combat experience, a sword that was too heavy, and cassettes to protect, he managed to defeat and kill a gladiator by listening to his thoughts. (Gettem dude!)

This method proved to be quite successful, and he eventually ended up catching a lot of attention, including Megatron. He was impressed, but he also suspected foul play. Soundwave was visibly blind. He came and interrogated him (in his shitty little makeshift prison cell) and was fascinated by such an outlier ability. It was exactly what he needed.

He befriended soundwave, and after hearing about his late conjunx, convinced him to run away with him to start the rebellion. (There was definitely some megasound action going on here lol.) so they did. That whole plot is a post in itself, and this has run quite long already so ill save that for another time; This is pretty much everything for his pre war life!

Thanks for the ask :3 (I totally need to draw pre war wavewave wedding pic omg.)

[emily-crystal]

Characters Information

Identities Evolved AU

I will edit and add more to this post later after published so please note that it's not the full post yet.

A lot of important parts are completely different from the originals so please keep that in mind.

Bright (Dream)

Birthday: 25th of December

Designs: before AO, present, variation

Bright has a petite appearance, 156cm tall, which is the result of 500 years of unconsciousness and childhood anorexia, he's physically weak.

He used to live an aristocratic and discipline lifestyle therefore his behavior is unconsciously elegant.

Bright has a shy, cowardly personality. He is quite introverted and afraid of crowded places. He often thinks too much, hallucinates and worries himself that even his close ones seem concerned.

To everyone, he is considered a genius. People let him take the leadership role most of the time even when the group has no clear hierarchy of roles. With that being said, he is quite stubborn when it comes to listening to other people's advice, especially if they have opinions that are contrary to his.

Bright's emotional aura is very weak, hardly even exists, only slightly affecting people when he has strong emotions.

Combat reference:

Bright does use a bow, the bow is what Nim left behind, only Bright and Midnight can use it. It can transform into any weapon that suits the user (in Bright's case, a stick) but works best as a bow.

Bright prefers stick-fighting because Bright would have to put a lot of effort to summon one arrow. He has to draw 'divine' blue arrows from his chest, it takes a lot of energy.

Most of Bright's moves are defensive and deal light damage. He almost completely avoids fighting.

Relationship:

Midnight: older twin brother, enemy

Cross: lover (cohabit)

Blue: close friend

Ink: ex-lover, friend

Error: (friendly) neutral

Killer: enemy

Murder: enemy

Horror: enemy

Midnight (Nightmare)

Birthday: 25th of December

Designs: before AO, present, variation

Midnight is tall in appearance, 192cm tall, he can choose his height, taller or shorter. So as he gets weaker he will gradually shrink, the minimum height he can reach is 160cm, which is his "real height".

Like Bright, he used to live an aristocratic and discipline lifestyle therefore his behavior is unconsciously elegant.

Midnight, before and after the Apple Occasion, is only one person, there's no parasite.

The area around Midnight's right eye was severely damaged, however his right eye still had the ability to see, he just chose to cover it up, as a result, he has a blind spot.

Midnight is very picky and meticulous. Even the most accomplished of his minions are not given leniency when it comes to small mistakes.

Combat reference

Midnight hardly ever engages in direct combat.

Relationship

Bright: younger twin brother, enemy

Killer: lover (unpublic), subordinate

Murder: subordinate

Horror: subordinate

Cross: ex-subordinate, enemy

Blue: enemy

Ink: neutral

Error: ex-coworker, neutral

Killer

Birthday: 14th of May

Designs: present, variation

Sans and Chara's souls and minds merged, "Killer" is neither Sans nor Chara. The consciousness of two, merged together, never could remain.

Killer is 164cm tall, quite short compared to the other members so he often wears high heels to make the team look more balanced, but not too high because he still has to jump and run a lot.

Killer is impulsively expressive that either others are concerned or uncomfortable. He acts childish with lots of energy and often does unnecessary things, he likes to anger others by his behaviors.

With such strong emotional expressions, according to Midnight's assessment, he is the one who radiates the most negative energy compared to others.

Combat reference

Killer is the convergence of a highly skilled assassin, fast and flexible to ambush opponents. Yet, when in a battle that requires high physical strength, or with a gladiator-type opponent, he will be at disadvantages.

He mostly uses knives but would not refuse to use something else when needed. These knives are exclusive designed for him.

He can conjure up a red knife, larger than a normal knife (not giant). While doing this he will vomit hate liquid and it takes a lot of streghth, but he can slash from a distance.

Relationships

Midnight: lover (unpublic), superior

Murder: subordinate

Horror: subordinate

Cross: ex-subordinate, enemy

Error: neutral

Ink: neutral

Bright: enemy

Blue: enemy

Cross

Birthday: 14th of October

Designs: before NW, present, variation

Cross is 180cm tall, a pretty good height to be recruited into the royal knights back then.

He still has scars on his face. XChara has been unconsciously dead since the beginning of the Nominal War.

Cross is a pretty cheerful, carefree person. He has every characteristics of an excellent soldier. He doesn't think too much about strategies, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand them.

While still working under Midnight, Midnight highly regarded him, he was the only one allowed to make a deal with Midnight when joining.

Combat reference

Cross is a melee fighter, often performs close range attacks that deal high damage. He is well-rounded in both direct combat and tactical aspects.

Cross (still) uses a giant knife as his weapon (or a heavy sword/claymore, however you want to call it).

Relationships

Bright: lover (cohabit)

Blue: friend

Ink: ex-friend, (rivaly) neutral

Error: neutral

Midnight: ex-superior, enemy

Killer: ex-superior, enemy

Dust: ex-coworker, enemy

Horror: ex-coworker, enemy

Murder (Dust)

Birthday: 14th of February

Designs: present, variation

/updating/

Combat reference

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Relationships

Midnight: superior

Killer: superior

Horror: co-worker

Cross: ex-coworker, enemy

Bright: enemy

Blue: enemy

Ink: seemly neutral

Error: neutral

Horror

Birthday: 8th of August

Designs: present, variation

/updating/

Combat reference

/updating/

Relationships

Midnight: superior

Killer: superior

Murder: coworker

Cross: ex-coworker, enemy

Bright: enemy

Blue: enemy

Ink: neutral

Error: neutral

Ink

Birthday: 19th of April

Designs: present, variation

Ink must drink colored ink to feel emotions. However, it is pretty strong and often makes him over-excited and overreact. So he found a way to dilute the colors before drinking it. Because he drank the diluted colors, Ink was much calmer. His eyes do not change their symbols anymore, only their colors.

But being calmer also means he's more heartless, people need emotions to empathize, Ink has to find a way to get emotions, yet he dilutes them.

Ink is quite straightforward about his thoughts, but he doesn't mind hiding some things to achieve his goals. Ink is neutral to most people, but he won't hesitate to fight others, even friends when his interests are at stake.

Ink is forgetful but he has learned to take better notes and organize himself.

Combat reference

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Relationships

Bright: ex-lover, friend

Blue: friend

Error: friend? enemy? fwb?

Midnight: neutral

Killer: neutral

Dust: neutral

Horror: neutral

Error

Birthday: 8th of April

Blue/Swap

Birthday: 23th of February

/updating/

[artficlly]

requests open <3

hello my lovelies!

i'm on my term break from uni, and i want to spend it writing! i have plans to push out some updates for series like lessons in lovemaking and maybe smog & spirits but i also want to do some shorter one-shots as well.

you can send requests through my asks, i'm down for pretty much anything except non-con / dub-con. i'll only be writing for bucky x reader.

here some prompt ideas:

DIALOGUE PROMPT IDEAS “You say that like you didn’t just take a bullet for me.” “You always get that look when you’re about to do something reckless.” “You’re bleeding all over my floor, Barnes.” “Just… stay. Please.” “Touch me again and I’ll break your hand.” “This wasn’t supposed to happen. Not with you.” “You’re freezing. Here, take my jacket.” “I don't care what you've done. I still choose you.” “Why do you always look at me like that?” “You’re the only person who’s ever made me feel safe.” “You look good in my shirt.” “Don’t act like you didn’t feel it too.” “You’re bleeding—why didn’t you say anything?” “Why are you being so nice to me?” “You can’t keep doing this to yourself.” “If you keep looking at me like that, I’m going to forget we’re supposed to be taking this slow.” “You sure you can handle me?” “You wanted my attention, now you’ve got it.” “Please don’t pretend this means nothing.” “That was a one-time thing… right?” “You're not as cold as you pretend to be.” “I thought you hated me.” “This bed feels too big without you in it.” “You’re shaking. Are you scared of me?” “You never ask for help. What’s wrong?” “Don't look at me like that unless you mean it.” “That wasn’t just a dream. Was it?” “I’ve got you. I’m not going anywhere.” “You don’t have to pretend to be okay. Not with me.” “Let me see. Please, just let me help.” “You can cry if you need to. I won’t think less of you.” “They hurt you, didn’t they?” “I didn’t know where else to go.”

AU / SCENARIO IDEAS witch, fake boyfriend/girlfriend, bartender, assassin, bookstore owner, demon, librarian, florist, fortune teller, soldier, avenger, babysitter, fuckboy, maneater, werewolf, roommate, brother's best friend, bounty hunter, grumpy, pirate, tattoo apprentice, healer, psychic, professor, siren, park ranger, vampire, knight, witch hunter, spy, boyfriend/girlfriend, shield agent, war medic, ranch hand, teacher, seamstress, underground fighter, childhood best friend, political rebel, chef, sunshine, maid, cowboy/girl, fairy, boxer, royalty-in-disguise, nymph, lifeguard, blacksmith, dancer, husband/wife, stripper, gladiator, tattoo artist, hunter, lighthouse keeper, journalist, bounty hunter, nymph, oracle, outlaw, monster hunter, stablehand, farmer, royalty, baker, saloon girl, teacher, bodyguard, nurse, neighbour, mechanic, lumberjack, barista, single parent, park ranger, thief, potion tester, cheerleader, ceo, fake boyfriend/girlfriend, farmer's daughter, warlock, childhood best friend, tavern owner

[ragnarokhound]

Please please please feed the brain worm you gave me. Jaytim captive prince au is CRAZY and you are so real for reading the books that fast. The chokehold those books had on me oh my god

[first of all, hi! Love your work :D 💕❤️]

Second of all. God. Right?? I alarmed a few of my IRL friends. I read books 1&2 back to back. I stayed up way too late finishing book 2 and had to go to work the next day and all I could think about was getting home to read book 3. Today I read the short story collection. I love them your honor OTL

Laurent reminded me of some of my favorite Tim interpretations every now and then - always having something cutting to say, needing alone time to think and then coming up with not only a new, better plan but setting five other things in motion to support it. Being very reluctantly in love with a man who could very easily kill him who said that

Damen was made in a lab for Me Specifically, and he reminded me of how I like to write Jason too sometimes alskdndks just. Being fed up 24/7 with awful people doing awful things, sassy rejoinders that he simply cannot stop himself from saying. That "too late, sweetheart" early early in the first book was SUCH a Jason moment to me, I could see that bath scene happening SO easily with jaytim skcnfjdkjd

If (IF!!!!) I were gonna write jaytim captive prince style (and not just my gladiator fic lmao), I'd have to change a lot of things around because the setting and politics of it all are so beautifully and importantly about Damen and Laurent lol, and they are not actually 1-1 Jason and Tim.

BUT... Obviously. Tim would be in Laurent's role and Jason would be in Damen's. And obviously Tim's older brother, Dick, would be absent for sad plot reasons. And obviously Jason was betrayed by his mother, Sheila, who sold him to one direction the enemy country of which Tim is the prince. Unclear still what the exact feeling about Jason would be, and if he has anything to do with Dick not being around (or if Dick is even dead at all...!) but what makes captive prince so tasty is that Laurent HATED Damen, and Damen had to hide who he was so he just had to TAKE IT. Which of course means that for whatever reason, Tim hates Jason on sight. And for whatever reason, Jason has to take whatever abuse is thrown his way.

!!!

Oh. Oooooh could be... Okay throw a bunch of stuff out. Could be that Tim is in the court of Ra's al Ghul OwO. Maybe Tim is a foreign prince who's lived there in asylum for some time, and Jason was made a present to Tim because Jason's country was responsible for driving Tim into asylum in the first place OwO.

Still up in the air whether Jason's identity is out in the open or if he's been made a scapegoat just like Damen was. Then you could have a bunch of bouncing off Ra's and Talia and Damian and the friends Tim made in Red Robin among the assassins... And there's the omnipresent danger of Tim being beholden to Ra's court OwO. He's not so much protected as he is a hostage OwO. Just like Damen, Jason was meant to be a taunt for Tim, something to force him into acting out and giving Ra's further leverage.

Basically, this captive prince au would be a surprise Brucequest au, this time with 100% more Jason in skimpy slave boy outfits, having belligerent sexual tension with a skittish, political double-speaking Tim (so. Tim.) (The king is missing. Tim's brother Dick is preparing to be crowned. He doesn't believe Tim's letters that Bruce is alive and that he's going to find him.)

And I'm stopping there. You CANT DO THIS TO ME, werewolf fic is already crying itself to sleep every night while I dally with gladiator fic, okay, I refuse to write this au--

[the WIP tower creaks ominously as it ascends another story]

[caelumwingstar]

List: JazzProwl Recommendations

COMPLETED

Start Again - greencateyes_99 (28ch | Prowl entered a different verse where Cybertron & Earth collided long ago. Meister/Prowl/Ricochet/Stepper)

The Inheritance - Hours_Gone_By (2ch - Officer Prowl inherited a haunted estate from a stranger)

He who wears the crown - Breakdowns_spare_tire (9ch | prince Prowl traded for an alliance)

Cool City - HomesickStreetlamp (30ch | Prowl transferred to Cool City)

ONGOING

Mistakes on Mistakes Until— - jabberish (73ch | Decepticon!Jazz/Autobot!Prowl)

Eminence - SporeFrog (10ch | Star-crossed lovers Prince Prowl/Commoner Jazz against strict Praxian traditions)

And they were Neighbors - Nauschka (27ch)

Two Peas in a Pod - Good_Luck_Charm (9ch | keferon’s merformers apocalyptic ponyo)

The Siren's Mate - RavageDaCat (3 works)

Ex Aurae - Anon_E_Miss (12ch | Amalgi Slave Jazz with twins/Praxian Lord of Law Prowl)

Cloak and Mask - Anon_E_Miss (19ch | Prince Prowl's creator wrongfully married him off as a concubine to the newly crowned Ruler of Polyhex, Warning! Last Updated 2021)

Iacon Dynamics - dreamchassers (8ch | Cold-constructed Prowl meets his new superior)

Waking Up in Someone Else's Life - Searece (2ch | Soulmates AU)

To Fight Aliens, We Domesticated Other Aliens - Anonymous (4ch | Mecha Jazz/Injured Prowl stranded on alien planet)

Mecha Pilot Jazz - Enigmatist (7 works)

Bone And Metal - General_gt (5ch | Prowl found Jazz repairing his 'mecha' apparently...)

Gears and joints - Anonymous (7ch | Prowl finds out Jazz’s an organic)

Fluff Bingo - NN1895 (Nemo_Nunca) (62ch | A collection of fics. 18chs of rockstar Jazz finds out he’s a baby daddy)

SERIES

Crime in Crystals - Aard_Rinn (12 works | Assassin!Jazz/NeglectedEnforcer!Prowl)

Crystal Ghosts - Rizobact (2 works | HE Ghost!Jazz/LawStudent!Prowl)

Rise Up In Arms - alecopon (5 works | Decepticon!Prowl/Autobot!Jazz)

Building Bridges - GrindingGears (3 works | After a mission, Jazz seeks stress relief from a certain Enforcer)

Rewrite the Stars - Maril (3 works | Prowl of Praxus, you are sentenced to death for the bewitchment of a member of the Polyhexian Royal family)

ONESHOTS

Heartsong - BumblebeesAndDandelions (Prowl helps MechaPilot!Jazz craft his EM field)

Information Bias - FweeFaw (Prowl thought Jazz was an Empurata victim)

Handle With Care - FweeFaw (oneshot)

I've Never Seen RED Before - ImTired776 (Prowl finds out Jazz’s organic & in denial)

For the love of Primus turn off the alarm - HushLamb

Sunlight, Sunlight, Sunlight - Justaguylostinspace (undercover Jazz attempts to get Decepticon Prowl outside)

plants, plans, poetry & prowl - piedmoth (Jazz likes Prowl, tries to pursue him)

Hachiko - SporeFrog (Warning! SE. Jazz MIA)

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Kintsugi: Divorce AU - @anon-e-miss (14ch | Misunderstandings caused the divorce & later Jazz found out he was in the wrong, Warning! Updated 2021)

OTHERS

Bit-Sit - Creature_Thing (4ch | Jazz's twin, Ricochet, babysits BabyBee while JazzProwl is on vacay)

Perfect For Us - OpalUnicorn (oneshot | roleplaying Handler!Jazz/OP/Prowl)

Bad End Office - Anonymous (1ch - ongoing | Mainly MegOp, OP/Jazz, OP/Everyone)

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Tori's Masterlist of Works From AO3 (A-Z)

Started 1-29-25

Updated 4-22-25

*All FICS ARE 21+*

Assassin's Creed

Ezio Auditore de Firenze Aged Like Fine Wine (smut, completed)

Jacob Frye Fatal Attraction (ON HOLD, dark fic, older!Jacob Frye, takes place in the Jack The Ripper DLC)

Alexios or Deimos At The Mercy of Fate (completed, dark smut, extreme dubious consent)

Crimson Peak

Alan McMichael

Escape from Crimson Peak (completed, youngest sharp sibling!reader, reader is caught in the middle of the plot between Lucille and Edith, reader and Edith are besties, tragic angst)

Cyberpunk 2077

Johnny Silverhand

Ivory Towers and Guitar Picks (completed, older works, use of Y/N, Reader is an adopted daughter of Saburo Arasaka and then she meets the infamous Johnny Silverhand, tragic romance, contains smut)

Sweet Child of Mine (completed, fluff, happy ending for Johnny, use of Y/N, super self indulgent)

Gotta Teach Em' Young (completed, sort of sequel to Sweet Child of Mine but can be read as stand alone, no use of Y/N, pregnant!reader, soft Johnny)

A Tale of Twins in Night City (completed, super short fix-it fic, reader is V's twin)

Male!V

The Merc, The Princess and The Rocker (in progress, Male!V meets Jackie's sister and instantly falls in love and wants to give her everything in the world. Things go wrong when he wakes up with a terrorist in his head, contains smut, fix-it fic)

Final Fantasy

Noctis Lucis Caelum

Defying the Odds (completed, fix-it fic, contains smut, astral!reader)

Barnabas Tharmr

Always Been Mine (in progress, Rosfield!reader + Leviathan!reader, Barnabas is ordained to be your man and takes you away after Phoenix Gate)

Gladiator II

General Marcus Acacius

Ruined (completed, not movie accurate, princess!reader, arranged marriage, angsty)

inFamous

Delsin Rowe

Smoke and Lightning (completed, Reggie doesn't die, reader is Cole's sister who also has lightning powers)

Interview With The Vampire

Lestat de Lioncourt

His Favorite Human (completed, based off the 1994 movie, haven't seen the show yet, angsty romance, open ending, selfish Lestat)

Legend of Zelda

Link (BOTW/TOTK)

Running Out of Time (completed, princess!reader, follows the time leading up to BOTW, reader is Zelda's older sister, angst over heavy prophecy for duty and country)

Marvel

Benjamin Poindexter

Two North Stars (completed one shot, a brief look into Reader and Dex's life, plus Matt Murdock befriends reader as is there for the birth of Dex's baby while he's in prison)

Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven

My Little Sunshine (completed one shot, pregnant!reader, Sergei being a girl dad, fluff to the max)

My Bloody Valentine (1981 & 2009)

Harry Warden

I'll Take You Away (completed, Harry Warden comes for you during his parade of blood because you kept him sane while he was down in the dark, smut and pregnancy mention, Valentine's Day Special 2024)

Cupcakes and Blood (in progress, your crush on Harry is evident, smut to come, Valentine's Day Special 2025)

Star Wars

Cal Kestis

Where The Moon Blossoms Grow (completed, SMUT, reunited after Order 66, follows the path of Jedi Survivor)

Din Djarin

Arguing in the Rain (very first work to AO3, completed, fluff and angst)

Qimir (The Stranger)

Fill in the Blanks (completed, memory loss then its regained, light smut)

The Outsiders (1983)

Steve Randle

Love Like Sunlight (completed one shot, fluff and angst, reader is a Curtis cousin from Texas, Soc!Reader)

Top Gun

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Half As Long, Twice As Bright (completed, childhood sweethearts, includes Icemav being parents + Ethan Hunt being Pete Mitchell's twin)

Ties That Bind (completed, Halloween special 2024, includes Icemav being protective parents)

Forget About Your Ex (completed, Mitchell!Reader comes back home for springbreak after catching her bf in bed with her roommate, Bradley comforts you, SMUT)

Jake "Hangman" Seresin

Angel Wings (completed, first fic for the Top Gun fandom, Bradshaw!Reader)

One With The Sea (completed, Mermaid AU, mermaid!reader)

When Shadows Meet Again (IN PROGRESS, prominent Icemav, Regency AU, Jake is Tom's Son)

In A Galaxy Far Far Away (completed, combo of Star Wars + Top Gun, prominent Icemav)

It's You, It's Me, It's Us (IN PROGRESS, latina!coded reader, childhood sweethearts, Mav walked out but comes back)

Twisters

Scott Miller

For The First Time (completed, Harding!Reader, childhood sweethearts, break up but gets back together)

Unknown Roads (completed, Harding!Reader, twister takes you back to 1996, Scott attempts to save his dad)

Tyler Owens

Won't Let You Go (completed, platonic Kate/Reader, Harding!Reader)

Whipping Winds (completed, first fic in the fandom after watching the movie)

Make Me A Daddy (completed, smut one-shot, fucking in Tyler's truck during a twister)

Love You To Mars and Back (completed, christmas special one-shot, very Hallmark coded, Harding!Reader)

Into The Storm (completed, Harding!Reader and Tyler get sucked up by a twister that takes them back to 1996, angst and fluff, inspired by Back To The Future, going 88 miles per hour into a twister)

Be There When I Wake (in progress, 50th fic on Ao3, reader is Javi's sister and was in a coma, wakes up to Tyler's handsome face)

Ultraman: Rising (2024)

Ken/Kenji Sato

A Brave New World (completed, most popular fic on my account, established relationship with Ken, basically follows the movie, fluffy goodness, reader is Emi's stepmom)

Vampyr (Video Game)

Dr. Jonathan Reid

Small Joy (completed, pregnant!reader, Jonathan falls in love with you despite being a newborn vampire and that you're pregnant with your late husband's child)

Stress Relief (completed, helping Jonathan study leads to shameless sex, smut)

Vox Machina (coming soon)