#the chronicler's company as toa au

[byz-was-here]

They grow up so fast... The Chronicler’s Company Moc’s all in an ensemble!

Masks from the Gavlapack. This literally took me all darn day. 

[byz-was-here]

I physically can't magnet this to my fridge fast enough. I'm screaming internally.

And externally, too.

[ID: 3 digital drawings of human Bionicle characters: Tamaru, Kopeke, and Macku. In the first, Tamaru, wearing a long teal overcoat, smiles and runs to the left holding a big trans flag behind her, smiling. At the bottom left it says "Ch. 2: Calm Before the Storm "I'm a bravesister of Le-Koro!"" In the second, Kopeke, silhouetted against a starry sky and snowy ground, sits in the middle of a lightning strike, looking and reaching upwards. At the bottom it says "Chapter 5: Bitter Work (Part 1) "The last thing Kopaka saw before the world seemed to go white was Kopeke sitting in the center of the blast, the Toa of Lightning crackling with the power of the sudden storm."" In the third, Kopeke sits with his knees pulled up to his chest, with Macku kneeling beside him on the left and Tamaru sitting beside him with her hand on his shoulder on the right. They're all on a stone wall. At the bottom left, it says "Ch. 23: "Picking Up the Pieces" "Kopeke frowned, curling his knees up against his torso before shaking his head dismissively. He'd be fine." End ID.]

I've wanted to do some fanart for @byz-was-here's fanfic A Company of Toa for ages and finally got to do it! These are a few of my favourite parts of the story so far, mostly featuring my boy Kopeke because of how much I love a him. <3 I have some more ideas as well but they're going to take longer (they're going to wind up being comics lmao) so here are these ones! Please read ACOT if you like canon-compliant what-if AU fics! (It's not actually a human!bonkle fic I just. don't want to draw robots lol)

[saint-sebastian-coded]

since its femslash february in like a week here's my sapphic fics to get people in the mood

fandoms: riordanverse, avatar the last airbender/legend of korra, derry girls, nevermoor, rosewood chronicles, her royal highness and doctor who

Riordanverse

Won't Cross Any Lines

ruegard + university au + pining

a conversation between us

jadie songfic series (ongoing)

and all the things i have seen (will be gone, with my eyes, with my body, with me)

mallory introspection

long time ago; galaxy far far away

gallory + star wars

holding hands while the walls come tumbling down

ruegard + apocalypse

relax

tattoo artist silena + ruegard

dànadas

ruegard + soulmates + roommates

ursa major

jemmie + stargazing through the years

son and heir (of nothing in particular)

ruegard + butch clarisse

between comfort and chaos

pipeyna + godly parent swap

μνασεσθαι τινα φαιμι και ετερον αμμεων

post toa. actress piper + make up artist shel

οτα παννοχος ασφι καταγρα

rachel and annabeth have been paired togehter on a project. neither of them are thrilled about it

Δέδυκε μεν α σελάννα

piper and annabeth medieval au

αλλα παν τολματων, επει και πευχτα

gallory superhero au

παντι τουτ α γαρ πολυ περσκεθοισα καλλοσ

reychel + bodyswap

without changing a part of me (how do i get to heaven?)

mallory in a church before she dies

And They Were Roommates

billie hates drew, her new roommate. or does she?

My Flowers Blood Around You

when drew meets reyna, she starts coughing up petals

It's Always Colder On Your Own

piper and annabeth get snowed in together

Cottagecore

drew and billie move in together

Library Card

rachel gets a library card. and a crush on the librarian (rachabeth)

i'd be the voice that urged orpheus (when her body was found)

artemis relives zoe's death three times

leaves from the vine (falling so slow)

ruegard and the battle of manhattan

Twisted Ankle

jadie historical au. sadie has to visit a healer

i'll carry you home (no you're not alone)

gallory + patching each other up

oh wow, sports

samirah joins a soccer (football) club

Here Come The Brides

jemmie get married

Is This Seat Taken?

reychel + university au

Valkyrie

gunilla and mallory on the daily battlefield

Staring

this new hunter keeps looking at emmie

you're coming back (and it's the end of the world)

shelper angst

dinosaurs, dinosaurs fell in love (but they didn't say goodbye)

idk why its called that either. mallory after gunilla's death

there were chains, so i loved you

ruegard through the years

La rivière est profonde (S'y noyer avec toi pourrait être adéqua)

shelper angst

i'll make you a constellation (you're a star in my eyes)

shelper + stargazing

from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

gallory in the nineties

Nevermoor

i sing sometimes to know i’m alive

morrigan centric morridence angst

danish and a latte

morridence university au

chilly

morridence + a tricksy lane

(till our fingers decompose) keep my hand in yours

cadence gets a job at a coffee shop. morrigan keeps her company

cut it off

anah and thaddea. a haircut and some hurt/comfort

strung out and spellbound

five times morrigan's head wasn't right around cadence and one time cadence's wasn't right around morrigan

Oblivious Crushes

everyone knows morrigan has a crush. except morrigan herself

First Dance

morrigan and cadence at marina and roshni's wedding

Avatarverse

kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face

(azutara) katara starts sparring with a new girl at her club

Five Times Korra And Asami Were Nearly Caught And One Time Tenzin Decided He Didn't See Anything

korrasami + shenanigans + star wars au

Rosewood Chronicles

do you see us getting scraped up off the pavement?

ellie and lottie become roommates. again (post canon, divergent from princess at heart)

Derry Girls

ribs get tough

michelle and clare hanging out after gcses

we're dancing in the dark

clare + michelle + a party

Doctor Who

a long way back to where we came from

the doctor meets an old friend after she breaks out of prison (thirteenrose)

Her Royal Highness

apples, oranges, peaches, plums

millie does a few buzzfeed quizzes

your deep seeing eyes (ancient stars)

rocksalt + soulmates

i wanna hold your hand

rocksalt fluff

standing on your mama’s porch (you told me that you'd wait forever)

more rocksalt fluff

it's about ascension i guess (don't put me to rest)

rocksalt + i love you

yeah, i'm gonna kiss you

rocksalt fluff

it is the east, and Juliet is the sun

millie and flora after their final exam

[randomwriteronline]

Hello! This is my main blog! (I'm legend-as-old-as-time.)

So, I've got a favorite. But the other two AUs also fascinate me. I'd love to know what the story is for your G3 of Bionicle? What's the atmosphere like?

BLASTS MY THOUGHTS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BRAIN TO EXPLAIN THEM FASTER AND POSSIBLY BETTER THAN THROUGH WORDS

as mentioned i have a post in drafts thats meant to be like. a vague skeleton of thoughts and ideas and shit that ive talked about to and with @cantankerouscanuck, mainly introducing the various character groups n the environment slightly, but it does NOT touch on the story much (more the backstory and again only vaguely) so GREAT QUESTION LET ME TELL YOU

thinking of like uhhhh diving this in like. cartoon seasons but old school ones yknow, so LONG ones bc oh boy ADVENTURES

Season 1 starts with that Classic Bionicle Beginning of the toa mata crashlanding on the archipelago of Okoto each on a different island not knowing what the Fuck to do and being welcomed in the villages. like in g2 theyre first tasked with finding some golden relics but instead of being accompanied by the protectors/village elders they go with the local Weird Kids (the chronicler's company) who were the first people they actually met; getting the things lets them reach the island of the mask makers and meet Ekimu (and takua!!!! his apprentice!!!!!!!) and theyre like "so what do we do with these btw" and ekimu looks at the pieces and goes. FUCK

TURNS OUT THOSE RELICS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GOLDEN MASKS BUT SOME MF JUST BROKE THEM INTO PIECES and wouldnt you fucking believe it it was the Children Of Makuta, the spirit of death and animals and darkness, who live each on one of the islands except spiriah the baby of the family who roams around bothering literally everybody and ofc dont want the toa to reawaken the Great Spirit whom their parent put to sleep, AND SO BEGINS THE FETCH QUEST OF THE OTHER FIVE PIECES OF EACH MASK WHILE FIGHTING OFF THESE FREAKS OF NATURE WHO ARE TRYING TO EAT THEM AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEMSELVES & EKIMU & TAKUA N HIS POSSE & THE VILLAGERS AND SLOWLY BECOMING A PROPER TEAM N FAMILY which is why they need to be many episodes. i will fucking recreate almost verbatim the tale of the mask kopaka-pohatu story because its already perfect and you will Fucking See It if i have to Kill For It

closes off with a cliffhanger after getting all the masks: during an ambush by Mutran Gali gets dragged off into the sea between the islands to get crushed by the water pressure but whats this??, the pressure suddenly lifts enough to let her breathe as she loses consciousness while strange silhouettes drive off the child of Makuta and catch her in his stead, sinking deeper...

S2 starts off by quickly catching up to the rest of the toa who are SHITTING THEIR FUCKING SELVES ABOUT THEIR WATER-BREATHING SISTER APPARENTLY DROWNING BEFORE THEM

tahu and pohatu decide to look for her in a ball of tempered glass while kopaka, onua and lewa hurry back to ekimu to tell him what happened. back to gali, she awakens to a bunch of... toa???? who know her and her brothers???? personally, apparently????? three of them are like super mad at them for leaving them during their time of need??????? what the FUCK are you people talking about. who are u. how are you breathing under water. why is tHERE A WHOLE FUCKING CITY UNDER THE WATER-

ENTER: THE TOA MAHRI. as it slowly turns out inbetween rounds of beating the shit out of sapient polyamorous seafood that keeps trying to nibble the villagers and the air bubble domes for their crops, they were TRAINED by the mata a few hundreds years ago and were fighting off the cataclysm that broke the continent of okoto into islands and sunk the city of Iniri into the sea together with them before they just Fucking Left, Apparently - which ofc they didnt do for no reason but they essentially got shoved back into the stars against their will. this rightfully rattles the shit out of the mata because What Do You Mean We Have Been Here Before. What Do You Mean You Had Records Of Us Being Here Even Earlier Than That. How Many Times Have We Done This. How Many Times Have We Discovered Kinship And Affection And Had That Stripped Away From Us. I Think I'm Going To Throw Up

while theyre handling THAT they also fill in the mahri on whats been going on and the mahri go oh shit, the great spirit is in a coma and the children of makuta are against you??? bro those guys are super powerful theyve got Crabs, you cant fight em alone. but also if we try to leave the sea the water pressure Will Fucking Destroy Us, so they figure out a way to get out of there and back up and jaller is super anxious bc his mom might be there but like... based on what they said... she might be evil... he doesnt wanna fight her... shes the only family he still has...

S3 AND WE GO BACK TO SEE WHAT KOPAKA ONUA AND LEWA ARE DOING, and theyre off searching the more ruined parts of the city of the mask makers on takua's suggestion - these are the parts of the city that werent very lucky during the cataclysm and are now sacred ground prowled by Krika, daughter of Makuta

at last they find a strange underground chamber with six breathing statues, which, of course, freaky; they manage to thaw one and out tumbles a toa (?) who immediately recognizes onua and starts talking to him excitedly (??) saying that its so good to see him in person for the first time (???) and asking him about the continent (????) and being genuinely distraught that they dont know who he is. same reactions from the other five toa that also get thawed out. ok something is Clearly Amiss pls explain

its time for LOMN...... 2!!!!!! where we learn from vakama abt how Lhikan, who previously filled in ekimu's position, finds out theres Some Shit going down with the great spirit and makuta and tries to call the mata, who however get stuck due to the aformentioned Some Shit. as such she picks out six lads in the city of the mask makers and bestows masks upon them to make them become toa, but on their way to handle the current problem they get werebeast'd and Krika goes oh? free kids? free kids for me? and Lhikan goes NO but its too late. they already have joint custody of the metru. and might be blossoming a lesbian romance but unfortunately due to lhikan being lhikan i have to kill her to protect vakama, leaving krika with him AND his little brother jaller who will inherit lhikan's mask. the metru figure out the way to get the mata in this case is to attempt to contact them themselves, which they manage to do by entering a trance that however slowly turns them into statues: in this trance they are able to speak and train the mata, who also promise to free them once the whole situation is handled

CONSIDERING THE CATACLYSM HAPPENED AND THEY GOT SHOT BACK IN THE SKY AND GOT AMNESIA YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PROMISE KIND OF WENT TO SHIT

anyways thats A Lot as you can imagine and the time to process it is Not Much bc the other three mata and the mahri are here and (after a round of MASSIVE HUGS for the metru and mahri reuniting and also the metru and Krika) theyve got a plan to beat the shit out of makuta

problem: the children of makuta have realized this is happening and decided to break out The Crabs to beat the shit out of THEM

mahri, metru and krika (and the chronicler's company much to everybody else's heart attacks) hold them off while the mata manage to fight against makuta after being briefly overwhelmed, uniting their powers to uh. Kill Him. which! IS NOT ACTUALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW. BALANCE AND ALL THAT. makuta is saved in the end by The Great Fucking Spirit who wakes up just in time to stop the mata before they murder his brother

the mata awaken before the Great Spirit and after a moment of "where are we? who are you? why didn't you let us kill makuta?" and getting their answers, they realize OH FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO PUT US IN THE STARS AGAIN? AND GIVE US AMNESIA? FUCK YOU YOURE NOT TAKING OUR FRIENDS AND SIBLINGS FROM US

Great Spirit, lovingly: ok :)

and tahu wakes up to ekimu working at the forge and none of his siblings around and he Shits His Pants, but ekimu quickly reassures him that everythings good and its been like, maybe a day or two since they managed to reawaken the Great Spirit. his siblings woke up before him and are probably down at the beach, and Makuta got driven off, all of his children following suit to take care of him, krika included. the mahri and the metru are catching up on the mata's tales from the chronicler's company. things are fine. they wont be like this forever, ekimu tells tahu, but they dont have to live in fear every second of their lives. rest a while. go see your siblings.

and it ends with the mata having a very sweet nap pile on the beach because they FUCKING deserve it after TWO whole generations ending with them not getting to just fucking sleep after EVERYTHING THEY GO THROUGH EVERY TIME

as you can see i have. Enormous Holes in this and theres things i havent explained and stuff (like how i unfortunately had to sacrifice hewkii x macku due to a Very Big age difference but they are still a power pair, just in this case its like older cousin acting as a mentor to the worlds most bloodthirsty weird little girl) but yes. have this. for now. please keep asking questions i love you

[siren-darkocean]

Mata Kids AU

The Elemental Creatures

I've stated a LOT of times that the Elemental Creatures were my favorite of G2 Bionicle if not the only good thing of it

So like with my other AU's with the Toa I wanted to put them into my Mata Kids AU! (While also tweaking them to fit a bit with G1 Bionicle)

All together Gathered Information

The Elemental Creatures were created by the Great Beings in hopes to understand the elements more through living beings

Unfortunately for them though, they proved to be quite difficult to control compared to the Elemental Lords

Which proved later to be quite a surprise when Mata Nui was able to control them so easily(they did wonder if it was his Great Spirit role or the Ignika but weren't sure) alongside more confusion how connected to the Toa Mata/Nuva and Takanuva the Elemental Creatures were

So they let Mata Nui and the Mata/Nuva keep them in hopes they could understand the elements better through the Elemental Lords

After the Brotherhood setting Mata Nui into his coma, the Toa and Takua setting off in their pods, the Elemental Creatures were turned to stone statues which upon the islands creation were placed on Kini Nui and would later be revived by the Nuva and Takua after the Nuva would regain their Toa powers against the Borhak Kai

During the Brotherhoods attack, the Elemental Creatures did most of the fight to hold them off as Mata Nui got the Toa to the pods, though were defeated leaving Mata Nui to fight to fight the Brotherhood

What weaknesses they have the Elemental Creatures make up for in Loyalty, their loyalty is their highest strength and many consider it the highest honor even more than becoming a Toa

Their Loyalty only consisted in the beginning was with Mata Nui himself, the Toa Mata/Nuva and Takua/Takanuva, though close enough friends would be considered in the loyalty (Ie. The Turaga Metru, The Toa Mahri (when they're still Matoran(after Toa they still have that loyalty they just first gain it as Matoran)), the Chronicler's Company and even the Glatorian and Berix)

The Elemental Creatures are able to speak but through Telepathy, their loyalty goes into this as they can open and close who can hear through the telepathy so if they aren't loyal to you you'd just hear normal Rahi speak

Their intelligence was similar to Matoran, but the Terak had the highest intelligence of the seven

The Elemental Creatures are able to fuse with the Toa but it does drain both the Elemental Creatures and the Toa's energy than normal due to two beings holding together as one being drained

This wouldn't be a problem if they were around their raw element but outside of that with Takanuva's element not allowing that energy gain from his raw element it's basically a last resort type move they'd make

After the events of Journey's End the Elemental Creatures made Click an honorary member, thus due to the Ignika blessings on him

Akida, Creature of Water

The Akida was quite playful of the Elemental Creatures, though it was theorized this was because it was based on a dolphin of looks and they were known to be quite playful

Despite being a living entity of the element water, the Akida wasn't that strong by its elemental powers by themselves

This proved to be a great balance with Gali as she was the opposite

The Akida spent most of its time pre Gali's creation around or in the water

After Gali's creation it would not leave her side, thus helping the two bond

The Akida is one of three Elemental Creatures super close to their Toa, the other being the Uxar and the Ketar

Terak, Creature of Earth

The Terak was quite loud at times but that was due to occasionally using Echo Location to move around

The Terak had horrible eyesight, almost complete blindness, and due to that most of the time in the past it would use Echo Location to maneuver around

Though due to the other Elemental Creatures not liking the noise it learned another way through its elemental powers by seeing the ground through its paws (like the Blind Badger Moles and Toph Bifong from ATLA)

It proved to be even better especially in combat than the Echo Location and it preferred to use it instead of the echo location, but it does use Echo Location in places where it can't see through the earth

The Terak despite its blindness was also the most knowledgeable, often listening more to stories and even able to read like it was a Matoran and rumored to have more knowledge secrets than the Onu-Metru archives

Ikir, Creature of Fire

The Ikir was proven to be quite free spirited, though it was hard to tell if this was because it was based around the Phoenix or something else

It's loyalty was considered very respected due to this

Though with that it's loyalty to Tahu was the most confusing due to the Fire Toa's temper, but past that people believe it could see his true nature past that temper and saw something worth its loyalty

Similar to Tahu, the Ikir was very protective and more willing to fight than talk

The Ikir before the Brotherhood and after it's revival would always be close to Tahu though when not it would be perched on places with the best view of either the entirety of Ta-Koro or the vast view ot Ta-Wahi

It was more prone to go on adventures and would always join whatever adventure Tahu would go on, even if the Fire Toa didn't want it to

Melum, Creature of Ice

The Melum was the most solitary of the Elemental Creatures though it was questionable if it was due to the ice element or it just hated people

It's loyalty was considered a high honor like with the Ikir due to this solidarity nature

Pre Brotherhood attack it was the most loyal to Kopaka, even more so than it's loyalty to Mata Nui

Pre Revival it was still quite loyal to Kopaka but also similar loyalty to Kopeke and Matoro

It would often stay by Kopaka's side when the ice Toa would make his tracks through Mht. Ihu

The Melum would also lay in Kopaka's lap resting a lot as the ice Toa would read

The Melum liked to sleep quite a lot thus giving it more energy in fights

The Melum was actually super confused when the Toa Mahri returned without Matoro and was sad for months over when it realized his sacrifice

The Melum stuck by both Kopaka's side and also Turaga Nuju's sides to help with their grief over his sacrifice knowing how the Turaga of Ice was grieving over someone he saw as family if not a son

Agil, Creature of Light

The Agil was the most excited creation the Great Beings were of in their lack of desprite knowledge regarding the element of Light

So when it wasn't loyal to them it was quite a letdown

The Agil's personality was quite all over the place but it was mainly playful and curious

When the Revival happened, the other Elemental Creatures refused the revival until Takua (who was sent with the Nuva to chronicle their adventure) touched its stature and stuck to his side like Pewku would

Thus gave the Turaga Metru more thoughts on the relations of the Toa and Takua as well especially when they heard that Takua was the one who used the Toa stones to bring the Toa to the island and it worked with him

During the Matoran era of Takua, the Agil was more of a bodyguard to Takua realizing his amnesia so it would defend him from any wild Rahi that tried to attack

Alongside that during Takua's travels it would also find food the most realizing Takua had a bad habit of forgetting to refill his energy

The Agil got along quite well with Pewku and made sure the Ussle Crab made it to Metru Nui and even to Spherus Magna same with Jaller's crab

The Agil had a high loyalty with Jaller seeing the captain of the guard kept Takua alive during its absence and from being lonely

It also held loyalty to Halhi and the Chronicler's Company due to their friendship with Takua, showing proof of the main of their loyalty had trusted them then so did the Elemental Creature

The Matoran actually thought the Agil was more close to Mata Nui due to the light element tied with the Great Spirit, it was proven otherwise when Takua reawoken as Takanuva the Herald/Toa of Light

Ketar, Creature of Stone

The Ketar was proven to be one of three clingy Elemental Creatures but was also quite curious

It didn't have a good bond with Pohatu at first, this was due to Pohatu not liking scorpions that much but he soon grew close to it

It's curiosity made it the most clumsy

But it's clumsiness was made up for in its speed which almost rivaled the Kanoi Kakama

The Ketar liked to watch the Po-Matoran and even the Toa play Kohli

Alongside its speed, the Ketar has a high sense of smell

So if it was revived during the time of the infected comets, it would've immediately smelt the infection from them and reacted negatively and warned Pohatu and Turaga Onewa

The Ketar actually dislikes Turaga Onewa due to sensing his nature of his personality as a Toa, aka being an asshole

So Turaga Onewa is quite salty about this at first but realizes it might be better off that way, he can't change the creature's opinion so he might as well not linger on it

Uxar, Creature of Jungle

The Uxar was the most clingy of the Elemental Creatures even more clingy than the Ketar to their Toa

She was always at Lewa's side and would nurture her similar of a mother Rahi would do with their young

Due to this maternal nature the Uxar is the only one with a confirmed gender

It was originally supposed to be two elements into one creature, air as well, but unfortunately the air was weak in the creation but it gave the Uxar it's wings and great speed of its wings

The Uxar is never not at Lewa's side and if tried to be pried off of the Toa she will attack even a Matoran like a mother Rahi

It would also curl its body around Lewa's head while he sleeps to protect him

The Uxar had the ability to peer into people's minds, so you could imagine its panic when it saw the memory of Lewa being controlled by the Borhak

Lewa finally confided into it alongside the Shadow Toa incident which led the said Toa to be in hysteria sobs as the Uxar soothed him

The Uxar is also well into music as Lewa was and would watch Lewa play with his Le-Matoran of music, summoning small gusts of wind with its wings to play chimes and flutes

After the events of Journey's End the Uxar noticed Lewa was missing the tall trees of Le-Wahi so it grew a large patch of towering tree near New Altera so Lewa and her could swing and race through the trees, the place is literally dubbed "Lewa's Sanctuary" so no one would ruin the trees and face an angry motherly Uxar

Holy crap that was a LOT

And I did this while I was in town and finished it when I got home

Holy fuck-

[byz-was-here]

Nokama, suprised: "Oh, you look just like I did when I was a toa."

Tamaru: "What?"

Nokama, realizing she said too much: "What?"

I love the idea of Toa Tamaru meeting Turaga Nokama after her transformation and Nokama having a little moment where it’s like she’s looking at a younger version of herself.

kinda like how a parent can REALLY see themselves in their kid

Also Tamaru’s kanohi Rau translates the roundabout way other Matoran like Tamaru would speak about their ‘associated programming at building’

[lodessa]

Fic Writer Tag Game

tagged by @janiedean, @thank-god-and-you, and @fanoftheknight!

AO3 name: lodessa 

Fandoms:  Okay, I’m splitting this up because I have written in too many!

Major:

Star Trek: Voyager (72)

Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire (48)

Real Person Fiction (24)

Veronica Mars (24)

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (21)

Mid-level:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer /Angel the Series (15)

Star Trek: Discovery (10)

The Office (US) (8)

Doctor Who (6)

Revolution (TV) (6)

Firefly/Serenity (6)

Grey's Anatomy (5)

I Dabbled:

Longmire (TV) (4)

The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher (4)

Arthurian Mythology (3)

Arrow (TV 2012) (3)

His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (2)

Ancient Greek Religion & Lore (2)

Bones (TV) (2)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2)

Codex Alera - Jim Butcher (2)

One Offs:

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Dollhouse, Almost Human, Star Trek: The Next Generation, iZombie, Watchmen, Big Love, Babylon 5, Rome Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Journeyman.

Number of fics: 276!

Fic I spent the most time on: Salvation and Rapture For the Lonely (Doctor Who, Martha/Nine), which I started in 2008 and finished in 2018!

Fic I spent the least time on: That is a many way tie.  I used to write a lot of short quick things.

Longest fic: (Discounting my co-authored works) Parameters (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay) at 46,345 words.

Shortest fic: One Dance (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay) at 141 words (because I tend to stash drabbles into a work collecting multiple rather than spam the tag)

Most hits: Temptations of the Flesh (A Song of Ice and Fire, Jon Snow/Melisandre, Sansa/Littlefinger) at 15,327 hits (apparently people really like dark fic)

Most kudos: Parameters (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay) at 507 kudos.

Most comment threads: Dragon Marked (Game of Thrones, Daenerys/Jorah) with 92 comment threads for the 8 currently published chapters... which I really need to continue.

Most bookmarks: No Longer the Maid of Tarth (A Song of Ice and Fire, Jaime/Brienne) with 78 bookmarks

Total word count:  872,893 words

Favourite fic I wrote: I am terrible with favorites... truly. 

Fic you want to rewrite/expand on:

Not counting my WIPs (Stumbling [Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay], k’war’ma’khon [Star Trek: Discovery], and Dragon Marked [Game of Thrones, Dany/Jorah]. ) 

I would say The Smallest Twine (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay... though the two planned sequels open up into TNG and DS9 as well), which is an AU Prequel for Voyager, but also sets up the possibility of a very different trajectory for the end of the Cardassian War (as explored by all three 24th century Trek series).  Butterfly effect and all that.  

Share a bit of a WIP or a story idea you’re planning on:

Since I was tagged multiple times, I’ll preview a couple things I am (theoretically) working on.

For @janiedean, my ASOIAF book!verse canon compliant Jaime/Brienne, Davos/JonC, Sansa/Aegon someday maybe epic:

“I thought she’d be safe here…” Brienne called out to herself as much as Jaime as their captors shoved her forward away from him, feeling foolish for having thought the wars would have left her home untouched.  “I thought we all would be.”

I should have known, she felt, even as she knew there was no reason for her to have suspected.  Perhaps, if they had lingered longer in White Harbor, they might have heard word of the raids surrounding Cape Wrath.  But how could they have?  They were none of them inconspicuous, even with Sansa’s hair dyed.

The Kingslayer and two women who half of Westeros believed to be the same. A fine catch for mercenaries to sell to the highest bidder.   How could you have been so stupid? she berated herself.

That said, though the Golden Company named Westeros as their home, these men came from Essos, perhaps these soldiers wouldn’t recognize the maimed lion they had captured, wouldn’t see the wolf disguised as a bird.

Brienne, alone, was not worth ransoming to anyone other than her own father, surely.   Assuming he was alive to ransom her to, that was.  Brienne shuddered to think of the alternative, of some mercenary captain who decided he wanted to legitimize his claim to this island, no matter the cost, no matter how her already ugly face had been disfigured.

For @memoir-of-stars and @fanoftheknight, the drunken Dany/Jorah Game of Thrones AU fic I promised someone (I think it was @salzrand) last summer:

“The Donrish seem to have as many vineyards as the Dothraki have horses,” he heard Daenerys remark to Jorah, leaning halfway over him to look out the carriage window, her hand gripping his shoulder for balance.

“You wouldn’t think it, with the price the resulting wine fetches,” Ser Jorah replied, catching Daenerys with surprisingly steady hands as the carriage hit a rock and jostled them all.  

Daenerys allowed herself to be drawn back down onto the cushions beside Mormont, curling herself up against his side and resting her head against his shoulder.   Tyrion wasn’t sure what to make of the tableau they formed, her so slight and blossoming and him solid and weathered.  Mormont, he knew, was devoted to Daenerys beyond any doubt, and in every sense of the word but he was beginning to suspect he’d misjudged the nature Daenerys’ attachment to her bear, as she could so often be overheard calling Ser Jorah.

“Lemon trees!” the queen called out in obvious delight, interrupting Tyrion’s musing and reminding him once again how young the usually composed Daenerys really was.

And one more for good measure (since that was three tags), the Deanna Troi/Jadzia Dax Star Trek: TNG and DS9 crossover PWP I need to finish someday

“I hope I’m not overstepping.”

Standing in her doorway is Deanna Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House of Betazed, all soft curls and soft curves and a gentle unpresuming air that contradicts and heightens the impact of those things.  Jadzia is intrigued… okay she was already intrigued: now she’s closer to enchanted.

“Step all you want,” Jadzia keeps the tone of flirtatiousness in her voice light, knowing that the empathic counselor will be bound to notice it but letting it be something she can choose to react to or not.

Doubtless, she’s here about Worf.   She’s pretty sure everyone from here to the promenade heard their last row and, of course, Troi was there for the start of it.   

That’s okay with Jadzia.  There aren’t that many people who’ve seen certain sides of Worf, who understand him. (Sometimes Jadzia isn’t even sure she’d put herself in that number.)  It would be a relief to talk to someone who gets it.

“I feel like I owe you an apology, Jadzia.  Is it alright if I call you Jadzia?”

You could call me just about anything and I’d like it,  that wicked little Dax voice suggests, but it just brings a smile to her face.

Tagging: @joyful-voyager, @toas-tea, @ghostcat3000, @pixiedane, and @sophia-helix.

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Chapters: 33/? Fandom: Bionicle - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Hewkii/Macku (Bionicle), Takua & The Chronicler's Company, The Chronicler's Company & Turaga Metru, The Chronicler's Company & Toa Nuva Characters: Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle), Kapura (Bionicle), Macku (Bionicle), Tamaru (Bionicle), Hafu (Bionicle), Taipu (Bionicle), Kopeke (Bionicle), Jaller (Bionicle), Matoro (Bionicle), Turaga (Bionicle), Hewkii (Bionicle), Nuparu (Bionicle), Kongu (Bionicle), Hahli (Bionicle), Toa Nuva (Bionicle), Bohrok-Kal (Bionicle) Additional Tags: Bionicle G1, Mata Nui (Island), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, The Turaga have some explaining to do, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Jaller deserves a vacation, Trans Tamaru (Bionicle), Taipu is a cinnamon roll, Nonverbal Kopeke, Pohatu: he's everyone's friend, Treespeak/Chutespeak, Kongu's accent is nigh incomprehensible., Now slightly more beta read, Vakama has the gift of prophesy and it's everyone's problem Summary: As Takua makes his way to Ga-Koro in his task of chronicling the toa's quest for the masks, he encounters troubled waters in more ways than one...

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Another thing about having the Chronicler's Company become a toa team...

Is the custody battle that breaks out between the Company and the Toa Nuva on who gets to claim Takanuva as their seventh member about 5 minutes after he poké-evolves into an av-toa.

"He was our teammate first!"

"Then why's he Takanuva then?"

Of course it's mostly Tahu, Lewa, Macku, and Hafu doing the arguing, with the other toa kind of awkwardly shuffling around on the sidelines.

Inevitably this drags on right up until (years later) Hewkii slaps Taka on the back and calls him an honorary Mahri.

Then all karzahni breaks loose.

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I honestly think the ACOT Chronicler's company would look at the canon Chronicler's company and think: "Lucky."

The canon Chronicler's company would be both awestruck and very confused.

As a side note

Give the ACOT company 2 hours in the KNPS universe and they'd be ready to grab the Olmak and go home. @magicalgirlmascot

How would the same characters in your AUs react to their canon counterparts and vice versa? How would they react to other characters?

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More Chronicler's Company as Toa thoughts

(Another secondary element edition)

So, if the chronicler's company got upgraded at Kini Nui from the toa stones Takua presumably left there,

When the Toa Mata come out of mangaia after facing makuta, the first thing they're going to see are six very confused & bewildered toa that kind of look like the matoran that were guarding their backs. (And Takua, who's probably loosing his mind and asking a million questions)

Keep in mind, the Turaga politely forgot to mention in the last 1,000 years that Matoran becoming Toa is a thing that can happen. So there's absolutely going to be confusion and mild panic. On both sides. (If the other Turaga weren't all busy trying to pump Whenua for information on the bohrok currently spilling out all across the island, they'd have some serious explaining to do.)

Then, someone (Pohatu or Gali, probably) has the bright idea of teaching these new toa the ropes, never mind that they've only barely gotten a handle on their abilities themselves.

Now if the Chronicler's Company were all primary elements, this might be fine. If they're secondary element toa...

It doesn't go so well.

Su-Toa Kapura does find that while plasma is similar to fire, it's a lot harder to control, requiring patience, fine focus, and a thoughtful approach to not sear someone's retinas with a plasma flare. These are qualities Tahu is... less than profient in, let's say. (Kapura quicky ends up swapping his Ruru for Kopeke's spare Matatu. His Eyes appreciate the change.)

Ce-Toa Macku quickly finds herself in the deep end. Literally. Gali is a patient Teacher, and clever, but Macku would have appreciated Gali catching on that she might not be a toa of water before she took her diving to the bottom of Naho Bay. On the plus side, she discovers her Huna is excellent for slipping away once Gali's in meditation. She turns up in Po-Koro a few days later.

Bo-Toa Tamaru has a whole new appreciation for Le-Wahi once she returns with Lewa, truly deeling like she's in her element. (It's also easier to deal with hights if the trees themselves try and catch you if you slip.) Though, depending on when she arrives at Le-Koro, her quicklesson in toahero bravefighting might come worrysooner than expected.

Fe-Toa Hafu and Pohatu quickly find out that iron and stone are two very different elements. Though, it's Pohatu, everyone’s friend. They'll get along fine. Once Maku shows up, a few things are discovered.

1) Only the Krana in these bohrok are alive

2) Bohrok are made of metal

3) They make excellent materal for sculptures once their connection to the swarm is broken.

Meanwhile, Ba-Toa Taipu is learing so much about how to creatively use a Pakari from Onua. He's always enjoyed working in the tunnels under onu-wahi, and this time he gets to walk on their ceilings! However, Onua , while happy for his new brother toa, is quickly realizing that rapidly changing gravity is extremely nauseating.

Vo-Toa Kopeke and Kopaka get along just fine in terms of personality. The problems come once both of them belatedly realize that Ice is an Excellent conductor of Electricity. ...At least the Tahnok didn't like it either.

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I spent far too much time on this.

Toa Macku and her smol bf, Hewkii.

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the fun part about imagining the Chronicler's Company as a toa team is that 70% of them have noble versions of the Toa Metru's kanohi.

...So if their masks get upgraded into great Kanohi, there might be some whiplash on the Turaga's part.

Matau doing a double take before realizing thats Tamaru, not Nokama. Turns out becoming a toa does more than make you taller.

Vakama having a moment of horror as a Great Matatu peeks into his forge before he realizes its not a re-toa'd Nuju, It’s Kapura asking if he could adjust Kopeke's spare Matatu to fit properly.

Nuju Freezing as he sees a white great Komau and immediately turning around and walking back to his igloo. Nope. Not dealing with that today. Meanwhile poor Kopeke is looking at Matoro, wondering what caused *that*.

Onewa, well.... "Oh, hello Whenua." A beat. "...Wait."

Hafu just turns around and walks right back outside without a word.

The less said about Nokama having a mild panic attack over the last toa she knew who wore a Blue Huna, the better. Onewa now has to deal with Two upset toa in Po-Koro. (Hewkii, however, takes less than a day to make a "Toa Macku's no.1 Fan" flag. It cheers her up immensely.)

Whenua is the only one who doesn't immediately insert his foot into his mask, and he's incredibly pleased about it at the next Turaga meeting.

Now strictly speaking, Takua didn't have to record all of these incidents, but it was absolutely impossible to persuade him not to.

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I went a different route but this still goes hard af.

Chronicler's company Toa team Toa tools:

Tamaru - long handled hammer (to bonk the oldbone and bogfoot)

Kopeke - flat chisel longsword (a rapier more or less)

Hafu - duel pickaxes (double the perfection)

Taipu - iron caber (a big metal log to toss and hit people with)

Kapura - flame sai (he came from behind, like a whisper)

Macku - duel headed oar staff (boating is COOL)

Takua - a mirror buster sword (to reflect his own light and show others their own)

Uhh idk that's all if you think it's cool, awesome

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I just remembered at one point in the Mata Nui Saga, Gali finds a carving of the Toa Metru in an underwater cave. In Story, I think she never really gets the opportunity to ask about it.

Where am I going?

The Chronicler's Company as Toa-Au.

Almost all of the company have noble versions of the Metru's masks. so, if they get upgraded into toa with Great Kanohi versions of their noble masks...

"Oh, it makes so much sense now! The carving in the cave! It fortold the Transformation of the Chronicler's company into new Toa! I had been wondering a lot about what that meant."

"....Y-yes Gali, Exactly.... just as the legends fortold," Nokama replied nervously.

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Toa Macku and her slightly taller bf (Spoiler, It’s also Hewkii)