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An intervention from the rulers of the Antarctic Empire by sircantus [Rated T, 66059 words, incomplete, last updated October 2021]

“Yes, thank you Dream,” Phil says, pulling out his sword, letting it hang loosely in his hand as Techno holds onto Tommy’s arm, tugging the teen even more, to the point where Tommy thinks he might bump into Techno. “However, as of now, Tommy is under the protection of the Antarctic Empire.”

Dream shakes his head, laughing. “You can’t do that.” And as he walks forward to get closer, Phil points his sword right at Dream’s face.

“Yes, we can.” Phil responds, and Dream takes a step back when the edge of Phil’s sword pokes against his mask.

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(Techno and Phil decide to take Tommy from his mistreatment, and RUN)

crete by Pyrotechnical [Rated T, 55,466 words, incomplete, last updated October 2021]

Tommy wishes that Tubbo was still his friend, and that it was like how they used to be. Best friends, completely inseparable. He wishes it was back when he was the annoying kid tagging along with the famed "Sleepy Boys Inc." flock, the annoying fourth-wheel in the Championships. He wasn’t even an avian and they kept him around for some reason. Probably just for entertainment, but that was okay. It was nice of them to let him hang around as long as they did. Doesn’t mean he can’t long for their company, their powerful wings and soft, warm feathers that Wilbur used to wrap around him during their first nights in Pogtopia before Tommy drove him insane.

He’s too tired and numb to try and choke back the weird, warbly sob that rises in his throat, and he hates himself for it. It’s such an ugly, creature-like sound, and he decides not to think about that too hard.

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Tommy grows wings in exile. Somehow, this makes everything so much harder.

My Monster Hunter AU is set in a Korea-inspired background(namely suburban Korea, which is where I live). It's technically not Korea, especially since the characters are all European/American/Just Not Korean™️(except maybe TinaKitten, but idk if she'll appear), but it follows Korean societal structures and systems. So, basically what the British and Americans do when writing modern AUs, but with Korea.

So:

(No multicultural monsters, bc I don't think I could confidently portray other cultures' monsters. At least with my own culture, I don't have to worry about accidentally disrespecting anyone's heritage.)

So basically a long LONG time ago some scientist gets a bunch of couples planning on having children & does a bunch of genetic manipulation/modification experiments, mostly on genetic "weak points", like giving the baby of the nearsighted couple good eyesight genes, etc.

This gets a LOT of flack bc yknow, Eugenics Is A Controversial Topic™️. The couples are already pregnant & expecting babies though, so there's not much anyone can do.

BUT after the babies are born, they get regularly tested to see how well the genetic modifications worked, right? WELL, turns out the modifications worked a little TOO well.

The baby with eyesight modifications has eyes that can zoom in & out like a camera. The baby with physical strength modifications can break concrete walls. The Intelligence Boost Baby has brains to rival a supercomputer. The Linguistic Talent Baby can communicate with animals and insects.

This, of course, makes worldwide news. The kids are tested and poked and prodded, but no one can figure out why the enhanced genes came out THAT enhanced. The babies are perfectly healthy at least, if a bit superhuman.

The whole thing simmers down a bit. The kids grow up and some have kids of their own. Some of THOSE kids also have superhuman abilities. The original Ability Babies, as they came to be called, refuse to let their kids be roped into the tests though- they've gone through too much because of their Abilities, they don't want that for their own kids.

So Abilities end up spreading out & getting passed on with no inhibition. By the time the first baby of the Fourth Generation of Abilitieds is born, Abilities are just a part of everyday life.

By the Seventh Gen though, genetic problems begin to emerge. At this point a lot of Abilities have mixed with each other, and apparently this ended up causing genetic problems related to Abilities. The Ability Kids borne from the Mental Enhancement Babies(ex. intelligence, linguistics) have the worst illnesses, like Ability Blockage and Ability Leakage.

Ability Leakage is the inability to fully control your own Ability(ex. Ranboo randomly getting into these dazes, bc their mind isn't fully there, and accidentally teleporting if he's startled).

Ability Blockage is the most dangerous of Ability Illnesses, because it's literally your own Ability being trapped inside your body. The energy expels INSIDE your body instead of OUTSIDE, like it should, and causes extreme pain/constricts vital organs. Ability Blockage is a birth illness, and most patients don't even make it to 4 years old.