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practical mythology

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 08:20:36 GMT

After the Wen Qing time travel fic, I spent some time trying to decide whether I believed Wei Wuxian was actually capable of doing time travel without causing more problems than he solved. I decided maybe! ...But only by accident.

Listen, he tries.

Summary: The Yiling Patriarch is a living legend—a terrifying, ancient force of nature, dispensing punishment or reward with implacable, indifferent fairness.

Wei Wuxian, on the other hand, is a weird but oddly charming guy who wanders around the cultivation world making fun of people’s art and mooching food from sect leaders.

It really upsets people to find out that they’re the same person.

(Also on AO3)

( Practical Mythology )

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with surgical precision

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:03:33 GMT

Of all the people who get sent back in time in fics to fix things in The Untamed/MDZS, I think Wen Qing is my favorite. Speed and efficiency, everyone! Wen Qing is not here to mess around.

I went with The Untamed chronology, which is to say that there is no chronology and A-Yuan ages only in accordance with narrative convenience. Because magic. *nods*

Summary: If Wen Qing had realized sooner that she wasn’t in the afterlife or hallucinating, but had actually traveled back in time, she’d have done things differently. There’d have been less murder, for one thing.

(Also on AO3)

( With Surgical Precision )

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mirror image

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:32:44 GMT

Inception fic! Because I've lost all control of my life.

When I first watched Inception, I decided it was very disappointing that Jorge Luis Borges was already dead and would not be able to dissect it for our entertainment. That would have been amazing. It is also the reason this fic is so heavily Borges influenced as to almost be a crossover. I had big ideas for this fic. And then they didn’t work, so I had to rearrange the entire thing and chop out 3000+ words…

Anyway, sometimes you mess with a fic for ten years and are finally forced to accept that it’s as good as it’s going to get. Ngl I may have screwed up the formula for transfinite numbers. I tried.

Thank you so much to Zephy for the beta. Both times.

No Spinozists were harmed in the making of this fic. All italicized quotes are from various Borges essays and short stories.

Summary: The two most important people in Arthur’s life are Mal and Eames. In their own, different ways, they’ve understood him, supported him, even defined him for most of his adult life.

Which is why it’s completely ridiculous that he’s ended up wandering the world alone with Dominic Cobb.

(Also on AO3)

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the one-body problem - chapter 2

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:51:26 GMT

The final part of The One-Body Problem, in which Wei Wuxian and Lan Jingyi do the brain-sharing equivalent of painting rooms together, while Sizhui laughs at them and Lan Xichen worries. About them, but also. Everything in his life.

( Chapter 2 )

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the one-body problem - chapter 1

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:23:03 GMT

Because it is always a good time to pick up a random fandom rather than finish any of my EIGHT MILLION WIPs, here is a fic for The Untamed. Soon enough I'll read the book, too, and then this whole problem will get worse. Haha.

And remember: if canon belongs to no discernible era, there can be no anachronism. (Though I did take out the reference to welding, since it seemed like the Industrial Revolution might be going too far.) (That said, I'm considering leaving in the lighting rods.)

Summary: The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life.

The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.

(Also on AO3)

( Chapter 1 )

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kiss of death

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:14:18 GMT

Here it is...Stiles's eighteenth birthday party. In which there is a lot more panicking about kissing than actually, you know. Kissing. Poor Derek.

GUYS, IT’S FINALLY FINISHED. Ha! I don’t believe it myself.

So! I started writing all of this before 3A was finished. (…wow.) Which means that for purposes of this series, 3A is spotty, 3B exists once upon a dream, and absolutely no canon after that ever happened. So among other things, we’re going to pretend that the darach and Jennifer Blake were two different people, who coincidentally both happened to wander into Beacon Hills for some ritual sacrificing at separate times. (If any town could do it, Beacon Hills could.)

I’m so sorry for making you wait forever for this!

Thank you so much to Zephy for the beta. ^_^

(Also on AO3)

( Kiss of Death )

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trust me, i'm an alchemist - chapter 5

Mon, 18 May 2020 07:28:09 GMT

The final chapter, in which the Grand Prix Final concludes and Ed and Al squeeze in as many last-minute worrying conversations as they can manage.

( Chapter 5 )

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trust me, i'm an alchemist - chapter 4

Mon, 11 May 2020 08:25:53 GMT

Chapter 4, in which, despite everything, everyone makes it through the Rostelecom Cup alive. And even all the way to the GPF alive! You can't say fairer than that. (Al is surprised and impressed.)

( Chapter 4 )

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trust me, i'm an alchemist - chapter 3

Mon, 04 May 2020 09:52:38 GMT

Chapter 3, in which skating season begins, and Ed is, for unknown reasons, permitted to interact with the press.

In related news, Yakov's life continues to be suffering.

( Chapter 3 )

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trust me, i'm an alchemist - chapter 2

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:30:55 GMT

Here is Chapter 2, in which Viktor tries to woo Yuuri, and Ed is not as helpful as Viktor might have preferred.

Enjoy! :)

( Chapter 2 )

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trust me, i'm an alchemist - chapter 1

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:35:03 GMT

In honor of the apocalypse, here is a Yuri on Ice/Fullmetal Alchemist crossover. Am I just sticking Ed into every universe, ever, and seeing what happens? POSSIBLY.

But this came about because once upon a time, a friend persuaded me to watch Yuri on Ice by saying, “It’s like someone took a cute, gay romantic comedy and then randomly dropped Edward Elric right into the middle of it.”

Obviously my useless brain immediately started wondering what it would be like if Yuri Plisetsky were not just similar to Ed, but actually Ed. (In this universe, assume Truth is a lot less calm and all-knowing, and a lot more inclined to panic in the face of an increasing number of human sacrifices.)

For purposes of general happiness, I would advise not thinking too hard about what’s happening in Amestris. Haha. Yikes.

Also on AO3.

( Chapter 1 )

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this is for your own good

Fri, 26 May 2017 05:53:09 GMT

HELLO, I AM BACK. Yes, I know. At this rate, we’re all going to die of old age before I even make it through my backlogged WIPs. fffffffffffffffffffffff

But on a happier note, Haikyuu!! WHO DOESN’T LOVE HAIKYUU? HAIKYUU IS GREAT.

This was originally supposed to be a Sugawara character study, but then Hinata happened and things got completely weird and out of control and Sugawara/Sawamura/Michimiya and I can’t explain why. Then again, ‘Hinata happened and things got out of control’ is basically the entire plot of Haikyuu, so I can’t bring myself to feel too bad about it. :)

Haikyuu does not belong to me. Tragically.

Also on AO3.

( This Is for Your Own Good )

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accidents happen - part 2

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:57:59 GMT

( Part 2 )

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accidents happen - part 1

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:51:57 GMT

This is a Dresden Files/Fullmetal Alchemist crossover I've been working on since...well, since Small Favor and Chapter 100 of FMA were current. I've chosen not to examine just how long ago that was.

But here it is! IT EXISTS.

Neither FMA nor the Dresden Files belong to me.

No one is ever prepared for Edward Elric.

( Accidents Happen )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 3/3 - part 3

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:05:32 GMT

( Part 3 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 3/3 - part 2

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:03:01 GMT

( Part 2 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 3/3 - part 1

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:59:37 GMT

The last chapter, in which Ichigo decides he's been holding back too much, and stops doing that.

Obviously, there are explosions.

Bleach and Harry Potter do not belong to me. SADNESS.

( Chapter 3, part 1 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 2/3 - part 3

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 07:29:57 GMT

( Part 3 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 2/3 - part 2

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 07:26:51 GMT

( Part 2 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 2/3 - part 1

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 07:22:10 GMT

Chapter 2 of the Bleach/Harry Potter crossover fic, in which the trio persuades Ichigo to help them out with the DA and they immediately, bitterly regret it.

Bleach and Harry Potter don't belong to me.

( Chapter 2, part 1 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 1/3 - part 2

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:24:33 GMT

( Part 2 )

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there may be some collateral damage - chapter 1/3

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:01:50 GMT

HI, REMEMBER WHEN I WROTE FIC? PROBABLY NOT.

So I’ve decided to quit with the starting 800 fics and never finishing any of them thing I’ve had going on for the last year and change, and actually clear out some of my WIPs. Because the number of WIPs is ridiculous, you don’t even know. That Stiles birthday fic is on the list, too, so never fear. I’ll get to it. Eventually. When we’re all old and grey. DON’T HATE ME BECAUSE I’M USELESS.

This is a Bleach/Harry Potter crossover fic, because…well, because there are a surprising number of them out there, and none of them seem to address the fact that sending Ichigo to Hogwarts is basically the same as swinging a wrecking ball directly into the side of the castle.

So here is an entire fic about that.

It’s slightly AU for recent Bleach to make things fit better, but only slightly.

Neither Bleach nor Harry Potter belong to me. You can tell because if Bleach belonged to me, Aizen would’ve died like 200 chapters ago.

This is also on AO3. I'll post a chapter a week.

( there may be some collateral damage )

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this doesn't hurt

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 03:19:01 GMT

Remember Play It Again? Possibly not, because IT’S BEEN A YEAR, but look! Here is a side-story from that universe! It’s only short. Also, I realize the side-story people most want to see is Stiles’s 18th birthday, and I’ve written part of it, but…idk. Season 3 really threw me off there. I’ll regroup, though, and finish it some year. STICK WITH ME, KIDS.

But no, this is a Melissa and Isaac side-story. For the record, CPS is not always this bad, but they are always overworked and underpaid, and in a town with a murder rate like Beacon Hills? I mean, that’s a lot of orphans for a small population. It would probably be this bad. It’s this bad in most towns with high murder rates.

And on that note…ENJOY?

Teen Wolf doesn’t belong to me. Also, I’ve decided to pretend most of season 3 didn’t happen for purposes of this fic. Thank you to Zephy for betaing this for me! :D

( play it again )

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play it again - Chapter III, part 3

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:14:57 GMT

( Chapter III, part 3 )

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play it again - Chapter III, part 2

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:12:20 GMT

( Chapter III, part 2 )

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