BG Sparrow

Erica | Fanfic Author | XNFP | Chaotic Good

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Introduction

Hi! I'm Erica (BG), and I write fan fiction! I've been writing fic since 2004, and you can find me on AO3 and FFN! I have written for many fandoms over the years, including Back to the Future, Once Upon a Time, and Pirates of the Caribbean! All my fics are below the cut.

Side Blogs

This is my main blog, but I have side blogs, too.

@juneofdoom - an annual whump challenge I host because some friends were sad another whump challenge wasn't happening, so I made them a list. Obviously it snowballed.

@piratepianist - Mood board blog. Colors make me happy, and I express that best through mood boards since I can't draw.

@nopinestimeline - a sideblog I made for my version of Evil!Marty

The Heaviest Back to the Future Trilogy Test

The amount of knowledge I've compiled in researching BttF media for a trilogy rewrite is beyond extensive, and I decided to put some of it to use in this BttF quiz that is actually challenging compared to every other BttF quiz I've ever taken. Have a go! Good luck!

Back to the Future Fan Fiction

Series:

The Time Circuits Series - a trilogy rewrite featuring my OC, Emma Brown, as Doc's daughter and Marty's love interest. This sucker took nine years, but, five works and 273,000 words later, it's done!

Once Upon a Time in the West Series - my version of the "stuck in 1885" AU where Marty's depression and association with Buford Tannen are explored. This four-work saga clocks in at 64,000 words and is now complete.

The Boy Who Leapt Through Time Series - my ongoing McFly July drabble collection.

The Meta of Marty McFly - originally made for the June of Doom whump challenge, this series is an ongoing foray into the ridiculous world of self-insert where I brainstorm fic ideas/ vent at/ torment Marty in my imaginary, infinite office building. It's utter nonsense, and that's why I adore it.

Bhagavad Gita Duology - a history-heavy look at Doc's time on the Manhattan Project, the toll it takes on him, and the mysterious "friend" there at every turn. These two completed stories come in at just under 17,000 words, and they are 17,000 of some of my best, IMO.

BG's Back to the Future Drabbles

This AO3 collection houses all of my bite-sized BttF moments from various challenges on Tumblr and Discord. Currently home to 9 different works with over 300 drabbles and mood boards.

Multi-chapter

Let's Do the Time Warp Again - Marty's past self gets jumped by Biff's gang at the dance, and Marty has no choice but replace himself at the clocktower, creating a time loop.

Sons and Scientists - an AU in which Marty, stranded in 1940s and living with Doc in Los Alamos, gets drafted into service and there's nothing Doc can do about it. This one hurts, guys. I'm warning you.

By Accident or Design - my version of "the duel goes wrong." This one also hurts. A third and final chapter is being entertained but not certain at this time.

Pennies from Heaven - an Elf/BttF crackfic for Discord Secret Santa 2022. I'm not gonna lie, I had a blast with this, and I'm hella proud of how it turned out. Just go with it!

One Shots

A Fracture in the Space-time Continuum - a sickfic/ injury fic with so much Doc and Marty friendship it's a wonder it hasn't exploded yet. Also affectionately refered to as "Broken Leg Marty".

The Manner of Giving - a 5+1 fic in which Marty tries and fails five times to give Doc a gift (and one time he succeeds).

There's a Time and a Place - No Pine Marty's debut one shot, in which he tells the terrorists where to find Doc the night of the DeLorean Reveal.

Midnight Hour - No Pines Marty visits George in the dead of night to convince him to take Lorraine to the dance.

Stuck in the Stuck in 1885 AU - a silly meta glimpse in which two different Martys from two different “stuck in 1885” stories — daryfromthefuture’s “Until I Get Home” and BG Sparrow’s “Once Upon a Time in the West” — are locked in a room together by their authors to air their grievances. Art by Dary!

Survival is Insufficient

Time Trap

Crime Traveller

The Mystery of the Missing McFly

Roleplays with @daryfromthefuture

These beloved fics feature Dary as Marty and myself as Doc in wholesome, angsty friendship/ sick fics. :)

Lean on Me (When You're Not Strong) - The masterpiece that is Doc seeing Marty through scarlet fever in 1885.

I'll Be There For You (Like I've Been There Before) - Marty glitches, objects at Doc and Clara's wedding, and has a heart-to-heart with Doc about his fears for their future.

I'm Only Me When I'm With You - 1955 sickfic!

Collaborations

Friends Through Time(lines): Chapter 6 - Judge Doc Brown is on the verge of retirment when he meets the child genius renting his garage for the last eighteen months.

Stuck Through Time(lines): 1950s - some first-person Marty reflection on what he's going to do now that he's irrevocably stranded in 1955.

History's Gonna Change: Titanic - Doc and Marty somehow prevent a major historical event from happening and have to ensure it does. I picked the Titanic not sinking!

Back to the Future: Discord - a blind writing game irresponsibly played by the members of our Discord server.

Challenge Masterlists

McFly July 2023 (BttF)

McFly July 2021 (BttF)

Sicktember 2023 (BttF)

Doctober 2023 (BttF)

Comfortember 2023 (BttF)

Whumpril 2024 (BttF)

June of Doom 2024 (BttF)

McFly July 2024 (BttF)

August of Whump 2024 (The Blacklist)

June of Doom 2025 (OUAT)

McFly July 2025 (BttF)

Fluffcember in July 2025 (OUAT)

Sicktember 2025 (OUAT)

Flufftober 2025 (OUAT)

Fluffcember 2025 (OUAT)

Fluffbruary 2026 (OUAT)

Misadventure May 2026 (OUAT)

Once Upon a Time Fan Fiction

Series

More Than I Can Tell - A series of 30 Dark Castle Era Rumbelle one shots for June of Doom 2025. Rated G-M, ranging from 1.5K-7K per prompt.

Whisked Away - A series of Baker Belle AU one-shots originally written for the Rumbelle Showdown 2025 and expanded upon independently. Each installment rated T, 1.5K.

Multi-chapter

Maybe If I Tell Myself Enough - Estranged Spouses Rumbelle AU for Flufftober 2025. Rated M., 30K.

Love Thy Neighbor - A Holiday Rumbelle Neighbors AU told in drabbles for Fluffcember in July 2025. Rated T, 3.1K

White Lyres - Written for A Monthly Rumbelling April 2025. Rated T, 1.2K

As Long As You Can Find Yourself - A Rumbelle Hunger Games AU featuring Escort Belle, Mentor Rumple, and Tribute Baelfire. Rated T, 12K.

From the Same Star - Dark Castle Soulmate AU gift fic for Rumbelle Secret Santa 2025. Rated T, 8.5K.

Walk With Me, Suzy Lee - Rumbelle Kindergarten Teachers AU for Fluffbruary 2026. Rated T, 17.5K.

The Spaces Between Seconds - Written for A Monthly Rumbelling March 2026. Rated M, 14K.

Particularly Dangerous Situation - A Rumbelle Storm Chasers AU told in drabbles for Misadventure May 2026. Rated T, 3.2K.

One Shots

Spinner's Bouquet - Written for A Monthly Rumbelling April 2026. Rated T, 5+1, 600 words.

Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make - Written for A Monthly Rumbelling May 2026. Rated T, 500 words.

Drabble & Vignette Collections

A Spoonful of Sugar (Helps the Medicine Go Down) - a collection of Storybrooke Rumbelle hurt/ comfort/ sickfic drabbles for Sicktember 2025. Rated T, 3K.

Happy Golden Days of Yore - Sweet, sentimental Dark Castle Rumbelle for Fluffcember 2025. Rated T, 13.5K.

Other Fandoms

Pirates of the Caribbean

Principles of Compromise - Rated T, 64K, drama, Sparrabeth

The Captain - Rated G, 8K, pre-canon Norribeth friendship fluff

Unprecedented Youth - Rated G, 10K, humor, found family

Iron Man (MCU)

These are all Pepperony (Tony/Pepper) and all rated T.

What to Expect When She's Expecting - 4K, pregnancy fic

Extra Dry, Extra Olive - 2K, Tony returns to the roof

For a Decade - 8K, drunken humor/ fluff

Of Toothpaste and Pancakes - 5K, food fight humor/ fluff

Star Wars (Sequel Trilogy)

A Mercy, Tolerant - Rated T, 1200 words, Reylo AU after TFA

Free Space - Rated T, 5K, Reylo bingo card drabbles

National Treasure - Another Clue (Riley/OC, sequel incomplete) Mary Poppins - Under the Weather (sickfic fluff) Jurassic World - Perignon & Paleobotany (pre-canon Claire/Owen) Copying Beethoven - Vibrations on the Air (Anna/Beethoven) Station Eleven - The Pursuit (Kirsten/Tyler) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - As Promised (Major Character Death) The Blacklist - Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Keenler, Undercover Cruise Fic)

BONUS: Multi-Fandom - FFHQ (currently featuring Pirates of the Caribbean, Iron Man, BBC Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy)

A lot of my older/ other fandom fics on FFN are in the process of being edited for AO3 and will be posted here when that happens!

Thanks for stopping by! And don't be a stranger - feel free to reach out! Have an awesome day! :D

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Thanks for the tag, @inevitablemoment ! Sorry this took so long to get back to!

Rules: make a poll with 10 of your favorite shows, they can be just 10 shows you loved watching or your top 10 tv shows of all time, then tag 10 people.

Which of my favorite TV shows do you like, too??

Mythbusters

The IT Crowd

Once Upon a Time

House, M.D.

Castle

Gilligan’s Island

LOST

In the Eye of the Storm

Chernobyl

Station Eleven

Remaining time: 22 hours 26 minutes

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Look it’s me

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“You want her? Go get her.” So he did.

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ouat text posts: pt. 14/?

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Struggling to remind myself that the Suzy Lee sequel is not, in fact, an epic novel-length thing and is instead built on sweet fluff moments like its predecessor… Every entry so far is trying to double the length of the original vignettes. Which isn't bad, but I need to write the other entries, too lol.

I also cut up words from a 100 Drabble Challenge list and put them in my super awesome Mrs. Potts teapot to draw from as an exercise of sorts. I'll pile those up and probably share them once they're all completed.

And I watched more tornado documentaries yesterday while I worked on a giant graphghan, meaning I made notes for a storm chasers AU sequel that may or may not come to fruition. Some ideas may be too good to pass up on!

That's the sitch for now! Inbox is open for whatever you like! Have a good day!

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Old 19th century books with gauffered page edges .. Repeated patterns made using a heated tool

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The mood is drained but recovering. My mental health/ imposter syndrome was a relentless jerk this weekend.

I'll get some When the Weather's Fine out of me by the end of the day. But since it's the first day of summer break, I have a pool and my summer sitting spot to get ready. I'll be writing a lot from my futon in the shade this summer!

Hit me up if you like, and have a good day!

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I got horror…

but I also got a pawnbroker for a character 😂

(and a mistaken identity as the subject).

It’s like they want me to write fan fiction.

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Tagged by @goldenwingediris to share some non-selfie photos from the last few months! If you guys wanna play, do it! @daryatbakerst @darklybound @sakurachips @human-nxture @mythical-bookworm :)

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That time I went to a wedding in a mansion and perused its library with my friends 📚😁

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A question for your Teacher! AU! Gold,

do you have a favorite memory from your years of teaching? And how are you and Belle right now?

"I have many favorite memories for many reasons. As an educator, I do love seeing a student, however begrudgingly, try something they've been resisting and coaxing the smile out of them once they did it or liked it. Seeing someone small realize they can overcome an obstacle gives us both hope for the bigger ones to come in life. Establishing habits.

I also once broke my ankle quite spectaculalry after an unfortunate bounce house incident during Field Day, and my class came to the hospital to visit. They signed my cast, made a garland of goldfish with their names to hang in my room, and, of course, there were many cards, pictures, and ocean-themed get-well snacks. I gave all the Swedish Fish to Jefferson. But I finished the Goldfish myself over summer break.

Belle and I are doing well. We're doing our end-of-the-year classroom clean-out this week, now that school is over. She's been spending more time at my house, though I imagine her love of Mr. O'Malley has something to do with it. I think our relationship is taking our peers some getting used to; people get funny about age gaps and how quickly something genuine develops. But we've taken it all in stride. It's new to us, too.

In a few weeks, we'll be on staff for the school's summer camp program. I don't think Belle was made aware of this obligation when she took the job, but she has some counselor experience from her college days and is ready for the challenge. It'll be nice to reunite with the kids, too. This bunch grew on us both, and it'll be good to have a little more time with them before the next group arrives in the fall."

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Me going to bed after they released the Round 2 results of the NYCM SSC and I placed third in my group! I’ve made it halfway through! I get new prompts on Friday night and get to write a 1500-word story this weekend!

(Please, God, don’t give me Political Satire. Or Horror. I’m not super good at Horror.)

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BELLE pink and red hues - Once Upon a Time

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BRO, June of Doom is HOPPIN' this year. Despite how busy that makes me, I still got out 900 Rumbelle words today, and that feels good! So enjoy some of it with me (and inbox me if you like)! Woo!

Belle bumps his arm. “What’d you make at the Craft Cabin?” “Something for you.” “What a coincidence.” Gold smiles. He turns the stone in his right hand several times, ensuring the paint is dry enough. The butterflies in his stomach take a nosedive out of nowhere, and he almost laughs because, on some primal level, he’s about to hand the girl he likes a rock and is worried about whether or not she’ll like it. “I remind you that my canvas was limestone and my brush came from a $2.99 super value pack.” Belle snorts. “Give me the rock.” “I’m thinking about it.” She holds out her hand. Gold forfeits with a sigh.