#verse. ( linger like a softly uttered curse. ( early career verse. ) )

[dccontramundum]

PRE-CANON VERSES

pre-university verse

verse. ( what is home if not the first place you learn to run from? ( pre university verse. ) )

covers all of morse’s childhood and teenage years until he goes to university. interactions in this verse come with an automatic trigger warning for parental death, emotional abuse, and suicide. there are several variations of this verse — more information here.

university verse

verse. ( i am a museum of things i want to forget. ( university verse. ) )

covers morse’s years at oxford university. he studies greats. canonically includes his engagement and subsequent heartbreak, but i’m willing to do aus of this verse if people would like to do university aus. 

cipher clerk verse

verse. ( but no one will ever caress me like this loss. ( cipher clerk verse. ) )

covers morse’s time working as a cipher clerk after dropping out of university. 

early career verse 

verse. ( linger like a softly uttered curse. ( early career verse. ) )

covers morse’s two years in uniform and then his time as a detective constable prior to meeting thursday. 

MAIN VERSES

main verse. ( what i must learn to live with. ( unspecified. ) )

main verse one. ( if memory didn’t blur you wouldn’t have the fool’s courage. ( series one & two. ) ) 

main verse two. ( the damage they could do and the damage they could find. ( series three & four. ) )

main verse three. ( this skin is tainted by wasted days. ( series five onwards. ) )

CANON-DIVERGENT AND AU VERSES

snappy jenkins verse

verse. ( all that blood was never once beautiful. it was always just red. ( snappy jenkins verse. ) ) 

crime-solving photographer morse verse. doesn’t gives his real name. mails photos to police along with his ( often correct ) theories. 

modern verse

verse. ( forever chained to myself. ( modern verse. ) )

general modern verse. 

magical realism verse

verse. ( i who was winged from childhood. ( magical realism verse. ) )

covers any magical realism verse. 

royalty verse

verse. ( like any unloved thing. ( royalty verse. ) )

covers any royalty verse.

bodyguard verse

verse. ( lovely eyed and death touched. ( bodyguard verse. ) )

covers any verse in which morse is working as someone’s bodyguard. more information here.

musician verse

verse. ( i am sick of haunting myself from within like an old house. ( musician verse. ) )

singer songwriter morse. bit of a disaster, but just about getting by.

spy verse

verse. ( i am too young to have these scars. ( spy verse. ) ) 

morse was scouted either in university or early in his police career ( thread/plot dependent ). this verse is open to plotting for development! 

poet verse

verse. ( everything i’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it. ( poet verse. ) ) 

series three au. morse lets go of his police career after the events of the series two finale ( for understandable and spoiler-filled reasons, but you can ask me if you want to know them ). becomes a poet. 

[anchormain]

        general verses list! tagging as wishlist bc i wanna do some interactions in different verses. i’ll make a separate list of individual ship verses. if you’re interested in any of these lmk!

    CANON TIMELINE VERSES

PRE-UNIVERSITY VERSE

        verse. ( what is home if not the first place you learn to run from? ( pre-university verse. ) )

covers all of morse’s childhood and teenage years until he goes to university. interactions in this verse come with an automatic trigger warning for parental death, emotional abuse, and suicide. 

UNIVERSITY VERSE

         verse. ( i am a museum of things i want to forget. ( university verse. ) )

covers morse’s years at oxford university. he studies greats. canonically includes his engagement and subsequent heartbreak, but i’m willing to do aus of this verse if people would like to do university aus. 

CIPHER CLERK VERSE

        verse. ( but no one will ever caress me like this loss. ( cipher clerk verse. ) )

covers morse’s time working as a cipher clerk after dropping out of university. 

EARLY CAREER VERSE 

        verse. ( linger like a softly uttered curse. ( early career verse. ) )

covers morse’s two years in uniform and then his time as a detective constable prior to meeting thursday. 

MAIN VERSES

        main verse. ( what i must learn to live with. ( unspecified. ) )

        main verse one. ( if memory didn’t blur you wouldn’t have the fool’s courage. ( series one & two. ) ) 

        main verse two. ( the damage they could do and the damage they could find. ( series three & four. ) )

        CANON-DIVERGENT AND AU VERSES

SNAPPY JENKINS VERSE 

        verse. ( all that blood was never once beautiful. it was always just red. ( snappy jenkins verse. ) ) 

crime-solving photographer morse verse. doesn’t gives his real name. mails photos to police along with his ( often correct ) theories. 

MODERN VERSE

        verse. ( forever chained to myself. ( modern verse. ) )

general modern verse. 

MAGICAL REALISM VERSE

        verse. ( i who was winged from childhood. ( magical realism verse. ) )

covers any magical realism verse. 

ROYALTY VERSE

        verse. ( like any unloved thing. ( royalty verse. ) )

covers any royalty verse. 

MUSICIAN VERSE

        verse. ( i am sick of haunting myself from within like an old house. ( musician verse. ) )

singer songwriter morse. bit of a disaster, but just about getting by.

SPY VERSE 

        verse. ( i am too young to have these scars. ( spy verse. ) ) 

morse was scouted either in university or early in his police career ( thread/plot dependent ). this verse is open to plotting for development! 

POET VERSE

        verse. ( everything i’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it. ( poet verse. ) ) 

series three au. morse lets go of his police career after the events of the series two finale ( for understandable and spoiler-filled reasons, but you can ask me if you want to know them ). becomes a poet.