#his empire of dirt pearlandpine

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@peariandpine

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Sobbing and throwing up and rolling around on the floor

[peariandpine]

So in the FNaF canon the games are actual games right, so the existence of the games implies that on some degree someone like MatPat would exist right?

My question is if MatPat or someone like him existed in the heod universe, would Michael have watched him/what would he think.

Idk why I asked this but I love your writing and keep up the good work 👍

omg what a brilliant question...

I think Michael absolutely would have watched him and seethed in anger. I think in Michael's spare time he went onto reddit true crime threads and trolled/doxxed people who were simping for his dad on main. The guy probably could've used another hobby!

[smallsinger5901]

why do i keep reading the most life changing fics at 4am what the fuck

[museofdeity]

hot take! i never understood why people are so set on making william afton out to be bigoted

“he’s a child murderer!” …okay, and? seems like a yaoi reader to me

[muppet-rabies]

Thought it was about a good a time as any to post my HEOD playlist.

Can’t believe this is my first actual tumblr post.

Go read His Empire of Dirt. Genuinely one of the best things I’ve read anywhere. I cannot express in words how much I adore this fanfiction. It’s worth reading all 299,000 words.

There is an official playlist made by the creator, https://peariandpine.tumblr.com/ please go listen to it, as this playlist is very heavily inspired by it.

[astralisstar]

i remember when time travel fix-it fics were really popular in the fnaf fnaf fandom. most of them were of mike. there was one where both henry and mike time-traveled. there were also some where william time-traveled. maybe there was other characters but i don't really remember this was last year

[peariandpine]

some of my fav art of all time right here

All of the things that are broken will still be fixed,

Same old heart with the same old tricks

[screamingpotatoes]

Tomarry energy

The fic is called His Empire of Dirt by pearlandpine on AO3. It is a Micheal Afton time-travel fic and it is fucking amazing. Cannot remember how many times I ugly-cried at the screen and I'm only halfway through. Check it out!

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Summary: during the ffps fire, michael afton accidentally travels back in time to 1950s england and meets his father as a child. he tries to fix everything his father did

Author: @peariandpine

[its-just-hyper]

I’m rereading His Empire of Dirt by PearlandPine (and once I’m done I will do the same with the current chapters of Laughing at Tragedy by Inkspottie) and I made a playlist!!!

I will say, it’s basically music roulette for what your gonna get, it has very conflicting genres and I think it’s listenable even if you haven’t/won’t read HEoD (even though you should)

(Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1YSdVP20TvAJMXzIXQbMIj?si=bSZI-eRQQXKuAe0x9i6ckQ

I know there is an official one but I wanted one that included some other songs that remind me of the fic (mainly Darkest Desire, yes the fnaf song. Listen to the chorus and think of chapter 34 “Michael Afton Cant Do This Anymore”.)

It’s got all the songs that are actually in the fic (as far as I know, I’m not done rereading), ABBA (Mike loves them), Ella Fitzgerald (William loves her), Pink Floyd (Jeremy loved them).

It’s got songs based on Fritz and William (and the Monster), but I’m proudest of the ones for Henry, Clara, and Bella.

It’s got some fifties but it’s also got some The Living Tombstone so it’s a very mixed bag.

I like to think you can invision a story about the HEoD cast for every song in the playlist. It’s not all sad, some of it is fun, some is angry, some of it is manic, some of it is nostalgic.

Yeah uh, I very love this playlist, and I gushed about this fic to my girlfriend for so long my throat hurts still. Oh yeah,,, READ HIS EMPIRE OF DIRT BY PEARLANDPINE IT IS FUCKING GODLY AND I THINK OF IT EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY AND IT GAVE ME A HORRIBLE PANIC ATTACK IN SCHOOL SO ALSO TAKE BREAKS WHEN READING

[th3ratk1ng]

yeah that was me, sorry

Learning things about fnaf. What

[ennard-is-near]

...got any recs for your answer to 17(underutilized fanfic tropes- ur answer was unhinged Michael & time travel) i have found myself with the desperate need to read these fics

Sure! First, here’s a list of the ones I’m about the explain with just a short summary if you’d prefer to go in to them without any spoilers. I didn’t go too in-depth for any of my explanations, but if you’d rather just stick to the one sentence summaries, here they are:

“Michael is Missing” by Starwrighter- Michael wakes up after the FNaF 6 fire and immediately runs away from home (Unfinished)

“Brother of Mine” by GardenOfManEatingPlants- Elizabeth notices that Michael is being weird, and their father is dead (Finished-Published as 3 short one shots instead of one long thing)

“His Empire of Dirt” by pearlandpine- Michael is sent to William’s childhood so he can try and stop the problem at its source. (Finished)

“The Zion Curtain” by Ekat - Michael and Henry BOTH go back to the past and are determined to stop William in their own special way. (Finished)

“Call Them Brothers” by OmnipotentToast- Michael is stuck in a Groundhog Day style timeloop the day of The Bite of ‘83 and trying really hard not to let anything go wrong. (Unfinished)

“Michael is Missing” by Starwrighter:

This is the one where he just leaves without packing or anything. Bro just walks out of Hurricane at like seven years old. It’s split between him walking around and trying to function as a stray child just out and about, and people looking for him. Also there’s a sprinkle of a trait I don’t see enough in depictions of Michael where, and I mean this in the kindest was possible, he’s not very smart. But I also sort of like the way where he’s an unreliable narrator sometimes. Ngl sometimes I can’t tell how much of it is just the author not doing a very good job keeping things straight, but sometimes moments have to be intentional and they’re really funky (/pos).

This one isn’t for you if you don’t want to read about a pretty young kid (even if it is just Michael lol) running away, sleeping outside and hurting himself accidentally kind of a lot. There’s also some stuff from the other Afton’s POV so if you aren’t in the mood to read people sad bc a kid went missing, that’s in here too. Also this author claims to be re-writing this, but I don’t know if they’re ever going to come back, so that’s something to be aware of.

“Brother of Mine” by GardenOfManEatingPlants

This is the other one I mentioned in my answer to the ask. It’s got two things, Obvious Michael time-travel but it’s not from his perspective (It’s from a split perspective, basically everyone has a chapter except for him) and also Michael immediately shoots William the second he realizes he’s in the past. The title is actually from the first part of the series, but each part is just one chapter. I think it’s a pretty neat idea and well executed. Poor Henry lol.

CWs are pretty light for this one. There’s guns and murder, and a framed-suicide but all of it is implied.

(I’m going to be so real with you, I lost my mind trying to find this one. I found one with a very similar summary and just assumed that it was this one, and wrote a whole thing thinking it was actually this one and that would have been the end of it if my list didn’t have to be a prime number and when searching for one more I found this original one. The other one was called “A strange passage of change” in case you want to see what it’s about, I didn’t finish it so I’m not formally recommending it, just letting you know.)

“His Empire of Dirt” by pearlandpine

You’ve probably heard this one recommended at some point but it ruined my life so I’m recommending it too. In this one, Michael is sent back in time to talk to child William Afton, but then he also hangs out with and befriends college-age William, both in an attempt to make things better before he even has the chance to to become the guy capable of murder (a difficult task). NGL this one goes off the rails a little bit and there’s some universe hopping and really funky time-travel stuff where he does it multiple times, but if you can look past that (and the imo kind of silly way he actually does the time traveling) then it’s a really cool take on William, Henry, Mrs. Afton and Mrs. Emily (Named Clara and Isabella in the fic) and Michael. That’s all I have to say, I know I did a bad job hyping it but genuinely it’s a really good time.

There’s a pretty extensive list of CWs for the fic, but the main ones are all centered around every character having horrible mental health. Trauma and guilt and just good ol’ mental illness (which is technically unspecified for a while but I don’t feel bad telling you that it’s diagnosed as BPD). Also, this one is really long and if you’re not looking for a 69-part (seriously) epic then you probably won’t enjoy this absolute novel of a fic.

(Also, this author in particular has some other AUs that I really enjoyed but there is a fully established multiverse going on in here. “His Empire of Dirt” is mostly [except for one chapter] self-contained but there’s other works that get wayyyyy more in to it. I honestly won’t say too much more because it’s easier for you to just go on a journey of your own through this author’s AUs that weave together with this one. If a FNaF multiverse sounds intriguing to you, definitely go check them out!)

“The Zion Curtain” by Ekat

No idea why it’s called that. But this one is silly and fun. I like that Michael and Henry are together on this one, it’s fun when they team up. Michael is having so much fun just pissing off William and Henry is actually the one taking the situation more seriously most of the time. But they’re both fun and they’ve got a silly dynamic. Not a whole lot else for me to say about this one without crazy spoilers, it’s a fun time. Short/Medium length (~15,000 words) and complete, so that’s always nice

There’s a fair bit of drinking and a fair bit of William Afton being not a great dad. Also murder.

“Call Them Brothers” by OmnipotentToast

This one is a little different but I’m stretched a little thin on “Unconventional Time Travel Fix-It’s” so I’ll count a time-loop as one. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Michael wakes up the day after The Bite of ‘83 and has to do the whole day over again until nobody gets hurt or dies or anything but it’s sort of impossible. This one is unfinished, but I think there’s still hope of this one being finished, it’s been updated since I first read it so that’s a good sign. This is also the shortest one, at only a planned five chapters with four being done.

CWs mostly just revolve around The Bite of ‘83 for this one. Blood, death, mutilation and hospitalization. There’s some other stuff on a chapter by chapter basis but the author does a good job putting specific warnings for each chapter.

[peariandpine]

so I got into bookbinding a while ago, and when I read his empire of dirt I knew I had to do something for it, so

OH MY GOODNESS!! this is so gorgeous, I'm honored! Reminds me to make a final copy of HEoD and print my own version!

[smallsinger5901]

special shoutout to His Empire Of Dirt for getting me through 12 hours of driving and an overnight ferry ride

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5.25.2022 his empire of dirt fanart!!!!!!! all hail emma pearlandpine