Selcouth's Stories

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Selcouth | sel·couth | \ˈsel-ˌküth\

adjective | archaic

meaning: strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous

In Progress (last updated: 08/06/26)

Tell Me What it's Like to Burn

Ch. 2: 7240 Ch. 3: 1766 Ch. 4: 594 Ch. 5: 1531 Ch. 17: 3317

Sonder

Ch. 1: 43 Ch. 2: 263

Futureproof

Ch. 7: 1577

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in the mood to read a certain type of fic and i haven't found any. realised what i really want is to read my fic.

but the problem with writing a fic for yourself is that you have to write the fic before you can read it.

*sigh*

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had a big brain idea. 30 minutes of research later...

me: oh no, this is so cute!

me, 5 secs later: oh no, this is so tragic!

me, 1 min later: but the comedic potential tho...

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me: *waking up in the dead of night, scrambling to open my notes app, struggling not to laugh*

me: this is gonna be so fucking funny

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forgot i was a physical being with needs and didn't move for like 7 hours. wrote 1,163 words. my bones crunch when i move

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did some editing of ch. 2. added a couple thousand words maybe.

oh, and i decided to do something fun with time and location stamps!

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just wrote 1,630 words over 11 hours straight and it feels like someone scooped my brain out with a spoon

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Mini Writing Hack: Trying to describe your setting but can't figure out where to start? Start with the people. What are they doing? Dancing? Drinking? Reading?

If there aren't people around, what did they leave behind? Books? Newspapers? What is the setting's purpose? Abandoned train station? Empty warehouse?

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me, writing a fluff scene: how many synonyms for warm and cosy can i cram in here?

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

Futureproof

Rating: M

Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Nagoya, the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo, is a multi-layered megacity sprawling across the Nōbi Plain like a Portuguese Man O' War. Soaring architecture and dangerous depths. It's grown so much in the last century that it's consumed the surrounding cities and towns, sinking its teeth into a decent chunk of Ise Bay. Affectionately known as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, news coming out of the city is sparse, and as such, heroes are in short supply. Which is just the way the people there like it. He's lived here for over half his life now, which, at 11, isn't a lot. But the time before feels hazy and distant, like the sky before pre-dawn, when the smog chokes out the stars and blankets the skyscrapers. All he has left from before are a pair of rings tucked in his shirt, some scars, and a phone number that he uses to call Auntie once a month to let her know he's still alive. PSA: Mind the tags.

Chapter 1: there's poison in the water, and we deserve it

A brief introduction.

Chapter 2: you're a headache in a suitcase

Alternatively titled: put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.

Chapter 3: a little bit of luck in a rigged game

It's a mental breakdown! *off-key kazoo*

Chapter 4: sugar and spice and everything nice, i poured down the drain of my life last night

Wherein Izuku refuses to pay full price if he doesn't have to.

Chapter 5: does anybody really know anymore where we're going at all?

Izuku's got issues, but that's not news.

Chapter 6: you cut your hair, changed your name, left a note as you escaped, to thine own self be true

F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me, N is for anywhere and any time at all—no, they really do mean anywhere.

Chapter 7: you ain't gotta be a mathematician, to see the odds ain't rootin' for me

It's not much, but it's proof of life. (Further additions on this chapter to come.)

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

Tell Me What it's Like to Burn

Rating: T

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

“Aunt told me my name today,” he rasped, “said I needed to know for school.” “Well,” Sim prompted tenderly, “what is it?” “It’s Harry,” he cut out, cleared his throat, “Harry James Potter.” Silence, and then... “Well, that complicates things a bit, doesn’t it?” ~or~ A boy follows a cat and ends up adopted by some of the strangest people he’s ever met. Needless to say, certain plans made by meddling individuals are thrown wildly off course.

Chapter 1: Wandering the Wild and Wyrd

In which Harry Potter is always and forever a magnet for trouble, even when that's not his name.

Chapter 2: Metamorphosis or Martyrdom

Past, Present, Future: The Hanged Man, The Magician, and Death.

Chapter 3: A Family (and is it really kidnapping if they went through official channels?)

Gaining Harry Potter’s guardianship was as simple as walking to Privet Drive and telling Petunia Dursley to sign away her rights to him.

Chapter 4: The Beginning (aka screwing with other people's plans for fun and profit)

'Harry' moves homes, begins his education, and picks a name.

Chapter 5: Introspection & Healing (or, the effects of trauma)

Yasha heals and grieves. His family loves him throughout.

Chapter 6: The Learning Curve (feat. a third-person perspective from a building)

Yasha learns a bit more about his family. He's not even surprised at this point. (That's a lie.)

Chapter 7: The Penny Drops (feat. a brief word from Dumbledore)

Cram time, the penny finally drops and letters from Hogwarts.

Chapter 8: Get In, We're Going Shopping

Yasha gets some of his school supplies almost painlessly. Rasputin detects a warty visitor.

Chapter 9: Where in the World is Harry Potter?

The train ride, Hogwarts and the sorting.

Chapter 10: Looking Underneath the Underneath (and other casual deceptions)

Yasha starts at Hogwarts and it's a little more dangerous than he bargained for. Good thing they were prepared for that.

Chapter 11: Would You Like to Play a Game?

Yasha is very bored until he isn't.

Chapter 12: The Midnight Duel That Really Wasn't

Ronald Weasley makes terrible choices, and Neville has to deal with them. Neville would like it known that he has some regrets.

Chapter 13: It’s Prime Time for Spooks, We Are Every-Which-Where!

*kicks down door* THIS IS HALLOWEEN, THIS IS HALLOWEEN! PUMPKINS SCREAM IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT!!!

Chapter 14: Investing in the Future

Hypatia News: The Bad, The Good, The Beautiful

Chapter 15: Quidditch & Candour

In which blood sports aren't really Yasha's thing, but there's tea time with Hagrid, and a cauldron finally boils over.

Chapter 16: Sharing is Caring

Sure, a bit of introspection might be good for the soul, but at what cost? He'll do it, of course, but Neville wants it noted that it was done under protest.

Chapter 17: Henrikh Volkov and the Last Crusade

Someone finally meets The Plot, and they are NOT amused.

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

Sonder

Rating: M

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Sonder - n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.

Chapter 1: Grisha Part 1

Eleven years go by, no eagles and no letters. Grigorij had never seen Mama cry until the day they wiped his mind and dropped him on the steps of an orphanage. The matron asked for his name, and he told her the only things he remembered.

His given name is Grigorij, the colour black - meagre words rattling around in his empty skull. Years pass, and he’s his mother’s son. With a mind like a steel trap and a switchblade in his pocket, Grigorij lives. With bloody knuckles and black eyes, he drags his memories out of the dark, kicking and screaming. He picks his mind apart and stitches it back together until he has them all—until he knows himself back to front and inside-out. No one will ever be able to obliviate him again.

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Me, scrolling Pinterest for reference pictures of my OC's and very obviously not writing:

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A boy and his nightmarish companions.