@triscribe @oswaldthatendswald (Very theoretical what if Bonney time travel reveal to Marco.)
"Oh! You saved your brother."
It's a statement Marco certainly isn't expecting to hear, let alone where he does hear it, the hidden back alleys of Sabaody.
The source of the statement is even less expected somehow, a small girl with long pink hair and a ring under her eye. A girl next to a Warlord of all people. Bartholomew Kuma, the Tyrant.
Marco tenses, readying his flames. Next to him, Ace does the same.
"Wait, don't! We won't hurt you!"
"I will not," the Tyrant affirms, making no move himself. Only standing behind the little girl. Which is...that's strange.
"Who are you?" Ace eyes her.
"You don't know? Either of you?"
Suddenly, the girl is much taller. Grown into her baggy clothes, a full grown woman that bends towards them in something of a mock bow.
"Know me now?"
Just as quickly as she grows up, she shrinks back down to a child.
He knows the older version's face from bounty posters. Jewelry Bonney. And that's...something. That apparently such a high bounty belongs to a young child like that. But Marco supposes that shouldn't be so odd considering other child bounties the World Government has put out there.
But.
Ah. Now it's more clear. A Devil Fruit relating to age and from there, time. Whatever happened to him and Shamrock to bring them back, she must have been near the center of it.
Ace is less circumspect. "Wait, you time-traveled too?" He hisses.
The girl puffs out her chest. "Sure did!
The Warlord doesn't seem exactly pleased by this information and Marco blame him. Whatever the relationship between him and the Supernova Rookie, it must be close. And she wouldn't have played around with her Devil Fruit powers for possible time travel had there been any other choice.
"Bonney, what hap-"
"It's okay because it'll never happen again!" She smiles, bright and big, and yet there's an edge to it. One that'll shatter if pushed wrong. The Warlord sees it too, from what Marco can tell how his shoulders barely slump.
"Bonney..."
"It's fine!" She insists, before whirling back to face Marco and his brother. "So it turned out okay? There's going to be no war, right?"
With each word, the girl drops, Marco can almost see the Tyrant gain white hairs in real time. He sympathizes, fully and completely.
"No war at Marineford this time. Also..."
Admitting the truth might net him more information about what happened after he and Shamrock died. And if there's possibly anyone else that time traveled with them.
"It was actually Shamrock who did a lot of the work, yoi." He aims for sheepish, with his words, scratching at his head.
Bonney tilts her head to side. "Hm?"
"A red-haired bastard," Ace fills in. Marco sighs at that, though Ace has more right than most to name the man so. He is definitely a bastard.
"Oh, that Noble guy helped?" Bonney chews on her lower lip, looking pensive. "I didn't expect he'd do that, I guess she was right to pick him after all..."
Hm.
"What do you mean by picked, yoi? Was this intentional?"
Repeatable? He hopes not. If only for the dire states it would take that to be tested out once more.
The girl's hands are on her hips as she looks him up and down.
"I picked you because you lost all of your brothers and I knew you wouldn't want to do that again."
Marco can't help but wince at the painfully blunt statement. Accurate as it is. The Warlord's body stiffens at the revelation, much stiffer than before impossibly.
"But someone else picked the red bastard?" Ace pipes in. "Who'd do that? I mean, he's a Noble and..."
The rest doesn't really need to be said.
"That's what I said! But." A pause, as Bonney forces a casual shrug. "She thought he might deserve a second chance. And he proved her right."
"And...?" Ace prods.
Bonney squints. "None of your business! Her name's her own, not yours."
That phrase...Marco knows. Ah.
He can guess who the identity of this mysterious other party is from that alone: a slave. But why would a slave want to give Shamrock a chance to fix his mistakes? For all she knew, it would be to place the boot on her and her fellows' heads once more.
Shamrock certainly hasn't shown any remorse that Marco's seen about the way he thinks of other people as lesser than him. He wouldn't have been overly cruel, he thinks, but not noticeably kind. Certainly nothing that Marco would pick Shamrock for, if he was a slave somehow involved with some kind of time travel choices.
But it's a mystery that will have go unsolved.
"C'mon, let's find Nika!" The girl whirls around and rushes down the alley, the Tyrant hurrying after her in a measured pace.
"Huh? Nika who? Wait, that's the direction of the bar! Hold up!" Ace starts to run as well.
Leaving Marco to think. For a moment.
Well.
Isn't that something. Marco sighs. He'll need to tell the red haired twins about this and he can't imagine what their response will be.
A/N: I know I've been pretty radio silent so since I've not been giving you guys content, I decided to give you guys recommendations to fics that I love that I've put on my personal 're-readable' list. All these fics are found on AO3 and I am not affiliated with the authors in any way. Let me know if you guys want some anime recommendations too because boy do I have opinions!
Also, let me know if you guys have any fanfic recs for me too!
My Hero Academia
One-Shots
Check in, One through Twenty, Go by sabertoothhousecat - Fun little fic about how class 1-A paranoia and shenanigans become field useful and cary into their professional hero careers. It's short and sweet but I love the found-family vibes.
Fun at Hero Con by northpeach and wolfsrainrules - Technically a two-shot but basically pro hero Deku cosplay shenanigans at conventions. I go back to read this whenever I need a laugh.
Owe Yourself by daylightbreaks - This one showcases Izuku's observational skills, researching skills(?), and his ability to care for everyone except himself. Pro heroes and the little chronic pains that builds up. And Izuku is no exception to that. Sometimes the caretaker needs someone to take care of them too.
cotton-minded and having grown up as a weed instead of a flower by ThrillShockSuspense - At the mall, Izuku is sleep deprived and his tongue a little loose and ends up breaking Shigaraki's brain...? Yeah sure. Out logic the villain. De-escalation check? Charisma high. (I don't play DnD, does that make sense? Eh.)
The Quirkless by blowingglowingdandelions - Canon never really touches on the quirkless discrimination that Izuku experienced. But what if class A was assigned a project to present on an issue they feel strongly about? Well, you get a BakuDeku platonic team up and they proceed to traumatize their classmates. I don't know why I like reading about BakuDeku sharing the reality of being quirkless. Mind the Tags guys!
Someone Liked by Society by wawaka - Second verse, same as the first. Another quirkless discrimination presentation by platonic BakuDeku, except its started by a public speaker claiming to be quirkless. For attention. Again, mind the tags!
journey to the past by aloneintherain - Technically, it's three parts, but it's short! In a world of superpowers, you would think there would be some timey-wimey ones, right? Right. Well, what if villains got their hands on some and tried to preemptively kill some of the world's greatest heroes before they become heroes? Izuku Midoriya meets his heroes for the first time when he is five years old. Yay for time shenanigans with class 1-A and a kind of freaked out Izuku!
rock'n'roll, buckaroo! by Origamidragons - Check out this batch of lovely 1-A chaos, starring Kaminari's charisma and Todoroki's theorizing. Nana gets the attention she deserves, Touya gets outed by his own brother, and its just something I love to read when I need a laugh.
Hero Class Civil Warfare by RogueDruid (Icarius51) - Okay, if you haven't read an MHA civil war fic by now, then read this one. This one is my favorite. For a final exam, both hero classes are divided into 'heroes' and 'villains' for a several day long immersion simulation where the hero team has to defeat the villain team with several objectives. Bakugou is the hero leader. And Midoriya is the villain's. This fic contains unlikely friendships, new skills, and a found family within a found family. HIGHLY SUGGESTED. But mind the tags people, it probably won't be for everyone.
One Piece
Series
and i knew its name by hedwag - A typical isekai (reincarnation) into the world of One Piece as Usopp's head-in-the-clouds OC sister. But she's also not the only otherworlder? And what's that I see? Romance with one mosshead swordsman? Yes Please. Love this one.
Ocean Blue by NellanaSylveon - Less an isekai and more of a transmigration...? Reader, that's you, wake up in the world of One Piece on a random island with strange powers that definitely don't come from a devil fruit. A year later, Shanks rolls around, falls in lust, and you take the chance to gain passage onto his ship to fix all the trauma and fall in love and make a family on the way. Have you ever wanted to be a sea goddess? Shanks x Reader.
How far I'll go by FleetingInspirations2025 - Transmigration like the previous one. Sea goddess like the previous one. She's gonna fix the future like the previous one. But the sea is calling her to its embrace, and eventually she must answer. A sadder fic with a lot of grief by the end but definitely worth a read. No romance.
A Gacha Addict in the One Piece World! by Anime_no_Akuma - Another long haul fic. The chapters are relatively short but there are a lot of them. Gamer OC is shoved into a buggy One Piece world as a hunted race. She changes the future one level at a time but sometimes the world glitches? Wait, Nojiko's a guy? Also recommend the sister fic, Crash landing on you (or your deck, whatever works)!
Jujutsu Kaisen
One-Shots
Salmon! by Asteroid_Duck (JustThatOneGirl1815) - We all should be aware of the classic soulmate-identifying-mark trope. This one is no different, the first thing your soulmate says to you--yes, you, the reader--is tattooed into your skin. So why the f**k does yours say 'Salmon'? Very cute Inumaki x Reader one-shot.
Series
For Tomorrow's Sake by Kikyo851 - Another isekai. There's a theme here. Anyway! The reader is reborn into a small jujutsu clan and is immediately tossed in the trash (figuratively) due to her lack of cursed energy. Cue Gojo Satoru! The reader survives by endearing herself to others and also being a little reckless with her own life. But that's okay because she's going to save everyone! Oh. And she gets a harem. Read to find out what it's like to grow up as the best friend of Gojo Satoru and the little sister (-ish) of Toji! But also. Read at your own risk. Its jjk. a little side of gore and angst is to be expected.
Miraculous Ladybug
One-Shots
Bet On That by orphan_account - Lila salt one-shot where instead of fighting Lila and all her lies, Marinette and her remaining friends make some fun for themselves by betting on what Lila will lie about. Much to the confusion of their other classmates. A good dose of Lila salt without dumping on the rest of the class too much. (Also, how is this fandom going lately? I love the potential for this show but I stopped watching after Luka left for China(?) and the whole ring thing got introduced. Whatās happening?)
Winx Club
Veiled Wings and Shattered Panoramas by Dragonfly08 - Not gonna lie, if you guys decide to read this, you're gonna be in it for the long haul but it is definitely worth it if you are an OG Winx fan and are disappointed by the Fate Saga and the reboot. A mature rewrite of Winx with no unneccessary relationship drama, all the specialists and all the girls are the main characters, school stress exists, and they never asked for the violence or the wars or the trauma. But thanks anyway. Make sure to read the tags tho guys, because there is potentially triggering topics written. But seriously, highly recommend. This is a series of several books going through the OG seasons.
Merlin (BBC)
Fool Me Once by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle - Uhmmmm, how to describe this one... Basically, Uther knows about Merlin's magic and keeps trying to execute him in secret but nothings working. And Arthur overhears one of the attempts. Mind the tags.
10 Reasons Not to Fight a DĢ¶rĢ¶aĢ¶gĢ¶oĢ¶nĢ¶ Bird (a Guide by Arthur Pendragon) by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle - Merlin keeps the dragon. By trying to gaslight Arthur that Althusa is a bird. And everyone else goes along with it. Eventually, Arthur decides to just go with it at that point.
Batman/DCU
One-Shots
Batman, go grab your Robin... Wait, wrong Robin! by IzzyMRDB - Love this one. Young! Tim Drake, before Tim becomes Robin and before Jason dies, Tim decides to dress up as Robin for Halloween. However, a well-made Robin costume and a concussed Batman ends up with Tim riding in the batmobile with a very confused Jason. Alfred is aghast.
Series
TWINcognito mode by nerdpoe - I love that if there's a young hero with black hair and blue eyes, they get cross over-ed with the Batfam. In this one, Danny Phantom gets shanghaid from the Infinite Realms into one of Tim Drake's clones and the two decide, to heck with it, they're twins now and they're gonna troll the Wayne family. Love the shenanigans here. Danny Phantom x Batfam
what was lost, found again by halfagone (milkywxy) - Another Danny Phantom x Batfam fic. This is a little shorter, but it's basically Danny's ghost senses tingling and they lead him to a scared and confused Jason Todd who is climbing from his own grave. Danny basically fixes the Waynes and their whole family dynamic in time for Damian to come along and learn how to be a kid.
Harry Potter
I Who Have Loved the Stars by LadyHallen - A one-shot outside perspective of the reincarnated twin sister of Regulus Black and what she does to save her brother and the future. Contain Black family madness, protective siblings, and other magical... tidbits? Shenanigans? Either way, you should read it.
Hazbin Hotel
Eve of Heaven by AkumaKami64 - If you've ever wondered 'Where is Eve in all of this?' then you should read this one. Canon! Adam is terrible but what if he was once a loving husband? What if the millenia of waiting for his wife changed him? What happens when Eve finally arrives in heaven? What will Eve think of the Extermination?
Arcane: League of Legends
One-Shots
and he doesn't want for you to cry by Anonymous - It hurts so good. What if Silco was able to talk down his daughter, his Jinx before she did something she would regret at her tea party? Things end up differently. Because maybe Silco wasn't a perfect dad, but he was hers and he knew her more now than Vi did.
Series
Crystals and Cogs by WanderingAether - This is a more adorable one. Taking place after Powder's family dissolved, Viktor, same age as Powder, is introduced to the young girl by his mentor, Dr. Reveck. The two balance each other out and end up topside with the combined might of their genius. Definitely recommend!
A/N: That's all I have for now but I'll add to this periodically as I think of more fics that deserve to be read, I'll start combing through my AO3 bookmarks. If anyone prefers other reading sites, let me know, I also use quotev, fanfiction.net, and wattpad sometimes if I can dig up something good. See ya, I'm gonna go reread a bunch of stuff now.
(sorry took so long jhfbgb)
im curious about the "remember us not as violent souls, but as hollow men" wip :3c
itās a transformers/pacific rim fic with mecha pilot!Jazz AU, which is based off of @keferonās posts.Ā
In short, no cybertronian civil war, because as Orion Pax is getting his Prime upgrade, the Quintessons invade. Naturally, this unites the planet against an outside threat instead of divides it against each other.
Many years later, the Quintessons are like, weāre essentially in a stalemate, lets start invading other people and Earth gets hits and they go full Pacific Rim, but without morals and care for pilots.
Jazz is a first gen pilot- in software that isnāt fully fleshed out and thus blends the pilotās mind with the harvested quintessonās metal mecha. Great for controlling the mecha, bad for keeping pilot sane. Jazz actually enjoys it alot, itās the only thing me enjoys about being a mecha pilot because everyone running it is an absolutely shitbag, except for those who are being threatened or held hostage in some way.
trauma!
jazz eventually gets slingshotted to cybertron, helps out with their kaiju problem, makes friends and thinks the cybertronians are hard wired into the mechs, which is why everyone is so happy their government all died and all the inside jokes megatron and optimus make, being the undisputed leaders of their entire race.
megatron is very interested in finding out where earth is.
more pilots eventually show up and shenanigans ensue!
Ah yes, a Hundred Years of Ruin (a thousand of prosperity) is something my long time followers will find familiar. That is the attempt to turn one of my longest Bleach blog-reblogs into an actual fic.
In short, time travelling Kurosaki Ichigo- gets mistaken as a kami at some point? It was @thefringepersonās fault primarily, I think?
Oh, found the link ->Ā https://www.tumblr.com/north-peach/181283085638/wolfsrainrules-aspynerd-wolfsrainrules?source=share
That one is a supernatural au for BNHA where Izuku is quirkless, but he grew up tending to the shrines and stuff so heās got the Sight. I think we were aiming that Quirks are essentially some kind of spirit that possesses people and Izuku can see those spirits?
I am very curious as to what. āwigā is ššš
it stands forĀ āwell, I guessā and itās a crack fic with no fandom, just a premise. It has been languishing in my WIP folder for about eight years now....
RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and you post a snippet or tell them something about it.
all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and you post a snippet or tell them something about it.
thanks to @bombsareforbabies for tagging me
Mars in Ascendant
Like Knows Like
the Fire that burns in me (the Ice that burns in you)
take up the blades of our enemies (to carve a place for us in this world)
remember us not as violent souls, but as hollow men
alderaan
Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Wayfaring Warrior
ESPers and Guides AU
Hal Jordan - Space Cop
wigs
A Hundred Years of Ruin (A Thousand of Prosperity)
I need a fic where Hall Jordan: Green Lantern is out being a space cop.
But like, with really bad people. Gimme the angst, the action, adventure- give me Hal Jordan: Green Lantern whoās been awake for four day tracking down this trafficking ring thatās been jumping between 50 different planets randomly and hiding in asteroids and such
Give me tired Hal who knows there a connection between eight different cases and heās gotta find out what before the victim disappears into the void of space- maybe literally.
Hal Jordan, whose street smarts and bar fights help him solve cases involving entirely alien languages, culture, people and customs. I want him to laugh over the similarity of motive throughout the galaxies.
I want him to cry over the universal cruelty of people looking to make money and power and I want him to hate it.
I want Hal Jordan to prove himself as much as a detective as Batman- not in the same way, not with the same methods, but I want him to be able to hold his own in some areas, exceed in others and fall flat in the rest.
Hal Jordan who barely remembers how Earth Laws, Earth Judicial Courts and Earth Prisons operates, but will easily and effortlessly rattled off self defense laws from a planet three sectors over, imprisonments terms for three levels of crime from a small planet in the farther corner of his own sector and the entire legal process for arresting a slaver on Lithargos.Ā
Including the different forms of paperwork between one slaver, multiple slavers and a single and/or multiple slavers operating out of a larger group.
Someone asks Hal Jordan a question about copyright infringement and he will absent mindedly go into great detail on how such a thing is blasphemy and the courts will give you a death sentence for that. Not just any death, of course, but one that uses what you stole as a method of death.
Give me smart space cop Hal, tired, angry, upset Hal working on a dead line and mumbling to himself in an alien language, trying to connect the clues that will never make sense on Earth, in any culture, at any moment in history.
Give me Hal Jordan who is entirely bullshitting all of the answers to the questions the Green Lantern's medical corps is asking.
Sleep? Optional.
Food? Can survive off caffeine.
Nah, it's fine, I'm good.
Hal Jordan becomes the first human Green Lantern, succeeding Abin Sur and oh boy, the learning curb on his side is mocked, ignored and sneered at, while the actual information on the care and feeding of humans is outright ignored if not gently glossed over.
And Hal? Hal's just been told if you are stubborn enough, the magic green light will do it.
Hal is forced to return to Earth on medical leave when he physically can't fight anyone. When he's nonresponsive for several hours rather then several minutes.
I mean, yeah, in a couple years, it's acknowledged that Hal Jordan is a worthy inheritor of Abin Sur's will, but the damage has been done.
It has a huge variety of historical recipes from different regions, taken from manuscripts, transcribed and translated, and a whole section of notes about the context for the recipe. It's really fun and I AM going to try a couple of these recipes.
Look at how this lamb recipe is presented:
This is just such a fun way to learn more about historical foodways and discover traditional cuisine.
Look at all the filters you can use:
Maybe if I can forage some good blackberries this year, I can make a 300 year old recipe for blackberry wine!
