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The great prank war of 1818 by wolfinthethorns
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (TV)
25 Feb 2017
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Set 18 months or so post canon, and on the assumption that Starecross Hall has become something of a base of operations for our heroes, who have all become friends, of sorts.
Shameless silliness in which a moment of mischief from Miss Wintertowne precipitates a battle of will and trickery with Mr Childermass.
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An Unkindness of Absence by wolfinthethorns
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
18 Feb 2017
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Mid-February 2017 is, give or take, the 200th anniversary of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell leaving England in the darkness, and the snow last week inspired me to write this. Anniversaries are always a kicker for those left behind, and the first year is always the hardest.
Mr Norrell's disappearance finally catches up with Childermass, and he finds empathy in from an unexpected source.
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The Countess and the Cabin-Boy by wolfinthethorns
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
04 Nov 2016
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Before Childermass was Childermass, he spent some time as a sailor; this is a story from then.
Black Johnny saves a girl from a shipwreck, and has to get them home to safety when they're washed up on a lonely North Yorkshire beach. To complicate matters, she does not speak English, and he does not speak her language. This may be the longest ten miles he's ever walked...
Featuring: Swashbuckling! Romance! Tragic Pasts (tm)! Magic! And a fearsome hedgehog...
(and, because there have been Concerns, an OFC who is not a self-insert and is a reasonably normal human being. no striking eyes or mysterious powers at all. we'll leave those for Childermass...)
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- Part 2 of Tall tales from the HMS Scathach
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With his long hair, as ragged as rain and black as thunder... by wolfinthethorns
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
29 Aug 2016
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There was a post on Tumblr about 19th Century hair-care, and how it involved an awful lot of brushing. This then got me thinking about Childermass and his long hair, and how having your hair brushed can be a very intimate thing
because I don't have a kink, and how it fitted with my headcanons about him having massive attachment and trust issues regarding intimacy. And then this happened: five scenes from childhood to shortly after the magical restoration, in which John Childermass has his hair groomed. -
The Stowaway by wolfinthethorns
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
22 Aug 2016
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A little vignette playing with headcanon about when and why Childermass had come to be a sailor.
Content warning for period appropriate casual racism (the character’s voices do not reflect the author’s, I am well aware that the g-word used to describe Romany people is a slur nowadays)
Series
- Part 1 of Tall tales from the HMS Scathach
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Tall tales from the HMS Scathach by wolfinthethorns
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
04 Nov 2016
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What to Feed A Vampire Spawn: As Told by Astarion Acunín by In_love_with_writing002
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
17 Dec 2025
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After 200 years of being hungry, Astarion finally has an opportunity to try all of the delicacies Faerûn has to offer. It’ll require some forgiven social blunders, occasional accidental poisoning, and a research-oriented dietician who is up for the challenge of helping one severely traumatized Vampire Spawn learn how to trust himself and others. Maybe he’ll find a favorite food along the way.
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- Part 1 of What to Feed a Vampire Spawn
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21 Aug 2025
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Directions for use: to be read with a pot of tea, or a glass of something red and full-bodied.
Side effects may include: giggling, feet kicking, warmth under the collar. Feelings.
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…I find the world oddly quiet without the bickering of Lae’zel and Shadowheart. I often think I see Karlach or Wyll dancing at the edges of my vision but my eyes never find them. Every time someone asks a question I find myself pausing, expecting Gale to answer. And I still look up, searching for your eyes…Bookmarked by wolfinthethorns
08 Apr 2024
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Halsin looked at him. “This could be…incredibly painful.” He reached out and took Astarion’s hands in his own. “Are you sure you wish to do this?”
Astarion nodded. “Yes. I’m very sure.”
or: after enduring two hundred years of torture at cazador's hands, astarion finds a life renewed alongside halsin in reithwin. but he is still infinitely curious, and when he discovers the fate of his parents, he can't help but pull that thread. to them, he is dead and buried - but maybe some good can come from it after all.
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05 Mar 2024
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He himself was a haunted house.
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12 Feb 2024
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"By the gods, I missed you," Asterion whispers. His face is pressed against Halsin's chest, the words nearly inaudible. He pulls back a little, tips his face up, and says more clearly, "You have no idea how many rivers there are between here and Baldur's Gate. Someone ought to dam them all up."
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Years after they parted in Baldur's Gate, Halsin finds an unexpected visitor in the woods.
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09 Feb 2024