Portal Stories Mel: Written Fanworks List
This list displays various written fanworks* of Portal Stories: Mel, a fanmod for Portal 2. While there was no lack of narrative work for PS:M, there wasnât really a way to get those narrative works together in one spot (to my knowledge, at least), which is why I made this list. This list currently consists of fanfics and RP blogs. Triggers are included, but please @ or message me if I missed something and Iâll be sure to put it in. If you want your written fanwork to be added, please either @ me or message me. Please include triggers. You can also @ or message me if you do not want to be on the list, for whatever reason. I will make a post on the main PS:M tags about this post updating once every three new fics and/or RP blogs.
*For this list, I will be defining written fanworks as âessentially anything that consists of a written work, follows a central plot, and has one or more characters from PS:M in a main role. This will count fanfictions, RP blogs, and fancomics.
Notes:
-The list can also be found on AO3.
-I will keep dead blogs and fics on this post because I feel that they all should be put together, but am willing to take them down if the creator asks me to. Broken links will be edited or removed.
-This list is not the end all, be all! Narratives and storytelling change with time, and this list should change too! If you have an idea, send it in, and Iâll check it out! I can take requests through messaging, PMs, @-ing, or by reblogging or responding to this post.
-I will be adding NSFW works to the list, and they will be tagged as such. I will not add NSFW works that are run or written by anyone who I am aware to be under the age of 18. Any works found to be NSFW and written by someone under the age of 18 will be removed until the person is of age.
-Anyone who wants them or their work(s) to be taken off this list for whatever reason just has to message me, and Iâll do it, no questions asked. :)Â
-Once every three new additions to this list, I will post in the main tags telling folks such, to help get the new works/blogs a head start.
1redlinkIbecame:
AEGIS Command Log (da) Triggers: death. AEGISâ command prompts during the events of Portal Stories: Mel.
Untitled (tumblr) Postcanon. Raingil. Virgil and Rainbow get creative.
@actingwithportals:
Aperture Cafe (tumblr) (AO3) (ffn) Involves Portal 2 characters and Aperture Tag characters. Implied RainGil, ChellMann. A Portal coffeeshop au that brings together the entire cast of both Portal games and the Portal mod Portal Stories: Mel in a fun and, for once, non-threatening environment.
Catharsis (tumblr) (AO3) (ffn) Postcanon. Triggers: Gore. Involves characters from Portal and Portal 2. Surviving Aperture was one thing; escaping into an entirely new world with all sorts of new dangers and struggles was a whole new battle. Would they be able to make it through? Would they ever feel truly human again?
First Prize Winner (tumblr) AU. Two people-a young woman new to the city, and a man with mysterious intentions-united in one goal become friends through unique circumstances.
Maybs unless⌠(tumblr) Involves a character from Portal. AU. Implied GLaDGil. Gladys finds Virgil at a low point and gives him an ultimatum.
Mel/Virgil BrOtp, Halloween (tumblr). AU. Takes place in the coffeeshop AU. Virgil and Mel get dressed for a party.
Mel x Chell, Prompt Word: Comfort (tumblr) Involves a character from Portal 2. Mel x Chell. Triggers: PTSD (implied) Postcanon. Involves Portal 2 characters.Â
Mel works up the courage to ask Chell out (tumblr) Mel x Chell. Mel has a burning question for Chell.
Raingil and/or Chellmann? (tumblr) Raingil. Takes place in the coffeeshop AU. Involves Portal 2 characters. A customer gives Virgil an offer he canât refuse.
@arctick-child/thevulcantribble:
Aperture Historical Preservation Society (ao3) AU. Involves characters from Portal 2. The Ops, everyone calls it - the select few chosen to go topside to explore and document the ruins of a world left abandoned by time and war. The Aperture Historical Preservation Society - a small, happy family of geeks and thrill seekers, in their natural habitats. Mel has spent half her life here; Chell was born in the halls of Aperture, both of them lost and forgotten on their own. But together they make a formidable team, and thereâs no shortage of trouble to be found by two stubborn fools and their (occasionally reluctant) partners-in-crime.
Untitled (tumblr) Postcanon. Involves characters from Portal 2. Mel makes a life outside of Aperture as best as she can.
Making It Right (ao3) (da) (ffn) Postcanon. Involves Portal 2 Characters. He wasnât the only core who had made mistakes.
@billmageddon/@flatlinesunrelenting/FlatlinesU:
Scrap Metal (ao3) Postcanon. RainGil. Involves Aperture Tag and Meet The Cores characters.  Triggers: Suicide. Virgil always tried to be professional. Keeping his head down and following Her orders has proved to be the best way to avoid trouble. But with the unexpected guest residing in his repair wing, that stopped being a possibility.
@bpdtaak0
Untitled (tumblr) Postcanon. Mel ruminates on her last few moments with VirgilÂ
Untitled. (tumblr) AU. Involves characters from Portal 2. Scene from a future fic where Virgil takes matters into his own hands.
@codynaomiswire:
Coming Soon-ish (tumblr) Postcanon. Involves Portal 2 and Blue Sky characters. Scene from a possible future fic in which Wheatley and Garret get an odd caller on their radio show.
@dreamofserenity626/@wheaterz
Testing Maintenance (ao3) (tumblr) Triggers: death, suicide. Postcanon. Involves characters from Aperture Tag, Portal 2, and Meet The Cores 2. Mel finds herself trapped in Aperture once again, but this time while GLaDOS is back online and in charge. With the help of Virgil, the Maintenance Core, she must devise a way of escape before its too late, and the only way to go upâŚis to go down. { A sequel to the fan-mod, Portal Stories: Mel }
@elvenwhovianÂ
The Tale of Melanie (ffn). AU. A Poetic Retelling of the Portal 2 mod âPortal Stories: Melâ Set in the Medieval AU Established in âThe Trial of the Bowâ and âThe Heart of the Exileâ (also on fanfiction-dot-net). Written by ElvenWhovian and Starry-Nightengale.
Untitled (tumblr) Postcanon. Involves characters from Portal and Portal 2. GLaDOS learns the true meaning of âupdogâ.
@emmys-sketchbook/@i-am-emerald-dust :
Blank Filled Mind (tumblr) (start from the bottom) AU. Triggers: Torture. Mel wakes up in a new body after being put in extended relaxation.
@flame-cat:
How Dare You? (tumblr) Triggers: Death. Virgilâs thoughts during the end scene in Chapter 10 of Testing Maintenance.
Human Interaction (ao3) Involves a character from Portal. Triggers: PTSD. Postcanon. Mel x Chell. Chell doesnât like people, let alone talking to them, or forming relationships. Thatâs bad when you fall and lose your wallet.
@the-friendly-faith-plate:
At First Sight (tumblr) Involves characters from Portal 2. CW: NSFW implied. AU. Raingil. Amidst bemoaning his luck in love, Virgil finds himself falling for the new employee at Aperture.
Galaxy_Lixx:
Future Technology (ao3) Intercanon AU. What is âAperture Science Innovatorsâ? Why did i sign so many contracts? Certainly I will know, with time. But for now, all I know is that Iâm confused and lost with a new demon as a guide.Â
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thegamerdude256:
Portal FPS (ffn) The complete portal time line, including mods! From portal stories mel to Portal: Skyline, this is the true tale of aperture science
Aperture Made (tumblr) (ao3). AU. Triggers: gore. Involves characters from Aperture Tag. 18 finds herself with some big decisions to make about Aperture and its humanity when Nigel becomes compromised.
Still Alive (tumblr) Triggers: Gore. Postcanon. Involves characters from Aperture Tag. Abandoned and left to die, Subject 18 is forced to reconsider her relationships with Apertureâs personalities-and so is Nigel.
Missing (ao3) Postcanon. Mel remembers.
Duality (ao3) Postcanon. Wheatley is back from space, Virgil is in exile, and time is not on either of their sides. With only the threat of death on their backs, theyâll have to choose between their survival or the lives of the ones they care for most.
@listlesscupcakes/Bearcina
Future Technology (ao3) Intercanon AU. What is âAperture Science Innovatorsâ? Why did i sign so many contracts? Certainly I will know, with time. But for now, all I know is that Iâm confused and lost with a new demon as a guide.
The Prototype (tumblr) Precanon. Raingil. Dr. Aadland finds repairing a damaged core-with his superior visiting.
Aperture High (ao3) Involves characters from Portal, Portal 2, and Meet The Cores. AU. A high school for special kids arenât that rare. High school programs for smart people arenât that rare either. Teens from around the world apply to join Aperture High, sad thing is they canât get in. Not because they arenât smart or are 'specialâ. In fact the kinds of people there have something that Cave Johnson, the founder of Aperture High, are so special they are drafted in to this school. Wish them luck though, not every gets what they want.
ďťżDemotion ďťż(tumblr) Triggers: Death, gore, operation. Precanon. Shortly before his operation, Dr. Aadland thinks things over.
Oracle (ao3) Involves characters from Portal 2. Triggers: Gore, drug use, self harm, death. Postcanon. Raingil. NSFW. Turrets are supposed to go down the redemption line, not to maintenance. So when one shows up in Virgilâs maintenance bay, he canât help but wonder how it got thereâŚ
Untitled. (tumblr) Mel had her reasons for going back.
Christmas Miracles (ao3) Involves characters from Portal and Portal 2. Implied RainGil. Postcanon. Christmas. A stupid human holiday that GLaDOS has no intent on celebrating. After all, there is testing to be done and science waits for no-one. This is why the discovery of the events in the rejected core room irks her so. Itâs a human holiday. Why in the name of science are these broken excuses for AIs celebrating?! Or, That time Virgil tried to throw a holiday party for the other cores and it was pure chaos.
Untitled (tumblr) Involves a character from Portal. Following a gut feeling, Virgil finds someone in need of help.
@queenburd:
Virgil Is Always Good At Everything He Does, And It Bothers Me More Than I Care To Admit (tumblr) Involves characters from Portal 2. WheatGil implied. Triggers: Operation. Wheatley finds himself in a sticky situation, and Virgil comes to the rescue.
Pain Receptors (tumblr)Â Triggers: Eye trauma, operation. RainGil. Roy finds himself in Virgilâs repair office- and wondering how to get Virgil to make a move.
@rnainframe/@stepfxrd/genop0ke
Aperture Made (tumblr) (ao3). AU. Triggers: gore. Involves characters from Aperture Tag. 18 finds herself with some big decisions to make about Aperture and its humanity when Nigel becomes compromised.
Who Are You? (ao3) (triggers: Death) Involves characters from Portal 2 and Aperture Tag. Precanon to Portal. Employees in Aperture go through various struggles as the company goes through a financial crisis. This is canon divergent. It will not be 100% compliant to canon.
@silversatori:
Better Than Black Mesa/Aperture Science Academy (ffn) (tumblr) Multi character RP blog. Includes characters from Portal 2 and Aperture Tag. Triggers: Death, suicide, abuse, casual homophobia. Bi Virgil, MelGil. The highschool AU nobody asked for. Includes characters from Aperture Tag and Portal Stories: Mel. (RP Collection from tumblr aperture-science-academy)
(Note: BTBM/ASA is an RP blog turned fanfiction blog, that occasionally takes asks. I put it in the fanfic category due to this post by the writer.)
Portal Stories Mel: AU (tumblr) Includes characters from Portal 2. AU. CW for nudity (nondescriptive). RainGil. An AU which details the exploits of one Lady Mel and Squire Virgil as they take on a âthreateningâ dragon.
@shadowmaat/@askapsec:
System Upgrade (tumblr) Precanon. Two Aperture security guards working on AEGIS get to see it in action.
@sigevens-scribbles/sigeven:
Familiar Facility (ffn) Postcanon. Chell is dragged back down into aperture, but this time, sheâs going to end it once and for all, meet new friends, and discover secrets that no one had ever known about. Containing characters from Portal 2 and Portal Stories : Mel *which I donât think they have a tag for RIP*
stalkersona:
Whatâs An Olympian? (ao3) Triggers: Death. Involves characters from Portal 2. Postcanon. As Wheatley destroys Aperture Science Laboratories another core is facing his own problems, and remembering his own test subject.
@starry-nightengale:
The Tale of Melanie (ffn). AU. A Poetic Retelling of the Portal 2 mod âPortal Stories: Melâ Set in the Medieval AU Established in âThe Trial of the Bowâ and âThe Heart of the Exileâ (also on fanfiction-dot-net). Written by ElvenWhovian and Starry-Nightengale.
Glances (tumblr) Involves a character from Portal 2. AU. Wheatgil. A farmer reluctantly takes a soldier in during hard times, though his feelings on the matter soon change.
Untitled (tumblr) Involves a character from Portal 2. Postcanon to P2 and PS:M. Mel x Chell. One winter morning, Mel decides to wake up early and treat her lover to breakfast before sheâs off to work.
@superthething-blog:
The Glances (tumblr) Raingil. Despite himself, Rainbow starts noticing a certain core a little more.
RP Blogs:
@aegis-systems: AEGIS ask/RP blog. Semi-selective. Blood and violence okay.
@ask-aperture-laboratories: General Portal character ask blog, featuring characters from PS:M. No NSFW or mean spirited asks.
@askvirgildroid: Virgil ask/RP blog. SFW.
@aperturesapiens: Indie RP blog for Mel, also for characters from Portal and Portal 2. Violence and blood okay, no smut or excessive gore.
@ask-aegis-2016: AEGIS askblog.
@askchellandmel: Chell and Mel askblog. Postcanon to both PS:M and P2. Involves characters from Portal and Portal 2. No character or ship hate, no NSFW asks, or fandom discourse.
@ask-the-rainbowcore: Rainbow core askblog. No asks that are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or abusive.Â
@chell-mel-and-subject-18: Askblog for Chell, Mel, and Subject 18. Involves characterse from Portal and Aperture Tag. No NSFW, please specify who your question is for.
@exasperatedmaintenancecore: RP blog for Virgil. Non selective, no nsfw.
just-like-a-rainbow Rainbow Core RP blog on Deviantart. Human AU.
@mel-van-winkle: RP blog for Mel. Non selective, no nsfw.
@mute-olympian: Mel blog. Selective, Indie, no nsfw.
@polychr0matics: Rainbow core blog. Multiverse. No nsfw, gore is fine.
@silencedsecurity: AEGIS blog. No godmodding, no nsfw with minors.
@virgil-core: Virgil blog. Does both ask and RPs.
@vxrgil: Virgil blog. Semi-selective. Multiverse. No nsfw.
@wifixoverride: Virgil blog. Selective. Multiverse. No nsfw.
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