12 Works by illuminist
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Exactly what it says on the tin, folks.
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- Part 3 of Rathaway Postscript
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“Yeah yeah, you don’t need my pity, you just need to drown yourself in obsessive hero-worship and a sexual relationship with a middle-aged man who wins your affection with kalamata fuckin’ olives, yes I know you’re over 600 but you’re not the one with grey hair and back pain; why don’t we take our meds and think about healthy ways of managing our trauma,” Hartley rolls his angelic, beautiful eyes. “Like cocaine. Or adopting 20 rats.”
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Bartholomew (not Savitar, not anymore) tries to start over.
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- Part 5 of Rathaway Postscript
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The question of theodicy asks, in so many words: "If the world is just, why do good things happen to bad people?"
Hartley and Roderick
kidnapinvite David Singh to brunch.Series
- Part 2 of Rathaway Postscript
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When Nora takes Hartley back in time, he needs something to prove to his younger self who he is. Unfortunately, he's known what the "something" is for years.
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- Part 4 of Rathaway Postscript
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Hartley grabs Allen (Savitar) (what’s the difference?) by the collar and only his last vestiges of control keep him from sonic-screaming the other man to shreds. “I, of all people,” he spits, “don’t get it? What part do I not get, Allen? The ‘thrown out like yesterday’s garbage’ part? The ‘locked in an illegal prison and forgotten about’ part? And you know what the funny part is?” He’s cry-laughing, ugly crying. “You! You did that to me! Pre any time clone fuckery! And the tables turn, the tables fucking turn, and you want the world to feel sorry for you?”
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- Part 1 of Rathaway Postscript
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Call for Backup by illuminist
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins
27 Aug 2024
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The story goes, The Hero of Ferelden gathered knights, mages, elves, and dwarves to face the Fifth Blight, bringing the calamity to an abrupt end. Hero. Singular.
The truth is more complex. The Warden Duncan traveled to not one, but seven different individuals, across seven separate timelines. And those timelines were not so distinct as the Chantry might think.
Or put another way:
Amell—the demon, Nathaniel’s mind corrects—walks in a semicircle to face him. There are hard lines on his face, a sharpness that Nathaniel doesn’t remember. He’s still Amell, still made of nobility, religious fanaticism, and fine eagle feather quills coming in packages from home, but. But. Something’s different.
“Maybe Ser,” Amell says softly, “you can tell me about Mr. Surana. What his last moments in the Tower were like. I would very much appreciate that.”
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Goblins. Longsword. Death? Scroll. Scroll of Revivify, now used, discarded at Endrei’s feet. The soft mechanical click of a crossbow, bolt lined up between Gale’s eyes.
"We need to talk, Gale.”
A highly observant monk and a genius wizard desperately hunt for a cure to their mutual infection. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object. And maybe, something slowly forms, something better than a mind-controlling parasite or a Netherese magic bomb.
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When Michael asked him where he wanted to go after leaving the Kansas bunker, Adam gave a noncommittal “anywhere. Except Hell.” Evidently, Michael hadn’t gotten the finer points of humor yet.
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Peter grins, then looks back down. “I think we both may be right, Mr. Private Lawyer. I bet she’s a lawyer going through a nasty divorce waiting on her divorce attorney. I bet she’s a -lesbian- lawyer going through a divorce, and she’s a real shark. I bet she’s got a nasty badass private investigator at her beck and call who can punch through a wall like it’s made of paper, and she’s just waiting for the best way to use her.”
“What?”
“Call it a theory.”
“Peter Parker, you are a crap government agent. I hope you’re more serious in your job.”
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Director Peter Parker, sent back in time for a mission, looks up someone important to him.
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- Part 3 of Director Parker, of SHIELD
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Flakes of copper and nickel resolve themselves into the wire frame of a quarter, passed from hand to hand. A quarter, dancing over Connor's knuckles. Something not related to any mission, but something human. As he stares at the constructed corpse of Lieutenant Anderson, West feels his face go wet. Perhaps it’s best that Anderson never had the chance to see Connor complete his mission, become obsolete, and head to recycling.
Death, a voice in West’s head says. He was alive, ergo, you sent him to death.
“I would have buried you. I would have rounded up Chen, and Fowler, and even Reed, and made them pay their respects properly. You mattered, Anderson. More than I think you ever knew.”
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Matt was, if nothing else, Foggy's best friend, as horribly imbalanced and messed up as their relationship was. Without Matt in his life, Foggy tries to move on. A different masked vigilante helps.
Set several years after Daredevil/The Defenders.
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- Part 1 of Director Parker, of SHIELD
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In a different universe, DA Foggy Nelson is also the Kingpin.
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- Part 2 of Director Parker, of SHIELD