Tales of Arcadia Femslash Week

A blog dedicated to celebrating and uplifting femslash content in the Tales of Arcadia fandom. Femslash Week coming Feb. 18-24! Event Details

[talesofarcadiafemslashweek]

Are you planning to do a second round of femslash week?

I haven’t talked to @archaeopter-ace in a while, so I can’t speak for them, but if they (or anyone else either) want to do an event come February, I’d support it.

To answer for myself, I’m currently heading in a direction that’s going to take me away from fandom.  I can’t honestly say I know what my fandom activity will be like come Feb.  Thus, I’m not comfortable saying I am going to do something or not.

-Mod Whirl

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Day 7: Woods or Water

I know it’s late, it was a spur of the moment decision after I looked at the themes again and thought of this song, but here’s an entry for @talesofarcadiafemslashweek !

Pairings used: Claire/Mary, Barbara/Morgana, Nomura/Usurna

-Q

[talesofarcadiafemslashweek]

Since today's the last day of Femslash Week, I wanted to ask two things: 1) will you be taking late submissions? and 2) will you go back to reblogging TOA F/F stuff that *isn't* intended for femslash week?

Excellent question! We were just about to send out a notice, but this works too ;DFirst, we want to thank everyone who participated, you guys did a fantastic job! 😄👏 Big round of applause!Secondly, we want to thank everyone who did not submit anything but supported the event regardless through likes and reblogs, you guys are awesome and make these events worthwhile. Another big round of applause! 👏Lastly, we want to say that it’s not too late to submit entries! They will absolutely be reblogged, and, in fact, this blog will resume reblogging non-event ToA f/f content. You can continue to @talesofarcadiafemslashweek if you want your sapphic content to be found and reblogged by us more easily 👭💕👍

[rosemaidenvixen]

Day 7: Into the Woods-Barbara/Morgana

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17857346/chapters/42299186

A chance encounter on her drive home changes Barbara’s life forever.

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[krelboom]

Day 7 - woods or water - @talesofarcadiafemslashweek

Barbmura with mermaid!Nomura, I don’t have much background for this but it’s pretty self explanatory

[rosemaidenvixen]

Day 6: Last Kiss-Darci/Aja

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17857346/chapters/42263720

The both knew this day was coming, but that didn’t make it any easier.

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Aja placed two of her four hands on Darci’s shoulders and fought to not cry. This was so much harder than she thought it would be.

“Hey, you don’t have to explain,” Darci reached out and grabbed Aja’s two remaining hands with hers “You have your parents, and your brother, and your people; I would never expect you to stay when they all need you,”

The wetness on her cheeks told Aja that she had lost the battle of holding back her tears “I wish I wasn’t queen in waiting, I wish I was being a normal girl, who could stay here on earth, with you….”

Unable to bear it any longer, the afro-headed girl pulled Aja into a hug that she quickly reciprocated.

Aja squeezed her as tight as she dared, wanting to burn Darci’s memory into her skin, to create an image in her mind that she could cherish for the rest of her life.

The damp feeling on her chest told her that Darci was crying to.

The roar of Mother’s engines from behind her was a reminder of Aja’s unavoidable departure. Still the two girls clung to each other, both wanting their embrace to just last a little longer.

All too soon, Krel called out from the ship that it was time for them to leave.

They looked at each other, both faces streaked with tears.

Aja spoke up first “….we are never going to be seeing each other again, are we?”

A sob broke free from Darci’s throat as she leapt up and threw her arms around Aja’s neck.

“I won’t ever forget you,” she choked out past her tears “Even when I’m ninety years old and living in a nursing home I’ll always remember you,”

Aja let out an anguished sob of her own “I will remember you to, even when I am becoming queen, I will always remember the time we shared,”

Darci looked into her eyes, Aja’s heartbroken expression mirroring her own, before leaning in for a kiss.

This was not their first kiss.

They had shared many kisses. Shy kisses on the cheek. Quick kisses when they met between classes. Long, impassioned kisses beneath starry skies on summer nights.

This was not their first kiss, but it would be their last.

Krel shouted again from the ship, more frantic this time.

The two girls pulled apart. A fresh wave of sobs threatened to break free from Aja when Darci stroked the side of her face.

It was now or never.

She gave the earth girl’s fingers one final squeeze “Goodbye Darci,”

Darci squeezed her back “Goodbye Aja,”

Even though it was almost physically painful to do so, Aja turned away from Darci and walked aboard Mother. She didn’t look back, if she looked back now she would never be able to leave.

All too soon, the hatch sealed shut behind her. Krel approached her, mouth open in preparation for an apology.

Aja waved him off, she wasn’t mad at Krel, none of this was his fault, but she really  needed to be alone right now.

Taking the hint, Krel walked back to the command center as the engines revved in preparation for takeoff.

Only now did Aja allow herself to look out the window at the girl she left behind.

Darci hadn’t moved at all, still standing alone in the forest clearing, tears openly flowing down her face as she watched the ship depart.

Aja looked back at the girl she loved, even as Mother rose into the atmosphere and Darci and the forest surrounding her disappeared from view. Even as the planet Earth itself shrank while Mother flew further away, Aja kept her eyes locked on the spot in the distance where she imagined Darci would be.

It was only when the star of Earth’s solar system faded from sight that Aja sank to her knees and let out a grief stricken wail.

[im-the-king-of-the-ocean]

It’s rather late, but this is for Day 4 (Crossovers/AUs) for @talesofarcadiafemslashweek.  It’s a crossover I’ve been itching to do for a while, so subsequently took me longer to settle on what I would actually write for it :-)

Universes: Trollhunters, The Dragon Prince

Pairings: Barbara/Nomura, Amaya/Opeli

There is an air of expectation in the courtyard.  There always is when General Amaya happens to be present, but today it is more than even what she usually brings.  For the duration of their visitors from the Kingdom of Arcadia’s visit, there was rumors—expectations—that General Amaya and the Queen-Consort of Arcadia, Commander Zelda Nomura, would engage in a sparring match.

General Amaya’s fighting prowess is a well-known fact amongst the citizens of Katolis, so those that get to see her in action cherish the opportunity.  The people had less…certainty in Commander Nomura’s abilities, at first.  At least, until an incident involving assassins and Nomura’s very public neutralizing of them.  Then they were just as awed by her.

The crowd around the edges of the courtyard is thick as the two woman face off at its center.

Amaya smirks at Nomura.  She readies her sword and shield, and then gestures Nomura forward.

Nomura unsheathes her curved blades, smirks back, and charges.

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Day 6 - first date or last kiss - @talesofarcadiafemslashweek -

Shannaja first date 

Shannon plans a museum extravaganza; art, space and natural history because she knows Aja loves discovering new things

The date lasts a full day

Aja takes pictures of EVERYTHING

Including many pictures of Shannon

At the end of the day they have some ‘co-fefe’ in a museum cafe

[rosemaidenvixen]

Day 5: Acceleration+Relaxation

Claire and Mary’s latest date involves a gyre trip. 

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Mary clutched the picnic basket and eyed the spherical contraption warily “Are you sure this is is safe Claire?”

Claire jumped into the innermost sphere of the strange vehicle without a care in the world “Positive, now hop in so we can get this show in the road,”

Mary swallowed hard and stepped in. When Claire had proposed going on a picnic, she had imagined going to the park, or at the most the lookout point right outside of town. Instead, Claire had promised a trip to a more exotic location by way of this….gyre….

On one side of the sphere Claire fiddled with what looked to be a control panel “You ready?”

She set down the basket and gingerly took a seat “You bet,”

Sporting an ecstatic grin, Claire twisted a large knob and prepared to pull a large switch “Then hang on tight,”

Instinctively, Mary grabbed the handle of the basket just as Claire yanked the switch.

Centrifugal force pinned her against the far side of the sphere as the gyre raced along the tunnel at impossibly fast speeds.

She was about to call out to Claire to slow this metal death trap down when they made a sharp turn. The laws of physics being what they were, Mary was jerked to one side of the gyre, only to be pulled back in the opposite direction as they made another turn.

Soon, she was holding the picnic basket like a life preserver while the gyre shook her around like a ragdoll in a washing machine. Mary sent out a silent plea to the universe that they got wherever they were going quickly so she could stop being tossed around at Mach 3.

Finally, the gyre lurched to a stop. Completely unruffled, Claire stepped away from the control panel “Alright, we’re here. How was your first gyre trip?”

“….gabba, blagga shuba na….”

Claire winced and went to help Mary to her feet “Sorry, the gyre takes a little getting used to, you ok?”

Mary fought to maintain her balance while standing up “Yeah, I’ll be ok” she stumbled off the gyre “So you going to tell me what our picnic’s mystery location is?”

The blue haired girl grinned back at her as she used the horngazle to open a door in the solid rock “Why don’t you see for yourself?”

Curious, Mary peeked outside. The sight of coral blue ocean and pristine white sands greeted her “Is this–”

“Hawaii!” Claire declared “It’s part of the island chain, but it’s too small for most maps, making it the perfect spot for a romantic picnic for two,”

Mary took in the sight of the picturesque island around her “Ok, this was definaely worth the ride to get here,” she picked a comfy looking spot underneath a large tree and sat down “Now let’s eat,”

Claire perked up at the mention of food and darted over to sit beside Mary “Now it’s your turn, what did you pack?”

With a flourish that was only a little over-dramatic, Mary opened the lid of the basket and proudly displayed the contents within “Tea sandwiches, fruit salad on a stick, and for dessert, salted caramel brownies,”

Claire’s eyes glittered at the delectable spread “Did you seriously make all this!”

“Nah, I just got Jim to make it in exchange for tickets to the vespa convention for him and Steve,”

Claire popped a sandwich square into her mouth and sighed at the delicious taste “Jim sure does know how to cook,”

Mary nibbled one of the fruit salad skewers “Only the best for my Claire-bear,”

[archaeopter-ace]

But Her Aim Is Getting Better!

@talesofarcadiafemslashweek Day 5 - Acceleration Darcy/Claire (Daire)

“Claire! You said no kissing! That was your rule.”

“I changed my mind, now c’mere.”

“You’re gonna get us banned from laser tag like we got banned from the bowling arcade.”

“We didn’t get banned from bowling because we were making out. We got banned from bowling because they have a jukebox and you said ‘let’s see how many Papa Skull songs they have’ and they only had their three worst songs, which, yes, that’s on them, but we wanted to see if we could make them better, add some harmonies - oh, nice shot! - and when the manager came over to ask us to keep it down you spilled your soda on him and he didn’t believe it wasn’t on purpose.”

“It totally wasn’t! And you’re the one who got us banned from mini golf.”

“Okay, two things, Darce. First, that was a magical accident and you know it. Secondly, that wasn’t a lifetime ban; I hear Ernie got a job at the Free-Z on Main, so when he’s gone we can go back. Watch your six!”

“Why should I have to watch my six when you’re here to watch it for me? Look, all I’m saying is that - on your left! - that we can’t get banned from another place, we really cannot.”

“Dios mio, don’t bring up the pet shop again.”

“I wasn’t going to, but you should really have a stern talk with Mervin.”

“And I’m going to, jeez, why is everybody on my case about that?”

“Hissenbarcs had to close for a week!”

“Fine, fine - ooh, good one! - Listen, we’re not going to get banned. Nowhere in the rules does it say you can’t kiss your girlfriend during laser tag.”

“Claire-bear, they didn’t have a specific rule against against what happened at minigolf, and yet here we are.”

“…laser tag is much better than minigolf. And you’re too cute not to kiss.”

“Oh, alright. But we should probably move to better cover, before someone - ”

*BZZZZZT!!! WHOOPWhoopwoo*

“Dangit.”

[yellowmagicalgirl]

As We Calculate the Acceleration Due to Gravity

According to Albert Einstein, gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. However, it can play a factor.

This was written for @talesofarcadiafemslashweek  Day 5: acceleration or relaxation.

I may have misinterpreted the prompt. Also, yes, I know that high school sophomores usually aren’t taking physics classes, but I had written over a hundred words before I realized this so excuse my creative license.

FFN

AO3

Aja felt bad for breaking Shannon’s volcano. Immensely bad, as if she had somehow broken it over and over again multiple times, far more than just the two times. However, Earth physics was easy; the teachers simply wanted to know the basics of motion. They limited themselves to only three spatial dimensions, and they tended to confine their ideas to only two of them in this book. It was so impractical to do so in the long term, but the math was far simpler.

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A Change in Perspective

Technically, this is the same story from earlier today (though I won’t link to the first post cause Tumblr hates when I embed links).  It’s just where I intended it to finish now, rather than being cut short.  Also, I failed to mention in my first post that was my day 3 (mirror/masquerade) for @talesofarcadiafemslashweek.

Barbara blinks.

The figure in the mirror blinks back.

They gaze at each other.  Their faces reveal their disbelief at the other’s existence.  One of Barbara’s hands comes up and touches her cheek.  One of the figure in the mirror’s does the same.  They both feel cool, stone skin.  It’s theirs.  Hers.

There aren’t two different people on opposing sides of a mirror.  There’s only one person in the room, Barbara herself.  She clenches her fists, and then unclenches them when she feels her claws did into her skin.  She looks down, at the fading, half-moon indentures now in the palms of her hands.  Thankfully, she didn’t draw blood.

Her blood isn’t red anymore.  It’s more of a bluish-indigo.  She’s glad she doesn’t have to see it.

Barbara looks down, away from the mirror and her reflection.  Her gaze falls on the glamour mask sitting on the vanity.  Her fingers hover over it.  She gulps, and then picks it up.  Barbara closes her eyes as she puts the mask on.  She breathes in as the wave of magic washes over her and the illusion goes into affect.  She breathes out as she opens her eyes.

The person in the mirror now is human.  A woman in her forties who’s yet to show too many signs of aging.  Her hair is long, but smooth (not an unkept mane that refuses to be tamed).  Her fingers thin, nimble, almost dainty (not rough and clawed).  The tips of her ears are rounded (not pointed), her nose small (not broad), her skin pale (not grayish-blue).

Barbara could go out like this, leave her girlfriend’s apartment, and no one would think anything changed at all.  She is Barbara Lake, the same old doctor who’s worked at Arcadia General Hospital for years.  Only a few were there when all that changed.  No one else has to know.  She could continue as herself.  She could.  Really.  It’s a possibility.

Except, it isn’t.

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[rosemaidenvixen]

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

The Trollhunter summons the leader of the Janus order to a one-on-one meeting, but what does she have in mind?

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[archaeopter-ace]

Nomura Won’t Say She’s In Love

@talesofarcadiafemslashweek Day 4: crossover (with Disney’s Hercules) Disney Princess Nomura/Trollhunter Barbara

spotify only knows how many times I listened to “I Won’t Say It (I’m In Love)”, but considering I worked on this over several weeks and listened to this song on a loop for a good portion of it, it’s definitely a lot of hours of non-stop Susan Egan.

but seriously, you should probably go watch the scene from the movie if you want to properly appreciate this crossover fusion ;D 

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Grant me the power to bring the universe revolution!

Aka an au where Claire is the Rose Bride and Aja is a Duelist.

I drew this sketch for Day Four of @talesofarcadiafemslashweek and since I’m unsure if I’ll be able to actually color it in time I’m going to schedule it now.

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Day 4 - AU or Crossover - @talesofarcadiafemslashweek

Shannaja with Warrior Elf Princess!Aja and Aspiring Knight!Shannon:

Aja is the crown princess of the elfin Kingdom, Akiridion

She is known as one of the best warriors in all the kingdom

Shannon is an average human peasant from the human kingdom of Arcadia 

She desperately wants to become a knight but she can’t as she isn’t of noble family

Shannon is out picking herbs for her physician family in the woods between Akiridion and Arcadia 

These woods are often dangerous

Aja is out on a solo patrol when she comes across Shannon

Shannon sees Aja watching her and mistakes her for a bandit and attacks

In the end Aja wins the fight but is impressed by Shannon’s passion and skill of sword fighting in the progress

Once Aja tells Shannon that she means her no harm she asks if she is a knight

Shannon replies that she wish she was 

Shannon then explains her situation to Aja 

Aja, who comes from Akiridion where anyone can become a knight, decides that this is wrong as Shannon would make a great knight 

So she offers to train her, so the knights couldn’t refuse Shannon if she was better than them all

Shannon happily accepts

This is the start of a beautiful friendship which slowly ends up becoming something more

[archaeopter-ace]

The Girl in the Mirror

Day 3 - Mirror or Masquerade @talesofarcadiafemslashweek​ Aja/Shannon (Shanaja) wordcount: ~2k Rated: PG

(Quick note: the reason Aja uses she/her for herself and he/him for Krel is an artifact of imperfect translation. Akiridians don’t have genders as we’d understand them, so their use of gendered terms like ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ really just reflect that the Akiridian language has more than one word for ‘sibling,’ and that Aja and Krel use different terms for each other.)

Aja washed her hands slowly at the row of sinks in the school bathroom - she was not eager to get back to English class. It was, by far, her least favorite class. There were so many assumptions made, so many fundamentals her classmates had spent years learning, comparisons being made to other books that everyone else had already read.

She was forever thankful that she and her brother had Universal Understanding, that the technology had been acquired by her people in trade with the Babelpisces several generations ago. It was essential for interplanetary negotiations, and, now, to analyze eyeball symbolism in The Great Gatsby.

Aja turned off the sink, taking a moment to examine her features in the mirror. She did not know when she would get used to her fleshy human appearance, but she hoped it would be soon. She poked her nose, moving it from side to side, opened her mouth to look at her teeth. She was a girl now, apparently, whatever that meant.

All she knew for certain was that it meant using certain pronouns and not others. Akiridian pronouns did not, so far as Aja could tell, correspond to gender, but she was still a little unclear on what ‘gender’ was, and had been racking her brains - a funny human idiom - to see if she could think of an Akiridian equivalent.

On Akiridian-5, a person’s pronouns told you a lot about them - their approximate age, social rank, and sometimes even area of expertise. They had over a dozen third-person pronouns, but it was easy to know which one to use because they also had a over a dozen corresponding first-person pronouns. In Arcadia, everyone was “I” this and “I” that - it was honestly one of the most startling things about being human, how the same everyone seemed.

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