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[dancy-nrew]

Imagine another candidate Fero au drawing I don’t have time for

[fourteenfifteen]

may i request some friends at the table fic recs? i haven’t ventured really into the tag

HELLO ANON yeth you can.

i am not an expert and have not read everything but i have some faves! which i will sort by season for your convenience : ] also i have not finished sangfielle so i can't help you there lo siento. if you want more fics i would say a good place to start is @arwainian's fic marathon project. he has been reading everything in the tag and recommending things as he goes there's probably as many recs as u could want right there

ALSO stating at the top that i also write fic! not going to rec any of mine but i'm kind of a hottie i won't lie to u so that's there

OK recs under the cut

these are not in any particular order within seasons!

pzn/pld [at the top bc i have a palisade fic agenda]:

bad endings by elanoides

the stellar combustor arc but a time loop. amazing writing and an instant fave as soon as i read it. i mean come on dude it's a time loop fic come onnnnnnnn

i will reveal you by rozecrest

a recent addition to the tag that i really liked very fun brnine/gucci fic. where's that post about wanting every fic to also be a literary analysis essay that's me rn

use you as a focal point by joeysnowy

theeee crysanth/SI fic which ok it's a niche market but this is just a great one

party 2nite @ bc, rsvp capt. kb by fangirl_squee

VERY fun fic where the blue channel hosts a halloween party. i was giggling bro i won't lie to you

tm:

the cat who got the whipped cream by bluecloak

how often do you get to say that the most kudosed fic in a tag totally earns that in terms of quality? lovely and funny and absolutely gorgeously written

my place to land by lady_mab

yes it's the longest fic in the tag yes it's worth the time. total au that still manages to hit that tm vibe

as many times as it takes to get it right by theorangewitch

i just read this for the first time within the last couple weeks and oof it's a great one. very funny and creative and sweet reincarnation fic

excerpts/yours/beloved/signet.asmblg by kalcifer

signet and belgard twine fic!! great shit this one goes out to all the divine likers

c/w:

rising water by yellow

in lieu of a summary i'm just going to say that i'm actively not a cassmako person but i have read this fic a dozen times

light up the way by harpydora

damn i love these crazy kids. very good fix it fic for the ppl who cried at the end of counter/weight (everyone i assume)

hieron/marielda:

moving shadows / moving light by waveridden

uhh ok so do you know the reality show naked and afraid. ephrim and throndir on that. my secsam gift from last year which was a PRIVILEGE

champions of the world by fangirl_squee

an elaborate hieron hockey au longfic. very cozy and well-thought out

presque vu by fangirl_squee

ok this one is odd and hard to describe but very cool. genuinely have read very few fics like it. read if you like: hieron's tone, weird aus, and magical realism

and i follow just to find you by angstandcaffeine

oh my godddd i love this fic. the cw's supernatural WISHES

the killing of the king god's car by the traitor prince maelgwyn by thunder_rolled_a_six

a total classic that probably everyone would recommend to you. marielda high school au but ok i don't usually like that kind of thing so trust me on this one

fits and starts by luckydicekirby

augh. oh my god. does anybody else like crying. totally amazing samfam fic that really digs into god weirdness in a way that i love and also yeah it broke my heart

making something new by harpydora

love the samol characterization in this one also i just think it's fun

other?:

who put love in my head? by kaynara

does anybody else remember half past and flashback and absolute territory? no just me? ok well in any case this fic is so fun and the character voices are so great

ok that feels like a good list! i could absolutely generate a dozen more but i'll leave it there lol generally i will say the fic generated by this fandom is pretty high quality and you'll have a decent experience just looking around in the tag like there's some good stuff in there. worth taking a chance on things (esp recent stuff!)

[goosedawn]

i've never listened to Friends At The Table (though it's on my list now, dnd campaigns podcast wooo!) what would the storyline of the crossover entail? with the HermitCraft characters i'm guessing it's chaotic and interesting 😊

:0!!!! :DDD!!!!!!! if u end up giving it a shot i hope u enjoy it! they dont actually play dnd, they play a bunch of other tabletop games which are all really neat also! (also if u need a suggestion for where to start if/when u get to it, feel free to drop me an ask)

the story follows the typical structure of "group is sent off to do tasks for money, and eventually realise something bigger is going on" so i am largely following the plot in that way, where groups of adventurers are sent out to investigate a series of towers that appear to have some connection to the gods of the world. ajhsjjejhfhjef most of my thoughts about the au are more character based,, so instead of a proper plot summary i can give details and thoughts on where some of the hermits fit into everything so far (while. trying to avoid the big twists revealed in the podcast ig,,?) i also ended up including some sleepybees (sbi + beeduo) in the au but im still not 100% sure on where they fit in (as in i have too many ideas djhdkndnj)

ANYWAY uhhhh some spoilers for the universe im basing this off of, under the cut cos it got long :'D

context/setting:

the specific arc/universe that this au is set in is the one from Seasons in Hieron (SiH) which is their fantasy season! (its. its long,, this arc spans i think. 3 seasons? plus a short interlude season)

the setting was previously a traditional fantasy world that had some sort of great catastrophe (the Erasure) happen, and the current world is after people have rebuilt a new society! its described as "post-fantasy, post-post-apocalyptic" its very fun and subversive and afhdjfbj the worldbuilding is just. real good :>

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characters:

im still figuring out where different hermits fit into the au but i am basically taking aspects of various characters from the podcast and splitting roles and traits to hermits, so its all mixed up! also,, there are just. so many hermits,, i have not found places for all of them (not even most of them i dont think) but here is what i have so far:

impulse and zedaph work in the New Archives (a series of huge warehouse-like archives run by the orcs of this world!) impulse is an orc, zed is not! impulse works to retrieve artifacts for the archive, and zed,, hes just kinda there. learning and experimenting with pattern magic (a type of magic done by arranging and rearranging things in specific configurations, often they are obscure and weird things like "27 brown birds in a tree, 5 table legs, 500 buttons, 16 steps to the east" etc.) when the story finds them they are studying a fallen tower in the center of the Mark of the Erasure (a location still showing the effect of the great cataclysm that befell the world)

tango vaguely takes the role of Ephraim, prince of something or rather,,, idk man hes cool and has fire powers, very anime. his powers were a gift from the gods, and he goes on to hv close relations w them! he meets up with impulse and zed later on and become fast friends obviously

joe is an expert in pattern magic, and is on the run from the archives after having stolen a pretty nondescript notebook. its a nice notebook! hes just a human guy. he writes and recites poetry in order to do pattern magic using the notebook!

cleo hails from the city of *Nacre*, where people get multiple chances at life. people from there can get killed but will exist on as zombies, then if they are killed again, they exist as ghosts, and then they pass away fully. she is an undead pirate captain that joe somehow manages to sway over to their side ahjbhfbjf,, she is hunting down the lost prince/king of Nacre.

wels is a pala-din (pal-ah-deen, rather than paladin), a sort of living marble statue that serves one of the gods in the pantheon.

scar is ofc, a wizard! it. it should be noted that wizards dont really exist in this world, people who perform and study magic are mages, not wizards,, "wizard" is kind of a weird term to use sjbdbjhfjjhb scar takes place of The Great Fantasmo in the podcast, and similarly has an invisible assistant! he doesnt seem to remember much of his past...

cubfan works in Velas, a fishing town where the story "begins" he does not enjoy talking to scar, and seems to be sad whenever hes around. perhaps scar reminds him of someone, or perhaps of better times...

tfc hes a priest aagsuijdjhkdgjdkihwhjvd i swear theres a reason for this later,, the role of the npc alyosha is somewhat split between tfc and cub!

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others i have thoughts on but im not settled on yet:

im debating having xisuma as part of the pantheon, but if not, he would be a druid so he can shapeshift into animals sjbakjnsnfjb he would take the general role of Fero in the story, but would also be kind of split with evil x, who captures... a certain stubbornness and deepset frustration Fero has in later times.

etho could take the place of Samol, the first god to exist. he is the embodiment of this world, and is kind of isolated and strange wbhshjhbdbhjdjbdkjn,, strange /pos. hes also. kind of dissapearing though... i wonder why :)

while theoratically i could have xisuma as samol cos. yknow. admin. i think the vibes and role just fit etho better

and... if i had etho as samol i think it could be fun to have doc and bdubs as other members of the pantheon, if u go with their dynamic from the start of s7 they even fit the divorced couple vibe two of the gods have /lh /hj (nho pantheon pog..? maybe. theres a total of 5 deities in the pantheon tho...)

im leaning toward either false + stress or maybe gem + pearl pairs for two of the goddesses in the pantheon, but thatd probably depend on if i can find a better place for them ;P

techno and phil take the role of red jack, and techno is a Huge Oni Dude >:] in canon red jack has a cool horse!!! it fits!! hes also. heavily implied to be kinda immortal?? anyway. im torn on this because techno and phil ALSO fit the roles of some of the player characters, with relation to the missing prince/king of Nacre but im still working things out,,

no matter whats up with them, ranboo takes the role of bluejay, redjacks son, meeting up with tubbo and tommy who take the place of benjamin, the son of one of the player characters. tubbo and tommy kind of. get sent to another dimension to keep them safe,,? and live in a lie for many years before they are brought back.

when i first thought about this au, i also thought about the whole. sending child off into fake dimension to live life, and of course. i thought about. grumbot ofc and originally planned to have mumbo or grian take the place of that player character abhdfvnbrvbn but it also implies one or both of them would be paladins (not pala-din! just the normal religious knight) AND have connections to tubbo and tommy which is. funny but ehhhh idk.

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and that. maybe probably somewhat incoherent train of thought is what i have for the au so far! its. still very much a work in progress so thank you if you stuck through all that!! ive still got a lot to think abt in the au,,,, lots to figure out ;P hopefully i can iron it out a bit more in the future, but its fun to think about for the time being

[fatal-blow]

Okay I did one prompt on my own too it was “Did you just hiss at me?” so I’ll post this and then it’s off to bed for this guy

Gabriel was surprised to find, upon getting back to his quarters, that the doorway was covered in Dismas’s scent.  She normally didn’t stop by unless she knew he would be home, and she had to have known that he was in the office that day.  Plus, it smelled like she was still there.  Sounded like it too; he could hear her breathing inside.

 He opened the door and peeked his head in first, but didn’t see her right away.  He shrugged and walked into the kitchen.

 She was perched on one of the chairs at the kitchen table.  He was about to utter a greeting when she turned and hissed at him, bristling like an angry cat.  She relaxed just as quickly, but her ears were turned backwards.  She looked like someone had just told her she wasn’t invited to their birthday party.

 “Did you seriously just fucking hiss at me?” Gabriel said.

 She glowered at him.  “I didn’t know it was you.”

 “It’s my house.”

 She bared her teeth at him, snapping them together audibly in warning.  She was pulling out the vafii shit on him.  Fine then.  He shrugged and opened the fridge, grabbing the first beer he saw.

 He held up a can.  “Want one?”

 “No, it’s slosh.”

 “Yeah but it gets you sloshed.”  He put both cans on the table anyways and sat with her.

 She glared at it like it was an offense to her very being.  “I said I don’t want it.”

 “No, it’s for me.”

 “Oh.”  One of her ears twitched (very cute--wait don’t think that) and she relaxed back into the chair, looking a bit less angry, a bit more composed.  “Okay. I’m sorry.”

 “For?”

 “Hissing.”

 “Yeah, shit, who put you in a shit fucking mood, huh?”

 Her lip curled again, but this time it was with the twitch of a barely restrained smile.  She cleared her throat to chase it away, tossing her hair out of her face.  “It’s nothing.”

 “Cool, cool.”  He cracked open beer one and chugged it.

 “Aren’t you going to press?”

 He wiped his mouth on his sleeve.  “If you wanna fucking tell me, then you’ll tell me.  Why do you want me to pry it out of you?”  She looked at him evenly.  “Okay.  Fine. Why are you the queen bitch today?” She snorted, scrambling to cover her mouth.  “Not that funny, but okay.”

 “I like how exasperated you sound,” she said.  “You’re making it very hard to be angry.”

 For a second he was fascinated by the way her eyes were lidded, carefully done eyelashes thick around their reflective surfaces.  “Huh. Usually I get the opposite.”

 “Oh, I know.  I was with Samol today.”

 “Well, shit, Dismas, no wonder you’re in a shit fucking mood.  That thing could have anyone frothing at the fucking mouth.  They’re like a shittier version of—  Nah, not going there when you won’t even get the reference.”

 “Samol is fine.”

 “So they didn’t make you mad?”

 “I’m sure you were hoping.”

 “Sorry, but I hate your best friend and I’m not getting over it.”

 “Sibling,” she corrected.

 “Whatever.”

 She sighed, but it was with enough amusement that he didn’t feel bad for his usual button pushing. Well, yet anyways.  He was sure he was going to overstep at some point.  He always fucking seemed to.

 “No, they were telling me about Lord Svelt,” she continued, her expression darkening.  “I know that she isn’t fond of Lord Dominus, but the things she says about him sometimes are completely unfair.”

 “I can’t believe I agree with something that geriatric, decrepit spider fuck said.”

 There it was.  She shot him a sharp look of warning.  He immediately raised his hands in surrender, but she could at least expect this of him by now.  She knew that he wasn’t ever going to go around waxing loving poetry for their liege.

 “You can at least admit that Lord Dominus is far more lenient than Svelt,” she said in that hard tone of hers, the one she normally reserved for the legionnaires she was lecturing.  “If you had been bound by Svelt, you certainly wouldn’t be fraternizing with Lord Josan’s pack.  She’d gut you, then send you to Aishess to stitch you up.”

 “Then gut me again and repeat cycle, yeah, I get it, but can we stop pretending like I should like that royal cumstain and thank him for whatever twisted logic of ‘helpful’ he thinks he’s fucking being?”

 He saw the lines of her jaw tighten, but she relented.  “I know there are bad things about our liege, Gabriel, you’ve opened my eyes to that much, but he’s not entirely awful, either.”

 Oh how he wanted to argue about that.  Instead, he cracked open beer number two and chugged it.

 “Why don’t we do something?” Dismas suggested.  “I didn’t really come here to complain, anyways.”

 “Except you wanted me to get you to tell me why you’re mad.”

 “Well…”

 “Girl’s gotta bitch.”

 She laughed at him, this time a full laugh.  “I said plenty to Samol.  Cheer me up, instead; you’ve always been good at that.”

 “Yeah?  Is that what I am?  Your personal clown?”

 “A truly dignified career.”

 “Probably better than being Dominus’s professional bitch.  What do you wanna do?”

 “Well we could walk through the park, if you have the spoons.”

 “You say that like I’d ever want to exercise for a day in my entire life.”

 With the way her eyes were, it was impossible to really tell if she was rolling her eyes, but he knew she was.  “We could see if the Grand Darwell needs babysitters?”

 “They’re with short, dark, and snarly right now.”

 “Ah, Lord Josan is easy enough to navigate.  Just ask nicely.”

 “Sure, but it means we get Nadia.  Is that what you want Dismas?  Really think about this.”

 She chuckled and stood up, beckoning him along.  “Come on, let’s go.”

 Her fingers ran along the backs of his shoulders, giving him goosebumps.  “Uh, huh, yeah,” wow, truly articulate, “’kay, fine, but, uh, your funeral.  Or whatever.”