Of Bastards and Bridges

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Series Begun:
2025-12-13
Series Updated:
2026-04-08
Description:

If Gustave is presumed heterosexual, if Gustave has Sophie, if Verso is too depressed to live, and if Gustave's impressions of him are negative, then how can Verstave happen?

Welcome to the OBAB Cinematic Universe, baby. We're about to answer that question.

See notes for elevator pitch. Series co-written by alacruxe and flowerfxcker. Edited and illustrated by alacruxe. Playlist curated by flowerfxcker and alacruxe.

Notes:

Lumière is undergoing reconstruction while Maelle works on resurrecting the people she knew. Gustave is a member of Project Landbridge, a team of former Expeditioners and their allies who work to design and assemble a bridge from Lumière back to the continent. Verso is catatonic from the moment of his resurrection. Realizing that he is going to simply let himself die again, Maelle, desperate to have him back again, grants him a renewed blessing of immortality, but he only continues to let himself waste away, dying and dying and dying again. As Maelle begins to break down from the trauma of it, Gustave steps in to attempt to wake Verso from his catatonia, albeit reluctantly. What starts as an obligation turns into a habit, and over time, Gustave's scorn transforms into sympathy; and when Verso finally wakes and proves some of his worst assumptions false, Gustave suddenly has a lot of unexpected feelings to contend with.

Ongoing, actively being written every day. Aiming to complete by end of year 2026.

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