#mcd fanfic

[failuredraws-exe]

Cadenza Zvahl, Queen of the Swamp.

The adopted daughter of Hayden-husband to the lord of Meteli, Joh- sister to Laurance Zvahl, Cadenza fancies herself a princess.

Though, *technically* speaking, she is, in a way. Her step-father is a lord beloved by all, and her father a well respected diplomat. She is high ranking in society, wears the latest fashions, pioneers for her people, has animal (chicken) companions, is kind, understanding, fun! Everything a proper princess should be! If only she didn’t live in a swamp.

Cadenza fancies herself a princess, whilst her brother fancies her a brat.

The only *society* Cadenza is high ranking in is the little plot of muddy land they call home. She wears the latest fashions but ventures town barefoot. She does pioneer for her people! When she isn’t sleeping the days away in fields of flowers. And don’t get him started on the chickens.

She’s kind but petty, understanding but blunt, fun but irresponsible. She is aloof, she is demanding, she is young. His bratty, kid sister. The Queen of the Swamp. A name he coined, a title she hates.

A *proper* princess would live in a high castle surrounded by gardens of roses and decorated with intricately carved statues of heroes from myth and gods and goddesses! A *proper* princess would be dripping in real gold, and her clothes would be woven from the finest of silk. Her hair would be combed and her skin would be smooth! A *proper* princess would never suffer from the heat and humidity, she would be wasting the hours away, lying on a cushioned seat and being fanned by servants! A proper, acceptable princess would be born in a place like O’khasis, not Meteli.

What her brother knows, and what Cadenza will not admit, is that she is not a proper princess.

Cadenza, in all her blazing glory, is indecent.

The clothes that she wears as if they were sewn yesterday, were fashionable seasons ago. The gold bangles that adorn her wrists and ankles are fake. She bathes in lakes, consorts with chickens of all creatures, and doesn’t even attempt to wrangle her hair. Her skin is bumpy and her legs are riddled with burn marks, scars she wears proudly. On a hot day, when work needs to be done, she’d be the first out in the sun and the last inside. She is bold and loud, opting to rather have her tongue be cut out than to ever hold it. In every way that matters, she is the exact opposite of a proper, acceptable O’khasis-born Princess.

And that’s exactly why Laurance loves her.

Through all the bratty bluntness, through all the demands stands proudly a young girl who cares with all her heart about the little plot of muddy, humid, damp land they call home. The Cadenza Zvahl he loves looks upon the world in all its horror and smiles at the atrocities when everyone else would scowl. There are so many things Laurance hates about Ru’uan, but for every terrible thing he could count, Cadenza Zvahl would count five times as many things that she loves.

The Epitome of Hope, her father would call her.

When Joh passed, when her father was presumed dead, each and every time her brother went missing from the realm; she never let her grief nor anger consume her. Even when it was all she wanted to do, even when she had every right to curse the world, when she had every right to hate, and hate and hate. She always chose to love.

Cadenza Zvahl lives her life with hope. A trait that never falters, and one befitting a title far stronger than Princess.

Indecent and fashionable, blunt and understanding, proud and kind. Meteli-born and raised.

Cadenza Zvahl, the Queen of the Swamp.

[iridiss]

Art for my MCD Rewrite fic, Shared Interests, diving into Zane’s trauma (mainly from becoming a Shadow Knight, though there’s definitely some religious trauma and trauma from his family thrown in there too)

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

hi so i wanted to add on to the lore of this statue and my rewrite

Y’all remember when Aphmau Laurance and Katelyn were exploring the chapel on alliance island and Aph and Laur fell through the floor? And how they come across a room filled with art and mosaics and how it turned out to be a tomb?

Yeah they found it there.

But who’s tomb is it??

Well in canon it’s heavily implied to be Kul’Zak’s but see, in my rewrite, that simply wouldn’t work. Because Kul’Zak, along with the rest of the Divine Warriors (excluding Irene and Shad) were kind of…. Incinerated. Evaporated, if you will. They died, yes, but there would be no body to bury.

So again, who’s tomb?

..

Xavier’s.

When Xavier was killed, Irene felt so much sorrow and guilt that she gathered all she could to give him the most beautiful tomb possible. She even had the statue made so they could truly be together one last time.

And the artifact they find in his coffin? It’s a fragment of Shad’s soul. It’s the very thing that killed Xavier. When his body turned to dust, the fragment became visible. It was difficult to remove, as it had attached itself to his body and thus, his soul.

When Aphmau pried it free, Laurance felt a sort of tugging at his chest. And when it was out, he felt a sharp stinging or burning sensation but after a moment he felt like he could breath clearer. He told none of this to anyone of course.

After she had it free, she tried to give it to Laurance to hold but it burned his hands. They later figured out that it burned all the Shadow Knight’s hands. For some, unknown reason, Shadow Knights specifically could not hold it.

..

Also it was Laurance and Aphmau who found the statue, which is ironic seeing as it’s quite literally them. Trust that they were confused.

But it served as more proof that Aphmau and Irene were connected…

[fruitcakebro]

I like thinking about Laurance's shadow form lately. The power of it, and its drawbacks.

The ability to grow in size, and have the strength of ten men. But the transformation requires his body to forcibly re-shape itself, and his body was never built for it. Every second, both of the transformation and to maintain the new form, would be absolute agony.

He can protect those he loves, perform great feats of strength, and beat impossible odds... All while every moment makes his grip on sanity slip just a little more. And when he's done he crumbles to the floor, sobbing in pain. The transformation leaves no visible injuries to treat, but the ache lasts days. Everything about it is nightmarish for him, the proof he's becoming a monster.

And yet those around him see it as a nessescary burden. Aphmau thinks of it as a hidden weapon to pull out when things go south, and the others have never seen it, or how it hurts him. So they believe her.

And as time passes, he's unable to see her as the sweet, innocent woman he once knew. She mourns a man she barely knew to the extent of blocking out all else, and barely even seemed to care when they thought Garroth would die in the Irene demension. She sees his Shadow as a tool, not as the beast that haunts his every moment.

And he begins to resent her. He gave his life for her once, and now she knows she can make him do it again. He wonders if she sees them all this way. Garroth as her greatest bargaining chip, Dante as the loyal dog that will waste away waiting for her return. She's played them all for fools.

But he still wonders if it's the Shadow speaking those words, so he forces them down. And then he runs, out of fear he can no longer bear to look at the woman he now despises. He won't kill her, he swore that much. But he cannot stay by her side as he watches her grow distant and uncaring. She seems a stranger now. A stranger in his best friend's skin.

...

So yeah, I'm working on the framework for my rewrite of Laurance's madness arc lol

[diazheartsbuckley]

Seven Sentence Sunday ✨

Inspiration has struck again, so here’s a little snippet from this house no longer feels like home (aka the mcd fic)

“When was the last time you had something to eat?” Eddie asks, seeing how Buck barely moves as he talks to him. He knows that Buck can hear him, he knows that he’s there psychically but Buck hasn’t moved in about 18 hours since they came back from the funeral.

They’re both still in their dress uniforms, however Eddie has lost his jacket to be able to try and get some sleep, to get comfortable in the small space that Buck had left available on the couch, long limbs spread all over the place.

“Buck, you need to eat. I’ll make you some breakfast” The question turns into a statement instead and Buck still barely moves, only thing he does is to lift his hand up and quickly wipe the warm tears away from his face.

“I’m not hungry” Buck mumbles, which is followed by a low sniffle. “You can go ahead and eat if you want, I just-… I don’t want anything” He takes in a deep breath of air and clears his throat.

And he doesn’t know why he’s trying to hide that he’s crying again, maybe it’s because he’s sick of it, sick of feeling this way, sick of feeling like a part of him is missing and sick of the fact that he’s alive and Bobby isn’t, that he gets to live his life with the people who love him. And Bobby doesn’t.

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[smolmessybear]

I have made a short Garmau story from a Garmau fanart I saw on TikTok that is made by WindzyH.

It's just fluff and I just love expressing my writing with formal English

[that-one-i-think]

Something I have completely forgotten until I started scouring the MCD wiki is the fact that canon Kul'Zak only has one eye with the other being scarred closed. So now I gotta add that because between that and the fact I have given him a peg leg, he is quickly becoming the most pirate man. So anyone got any suggestions on how I should do it?

[stellisketches]

Esma the Uncrowned

Finally got around to actually drawing one of my characters from the family tree! Hope y’all like the design— decided that purple hair was the way to go

[blackcat2907]

"I'm always with you, Dante. If you're scared, call me, and I'll fight the evil monsters."

Having died to Shad, Gene wakes up a years in the past with a mission to keep Dante safe. Unfortunately, Gene finds himself accidentally helping a lot of people out along the way. And why won't this damned cat leave him alone? TLDR: A kinda of re-write where Gene is a good brother

I have hopped onto the MCD fanfic wagon y'all. I can't be stopped!

[novacreati]

MCD fanfics i've made so far :3

haiiii so rn i have 3 whole fics that i have written so far regarding mcd and instead of individual posts i decided to just do one big post lmao

[moonfrosttheelf]

Gold Looks Good on Us

Hey guys

If you like Minecraft Diaries you should totally check this out

My partner @stans-got-too-many-ideas is writing it and it's really cool <3

There's an introduction and the first chapter already posted, so go ahead and show him some love I'm super proud of him

I'm also the beta reader and I'm going to be drawing some character designs so. Read it or die. /j

[thelovelydoggycatmadi]

This one might be controversial but I just had an idea, sense there’s like 50 billion of them, give me your least favorite MCD rewrite/fanfic. You don’t have to list them by name, but at least give me specifically terrible moment from it.

I think it would bring laughter

[iridiss]

Chapter 5: The Admirer of my MCD rewrite is up on Ao3!

Summary:

”You mean the world to me, Sash. You’re the bestest friend I could have ever asked for. Thank you for being there for me on the days where I felt alone, for being the only person who really got me, for giving me a fresh start, for sticking with me throughout all my dumb bullshit and all the stupid jokes…” Laurance took her hand in his, interlocking their fingers and holding it up between their chests. “Us weirdos gotta stick together. Family for life.”

“Family for life.” She nodded, beginning to feel her own throat burn with oncoming tears.

“I’m never gonna leave your side, no matter what.“

——

It’s time for old friends to have their ill-fated reunion. Garroth is here to help out.

(FINALLY!! WE’VE REACHED THE YAOI CHAPTER!!)

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

In case you were wondering how this-

-happened.

I wrote the fic

[fruitcakebro]

I don't like the idea of Laurance being immortal. He never finished the ritual. He didn't kill Aphmau, so it seems wrong to make him so.

I mean, we established later in (the series I shan't name) with the relics that to make one life infinite, another must be sacrificed. And Laurance is many things -a lot of them not so great- but he is not willing to sacrifice his loved ones for immortality. He's proved that much.

And just think about it. Think about what a shadowknight transformation entails. He literally got taller and broader. That means his skeleton literally has to break apart and re-assemble, as well as every muscle and inch of skin in his body having to stretch out to accomodate this. That might be aproximately equivalent to having every nerve in your body pulled at once. Not only would that be horrifically painful, but it would almost certainly cause permenant damage. And then it reverts. Meaning that every time he enters an emotional state which would cause a transformation, he has to go through that again.

Meaning he technically has an ace up his sleeve, but it has terrible consequences for using it. Not to mention that immense pain and physical trauma like that tends to create mental adverse effects as well. And he never has the time to stop and address any of it, because when the transformation happens, it's because there are outside circumstances nessesitating it.

So he's just slowly being physically and mentally destroyed by this transformation, because he's using the powers of a Shadowknight, while not in a Shadowknight's body.

Not only does that kinda help to balance a lot of his sorta OP-ness later, I feel like it makes the rebellion in the nether a lot more interesting. If he can die, and all the immortal Shadowknights he's fighting are just spending the whole time wondering how the actual fuck they're losing to this random guy. The primary working theory is that he's just so annoying that reality tries to avoid him.

But like, that might be a better opening to his piss-poor madness arc. Like, in canon his first transformation was the first major symptom of it, but it might be more interesting to examine it as a possible cause.

This thought process is incomplete, and I absolutely welcome discourse on it. I just needed to write it down while I had it.

[pheonixdrop]

BLOOD AND WATER - CHAPTER TWO IS OUT NOW

a universe where only Aphmau and Zane end up in the Irene dimension, and Garroth punished for betraying his village.

no timeskip + hurt comfort + themes of grief