13 Works by couldbecalliope
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Scarl did not imagine himself having a child in his care before his thirtieth summer. His plans with Mirayna were very precise, and they had never involved abetting the murder of an innocent woman and the stealing of her child. He couldn't have a child after Ariel anyway, not with what he now knows about himself.
(Mirayna knows her lover is a dangerous man. She isn't prepared to see it put into practice.)
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- Part 4 of minor female characters my beloved
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Murtagh in the citadel by couldbecalliope
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
27 Jul 2025
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Months after the downfall of Galbatorix, Murtagh requests an audience with the queen. He finds that the mantle of Morzansson isn't quite as easy to wear as it once was.
(A piece written in 2010 and revitalized in 2016.)
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You raise your hand to the flushed cheek of the most beautiful boy you've ever seen. You're thinking that all the bad things in this world will just have to wait while you kiss this boy up against your locker.
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“I’ll ask nicely.”
It had seemed like the obvious answer when Zolf was stood in Wilde's makeshift office and far away from the potential ally they were discussing. In this brave new world of constant distrust and wariness, the week of probation followed by a visual inspection had become an understood necessity, and rarely did Zolf encounter someone who displayed more than the usual mild discomfort with the task. To put it plainly, things like modesty don't matter quite so much when facing the ever-present fear that a trusted ally may just turn and kill you in your sleep.
Cel, though. It’s different with Cel.
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- Part 3 of the Rusty Quill Body Issues Podcast
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It doesn't make sense to talk to someone who can't hear him, and Jon knows this.
Still, it's awfully quiet in the safe house.
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Zolf can’t stay. This doesn’t mean he can’t say goodbye.
(Written for Sasha Week 2021 for the prompt 'Rome,' which focuses on found family.)
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"Hi," the alchemist declares brightly, thrusting out a soot-stained hand and grinning. "Cel Sidebottom, they/them."
Oh, Sasha thinks. Just like that.
(Written for Sasha Week 2021 for the prompt 'Greener Grass,' which focuses on canon-divergent 'what if's'.)
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Earhart is quiet and still in her borrowed bed and Azu is left to hold vigil.
Some thoughts on emotional labour.
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Anhura was twenty-two years old, the heir to the throne of the Light, and about to be shuffled off to wed some soon-to-be king who’d grant her only the slightest modicum of power- if she was lucky.
To say that she was displeased would be an understatement.
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- Part 2 of minor female characters my beloved
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Zolf wakes up half-drowning with a copper tube down his throat, his peg leg missing, and his good leg amputated just above the knee. He doesn't know it yet, but none of these will be the worst thing he encounters that day.
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- Part 2 of the Rusty Quill Body Issues Podcast
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Sasha wakes up with a scar she doesn't remember getting, laying in blood she doesn't remember losing.
(Set on the airship as the party travels to Prague.)
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- Part 1 of the Rusty Quill Body Issues Podcast
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There is no one in the room when Jon begins to breathe. Somehow, he is disappointed.
(Or, coming to terms with becoming an avatar of the Eye in five not-so-easy steps.)
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“If he hadn't met you, Princess–” Pallis snarled the title like a curse, “–he would still be alive!”
A bitter laugh scratched its way up Anhura’s throat at the very idea.
“...and yet you wielded the blade.”
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Princess Anhura of the Light lived an unremarkable life for nineteen years, safe from the perils of the Dark and the Wildlands and brightened only by the presence of her beloved. When those quiet years come to an abrupt end with the death of her fiancé, Anhura's treasured chance to prove herself becomes a struggle to stay alive.Series
- Part 1 of minor female characters my beloved