#timeslip au

[royaltea000]

Talk about haunting the narrative huh

[ask-future-turo-and-past-sada]

New chapter's out!

[nekodatta]

New wip.

First time I freehanded something with the hair, I kinda just did whatever.

I also sewed it on directly while still working on the head, came out much neater!

Hadn't crocheted with dark yarn in a while and I had forgotten how terrible it is.

You either develop a sixth sense for where the stitches are or at a certain point you just go "eh whatever, it's not like mistakes will be visible anyway".

[foggieststars]

ohh this was so fun last time- 8, 18 and 19 for the writing asks :))

8. if you had to write a sequel to a fic, you’d write one for…

i already answered this but. i also am writing a prequel to burning up. it'll be out literally who knows when. but it is very much happening!

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

i'm so sorry i dont......when theyre gone they're gone that was a different me. a different time. have a random line from an unpublished wip though bcs i feel bad

“Hi,” Charles whispers softly, reaching out to stroke the cat between the ears. The cat chirps suspiciously at him, but accepts his touch with muted disdain.

So. Okay. There’s a cat. Why is there a cat?

Max doesn’t have cats, Charles thinks wildly, as if that’s the thing to focus on right now. Or, well, maybe he does. Charles tears apart every piece of racing-related information about Max that he can find, but he doesn’t know a whole lot about his personal life. Max could have cats.

“What’s your name?” Charles asks, and the cat looks at him like he’s an idiot. Then it starts licking its paws, and Charles feels like an idiot for trying to make conversation with a cat.

i already answered 19!! ty my love <3

[nekodatta]

@animationadventures ahahah definitely! Both weird in their own way.

relationship goals ❤️💜

[loki-is-my-kink-awakening]

WIP tag game

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your WIP folder and tag as many people as there are documents (or as many people as you want). Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

Cracks knuckles. Okay.

Loki

Answer my prayer

Apology Kink IV

Are You Jealous? chapter 7

Choke Me?

Footplay in the TVA

It started with that hug

Kiss to give up control

Kiss where it hurts

Kiss on a scar or as an apology

Kiss to wake up or out of love

Post S1 Loki crying sex

Made in their image trans Mobius

Pie scene

Post S2

Riding Herd On chapter 3

The Binding of Loki

The end of all things

The Words I Could Not Say chapter 2

Timeslipping crying sex

Tuxes kiss

Witcher

Dominant kitten!Jaskier

Drunk maudlin!Jaskier

Fighter!Jaskier and Radovid

Foot fetish

Kiss for luck

Lips were made for extraordinary things

Paying no heed to what others say to sing

Prison roleplay

Radskier reunion

Sex worker!Jaskier

Spanking

They say, "Keep On Playing Nice."

Vamp!Jaskier amnesiac!Geralt

What He Deserves chapter 2

Wreck the prince

Stranger Things

I Need Your Discipline

Kiss where it hurts

Roommates

Scoops ahoy

Spanking

The Ghost of You

Midnight Mass

Club AU

Kiss out of jealousy or envy

Praying for Salvation chapter 13

Riley trunk

OFMD

Silky heat chapter 2

Tagged by the lovely @insert-witty-user-name-here @dewdropreader and @blackbirdofasgard

I haven't even counted how many wips I have, so tagging an inconcise number of writers and artists @dancingwiththefae @limerental @iwillbringyouruin @themanta @flawney @ptork66 @flightsfancy1 @misterkarchie @underthebluerain @rauchendesgnu @dapandapod @samstree @greyduckgreygoose @flordefandom @lgwilt @waterhorseyblues-ao3 @chaos-monkeyy @natendo-art @wolfpup026 @mobius-m-mobius @severeforever @mirilyawrites @cha-melodius @mimisempai @rins-love-wins @work-your-loki @cheshiredogao3 @artaxlivs @mojowitchcraft @kickassfu @kingeomer @jesskier @whataboutthefish @dreaminginpencil @unclewaynemunson @csinnamon-fox @lorifragolina

[kcscribbler]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by @elodiah

Something a little different this week. Because my WIPs are either in crucial spoilery stages or basically non-existent, you can have the notes I have scribbled down for a potential new Lokius bingo-card WIP, copied verbatim from my dump document, typos and all.

Bingo Square: ~~The (Unofficial) TVA Handbook~~ basically the Loki version of my captain’s log (redacted) series, ie “You. You are the reason we have rules. Do not do this again, please and thank you and also, fuck you” CHap 1 Fact: Pruning sends the pruned matter to the Void. So what happens to something that gets pruned already in the Void (in my Storytlr AU)? Does it just respawn on the spot like a Jumanji character? Or a Pokemon?? can it be guided/interrupted by timeslipping tethered by an aural extractor? or some kind of homing beacon ala the little whatsit thingie in S2E1 ---remember Tempads work in the Void, so it’s not like “TVA tech doesn’t function right in the Void” is a valid plot device (because the show did such a good job with The Science Of Things -_- ANYWAY feels like something some idiot (looking at you, Loki) would do living person tests on prematurely bc rEaSoNs

Tags below the cut!

@lokimobius @loki-is-my-kink-awakening @in-my-loki-feels @insert-witty-user-name-here @thosegayoldmen

@andthekitchensinkao3 @scifikimmi @impulsemuppet @doomed-spectacles

@asoeiki @izumiyagami14 @mythical-magik @thewildballyntynesgrow @devilbearingtrouble Whatcha all workin' on?

[ask-future-turo-and-past-sada]

[@askprofessorturo ]

Pff, imagine having machinery that is still that loud in the 21st century. You better get that hearing aid checked then, gramps. -FT

Let's be honest, Professor. We both know your nickname is "grandpa" -FT

[ @ask-future-turo-and-past-sada ]

Sorry, Doctor. I cannot hear you over the sound of my HP OneShred 18CC Shredder.

[heyitschartic]

hi! I saw u recommended artist formerly known as bonesaw, do u have any other worm fic recs? bonesaw is my fav character but god I am so desperate to read good worm fics in general

I have been sitting on this ask for a very long time thinking about it. I've been in this fandom so fucking long that fics have just started to pile on top of each other in my head, so I think the best thing to do is just to recc every single thing I can think of at this moment and give my reason why. There's a lot of good fics out there buried under all the trash! This is going to be a long one, so I'll cut it off here so you don't have to scroll down past all my bullshit. In no specific order...

I have a post here going over some of my favorite authors and the works they produced, so I won't redo what I said there. I think for every one of them, you should definitely check out everything they've done because it is just fucking amazing writing. Most of their stories live in my head rent free at all times, even the stuff I didn't post in that thread.

Glowspider is one of the people I should have included on that list. Her writing is just wonderful, though I'd recc her Pact stuff just as eagerly as her Worm stuff. Lady Tremaine at the Kitchen Table just hits in all the worst ways. For Worm though, Valleyxandria, a story about Valley-girl Alexandria obviously, and Golf Morning, Gold Morning retold as a golf match, are some fucking killer stories. Some of the funniest written. It's Cold Out There Every Day was easily my favorite fic for last year, a story about Missy stuck in a time loop, and still holds my heart in a death grip. BROCKTON is a Riverdale/Worm fusion and oh my god does Glows just nail everything with this.

K800 is another amazing author and no I'm not biased shut up. She's a great writer who has put out a ton of stuff, both Otherverse and Worm. Luz Mala is a great story about an ex-villain on the run in Argentia. Wonderful story and criminally underliked. Forward is the canon-compliant story about Taylor post-gm trying to get better. It's lovely, rips at your heartstrings, and is one of the only good portrayals of how Taylor would be after Gold Morning. Bitter But Sweet is the fandoms only coffeeshop AU and it is wonderful. The name suits it perfectly and Taylor is very gay. Soliloquy is a story based off one of mine (not biased), Taylor who was in the S9 reconnecting with the clone that was made of her during Gold Morning. Very cute, very sad, all that good shit.

Hopeful Penguin fucking PUMPS out words, I don't know how the man does it, and it's all good too, some type of devil contract. He has so many I would recc, but to not fill up the page, I'll give some short ones. Def check out: Flare, a post-gm Taylor dropped in the New York Behemoth fight. It definitely nails a really good from-the-ground look at it. High Soaring Above a perfect look at the life of Hannah Washington before Brockton Bay. Balestra, a love story in the style of This is How You Lose The Time War between Alexandria and Rebecca.

Harbin wisely left this dustbowl fandom, but they are one of the greats. Their snippet thread is wonderful and full of so many great ideas (I love the one about Bakuda switching out with her normal-earth counterpart), but to focus on their stories. Cutting Ties is Taylor with Jack Slash's power. Really well written, interesting concept, but it does do the Rune redemption thing (something the author wishes they hadn't gone with). I still recc it because it's just really good. Overhaul is about Taylor with Sphere's powers, struggling with her tinkering and her disability. Scour is about Taylor with Shatterbird's powers wandering through the desert after she triggered. Very thoughtful, I love it.

Omega_93 needs to post more because all of their works bring joy to my heart. Timeslip is a story about a Taylor clone waking up during the Teacher raid in ward. The reunion between Taylor and the Undersiders is just <3 and all the hints at what's going on behind the scenes intrigues me horribly. See is a short story about Bonesaw in Twig and I think it nails Riley. Just this fucked up girl trying to figure out how to even slightly act like a normal human. Finally, Larva is about a clone of Taylor joining Breakthrough. Just a really fun idea with great execution.

Redcoat Officer has written so many amazing stories, most focusing on original characters too. Ghost in the Flesh is a runaway hit about Sonnie from Love, Death and Robots joining Faultline's Crew. Finished and fantastic! Nightcrawler is an OC story about a Case 53 in Seattle. Finally, for those begging for more Undersiders he made Good People, a Shadowrun cross where the entire worm world is made into the Shadow run world (the shadow verse?) Very fun crime, great writing, and I love how the worlds are integrated!

Discreet is an author that it just shocks me how many fucking amazing stories they've written, banger after banger. It Starts With One is their most famous fic for a reason. A very political story about Alexandria and Skitter fighting it out over Capitalism. A Word is another beautiful story about Taylor with a version of Jack Slash's power. It's a beautiful story about writing and language and being understood. Lost Cat, Please Help is a great story about a case 53 being found far after Gold Morning ended. Really love the main character. The Girl in the Room is an interactive story and I won't say a word, it speaks for itself. Finally One-Sided Rival, a story about Sophia after Gold Morning and how she deals. All amazing.

God this is getting long, only individual stories from now on.

Rank is the Worm story. If you're going to read anything, read this. it's a story about Carrie Kobayashi, a refugee from Japan after Leviathan, joining the PRT and making her way in San Fransisco. It's a fucking behemoth of a story, going all the way from 2004 to Gold Morning and fuck it uses its words well. It covers so much shit, the main character is fantastic, and it is one of the best works someone could create from Worm. PLEASE read this.

Something else to definitely check out is the Parahumans Zine. It's long, it's wonderful, and it covers so many different stories and ideas. A fuckton of love was put into this thing by so many different people and it shows. The little weld article, about a kid saying how Weld inspired him is something I still think about from time to time. Oh my god I love this piece of work.

Bubbles Always Pop is a bittersweet story about Bakuda, who she was and how she got there. It kills me reading it. Some people say it's better without the epilogue, but for me, it would be hard to handle it without.

Throttle is a story about Taylor who turns into a car. It is a fucking insane ride (appropriate I suppose) about burnout Taylor and her best friend Bitch. It scratches that itch for bad bitch stories, I wish there was more.

We Appreciate Power is an insane story. A peggy sue where Emma gets sent back to before Taylor triggers and does her best to stop Taylor from doing it and become as bad a bitch as possible to prove how much better she is.

This is cheating cause it's a snip thread, but Quantum Prompts has some of my favorite snips in this whole fandom. One More and For That Girl make me cry every time I read them.

Just One More Thing, Mr Anders is the story about Columbo taking out Max Anders. The author has a snip thread that is hit or miss(still might wanna check it out, some good stuff there), but this story is a definite hit. Nails Columbo's whole vibe and watching Anders bring himself down is incredibly enjoyable.

In Golden Armour is a love story between Lisa Wilbourn and an OC. I love this romance so much and Corey is wonderful. Definitely one of the better, if not the best, love stories out there.

Voracity is a Case 53 quest about a fun and frightening girl figuring out her place in the world. Cirrata is a delight and her personality just makes you want to see what she does next.

By the same author, Rein is a story about Taylor able to summon Taylor (based off Fate stuff, I don't know that though). It nails the voices of Taylor from four different times in her life and really plays into a lot of fun stuff that would come up in this scenario.

Mixed Feelings is a fabulous story about Astrid, a gay girl born into the Empire dealing with her feelings, her past from a horrible father, and her look towards a future. It can be a very heavy read. This story is a main stay in the fandom, been updating forever, and it's always a joy to see it.

East of Eden, god what a fucking trip of a story. Eden dies and rebirths herself as Taylor Hebert. Shit just gets wilder from there. It seems like a cracky premise, but it plays it so well, managing to make it through the end of the world and end on an upbeat note. I love this story and I hope you do too <3

From the same author, The Countess is perhaps the story I should have recommended first. A Count of Monte Cristo fusion that...well listen, you hear that premise and it manages to mesh the worlds together into a beautiful tapestry. God it's just so wonderful and the kind of thing I'm begging for more of.

City of Salt is a wild story told from a bunch of different viewpoints about Brockton after Behemoth hits instead of Leviathan. It has beautiful artwork, covers so many interesting threadlines, and has an insane companion fic about three Echidna Taylor clones in the Wards.

Agent of Cauldron is the sort of fic we need a lot more of. It fleshes out the worm world in a ton of ways, builds on what Cauldron is and adds so many new and interesting characters. This story is wild and I'd recommend it just to see what they added.

Tabloid was one of the original greats by one of the best artists in the fandom, long gone for better pastures. It follows a cape paparazzi and they are a joy of a main character and the art work is amazing too. A definite read.

Dragon Unbound is another oldie but a goldie. The Dragon that Defiant created in the Epilogue gets free and goes to live her own life. Really fun and entertaining. The sort of thing that should be recommended more.

Diary of a Professional Knockoff about a dorky girl who writes cape fanfiction and finds herself joining the PRT as an intern. Fun antics with social anxiety and tinkertech.

Alright, there are tons more I could post about but this thread is wayyyyyyy too long as it is. Besides, that should leave you thousands of things to read through in the meantime.

[supyovalk]

"But without them... where do WE belong?"

Welcome Jaki, A.K.A Greenfeather, A.K.A The Fusion of Jack Rose from Just Dance and L1130/TVA!Loki.

It's an idea I had for an AU where through time paradox and soul stone shenanigans, Post-JD24 Jack Rose and TVA!Loki's souls fuse warp world style, and they together trek their glorious burden of saving the multiverse.

at the start Greenfeather is actually more open and less egotist then Loki, but still arrogant and seeking glory, but also retribution on humanity over the friends Jack lost (Since Jack's only knowledge of what happened in swan lake is Sara corrupting his friends, Of course he would be mad at her.) But after being captured by the TVA and his time with (mostly) Mobius and Sylvie, the fusion's selfishness, ego and his anger towards humanity decays, but now that is got another chance at a new life, he is now desperate to help his new friends at all costs, even more so then the Original L1130. Their powers are stronger, even more so then Sylvie's. They are usually themed around Red & Green Roses and Lights. However, when this version of Loki masters timeslipping, his eyes become a Red-Green Anaglyph. The outfit depicted here is their god outfit, which combines Loki's god outfit with Jack's "Lose Yourself" outfit. This version of Loki actually has an easier time of maintaining all the timelines, allowing it to also focus on trying other things and also eventually resolve the time/soul paradox that created the fusion. but it still can't move from it's place, for it's dismay.

[ask-future-turo-and-past-sada]

New chapter's out!

And it's a very, very important one!

It took a week alone just to write a specific scene... I think you will understand which one when you get to it!

[nekodatta]

I find it fascinating that Turo has no concept of actually training Pokémon because all the ones in his time are programmed to obey commands, so Sada has to teach him how training Pokémon works. Her people basically invented it.

It's not really that they are programmed to always obey humans, but more the fact that they can actually **understand** human language naturally. Pokemon in this AU are a bit more animal like (pretty much really really smart animals with various levels of intelligence, like Chalo's Mareep being a bit more dumb because it's... Well, a sheep lol), so if a Pokemon has never seen a human before, or has just been caught, I wanted to show that it would have no idea what "Use Thunder Shock" would even **mean**.

It's the difference between a dog that has always lived with humans and knows what "sit" means, and a feral dog that has never seen a human before.

But yes, that's definitely another parallel I wanted to draw between the two!

Pokémon in Turo's time are either the pinnacle of thousands of years of living alongside humans (like Miraidon, or even Rotom), or in the case of purely artificial ones (Porygon, the Iron Leaves I've mentioned and others), were literally developed with the idea of working alongside humans with no problems, so for him, Pokemon understanding his every word is normal.

(Also, Turo is no trainer, his only Pokemon is Miraidon who he's had since birth, he never really had to actually train anything lol)

Meanwhile yes, Sada pretty much had to figure out training from scratch like you would with teaching tricks to a dog ahah. She pretty much did the same thing in teaching Koraidon how to have her ride on his back and in various other scenes in her time. (Like figuring out that you can have a Pokemon perform a specific action if you teach it to do it by using a specific word... Which is pretty much what telling them to use a move is after all)

But yeah, the point of that scene was definitely to show the two different approaches of the two to training and interacting with Pokemon so I'm glad you liked it!

Let's say that neither of them would make for your conventional trainer... And I'm going to have some fun with that.

[ms-katonic-of-tamriel]

Prodigal Dragonborn AU

Thinking of a timeslip AU where due to Misadventure, Lucien from PD ends up in some other timeline where time went another way, and he and Miraak didn't meet.

Started out as a Gol Hah Dov AU, and that would be interesting, Lucien seeing a timeline where Miraak has not only hooked up with someone else, but met Lucien, even got on with him, but never showered any of that obsessive devotion on him that Lucien First Acolyte of the Cult of Miraak got without even trying. Not to mention Chry reacting to a Lucien that has Slept With His Husband In The Other Timeline, and GHD Lucien losing his mind and panicking.

However, I couldn't actually write that as GHD is very much not my fic... but I could do one without the GHD elements, and a straight up AU of PD where Melinda fell to Miraak who successfully escaped Apocrypha. And because this Miraak is, to put it mildly, very much still a Dark Lord Dragonborn, he sets out to conquer the world, and two years or so after escaping, has killed Ulfric and taken over Windhelm and the Stormcloaks, legalised Talos worship after acknowledging Talos as an honoured and respected precursor Dragonborn worthy of worship, and is now High King of most of an independent Skyrim.

However, there is a resistance movement. A Certain Someone did not take too kindly to his partner getting killed, and raced back to Whiterun to raise the alarm. And so Whiterun is still independent under Jarl Balgruuf, but it's also home to the resistance militia known as the Merry Men, who wear jester outfits to hide their real faces and carry out guerrilla attacks on Miraak's cultists wherever they find them. No prizes for guessing who they're led by.

The only reason Whiterun has held out against three dragons, Bend Will and the massed ranks of the Cult of Miraak and Stormcloaks is down to Cicero having hit up Madanach, and seeing as the Reach's Jarl bent the knee to Miraak, the Forsworn responded with aid and a magical shield to keep Bend Will at bay. The jester masks are likewise proof against mind control magic.

Anyway PD Lucien finds himself in the midst of all of this, dressed in his First Acolyte robes, probably fell through an Eye of Magnus-caused anomaly. He doesn't fully realise anything's changed - but his resonant sphere isn't resonating, and he can't feel Miraak in his head any more although the bond is still there. Weird and suspicious, but fixable potentially so back to Winterhold he goes. He gets back to Winterhold hoping for tea, a nice cuddle with his husband and the attentions of his cat. Walks into the longhouse... no cat. No Morrigan or Argis or kids. Just Jarl Korir and court, who see the robes and mask, assume he's part of the cult and do at least make him welcome, wanting to know if he's with the High King.

Lucien is looking around at a longhouse still heated and lit with naked flames rather than the steampipes and electric lights he's used to, and is almost afraid to ask what happened to the College. Turns out the Saarthal dig never happened, Miraak nixed the expedition on arriving in Winterhold with his troops, partly to ingratiate himself with Korir and partly for some reason Miraak never did fully explain... as if he knew what they might find there. Anyway, Aren still leads the College, which has accepted the regime change quite easily. Attitudes to magic have undergone a dramatic shift what with a True Nord Dragonborn High King Who Legalised Talos Worship wielding it as capably as any College member.

Lucien just stares mutely at the falling-apart bridge that Miraak never bothered fixing... and with no siege at the College, never needed to destroy either, and resolves to go to Windhelm.

He's let in, cultists looking at the robes then wanting the mask removed, and on looking at his face, look very confused and wonder when he left the city, weren't you at the palace with Our Lord?

"Clearly not, you should take me back there, he's probably missed me!" Lucien says cheerfully. Inwardly he's panicking, because they recognised him?? King Miraak knows Lucien Flavius??

Apparently so. King Miraak is masked and robed, no one ever sees his real face. But he starts on seeing Lucien, especially the robes, because why is Lucien wearing robes like his.

"You are a guest at my court, Lucien, but do not presume more than that. Even Archmagister Viidost doesn't have robes like this... wait, did she enchant these???"

Viidost is summoned and denies ever having seen these in her life, in fact Mr. Flavius is upstairs having tea and studying some Dwemer volumes acquired off Calcelmo in Markarth right now, he's been there for hours. And then Miraak looks closely at Lucien and realises the vennesetiid do not behave normally around him At All, and that he's from a different timeline, and suddenly Miraak has All The Questions.

"Keep Mr Flavius occupied and ensure he does not come to find me for the next few hours. I have a... visitor to entertain."

The resulting conversation is enlightening for both. Won't write it all out, but the main plot beats are this:

King Miraak is not the tyrant he seems. He's actually been quite the enlightened ruler, with schools of Jhunal opening in his territory and the study of magic becoming a little more respectable among Nords.

The Bards College regularly send students on placement to Windhelm to learn history from King Miraak.

The Butcher of Windhelm got caught within weeks of Miraak taking over Windhelm, and the Grey Quarter's been renovated. Argonians and Dunmer are allowed in the city, as are the Khajiit subject to skooma and stolen goods searches.

The Jarls serving him are actually mostly loyal. Laila Law-Giver was restored to Riften after Season Unending's events, and Maven was Bend Willed into submission. That led to Mercer Frey's execution and the return of the Skeleton Key, and Karliah is now a loyal agent of Miraak's. The Guild operates along similar lines to Ankh-Morpork's now. ;)

With Cidhna Mine no longer a prison in Markarth, the Reach is rather more peaceful and the Forsworn are haemorrhaging recruits. Miraak's yet to fight them full on, but he's got plans.

Miraak smashed the Dawnguard questline, brutally slaughtering Harkon personally. He's got Auriel's Bow mounted on his wall but rarely uses it. Serana lives at his court and is one of his closest friends and advisors. Isran is Miraak's right hand in the Rift. (Karliah's the left.)

Alliance agreement signed with Morrowind, who recognised the Free Kingdom of Skyrim and have an Embassy in Eastmarch.

This timeline's Lucien arrived at Windhelm not long before PD Lucien, hoping King Miraak might assist with an expedition to Solstheim to investigate Dumzbthar. This timeline's Lucien is a lot more naive and sheltered and innocent, and fascinated to meet a timeline traveller! Still less a version of him! Goodness, you must tell me all about it.

PD Lucien gives an edited version to his counterpart... but he tells Miraak the truth, seeing the man's not all evil, and even attempts to flirt with him, reasoning it's not cheating to get close to his timeline's equivalent of his husband, is it? It doesn't quite go according to plan but while sex doesn't happen (Lucien is secretly OK with that), an emotional tie does form.

Plot Twist! This timeline's Lucien was working for the Merry Men, hoping to lure Miraak out to Dumzbthar in person where Cicero is lying in wait, waiting for revenge.

Alas for PD Lucien having warned Miraak about what's down there, and that Melinda's partner was an Imperial redhead named Cicero who was an ex-assassin who owned a jester's outfit. Miraak instantly sees the Merry Men connection.

Plot Twist number two - Miraak never died so he still has a lot of Daedric corruption going on. The reason he never removes the mask is that he's got sickly pale grey skin with mottled black blood vessels and completely dark eyes with blue irises the only relief. His tongue and gums are black as well as his blood. Hardly anyone's seen it but he'd not survive long if his real face was ever seen. Miraak rips the mask off to show PD Lucien this after he tries to chat him up, but when Lucien reacts with genuine sadness and kindness instead of revulsion, that's when the emotional barriers give way. A strong friendship forms, and Miraak tells PD Lucien his husband is lucky to have him. Miraak's sense of honour places PD Lucien off limits romantically and sexually, for which Lucien is frankly relieved. But Miraak, after receiving a positive reaction from one Lucien, starts looking thoughtfully at the other one.

Not entirely sure how it'd all work out, especially as I don't normally write the Forsworn as antagonists, nor Cicero, who, let's face it, isn't surviving this.

I'm thinking PD Lucien somehow managing to persuade the other Lucien to switch sides and share his intel on the Merry Men. Dumzbthar trip happens, Cicero joins the party not realising Miraak knows who he is, turns traitor around the Oblivion Gate and PD Lucien gets in the way of the knives just as the portal opens behind Cicero and the last thing he sees before passing out is two Miraaks, one of whom is slaughtering Cicero while the other is healing him and telling him to hold on.

PD Lucien wakes up and suddenly realises the bond is there, and he can feel Saviik, and then realises GRIGIO is purring on his chest, and opens his eyes to see his perfectly healthy husband holding his hand, tears in his eyes.

Took Dumzbthar the longest time to get a lock on the resonant sphere's plane of existence, but Saviik had faith Lucien in any universe would wind up at Dumzbthar eventually and so it has proved. This timeline's Lucien managed to get the facility under control, and now King Miraak has a mighty Dwemer army plus the Liisunvaar at his disposal.

"Doesn't that bother you? I mean, isn't that bad? Aren't you afraid what he might do with it?"

Saviik laughs, wiping tears away. "Niid, lokaali. My first impression of him was you moving to save his life, and him saving yours with his healing magic. You are clearly convinced he's not beyond redemption, and he clearly treasures you. Also we have spoken. He speaks very highly of you and sees you as a true friend, and reassured me he has not taken advantage of you. In return, I have told him the Reachfolk have his daughter and grandson living peacefully among them, and also pointed him Matriarch Keirine's way. If he goes in peace to her, and promises to spare her people, she might help him be healed."

PD Lucien goes home with Saviik to live happily ever after. King Miraak sees him off with the other Lucien at his side, who not-so-secretly hero-worshipped the dashing First Acolyte who was smart and brave and heroic and all the things he's not.

King Miraak is a bit surprised to hear this, telling him he, Lucien of this timeline, is the reason Miraak now has a submarine and automaton army, and that while PD Lucien's stories may have inspired, who is going to help him bring steam power and electricity to his domain once it has peace, hmm?

"What... you don't mean me, do you?" Lucien gasps, going pink, and Miraak nods.

"Yes, Court Scientist Lucien, of course I do."

Lucien is delighted, accepts, wait, he's not going to use the machines to level Whiterun, is he?

No, in fact it turns out with a lot of the Merry Man leadership dead on Solstheim, the militia band falls apart. Balgruuf is a pragmatist at heart and a secret Talos worshipper to boot and agrees to talks now he doesn't have a psychotic motley-clad widower in his court to worry about.

As for the Forsworn, it turns out Madanach is ill and dying and the Forsworn are on their knees. Keirine is the one to agree to a surrender in return for their lives and help for her brother.

One Dwemer oxygen tank for his breathing, and Miraak is able to craft a Shout to sort his mind out. Madanach is, if not pleased at realising he's got to talk terms with Igmund, at least grateful for his life back, even if this is going to require regular shipments of cylinders for the breathing apparatus and regular restoration treatments off Miraak personally to really fix his lungs. How much is this going to cost... all you want is a few hours to talk to Morrigan? Sold.

Keirine's fascinated by the Daedric corruption, but is unsure how to fix. She's never seen anything like it. Still, there are many kinds of Daedric corruption, and a ritual to fix another kind might work on this too. Off to Morthal's summoning circle for a reworked version of the vampirism cure, and Miraak's unstained once more.

Lucien was along for the ride, for science of course, and is delighted Miraak's cured, but also a little sad.

"I suppose you'll be going unmasked more often. Everyone is going to want a piece of you now. Goodness, you're probably going to get suitors! I... oh."

Crestfallen Lucien, who's barely been away from the High King's side since the other Lucien went home... only when Miraak returned to Windhelm and Lucien stayed at Dumzbthar to research more, and they wrote constantly even then. Lucien had seen the stains, and like his counterpart, reacted with sympathy... and a cuddle. Miraak had immediately given him Hugging Privileges and Lucien had enjoyed being in the Inner Circle very much, even if it was blindingly obvious First Acolyte Lucien was definitely the handsomer, smarter and more accomplished of the two of them.

"He is that way because of my influence," Miraak had told him once, smiling at him. "Shall we see what I influence you towards?"

So far, other than long, lengthy discussions about Dwemer engineering, the Dragon Cult, and anything else Lucien had questions about, he wasn't sure exactly what that had entailed. But Miraak had seemed to enjoy keeping him close by and taking him with him when travelling. Mostly to mind the Dwemer machines but Lucien had sometimes wondered.

Regardless, Miraak had seemed to want to spend most of his free time with Lucien, and Lucien had loved the attention... except if Miraak got married, Lucien supposed the new queen might not want the Court Scientist showing up to talk her husband's ear off until the early hours of the morning.

He needn't have worried. Miraak saw all too clearly and asked gently if the idea of Miraak getting married to another and having no time left for Lucien bothered him. Lucien nodded sadly, and then Miraak smiled, leaned down and kissed him, fingers caressing his cheek.

"I already have an heir, and don't need marriage to cement alliances with three dragons at my disposal. In fact, the only power I would ally with that is not already in touch is the Empire to the south. Do you think they would listen if word reached them one of their young nobles was going to be my consort? Do you think your family have enough court influence to persuade the Emperor to be reasonable?"

"I'll ask," Lucien breathes, pink and tearful and oh goodness, the High King just kissed him and proposed. Which is all a bit too much, a LOT too much... but of course he wants to, he's spent months staring at the First Acolyte version of himself getting cosy with the High King and the two of them seeming quite happy together, with Lucien wishing he was even a tenth that cool. Apparently the High King seems to think he's halfway there already.

"This isn't just because the First Acolyte got away, is it" Lucien has to ask. Miraak shakes his head.

"No. He was never mine to have. I was always intrigued by him but I knew he was pledged to another version of me, and knew he'd be thinking of that other man the whole time. I enjoyed his company and friendship but never took him to bed. You though. You're not pledged to anyone. You could be mine. I have been thinking that even while he was still here, but was never sure if you felt the same. Until now."

Lucien isn't sure what to say to that, so settles for a hug instead, accepts the proposal on condition they take things slowly in the bedroom, to which Miraak actually agrees.

Peace talks happen. His mother's instrumental in the whole deal. A treaty and trade agreement eventually result, and peace comes to Tamriel at last. And of course, Lucien gets legally united with Miraak, and physically reunited with his cat.

[tgmsunmontue]

WIP Title Game

tagged by: @caystar13star

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Thanks for the tag!

I am giving you all my TGM WIPS, and then three other WIPs (last on the list) because this might make people feel better about their lists... (no one usually sees what I name my files, and hence they're a bit obscure). Also under a read more because I just... couldn't do that to people's dashboards.

TGM StS

TGM WIP B SoS NB BB with HD

TGM snippets

TGM Elves and Orcs

TGM and TF Crossover

TGM matching IceMav by BB and JS

TGM Timeslip Contemplating if it's worth the fight

TGM CycMav

TGM Academia AU

TGM Soulmates first words

TGM Barista Jake

TGM Glamping and actual rooster Rooster

TGM USN is evil and has bebbies

TGM tattoo AU

TGM sing a long

TGM Roosters Beer

TGM Po5 AU

TGM PracMag AU

TGM Coffeeshop AU

TGM Meet Ugly Take2

TGM Bingo Florist Modern Day AU

TW LitObliv idea

The Laws of Thermodynamics

Fine fine sunshiny day

Some of the TGM fics correspond to WIPs in my pinned post, however some of them do not (because I haven't even put down thoughts).

Not tagging anyone, but feel free to judge. There are about another 40 WIPs which I haven't touched in over 2-3 years which will never see the light of day.

For those interested and don't want to both figuring out which one might be for which one, here you go:

TGM StS = Season to Taste

TGM WIP B SoS NB BB with HD = Saga of Solitude

TGM snippets = collection of thoughts = (B) + (F) + (L) + (N) + (O)

TGM Elves and Orcs = Upon which our souls touch (A)

TGM and TF Crossover = Caring, Keeping and Collecting Transformers - A Guide (K)

TGM matching IceMav by BB and JS = From the Top (H)

TGM Timeslip Contemplating if it's worth the fight = To Wake, Perchance to dream (C)

TGM CycMav = (E)

TGM Academia AU = (I)

TGM Soulmates first words = (Q)

TGM Barista Jake = (J)

TGM Glamping and actual rooster Rooster = (P)

TGM USN is evil and has bebbies = (D)

TGM tattoo AU

TGM sing a long

TGM Roosters Beer

TGM Po5 AU = (G)

TGM PracMag AU = (M)

TGM Coffeeshop AU

TGM Meet Ugly Take2

TGM Bingo Florist Modern Day AU = (R)

[nightspires]

as a fan of timeslips, au episodes, the angst of only character a remembering character b but not the other way around..... this ep of SNW literally gave me everything...

[foggieststars]

11 and 30 for the writer asks!

ty!! <3

11. a WIP you’d like to finish someday

oh my god so many. after the wip i'm working on right now which will be done soon tho i want to focus on my timeslip au bcs it's very near to being done and my winner's room au i am just. so tired all the time...

30. share a fic you’re especially proud of

honestly i think the one i just posted last week.... idk it was my first time posting a rule 63 fic and i was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out!!