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What though the mast be now blown overboard by the_alchemist for strikethesun
Fandoms: Wars of the Roses RPF, Moby Dick - Herman Melville
22 Dec 2023
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Starbuck persuades Captain Ahab to pick up a drifting whaleboat, only to find it contains the scions of two notoriously feuding Nantucket families, the Yorks and the Lancasters, who, following the wreck of the whaleship Albion, have been stuck together in a little rowboat for a week.
Richard’s plan was to kill Henry. Even if it wasn’t for the fact his enemy was a waste of water and … you know … made out of meat, if it came to that; the incessant talking and praying and singing fucking hymns was driving him mad. But then Henry, never the sharpest harpoon on the rack, takes the insult ‘suck my cock’ a bit too literally and Richard realises maybe there is a point to keeping him alive after all …
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A Captain’s Choice: or, the writing of Mocha Dick by the_alchemist for saturnina
Fandoms: Moby Dick - Herman Melville
16 Dec 2023
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Starbuck loves Ahab profoundly (though surely not, he tells himself, in an Ishmael-and-Queequeg-ish sort of way). At the beginning of the voyage, when Ahab is mysteriously incapacitated in his cabin, that love means offering help, support and comfort. But what does it mean toward the end, when it comes into conflict with Starbuck’s love and duty towards the rest of the crew, himself, his family and – above all – God?
Canon divergence from the time the Pequod meets the Rachel. Starbuck gets his Quaker on with some non-violent resistance, but in the chaos that follows Ahab hits his head and loses his memory of all events since just before his first encounter with Moby Dick. Or so it seems … Is it really amnesia, or is it a way of backing down from his doomed quest without losing face?
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Building Bridges by the_alchemist for midnightmew
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
11 Dec 2023
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Your unfaithful husband has defected back to the USSR, and been returned to you in poor health, both physically and mentally, having apparently been tortured due to a clerical error. You don’t *have* to pick up the pieces, but you are curious to see whether among the unwelcome emotions you are experiencing there hides the one you used to label ‘love’.
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Just a little sequel to the Ouizzy fic I wrote to comfort myself after the end of Season 2. But you don't need to have read 'Folie à deux' to understand this one. It may or may not be a bridge to another longer fic.
The captains and crew of the Revenge are going their separate ways, but first Izzy needs to make sure Bonnet is sufficiently versed in the care and feeding of Ed. Not easy, when Bonnet is reluctant to believe Izzy has anything to Teach him about such matters. Meanwhile, Frenchie is figuring out some things about the care and feeding of Izzy, who is working hard to process some big feelings about the end of the Blackbeard era.
The vibe is mostly fluffy; the kink is off-stage, mild and consensual.
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- Part 2 of Severance
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[Written after Season 2. Lots of spoilers.]
Season 2 from Izzy’s point of view, with alternative, happier ending.
Because yeah, the Blackbeard folie à deux was fucked up, but there’s no reason why they can’t both move on from it: no-one needs to die, completing a character arc doesn’t mean killing someone as soon as they find respite and joy, and Izzy is, after all, an indestructible little fucker (as well as a sentimental bastard and most of the other things he’s been called.)
Shipping Izzy and Frenchie came as a surprise to me, but it's where the story went and it seems to work.
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- Part 1 of Severance
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I am working through my [Izzy-centric] feelings about Season 2 Episode 8 of Our Flag Means Death through the medium of 100-word stories. Needless to say, there are spoilers.
I will probably expand some of these into longer stories, so comments about which ones (if any!) you would like to read are very welcome, as are prompts for other drabblable takes on the ending.
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https://ourflagmeanskink.dreamwidth.org/316.html?thread=706108&posted=1
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Stede/Ed/Izzy, protecting the captain(s), partial/full amputation, recoveryPartially inspired by other prompts where the crew gets captured in some way and aren't able to escape, and Izzy purposely pisses off their captors to draw attention away from Stede and on to himself. Basically, he opens his mouth and doesn't stop talking. He says anything that comes to mind to piss these guys off, up to the point where they threaten to cut his tongue out and then some.
would love to see the fallout (stitches/surgery, complications when it comes to performing his duties as First Mate, how it affects his relationship with Ed and Stede, the general trauma of the whole thing, and/or anything else along those lines).pre-relationship
+++If full amputation, Izzy tries to resign.
++++Regardless of the degree of the injury, it would be interesting if Izzy had to depend on Stede and Lucius to communicate (through writing).
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Bookmarked by the_alchemist
23 Jan 2023
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Ahab and Starbuck, on the homeward voyage after Ahab's first encounter with Moby Dick.
Perhaps God grants respite even off the howling, pagan Patagonian coast, or perhaps it was Starbuck’s hand, which yet lay on Ahab’s leg, the two opposing forces – the frozen fingers and the fevered thigh – having gone some way toward reaching a balance.
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25 Dec 2014
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Queenmaker by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) for the_alchemist
Fandoms: Richard III - Shakespeare
19 Aug 2013
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Elizabeth will be queen, and sometimes the only path to take is the crooked one.
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Bookmarked by the_alchemist
21 Aug 2013
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In which ‘The Borgias’ is a band. Vitorria is the bassist who dresses like a boy pretending to be a girl. Cesare is the guitarist in tight leather and wins ‘best hair’ three years in a row. Giulia Farnese is the sassy vocalist. Juan is the drummer that nobody fucking likes. Micheletto? He’s the reluctant bodyguard for the aforementioned guitarist.
Bookmarked by the_alchemist
13 Dec 2012
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Our Lady Of The Upside Down by The_Midnight_Girl for Luzula
Fandoms: Hadestown (Musical), Greek and Roman Mythology
21 Dec 2011
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How Hades and Persephone met. A retelling of the myth, set in the world of Anais Mitchell's Hadestown folk opera.
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Bookmarked by the_alchemist
01 Jan 2012