#obernewtyn

[shortace]

YA characters who should be allowed to say "fuck": Elspeth Gordie

[br-amblinghostcat]

Maybe rereading Obernewtyn Chronicles during these current events, when this series' backstory is AI controlled nuclear weapons going wrong from political meddling amidst devolving politics... the series has always been at least a bit prescient but this time it hits different o|-<

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CW Preliminary Round: Poll 25

Obernewtyn from The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody

Icemark from The Icemark Chronicles by Stuart Hill

Mars from Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein

Medora from The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni

Winterhouse Hotel from Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

Whiteleafe School from The Naughtiest Girl by Enid Blyton

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Voting ended onMay 1, 2024

[spnexploration]

First fandom

Suddenly felt nostalgic for my first fandom, Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody. I used to be on Obernewtyn.net as a teenager (although I was never particularly into the fanfiction on there 😂) and I've met Isobelle multiple times. She is absolutely lovely. Been eagerly awaiting Darkbane for decades 😂

The first thing I ever wrote fanfiction for (by hand on a notebook which I never showed anyone else) was Star Trek Voyager. This actually predates Obernet 😂

What were your first fandoms?

[every-character-ever-poll]

DAMEON - Obernewtyn

What do you think of this character?

I know this character (positive)

I know this character (neutral/it's complicated)

I know this character (negative)

I have heard of this character

I would like to know this character

I do not know this character

Voting ended onSep 11, 2023

[malkaleh]

I might be writing an OT3 for an obscure ship that has one shipper again /on brand. (It’s Elspeth/Rushton/Dameon from Obernewtyn and it’s REAL)

[guiltyonsundays]

it’s actually so sick and twisted that the Obernewtyn fandom is dead and buried and that there’s no Elspeth x Rushton fanfiction on AO3

[bakugeorge]

anyway if i was smart i would write an entire essay about the links and comparisons between the obernewtyn chronicles and horizon zero dawn/forbidden west but for now i’ll just say:

“strong” female protag who is raised as an outcast from her own people who has powers/abilities others don’t/are afraid of

post-apocalyptic setting with remnants left behind of a cataclysm that destroyed the world

STRONG focus on environmentalism, anti-human hubris 

beloved cast of characters to support protag and provide her with key learning moments as well as the family she never had growing up

protag needs to learn how to deal with complex computer programs and machinery from the past that people in the new world fear/don’t know how to use in order to save the world from a second even greater cataclysmic event

ANYWAY READ THE OBERNEWTYN CHRONICLES BY ISOBELLE CARMODY I’M ON MY HANDS AND KNEES OUT HERE