An ongoing multi-universe fanfiction with various online and main media influences/inspirations. Involves various Youtuber Egos but not as you know them.
Started: February 2018
Current word count: 200,000+
Recommended Reading Order
Not As You Know Them - Protection Verse
Main plotline - The Majority of major events happen in here. Spin offs may make sense of some stuff you encounter particularly in the last third but not essential reading. <<AO3>>
Spin Offs #1
Project Geminos - Jim Twin Origins <<AO3>>
All That Glitters is Not Gold - Silver Shepherd Origins <<AO3>>
Surviving Five Nights - Gen FNAF/FNAF the musical inspired story starring Madpat, Yan (Yanderiplier), and Rowan (Robo!Nate) <<AO3>>
Spin Offs #2
Never Enough - Janus backstory <<AO3>>
Jackieboy Man: Isolation - College superhero story with influence from Be More Chill, Spiderman, Buffy - also with Sanders Sides <<AO3>>
Escape the Motherloving Nightmare - Escape the Night inspired muder game story that happens concurrently to the main plot, starring Madpat, Natemare, Abe the detective, and Dirk (Matpat ETN S3) <<AO3>>
Spin offs #3
My Brother's Keeper - Estranged brothers perform jailbreak and befriend an inexcplicable stranger who seems as clueless about himself as everyone else. Also there's assassin!Remus (Sanders Sides). Starring Illinois, Yancy, and Siren (AU Paultin) <<AO3>>
AO3 Exclusives
One Shots - A place to put the character one-shots that don't actively contribute to Not As You Know Them <<AO3>>
A Merry-ish Egos Christmas - Tis the morning of Christmas and all through the halls the beauty of silence bounces off of the walls. The egos are sleeping all sound in their beds, unaware that oncoming is the moment they dread. <<AO3>>
NAYKT: Non-canon - A collection of chapters/sections from Not As You Know Them that have since been rewritten and/or reworked for various reasons making these no longer canon <<AO3>>
Moodboard/Aesthetics
Madpat | Phantom | Natemare | Anti
Escape the Motherloving Nightmare
WIPs - on hiatus for the moment
Through the Looking Glass - Illinois has been transported to an alternate universe where Bendy escaped Joey Drew Studios, and began a war with the ever growing army of Glitchtrap's followers. <<AO3>>
Never Ends With Blood - Madpat origins - What happened when he interned at Joey Drew Studios? - starring Madpat, Shawn Flynn, eventual Natemare <<AO3>>
Summary: “These people are not your friends. You think you know them, but I promise you, you don’t. New World, new rules. Forget what you know.”
Thrown through to a new unvierse, Bim Trimmer is trapped. Chase refuses to go home without him, they still need to bring Silver back from non-existence, and apparently this world is beholden to a bunch of self-serving assholes that call themselves Gods. It doesn’t help that many people here look like someone from home, despite being almost nothing like them.
A/N: It's taken a while but it's finally here. Just for reference the Writer is the omniscient narrator OC who almost exclusively exists to document the events of the story. They may often comment on the chapters through their narrative or in a 'writers note'. - Daniel Wickes is a natewantstobattle ego OC inspired by the music video for The Wrecked and the Worried.
I'll be posting this on AO3 tomorrow. If you want to be added to the tag list, like or reblog -> this post <-
Tag list: @m00nrize @momentochao
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Marvin’s fingers nervously twist at the bottom of his chin-length hair as he stands in the doorway. He needs to re-dye it again soon; his roots have been coming in for a while now. Honestly he kind of likes it, the soft brown roots descending to the faded teal that used to be forest green; but as a Magician-for-hire there’s certain expectations for his appearance, especially from the higher-paying clients.
Writer's note - Don't let him die! Please Gods, don't let him die!
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Jackie’s sat on the stairs. His short hair is still the same vibrant electric green it’s been for the last few years; sticking out at all angles, easy to maintain, and suitable for pretty much any occasion.
Both of them are staring at the front door as firm insistent knocking comes from the other side for the third time is two minutes.
“Are you expecting anything?” Marvin asks.
“Not ‘til Thursday.” Jackie only ordered the cards for his collection this morning and as a man of little means, same-day delivery is somewhat out of his price range. “Not a client?”
“Last one left twenty minutes ago.”
So who could it be?
It can’t be a salesmen or anyone trying to promote anything. The house is brimming with countless wards and sigils to defend those within its four walls from ill intent, malicious magick, and door-to-door solicitation.
The knocking comes again.
“Y’know,” Jackie muses as he pushes himself to his feet, “one of us is gonna have to answer it eventually.”
He hops down the few steps and strides towards the door while Marvin crosses his arms, his lips becoming a firm line.
“I have a bad feeling about this.”
“You always say that.” Jackie chuckles.
True. But this feels different.
It’s not a ‘I can name fifty ways this terrible idea will blow up in our faces’ feeling. It’s deeper than that. Ominous and foreboding – an unshakeable dread that he’s in inescapable danger. Something that Marvin’s only ever felt once before.
He’d been on a date with this guy he really liked. They were at the cinema waiting for snacks when an overwhelming feeling of imminent danger washed over him. Within seconds some thing from another dimension had suppressed his magic, possessed him, held him hostage for six months, and nearly killed him.
It may have actually killed his date...
So I can’t really blame Marvin for just ignoring it.
Jackie opens the door to reveal a stranger, hand raised ready to knock again. Honestly he looks a mess – tattered dark jeans, a wrinkled speckled-grey t-shirt, and a worn grey peak cap sporting a red skull wearing blue glasses on top of scruffy mid-length brown hair. He looks haunted, dishevelled; like he’s not had a decent night’s sleep in weeks.
Stood behind him is someone they know. Daniel Wickes; annoyingly tall, open blue shirt over a white tee, ripped black jeans, black boots, and silver pendant on a black cord around his neck. He looks worried, though that’s nothing new.
Daniel’s carrying another stranger in his arms. One arm hooked under his knees, while the other is supporting the guy’s back. He’s dressed more formally than the other two; a white button-up with black slacks. He’s unconscious and honestly looks like shit, his dark hair and pale face drenched in sweat.
“I need your help,” Daniel says desperately.
“Nope.” Marvin mutters turning to leave through his doorway.
Jackie rolls his eyes. So dramatic, but given the last few times Dan showed up on their doorstep, he doesn’t trust him much either.
“You shouldn’t be here, Dan.”
“I wouldn’t be here if I had literally any other option.”
“See, I want to believe you,” Jackie shrugs, “but I just don’t, sooo…” he starts to close the door.
“Chase!”
The door stops and grey-hat guy, ‘Chase’, cries out. Jackie opens the door slightly to see he’s stepped forward, his foot jammed against the doorframe having stopped the door. One hand is against the doorframe too, while his other is braced against the door, ready to push back if Jackie should try to close it again.
Jackie stares at the foot in surprise before looking up, “Move the foot.”
“He’s not waking up!” Chase pleads.
“And you can find healers over on Kirk Road.” Reaching forward, he presses a hand firmly against Chase’s sternum his eyes hardening. Jackie’s patience is starting to run thin.
He spreads his fingers wide while green sparks of electricity crackle to life around around them. Chase doesn’t flinch; doesn’t even blink. Jumping, sparking, and flitting around his wrist, the sparks slowly get larger, growing stronger but stopping short of entering Chase’s chest. For now.
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
“Agapass!” Dan blurts.
Jackie freezes, the sparks dissipating instantly.
“...what?”
“We found him in Agapass”
Jackie turns to shout but Marvin’s already next to him. He tears the door wide, pinning Daniel with a glare that burns right through him.
“What in the fuck were you doing there?” Marvin demands.
“Looking for him.” Dan nods to his arms.
There it is again. That sickening twist telling Marvin to leave this be.
“How long was he even there?”
Dan shakes his head. “I have no idea.”
Shit.
If this man really was in Agapass, time is a luxury they don’t have, but Magicians don’t take an oath of care like doctors do. There’s nothing that says Marvin has to help this stranger. He could close the door and turn his back and he’s done nothing wrong. His hands would technically be clean…
...Shit.
Marvin snaps his fingers. With a loud BANG the door under the stairs slams open.
So I have started the sequel to Not As You Know Them.
The Devil You Know follows Bim after he's thrown through into another universe (Counter Verse - where Silver, Colonel, and JJ originally come from). It's set approximately 6/7 months after the end of Not As You Know Them and involves an entirely new AU of characters. Not everyone is developed yet but for a breakdown of some basic headcanons check out <<this post>>
Chapters will be posted over on my other blog @beenpxshedaside and reblogged over here
It will also be posted on AO3 under the Counter Verse series
So I've recently revamped my love for my old pre-NAYKT ego stories and I have worked to rework it into the actual factual sequel to Not As You Know Them
I am working through some ideas and reblogging fanart and stuff over on @beenpxshedaside though any fics will get published on my AO3 as well
The majority will be happening in Counter Verse which you may or may not know/remember is Silver/Colonel/JJ/Wickes original universe and it's a continuation not a rewind.
I've had so many ideas and you're welcome to come read them if you please. Maybe see you there?
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Summary - Someone from Eddie’s past is out for his blood. Luckily for him Venom managed to survive and has found a new codex-free host to help them both. It’s more of a kidnapping than a collaboration though, and much like a child with a new toy, Venom doesn’t want to let go.
...
Finally posted part 1 of my fall guy/venom crossover fic
I saw Fall Guy 3 times in the cinema and shortly after seeing the Last Dance my brain was like 'combine them'. It started in a crackish way and I lowkey ship Colt and Eddie pretty hard now. It was just a throwaway idea, kind of a 'wouldn't it be cool' thing but now I have a fic idea and a sequel in development
I want to write it but I'm worried no one will be interested but if you would be I can push myself to write it
