KAC_4
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Essek goes home, and there is no one waiting at his door. This should be some manner of relief. But his towers haven't felt like a safe haven for a long time now, long before errant scourgers appeared to harass him with strange questions. He misses the immediacy of that threat, prefers it over the slow and indulgent terror of whatever punishment is coming for him, someday soon.
He tells himself that he misses only that, the simplicity of being unsafe in the company of predators, and that he does not miss the company itself.
(In which a pair of scourgers shows up at Essek’s doorstep and saves him from himself.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 63,958
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 745
- Kudos:
- 1,752
- Bookmarks:
- 560
- Hits:
- 35,445
Bookmarked by KAC_4
25 Nov 2024
-
A thousand fingerprints on the surfaces of who I am by SkyScribbles
Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series)
02 Oct 2020
Summary
'Changing is hard. For most of us, it happens little by little in in the smallest moments and we don’t notice it, we don’t choose it. But looking yourself in the face and deciding to be different – that is hard. You are unpicking threads of who you are that were put in place more than a century ago.'
(A collection of Essek-centric oneshots, following a hypothetical redemption journey post-Episode 97. Features Shadowgast and Essek's platonic relationships with the Nein. The fics are arranged in rough chronological order and are loosely interconnected, but they can all be read individually. This series was written during the 2020 hiatus, so is not canon compliant beyond episode 100.)
- Words:
- 64,780
- Works:
- 14
- Bookmarks:
- 391
Bookmarked by KAC_4
25 Nov 2024
-
Tags
Summary
Essek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.
(In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 32,857
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 440
- Kudos:
- 2,719
- Bookmarks:
- 754
- Hits:
- 33,607
Bookmarked by KAC_4
22 Nov 2024
-
Tags
Summary
In the wake of joining the Avatar, Zuko grapples with his identity.
Who is Zuko, if not the prince of the Fire Nation?
Under Sokka’s plan, no one will see their faces—not guards or prisoners or even the prison cooks. Still, Zuko can’t help but wonder what his—what the people of the Fire Nation would think, how they would act, if they saw him again.
For most of his banishment, the only Fire Nation people he interacted with were the crew of the Wani, who all resented being commanded by someone so young and hot-tempered. Even when he returned to the capital, he didn’t actually see that many other people. Those who he did see seemed to respect him—but that was when they believed he killed the Avatar. He’s sure that if any of them had seen him during his banishment, they would have treated him with contempt.
And now that he’s betrayed them all? Zuko can only imagine their disgust.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,788
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 15
- Comments:
- 140
- Kudos:
- 7,207
- Bookmarks:
- 2,245
- Hits:
- 49,020
Bookmarked by KAC_4
26 Oct 2024
-
a flicker, a spark by acastle
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
28 Sep 2023
Tags
Summary
“She truly is your daughter, Alex,” Henry sighs, defeated.
“Fuck off, sweetheart,” he laughs, a soundbite of the sun. Henry forces himself not to physically react, the term of endearment sweet and menacingly familiar coming from Alex’s lips. It’s been years. “You know they’re useful.”
“Ah yes, eyelashes, truly a formidable instrument in managing international relations.”
Alex grins, and Henry is too late to catch the slightest downward lilt on the corner of his mouth, “Worked on you once, didn’t it?”
Oh, did that ache.
(Much had happened since the time Henry had told Alex to leave. Alex had passed the bar, gotten married, had the most beautiful daughter. And Henry, well. He stayed right where he was.)
Series
- Part 1 of orion in your fingertips
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 83,067
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,216
- Kudos:
- 4,422
- Bookmarks:
- 1,619
- Hits:
- 116,773
Bookmarked by KAC_4
15 Jun 2024