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    Not really a series, more of a collection of stories which may or may not be set in the same space opera AU.

    That is, I'm working from the same setting notes in all of these, but I'm not caring overmuch about continuity from story to story.

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    Basically, the backstory is this: The Alternians arrived in Sol System during the cold war. On the one hand, they had superior technology; on the other, they were fleeing the complete destruction of their homeworlds. One short war later, we traded them Venus in exchange for technology transfers and 10,000 troll grubs, distributed evenly between the NATO and Warsaw Pact powers. They’re slowly Alterniaforming Venus; in about a thousand years (a blink in Condy’s eye) it’ll be suitable for habitation. In the meantime, trolls are allowed to emigrate from the fleet to Earth and plenty of them do.

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    Sometimes I make cover art for fanfics.

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    I don't normally post fics until they are complete. However, these fics are WIPs which have been long-dormant, and I decided it would be better to post them as-is than to hold onto them forever.

    If I do return to any of them, I may revise them in whole or in part. I'll post a note if I do.

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    “It’s a kid?” Wei Wuxian says to Wen Qing. “What’s a kid doing dabbling with the ghostly path? Talking to my ghosts?” He sounds indignant.

    “Perhaps you should ask him,” Wen Qing says dryly.

    “Kid, why are you using demonic cultivation?” Wei Wuxian asks.

    “It works better when you want to work with spirits, rather than fight them,” Mo Xuanyu says. “And I’m not using demonic cultivation, I merely greeted your spirit and told him I was a friend and needed to talk to you. Well, something to that effect. Intention matters more than intonation with this stuff.”

    “Who taught you that?” Wei Wuxian asks, his voice shifting from indignation to intrigue.

    “You did,” Mo Xuanyu says. “Or well, your notes did, hmmm… five or six years from now.”

    Wei Wuxian wags a scolding finger at him and says, “You should be developing your golden core, not dabbling around with things you don’t under—Did you say five years from now? As in, in the future?”

    OR: What if instead of Sacrifice Summon, Mo Xuanyu discovered Wei Wuxian’s flawed time travel talisman?

    A Mo Xuanyu-centric found family time travel looping epic.
    Complete!

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    01 Dec 2024

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    Pocketful of Soul (182345 words) by Jenrose
    Chapters: 60/60
    Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
    Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Mo Xuanyu & Wen Qing, Mo Xuanyu & Nie Huaisang, Mo Xuanyu & Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Mò Xuányǔ & Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Lan Qiren & Mo Xuanyu
    Characters: Mo Xuanyu, Wen Qing (Modao Zushi), Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Jiang Yanli, Jin Zixuan, Wen Ning | Wen Qionglin, Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui, Yu Ziyuan, Jiang Fengmian, Madam Jin (Modao Zushi), Lan Qiren, Luo "Mian Mian" Qingyang, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Second Madam Mo (Modao Zushi), Wen Remnants (Modao Zushi), Wen Ruohan, and many other canon and OC characters
    Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, eventually, unless I hate them, BAMF Mo Xuanyu, Mo Xuanyu Lives, Mo Xuanyu Deserves Better, Mo Xuanyu Deserves Happiness, Genderfluid Mo Xuanyu, Mo Xuanyu Backstory, POV Mo Xuanyu, If At First You Don't Succeed Try Try Again and Again and Again, Wangxian Speedrun, times three because time travel, Canon-typical Temporary Major Character Death, some people who don’t die in canon die temporarily in this, Canon-typical upsetting things, canon-typical suicidality, Canon-Typical Self-Sacrificial Behavior, Found Family, many redemption arcs, no permanent major character death, ace Mò Xuányǔ, Aegosexual Niè Huáisāng, Gratuitous Abuse of Qiankun Pouches, Genius Mo Xuanyu, Genius Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Not particularly Jin Guangyao friendly, CQL-based, Fandom Trumps Hate, Fandom Trumps Hate 2022, Beta Read, We Proofread Like Lan Wangji, Longest Prompt Fill
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    “It’s a kid?” Wei Wuxian says to Wen Qing. “What’s a kid doing dabbling with the ghostly path? Talking to my ghosts?” He sounds indignant.

    “Perhaps you should ask him,” Wen Qing says dryly.

    “Kid, why are you using demonic cultivation?” Wei Wuxian asks.

    “It works better when you want to work with spirits, rather than fight them,” Mo Xuanyu says. “And I’m not using demonic cultivation, I merely greeted your spirit and told him I was a friend and needed to talk to you. Well, something to that effect. Intention matters more than intonation with this stuff.”

    “Who taught you that?” Wei Wuxian asks, his voice shifting from indignation to intrigue.

    “You did,” Mo Xuanyu says. “Or well, your notes did, hmmm… five or six years from now.”

    Wei Wuxian wags a scolding finger at him and says, “You should be developing your golden core, not dabbling around with things you don’t under—Did you say five years from now? As in, in the future?”

    OR: What if instead of Sacrifice Summon, Mo Xuanyu discovered Wei Wuxian’s flawed time travel talisman?

    A Mo Xuanyu-centric found family time travel looping epic.
    Complete!

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    The bath takes care of the sweat. Takes care of the burnt bits of skin and fat that still cling to his palm. Zuko scrubs his body until it’s raw, blushing red; he dunks his head under the hot water and stays there, staring up at the dark, vaulted ceiling of the washroom until his lungs run out of breath to use.
    The oil of honeysuckle and opium and cinnamon, sweet and sharp and earthy, does not wash the stench of scorched flesh out of his nose.

    Zuko falls asleep on the evening of his official coronation, when he’s twenty-one-years old and has finally reached his majority. Zuko wakes on the morning of the Agni Kai with his father, eight years earlier.
    This is annoying for several reasons, like the fact that the War is still ongoing, that he has zero friends, and that Ozai is not in jail.
    It’s time to scheme.

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    25 Aug 2024

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    suffering will be your teacher (32965 words) by soopsiedaisies
    Chapters: 4/4
    Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Rating: Mature
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Iroh & Zuko (Avatar), Azula & Zuko (Avatar), The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar), Zuko & Zuko's Crew (Avatar), Jee & Zuko (Avatar)
    Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar), Original Characters, Zuko's Crew (Avatar), Jee (Avatar)
    Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Scarless Zuko (Avatar), Zuko-centric (Avatar), Non-Graphic Violence, Agni Kai (Avatar), azula's feral evil little sister energy is off the charts, zuko indulges her like one would an angry kitten, Iroh is a Good Uncle (Avatar), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Smart Zuko (Avatar), Father Figures, Mentions of genocide, Wakes & Funerals, POV Multiple, lieutenant jee has only had prince zuko for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him he'd kill everyone on that ship and then himself, Cross-Posted on FanFiction.Net, Do not feed to AI
    Series: Part 1 of to try again-verse
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    The bath takes care of the sweat. Takes care of the burnt bits of skin and fat that still cling to his palm. Zuko scrubs his body until it’s raw, blushing red; he dunks his head under the hot water and stays there, staring up at the dark, vaulted ceiling of the washroom until his lungs run out of breath to use.
    The oil of honeysuckle and opium and cinnamon, sweet and sharp and earthy, does not wash the stench of scorched flesh out of his nose.

    Zuko falls asleep on the evening of his official coronation, when he’s twenty-one-years old and has finally reached his majority. Zuko wakes on the morning of the Agni Kai with his father, eight years earlier.
    This is annoying for several reasons, like the fact that the War is still ongoing, that he has zero friends, and that Ozai is not in jail.
    It’s time to scheme.

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    As a wedding present to Christine, Raoul fulfills Christine's deepest wish and kidnaps the Phantom so he can live in their attic. Christine was not aware this was her deepest wish, but she's not going to stop him, and also he's not wrong.

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    27 Oct 2024

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    Music of the Night 2: This Time? More Music! (7601 words) by Margo_Kim
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: Phantom of the Opera (2004), Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber
    Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Raoul de Chagny/Christine Daaé, Raoul de Chagny/Erik | Phantom of the Opera, Christine Daaé & Meg Giry
    Characters: Raoul de Chagny, Erik | Phantom of the Opera, Christine Daaé, Meg Giry
    Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Rival Relationship, Gothic, Kidnapping, Wedding Night, First Time, Rope Bondage, Dubious Morality, christine and raoul are freaks actually, the phantom gets bullied, Crack, a term I have not used in about a decade but i recognize what this is
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    As a wedding present to Christine, Raoul fulfills Christine's deepest wish and kidnaps the Phantom so he can live in their attic. Christine was not aware this was her deepest wish, but she's not going to stop him, and also he's not wrong.

    Genuinely unhinged. I love it.

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    When ART finally confirmed the PA credentials and cycled the lock, I was waiting in the foyer. I'd disabled my human behavioral code, so I didn't twitch when the whole group of humans all stopped in their tracks to stare at me.

    I said, "You have boarded the Perihelion, registered teaching vessel of the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland. Please state your business."

    In my feed, ART whispered, You sound like a shuttle attendant.

    I sound like a SecUnit.

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    During a cargo run, ART is subjected to a random security sweep. Murderbot falls back into its old routine of supervising annoying humans.

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    29 Aug 2024

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    layover (5178 words) by torpidgilliver
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
    Rating: General Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
    Characters: Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Original Characters
    Additional Tags: Post-Book 5: Network Effect, the bots experience microaggressions, not joking thats the whole reason this exists and i dont think theres a specific tag for that, my divorce from the concept of genre is a quiet affair, is there a genre for when a story is the equivalent to watching the characters doing chores, Routine Annoyances, Mutual Administrative Assistance, Relationship Study, Canon Compliant
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    When ART finally confirmed the PA credentials and cycled the lock, I was waiting in the foyer. I'd disabled my human behavioral code, so I didn't twitch when the whole group of humans all stopped in their tracks to stare at me.

    I said, "You have boarded the Perihelion, registered teaching vessel of the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland. Please state your business."

    In my feed, ART whispered, You sound like a shuttle attendant.

    I sound like a SecUnit.

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    During a cargo run, ART is subjected to a random security sweep. Murderbot falls back into its old routine of supervising annoying humans.

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    "I'll do it," the Lone Power said, "for a kiss."
    Kit thought, Oh, shit, he's playing with me.

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    29 Oct 2016

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    Lips to the Vessels, Throats to the Heavens (4891 words) by yuletidefairy
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: Young Wizards - Diane Duane
    Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
    Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    Relationships: Kit Rodriguez/Lone Power
    Characters: Kit Rodriguez, Nita Callahan, Lone Power
    Additional Tags: Mythology - Freeform, Yuletide, New Years Resolutions 2008
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    "I'll do it," the Lone Power said, "for a kiss."
    Kit thought, Oh, shit, he's playing with me.