I'm long overdue a little organisation on this blog: time for a navigation post!!
I've been knee deep in the In Stars and Time fandom for the past two years, and it doesn't look like I'm escaping any time soon (free me 😭😭) so this post will be separated by my main au tags above the 'read more' button and my ao3 fics below it.
Have fun scrolling in my corner of the hell-site!
Main tags:
#Isat au
All of my aus (alternate universes for the unitiated) are organised under the umbrella tag 'isat au'. Some of them are one off concepts, others are larger ideas with several posts attached to them.
Most of the concepts my brain inflicts me with I write are free use - you have my blessing to make them your own. The more the merrier: Change knows I don't have the time to flesh them out.
UNLESS. Unless you're using ai. Then No, Go Away, I forbid you from putting any of my writing or art into generative ai models.
#Tag Along Kids Au
Five ageswap aus in a trenchcoat, where I explore what each party member would be like if they took Bonnie's place as the resident tag along kid. (See what I did there?) All the posts under this au are linked here.
#stolenrogue
Odile's drunk assassin theory is technically correct, just in a different universe. Which wouldn't be a problem if the two Siffrin's hadn't switched places. An Au with two fics attached to it, courtesy of the brilliant @aruisfine. Check them out!
#comic!frin
Did you know comic Siffrin is still stuck in the loops. did you know they're still stuck help them someone has to help them PLEASE DID YOU KNOW -
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
First Impressions and Other Miracles
"How did you meet each other in the first place? Were you all like, friends with Belle before this? And that's why you're helping her beat the King? Or was the meeting a koh-in-si-dence?"
"Coincidence." Siffrin corrected. Then he shrugged. "I guess you could call it that. I met everyone pretty recently. They needed help and I didn't have anything else going on."
"Boring." Ouch. "What about Odile and 'sabeau?"
Well that's easy! They…
Huh.
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A pre-canon exploration of how each family member joined the party! Bonnie asks a question that Siffrin can't answer, but the rest of the party can.
My very first fic! and the first step into my monochromatic obsession. You can see some of those growing pains, but I'm still proud of my work and impressed I managed to finish it. If you're looking for something to scratch that pre-canon itch (written way before the artbook so some details may be iffy) you've come to the right place!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Previous Engagements
Jouvente seemed like a much nicer city when Mirabelle wasn't worrying about the apocalypse.
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It's been well over a year since the King had been defeated; since Vauguarde had been saved; and since the Saviors themselves decided to continue travelling together. Their last stop before sailing to Ka Bue? Somewhat fittingly, it was the first city that Mirabelle entered on her quest: Jouvente, the birthplace of their resident fighter.
Not that you could tell from the way he was acting - sure, he had mentioned plenty of the restaurants he was excited to treat them to, or his favorite landmarks he would take them to, but Isabeau had kept conspicuously quiet about the people from his past. If he didn't want to mention meeting up with any friends or family, well, that's his choice to make. Change knows his new family had kept larger secrets.
But just because Isabeau's more than ready to leave the cities' residents behind doesn't mean that they're finished with him. And some of them are of the opinion that he's long overdue for a family reunion...
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Isabeau’s family reunion!
My magnum opus - so far! Described as the 'Isabeau torment nexus', 'world's worst family reunion' and 'cyberbullying masquerading as an ISAT fanfic' 'a really fun time with no angst whatsovever', Previous Engagements is a completed 50k Isabeau centric fic fun for the whole family - chosen, or otherwise.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Prior Meetings
"When I was around eight or nine, we went on a vacation over summer and we took a photo of me accepting an award!" Isabeau said, pointing the picture out on the wall. "I was really, really into astronomy back then, heh, so while we were there I spent all my time huddled in the corner of the observatory."
"And I didn't even realise I had entered a star charting competition? I just wanted to stay longer and it was the only way they'd let me use the space during lunch hours, ha."
"I ended up winning second place, and won a…"
"A…"
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Huh. What was he talking about again?
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In which Isabeau has a closer connection to the Forgotten Island than he'll ever know, and he met a certain rogue much earlier than either will ever remember.
Or
Isabeau and Siffrin childhood friends flashback! This is technically the extended cut of Chapter 8 (and Chapter 5) of Previous Engagements, but can be read as a standalone one shot.
Prior Meetings is the little sister of Previous Engagements, where I expand on one of the fic's flashbacks set on the forgotten Island. Part of the series 'Scheduling Conflicts'. It stands alone as a one shot, but I'd reccomend reading the full fic so I get more views for more perspective: be ready for gratuitous headcannons, fan made family members and my take on Siffrin's original name!
Under and Over and Over and Under
Having been trapped for a few-too-many loops, Siffrin started to feel like nothing was going to change in their never ending play. How were they supposed to predict that the universe would put something so large to block their path to freedom? Literally?
'Something' the size of a mountain.
Literally.
Most would argue that the only way to go once you've hit rock bottom is up, but Siffrin would argue that you can always dig down. Underground, even.
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An In Stars and Time and Undertale crossover!
My current fic: an ISAT UT crossover that would make ten year old me cry with joy. Don't worry - big things are planned! Completely self indulgent, but big!
Saying goodbye to the flowers feels so surreal cause it's like hi beautiful brand new characters I met you when I was in high school. I knew you by your stat buffs and the places you left the things you loved. I know how each one of you died. You've been here the whole time but I only just got to know you properly. I love you. I am so honored to witness your dream.
Fighting for my life trying to finish the next chapter of Under and Over and Over and Under, so to tide you over here's fun Toriel nickname headcanons for my Undertale x ISAT au:
Siffrin: Just calls her Toriel. Too much history and baggage for nicknames between them, honestly.
Mirabelle: Calls her 'Mademoiselle Toriel' or just 'Mademoiselle'. Now this one has lore to it: Technically Toriel's a couple centuries too old to be a mademoiselle - probably too old to be a Madame at this point - but they're trying to flatter her by underestimating her age. Cultural thing. I imagine it's a politeness thing: Mirabelle and Isabeau tried the same trick on Odile when they first met, and she put a stop to that real quick. Works a little better on Toriel though!
Isabeau: Similar to Mirabelle, calls her 'Ma'moiselle'. Functionally the same as 'Madmoiselle', just informally drops a syllable, like with 'M'dame Odile'. I like to imagine it's a byproduct of his city boy accent.
Odile: Calls her Toriel as a show of dominance. Maybe she'd grace her with a 'Tutoriel' if she's in a good mood, and 'Dreemurr' in a bad one.
Bonnie: Calls her 'Goat Lady', and eventually 'Tortor'. Invokes 'Bonbon' in terms of construction, and also 'Tartar sauce'. mmmmm yummy.
"here's my original character, Man Who Sucks But Loves His Daughter Very Much" and it's a guy who worships at the altar of patriarchal violence and the woman he uses as an excuse and an effigy to absolve him
man sometimes friendship really is just "I saw this and knew it would give you psychic damage. please respond with agony" and then they do. and it's great
Deltarune’s character dynamics are so fucked actually like what if you were just some miserable kid trying to powerwalk through life. Everything you love eventually slips out from between your fingers, people leave and nothing ever works out. And then you met someone you finally think is it, the one who could walk beside you, who understands you completely, who accepted you as truth and gave you theirs in turn and then it turned out they were just lying the whole time. They’re a different person, they have secrets they’ll never explain and obligations to roles you’ll never get to understand. And the worst part is that the feelings were real. They care about you. They care so much and the fact that they care only makes things a thousand times worse because now you know they hurt you, not out of shallow hatred, but out of some sense of love that you’ll never be able to experience the same again. And also your name is pizzapants or you’re a tv or you’re a teenager who eats chalk on weekdays
stage 1 of liking media: yeah this thing is pretty good!
stage 2 of liking media: haha remember when blorbo bleepus did that thing that was so funny
stage 3 of liking media: huh this one song is kind of blorbo bleepus… if you think about this other song is also kind of blorbo bleepus
stage 4 of liking media: blorbo bleepus is really interesting… here’s a sensible analysis post
stage 5 of liking media: FUCK. THE CHARACTER. THE CHARACTER IM HAVING A CHARACTER ATTACK
stage 6 of liking media: well let’s see what ao3 has to offer!
stage 7 of liking media: everything goes on my character playlist. this song with no lyrics is about blorbo bleepus exploding a building and looking really cool. if this lyric was an entirely different sentence it would fit perfectly
stage 8 of liking media: who wants to hear about these characters new pronouns and mobility aids
it always feels weird whenever people blorbo-ize isabeau too much. like, sure yeah he's a silly little goober. but he also thinks about killing his older self with his bare hands. tearing her apart limb from limb.
hes so dreamy
he puts the flower that Siffrin offers him in his hair and is the only party member that knows how to build a bomb from memory. he spends potentially hundreds of loops trying and failing to confess and when he finally (FINALLY) does he hits Siffrin with an 'Yeah I knew you liked me back I have eyes': he's smart enough to do complex mathematics instantly and assumes it's an average skill; he's capable of following along with craft theory that makes even Odile confused; he can analyse the high-level craft on a piece of clothing in seconds and he was capable of researching a forgotten country to the extent that he managed to remember constellations just for a not-date.
