Myth Retelling
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The day she sees the ship with the black sails arrive, Ariadne is wearing red.
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The Descent of Inanna is always told from Inanna's perspective. This is Ereshkigal's side of the story.
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Descent of a Reviewer by Ningikuga
Fandoms: That Guy with the Glasses/Channel Awesome, Sumerian Mythology
27 Jul 2015
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MarzGurl walks to the Underworld to retrieve someone close to her. The price is . . . not quite what she thought.
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A Man Called Winter (Graphic) by SouthSideStory for ReyloTrashCompactor (NextToSomething)
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
28 Sep 2016
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"The girl didn’t dream. Perhaps it was because she needed more to fuel nighttime sojourns than fantasies of a full belly, of escaping the desert. Perhaps she exhausted all these dreams years ago, falling to sleep in the soft embrace of hope and waking in the hard grip of reality." - A Man Called Winter
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If love was a game, you would never play nice. Russell Tringham is unbecomingly picky in selecting a suitor.
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Modern retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth with John as Cupid and Sherlock as Psyche
John's an assassin hired by the jealous Moriarty to take out one Sherlock Holmes. He didn't expect to fall in love with his mark.
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A modern retelling of The Lay of Thrym: Instead of dressing up as a bride and bridesmaid to retrieve a stolen hammer from the king of giants, Thor and Loki have to go on a double date to get their hands on a phone that contains incriminating evidence.
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Mystery Work
Part of old unwanted fics written by me
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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The Duality of Persephone - Maiden of Life and Queen of the Dead by BlackBarnOwl
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
13 Jan 2020
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Basically just a retelling of the ancient Egyptian myth about the Book of Thoth using yu-gi-oh characters
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comme un écho by alittlebitmaybe
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
15 Nov 2020
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“Get ready, Witcher,” Jaskier says to the darkness. “Gather your underworldly things. You won’t be coming back any time soon. I can promise you that.”
And he says, “I’m sorry that you were alone. I’m sorry that I was too late.”
And he says, when the darkness presses upon him, when it seems the stairs will never end, “I don’t know when I began to love you, but it has been long enough that I don’t know how not to.”
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Trials Untold by Schalakitty
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
20 Feb 2021
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When a mortal traveler arrives at the Temple of the Styx on a quest to reunite with her missing husband, Zagreus' generous offer to escort her down through the Underworld entangles both himself and the whole House of Hades in the web of secrets and scandals surrounding her.
A retelling of the Myth of Psyche, through the framework of Hades. Set after the Epilogue.
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The sudden announcement of an arranged marriage, to the most disreputable person in Asgard no less, leaves Sigyn torn between duty and the desire to decide her own fate. With everyone refusing to disclose any of the details behind the arrangement, and an unknown enemy silently preparing to strike from the shadows, things are only bound to get more complicated.
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with lilies and with laurels he goes by catchcrows
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
09 Aug 2021
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Geralt has never known the gods or destiny or death to be kind, to show him mercy even if he begged for it. There’s no sense in it when he already knows the answer; bind it in a book or set it to a pretty tune, no story about a witcher will ever be more than a tragedy.
(Before he died scared and alone and half the Continent away from anyone who could save him, Jaskier spent more than twenty years making Geralt out to be the hero of his stories. It’s the least he can do, Geralt thinks, to finally fucking act like one.)
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A retelling of Katara's emotional turmoil and her quest with Zuko during the Southern Raiders paralleling the Japanese play, Hagoromo, featuring a Tennyo and a human man.
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- Part 1 of Mythos
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Like Andromeda and Perseus by heavensweetheart
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
22 Aug 2021
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Inej and Kaz's first meeting narrated as a parallel to the myth of Andromeda and Perseus.
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- Part 3 of Mythos
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Nina's talk with Matthias in his cell narrated as a parallel to the myth of Echo and Narcissus.
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- Part 4 of Mythos
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The Art of Falling by lunations for mindlesswriter
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
20 Dec 2021
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A retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, with Levi as Orpheus and Erwin as Eurydice.
'How he longs to embrace Erwin in the light. He thinks of the many places he will touch Erwin when he has returned his soul to his body. He thinks of Erwin’s still face, flooding with life again. How Erwin will smile at him in that knowing way. How Erwin will kiss the corners of Levi’s mouth and bury his nose between his shoulder blades.'
For the Devoted Hearts Club Secret Santa 2021
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What good were eyes to me? by LaMacaria
Fandoms: 聖闘士星矢 | Saint Seiya (Manga & Anime 1986), 聖闘士星矢 | Saint Seiya Series
10 Sep 2025
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A three-way crossroad is where choices are made. Their past, present, and future come together, and each decision has a consequence.
🦂🩸🦢 Ch. 5 ("The Lovers") out of 13 • Revised in 2025 ❤️🩸
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He considers asking the artisan that spoke to him yesterday where he could get something to eat. Maybe he can offer him something. If not food, his guidance to learn how to make vases. Jackson is not a painter, but he can learn. It is not too different from sculpting, right?
Yet the man could find endless differences. Jackson does not paint. Painting is building. Jackson does not build. He destroys. He takes a hammer to living stone and beats it until he frees what's inside.
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A retelling of the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea where Jackson is a wandering sculptor that has lost all of his money and inspiration travelling across Achaia.Written for the Rewind Fest
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The Guiding of Death by RayShippouUchiha
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man (Comics), Iron Man - All Media Types, Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics)
07 Aug 2018
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“Hades and Persephone reborn huh,” Fury states then more than asks, “no need to ask which is which.”
Toni’s brows furrow even as dread begins to squirm to life inside of her.
But before she can say anything, before she can open her mouth and set the record straight, she hears it.
A murmur as loud as a scream from somewhere in the tomb silent bridge.
“That whole Merchant of Death thing,” someone off to the side faux whispers, “makes a lot more sense now.”
It echoes across the bridge like a gunshot.
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- Part 15 of The Components of Construction
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The day her mother gives birth to a horse is the day Persephone decides that she really needs a plan.
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“If you’d like to review the full terms and conditions of your deal, you can have as much time as you need to read--”
Eliot shook his head, still not quite used to the way his hair curled below his chin, now, since he hadn’t been around to keep it properly groomed for the last-- however long it had been. God, he hadn’t even bothered to ask.
“You get my deep, dark, never-told secret, and I get the opportunity to try and Orpheus-and-Eurydice Q the fuck out of this place,” he said, cutting through Penny’s bureaucratic power-trip. “I got it the first twelve times.”
“I would strongly advise--”
“I’m ready.”
The corners of Penny’s mouth went up, but it would have been a stretch to call the expression a smile. “No, you’re really not."
The Monster's been defeated, Quentin is dead, and Eliot has a quest of his own--if he can trust himself to complete it. An Orpheus and Eurydice remix.
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- Part 1 of You're a Story universe
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Bookmarked by bookjunkie1975
25 Jan 2022
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"The Monster's been defeated, Quentin is dead, and Eliot has a quest of his own--if he can trust himself to complete it. An Orpheus and Eurydice remix."
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Margo barges into his room on the eve of day ninety, glares at him with a trembling jaw and says, “We’re going to save Quentin Mother Fucking Coldwater from the other god damned side, and you are going to help us.”
He blinks owlishly up at her, before the words finally register and he scrambles so he’s sitting upright in his bed, wincing only slightly along the way. “What?” He asks. “How? What?”
“I’ve respected your mourning period because I’m a great fucking friend. But Julia and Josh and Penny and I have taken this as far as we can. It’s your turn.”
She looks kind of angry, and he’s just. He’s confused.
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Or, the one where Eliot finds out everyone's been on a quest while he's been mourning, and that not every God is an asshole.
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- Part 1 of Lucidity
Bookmarked by bookjunkie1975
28 Jan 2022
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"Or, the one where Eliot finds out everyone's been on a quest while he's been mourning, and that not every God is an asshole."