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I've been wondering today... how much would it change TTGL's plot if Kamina and Kiyoh had an affair behind Kittan's back? Not romantic, just sexual. And it is revealed to the reader via a Primal Scene with poor Simon on the receiving end.
And yes, Yoko knows about it. Yet she still approaches Kamina before his death - which is a good thing because as Kiyoh finds out shortly after he dies, Kamina left her with Someone to Remember Him By.
Cue a "KAMINA, YOU BASTARD!!!" Skyward Scream from Kittan.
Yoko, after angsting about it for a while, agrees to help Kiyoh take care of the kid. Kiyoh and Dayakka do hook up later, mind you; it's just that little Anne now has a half-sibling. I'm thinking the kid either Has Two Mommies (Kiyoh and Yoko jointly raising him/her) or the entire Brigade pitches in on the raising, turning them from Badass Crew to Badass Family.
Hell, I might put this into my aforementioned Simon/Kiyal story. I was already planning on Kiyal being a few weeks pregnant during the war with the Anti-Spirals; specifically, she found out just before the Brigade departs into space to take the war to the Anti-Spirals but deliberately doesn't tell Simon so that he won't make her stay behind. Nor does she tell him during a suitably dramatic moment; Simon finds out for himself when he, as an awakened Spiral God, senses a second Spiral signature in her body just as he finishes slaying the Anti-Spiral.
But back to the awesomeness stuff, I thought up a scene that would happen at the end of the Simon vs Lordgenome battle. The Gurren Lagann releases what is, for all intents and purposes, a Spiral-themed Sekiha Tenkyoken, only for the Teppelin Ganmen to slap it back... only for the Gurren Lagann to run at the energy blast and punch it. The resulting explosion causes the Anti-Spiral monitor on the Moon to wake up (as Earth's Spiral energy output is now above the detection threshold), monitor the event (to see whether it should start the extermination), then go back to dormancy (as Spiral energy levels drop back down to below the threshold as the explosion dissipates). As the smoke clears, there's now a hundred kilometers wide crater where Teppelin used to stand, Teppelin itself was completely vaporized... and out of the smoke descends the Lazengann in its full glory. Or maybe the Lazengann should enter via Three-Point Landing followed by Unflinching Walk instead?
Annoying but lovable
If a man has read and known TV Tropes for years, but only recently started posting and only two days ago discovered the Pantheons, would that man be called a Troper, a lurker, or a noob?
With that out of the way, a Skyrim Civl War fanfic that (a) has nothing to do with the main story or dragonborn, and most shocking of all, (b) doesn't demonize either side and actually tries to maintain the game's carefully-constructed Grey-and-Gray Morality that so many fanfics seem to willfully ignore in favor of "Empire iz Evilz!" or "Ulfric iz Hitlerz!"
WARNING: If you didn't hate Elenwen before (hard not to), you will after reading this.
edited 15th Mar '15 1:13:53 AM by CoGDork
Into Oblivion
Do you like Kingdom Hearts and Xion? Did the ending of Days make you cry? Is Xion getting some Sora rescue on your KH 3 wishlist? Then you'll love Unforgettable,
which I am setting up as a prequel to my upcoming KH 3 fic. Note that I am looking for critique, and I could use help finding tropes, too (I'm going to be making a page once I find a few). Thanks for reading! 
Nick, why the fuck are you turning into a Sad Clown and not staying in your Comic-Relief stoner bubble with Jeff?
(Yes, I know why. It's because I'm setting a fuckton of shit up for Hunting the Unicorn's second big event.)
On the plus side, my chapter feels about half-done and it's only a couple of pages! Time to give the readers a breather while I'm setting stuff up.
edited 24th Mar '15 1:16:32 PM by Sharysa
"No, no, not this time!" Shaggy yelled, as he and Scooby hugged each other at the back of the Mystery Machine, both shaking. "I know we say the same thing every time, but this is different, I tell you! Different!"
Since they were out of Scooby Snacks at the time, they only could negotiate through words. Fred put on his best smile. "Oh, come on, Shaggy! Of course it won't be any different this time! There's nothing to fear this time around either, because we won't be facing anything supernatural either!"
"What about the zombies or the Witch's ghost or—" Shaggy began.
"Juuuuuust like every other time," Fred loud and happily said over the skinnier boy's protests, "there won't be anything dangerous in there! Nothing but another hardened criminal with advanced technology, deranged enough to think an insane scare plan will work, with plenty of room to hide and move around, and probably with a few hulking, hideous henchmen to their full beck and call! That's all!"
Now Velma and Daphne were also hugging and shaking with Scooby and Shaggy in the back of the van.
Dammit, Fred thought, this is why you never let them think too hard about it...
It is 1:30AM but I've FINALLY UPDATED Hunting the Unicorn for this month.
I have a tendency to get stuck on the ends of chapters for this monster of a fic. They're just hard for me to pin down for some reason.
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“What happened to you?” Blaine asks, sudden and instinctive, and Sansa’s eyes widen.
Joffrey happened, comes that hard voice from the back of her skull. She clenches her teeth and shakes her head. “I can’t tell you, Blaine—it’s your therapy session.”
She doesn’t want to, either.
“I’m sorry, it’s just… you had that look on your face.”
And there’s dread and longing surging into her chest, but she’s not sure which she feels more. “Don’t worry about me. You’re my patient. Okay?”
So she gives him a hug and feels the weight of his arms around her, and she prays to all seven gods that Blaine has a slightly older doppelganger somewhere in the world. One who didn’t get crushed by everything and needs her help with therapy, and isn’t gay or taken (or both).
She knows there are straight men who are honest and compassionate—her family has scads of them. But dating-wise, straight men with morals just… aren’t in her life right now.
Sansa can feel the warmth of Blaine’s temple by her cheek.
She has to let go, or she’ll stop working with another patient for moral issues and then go to their house every week to make sure they don’t overdose or catch an STI. As a friend. Jareth was right, she notes glumly. I am too nice.
So they finally let go of each other, forcing out a reluctant goodbye each. After she watches him close the door, she sneaks a few tissues out from the desk.
edited 8th May '15 1:35:46 AM by Sharysa
"That doesn't sound like any Beethoven you've ever played before," Lucy observed, turning around and resting her folded arms on Schroeder's piano.
"That's because this isn't Beethoven, it's Chopin," Schroeder said from between clenched teeth.
"Oh, Chopin!" Lucy brightened up. "So now you're into Chopin!"
"I've told you before, he's a great as well, but that doesn't mean—!"
"So your tastes are changing, developing, evolving, even!" Lucy gushed. "And of course, no doubt that means, now you've reconsidered your stances and likings, you've also started liking other things and people you might not have noticed before, despite of how they always were for you as well. Why, I'm honored, Schroeder, you've chosen this subtle and romantic way, because that's a pretty romantic tune, to tell me now you like me, as I like you...!"
An annoyed Schroeder pulled the piano back in a single tug, and Lucy's face crashed against the floor. SLAM!
She sighed. "It's reassuring to see some things never change..."
edited 13th May '15 9:55:55 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
DEEP LOVE!
Fandom Heretic
.....that moment when you have to rereread your own damn fics in order to remember exactly what the hell was going on prior to the new chapter you're about to write.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
You don't keep summaries of your story's chapters?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
I don't. I've had to do the same thing (recently even)
I wrote a thing for The Flash. I'm pretty proud of it. It made my roommate glare at me and say " I'm not speaking to you ever again." so that's something.
King of Feraligatrs, Typo Master,
Speaking that I'm a game modder, my fanfiction is done via the modding format. And modding and game design is its own beast (though I deal with NP Cs, creatures, lore, and quests usually). I haven't released any quest mods yet though. I'm too lazy. 
And I don't know if modding counts as "fanfic writing".
edited 3rd Jun '15 1:11:14 AM by KingFeraligatr
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Say that you have a Mega Crossover story, and in it you have the resident Time Masters, time-travellers, guardians of time portals, and others of a similar time travel-related vocation non-exhaustive list of examples joining together into a formal alliance for protecting the integrity of the timeline and any other threats to the universe that are of a primarily temporal nature. What official names would you suggest for this alliance?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
Homer J. Simpson, the second non-Brazilian to ever travel through time.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
... Who's the first?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Mr. Peabody.
Due to some freak stroke of luck, it isn't Ellen Ripley who gets implanted with a xenomorph queen. It's Hicks. But while she's trying to figure out a way how to get the thing out of him without killing him, using the extremely limited resources available on Fiorina 161, she makes a terrifying discovery. Her repeated encounters with the xenos - and the lingering hive pheromones on her proving that she tangled with a xeno queen and survived - has drawn attention.
Attention quite different from her usual quarry.
Attention from an invisible, silent stalker who hunts xenos for sport.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
Question is, what exactly can she do? The Predator isn't an exceedingly smart animal. It is just as smart as she is, not to mention stronger, tougher and better armed.
Something I can see happening is the Predator initially sitting back and observing Ripley fight the xenomorph to determine whether she's a worthy prey. Or maybe it's a free-for-all right from the beginning - up until Ripley kills the xenomorph, which impresses the hell out of the Predator.
With that said... do Predators understand human speech or do they only mimic it? I'm wondering whether Ripley would be able to sic the Predator on the corporate goons coming to grab the xeno queen. Not in the "help me save my race" way (this is a Predator we're talking about: it's a trophy hunter, not a Knight Errant), but by her declaring that she's going to kill them and challenging the Predator to try and beat her headcount.
edited 18th Jun '15 7:43:33 AM by amitakartok
So, same way as how Simon and Kiyal get together?