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Compilation of Final Fantasy VII+1

What You Make Me; An Illustrated 30 Day AU Challenge

by Boomchick, tomowowo

30 Days of Alternate UniversesMost recent chapter: Reincarnation But that first naptime, as he drifted off, something stirred inside him that left his dreams uneasy. Cloud unfolded from within the child, like a flower blossoming. He was not real. He was the boy. He was himself. He was angry. He looked down at the silver-haired child before him. Looked down at him as he crouched behind his own reincarnation. “Why,” He asked the sleeping child, looking so innocent, so soft, so small. “Won’t you just stay dead?” “I could ask you the same.” Said a voice that did not come from the child’s mouth. Cloud watched Sephiroth fade into being. Spectral and dangerous and inhuman as ever. Not sweet, or innocent, or small in the slightest. He loomed behind his reincarnation. A doom over the child. A curse. His wing arching over his back marked him as inhuman. Cloud lay a hand over his reincarnation’s head, as if he could guard him.[Illustrated by Tomowowo! Each piece of art and chapter were made in a single day back in April of 2018. Updates daily until complete!]

Teen 187k words 30 ch Complete 1.2k kudos

30 Day OTP Challenge · AKA · Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Gender Changes· +33 more

Dragon Age - All Media Types+3

Crossover Campaign Isekai

by Ricecake93

On the first day of the Breach’s wake, a rift opened and out came a stranded soul. The next day, a rift opened and another wandering soul stumbled out. This continued until two more appeared within the week. The next week, a rift opened near the center of the devastation, and out came another stranded soul with the Divine in his arms.Short: Five friends were playing a D&D campaign, and they somehow crossed over to Thedas.

Teen 263k words 56 / ? ch In progress 1.1k kudos

Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Bards · Cleric Class (Dungeons & Dragons) · Concert· +48 more

The Witcher (TV)

I welcome my penance

by wearethewitches

Often, Geralt thinks of the lioness hiding in the centre of his tattoo – peeking her head out and clawing at his hairline like the cat it is. Like Cirilla and pale gold like her hair, almost invisible, but ready to strike at a moment’s notice.But it is the flowers that people see and it is the flowers that people laugh at.~(geraskier week, day one: soulmates)

Teen 1.6k words 1 ch Complete 989 kudos

Bards · Dandelions · Geraskier Week · Platonic Soulmates· +8 more

The Witcher - All Media Types

The Merits of Higher Education

by poselikeateam

Jaskier goes to teach at the University of Oxenfurt for the winter, as he normally does. He never expected Geralt to enroll in his class.Now updated with Geralt's POV as the second chapter!

Teen 13k words 2 ch Complete 975 kudos

Alternate Universe - College/University · Bards · Bisexual Disaster Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia · Canon Universe· +24 more

The Witcher - All Media Types

rejection sickness

by peaktotheocean

"I regret to announce to you tonight that Jaskier, my most beloved friend, and the Continent's famous bard has died of rejection sickness." Callonetta let herself catch her breath, making sure that tears were in her eyes before she continued. She used her right hand to pluck through a few minor sequences on her lute. "Sometimes," she started pointedly, looking towards a specific corner of the pub, "I can still hear his voice." There was a thump and then a yelp but thankfully, no one besides Callonetta seemed to notice.

General 1.5k words 1 ch Complete 938 kudos

Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Soul Bond · rejection sickness · Fake Character Death· +3 more

The Witcher - All Media Types

You have something of mine

by CatLovePower

In which Jaskier gets kidnapped - a lot. That's it, that's the plot.A 5+1 of sorts, in which Jaskier is the damsel in distress for various reasons (while being feral as heck), and Geralt tries his best to help.

Teen 14k words 5 / ? ch In progress 815 kudos

5+1 Things · Bards · Broken Bones · Fever· +12 more

Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)+1

Its hard to be the Bard

by TheHoardingPuffin

The Group gets stuck in a tavern in a village in the middle of Nowhere. Kira has an idea on how to lighten the mood.

General 1.7k words 1 ch Complete 811 kudos

Edgin Darvis being a Dad · Bards · Bards Being Bards · The Group as a Family· +5 more

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin+1

Harrenhal

by emmsi

An AU in which everyone has been aged up five years, because the books aren’t doing the five year skip anymore. This means that, for the Starks:- Robb, Jon (and Theon) have entered adulthood- Arya and Sansa’s relationship has matured, as have the girls themselves- Rickon has grown up around his family, so he’s not as wild- Ned and Catelyn weren’t planning to stop at Rickon, and here, they don’t have toAnd, most importantly…- Bran will know exactly who’s talking and what’s going on when he climbs up the broken towerFor Sandor, his first meeting with Sansa is with a woman flowered, not a girl. Not a serious fic, really, and it will feature arm wrestling, ceilidh-like dancing, blacksmiths, and Bobby B playing the game of thrones for… reasons. It’s more or less book canon with an odd line or two from the show, and many moments have been taken apart and refitted together differently. I’ve also inserted quite a few real-world historical moments with a Westerosi spin. As it’s a complete reset, the burn will be seriously slow. Also, Major Character Death warning doesn't affect Sansan...Starts with Robert's visit to Winterfell; ends after the war against the Others.

Teen 87k words 30 / ? ch In progress 742 kudos

Aged-Up Character(s) · Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Arm Wrestling· +32 more

TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms+3

Long Are the Waves

by Grond

Elrond has his own, strange quest to embark upon before leaving Middle-earth. He has not seen his foster father in thousands of years. Though Maglor is said to wander by the sea, no one has heard any news of him in an Age. Elrond does not seek to find or destroy any object, powerful or otherwise. What he wants is both more simple and more complex: to take his father with him, or wish him farewell. He does not know if Maglor can be found, but that will not stop him from making the attempt. The lonely shores call to him, and so does a song in the distance...Written for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2020, this work is a collaboration, based on this illustration by mallornblossom (now felixwhetsel).

General 23k words 9 ch Complete 545 kudos

Angst · Bards · Canon-Typical Violence · Elf Culture & Customs· +30 more

The Witcher (TV)+1

Inspiration

by CobaltCephalopod

Between all the half-hummed melodies and scratched out words to be had over the course of decades, Geralt knows how Jaskier’s songs work and how they are made. He’s the subject of them, more often than not, and he can’t count the number of hours spent falling asleep to Jaskier’s strumming while he huddles closer to the dying fire to read what he’d scribbled so far. Or: I figured Filavandrel's lute probably has some kind of magic in it.

General 1.1k words 1 ch Complete 515 kudos

Bards · Magic · Magic!Jaskier · Musical Instruments

Ace Attorney

Palace of the Wild Things

by rainphee

Everyone knows that if you go too far into the Palace on the cliff, at the edge of town, you will begin to change. Your hair will turn into feathers, your feet into claws, and before you even see the monster the late Lord’s son became, you will be nothing but a mindless bird.Of course, when his daughter is threatened, Phoenix Wright is willing to take that chance. And maybe not all monsters are as dangerous as they seem... especially to old friends.

Teen 45k words 22 / ? ch In progress 466 kudos

(somewhat) · (stress on ‘elements’) · Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Animal Transformation· +23 more