14 Works by Prospero
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We Will Not Be Drowned by Prospero
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
10 May 2026
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"You defend commoners. You make friends with foreigners. You stand up for traitors."
Kel raised her eyebrows. "Is that a problem?" she asked mildly. "I hope not, because it isn't going to change."
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A hypothetical in which Kel has the Gift and decides to become a mage instead of a knight—but is still the Protector of the Small.
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"Because she's fighting for her own brand of freedom, not in a war on a cosmic scale, but with the refusal to pretend she's somebody she isn't."
Sequel to "Mosaic Maker." Features Simon as a transgender woman and the rest of the crew figuring it out as they go along.
New and improved version of a previous story.
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- Part 3 of Protector [New Version]
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"Of course, it doesn't go smoothly. It never goes smoothly, but this is about as non-smooth as a cracked sidewalk covered with porcupine quills and broken glass."
Sequel to "Glittering Shards." Featuring Simon as a transgender woman and the rest of the crew figuring it out as they go along.
New and improved version of a previous story.
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- Part 2 of Protector [New Version]
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"If you do not bring forth what is inside you, it will destroy you. But if you do bring forth what is inside you, it will save you."
An exploration of what it might mean to be transgender aboard Serenity and in the 'verse beyond. Features Simon as a trans woman and the rest of the crew learning as they go.
New and improved version of a previous story.
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- Part 1 of Protector [New Version]
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Friday Night Candles by Prospero
Fandoms: Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
13 May 2022
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"I do not fear your hell. I lived it for years. If Satan comes for me, I'll laugh in his face." Most of Venice is sure Shylock has no friends, no daughter, and no conscience. Most of Venice isn't quite right about that. Sequel to "Usurer's Mercy."
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- Part 2 of Choices
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"Sometimes I think Hunch has no faith in my ability to stay out of trouble. After all, no sane person would." The events surrounding the recovery of the Saltash Set, told from Mairelon the Magican/Richard Merrill's often absentminded but never dull point of view.
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- Part 1 of Magician's View
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"There are two things I'd fight to the death for. My sister and my home, in that order." —Dr. Simon Tam
A prequel, chronicling Serenity's early travels in the 'verse and Simon's search and rescue of River. Includes perspectives of all the crew and the special hells they put themselves through. Much Zoe/Wash, for they are wonderful. As the majority of the story takes place pre-series, the other pairings are hinted at.
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"Because she's fighting for her own brand of freedom, not in a war on a cosmic scale, but with the refusal to pretend she's somebody she isn't."
Sequel to "Mosaic Maker." Features Simon as a transgender woman and the rest of the crew figuring it out as they go along.
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- Part 3 of Protector
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"Of course, it doesn't go smoothly. It never goes smoothly, but this is about as non-smooth as a cracked sidewalk covered with porcupine quills and broken glass."
Sequel to "Glittering Shards." Featuring Simon as a transgender woman and the rest of the crew figuring it out as they go along.
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- Part 2 of Protector
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"If you do not bring forth what is inside you, it will destroy you. But if you do bring forth what is inside you, it will save you."
An exploration of what it might mean to be transgender aboard Serenity and in the 'verse beyond. Features Simon as a trans woman and the rest of the crew learning as they go.
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- Part 1 of Protector
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Features Kaylee and River making paper snowflakes, Wash being forbidden to cook, Jayne getting in a fight while gift shopping, Inara dispensing tea and wisdom, Book serving up a delicious dinner, Simon telling an unusual Christmas story, and Zoe calling Mal an idiot. This year's holiday gift to the Firefly-reading internet!
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"Certainly few came around to Mal's small house anymore, not even to try and salvage any parts from the now-grounded Firefly back behind. Probably something about the 'Trespassers Will Be Shot' sign on the fence, along with the addendum 'Don't Even Think About It' scrawled beneath."
Years after the events of Serenity, Mal is losing sight of everything except his old demons, and it'll take some pretty singular events to wake him up. My holiday gift to the Firefly-reading internet!
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Usurer's Mercy by Prospero
Fandoms: Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
22 Sep 2012
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"What could he do but trust in my mercy - which was no mercy at all?" Six months after Merchant of Venice, Shylock makes an unexpected choice that causes his life to become re-entwined with that of an old enemy in need of help. Read warnings.
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- Part 1 of Choices
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Catalyst Client by Prospero
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
15 Jun 2011
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What kind of criminal robs a bridal shop? Watson struggles with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from his time in Afghanistan as he and Holmes investigate vandalism, murder, and a strange, impish client. Cautiously rated for violence.