(12-06-2018, 10:52 PM)Mamorien Wrote: [ -> ]Our resident Fun Tyrant continues to fly under the radar, and so Subprime Directives can update and we don't even notice it for going on two weeks.
Whoops. Well, as apology have this offering from the Westerosi Scrapbook, a bit of an alternate take where Jade's a little more stranded and decides to try and stay out of history's way with... less than perfect results.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/136977...s/39761256
The choir goes off, and
A Thing of Vikings updates.
Constantinople: The Child Of Rome's Empire, Venice, Italy, 1795 Wrote:By promoting the young Sigurd Trondsson to high ranks in the political and military spheres, Empress Theodora made him into a target for the intricate power plays of the highly corrupt imperial court. This was not lessened by the fact that, by rewarding him so, she made her favoritism obvious. This simply meant that all of the myriad kinds of attacks and seductions that he faced had to be more subtle than a knife in the back, although those were tried as well. At first, Trondsson was very much a liability to the Empress, who had to spend time and effort to protect him, although there are counter-arguments that she was using him as her stalking horse in order to draw out dissatisfied members of the court so that she could deal with them. It was not until later that he…
In the Vedrarfjord baths, Astrid and her loves are relaxing when her father arrives with good news and bad. In the Berk smithy, Gobber has part of an answer to one of Stoick's problems, and Hazelnut promptly brings them the other part; Fishlegs promptly has a front-row seat at the preparations for a
Red Sky at Morning.... In Constantinople, Sigurd doesn't know everything the future has in store for him, just that the present has him quite busy enough. At Inbhir Nis, Mac Bethad has a visit from Fergus, whereby he learns how his strategy has worked and how it hasn't. In Vedrarfjord, Viggo has let his guard down enough to talk of technical matters with Hiccup by the time Stoick arrives; Hiccup gets a hug and some news from his father. Hákon receives additional sitreps from Stoick and Gunvor. Fishlegs is reunited with Heather; Viggo gets a tour of the city courtesy of 'legs' older sister Fishwings. Finally, Astrid and Hiccup talk about how he doesn't want to fight, but sometimes you've got to.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/104089...s/39762378
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12639117/70...Of-Vikings
Mystic Knight Online: Worlds to Sow
Chapter 3 (HP/SAO)
And we've hit 300 and a bit over, so time for this thread to be closed. The new update thread can be found
here.