thought it would be good to create a place where i can find all of my works without having to extensively search my tumblr. also a way for me to see if i can summarize how my writing has changed over the course of time.
also: hi! i'm thisisnotthenerd. i came to fandom around 2016 and i've been writing fanfic since ~2018. recently i've gotten into data analysis and meta for dimension 20, so you'll probably see a bunch of that from me. to see some of my work, click through this post!
FANWORKS:
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Edward's New Groove: crackfic where Ed gets genderbent after the Promised Day and immediately gets thrown into solving another mystery about Xerxes. discontinued, though i may go back to rewrite and update when i have the energy.
The Alchemist's New Groove: the promised rewrite of Edward's New Groove.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Spirit-Touched Series: AU where Raava isn't the only Great Spirit to take on a vessel. focused on the Gaang and their adventures as a troop of living spirits.
Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed
Unconcerned With Worldly Pursuits: Lan Wangji decides to start acting like Wei Wuxian after his death as a memorial. Chaos ensues. Comes with an author-read podfic.
Dimension 20
fic:
bands of iron, bands of gold: Elody's perspective on Gerard's disappearance and what she saw of the TPK in the original Neverafter
bigger and better things: an exploration of the bad kids as children and what it means to be destined for greatness
Songs of the Celestine: a gift for Finn (@shakespearestolemyurl) for the 2023 D20 Gift Exchange that became an original song with lots of academic/theoretical scaffolding. another fic that includes recordings, this time of the song.
Dostī: a gift for Krish (@krishpycreme) for the 2024 D20 Gift Exchange that became an exploration of Fig and Riz as Desi kids growing up and sharing in their culture. Has lots of cultural notes and original composed prayers.
Eternal Fascination: a gift for Lyn (@hyperfixationisamust) for the 2025 D20 Gift Exchange that became a 4+1 of people falling in love with the Pappy of Pilby.
meta:
thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats: a statistics series that i started after i finished watching every season of dimension 20 (at the time this was during mentopolis, and i've kept up live since then) that catalogs a wide variety, from episode runtimes, to level progressions, to character ages, and more. you can check out the #thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats tag here on tumblr, or look at my magnum opus of a spreadsheet.
Musings on the Solisian School District: my thoughts on the structure of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy as we come back to school for Fantasy High Junior Year. lots of theories on leveling and how the quest system works.
the perils of xp leveling: a subseries to Musings on the Solisian School District, which considers the difference between milestone and xp leveling in fantasy high, using the bad kids and the rat grinders as case studies.
the legend lore database: a list of entries into the theoretical Legend Lore database of the world of spyre. the greatest of feats, the most known adventurers. an exploration done after Adaine realized that KLCK was not covered by Legend Lore.
the art of conspiracy: a comprehensive meta about the various schemes of villains in the world of spyre, and a comparison of the difficulty of the various quests we have seen thus far.
the Polls: I've done a fair few of these, so check out the tags to see the winners: #level 20 battle royale, #ultimate d20 class fight, #battle episode of all time, and most recently, who has their shit together?
the d20 episode randomizer: what its says on the tin. if you can't decide on what episode of d20 to watch, pick one with the click of a button. also includes options for alphabetical, chronological, and other cursed sorting methods for watching.
Critical Role:
Divinity in the Face of Calamity: post-Apogee Solstice flash fics that incorporate mechanics into the storytelling. some have specific word counts, some don't.
smaller AUs: this is stuff I've considered but haven't made into full fledged fics of their own yet: the bell's hells leverage au and the cr regency au.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus:
The Rise and Fall: an Athenide AU wherein Percy gets sent to the fountain while ascending during the battle with the giants.
The Winding Paths: an Athenide AU in which Percy reincarnates as different goddesses throughout Greek myth.
The Cursed Blades: an Athenide AU in which Percy and Annabeth get shunted through time together, and try to refuse the call of deification.
The Flickering Faith: an Athenide AU in which Percy slips back and forth in time unintentionally.
The Thought of Hope: an Athenide AU in which Percy doesn't get sent to the fountain; she lands and becomes the patron of Camp Half-Blood
Heated Rivalry:
Celebrity Crush(ed): Shane Hollander is the collective MLH's celebrity crush.
Heated Rivalry/Yuri!!! on Ice:
Figure Skating for Hockey Players: In which Shane has hidden talents, Ilya runs to catch up, the internet spirals, and Yuuri, Viktor and Yuri are dragged along for the ride…
brátishka: In which Ilya Rozanov and Yuri Plisetsky are brothers, and the Boston Bears think Ilya is in the Bratva. Now with a canon divergence companion piece in later chapters (In All But Name)
