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CALDERA (VOL. 1 & VOL. 2)

Above, below the banner (Villa of the Mysteries griffin fresco, Pompeii), is the collection-level AO3 link to the two halves of my Devil's Minion series, Caldera. The following links are the individual stories to date, plus ratings, word counts, and numbers of chapters:

Caldera: Mise-en-Abîme (Vol. 1)

Not the Good Guys (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 7 chapters; can be read as a stand-alone, but all stories beyond this one begin to serve a much farther-reaching plot)

Maker, Martyr, Mirror (Rating: M; 2,100 words; 1 chapter)

Still Life With Sunken Treasure (Rating: E; 2,400 words; 1 chapter)

It's Not the Louvre, But It'll Do (Rating: E; 2,600 words; 1 chapter)

Time Has Opened Back Up to Us (Rating: E; 3,000 words; 1 chapter)

Gold and Tempera on Panel (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 7 chapters)

Calamity Comes to Your Door (Rating: E; 3,200 words; 1 chapter)

We Need Not Be a Tragedy (Rating: E; 3,900 words; 1 chapter)

Death to Welcome With Open Arms (Rating: E; 11,600 words; 3 chapters)

The Responsible Ones (Rating: E; 11,000 words; 4 chapters)

It’s a Goddamn Trip (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 7 chapters)

The Walls of This Villa Remember (Rating: E; 4,000 words; 2 chapters)

As Only My Hands Can Deliver (Rating: E; 10,000 words; 5 chapters)

Vampire Family, Human Family (Rating: M; 11,000 words; 4 chapters)

Full House, But It Could Be Fun (Rating: E; 9,600 words; 4 chapters)

Just Watch the Stars (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 7 chapters)

It's a Slippery Slope to Stand-Up Comedy (Rating: M; 1,400 words; 1 chapter)

Difficult All the Way Down (Rating: E; 4,000 words; 3 chapters)

Don't Include This in Your Next Backup (Rating: E; 10,000 words; 5 chapters)

From This World into Another (Rating: E; 14,000 words; 6 chapters)

Caldera: Mise-en-Scène (Vol. 2)

The Quick Ones (Rating: E; 53,000 words; 22 chapters)

Bizarre and Breathless Pause (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 9 chapters)

Avant-Garde and Unsustainable (Rating: M; 2,000 words; 1 chapter)

Cross-Genre Awareness (Rating: M; 2,000 words; 1 chapter)

Fucking Professionals (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 9 chapters)

Fractured and Flickering Gold (Rating: M; 2,000 words; 1 chapter)

Talismans for the Eve of War (Rating: M; 4,300 words; 3 chapters)

Something Still Sleeps Below the Earth (Rating: E; 20,000 words; 10 chapters)

Stealing Gold from a Griffin (Rating: E; 6,000 words; 4 chapters)

Anon, thanks; you're incredibly kind! For the most part, folks writing in have extended me the same kindness and patience that I'm doing my best to offer in these answers (in truth, the bizarre, impatient, and mean-spirited asks have tilted more into the minority at this stage), and I'm grateful for that. These past couple weeks have been a whirlwind: challenging at times, but rewarding when I realize that most people want to cut through the nonsense and the rumors and enjoy S3 with as little stress as they can manage.

*sighs, realizes it’s going to be a long day, but that is okay*

Hey, and I salute them for not having that grit, if that’s how you want to phrase it 👌🏼 Sometimes, a backhanded compliment is what it takes to get your point across. Now would not be the time to suddenly decide to develop that grit. Narratively, it would feel incredibly jarring. This just isn’t the kind of story in which killing off major characters makes sense, and that’s fine. The audience wouldn’t like it, either. There’s a time and place for everything; now isn’t the time, and IWTV/TVL isn’t the place. You’re on the right track with this crit, anon, and you should say it.

I would like to ask about that thing with Daniel's eye color change. The answers from other screeners just left me a bit confused. Will this topic be mentioned or at least this ability of his shown again? Or did they just decide to ignore this point and not continue developing it?

You’re very welcome, anon. It’s been my pleasure to respond and to help out with the anxiety and the curiosity wherever I can 💙 Thank you for reading!

1) Love them. So much, in fact, that I have three of the little gremlins. I guess if you’re fairly new to this blog, then that may not yet be common knowledge.

2) They’ve always been relevant, and they always will be. I can’t argue with history or with the adorably insistent pestering of my own trio (Zel, Nicky, and Ember).