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1. The Other Side by ctrl-shift-alt-9 (whumpeater)

   Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • The Eye WANTS HIM Bro
   • The Convict | Simon/The Guy Who Told You to Cross the Wires (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Jack (Iron Lung)
   • David (Iron Lung)
   • The Eye (Iron Lung)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • C.O.I. | Consolidation of Iron Members (Iron Lung)
   • TGWTYTCW | Michael (Iron Lung) - Fanon
   • Eden Members (Iron Lung)
   • Psychological Horror
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Trust Issues
   • Psychosis
   • Post-Apocalypse
   • Cosmic Horror
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Religious Fanaticism
   • Simon is Not Religious but Still Worried it Might be Real
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • War Crimes
   • David has Lots of Screentime
   • David Character Arc
   • Simon was an ex-Dogfighter for Eden (Raiding Pilot)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Mommy Issues
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Mind Rape
   • Rape Allegories
   • Vomiting
   • Blood and Gore
   • Medical Malpractice
   • Consequences
   • Torture
   • Worldbuilding
   • Expanded Universe
   • Outer Space
   • Space Battles
   • Space Pirates
   • Pinning Simon Against His Own Brothers
   • Mentions of Sex
   • I Fuck Everybody Up
   • flaying
   • religious discrimination
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Jack is Gonna Fucking Die
   • obtuse rubber goose green moose
   • Drug Abuse
   • bad attempts at humor
   • Forced Eye Contact
   • Superstition
   • Ghosts
   • Hallucinations
   • Space Stations
   • Not Beta Read
   • simon is schizophrenic
   • Cotard's Delusion
   • Unreliable Narrator

   Summary

   The tow ship, along with its entire crew, is mysteriously flung deep into a dead zone after Simon miraculously appears on their ship. With no way to call for help, dwindling supplies, a single shitbox shuttle, and the most capable pilot the COI has ever seen suddenly re-available for further abuse, Captain Ava has to make the tough call and send Simon on a risky mission through space as their last hope.

   A fix-it with severe consequences where I restore cut content from the movie, do some world-building with the Eden-COI culture split, expand on Cross the Wires guy's character, let Simon kick back a little bit, explore Ava, David, and Jack as characters, and then dissect Simon's head as he slowly succumbs to psychosis out in the ass crack of space. If you want to read about Simon doing absolutely nothing with suffering in between, this is your story.

   AKA: guy with writing degree and 300+ pages of notes on Iron Lung after watching the the movie 20+ times, writes a "characterization bible". This is a self-inflicted writing challenge.

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