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It was just a bit of fun, at first. Go on Goodreads, leave a few 1-star reviews on the classics, make some bibliophiles raging mad, and let the chaos unfold over a glass of fine red.
It had seemed like good entertainment for a Friday night.
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The Redemption Arc of a Rather Pathetic Antagonist by xel
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
26 Jun 2023
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“I’ll kill you,” says Ed, and his voice is rather pleasant in that husky-with-homicidal-ideations sort of way. “I’ll kill you, and your pathetic excuse for a crew. I’ll cut off each finger and toe from your whole sorry lot and use them as bait for the fishing lures. I’ll string your bodies from the rigging and let the birds pick you clean and then I’ll throw your bones to dogs in the next port town.”
“Christ,” says someone behind Stede.
Stede comes back. And then Stede spends perhaps too long in the walls of the Revenge trying to convince Ed to forgive him.
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Overwhelmed, Fareeha decides to give herself a beach day.
This is how Angela finds her.
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- Part 8 of Feather Fall
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When Stede had first arrived, he’d meant to pour his heart out, to lavish Ed with adoration and apologies and explanations. Everything, anything, Ed wanted.
But after a week? Of this? He knows his fuck ups are unforgivable. It had all seemed possible, after his talk with Mary; he’d failed to account for Ed’s feeling on the matter. He keeps doing that.
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Chapter 12 - Fareeha reflects on the similarities between Angela and an old piece of art, The Winged Victory of Samothrace.
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- Part 7 of Feather Fall
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It’s Pharah and it’s Mercy and it’s probably love.
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Twenty year old Stede Bonnet, his head in the clouds, meets a pirate. Edward Teach robs a gentleman.
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- Part 1 of Pez's pre-canon gentlebeard stories
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07 May 2022
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Summoning an otherworldly sea monster is all well and good, but one never really knows what to expect.
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22 Jun 2022
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“You sure you’re good on the uh… drug blood? I can sniff out some more if you need,” Anton asks, turning to face the vampire seated next to him.
It’s impressive how someone can manage to look so utterly blitzed without the telltale bloodshot eyes. Somehow, Viago has managed it; lips parted slackly, gaze heavy-lidded and unfocused as he picks at blades of grass.
“I am good. So good.” Viago says lazily. Warmly. His fangs glint in the dim light, an insinuation of a grin in the dark.
Anton thinks he’d like to drag his tongue over them.
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31 May 2022
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Ed is an engineer aboard the Revenge, an interplanetary research vessel on a multi-year mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. An accident requires that Ed awaken from cryostasis over six months early, and finds his only companion to be Stede, the ship's onboard AI. They develop an unconventional friendship, but is it possible to have more?
This is classic mutual pining with a sci-fi twist, inspired by all of my favorite stories about the nature of personhood.
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“You–” Ed was struggling to parse what Stede was saying. “You’re playing your version of this song for me, right now? Like, in real time?”“Yes, Edward, that’s correct,” said Stede softly.
Ed’s brain momentarily seized up. He supposed it made sense that Stede was capable of learning a set of rules to do something like arrange and play a piece of music. There was something unnerving about this song, though. It felt, well–it felt organic . Reactive. Almost collaborative in a way. Ed was lost in the push and pull of it, until the last notes softly petered out.
“So, what did you think?” asked Stede. It sounded nervous again. Why the hell would someone program an anxiety response into a bot?
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- Part 1 of Starry Eyes and Counting Down to Zero
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10 Nov 2022
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Stede keeps giving Ed *the look* and Ed tries to figure out what it means for once and for all.
“And what about you, Stede Bonnet? Proclivities and all that?”
ETA: thrilled to be able to tell you that there is a podfic available from SD_Ryan right over here
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12 Jul 2022