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The world is on the brink of nuclear war and only the Slow Horses can stop it. Just kidding. Roddy thinks he can, and River wishes he could, but mostly it’s a choice between last ditch attempts at self-preservation and the indulgence of baser instincts: sex, drugs, rock and roll and – basest of all – something that if you squint almost resembles love.
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The Slow Horses are exiled to the Highlands while Slough House undergoes some long overdue pest control. River Cartwright overestimates his ability to ride a motorcycle, with painful consequences. Jackson Lamb visits a dying joe who turns out to know more than he should, and for once, it is Catherine Standish who has fucked up. There, the consequences are lethal.
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What will it take to make Izzy and Stede bond with one another, and eventually reach a Steddyhands equilibrium?
How about putting them in a cell together and subjecting them to torture? Izzy doesn’t need to *like* Bonnet to be protective of him, or to give him some tips for enduring what he’s about to face. Comforting him afterwards is almost obligatory, even if Izzy does decide to do more than is strictly necessary. And when the tables are turned, and Izzy’s the one needing comfort, Bonnet turns out to be almost competent, almost brave, almost … likeable?
Once they’re safe and back on the Revenge, Ed is disconcerted by their new closeness. Izzy is the darkness he has left behind, so why does Stede insist on seeing him as a human who can grow and change?
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A Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliate by the_alchemist for moon_custafer
Fandoms: The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (Song)
16 Dec 2024
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Alex is just doing his job, attempting to acquire 5.37 metres of village green for his property developer boss. But something about the Village is not quite right …
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Ammurapi, King of Ugarit by the_alchemist for Daegaer
Fandoms: Late Bronze Age Collapse RPF, Hamlet - Shakespeare
16 Dec 2024
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The crops are failing. The sea people are invading. Your beloved father’s corpse is barely cold and your mother has swanned off to marry someone else. You are King Ammurapi of Ugarit, and is it any wonder that your mental health is not great right now?
A loose retelling of Hamlet set during the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
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I am working through my [Izzy-centric] feelings about Season 2 Episode 8 of Our Flag Means Death through the medium of 100-word stories. Needless to say, there are spoilers.
I will probably expand some of these into longer stories, so comments about which ones (if any!) you would like to read are very welcome, as are prompts for other drabblable takes on the ending.
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https://ourflagmeanskink.dreamwidth.org/316.html?thread=706108&posted=1
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Stede/Ed/Izzy, protecting the captain(s), partial/full amputation, recoveryPartially inspired by other prompts where the crew gets captured in some way and aren't able to escape, and Izzy purposely pisses off their captors to draw attention away from Stede and on to himself. Basically, he opens his mouth and doesn't stop talking. He says anything that comes to mind to piss these guys off, up to the point where they threaten to cut his tongue out and then some.
would love to see the fallout (stitches/surgery, complications when it comes to performing his duties as First Mate, how it affects his relationship with Ed and Stede, the general trauma of the whole thing, and/or anything else along those lines).pre-relationship
+++If full amputation, Izzy tries to resign.
++++Regardless of the degree of the injury, it would be interesting if Izzy had to depend on Stede and Lucius to communicate (through writing).
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23 Jan 2023
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Ahab and Starbuck, on the homeward voyage after Ahab's first encounter with Moby Dick.
Perhaps God grants respite even off the howling, pagan Patagonian coast, or perhaps it was Starbuck’s hand, which yet lay on Ahab’s leg, the two opposing forces – the frozen fingers and the fevered thigh – having gone some way toward reaching a balance.
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25 Dec 2014
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Queenmaker by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) for the_alchemist
Fandoms: Richard III - Shakespeare
19 Aug 2013
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Elizabeth will be queen, and sometimes the only path to take is the crooked one.
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21 Aug 2013
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In which ‘The Borgias’ is a band. Vitorria is the bassist who dresses like a boy pretending to be a girl. Cesare is the guitarist in tight leather and wins ‘best hair’ three years in a row. Giulia Farnese is the sassy vocalist. Juan is the drummer that nobody fucking likes. Micheletto? He’s the reluctant bodyguard for the aforementioned guitarist.
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13 Dec 2012
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Our Lady Of The Upside Down by The_Midnight_Girl for Luzula
Fandoms: Hadestown (Musical), Greek and Roman Mythology
21 Dec 2011
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How Hades and Persephone met. A retelling of the myth, set in the world of Anais Mitchell's Hadestown folk opera.
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01 Jan 2012