#sasi au competition polls round 1

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Round 1 Side B

10. You Can't Go Back - @/delimeful (ao3) vs. 39. (Un)Wanted - @/TheAsexualofSpades (ao3)

Propaganda:

You Can't Go Back:

Image ID: Screenshot that reads: My favorite sasi "humans are space orcs" au yet!!! Virgil gets to walk around with four menacingly long spider limbs and a bunch of venom at his disposal, Janus gets to defy the space government in the best way possible, Remus gets to be responsible for all of humanity's credibility, Roman gets turned conspiracist and is proven right, Logan gets to draft the first research papers on alien life to his hearts content, Patton gets himself an alien bodyguard and they all get to be dumb as shit the whole time!!!!! very fun read

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Round 1 Side B

17. Pieces Verse - @/SoDoRoses (FairyChess) (ao3) vs. 21. lavender for luck - @/lovelylogans (ao3)

Propaganda:

lavender for luck:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Virgil is from a family of magic users who all bear a curse where any person they fall in love with will die. Inspired by Practical Magic (1998). Romantic LAMP.

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Round 1 Side B

16. Is there anything left of Patton - @/AdrianaintheSnow (ao3) vs. 7. Eucatastrophe - @/arealsword (ao3)

Propaganda:

Is there anything left of Patton:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: i cried. several times. most of the time. it's a zombie AU feat survivors Logan and Virgil trying to make it through the day while room-sharing with a bitten and thus mindlessly craving brains Patton. very tragic Logicality throughout. like i said, i bawled. this is just some good fucking angst. Even when trying to bite people, Patton remains absolutely adorable.

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Eucatastrophe:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: this fic has EVERYTHING. faeries. myths, legends and fairy tales. canon sides. AU sides. Evil sides. Ambigeous sides. Amazing Prose. Awesome adventure. Actual fucking songs. It's a musical. Do I need to say more? Just read it. Just go in blind.

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Round 1 Side B

20. Endless Sides (Sandman AU) - @/sometimes-love-is-enough (tumblr) vs. 13. Labeled - @/AdrianaintheSnow (ao3)

Propaganda:

Endless Sides (Sandman AU):

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: i like sandman and i like sandmans sides! the art is pretty :DD

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Labeled:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: the labeled universe is massive and still a go-to for good comfort fic

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Round 1 Side B

1. Deja Vu/Hero Worship - @/Greenninjagal (ao3) vs. 40. House of Tarot Cards - @/FlowerMeat (ao3)

Propaganda:

Deja Vu/Hero Worship:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Absolutely amazing Remus-centric superpower au. Remus can see the future, and nobody believes him until he meets a shapeshifter at a casino and they become partners in crime. Dukeceit. Lots of Creativitwins angst. Also lots of temporary character death, but well worth the read if you love the angst.

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Round 1 Side A

30. A Dragon's Treasure - @/TypicallyUntipical (ao3) vs. 5. A Series of Silly Questions - @/SoDoRoses (ao3)

Propaganda:

A Dragon's Treasure:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Prince Roman makes a deal with Dragon Janus and gets adopted by him. A lot of wonderful worldbuilding, Roman coming into his own and lots of found family while also having tension and stakes.

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Round 1 Side A

27. Side by Side in the Mindscape - @/edupunkn00b (ao3) vs. 15. The Stowaway's Heart - @/thesympatheticvillain (ao3)

Propaganda:

Side by Side in the Mindscape:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Excellent character studies, Thomas involvement, Pirates! And a great interpretation of Orange

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Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Fantasy soulmate au with intruloxiety! Virgil stows away on a ship and is rescued by a family of selkies.

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Round 1 Side A

38. if you're going my way, i'll go with you - @/iclaimedtobethebetterbard (ao3) vs. 8. Crown Princes And Butterfly Wings - @/Ended_Flames (ao3)

Propaganda:

if you're going my way, i'll go with you:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Supervillain Virgil adopts kid!hero Roman. Supervillain x superhero analogical. Extremely wholesome, so many adorable moments, Virgil is a good dad!

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Crown Princes And Butterfly Wings:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: It's a really cute adventure fic!

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Round 1 Side A

32. Space and Everything In It - @/Greenninjagal (ao3) vs. 3. Syzygy - @/arealsword (ao3)

Propaganda:

Space and Everything In It:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Aliens/humans are space orcs au. Very soft anxceit.

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Syzygy:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Urban fantasy c!Thomas-centric fic where Thomas gets trapped in a time loop. Amazing worldbuilding. Slowburn thomceit. Lots of temporary character death.

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Round 1 Side A

31. Punks, Poets, Parents - @/edupunkn00b (ao3) vs. 41. Life's A Drag - @/infawrit10 (ao3)

Propaganda:

Life's A Drag:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: I love this fic so much! I haven't had the time to finish reading it, but from what I've read so far it's amazing! Virgil becomes a drag queen, hides it from his friends which causes problems!! Also Virgil has a crush on Roman

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Round 1 Side A

24. KNEE DEEP - @/plumcat (ao3) vs. 18. Beside Me - Dee - Thrall - @/edupunkn00b (ao3)

Propaganda:

KNEE DEEP

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: I read this fic three or four years ago and it haunts me to this day. I still remember the specific moment where I started to realize what was happening, and the absolute shock and wonder that came with it. I still remember specific dialogue lines ("god, Roman, in what universe could you be a jock?")

I can't tell you much about it without spoiling it, but it's 100% worth the read and will touch you on such a deep emotional level I promise.

It's like a dozen AUs all at once, too, so it should get a boost for that /j

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Beside Me - Dee - Thrall

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Vampire Virgil taking in Remus in his hour of need? Logan in his thrall and that being not fun for neither him nor Virgil? Virgil's sire being the Count Dracula? And vampire hunters that are also werewolves? What more could you want? (very sweet romance, complicated relationships, redemption arcs, and Remy and Emile appearances!)

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Round 1 Side B

2. Plea for my New Self -@/VoidDragons (ao3) vs. 35. Pick A Side (i love you and everything is beautiful) - @/arealsword (ao3)

Propaganda:

Plea for my New Self:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Gay Vampires. In collage. And only one has a braincells and he uses it for evil. OP Virgil and it's relatable and hella fun to read. I recommend it to everyone who loves goofy stuff and the supernatural

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Pick A Side (i love you and everything is beautiful):

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: okay so, i'm sure and i hope this author's amazing long fics are gonna be recommended to hell and back (hey, they wrote a fic about thomas going to hell, too!). but. BUT. I need to highlight the one shot collection. And one specific part of it in particular. Pick a Side has some amazing one shots, but there's an underrated three-parter in there that grabs you by the chin, looks deep into your eyes, and anakin-memes you while there's blood pouring from its mouth. you go 'this is just a normal coffee shop au, right?' and the story winks at you with three eyes and goes 'yeah. don't worry about.' 'don't worry about what?' you ask, while thomas spends the entire first chapter freaking out and the entire second chapter gaslighting himself into being a functional pawn of customer service while the universe unravels around him and he refuses to acknowledge it. it's also a queer coffee shop they all work at, and roman's and virgil's dynamic is particularly wholesome in this one. there's a super funny bit where they try to fix a coffee machine in which a nokia got stuck and virgil suggests finding out if it's actually indestructible. there's like, fifteen other items also jamming that machine. don't worry about it.

okay, i'm just rambling, so in short: the prose is absolutely fucking excellent. it's a funny and creative take on a coffee shop au with underlying and not really subtle existential horror thrown in the mix, because the fluffiest coffee shop au in the world won't keep thomas sanders from having a mental health crisis in the middle of his living room. it's an amazing fic and i love it and everyone should read it.

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Round 1 Side A

36. Pingverse - @/SoDoRoses (ao3) vs. 22. guilty tears - @/not-exactly-laborious (tumblr)

Propaganda:

Pingverse:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: super"heroes" and super"villains" au but make the first few parts nice and cute and the rest angsty as FUCK. LAMP entree with a side of dukeceit. The "light sides", part of the peacekeepers organization that stops crime in the of Clearfield City. but appearances arent everything. corruption lurks just underneath the surface in the city's leaders. this corruption is what the "dark sides", Wraith, Dr. Duke, and Glamour, fight against.

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Round 1 Side B

11. Janus Sanders and the Cassandra Fallacy - @/arealsword (ao3) vs. 37. A lesson in practicality - @/ResidentAnchor (ao3)

Propaganda:

Janus Sanders and the Cassandra Fallacy:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: okay. listen. the cassandra fallacy is just straight up beautiful & also fucks really hard. it's a percy jackson au where canonverse thomas and co. go on a pjo-style quest & it sort of plays around with unreliable narrator janus and cassandra truth which is just INCREDIBLY fascinating. it does some really cool thing with that, none of which i can say because of spoilers, but just trust me when i say it is SO cool and i am insane about it.

The writing is witty & feels exactly like the original percy jackson books, but if, yknow, janus narrated them instead. i don't know what else to tell you, it's just funny and delightful and an all-around wonderful read.

even if the cassandra fallacy doesn't win, it is an absolutely fantastic fic!!! please do yourself a favour and read it!

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A lesson in practicality:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: submitting the most popular sasi fic on ao3, the practicality series, i love this au!!! im usually not that much into superpower aus but i really enjoyed this one. im pretty sure there's also multiple podfics and on that has been animated!

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Round 1 Side A

23. One Coffee, Morally Gray - @/Duckduck_Scribblerswan (Caellie_E_and_Vaye_R) (ao3) vs. 42. Black Hole Sun - @/coconutcluster (ao3)

Propaganda:

One Coffee, Morally Gray:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Absolutely hilarious dystopian powers AU

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Black Hole Sun

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Loceit rivals to lovers uni au!! They're very flirty. There's more details about the au on the op's tumblr

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Round 1 Side A

9. murder mystery - @/thecrowslullaby (tumblr) vs. 4. Ghost AU - @/tsghostau (tumblr)

Propaganda:

Ghost AU:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: I wanted to link the whole blog, because it's that good (I probably should have put in the character sheets but don't mind that-). Seriously tho, this was the first AU that I found that loved when I came into the fandom, and I go back to it once in a while.

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