#confusedknight

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Just finished rereading my favorite fanfic of all time. It's so good that I blasted through all 83 chapters and 424k words in less than three days.

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Fic Rec! A really fabulous epic-length Protector of the Small fanfiction. It's an AU, a "what if Kel wasn't allowed to come back after her probation year" that went on to become so much more. 

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Fallen by ConfusedKnight

Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce || Keladry Mindelan

Best freaking story EVER READ in fanfiction. Any fandom.

'I want my Ma,' whimpered Isra. 'I know you do,' replied Kel, squeezing the young girl's hand. 'But you've got to be brave, be brave for your Ma. She's had to go away,' Kel's voice cracked. 'And she loves you so much, she didn't want to go, but we can't argue with the gods and your Ma was picked to go with the Dark God.' 'But I need her here,' whimpered Isra. 'We all do,' acknowledged Kel. 'But we're going to have to be brave, you and me both.' 'You're already brave,' sniffled Isra, 'you have a sword and fight bad people. That's very brave. I could never be that brave.' 'That's only one type of bravery. More often than not true bravery isn't in a heroic deed. It's continuing on when things get hard…I was once told Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes it's just the quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I'll try again tomorrow." Do you know what that means?'

From Fallen by Confusedknight

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30 Days of Tamora Pierce - Day 25: Least favorite Immortal

Tauroses.  Just...Tauroses.  They are awful.

I read a Protector of the Small fanfic called Fallen, by ConfusedKnight.  It's epically long and really really good.  But I don't think anyone can read Fallen without coming to despise Tauroses more than any other immortal.

As for a specific Immortal rather than a species of Immortals, I'd probably pick Graystreak.  I did not like him at all.

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Has anyone read Fallen by Confusedknight on FFn?

I've never met anyone else who's read it, and with this update it dawned on me that I should ask Tumblr so I can have someone to flail with. If you have, please drop something in my ask box; I don't care if I've never talked to you before or you don't follow me. PLEASE.

[For anyone who's curious, Fallen is a fanfic that started quite a few years ago. It's based on the Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce, and it answers the question, "What would've happened if Wyldon didn't let Kel continue her knight training?". If you've read the series, I highly recommend the fic, which can be found here. It's one of the best things I've ever read. It updated today after about ten months of nothing, so I'm pretty excited.]