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    Mizi’s Guide to Thwarting Doomsday by

    Fandoms: Alien Stage (Web Series)  

    20 Dec 2024

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    After the harrowing events of Round 7, a stray bullet from a careless alien guard causes another unexpected tragedy on stage: Mizi’s death.

    But just as the world dims around her, she makes one last wish to make things right— and wakes up several years in the past, well before her friends’ upcoming rounds.

    However, saving her friends won’t be easy; Sua’s already noticing her change in attitude, and Ivan’s being… well, Ivan. Despite that, she’s willing to go above and beyond for her friends.

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    18 Nov 2024

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    All the world's a (ALIEN) stage by

    Fandoms: Alien Stage (Web Series)  

    07 Jul 2024

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    “Sometimes, I can't tell if you have anything in your head besides Mizi and music.”

    Burying the twinge of guilty conscience beneath his typical bad attitude, Till sneered. “Well, how is Ivan any different? He has no room for anything else in his brain besides pissing people off and the piano he loves so much.”

    Hyuna’s action of drumming her fingers on the table froze, raising her gaze to stare at him in dumbfounded silence.

    “What?”
    Till shifted side-to-side, uncomfortable with her reaction. Did he say something wrong?
    “Why are you looking at me like that?”

    “You think Ivan loves... the piano?”

    ———

    At the Anakt Performing Arts Academy, Sua and Mizi are classmates in their third year and final year, while Ivan and Till are a grade below them.

    Yet, between school gossip, band gigs, a distaste for Shakespeare, a shitty father and an absent one, bouquets, KakaoTalk, sneaking out to smoke cigarettes, and a whole lot of pining, they might just end up falling in love, too.

    Written for IvanTill Week 2024, one chapter for each day. (With some Mizisua. As a treat.)

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    03 Nov 2024

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    Let Me Drown In You by

    Fandoms: Alien Stage (Web Series)  

    05 Dec 2024

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    This couldn't be happening. This had to be some horrible hallucination induced by the myriad of drugs forced into his system before the round. This wasn't real. No, please God, don't let this be real.

    Till squeezed his eyes shut and took a stuttering breath. Silence. Eerie silence.

    Why was it so quiet? Why had no sentinels come to put Till's collar back on and drag him away? Why was Ivan's lifeless body still here and not tossed in a pile somewhere with all the others who had been executed for the aliens' entertainment?

    That had to mean this wasn't real, right?

    But, Till could still feel the phantom of fingers around his throat, the ghost of desperate lips against his own, and when he opened his eyes again, he still saw pure white stained with crimson red, the sacred corrupted.

     

    Ivan and Till are rescued after their round. Till must navigate the confusing feelings he's faced with in the aftermath.

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    24 Oct 2024

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    Tips of Your Fingers, Ends of Your Feet by for revaleontop

    Fandoms: Alien Stage (Web Series)  

    30 Oct 2024

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    Till was not homophobic. He was not; his roommate was an openly gay man, and he was totally okay with that. He doesn't care. But when Ivan keeps bringing one-night stands to their house, he starts to question himself. Maybe he was actually homophobic. Or maybe there was just something else.

    Or, collage AU, in which Ivantill are housemates and Till wonders whether he is jealous or just homophobic. 

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    15 Oct 2024

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    No, this isn't a "Y/N" moment. by

    Fandoms: Alien Stage (Web Series)  

    05 Jun 2024

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    everytime cure-nim posts, u KNOW the photo's gonna change ur life
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    cure-nim, please stop cropping out the other boys. Ik u only love ivan but this is getting too much 😭😭😭
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    Ivan is part of a world-famous idol group and Till is the man behind his most popular fanpage.

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    11 Oct 2024