For the rejected and the monsters. Obligatory MCYT SCP story for Sleepy Bois Inc + Tubbo. A special interest that's consumed my brain utterly for over 4 years now. CookieNomNomCrunch on AO3. They/them 🐝
This is an au that has consumed me. This blog will just be a terrible mess of whatever I’m stuck on for the week, likely with little explanation and heavy spoilers. Anyway, the general vibe + anomalous properties are below cut:
Philza: The Zilant. Is the immortal concept of fire and fury, which pretends to be a dragon, which pretends to be a human. Maintains his personhood by attaching himself to mortals he calls his ‘Collected’. Currently: Tommy, Wilbur, The Blade, and Tubbo. Additionally, Philza is very intent on keeping any promise he makes and was kept in the Foundation exclusively because they’d captured his Collected and made a deal. Gives great dad advice, except when the advice is ‘let me murder them for you <3’
Tommy: The Instigator. Has a blood red liquid on his hands that grows when he’s scared. When people touch it, they become aggressive to anyone but Tommy. At low TI-Red levels this leads to things like bickering, but it escalates to physical violence and brutality. When TI-Red levels consume him and he thinks he’s going to die, he summons The Blade. Lived as a normal human and met Wil, Phil, and The Blade after a summoning at 15; visited the homeless guys occasionally till the Foundation captured at 16. Abandonment issues, highly touch starved, used as a Thaumiel. Collected Tubbo.
The Blade: The Blood God. Is a massive boar behemoth with voices in his head. When attacked (or if there’s an orphan), becomes The Blood God, who will bend the universe to ensure he wins. The Blade only comes back when the challenge has been completed. Grew up as a monster in the woods, but pulled himself up out of the voices, figured out what was him and what was The Blood God, and established his own personhood. Somehow has a college degree, met Phil and Wil during a gap year. Loves gardening and murdering people for Tommy. Also managed to come out of the Foundation the least traumatized, iconic.
Wilbur: Soot. [tags are noms Wilbur or scp Wilbur if you want to block] His legs magically rearrange so he is the tallest humanoid in the room. Oh also the void in the side of his face that eldritch abominations claw their way out of. Was basically a feral starving child till ~14 when Philza forcefully adopted him. A chronic insomniac with a heart of gold and a tongue of silver, held together despite the inherent contradictions between being a supreme survivalist and a drama hoe. Memory issues because he represses basically everything.
Tubbo: The Pollinator. Is a honeycomb skin suit for approximately 400,000 bees. Uses they/them we/us pronouns, because they are a Hive mind/system containing at least three humans: a Little, a Foundation employee, and a lawyer/farmer. Tubbo grew up mostly normal, albeit in secret. The most recently captured by the Foundation, and a staunch pacifist. This causes them to be at odds with Philza, who did a few murderous rampages too many, and The Blade, for the reason above and also because he destroyed their legs. But they stick around because they’re attached to Tommy.
Basic vibes are found family, hurt/comfort, questions of morality, and trauma at the hands of the Foundation and each other. Things get messy, but it’s all bound together with love at the end of the day.
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Writing: Base 5$ gets a minimum of 300 words. 10$ 1,000 word minimum, 20$ 3,000. I also have no self-control, and there is no additional payment if the prompt is amazing and I break the world limit.
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Project Guide
The tag 'crumbs to tide you over' is how I organize ficlets, wip sippets, and fic announcements. Personal tag is something to nom on. Wilbur tags are noms Wilbur or scp Wilbur if you want to block tags, and my PR response to that is here.
Ao3 fics:
Fault. The titular SBI SCP AU. SBI trapped in the Foundation. Lots of angst, large exploration of trauma, dehumanization, moral philosophies, and messed up found family. Tags are fault au, fault memes pog, sbi scp au, fault analysis, etc. This is a whole series and has many associated works. Long Fic.
>Also Where, then, do your loyalties lie? for AU where human Phil works for the Foundation and tries to free kid SCP Tommy. Complete.
Mandatory Family Reunion. Techno kidnapped by criminal dark SBI and handles it very poorly AU. Heavy dark em duo. Explores different types of abuse, motivations, delusions, and how love causes harm. Tag is Mandatory Family Reunion, sometimes mfr. Long Fic.
The Lambs Wolves Wear (Ficlet is here; starts at the Reveal and currently goes further than the ao3) Fully dark SBI where Philza's children were replaced by monsters. Demon "Tommy", changeling "Wilbur", and ghost army "Technoblade" are violent and traumatized, their tensely conflicting infiltration motives jeopardizing the lives of everyone in a twenty mile radius. As they experience love for the first time, will the wolves in sheeps clothing be tamed? Tw for abuse and horror. Long Fic.
Way more below, those are just my main projects ^-^
Where Hearts Roost. Fairy tale AU, Tommy and Wilbur break into witch Philza's cottage and get adopted. Sweet, hurt/comfort, themes of learning to trust. Complete.
The Altars We Sacrifice Our Futures On. Wherein Tommy is sacrificed to The Blood God, except he isn't an orphan so Techno awkwardly adopts him and is awful at parenting. Very funny and fluffy with some dark humor mixed in. Complete.
To Return the Favor of Raising Me. Zombie apocalypse where kid Techno struggles to lead Tommy, Niki, Tubbo, and Ranboo in killing survivors to feed their brains to zombie Philza. Techno develops insane beef with Kristin, who tries to rescue the kids to her survivor compound. Heavy angst, MCD (duh Phil is a zombie), lots of traumatized children. Complete, Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.
Shred Your Wings to Make You Ours. Wing fic! Predator bird Philza shreds prey!Techno’s wings and shoves him in a hole to eat later. Only problem? Philza is a sleep deprived new dad, and accidentally brings Techno back to the nest. Now the only way Techno can survive is to pretend to be a predator, too. A literal Dead Bird Do Not Eat fic- as the whole premise is cannibalism birds.
Always at His Side, Never in His Sight. OSMP + Philza’s FlowerFall. Queer royalty AU with lots of bedrock bros angst. Tommy is struggling with insecurities, aromanticism, and growing gender dysphoria, and elects to cope with invisibility potions even as side effects grow worse. Adopted crown prince Techno dodges assassins, wrangles structural inaccessibility, and accepts his role as a martyr for Tommy. Angst/comfort with fun Origin social world building. Complete. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.
Of Feathers and Fawning. (or ficlet here) Where Tommy is an avian and during exile his abuser takes advantage of his instincts to manipulate him. Angst heavy, deals with suffering and recovering from abuse. Complete.
Rise up and make this city glow. Young mage Niki gets conscripted invited to learn magic! Her mentor, Technoblade, had far more reservations. Hard not to, after being broken down through endless crushed rebellions. Is Niki the spark that can finally fan the flames of revolution? Complete. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.
Lord, what fools these mortals be! Fantasy AU, Winter Court Fae Queen Kristin and King Philza try to kidnap SBI. Wacky hijinks with dark portions. Some themes of bodily autonomy, subtle manipulations, absurdity of the fae. One chapter left.
Lighting Lanterns to Bring You Home. Mythology AU where Techno is a Harvest/Revolt god that is killed every Winter Persephone style, Wilbur a Festival/Dissent god. Heavy tragedy. Themes of self change, coping with grief. Abandoned with outline.
One shots:
Where do Babies Come From? Modern AU where Philza picks up homeless kids. My first fic everyone say awww.
Worth far more than your weight in gold. Monster Hunter Techno goes after Philza, who is a raven-dragon-kenku, for taking Tommy. Phil can only talk through redacting others sentences. Monster/culture worldbuilding. Hurt/comfort, distrustful bonding. Themes of learning to value yourself, discrimination, communication.
116 East Normal Street. Human Techno bonding with his neighborhood, who are all not-so-secretly from very different genres such as 'magical girl' or 'noir detective' or 'invading alien'. Most light-hearted thing I've ever written tbh. Themes about suburban isolation but it's buried in there.
A ghost is a tragedy reliving itself. Fault AU where they are abstracted into short horror stories.
Pigmalian.exe. Technoblade is a war robot and Philza is the scientist who made him. As Philza nurtures Techno to sentience, the robot struggles with the meaning of agency and friendship. Angst and Bonding.
Vlogger and the Vampire. Parasocial? Paranormal? Why not both? Vampire emerald duo when Philza nabs a new angry fledgeling. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.
Ficlets:
Reverse ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’. Lambs!AU where Philza is the one replaced by a monster (angel) and his children have to navigate it.
Sandduo makes ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’ even more tragic. “Wilbur” shows up after Philza already killed “Techno” and “Tommy”. Pure angst ensues. Complete.
Waxing and Waning. Goddess of Death Kristin tricks Philza into becoming an icarus figure, only, sun god Tommy has never been embraced before. Complete.
Civilian. Philza finds a team of child superheroes and begins to get worried about their safety. Time to take it into his own hands! Complete.
Reverse Mafia Kidnapping? Tommy kidnaps Crime Boss!Philza. Chaos ensues. Complete.
Paragon of Justice (or whatever). Superhero Techno takes the fall for Ranboo to get tossed in jail the same week villain Wilbur gets caught, too. When breaking out of jail, villain sbi decide to take a plus one! Complete.
A Study in Brood Parasites. Dark!Kristin is a brood parasite bird that plants her chick, Techno, into Philza’s family. Only, she becomes enraptured watching Philza care for his family. Surely he won’t mind if another brood parasite infiltrates his family…. Complete.
Under-The-Bed. Tommy has a brand new monster under his bed. And maybe, if he’s nice enough, Techno will protect him from the monsters over-the-bed. Complete.
Murky Depths. Tiny Merman Techno gets rescued from polluted waters by a giant Kristin and put into a fish tank to recover. He is very Andy about this. Complete.
Do you need help drowning, darling? Vampire Hunter!Techno gets only partially turned, and is in deep denial about it as his health gets worse and worse. Luckily (?) for him, vampire Philza just decided to infiltrate the hunter compound.
Your Heart in My Hands. Fledgeling Tommy isn’t integrating with the coven well :( he keeps trying to escape. But now that Philza has found the reason he was running, all he has to do is lock Tommy in a room with Tubbo until he’s turned…or consumed. Almost complete.
The Blood God and His Fledgeling. Hyper Depressed ancient vampire!Techno finds the reincarnation of Theseus, the man who refused to turn thousands of years ago. While he won’t turn Tommy without consent….he’s not above forcing the issue. Honestly kinda abandoned.
Beast and Boy. Techno is a giant monster that’s been terrorizing the town for years, but when gravely wounded limps off to die. Tommy, however, just got a new puppy!!! And is very determined his parents won’t find out about the puppy under the house. Complete.
Bunnyblade’s 5-step Plan to World Dominance. Lab bunny Techno escapes, only to fall in the TOTALLY NEFARIOUS clutches of Philza. BUT WORRY NOT! The feeble might of a random civilian is not enough to Bunnyblade’s terrible schemes! …but might postpone them for a carrot break. And some petting. Comedy.
Shoot to Kill (I know you will). Cyber punk. Death lottery reaper!Phil tries to chase down Techno, but is thwarted by the principles of anarchy. Complete.
Hibernation. au where techno doesn’t really hibernate for weeks at a time; he just thinks he does because his ‘friends’ drug him for long periods of time to help him learn how to 'lower his guard'. Complete.
The Hero of Their Dreams. Abused!Tommy finds escapism through his dreams, where he is the beloved hero of a fantasy world. And the people in his dreams will do anything to ensure Tommy never wakes up to the horrors of their reality. 5/6.
In Case of Malunion, Carve Through Bone. Collab with Sohr and Apple. Archeologist!Philza is a modern reincarnation of an ancient trio deity who unwittingly revives Technoblade and Kristin. Through a road trip of museum heists, Techno and Kristin start gathering up the shattered pieces of Phil's deitihood. Piece by piece they replace the mortal. Complete.
I've Heard It Both Ways (from The Voices) Psyche Au where Techno claims he has visions from The Blood God which helps him solve murder cases. Uh huh. That's what he's going with. Tommy (Lassiter) is having none of it. But after Skeppy (Mr Yang) captures them both, Tommy might not like the truth he finds. Complete.
The Evertrue Pull of Home. Birds use magnetic fields to navigate. Dark Kristin decides to blast his head with magnets so Philza has no compass home. Bedrock bros try to rescue him.
Can you love me, if I pretend? Human Techno finds refuge in an origins community by pretending to be a bunnyborn. It goes. Badly.
AMESMP
Context, I'm on an origins server playing a scientist phantom named Cessation.
Failure Analysis Log 3 is a fic told through a series of scientific contents regarding Wickburn Asper working on the Ancient City portal, trying to get into the afterlife. Tragedy, yuri (?!), horror.
Ame Smp intro, Seft (Cessation's phantom kid), Pod-cast posts 1, 2, battles, i'm like super behind explaining anything man gooood luck.
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thank you so much for writing mandatory family reunion. i just reread it for the eighth time. i think im going to dedicate my life to life to reading your other sbi fics until you update again. also; do you have any tips for committing to fics and not leaving them half-finished?
ahhhh that’s so sweet glad you enjoyed!
As for writing fics, having it be your special interest really helps. But for more general advice on finishing:
-Don’t stick to just one story. Which seems counter intuitive! But inevitably you’re going to hit a snag in one story. So instead of stopping writing at all, switch projects. Writing involves a whole bunch of thinking, and stuff needs time to percolate in the back of your head. But having a small project to work on in the mean time keeps you engaged in the writing process, gives you practice, makes you feel like you’re making progress, and allows time to work out the other story. I personally have 1-2 main projects, Fault and MFR, and then rotate a couple back burner stories that I work on whenever I get inspiration and fully expect to have very slow progress and possibly never finish. Short stories, one shots, hell even just writing little one off scenes that don’t go anywhere. It’s a way to keep writing fun and thus you’re more likely to continue working on the stuff you’re trying to complete. Don’t feel bad if there’s breaks between working on your main project. Writing involves a lot of thinking and it takes time to do that.
-Devoting time to do that thinking also significantly helps. When you’re falling asleep can be a good time to rotate stories in your head. Could also be if you’re walking from place to place, or brushing your teeth, or other little gaps in the day. Even if you’re not physically writing, it’s still part of the process and can make it easier when you actually sit down to write because you know what scene you’re most excited to work on. Also, talking over your story idea with a friend is a great way to stay motivated if you can get over the mortifying ordeal of being known. You can bounce ideas off them, and other people’s investment in a project can be a great motivator to finish. Like legit a single ao3 comment once stopped me from my plan to abandon a fic. Reminding yourself why you (and other people) like the story makes it easier to want to continue.
-Keeping a rough outline of what you envision for the story can give you a road map to how close to done you are and where to go next. Just like you can hop between projects, I find jumping around the plot time line to write what scene I’m most interested in atm keeps me going instead of writing everything in order. Though, all writers have different degrees of plot planning, so that depends on your style.
-Art! I’m an artist, and while writing definitely fuels what I draw, I find doodling cool scenes I want to write really inspires me to keep going. This sorta falls under the same category of continuing to think about the story and motivating you to finish.
-I found keeping a writing journal has improved how I view my writing. Basically, I’ll jot down a bullet point list of scenes worked on that week/month. Writing is a very slow process, so seeing a timeline of actual progression on a story makes it feel like I’m actually getting more out of my head and onto paper. I also jot down what ideas for scenes I came up with since that’s also part of writing, and might include a chill no stakes writing goal for that period, like work on X or Y project, or a particular scene. Sometimes my goal is just ‘write at least one sentence’. I give it lots of leeway, and accept that the muse may just be somewhere else that week. And if the goal isn’t met, no sweat! Life can get busy at times and it’s more important that you aren’t beating yourself up if it’s been awhile since you last touched a project. Forcing yourself to write a scene that isn’t ready won’t result in a good scene or an happy writer. Switch projects, give yourself time to think about it, take care of yourself, etc.
And, legitimately, don’t be afraid to abandon a piece. Maybe you’ll come back to it, maybe you won’t. It can feel disheartening to feel like you can’t seem to finish a project, but unfinished pieces also do a lot for you: they hone your craft, allow you a creative outlet, give you scenes that could potentially be reworked for later pieces, and most importantly were hopefully fun to write! Story crafting is a hobby that should bring you joy, not frustration and shame.
Like, I have stories that will never see the light of day and are just so I can have fun and poke it with a stick occasionally. I’m 100% confident in saying that every author will have tenfold the number of unfinished wips compared to complete works. That’s just part of the creative process: exploring different worlds to find the one you want to write.
Perhaps a fic might never get finished, but in the wise words of Technoblade: “if you enjoy it, it’s not time wasted, no?”
(Now, I think he was talking about murdering people, but the point still stands.)
[Mandatory Family Reunion does a good job describing] the absolute mental decline of every single character in that fic. Holy shit it is just so compelling it is just so believable. It is awful to watch: its like you see a speeding truck just, like, going towards a bus full of orphans, and you KNOW it’s going to hit the bus full of orphans, and it’s going to be terrible because there’s like a splatter EVERYWHERE and all the orphans are dead.
......I don’t know where I was going with that analogy.
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What would happen if MFR Techno found himself back in time to right after his first encounter with Philza at the college parking lot?
crash (and I cannot emphasize this enough) out.
Man this would’ve made a great Fandom Trumps Hate prompt. Maybe next year- long elaboration below the cut
The first question of interest is if he is shoved back in his old body. Because having a non post-comatose body is big; having a brain that hasn’t neurologically experienced rewiring amounts of trauma is a game changer. It wouldn’t change Techno having a predisposition to developing schizophrenia, but it wouldn’t have been triggered yet. Which. Would be a really interesting existential crisis of finding out how much of how current MFR Techno navigates life and experiences the world is completely defined by literal brain damage, and how much is learned? But I also don’t want it to be like, a the original timeline is the ‘bad one’ because he develops mental illnesses if that makes sense? Uh I can feel the moral ocd kicking in I’m just gonna write what sounds cool
The second is how quickly can he convince himself it isn’t a hallucination. Or that Philza’s gaslighting hasn’t gotten to an increasingly new level. Since Techno has his old body and no voices he’s a lot quicker on the draw. Unfortunately, Techno doesn’t have his knives on him. Fortunately, he still remembers where Wilbur keeps the detonator. Techno immediately takes his drunk twin hostage, which rather short circuits Philza’s brain cause he’s still on a euphoria kick from finding Alexander.
Shakily, Philza explains the snipers lining the school roofs. Techno’s grin is wicked sharp. “We both know you can’t kill your life’s purpose.”
Techno reverse kidnaps Wilbur, driving off in Phil’s own limo until he ditches it. Having an intimate knowledge of Craft machinations and a head full of Nether knowledge pre eradication gets him pretty far; having suffered every crevice of Philza’s psychology gets him even further.
Philza is in a tail spin as he looses both twins in one night. He obviously strips techno of any agency to believe he’s brainwashed or coerced by the Nether, but that doesn’t help him get his son now. Quite the opposite really cause he’s imagining an entire criminal empire behind it and it redirects a loooot of his energy torturing people for information they simply don’t have.
The one miscalculation Techno makes is forgetting just how much character development Wilbur’s gone through. He cannot tolerate just how obsessed Wilbur is with him. Asking so many endless questions and fawning over him. At least Wilbur isn’t causing problems trying to escape yet cause he wants quality alone time with his twin (barf). Techno doesn’t give a drop of information about himself, to the extent Wilbur is calling him Alex.
Since that isn’t working, Wilbur starts prattling on about his own life and how great and wonderful it is and how much Techno will loooove being in their family.
“You’re already trying to escape that life, stop selling me on it.” Wilbur. Shuts up. Very briefly. Because how the hell does Alex know that? And maybe it’s too much information to risk, but, as they get in an argument he starts revealing more and more he knows how the Craft family works, all the fissures, all the sins. Techno is increasingly frustrated because all his life experiences are so easily countered with ‘nuh uh we haven’t don’t that and would never bc we love you’. Cause, it is also true that the Crafts escalated over time from their own increasing desperation and trauma. Eventually he snaps, “stop gaslighting me, it doesn’t work anymore.”
“It’s literally not gaslighting if it’s just reasserting reality?? I’m not the crazy one here,” Wilbur laughs.
His smile drops as the car lurches. Techno has a knuckle white grip on the steering wheel. “You’re the ones that will push me to insanity. If you ever loved the idea of me, then you’ll shut up and be a good hostage so you Crafts never have a chance to ruin me.”
(The one critical piece of information Techno lacks is this: none of this was part of the Wither’s reintroduction program, and now she needs to rectify the errant hostage.)
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I suspect the lambs Phil amnesia is very self indulgent to try out different scenes where Philza can’t be held responsible* for careless words. But it’s so fun I can’t help it.
*by normal people. No promises he’s give that grace by the “children”
“We’re not going to hurt you,” “Technoblade” tried. But Philza didn’t seem to hear, hypnotized with the fountain of their blood stained down their chest. Tears dotted his eyes. “Trust us, Philza. You don’t have any other option.”
Philza’s head repeatedly jerked between the drop and the monsters. He inched further back, arms shaking to keep him up. Each gasp shorter than the last.
Whatever warrior they’d admired was gone. There was no calculation in Philza, no strategy, no defiance, no vigor. There wasn’t even comprehension. There wasn’t even survival, even breath.
There was a dog. And it was scared.
oughghhh I really love this part of The Lambs Wolves Wear
We're at the "JK Rowling is personally funding litigation to try and destroy AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL" stage of rabid UK terf brain.
Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky
Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*
You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.
*Not so friendly reminder there is no way to engage in the wizard books without enabling this shit.
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this one is not my fault however I did become obesessed. TRO decided that Cessation is a hero and i went. oh? OH? and decided to cook up the most evil power set ever, since we collectively decided that it's boring if it's all purely the same as origins.
Cessation is marketed as a hero without powers. Relies purely on the machines they design to capture villains. And an endless determination. Throwing themselves into high stakes battles they have no hope of winning.
And they don’t. Cess is turned into an utter stain on the ground. And then they wake up. Review how the battle went. And do the day again, this time getting a little further before they die. Repeat for however long it takes until they consider it good enough.
Which may not necessarily mean they just won the battle. Standing over a villain, looking at the wreckage of the battle, knowing it could have gone better, that it still can. Well. Cess has a solution for that, too. They’ll do it better next time.
Their ‘reset’ point is whenever they slept last, and so Cess is constantly insomniac so if they need to they’ll have a couple days to prepare and stop whatever is going to happen. They do genuinely have no other powers and are a very squishy human, so had to get very clever to defeat enemies. Particularly Díi, who has killed them the most of any villain. As a villain who gets more powerful based on secrets and mistrust, she's particularly horrific to Cessation who holds so many reset timelines in their head. Everyone else thinks Díi isn't too much of a threat...because Cessation keeps undoing the worst of her deeds.
There is no Civilian secret identity; Cess 100% doesn’t allow themselves rest in any capacity because then they’re failing the People. That workaholicism wouldn’t permit any self outside of dedication.
Which starts to crumble when they meet Seft. Their new sidekick, the one whose power allows her to go unnoticed, forgotten in battle. Cess isn't keen on her becoming a hero so young, but figures that if unable to become a hero, she'll just become a vigilante and then have zero support or safety. Cess resets endlessly to make sure Seft is never hurt.
(Only, they always seem to fail somehow; getting bruises they never remember)
((Only, Seft doesn't want to be a hero at all))
Sohr is a vigilante, a valkyrie swooping into battle and decimating villains and heroes alike. Sohr and Cess've got their ideological differences, but Cess doesn't care much about rounding up vigilantes unless they’re causing harm. And they see Sohr as one of the more competent and effective vigilantes. They don’t personally kill. On purpose. But mistakes happen in the field and only Cess gets to redo until it’s perfect. They've worked together a few times, particularly because Sohr has a soft spot for Seft.
Sohr also has a heated rivalry with Knell, who is obsessed with stealing crafting tables. Knell has one goal in life, and it is ultimately a fairly benign one compared to what other villains cook up. Only, Knell is descended from S+ tier villains, and definitely has the powers to match. Cess doesn't encounter her much; usually only in timelines where half the city is dead at her hands. But it only takes a reset and a gift basket full of crafting tables, so it isn't too bad.
Lastly, Capri is the kid of two heroes who have gone mysteriously missing. Unfortunately, it was during one of Cessation's few sleeps. Capri insists they're alive even as the hero organization looses hope.
Fortunately, Capri is right. Unfortunately, Capri is right. His parents were kidnapped by Knell's family, who lead an immortality-granting cult that tried to torture the heroes into joining. And when Capri tries to rescue them, they are brutally murdered.
Lil gadgets. Cessation didn’t realize their mask looked like fangs; all they care about is if it can hide their cyanide capsule.
“It’s impossible to escape,” Sohr assures Cessation as she patches up their near lethal wound. “That’ll be your excuse, because otherwise the hero commission will throw you back in the field.”
Cessation isn’t sure that’s true; they’ve never been injured in battle before. Doesn’t count if no one remembers. “Seft knows where you are, and will ‘rescue’ you when you’re done healing.”
Cessation scarcely knows where the vigilante had kidnapped them to, but it certainly isn’t a base. Decidedly domestic in a way that sets them on edge. Sohr is a vigilante. Vigilantes can’t afford heroes knowing where they lived. Just what is her long term plan here? And why should their side kick know where to rescue them from?
Sohr only took Cessation to the safe house for Seft’s sake, as the hero has taken her under wing. Unerringly, Cessation makes sure Seft gets out of encounters completely unscathed, which makes it hard to hate them.
(If Seft gets so much as a scratch Cess resets. Seft has. Gotten far worse than scratches.)
She doesn’t like the fact Cessation tried to brush off the wound as insignificant. Then again, why should the hero expect her to care? She shouldn’t. She doesn’t. It’s just…Seft.
So, Cessation will be kept until they’re healed. And if they need to stay a few extra days until Sohr is certain they won’t pose a threat…that can be arranged.
Cessation should have dodged better. Or not at all. One of the two. It will be a lot more painful, trying to heal something so severe instead of just reseting. Nearly a career ending move, their performance will be suboptimal for months. A lifetime, maybe, especially if handled by an untrained vigilante.
Cess is kinda waiting for a moment Sohr leaves so they can reset the little ‘dying’ issues, but she is incredibly vigilant in attending their extensive medical needs. They can’t just do it when her back is turned, because Sohr stripped all their gadgets and weapons. Nominally for medical access, but they both know why she doesn’t trust them.
So, Cessation tries to wait for her to fall asleep. Turns out she’s just as big an insomniac.
Maybe they start bonding a little. Starts out sharing stupid insomnia anecdotes. Talking a little bit about hero vigilante stories, but Cess skips over heavy handed stuff, not preaching about hero ideals or anything like that. But Cess isn’t always. The best about remembering which timeline got finalized. Maybe once or twice mention things that never happened and tries to chalk it up to blood loss.
Sohr is increasingly not fond of how caviler Cessation is about mortal wounds. She doesn’t like Cessation’s counter arguments about rest time costing civilian lives, because Sohr doesn’t quite see why that’s Cessation’s problem. And isn’t their performance going to suffer for constant stress?
And Cessation, who has dedicated their every waking moment to the public, hesitates. They still believe whole heartedly that every second should be serving the greater good, but…if they’re already going to reset this adventure, this time right now doesn’t count? Does it? It won’t be wasted time. What’s the worst that can happen?
They’ll suck up medical agony to talk to her a bit longer.
The tiny crushed civilian part of Cess starts to burble up in a way it only ever did around Seft. It scares them, at first. But. That is okay. Sohr won’t remember. They aren’t on the clock yet, time frozen in a dying timeline. It’ll be enough for Cess to cherish the memories.
Only, memories are the only thing that escapes. And when Sohr carefully presents Cessation with a feather, explains just how important it is for elytrians to claim those in their flock. That she wants Cess to be One Of Hers.
They won’t have it, when they reset. Their hands tremble as they accept it. Cessation can reforge this friendship in a different timeline. It’s- fine, that’s fine. They’ll get it in a permanent timeline. One that won’t leave them permanently injured.
Cessation can only stay awake so long. The insomnia gets too bad and the hallucinations start to become an actual problem. Worse than they usually permit because. Maybe they didn’t want to leave this timeline yet. Maybe it was nice to not be constantly jumping through missions. Cess really needed to reset before they fell asleep here.
They don’t want to scare Sohr. But she won’t remember. So when her back is turned, they down the cyanide capsule.
And immediately hack it back up, realizing it was replaced by melatonin.
Hiding the spit up gummy, Cessation begins frantically considering how to get her out of the house long enough to find a means of resetting.
Knell gets a text from an unknown number detailing a massive shipment of crafting tables. Like GIANT. Since Cess has details on the hero agency planning how to protect it. Cessation ‘warns’ Sohr of this heist.
And, given they now know the Sohr feather Knell has means they aren’t clear cut nemesis, Cessation makes sure to outline just how badly the security measure will wreck Knell.
Sohr flies at once. Immediately drugs Knell and carries her back. But that’s all the time Cess needed.
Cess that can still barely walk and is starting to worry about permanent chronic issues if they don’t reset. Tearing through the house trying to find their gadgets and getting nothing.
Cess gets out of the safe house. Sees they’re atop a tall tower in a quaint historical building. And sighs in relief. So that’s what Sohr meant when she said it was impossible to escape.
And Sohr’s arms are full.
After the reset, Cess tries to go back to being very cordial when working with Sohr. Depressingly able to divorce themselves from that timeline. Afterwards, sometimes Cess let themselves have a little grace period before they reset again. Sometimes. Even if no one else remembers their guilty selfishness, they do.
It’s the first thought Sohr has. First? It’s the middle of the day. She’s busy following a suspect. There is no first here. Yet, one moment she is confident and bored, and the next she’s lurching forward knowing she can’t save them both. Knowing her arms are full.
(Sometimes, you watch your new friend plummet from the 5th floor of your house, and even if all of existence dies in the split second they splatter, the image lingers. Sometimes all you know about someone is that if they were falling, they’d make sure it was skull-first)
Sohr shakes off the premonition. Later, she reluctantly ends up on the same side as Cessation mid a battle. The villain should've known better than to get on her terf. And maybe she doesn't mind Cessation thinking she's here solely to save lives. But any rapport she builds is purely to get any heat off her back, or make sure they're taking care of sidekick Seft.
There isn't any Seft here to protect this battle. So why is she so tense? Why does she give Cess cover fire? Why does she rush into the fray just to distract a villain for them? Why does her blood run cold when she sees the death lazar charging up at Cessation's exposed back?
(Last time, she hadn't screamed at them to move so fiercely her throat scraped raw. This time, they were already dodging before she even made a noise.)
The fact she suddenly cares for a hero, for a threat, is distinctly unnerving. But it's not like Cessation has powers, let alone anything mindcontrol related. And it's certainly not anything more than a gut impulse.
Sohr doesn't dismiss paranoia, she can't afford to in her line of work. But she lets it simmer, patient for more clues. At a surface glance Cessation acts no differently, certainly isn't trying to reinforce the fond feeling. That would've driven Sohr straight up the wall with suspicion. But they're as quiet and sharp and professional as ever.
...on the surface. Their body is a different story. And for people like them whose lives are kept in the body, all their strength mistakes past future survival wound up tight, it tells Sohr everything. Cessation doesn't brace around her anymore. Like she isn't a threat. like she's been neutralized.
It isn't as if they don't talk to her mid-work. They'd certainly tried the silent act the first few times, but after a few years of sparse encounters that is long gone. Cessation is friendly, but only insofar as they are 'friendly' to civilians. It is part of the job. And even as they're the same as ever, Sohr senses something dammed. Controlled. They're holding something back.
It's a small detail. A slip-up. A passing commentary about nothing at all, innocuous save for the fact it reveals that Cessation has been in her safe house.
What really betrayes Cessation is the fact that when they saw her charging at them, their head flipped, searching for an enemy behind. That sort of instinctual trust just can't be faked.
The full force of an osprey's dive slams Cessation into a wall, cracking with the impact. Sohr rips down their mask, determined they won't escape her so easily. (What does that mean? What the hell does that mean? Why is she scared of a mask?)
Perhaps it was shock from the surprise attack, from their brain rattling at the blow, but for some reason it isn't when Cessation is being mauled in a back alley that makes them panic. It's when the sweet chloroform sinks into their nose. Cessation bucks against her, hurling the light elytrian easily. But they can't run from her speed. Sohr latches onto their back, shoving the rag into their mask and yanking sharply to gag the fight. Pulling so tight metal digs into skin. For the agonizing minutes it takes to fully kick in, they stagger, clawing at the mask. The frantic scratching of a dog, so unlike the usual erudite sophistication of their battles.
For a hero, kidnapping may very well be worse than death.
They're scared. Painfully so. Yet, she can't shake the feeling Cessation isn't scared of her.
Once unconscious, Sohr scoops up the quarry in her talons and takes to the skies. To the safe house that apparently isn't so unfamiliar to them.
The first thing Sohr removes is the mask. Nominally so they can wake up from the chloroform. Yet the first thing she does is scratch out a hidden compartment and rip out the cyanide. Cess is the type of person to keep cyanide in case of capture. Who is so terrified of being interrogated, tortured, brainwashed. Who sees their death as the best outcome for their sake, others' sake.
Cess is also the type of person to refuse to take it, when it's Sohr. And those two anathema points circle each other in her head.
Second, Sohr texts Seft a heads-up that Cessation will be staying with her a little while, and will be returned perfectly safe. Third, she gets to work stripping a gadget hero of every last defense.
When they wake, Sohr is horrifyingly calm. "I won't harm you. I don't know why I'm averse to that, but I am, and I'll listen to that. But anyone who comes for you is another story, aren't they?"
Cess snorts. "No one is coming for me."
Sohr grows furious at the insinuation. And then the anger deepens, since she shouldn't be umbraged on a hero's behalf. It only worsens as they immediately launch into an appeal about how they need to get back out on the field, lives are at risk.
Cessation is an uncommunicative brick wall. An infuriating, uncommunicative brick wall, who seems at worst a little antsy about some research reports they are meant to be finishing right now. And as they shrug, stonewall, and slip through the conversation, evading her questions, Sohr sours. It plunges as Cessation tries suggesting it's cause she's sleep deprived, once again tipping their hands to reveal a terrifyingly intimate intel on her.
Frustrated, Sohr lets them go. Let's everything of them go. He feelings her worries her confusion. Sohr steps out of their life wholley, flying away the moment she sees them.
Clearly they don't respect her enough to be honest and communicate.
Cess carefully cleaned the blood soaked feather, knowing they didn’t deserve it in this timeline.
How badly they wanted to keep the feather. How badly they been missing all the times they let themselves breathe with her. The times they didn’t let her remember. Cess didn’t let themselves keep it. Just cleaned it of the villain’s blood, and left their hero com for her. So she’d know they weren’t recording their talk.
That- proves to be a mistake. With no response and their growing anxiety, Cess sleeps on the decision, to make it permanent, so they can’t back out.
Putting the worry to the back of their mind, Cess goes about their daily business. Working on the portal. Saving people from a burning building. Investigating a gap in hero staffing. Getting Sammyammas allergy meds because he rescued a kitten from a tree (again). Work on the portal. Cross reference similarities between the three missing heroes and two missing side kicks. Wonder why only two turned up dead. Rifle through the thin file of the last side kick, their side kick. Drown the taste of bile with an unhealthy amount of breath mints. Work on the portal. It has to work this time. They need it to work this time. Check the last place they saw Sohr and find no feather, no com, no note, no answers. Don’t look at the spot on their bed that makes their head and heart hurt. Wonder where she is. Wonder why they couldn’t save her. Wonder why they can’t even remember. Wonder why nobody knows what they’re talking about, flinches when they demand answers. Start and new encoded cipher to keep track of timelines so they don’t loose crucial information. Pay the tuition of a barista in cumulative tips. Take pain relievers for the migraine that deepens every time they try to investigating the missing sidekicks. Smile for the camera. Work on the portal.
Freeze when the report comes on the radio. Struggle to breathe when only two of the three missing heroes are found. Blitz across the city in a blinding terror when the operator scoffs that Vi and Flicker got caught by someone so nonthreatening as Díi.
Cessation gets there fast. Capricious gets there faster.
After Capri lost his hero parents to villains and negligence, like hell is he letting Vi and Flicker meet the same end. He throws himself endlessly at Díi’s lair, which bristles to deadly fashion at the threat of anyone taking what’s his.
And Cess doesn’t have their com. And no back up is coming because no one else knows how powerful Díi is because Cessation ensures they never find out. They don’t see the endless timelines washed in blood shed; they think Cessation is enough to deal with her.
Cess watches as Capri kills himself over and over to save Vi and Flicker. Their coworker’s kid. The last thing Cessation has of them. And they’re watching his suicidal march against their worst nemesis. Charging into the hostage house no matter how they beg him to let them handle it. Because to Capri? As a hero, it’s Cessation’s fault his parents are dead. Why should he expect them to save Vi and Flicker?
All Cess can do is help him. (No matter how many loops Cess searches, there’s only ever one sidekick in Díi’s capture. Where is she? Why can’t they remember her face?). Behind the scenes, dismantling the teeth of Díi’s traps until Capri thinks he’s getting through flawlessly. But he doesn’t find Vi, chained up and blind folded, toyed with on the verge of ease and terror to maintain Díi’s powers predicated on distrust and secrets and fear.
He finds Flicker. Happy go lucky Flicker, who cheerfully walked into a trap of her own volition. Who loves it here, staying with Díi and Vi and Via. They’re pod. Why would she ever want to leave?
Now it’s Capri’s turn, to fail to save someone. No matter what he says, Capri can’t convince her to leave. He can’t save Flicker. (He can’t save his parents).
But he doesn’t give up pleading with her when the monstrous jaws of a mechanical lion gouge out his chest. He doesn’t give up when he lays a single hand on Flicker and a spore burst grows giant mushrooms through his arms, severing arteries. He doesn’t give up, when he scoops up Flicker and runs and gets hunted down and eviscerated by Díi, Flicker still happily smiling in the haze of viscera.
Cess knows toxic determination better than anyone. And unfortunately, they realize that the only way to get him to stop is to make him. So in the final time loop, Cessation lets him get hurt, badly. So hurt he physically cannot persist, and they can only drag his barely conscious body back to the hero base for repair.
They sit at his bedside, vigilant, for days. Waiting for the second his eyes flutter. Waiting for the proof they haven’t failed him, too.
Like Cessation always does for upset kids, they tuck a little plushie in his arms for comfort. Oddly, they can’t recognize the hero it’s based on.
Cess will never not see Capri as the kid bitterly crying at the funeral they should have prevented.
His unconscious tears dry with time, and Cess watches. They know exactly how much it hurts him not being able to save Vi and Flicker after how much he’s lost. They intimately carry his every failure in their mind, even if he never will.
Capri isn’t waking up. The quiet beeps of his medical equipment slowly ease in their ears, a lulling hum. Capri isn’t waking up, and Cess sits there agonizingly wondering if they need to reset the timeline again. But if they need to- Sohr says it’s okay to rest, and it won’t count between timelines. So they watch, and rehash the timeline again and again, wondering what thy could’ve gone better. Endless loops tangling them as they drift off…
When Cess jolts awake, Capri is already gone. And Cess doesn’t find him first: the media does. Like many erased timelines, it embeds in itself in them like the lingering Lyme from a crushed tick. That image of Capri ripping the hero agency building from its foundations, gravity rupturing as the sky scraper rockets into the sky. And the single perfect second of stillness before it plummets to the ground, slaughtering the thousands of people inside and leaving a crater in the city.
And yet…Cess will never not see Capri as the kid bitterly crying at the funeral they should have prevented. No matter what he does.
But Cess can only reset so far back. They kill themselves immediately, but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s already gone when they wake up. It takes several loops to figure out where he is before he gets to the hero agency and obliterates it. Dozens more to figure out precisely how to thwart his arrival. They endlessly curse drifting off at Capri’s bedside because they simply can’t go back far enough. They can’t stop him before the anger spirals out, they can’t convince him not to agitate injuries, they can’t stop him.
Cess is more than accustomed to that failure by now. And so they plunge into the fray. Cess doesn’t want to hurt him. They know why he’s attacking. But the problem is he doesn’t get the catharsis of killing them.
It’s….no different than the other times Capri killed Cess. Right? Functionally it makes no difference whether they reset for his sake or if he forces them to. It’s- fine, it doesn’t matter, it won’t matter once they get this right.
“It’s your fault! You thought they were dead! You all thought they were already gone! Why shouldn’t I kill every single one of you?!? Maybe then you’d understand how it feels to be that alone, with the whole world thinking you’re crazy, only to end up even more alone because your negligence killed them!”
what’s really breaking them down is Capricious’ ravings. Not one word Cess gets in can defend them from his accusations about being responsible for his parents’ deaths, for Vi and Flicker’s kidnapping and brainwashing, for what is her name where did it go how can I claim I love her. Because what is there to say? He’s right.
And so they die. And die. And die.
It’s not atonement. It can’t be. They can’t ever go back far enough to make things right. All Cess is doing is coming back to their graveyard to stop a villain.
If only their death could be enough. If only it could be the sacrificial blood to cleanse this hurt. But it can’t ever satisfy Capricious. Still Cess finds themselves sweeping a hand to encompass the carnage, screaming, “Kill me! Not them. At least pretend to believe you’re doing this for revenge. You can’t change the past. You can’t fix this.” I can. I’m the only one who can and I’m not enough. “And you can’t fix this by making more children crying at funerals.”
That’s all the villain Capricious is to them. The kid crying at the funeral. Capri’s cries ringing in their ears, but also in the days after his massacre when they’re too exhausted to throw themselves immediately back into the next timeline. They see every funeral they’ve ever attended for the people he’s killing.
“You couldn’t have done better than what you did at the time.” But I could have. But I didn’t.
Capricious is gutted by the recognition of the civilians he’s slaughtering, realizing how many Capris he’s making. Cess builds a solid loop of quelling the civilian casualties. But it doesn’t stop Capricious’ loathing for the complicit heroes. Cess replays the destruction of the hero agency so many times.
Until finally, they see no other option.
“No one can save everyone. And you don’t under stand the depths I’ve gone to only to learn that lesson. The only thing you’re doing, Capri, is killing the one chance you have of getting them back.”
And for the first time ever, Cess explains the portal.
Thematically it’s about going back. Getting something that was lost. Doing something right no matter how many failures lead up to that.
Cess is desperate to find a way to expand their power to get past the sleep reset. Get back years before, to some disaster they couldn’t save everyone from because of inexperience. Maybe the first time they ever died. Some villain attack that they survived that no one else could. That they don’t realize they could’ve prevented because it was the first time Cess came back. They didn’t know what they could’ve done better.
But they do now. And they’re obsessed with getting back to that day. Fix everything they’ve ever done wrong in the past decade. More than get Capri’s parents back, they can solve the world.
Capri crumples at the offer. Perhaps Cess is not being upfront about how they know time travel is possible. Or what their big over arching plan is. But they see it as a more productive goal for Capri. Just maybe underestimate what he’s willing to do to get it to work…
okay so I do keep getting Scar (gtw) and Scar (fma) mixed up however it’s very fun because they’re such completely diametric forces. So imagining Grian dorking around with a man on a genocide revenge quest is great. Or maybe hermit Scar is what happens when he gets his brother creation arm no destruction one.
However, I do actually think that of any fma characters to fit, Ling really works. Like, silly goofy con playing off everything with an affable, oblivious air, razor sharp beneath it all
The lovely Bapebo made this fanart for my fic, Fault! They’re @BAPEBOK on Twitter, and are also working on an amazing Russian translation for Fault. Anyway I would die for them.
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This is an au that has consumed me. This blog will just be a terrible mess of whatever I’m stuck on for the week, likely with little explanation and heavy spoilers. Anyway, the general vibe + anomalous properties are below cut:
Philza: The Zilant. Is the immortal concept of fire and fury, which pretends to be a dragon, which pretends to be a human. Maintains his personhood by attaching himself to mortals he calls his ‘Collected’. Currently: Tommy, Wilbur, The Blade, and Tubbo. Additionally, Philza is very intent on keeping any promise he makes and was kept in the Foundation exclusively because they’d captured his Collected and made a deal. Gives great dad advice, except when the advice is ‘let me murder them for you <3’
Tommy: The Instigator. Has a blood red liquid on his hands that grows when he’s scared. When people touch it, they become aggressive to anyone but Tommy. At low TI-Red levels this leads to things like bickering, but it escalates to physical violence and brutality. When TI-Red levels consume him and he thinks he’s going to die, he summons The Blade. Lived as a normal human and met Wil, Phil, and The Blade after a summoning at 15; visited the homeless guys occasionally till the Foundation captured at 16. Abandonment issues, highly touch starved, used as a Thaumiel. Collected Tubbo.
The Blade: The Blood God. Is a massive boar behemoth with voices in his head. When attacked (or if there’s an orphan), becomes The Blood God, who will bend the universe to ensure he wins. The Blade only comes back when the challenge has been completed. Grew up as a monster in the woods, but pulled himself up out of the voices, figured out what was him and what was The Blood God, and established his own personhood. Somehow has a college degree, met Phil and Wil during a gap year. Loves gardening and murdering people for Tommy. Also managed to come out of the Foundation the least traumatized, iconic.
Wilbur: Soot. [tags are noms Wilbur or scp Wilbur if you want to block] His legs magically rearrange so he is the tallest humanoid in the room. Oh also the void in the side of his face that eldritch abominations claw their way out of. Was basically a feral starving child till ~14 when Philza forcefully adopted him. A chronic insomniac with a heart of gold and a tongue of silver, held together despite the inherent contradictions between being a supreme survivalist and a drama hoe. Memory issues because he represses basically everything.
Tubbo: The Pollinator. Is a honeycomb skin suit for approximately 400,000 bees. Uses they/them we/us pronouns, because they are a Hive mind/system containing at least three humans: a Little, a Foundation employee, and a lawyer/farmer. Tubbo grew up mostly normal, albeit in secret. The most recently captured by the Foundation, and a staunch pacifist. This causes them to be at odds with Philza, who did a few murderous rampages too many, and The Blade, for the reason above and also because he destroyed their legs. But they stick around because they’re attached to Tommy.
Basic vibes are found family, hurt/comfort, questions of morality, and trauma at the hands of the Foundation and each other. Things get messy, but it’s all bound together with love at the end of the day.
The tag 'crumbs to tide you over' is how I organize ficlets, wip sippets, and fic announcements. Personal tag is something to nom on. Wilbur tags are noms Wilbur or scp Wilbur if you want to block tags, and my PR response to that is here.
Long list of dsmp Ao3 Fics, One shots, and ficlets below!
Ao3 fics:
Fault. The titular SBI SCP AU. SBI trapped in the Foundation. Lots of angst, large exploration of trauma, dehumanization, moral philosophies, and messed up found family. Tags are fault au, fault memes pog, sbi scp au, fault analysis, etc. This is a whole series and has many associated works. Long Fic.
>Also Where, then, do your loyalties lie? for AU where human Phil works for the Foundation and tries to free kid SCP Tommy. Complete.
Mandatory Family Reunion. Techno kidnapped by criminal dark SBI and handles it very poorly AU. Heavy dark em duo. Explores different types of abuse, motivations, delusions, and how love causes harm. Tag is Mandatory Family Reunion, sometimes mfr. Long Fic.
The Lambs Wolves Wear (Ficlet is here; starts at the Reveal and currently goes further than the ao3) AU where all of Philza's real children were replaced by different monsters he has to appease to survive. Problem? "Technoblade" "Tommy" and "Wilbur" never experienced love before and now adore Philza, unaware it's not real. Long Fic.
Way more below, those are just my main projects ^-^
Lord, what fools these mortals be! Fantasy AU, Winter Court Fae Queen Kristin and King Philza try to kidnap SBI. Wacky hijinks with dark portions. Some themes of bodily autonomy, subtle manipulations, absurdity of the fae.
Lighting Lanterns to Bring You Home. Mythology AU where Techno is a Harvest/Revolt god that is killed every Winter Persephone style, Wilbur a Festival/Dissent god. Heavy tragedy. Themes of self change, coping with grief. Abandoned with outline.
Where Hearts Roost. Fairy tale AU, Tommy and Wilbur break into witch Philza's cottage and get adopted. Sweet, hurt/comfort, themes of learning to trust. Complete.
The Altars We Sacrifice Our Futures On. Wherein Tommy is sacrificed to The Blood God, except he isn't an orphan so Techno awkwardly adopts him and is awful at parenting. Very funny and fluffy with some dark humor mixed in. Complete.
To Return the Favor of Raising Me. Zombie apocalypse where kid Techno struggles to lead Tommy, Niki, Tubbo, and Ranboo in killing survivors to feed their brains to zombie Philza. Techno develops insane beef with Kristin, who tries to rescue the kids to her survivor compound. Heavy angst, MCD (duh Phil is a zombie), lots of traumatized children.
Shred Your Wings to Make You Ours. Wing fic! Predator bird Philza shreds prey!Techno’s wings and shoves him in a hole to eat later. Only problem? Philza is a sleep deprived new dad, and accidentally brings Techno back to the nest. Now the only way Techno can survive is to pretend to be a predator, too. A literal Dead Bird Do Not Eat fic- as the whole premise is cannibalism birds.
Always at His Side, Never in His Sight. OSMP + Philza’s FlowerFall. Queer royalty AU with lots of bedrock bros angst. Tommy is struggling with insecurities, aromanticism, and growing gender dysphoria, and elects to cope with invisibility potions even as side effects grow worse. Adopted crown prince Techno dodges assassins, wrangles structural inaccessibility, and accepts his role as a martyr for Tommy. Angst/comfort with fun Origin social world building. 1 more chapter.
Of Feathers and Fawning. (or ficlet here) Where Tommy is an avian and during exile his abuser takes advantage of his instincts to manipulate him. Angst heavy, deals with suffering and recovering from abuse. Complete.
One shots:
Where do Babies Come From? Modern AU where Philza picks up homeless kids. My first fic everyone say awww.
Worth far more than your weight in gold. Monster Hunter Techno goes after Philza, who is a raven-dragon-kenku, for taking Tommy. Phil can only talk through redacting others sentences. Monster/culture worldbuilding. Hurt/comfort, distrustful bonding. Themes of learning to value yourself, discrimination, communication.
116 East Normal Street. Human Techno bonding with his neighborhood, who are all not-so-secretly from very different genres such as 'magical girl' or 'noir detective' or 'invading alien'. Most light-hearted thing I've ever written tbh. Themes about suburban isolation but it's buried in there.
A ghost is a tragedy reliving itself. Fault AU where they are abstracted into short horror stories.
Ficlets:
Reverse ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’. Lambs!AU where Philza is the one replaced by a monster (angel) and his children have to navigate it.
Sandduo makes ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’ even more tragic. “Wilbur” shows up after Philza already killed “Techno” and “Tommy”. Pure angst ensues. Complete.
Waxing and Waning. Goddess of Death Kristin tricks Philza into becoming an icarus figure, only, sun god Tommy has never been embraced before.
Civilian. Philza finds a team of child superheroes and begins to get worried about their safety. Time to take it into his own hands! Complete.
Reverse Mafia Kidnapping? Tommy kidnaps Crime Boss!Philza. Chaos ensues. Complete.
Paragon of Justice (or whatever). Superhero Techno takes the fall for Ranboo to get tossed in jail the same week villain Wilbur gets caught, too. When breaking out of jail, villain sbi decide to take a plus one! Complete.
A Study in Brood Parasites. Dark!Kristin is a brood parasite bird that plants her chick, Techno, into Philza’s family. Only, she becomes enraptured watching Philza care for his family. Surely he won’t mind if another brood parasite infiltrates his family…. Complete.
Under-The-Bed. Tommy has a brand new monster under his bed. And maybe, if he’s nice enough, Techno will protect him from the monsters over-the-bed. Complete.
Murky Depths. Tiny Merman Techno gets rescued from polluted waters by a giant Kristin and put into a fish tank to recover. He is very Andy about this. Complete.
Do you need help drowning, darling? Vampire Hunter!Techno gets only partially turned, and is in deep denial about it as his health gets worse and worse. Luckily (?) for him, vampire Philza just decided to infiltrate the hunter compound.
Your Heart in My Hands. Fledgeling Tommy isn’t integrating with the coven well :( he keeps trying to escape. But now that Philza has found the reason he was running, all he has to do is lock Tommy in a room with Tubbo until he’s turned…or consumed. Almost complete.
The Blood God and His Fledgeling. Hyper Depressed ancient vampire!Techno finds the reincarnation of Theseus, the man who refused to turn thousands of years ago. While he won’t turn Tommy without consent….he’s not above forcing the issue. Honestly kinda abandoned.
Beast and Boy. Techno is a giant monster that’s been terrorizing the town for years, but when gravely wounded limps off to die. Tommy, however, just got a new puppy!!! And is very determined his parents won’t find out about the puppy under the house.
Made For War. Technoblade is a war robot and Philza is the scientist who made him. As Philza nurtures Techno to sentience, the robot struggles with the meaning of agency and friendship. Angst and Bonding. Complete.
Bunnyblade’s 5-step Plan to World Dominance. Lab bunny Techno escapes, only to fall in the TOTALLY NEFARIOUS clutches of Philza. BUT WORRY NOT! The feeble might of a random civilian is not enough to Bunnyblade’s terrible schemes! …but might postpone them for a carrot break. And some petting. Comedy.
If you send me an ask with proof you donated at least 5 dollars to a Palestinian gofundme or charity, I’ll fulfill a drawing or writing request. The drawing will be in color, and the prompt would be 300 words minimum- although I do love to go above and beyond!
My fic based on the Eleonora's falcon's whumpy hunting strategies is here! Summary:
For generations, a certain population of Eleonora’s Falcons have been observed learning to capture smaller birds by shredding their wings and trapping them in rocky crevices to have fresh food available later. In the Avian tongue, Eleonora translates to Elytrian. In the Avian brain, Elytrian translates to nightmare.
But while Avian Techno is dreading the moment he’s turned into lunch, Elytrian Philza hasn’t slept in three days trying to take care of his newborn. When the line between chick and chick food starts to blur, how will predator and prey handle it?
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Design details below cut :) featuring lots of speculative biology and culture based on real birds.
General
Both species don't have feathers around their mouth for hygiene.
Evolutionary, they follow the
Their teeth are convergent evolution. They are not the same as mammal teeth.
We are ignoring the fact their flat faces are not the most aerodynamic.
Head wings are to increase mobility and the face aerodynamic problem. Somewhat similar to dragonflies where they have a lot more aerial precision, but doesn't allow them to hover.
Languages are grouped by Order. Some portions are instinctual, others are learned.
Avians
Avians are passarines. There are multiple species of Avian. Technoblade is based on colorful songbirds, but doesn't have a specific source.
Omnivores. Diet includes fruit, nuts, fish, insects, grains. Become more herbivores during migration because they can store long term.
Technoblade's feathers mimic the spears of a crown, with his back similar to cTechno's blue cape. His shoulders are very fluffy to mimic the fur of cTechno's hood, and because it's winter.
Evolved for long distance migration across the ocean. Their arms were primarily an adaptation for holding supplies during migration, but have found new purposes with the invention of society.
Because of their long head wings, Avians can't wear typical shirts. They also don't have a concept of chest modesty. The halter top is a way to carry more supplies while flying, and has a net interior. The sleeves are to keep their arms warm during migration. (and to mimic ctechno skin).
The long head wings make them incredibly agile in flight. Combined with their incredible endurance, if they can survive the initial attack they tend to do well.
Walk more upright than Elytrians since they don't have to counterbalance the same magnitude of wing.
Like to wear shiny stuff like gold.
Baggy drop pants to trap heat and because they don't tend to walk too much.
Can sleep with only one half of their brain while migrating so they're able to keep going.
Good mimicking abilities.
Elytrians
Elytrians are falconiformes.
Elytrians don't typically do the de-winging thing, it is a learned behavior within Philza's area (much like Eleonora's falcon). They find arms very useful for tearing while clutching the prey in their feet talons.
Nearly exclusively carnivorous.
Elytrians live further south of Techno's species, and migrate about a month after they've passed through.
Their general diet does not typically consist of Avians but instead other birds, or terrestrial prey like deer or smaller. They only eat Avians during migration/hatching season, targeting exhausted migrators.
The main hunting strategy is divebombing at incredible speeds. If they miss, they might pursue it little bit, but have a lower success rate.
As such, they have small head wings to avoid getting in the way of aerodynamics.
Small head wings also mean they can have more of a shirt! Tend to have sleeves, and don't cover up the chest because there's lots of fluffy feathers there, particularly in females. They don't have boobs. They're birds. That's. That's not how that works.
Females are larger.
Giant talons for ripping and shredding.
I uh did read articles about the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction and stuff about gigantification and what not, but I think I'll stop myself before pontificating about the oxygen ratio in the atmosphere and potential gravity differences.......
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