Alexander_Writes
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“If you’re a time traveller,” Hopeless asked, “when did you come from?”
Hopeless had moved nearer to Larrikin, who had not really sobered, and was still looking excessively happy with himself for no particular reason.
“I … two thousand and seventeen,” Valkyrie said, and then she looked at Skulduggery, “help me up.”
The skeleton took a moment to move, and then he extended a hand and supported her arms so she could stand. There was an overwhelming lack of familiarity in his behaviour.
“Alright,” Dexter said, “So that’s how you know Skulduggery.”
Valkyrie frowned, “I didn’t expect you to take that so well.”
“Well,” Larrikin said from the floor, where Dexter had dropped him sometime during his laughing fit. “You’re not the first.”
Or, Valkyrie travels back in time and meets the Dead Men. She finds them very different to what she expected.
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- Part 7 of Dead Men Fics
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Niko, Charles, Edwin and Crystal go on a holiday after series one. Edwin is navigating his feelings for Charles. Crystal is navigating her feelings for Charles. Charles is navigating his feelings.
(And Niko is navigating being newly undead.)
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- Part 13 of Not Orpheus and Eurydice
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“I want – I want to tear my skin off,” Charles says, strangled. “I can’t – anyone looking at me, Crystal acting like it’s not a big deal, fuck – you.”
“Me?” Edwin asks, almost affronted.
“Well, there’s no way you want me anymore, is there?” Charles blurts. Then he looks mortified.
Or, Edwin has known Charles to be transsexual since '89. It is only when Charles is cursed to experience one of his worst fears that they talk about it.
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- Part 12 of Not Orpheus and Eurydice
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Fill in the blanks (with whoever they miss) by Alexander_Writes for elusive_ellipsis
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
27 Feb 2025
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Jenny hums. “Have you considered help?”
“Yes! I’ve been trying-”
“Not you helping him, or Niko or Crystal, or even me. Proper help. Like, professional.”
Edwin is very still now. “What are you saying?”
Or, Jenny and Edwin have a conversation. This prompts Edwin to challenge some of his own Edwardian notions of mental illness, and reconsider his life and family.
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- Part 11 of Not Orpheus and Eurydice
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1895, London. Wilde has been convicted. Edwin Payne invites his friend and housemate Charles Rowland to escape to Paris.
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- Part 10 of Not Orpheus and Eurydice
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A number of (mostly) standalone Dead Boy Detectives fics. Can be read individually and in any order.
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An assortment of fics about the Dead Men. They are not necessarily related nor in the same universe.
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Flying Saucers (Green Ones) by Alexander_Writes
Fandom Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
23 Sep 2021
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A Ford Prefect-centric series that builds up headcanons for the world of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - one that tries to explain why the universe seems very British and very male. If you're interested in thoughts on gender and linguistics, you may enjoy this.
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Concerning An Important Conversation by Alexander_Writes
Fandom Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
14 May 2020
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This is a series set during and directly after the First War with Mevolent, imagining that the Dead Men were better at communication than they are in canon.
Each fic should work on its own.
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Draco said goodbye and started walking down the hallway. The pain flared back up in Ron’s chest just as Draco began wheezing. Draco stopped. Turned around. Walked slowly back to Ron. For every step that he took, the pain decreased.
“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me,” Draco said and put his face into his hands.
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17 Jan 2026
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with great patience and careful instruction by Jack_R
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
24 Jul 2020
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Niccolò was, Yusuf liked to think, a sort of an acquired taste.
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14 Jan 2026
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Everyone he trusted with his secret – Will, Freya, Balinor, Lancelot, and now Gaius – was gone. Arthur would never bring magic back to the land, and he would never let Merlin stand at his side the way Merlin had hoped he would. It was a cold awakening, years of baseless faith dashed against the fraying tapestry that destiny had made Merlin sew into his own skin, but an awakening nonetheless.
Merlin is shaken out of his obsession with destiny and his blind faith in Arthur. Arthur just wishes he knew how to get his closest friend back.
(For Merthur Angst Week 2021 Day 7: “No. You don’t get to talk.”)
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07 Dec 2025
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“Well, we’ll just have to convince Arthur that’s not so bad, then,” Gwaine resolves. “I’m sure he can let you be a little magic, sometimes. On special occasions.”
Or, Gwaine comes back from a mission to find Camelot in chaos. He's got to fix everything by himself, as usual.
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05 Dec 2025
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picture of your face in an invisible locket by ghostmaggie
Fandoms: Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman
12 May 2022
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The Scarecrow notices when Dorothy can’t sleep. He notices, and he talks to her. About little nothings, at first, gradually building into conversations and familiarity.
Then one night, as if he's been building up to it, he says, very softly, “She's not as wicked as they say.“
Bookmarked by Alexander_Writes
02 Dec 2025