Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Pairing: Damian Desmond / Anya Forger (Spy x Family) Rating: T (dark comedy • absurdist-political)

Status: Ongoing

Chapters: 49/?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75711631/chapters/198019721

Anya Forger has lived five lives. In every single one, Damian Desmond becomes Prime Minister, delivers a stirring yet ill-advised speech, and declares a war nobody asked for. This life, Anya officially opts out. She ignores politics, eats pastries, and lets history ruin itself without her involvement. That ends the moment she saves Damian’s life, and he responds like any sensible future warlord would: by proposing immediately. Now she’s engaged to the man who’ll destroy the world, and worse, her plan to do nothing with her life has gone off the rails. It’s all going surprisingly well, aside from the constant sense she’s being outmanoeuvred in a game nobody wants to admit they’re playing. Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Some playlists, for people who enjoy music:

Starlight, Parabellum (Anya's side)

Starlight, Parabellum (Damian's side)

Associated artworks that I adore:

Pre-Starlight, Parabellum Desmond by @spiceymoro

Playlist-inspired Anya by @liliumnsn

Chapter Two's proposal scene by @dopey-moon

Anya's various lives by @dopey-moon

Prime Minister Damian and Anya by @liliumnsn

Damian Desmond Is Normal About Phone Calls by @asriteko

Ewen's First Life Death by @spiceymoro

Nurse Anya by @pupvvisec

Frontline-Angel-Nurse Anya by @anonimousbeing07

Anya Forger Reinvents Lysistrata by @witchy-capri

Damian Desmond Filled with Earth-Shattering Yearning by @spiceymoro

Chapter 31: Anya's Daring Escape by @asriteko

Chapter 32: Two Lives, One Slightly Cringe Date by @justshipsandstuff

Forbidden Chapter 32.5 by @mercutao

Life 3 Damianya (book cover version) / (memories version) by @mercutao

Nice Try, Forger by @skyofasunset

And of course:

This absolutely stunning artwork by @iridescents-homemadebiblequotes.

I wanted to ask though: what is the “Great” series, and will we ever be able to see it?

Thank you!

Hey, hey! Thanks for reading!

The Great series was a Damianya AU I wrote when I first started writing that was essentially putting Damianya in my favourite TV show, The Great. (Fully recommended as a watch). Anyway, at the time, I thought that was just what an AU was, so I didn't really have as much fun with it as I could have done, and I stopped being proud of it midway through BCA, so I took it down.

Since I first started writing, I'd say my writing style/confidence in myself to write my own stuff and put my own spin on things has come leaps and bounds. I took it down because I essentially need to rip it to shreds, keep some dialogue, etc, but completely rework nearly everything else. I am working on in the background, but I'm also helping write a script for something in my off hours, keeping up with SP, and also having to manage my actual life, so it's on the indefinite backburner for now!

Added to my playlist! Anyway some lyrics I like them for them (especially in SP):