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Don't ya know / They're talking about a revolution?
Although her relationship with John Silver started more positively, as they begin to work together more - including weathering the loss of Silver - Madi has gained appreciation for Captain Flint. He as for her too. She finds that he is much more aligned politically with her than previously believed.
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
As the War continues, Madi never loses faith, but having a steadfast partner and fellow visionary by one's side never hurts moral, either.
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- Part 13 of Fan 📽️
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When she shuts her eyes, Miranda hears the terrible click of a gun misfiring and James’ wretched cry; smells the acrid gunpowder; feels the weight of the small paring knife leave her hand to embed itself in Peter Ashe’s eye. Then there is the awful aftermath. James’ equally surprised and horrified expression as he stares at her face, splattered with foreign blood— his slowly spreading manic grin and choked laugh upon realizing that she’s uninjured. The subsequent mad dash from the manor. If the last vestiges of Miranda’s old life were embers, they’d been used up after that.
Miranda survives the Charles Town confrontation with her belief in the possibility of reconciliation with Civilization shattered. The Walrus crew are still becalmed. The Maroons still agree to an alliance. The future impact of her presence and new outlook, however, remains to be seen.
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A Revelation by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
25 Sep 2025
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There is no noticeable transition aside from the sudden cessation of all bodily agonies. He opens his eyes and finds himself in a landscape of soft nothingness. The man formerly known as Darth Vader has no expectations about what the afterlife might hold for him. Even so, he is still shocked when Padmé appears.
This is their reunion.
Takes place after Anakin's death but before the ROTJ scene where he's a Force-Ghost.
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’Til The End by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
18 Sep 2025
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The warning signs have all been / bright and garish / far too great in number to ignore.
Padmé, despite what certain political opponents may claim, is not a woman prone to naivete. Nor is she blindly optimistic. However, she does believe a better future for the galaxy is possible; it simply requires the right allies and a commitment to the grueling work. All that said, she is not unaware of the strain Anakin is under and how it seems to be pushing him closer and closer to some kind of psychological edge.
But I will walk down to the end / with you / if you will come all the way / down with me.
As always, Anakin does it all for Padmé.
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- Part 12 of Fan 📽️
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You broke my slivered heart / Mutilated, annihilated, everything I had down to my scars / You put me on your wing / I didn't know in one swift move that you could swoop and ruin everything
In the end, the perpetual story-teller decides how to conclude their stories, and there isn't a single goddamned thing either Madi or Flint can do to change it.
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- Part 11 of Fan 📽️
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only a playful cudgelling by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: Black Sails, Moby Dick - Herman Melville
04 Aug 2025
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John Silver finally begins to step into the role tailored for him by Billy Bones. Like Second Mate Stubb and his Captain, Ahab, Dufresne has long been hostile to all that Silver, and Captain Flint, stand for.
"‘Why,’ thinks I, ‘what’s the row? It’s not a real leg, only a false leg.’ And there’s a mighty difference between a living thump and a dead thump." The former Walrus man will soon regret his choices...
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- Part 10 of Fan 📽️
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Well you and I both know that the house is haunted / And you and I both know that the ghost is me James McGraw, a.k.a. Captain Flint, is not a man prone to delusions of the mind. Which is why it is so particularly alarming when he starts to be haunted by Miranda's ghost after her murder in Charles Town.
A reflection, of sorts, on the nature of loss and grief.
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- Part 9 of Fan 📽️
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Yeah, I met somebody in a sea of people / And that's just how I'll leave it
The Walrus crew are in dire straits after nearly two weeks of becalment. As such, tempers are high and reason is low; nowhere is this more evident than in the Captain's cabin. There, Silver, Billy, and Captain Flint are desperately attempting to uncover a source of salvation. In this process, underlying tensions come to a head, and certain secrets are revealed...
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- Part 8 of Fan 📽️
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I’m begging for a breakthrough / Just fucking let me love you Francis has always struggled with his temper, now worsened due to overindulgence. In addition, one inclined toward uncharitability could claim he also suffers from a dearth of patience. However, privately he opines that this at least is the more justified of his failings. For his supposed superiors on this expedition seem as like as not to get them all killed by refusing to heed his warnings.
James would like to believe himself an upstanding man whose accomplishments mean something. However, the Arctic is a harsh mistress, granting no forgiveness for errors small or great. Quickly, he is coming to understand how much of a gap there is between himself and those officers with prior experience. Subsequently, James is slowly discovering that vanity and self-aggrandizement are not the helpmates they have been in the past.
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- Part 7 of Fan 📽️
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How does it feel / to treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me / and told me who you are?Obi-Wan had known for some time now, if only in the back of his mind, that Anakin was quite troubled. But he'd never imagined him capable of this. So, Obi-Wan does what is necessary— and must live with the consequences.
Darth Vader expected nothing from his reunion with Kenobi but a final, ferocious duel, so his ex-Master's apology is a shock— and too little, too late. He will not rest until Obi-Wan is dead... However, even old and decrepit, the Jedi still has some tricks up his overlong sleeves.
Leia Organa holds many Imperial figures in contempt, but few are more displeasing to her than Darth Vader, the Emperor's fist.
All Luke Skywalker ever wanted was a father... and now he's gotten what he wanted.
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- Part 1 of Fan 📽️
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By most accounts, Jedi Knight Skywalker was a good man. Albeit a temperamental one. Some said that he was also impatient when certain matters did not go his way. Skywalker could occasionally be standoffish, too. But he was undeniably a hero and thus a boon to the Republic. So his faults were easy to overlook.
However, everyone should have paid more attention.
Because all day and all night, everything Anakin saw was just blue. Like him, inside and outside.
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- Part 2 of Fan 📽️
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How Much Do You (Love Love) by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men: The Animated Series (Cartoon 1992)
11 Dec 2024
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We don’t have too much time here / And time, it travels far too fast
Some days, it feels as if only moments have passed since they met in Haifa all those years ago. Others, an eternity. Magnus still wonders that they'd ever managed to be so happy together at all. But when Jean, Scott, and Logan breach Genosha's borders at a pivotal moment, bearing dire news, Magneto has a choice to make. How much does he (still) love Charles, and what sacrifices will the Master of Magnetism make to save the Professor's life?
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- Part 3 of Fan 📽️
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And my life might not be what I thought
But I wouldn't change a thing
Goodbye to the girl that I'd beenIn a lavish guest room of an undeserving governor's mansion, Lady Hamilton
Mrs. Barlowmuses, "How unrecognizable the woman I am now would be to the woman I was then."In a disreputable Nassau tavern, Miranda hands James the worn, well-loved edition of Meditations Thomas once gifted him. While their characters have strayed from those halcyon days, some elements remain unchanged. If only she could discard those that have become twisted since.
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- Part 4 of Fan 📽️
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I'm not calling you a liar / Just don't lie to me
John Silver and Captain Flint's relationship relies on the long-term benefits of their allegiance outweighing the burden of their grievances. Until it doesn't.
I'm not calling you a thief / Just don't steal from me
Captain Flint never imagined allowing another man into his heart after Thomas, let alone one like his Cook-turned-Quartermaster. Though 'allow' may be an imperfect description, when it comes to Silver.
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- Part 5 of Fan 📽️
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I don't know what I'm supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you. Oh, take me back to the night we met—
Jayce's life was never the same after Viktor immersed himself in it, for the better and worse. Likewise, the effects of Jayce's affection— and his later, unasked-for intervention— are permanent marks on Viktor. It seems neither man can move past the other, even now that they have parted ways. Neither man can allow his partner to fulfill their goals, either.
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- Part 6 of Fan 📽️
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It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
29 Sep 2024
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Anakin SkywalkerDarth Vader once knew about the galaxy has been overturned. The Galactic Republic has drowned in its own blood. The Confederacy of Independent Systems is a sparking scrap heap. The Jedi Order is gone as well, having grown too ossified to save itself.In addition to this large-scale upheaval is the Sith Lord’s personal cataclysm. Aka, dealing with being made a quadruple amputee, having third-degree burns across ninety percent of his body, no wife or friends to speak of, and a mentor who seems to have different priorities these days. Also, learning how to run an Empire.
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Art for my fic, Tiny Fixtures for ficwip's 2023 5k Challenge.
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- Part 2 of Tiny Fixtures
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Recently widowed and gradually being pushed into retirement, Professor Charles Xavier's life has reached a turning point. While riding the subway, Charles meets Erik Lehnsherr, a fellow mutant and sexagenarian. The artist-activist and gallery owner faces comparable concerns and is also a widower. Based on these similarities, the two begin a friendship that now might be evolving into something more.
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- Part 1 of Tiny Fixtures
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Father | Headmaster v. Student(s) & Son by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: X-Men (Comicverse), New Mutants (Comics), Fandom - Meta - Fandom
06 Jul 2023
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An analytical essay in which I compare Roberto da Costa | Sunspot (plus the other New Mutants) and Magneto's relationship with Pietro and Erik's.
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In the eye of the beholder by MaskoftheRay
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Comicverse), X-Men: The Animated Series, Magneto: Origins - Fandom
10 Jun 2023
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In addition to writing fics, I've drawn a number of pieces about Erik Lehnsherr and/or Charles Xavier, alongside a few other X-Men characters, and wanted to compile them here.