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  1. Summary

    Bard Tav x Raphael

    Dark, mutually obsessive relationship

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    A collection of short stories with bad wind-related titles set during the same VW timeline.

    All stories are loosely connected, but can be read separately.

    Ratings may vary.

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  1. Rec 6

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    And there it was, illuminated. “It.” No longer “he.” A corpse, not a man.
    The air felt thick as Ivy approached, catching in her lungs, dragging at her feet. He had been arranged on the marble slab to the left of her own sarcophagus. His hands were folded over a ceremonial dagger on his chest. Two gold coins had been placed over his eyes.
    Filled with sudden fury, she picked up the coins and threw them against the wall. They were an insult to the brilliance of his eyes. And what was this strange gilt dagger? Where were his knives of flashing silver? What had they done with them? She pulled the dagger out from under his hands and hurled it to the ground.
    Stripped of his burial goods, one could almost pretend that he was asleep. But he wasn’t. He was dead.
     

    What could be more gothic than hiding your semi-dead almost-husband in your family crypt?

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    30 Sep 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A tragic gothic romance, on grieving a relationship that never could be (and utterly failing to). Gut-wrenching and you can probably go fandom blind without much issues.

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    Sometimes, all it takes is one decision to change everything. For Nathaly Shepard, it was accepting a new post from her old mentor, and a mission that quickly turned into a war.

    When a rogue turian threatens human civilization, Nathaly is forced to grow into the spectre she was perhaps never meant to be. Amid the chaos of burning colonies and hostile AI, she forges lifelong friendships, falls in love despite herself, and fights for a home she never thought she'd have- while a secret fifty thousand years old threatens to take it all away.

    A reimagined Mass Effect 1, that keeps to the spirit of the canon while deepening connections between events and characters, delving into backstories, and expanding the narrative.

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    30 Sep 2024

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    Very impressive novelisation of ME1. Basically all you want from a novelisation: it's interesting, builds on canon while adding a lot so it never feels redundant with the base material, and the relationships and characters are developped a lot. I really loved the Shepard and the omnipresence of PTSD.

  3. Rec *

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    You walked into the House of Hope as if Ao himself would turn the wheel of time and save you when things went wrong.

    You stole Raphael's hammer, released his Hope, stained his sheets with your sweat and lust.

    The only thing you have failed to accomplish in the splendour of your chaos is to destroy the Devil himself.

    He is about to give you and your companions a few lectures on effect and cause.

    A whole semester's worth.

     

    ""Now, you and I must discuss a certain matter. The matter of my virility, my endurance and my proclivities. I cannot allow such slander to go unchallenged, can I?""

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    01 Jun 2024

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    Raw, violent, visceral, grotesque and weirdly funny fic (in a fucked up way). Raphael as both the antagonist and MC is an absolutely brilliant angle. You'll hate him and root for him simultaneously. Judith (local Tav) is just great. Character voices are really well done.

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    Crests are status. Crests are strength. Crests are power.

    Claude doesn't get it. Sure, the healing his crest gives him is handy. But no one talks about the drawbacks. As far as he's concerned, Fódlan's obsession with crests is overrated. His Crest of Riegan isn't worth the way it burns through his body. It isn't worth the way it skitters beneath the surface of his skin. The itch it thrums through his blood during battle isn't worth the retching he's left with hours later.

    ... He's not the only one suffering, right?

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    27 Aug 2020

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    Incredible gen fic exploring the more dreadful implications of the Crests. Absolute page turner and WILL make you cry.

  5. Rec 6

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    Griss gives Alear a rather strange gift for Sweethearts Day. It's only natural that Alear repays him—even if she's way over her head.

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    It’s a unique gift, Alear will give him that. She remains silent, unsure of what to say or do as her bright smile turns into a nervous one. Her mismatched eyes stay locked on Griss’s arm, each letter of her name bright red. Alear can’t ask him if it hurt—of course it did, and that’s the point, Griss is into receiving pain. She accepted him into her life knowing that.

    While the self-inflicted scars on his body aren’t a surprise to Alear, she is stunned by her name permanently etched into his arm. The scar is fresh enough to heal using magic, but she knows Griss doesn’t want it gone from his skin.

    Neither does Alear.

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    18 Feb 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Alright, this is just a really hot and painful branding fic. I love love love the toxic dynamic going on between Griss and Alear. Feels very in character for both of them.