Canon divergent. Starting from the knife scene in 1x07, but Alicent gets hurt instead of Rhaenyra. Happy ending.
lately i've been crying (like a tall child)
Chapters: 7/7 - Status: completed
Canon compliant. Speculative fic for Alicent's story in seasons 3 and 4 based on my predictions for the TV show and my reading of the book Fire & Blood.
i have lived now longer than she did
Canon divergent. Alternate happy ending for 'lately i've been crying (like a tall child)'. This can be read as a stand-alone work.
hollowed out of all my fabled insides
Chapters: 1/11 - Status: In progress
Canon divergent. What if Alicent and Rhaenyra got locked inside the Queen's chambers in episode 3x06? Fix-it with a bittersweet ending.
i tried to be good (am i no good?)
Canon divergent. Vampire Alicent in the canon universe.
something smells rotten (and it's starting to spread)
Canon divergent. What if Helaena died during the riots in 2x06? Alternate Dragonstone meeting. Sad ending.
we're just two slow dancers (last ones out)
Canon compliant. Set during the time jump between 1x05 and 1x06. Rhaenyra and Alicent dance together.
it's not over 'til it's over (it's never over)
Mostly canon compliant. Set on Dragonstone during the day of Rhaenyra's death. Alicent changes the ending of their story.
colder than your father's eyes
Canon compliant. Set after the Fall of King's Landing. Alicent talks to her father one last time before his execution. Harsh words are exchanged about her love for Rhaenyra.
shoot the birds who cannot sing
Canon divergent. Alicent and Rhaenyra grow closer during the Queen in Chains era. Archery focus.
god loves you (but not enough to save you)
Canon divergent. What if Alicent killed Lord Jasper? An alternate take on the Fall of King's Landing. Hopeful ending.
knees to the stone (dark eyes will cry)
Rhaesariacent fic. Set during the Queen in Chains era. Lesbian drama, mainly smut.
something is better than nothing at all
Rhaenicent implied. Alicent/Mysaria smut set during a possible season 3. Alternate ending to the Dance.
outside the warm light of her gaze
Rhaenicent implied. What if Alicent and Mysaria kissed during episode 3x05?
Fandoms: Wicked and Wicked: For Good (Movies)
Ship: Elphaba Thropp/Galinda Upland
you felt secure (that's called a home)
Shiz Era Series - Status: completed
Canon divergent (Nothing is wrong in Oz). Galinda and Elphaba get into a relationship while at Shiz. This series follows their romantic escapades. Includes both smut and non-smut fics.
think of what we could do, together
Wicked: For Good collection - Status: completed
Canon compliant and canon divergent fics based on Wicked: For Good. All the works complete.
i'm always afraid (but never to die)
Chapters: 9/9 - Status: completed
Canon divergent. Glinda performs magic for the first time to save Elphie during Defying Gravity and then she goes with her.
it's like supernatural (this love's possessing me)
Chapters: 5/5 - Status: completed
Canon divergent. Explores a different supernatural Glinda AU each chapter: vampire Glinda, werewolf Glinda, siren Galinda.
i will fuck you (like nothing matters)
Contribution for Gelphie Kinktober 2025. Presenting my Top G(a)linda manifesto through fulfillment of the prompts.
you could've picked me
Canon divergent. Explores the deleted scene "Elphaba's Promise" by making it more gay.
love is just another leap of faith (and i jump right in)
Canon divergent. Galinda's POV of the Ozdust Duet but with an added kiss.
the night breeze carries (something sweet)
Canon compliant. Set during Shiz era going into Part 2, Elphaba and Galinda share tangerines. Hopeful ending.
i wanna be in the room (where it happens)
(Mostly) Canon compliant. Glinda is haunted by Elphaba's memory during intermission.
Fandom: Industry
Ship: Yasmin Kara-Hanani/Harper Stern
to find each other (like north poles of magnets)
Canon divergent. What if Yasmin and Harper had hate sex after their fight in 3x06?
no empathy left in you
Canon divergent. Set around 4x07. Yasmin kills Henry and Harper helps her cover it up.
Fandom: The Devil Wears Prada (movies)
Ship: Emily Charlton/Andrea Sachs
i am a sob story (standing in the rain in a summer dress)
Canon divergent. What if Emily and Andrea got together at the end of the second movie?
don't wait for me (i can't come)
Canon divergent. What if Emily and Andy had sex at Irv's funeral?
Fandom: The Girlfriend (2025)
Ship: Cherry Laine/Laura Sanderson
flaming locks of auburn hair
Canon divergent. What if Laura was a bit more obsessed with Cherry instead of Daniel?
Fandom: Another Simple Favor (2025)
Ship: Emily Nelson/Stephanie Smothers
an entertaining diversion
Canon divergent. The cliff scene from Another Simple Favor, but Stephanie and Emily kiss.
Fandom: Stranger Things
Ship: Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
and she's the freedom (i need to taste)
Canon compliant. Follows Robin through the end of s3 and through all of s4 with a focus on her sexuality and feelings for Nancy.
Fandom: Game of Thrones
Ship: Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen
Not The Plan
Chapters: 20/20 - Status: completed
Canon divergent. Yara and Daenerys fall in love after 6x09. Angst with a happy ending.
Fandom: Legacies
Ship: Penelope Park/Josie Saltzman
A Thin Line between Love and Hate
Canon compliant. Fic told from Penelope's point of view expanding upon episode 1x06.
What do you think of Alicent Hightower? Wondered if she’d be the type of character you’d enjoy, I hope her and Daeron can interact eventually tbh I think that would be an interesting dynamic
i love alicent sosososo much it kind of hurts to think about. i honestly think the show adaptation of her is one of the best character adaptations i've ever personally experienced (no hate to wicked stepmother book alicent she's awesome, but less compelling imo). i love how utterly hopeless her life is and how hard she tries to escape it, and if she can't escape it then at least control it, in spite of that. i love how driven by that need to be free she is to the point of abject cruelty and selfishness. i love that she wouldn't know what to do with it if she ever found it, like an animal raised in captivity but nevertheless always aware of the limits constraining them. i think that if she and daeron somehow met it would be like an evil mirror self situation. i think alicent would be unable to look at daeron and not see flashes of a younger rhaenyra and herself and feel sick to her bones. i think she's the only adult in daeron's life tessarion would ever willingly allow to get close to him but she would never let herself. i love that she can never forgive herself. i love that she refuses to even try.
i just think more fictional women especially those who have been forced into marriage and forced to bear multiple children that they never wanted as teenagers should openly revel in abortion like this is exactly what i've been talking about genuinely it's not enough for fictional women to be ostensibly placidly pro-choice but ultimately still have their own baby in the end despite the absolute most horrific external circumstances imaginable because it's different when you're a Good Guy in the story or something and everyone knows the good guy feels tormented about it but ultimately Chooses to keep the baby or whatever idk like we gotta write women who unapologetically love abortion and HAVE abortions and feel freed and saved by those abortions because it is genuinely a joyous and miraculous thing. abortion is not a horrific last resort worst case scenario and people need to stop treating it as such because by FAR the worst case scenario is being unable to get an abortion and forced to carry a pregnancy to term that you either don't want or like physically materially cannot survive. anyways.
of course rhaenicent isn't dead. that's the horror and wonder of them -- they will never stop loving the girl they lost in their youth, no matter what the woman she's become does. even if they hate each other as much as they love each other, it will never free them from the love. they will never feel indifference, the true opposite of love. they will always be captive of each other in their deepest heart. it's "love never dies" as a threat as much as a promise. i love shit like that.
Some doodles for my headcanon that Toph attracts animals because she's steady and strong like the Earth and they feel super comfortable and safe around her. Kinda like basking in the sun on a steady mountain top
Also a sadder one on how she bonds with Appa over a shared experience :)
one argument you often see about fanfiction is that it's like 'training wheels' writing? like 'oh it's fine to do that while you're still learning, it's easier than coming up with your own ideas'. and I have to say I have just never agreed with that.
in my experience it's actually pretty common for newbie fanfiction writers to gravitate towards coming up with OCs rather than writing about the canon characters (hence the infamous Mary Sue); this suggests that many people find that 'easier' than attempting to write about pre-existing characters.
I would say that recreating the characterisation, mood and general vibes of an existing work of fiction is in fact a skill in and of itself that's acquired via practice. A common compliment delivered to fanfiction writers is how well they have captured the spirit of the original work. Inexperienced fanfiction writers fail to do this.
When creating an original character you can, ultimately, say anything about them and now it's canon bcos you created them and you said so. conversely, well, if you are covering a well known song and start playing the wrong notes people will notice immediately.
In addition: a lot of fanfiction, IMO, is in actuality a form of metafictional literary analysis. a story where two characters sit down and talk about their feelings about a canonical event? literary analysis, which is of course a skill. Sometimes fanfiction is bad bcos the writer is not good at interpreting texts.
finally I have made this point before but you never really see anyone suggesting that fictional works based on existing public domain texts are on 'easy mode'. is it 'easier' to write something based on a copyrighted work than a public domain work? Of course it isn't.
A major strength of the transformative work is its ability to create dramatic irony. If a fanfiction's emotional resonance is dependent on being familiar with the source material that's not necessarily a bad thing. sometimes it's a sign that the author has done a really skillful job of engaging with said source material.
"Rhaenyra has chosen a path. And it's a path with Daemon, and there's no space for someone like Mysaria who, in a way, kind of like her moral compass, it's really disturbing for Mysaria, there's real shock and guilt, actually, because suddenly here's this person who is a fascist that I helped to raise up, which is completely against my belief."
— SONOYA MIZUNO
