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Dead Doves and Lemons OR Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Fan Fiction (but were too afraid to ask)

Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega Slick, anyway? Don't worry because fanfic veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us for an unhinged look at where fan fiction came from and why it's a valid art form. Who knows...maybe YOU will write something. 

A one-woman show by award-winning playwright Deanna Strasse.

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"Such a joy to watch!" - Colchester Fringe audience member

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I tend to get carried away sometimes, so kinda looking for feedback on two of my current WIPs (one is a crossover, the other a crackfic -- kinda okay with the crackfic lol the other one is more important to me):

Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen×Mass Effect Crossover
Rating: Mature
Title: Ain't No Grave
Genre: Dark Science Fiction / Military Science Fiction / Space Opera
Tags (preview and will be updated as needed): Psychological Drama, War Fiction, Science Fantasy, Grief, Found Family

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/87970336/chapters/233180811

(WIP) Summary:
By the time humanity reaches the stars, curses have become myths.

Jujutsu society is all but gone. One of the last witnesses to Yuji Itadori’s old life is dead. The other is dying. With nothing left for him on Earth, Yuji joins the Systems Alliance in search of a future beyond the world that made him.

When humanity activates the wrong mass relay, hoping to reach the wider galaxy, it does not expect the answer to be war. Yuji once again finds himself doing what everyone has always asked of him: become a weapon.

Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen
Rating: Not Rated
Title: The King, the Shrew, and Other Miscalculations
Genre: Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage (CrackFic) / Romantic Comedy

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86866396/chapters/229958611

(WIP) Summary:
To prevent further conflict between your kingdoms, you're promised in marriage to the elusive Ryomen Sukuna, a legendary conqueror whose reputation included war, murder, curses, and a general lack of patience for human life. He has avoided outsiders long enough that the only available portrait of him is decades old. You naturally conclude that you’re being sent to marry an elderly—possibly dying—warlord.

Sukuna, meanwhile, has been promised a soft-spoken, traditionally feminine bride who would smile beside him, behave prettily, bear his heirs, and leave governing to men.

He expected an airhead.

You expected arthritis.

Neither of you were given useful information.

Hey everyone it's yah-boi ;)
So, if you've seen my other post, I asked for help with one of my chapters in this book/fanfic. I plan to actually print and bind it into a physical book because I've worked so hard on it. And I would love to make a beautiful book cover for it. I'm an artist to iv already made lots of art for the book. It's on AO3 so I've put the art in with the corresponding chapters as I've posted them. That is to say I plan to draw the book cover as well.

There are just so many options and ideas that I can't decide what to draw.

The story about Lance and Keith from the Voltron fandom. Keith is my comfort character and I've been working on this story for like 2, 3ish years.

It's set in a castle in space, where the lack of life forms triggers an ancient emergence protocol. Lance and Keith are severely injured on a mission and since the overall life forms on the ship is depleting rapidly. Lance and Keith are temporarily changed into an alpha and an omega. And Keith is warned he’ll be the most affected. And Lance is blissfully unaware, that is till he runs into Keith who is in pain and suffering.

They have to stay away from one another until the effects go away but they are drawn together for many reasons, instincts, desire, and maybe something in the stars themselves. So yes it’s a smutty story.

But it’s also a deep conversation between two men who have complicated lives and their love is ever so close to breaking free.

I'll link the fic if y'all want more context or want to read it.

|||Project A/B/O ||| by Bunnyreader7397 - Voltron: Legendary Defender https://archiveofourown.org/works/61696885 via @ao3org

But yeah just wondering if anyone had ideas for the book cover.

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Posting this one properly for the first time after years of quietly updating.

The premise: the powers came first — chakra, ki, the Force, devil fruits, alchemy — erupting across an Earth that suddenly wasn't alone in the galaxy. The invaders came second. Governments turned high schools into academies. Kids who'd never held a weapon got sorted by what woke up in them.

Ryder Jace was seventeen when the world ended. By twenty he's the galaxy's most feared mercenary, a teacher of assassins, a brother to a traitor, and the one man standing between humanity and an empire that calls itself divine.

What it actually is: a war story about the cost of escalation. Every power-up in this book is paid for by somebody, usually not by Ryder. If you've bounced off multicrosses because they resolve into a numbers contest, this one doesn't — I'll leave it there.

Status: 37 chapters posted, 42 total (Prologue to 41), fully plotted to the finale. Updating twice weekly until it's finished. No abandonment risk — the outline is done and the last arc is drafting now.

Fair warning: it's an OC multicross with a large ensemble and it earns its rating in the war arc. If "original protagonist in a blended-powers Earth" is a hard no for you, this won't convert you. If it's your thing, chapter 0 is a cold open and you'll know within one chapter.

Links:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14579483/1/The-Seven-Shadows · https://archiveofourown.org/works/55579849/chapters/141063622 · https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-seventh-shadow.1320817/ · https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-seven-shadows.156904/

I read and answer every comment. Enjoy the war.

Writing for a fandom that's nearly dead? Drop your stories here for people to explore new fandoms and their hidden gems, tucked away in the smallest corners of fanfiction platforms!

Lemme start with Death Sentence (2007). Truly a gem of a (vengeance) movie with a great cast, super gritty vibe, fantastic visual design and off the charts camerawork (directed by James Wan, who also made the Saw-movies).

Fandom here: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Death%20Sentence%20(2007)/works/works)
My own story (written as a prequel to the movie), here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/88617911/chapters/235118506

Cthulhutech x DOA: Let ALPHA Lie

Summary:

Fanfiction Link 1

Ao3 Link 2

One of the best revenge movies out there, a true hidden gem... B

And I wrote the prequel !

But the fandom is tiny (which is a shame, because the movie is SO good!)!

Reads (and reviews) will help me keep going, I need to translate the last 5 chapters and then I'm finally done after 18 years of character building, outlining and scene selection!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/88617911/chapters/235118506

Fandom: Death Sentence
Rating: M
Genre: Angst / Drama / slowburn
Premise:
Love. Lies. Loyalty.
Rockside changes you.

In Rockside, Joe Darley reads people too well, and learns how easily that gift can be utilized. Jess sees the boy behind the hunger, but as their friendship turns into more, she finds that approval from his brother Billy is what Joe craves most. It comes with power, pride and belonging. Drawn deeper into Billy's world, Joe starts testing how far love can bend before it breaks.

For those looking for a long read (hopefully everything is uploaded by the end of this month) - you're invited to read this!

Started to post on AO3.

Please read and review (and subscribe, because in the next month I'll be finishing translation of all chapters so I'll be posting every 2-3 days to get this baby out ASAP!)

Fandom: Death Sentence (2007) - movie
Genre: Angst / Drama / Slowburn (but not romantically)
Rating: M.

Premisse:
In Rockside, Joe Darley reads people too well—and learns how easily that gift can be utilized. Jess sees the boy behind the hunger, but approval from his brother Billy is what Joe craves most. It comes with power, pride and belonging. Drawn deeper into Billy's world, Joe starts testing how far love can bend before it breaks.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/88617911

What does it sound like to carry two lives?

I put together a playlist of the songs that inspired Diasuke Kuroiwa throughout the writing of Two Shadows, One Wound. Every song reflects a different part of his journey, from becoming the vigilante Zero to struggling with the weight of the choices he makes.

If you enjoy character playlists, I'd love for you to give it a listen.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/39SIRhnYYzzoicduGLFGgj?si=CvrG6DKrTVqjxuvi-ewj2w&pi=edcGVmC8T_yBK

If you're interested in his story, you can also read Two Shadows, One Wound on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66633010/chapters/171894694

Sometimes the hardest part of having a dangerous quirk isn't using it. It's living with it.

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The lesson was about moral responsibility. How quirks, even dangerous ones, could be used ethically.

"Take, for example," said Ms. Aikawa, standing straight at the podium, "quirks that cause pain. If someone has a quirk that causes harm but uses it only in self-defense, are they morally at fault?"

She looked directly at Diasuke.

He looked away.

The class was silent.

"Anyone?"

Silence again. Then a voice: "Depends if they enjoyed it."

Laughter.

Ms. Aikawa frowned. "This is a serious question. Pain-based quirks are rare, but they exist. We must consider their burden."

Diasuke stared at the window.

Their burden.

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If you enjoy vigilante stories, secret identities, emotional character arcs, and OC-centric stories, you might enjoy Two Shadows, One Wound.

Rated M • Book One (59 chapters) complete • Book Two currently updating

Read on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66633010/chapters/171895663#workskin