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[ficclique]

Episode 9: “Death Is Not An Ending”

In this episode of Fic Clique, your hosts discuss “This Has Already Happened” by Mollyamory & Speranza (Marvel) @13:35, “The Monsters Without” by Carukia (RT/AH RPF) @40:05, and “The Wee Small Hours” by Chandri (Critical Role) @1:10:30. In this very special episode we celebrate Nic's birthday by talking about one of her favorite themes, major character death. Listen - we know, we know. We promise this tag is not as scary as it seems. Let us give you a new perspective as we dive into how intensely human it is to care about one another, what stories we consider worth telling, and what we make of the time we have with the ones we care about. In the end, it turns out that grieving can look a lot like healing.

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Brenna's pick: This Has Already Happened, by @mollyamory-again​ & @cesperanza​ MCU, Steve/Bucky, Tony/Bruce Our tags: time travel, alternative timelines, morality, world altering romantic choices, lonely robots CW: Major character death, ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19466551

Reid's pick: The Monsters Without, by Carukia RTAH, Gavin/Ryan Our tags: zombies, feeling like it’s you against the world, realizing that perhaps you are actually not alone, growth & recovery through THERAPY baby CW: Major character death, zombies ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1961286/

Nicole's pick: The Wee Small Hours, by @chandri​ Critical Role, gen, Percy & Vax Our tags: campaign 1 coda, snowdrops as a metaphor for MY SAD HEART, friendly bears, ghosts, closure CW: Major character death ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14585115

[underappreciatedsterek]

Keystone (3-part series) by Chandri

[106,961w | Explicit]

A world without parents is a lonely, portless world with no safety and no justice - this is a truth Stiles Stilinski learned when he was very young. But at nine years old, at twelve, he couldn’t understand just how true it was; that the powerful, indefinable wrongness that obscured his memories of his mother was more than a child’s sense of unfairness at having his mom taken away.

It’s not until a globetrotting great-aunt blows back into town after a many-years absence that it starts to dawn on him: that his mother’s death was anything but natural; that it was certainly anything but fair.

Note: This was submitted back when this blog was just starting up (five months ago!!) and I’ve finally gotten around to reading it! Thanks to mouseface for sending it in.

First off, I’m honestly stunned this fic isn’t one of the fandom darlings planted firmly on every Sterek rec list ever made. Seriously. I’m baffled. I’m rubbing my eyes and staring at the measly 90 kudos the final part has scrounged, wondering how it could have slipped through the cracks, and actually getting kind of mad about it?

It involves the discovery that everyone’s memories of Stiles’ mother have been tampered with and that Stiles and Derek’s histories are more closely intertwined than they ever could have realised. (When I read the series summary, I thought it was implying that the Sheriff is dead too, which is a sometimes-dealbreaker for me. If you’re the same, have no fear! He’s very much alive. Edit: Also, the series is marked as incomplete, but the ending of the third part reads as a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, so you don’t need to worry about cliffhangers!)

It’s cerebral and confidently written, with complex original characters that blend seamlessly into the universe, and a lovely slow burn to Derek and Stiles’ relationship. It also gets better and better as the parts go on. If there was ever a fic in this fandom deserving of more love, this is it. Let’s make a difference!

Thanks again mouseface for reccing it!

[knitmeapony]

chandri replied to your post “addictsitter: in the au where the wizarding world handles things a...”

I mean... apart from the nicknames, this is... basically Copperbadge's Stealing Harry.

There are tons of fics that start with the ‘Remus and Sirius legit raise Harry’.  It’s totally a favorite genre.

[wally-b-feed]

Anthony Fineran (B 1981), Romi Chandri, 2022

[copperbadge]

dignitywhatdignity replied to your photo “Attending the very well designed Tattoo exhibit at the Field this...”

Are you getting one?

Ah no, not right now, though they ARE doing live tattooing at various times. I did kind of consider it, I know what I want, but I don’t think it’s the time yet. 

chandri replied to your post “Hi Mr. Badge, can you tell us what's wrong with the Salvation Army? ...”

Sam, do you have any sources for the Salvation Army's similar trespasses in Canada? We have stricter rules about what a religious charity can and cannot do in terms of labour & evangelism, but I can't find anything non-anecdotal about what they get up to despite that.

Not off the top of my head, but honestly the sources I cited this morning? Came from googling “salvation army scandal” and “salvation army homophobia” and similar, and occasionally clicking on the News button. I knew about the stuff, I just wanted to have news sources to cite. 

So really the research is pretty basic -- you can just google salvation army canada scandal or similar and in the first few pages I would imagine you’ll find something :D 

[shinykari]

@chandri replied to your photo “I’m a criminal.”

Lol my immediate assumption was that you stole it, though I imagined you snatching it off some asshole stranger's head and then valiantly running away.

Thank you!

I’m torn between posting the video of the sacrificial fire on Facebook for him to see and letting its disappearance be a mystery for all of time. Lord knows, enough stuff has gone missing in that house that it wouldn’t be *that* odd.

[shinykari]

chandri replied to your post “rescuemepotts replied to your post “My Fire was plugged in all night...”

Who manufactures the Fire? Some Asus tablets, for instance, have a thing where if they're severely dead (or charged at an outlet with hinky voltage) they refuse to even turn on, even plugged in, until they get to a minimum level of nice juice. (she said, optimistically...?)

Apparently, this is a relatively common complaint with the Fire HD (you get what you pay for, I guess!) It’s charging now, and turned on, so I’m crossing my fingers it wasn’t quite plugged in right last night.

I was even using the stupid “approved” Amazon cord, since most MicroUSB cords don’t actually work with the Fire for god knows what reason.

[wildehacked]

chandri replied to your post:ATTN ALL:

I AM RUTHLESSLY CRUSHING THE SPARK OF OPTIMISM YOU JUST KINDLED INTO EXISTENCE BUT GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE FILM.

BUT FRIEND. STAR TREK BEYOND MIGHT MORE ACCURATELY BE CALLED STAR TREK REBORN, AND BRYAN FULLER’S AT THE HELM OF THE STAR TREK FUTURE. THE TRUE SPIRIT OF STAR TREK LIVES AGAIN!