Iggy's Amazingly Awesome Blog

26. she/they. This is a Fallen Hero blog now. I don't make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ~~~~ I gots me an AO3 account finally. Check it out at iggy_da_bird_kid Profile pic drawn by just-a-tiny-goldfish

[iggydabirdkid]

My contribution to the Fallen Hero Fanzine!

It was so great to see the progression of everyone's work and you should check out the finished project!

(The og image is too big to upload to tumblr but here's the 2 halves!)

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 10/11-12(?)

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Additional Tags: descriptions of violence, and blood, a lot of it

Summary:

“You really think this will just ‘blow over’?” you raise your free hand, bending your fingers for emphasis. “Well, it’s easer said then done,” Julia’s grin is a sheepish one, “But I’m confident that we can handle whatever comes out way.” “You’re always confident,” you roll your eyes as you look away. Even when you shouldn’t be.

So this is pretty much it for this story! I have one extra bit I want to add on afterwards (maybe one and a bit), but they will be set after the HB incident. Enjoy!

[iggydabirdkid]

Reading the wiki for Anathema is just making me sad 🥲

[iggydabirdkid]

Selkie AU - Hidden in Plain Sight -

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 8/?

Full Circle

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julia Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Summary:

“But perhaps...” you tilt your head as your eyes roam over the softness of her expression and the gentle waves of her hair. And the supple skin of her throat. “Perhaps I can offer you some clarity.”

Notes:

So this is a longer chapter. Mainly as after this there will be a time skip, the length of which I'm not quite sure yet. But! It'll be good!

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 10/14

Fandom: Dragon Age

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Leliana/Female Warden (Dragon Age), Leliana/Female Tabris (Dragon Age)

Summary:

A silence settles over the room once more and if Leliana strains her ears she can her the cawing of her winged messengers and the faintest of chatter rising from the courtyard far below. The woman in her arms is silent, her breaths deep and far in between and Leliana holds her love so tight that her own ribs creak in protest. Her Warden wants to help. And Leliana wishes she did not.

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/?

Chapter 3: Awaken (Mountain Pass)

Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Female Dark Urge/Karlach (Baldur's Gate)

Summary:

There’s a moment of silence. A few seconds of uneasy calm as the creature in her grasp goes deathly still and Karlach’s engine stutters behind her ribs, a disquiet falling over them both. A head crowned with a tangled mess of white hair angles upwards to fix Karlach with a caustic glare. And then the creature bites.

[not-kat]

i can't be the only one who still thinks about maximum ride

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 7/?

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julia Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Summary:

The connections and the warehouse stock. Camphine is a dangerous substance. A quick bright light to banish the darkness at the cost of being highly flammable. Your arms begin to itch and so you grasp the tops of your knees to stop from scratching at the phantom sensation. “I can do this Julia,” you speak with confidence, your head held high as you look into the warm brown of your partners eyes, and then down to her lips pulled into a gentle smile.

[goldfish-fhr]

Trust me it feels better after a near death experience—I would know

[iggydabirdkid]

Just Give Me Some Space

Chapters: 3/?

Doubts

Fandom: The Wayhaven Chronicles - Mishka Jenkins

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ava Du Mortain / Female Detective

Additional Tags: angst, just a little, who am I kidding, its Ava

Summary:

"I just thought that if I could do this thing, this one thing-” a momentary baring of teeth has my heart racing, “-then maybe I could prove that I wasn’t just-“ “A human?” Farah interrupts and even though there is a smile on her face I see how it wavers at the edges. I look away, a shame causing my cheeks to burn. “Worthless...”

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 6/?

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julia Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Additional Tags: wild west au baby!!, yeehaw!!

Summary:

“I was worried sick Rosie!” you can see as her anger settles into worry though the former still simmers within her in the form of narrowed eyes and still clenched fists. You hazard a glance up at Julia just as she mouths the nickname back at you. Rosie? You see her lips quirk into a smirk and you merely grimace with a quick shrug before an incessant pulling of your hand has you looking back down.

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 6/?

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julia Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Additional Tags: wild west au baby!!, yeehaw!!

Summary:

“I was worried sick Rosie!” you can see as her anger settles into worry though the former still simmers within her in the form of narrowed eyes and still clenched fists. You hazard a glance up at Julia just as she mouths the nickname back at you. Rosie? You see her lips quirk into a smirk and you merely grimace with a quick shrug before an incessant pulling of your hand has you looking back down.

[loveafterdeath-if]

I've just played through all possible romances and so so many different paths and I just have to say that I love your writing so much. You make the characters feel real, with their own thoughts and feelings and I love it. Now! For the question part! Spoilers, obviously. But when you find out El is alive (which I feel is inevitable) will there be an option for your MC to break again? Because I yearn for angst content 😅

First: Thank you for exploring the game and also for loving my work😭 Considering the fair number of tiny paths I've put here and there, the ROs route, and the 6 different routes (the doc, the Lazin parents, the old dude with his cane, the Lazin kids etc.), which add replayability, I can tell it caught your attention enough to play through it all. And it's kinda inflating my ego to the max hahaha

Second: yes, MC will have the choice to have another breakdown. I haven't added any details in my notes yet, so I don't know the specifics for now.

[barbwritesstuff]

What have the werewolves been getting up to? We haven't heard from them in so long.......

Sergi has learnt how to make banana bread and won't stop, Marco has quit smoking, Ed is secretly a little TikTok famous now, Carrie spends too much time arguing with people online, and Vicky has become a firefighter. The other firefighters have figured out she's a werewolf, but they don't care because she can jump two metre high fences, shoulder charge down basically any door, and once ninja kicked a lighter out of an arsonist's hand.

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 9/?

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Additional Tags: descriptions of violence, and blood, a lot of it

Summary:

A coldness engulfing your naked form. Choking on air as it fills new lungs. Running so fast. Faster than you ever have before. Blood on your feet, on your hands. In your mouth. Metal on metal. Metal on flesh. Pain. Agony. Laughter you’re not sure is real. Fear. Dread. Screams both yours and not. Wake up.

[iggydabirdkid]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 8/?

Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)

Additional Tags: descriptions of violence, and blood, a lot of it

Summary:

“Fuck, Jules!” you hiss as you finally spin around to find the bronze-skinned woman standing just beyond the kitchen and eyeing you with a mixture of pity and concern. Your top lip curls and you don’t even try to hide it, “I don’t know if you’ve noticed but every single fucking year since we met we’ve been involved in some sort of-“ you shake your head as your thoughts swirl viciously like a whirlwind whipped up in the wake of a storm, “-life-altering disaster!”

I was debating whether or not to make these pre-HB snippets one big thing. But realized breaking them up into days leading up just feels better

[iggydabirdkid]

One of my favorite things to remember is how I chose Annie's name in the first place. Or, in universe, how she chose her own name.

Something I'm not sure if I've mentioned before.

But it'd be interesting to hear how some of your Sidesteps chose their names!