Fic Update Thread: I can't drive 55

[Norgarth]

A Cuckoo Born in Blood (Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans SI)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106018166

And a couple more Beware of Chicken pics:
Human form Pi Pa
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106021043

And a comic strip version of one of the scenes in the latest chapter (55)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106034894

[Norgarth]

My Life as a Teenage Juggernaut (Worm/Marvel)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-33166514

Scaling Up (Worm/D&D/mangled mythology)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-33166565

The Weaver's Web (Worm AU)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106064978

[Norgarth]

Beware of Chicken
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106073159

Taylor Varga (Worm very AU)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-33177614

[Florin]

Latest Weaver's Web chapter, which is still being cross-posted on SB with the authors blessing. Appears they left SB to avoid the temptation to visit the Politics forum. May also be linked to the announcement that with the exception of Weavers Web they are dropping all unfinished fanfic stories to concentrate on Original Fiction, something they've tried a few times before getting distracted by a new shiny idea. In addition to Spacebattles and AO3, the story is apparently also available for free on the author's Patreon page.

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106064978

[Norgarth]

Beware of Cloud (BoC fanfic)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106074428

To Fuel the Guttering Flame (Transformers SI)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106079492

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34144-13...oses+4.htm
Cross Purposes 4 (A Brane of Extraordinary Women, Bionicverse).

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34229-28...+Aegis.htm
Aegis (Buffy/DC).

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14105747/47...ng-of-Ruin
The Song of Ruin (Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss).

[Mamorien]

Beware of Chicken
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106073159

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39408/...are-part-1

Also on the OEX front, Tales of Destiny gives us Honden of earthly Fire 2.

He the Glorious had been obeyed because he was mighty. Together with his descendants, he had been exalted, the Lu had grown to such towering wealth, because they built. They built, they created, they made beauty and prosperity. Their flames forged the rough farming tribes of the plains and the wild hunters of the scrublands into glorious cities lining the glittering riverbanks. And from that wealth, had come power, fuel for an inferno fit to stand just beneath the sun itself in its light.

Gu Yanmei considered the crack in the earth, beyond which her little sister had gone to meditate on the meaning of fire. She did not think Gu Xiulan would find her conclusions compelling even if she shared them in exacting detail. Her insights were not those one could truly internalize, without coming upon them herself.

…And Gu Xiulan was not any kind of artist. She was deeply fond of her little sister, but she could see under all of Mothers lessons, that Gu Xiulan was a warrior, not a builder of things. They were simply not alike. Her fires burned with violence and ambition, the desire to flaunt power and be praised for it.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/26470/...hly-fire-2

And last but by no means least, in a world borne On the shoulders of Titans (all kaiju are true), it's time to explore some Overgrowth!

"The future of agriculture lies in the hands of those who understand and respect the natural processes." -Trofim Denisovich Lysenko.

The Sahara has been a desolate wasteland for the last six thousand years, and mankind will regret daring to attempt to change that...

Notes

Notes:
Hello! Hope you all will enjoy my very unique take on the monstrosity that is Biollante!

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I felt that a character/Kaiju as iconic as Biollante needed a story all for herself. And while my version is very different from the cinematic one, I hope that it was still fun to read about!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60101725

[Mamorien]

Threads of Destiny (the main OEX to which Tales thereof is a side) Chapter 410-Development 2.

"You were right. That breed is adorable," Ling Qi said, wobbling briefly as she picked her way through the gate under the creature's impassive gaze.

Ling Nuan nodded. "It's a good breed. Highly sought. Their fleece is wind-imbued and light so they can grow it out a lot more before it starts to tear their skin from the weight. And it makes really breathable cloth."

"Definitely the proper reasons for the choice," Ling Qi said agreeably as they ascended the hill.

She gave Hanyi a nudge and a nod, and the young spirit nearly vibrated as she dashed up the hill to get a closer look.

"They are real huggable. They don't even mind much," Ling Nuan replied reluctantly. "But they have their troubles, too."

"Oh?" Ling Qi asked, watching Hanyi almost disappear into the floof, giggling to herself.

"A strong wind can pick 'em up and blow 'em around like dandelion seeds. They land soft, but they also can't get back up if they land on their sides or backs. Gotta watch 'em close. They can pick up static something fierce, too."

"That would be a problem." Part of her wanted to see it happen. The thought of a dozen odd of these big puffballs drifting overhead was strangely adorable. "Does the whole herd have these properties?"

"More or less. The more mortal sheep won't outright float and don't get as fluffy, but they'll still get dragged and knocked over by the wind sometimes. Even mortals can handle them though. Been training the herders in how to loop a floater and pull them back down."

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21188/...elopment-2

[Norgarth]

Some more Beware of Chicken artwork:

Jin, Bi De, and Tigu show off their guns while dressed as mummies
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106122998

and the newest story post
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106131704

[Shepherd]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106130828
My Next Life as a Supervillain: All Routes Lead to Doctor Doom! (Hamefura/MCU).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/406120.../153531628
Bus to Nowhere (Danny Phantom/Batman).

[Norgarth]

A Cuckoo Born in Blood (Gundam: IBO self-insert)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106135073

[Bob Schroeck]

I Was Isekaied Into Ginny Weasley? (Potter), Chapter 26

[Mamorien]

and the newest story post
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106131704

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39408/...are-part-2

First Times (HP/DC), chapter 100 of 102: First Coda.

From the day they first met it’s all been building up to this moment. Green Lantern vs Jinx, and their final confrontation at the bottom of the world. Where only one of them will survive.
”When it gets cold, and you both think it’s gone too far…”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/462211.../153601399

[Shepherd]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106162526
The Maverick Solutions Halloween Special II - Maverick Solutions Kills the Zombie Universe (Marvel SI).

[zojojojo]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?p=l&no=34144
Cross Purposes 4: The OSI and a Conflict, part V

[Shepherd]

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39408/...-uncle-fox
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106183466
Beware Of Chicken (Xianxia).

[Mamorien]

Threads of Destiny (the other OEX meat) Chapter 411-Development 3.

Ling Qi listened to (Zhen and Gui) bicker with the ease of long practice. As the final remains of the boiling mist faded from the air, deep below, she could feel the pressure building up again.

"Can I ask how it is different?"

They both paused, looking at each other in silence. It was Zhen who finally spoke up with some reluctance.

"Because humans are humans, and beasts are beasts. Human kings are kings because they are strong and because they have many strong people who listen. A spirit king is king because they are king."

Gui snorted. "And Zhen says he is the refined one. A spirit king is the land. They make things happen right because they are the thing which makes all the small things move like they should. Like the little star, if she did not have to write all the papers and say all the words and if the humans listening were the wind and the stones and the trees and stuff."

"It seems to me that you must still convince others to fall in line and do their duties," Ling Qi said.

"That is how Hanyi is, but she is not a king, and won't be, Gui thinks. She is a more human-y thing." Gui’s glowing eyes were slitted and squinting in thought. "What scholar-friend calls an int-er-med-iar-y spirit, one who is like Big Sister, but for spirits and spirits instead of humans and spirits or humans and humans like Big Sister."

Ling Qi furrowed her brows as she parsed what he’d said. She didn't fully understand the difference he was speaking of, but she did understand that as he was coming to the verge of actually acting on his claim, he found himself anxious and without guidance. And unfortunately, it wasn't guidance she could give him because in the end, Ling Qi was not a spirit, whatever jokes others might make about her attitude.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21188/...elopment-3

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34246-91...onnage.htm
Tonnage (DC/Marvel).

[Mamorien]

The Elsewhere Saga: Brotherhood of Glass Episode Four: Mobilization (Steven Universe EDF OCs) Chapter Eleven: Home Invasion.

Project Aftermath proves to not be as secure as was thought when a horde of Rhinestones breaks in.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/564638.../153755098

[Jinx999]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106223366

This was easier on the Tabletop (Battletech) has updated after a long hiatus.

[Shepherd]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/560999.../153798613
My Next Life as a Supervillain: All Routes Lead to Doctor Doom! (Hamefura/MCU).

[drakensis]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106223366

This was easier on the Tabletop (Battletech) has updated after a long hiatus.

Twice. There are two chapters. And it seems there may be at least one more in the near future.

[Norgarth]

Scaling Up (Worm/D&D/mangled mythology)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-33231869

[Norgarth]

Beware of Chicken (original flavour)
Shen Yu contemplates the morning after the return to Fa Ram.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106243814

EDIT:

Weaver's Web (Worm AU)
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106262213

[Mamorien]

Beware of Chicken (original flavour)
Shen Yu contemplates the morning after the return to Fa Ram.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...-106243814

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39408/...of-a-sword

ADDENDUM: As the last-but-one poster to this thread, I have one hand on the light switch, pending the link to the next.