Fic Updates 49

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34066-19...+Horse.htm
That Bastard Beggar's Horse (Buffy AU).

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-33597-14...oses+3.htm
Cross Purposes 3 (A Brane of Extraordinary Women, Bionicverse).

[Norgarth]

A Ninja's guide to Gotham
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14187168/14...-to-Gotham

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34066-20...+Horse.htm
That Bastard Beggar's Horse (Buffy AU).

[Mamorien]

Belatedly, When Harry Met Wednesday updated last month.

I'm excited for this chapter. Are you excited? I'll bet we're excited for different reasons. Let's find out. -grin-

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11674317/30...-Wednesday

[Shepherd]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-91934604
A Young Vampire's Cohabitation Arrangements (Youjo Senki/Dresden Files).

[Norgarth]

Beware of Chicken
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-91941990

Tome of the Orange Sky
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-27614856

EDIT:
Scaling Up (Worm/D&D/Mangled Mythology)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-27625338

A Thing of Vikings
https://archiveofourown.org/works/104089.../117588121

Much debate rages over the advantages and disadvantages regarding different types of ranged weaponry in use by dragon-mounted archers. Generally speaking, there are three types in common use—full crossbows, classic composite horse-bows, and hybrid mechanical bows, each of which has its own proponents and detractors.

Full crossbows have the greatest potential strength and are the easiest to use, with a simple trigger that looses the bolt, and can be pre-loaded and held at the ready without strain, but they take an extremely long time to reload. Furthermore, they are complex to make, with gears, levers, and, in the cases of the most powerful ones, a significant amount of quality steel for the lath and the string, adding significantly to the cost. In the context of dragonback combat, a skilled crossbow wielder could potentially break contact with the enemy and reload before coming in for another pass, but this is not universally possible. In essence, a flight of crossbow-using dragon-archers will deliver a single powerful punch, upon which they will need to either break contact or gain cover from other units while reloading.

Composite horse-bows require considerable training to use on dragonback, but are the quickest to nock and loose by an experienced archer, and are the cheapest and simplest to construct, being made of laminated wood, horn, and sinew, although there is a lead time required for drying in the manufacturing process. In the context of dragonback combat, a skilled horse-bow archer can potentially loose multiple arrows at their adversaries in a matter of moments, even in the high-speed conditions of a head-to-head pass. However, the training required for effective horse-bow use is unquestionably much higher than that of a crossbow, and the horse-bow is much more tiring to keep ready than a crossbow, and also more vulnerable to being burned by dragonfire.

Hybrid mechanical bows use metal arms, much like crossbows, but use a series of cams and pulleys to draw back the arms, rendering the mechanical bow similar to a traditional bow in use, even though it is much more complicated. Proper design allows the bow to even “rest” after it has been drawn back, lessening the strain on the archer’s body until the arrow is loosed. However, again, they require considerable material and expertise to craft, and the complexities of the design, while not as high as that of a crossbow, still renders them vulnerable to some of the same drawbacks; a slipped cam can result in the bow being unusable until repaired. That being said, they are frequently seen as an effective middle-ground between the two other options.

—The Wing And The Ax, Queen-Marshal Astrid Haddock I, undated draft, Waterford University Archives

[ksai]

Sakurama Eleven

In which Tobirama gets a big head...

Twelve and Thirteen

...trying to argue his nee-san into giving him horns for extra brain-matter capacity (and self-defense, of course)

A Little Unextraordinary Help - chapters Seventy-four and Seventy-five

[Mamorien]

A Code of Her Own (Star Wars OCs)

NOW: The rescue of Alack's brother has prevented him from stopping a project that endangers the galaxy at a volatile time. Plus, Ralock raises questions about Mercie.

THEN: Impaled by a blade wielded by their captor, Mercie uses her last bit of strength to free her love.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/449760.../117634087

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34066-21...+Horse.htm
That Bastard Beggar's Horse (Buffy AU).

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-33597-14...oses+3.htm
Cross Purposes 3 (A Brane of Extraordinary Women, Bionicverse).

[Shepherd]

http://t.evancurrie.ca/viewstory.php?sid=363
SCAU Worm: Within the Apple (Buffy/Potter/Addams Family/Worm/etc.) has updated three times in the last week.

[Shepherd]

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14195528/5/Helldiver
Helldiver (Hulluva Boss).

[Bob Schroeck]

http://t.evancurrie.ca/viewstory.php?sid=363
SCAU Worm: Within the Apple (Buffy/Potter/Addams Family/Worm/etc.) has updated three times in the last week.

How did I miss this before? Good stuff. I'm going to be following it now.

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34066-22...+Horse.htm
That Bastard Beggar's Horse (Buffy AU, complete).

[batzulger]

I'm kind of proud of this one.

[Shepherd]

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12512455/35...s-The-Spot
Lex Marks the Spot (Xander Harris in Lex Luthor's body).

[Shepherd]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-33597-14...oses+3.htm
Cross Purposes 3 (A Brane of Extraordinary Women, Bionicverse).

[classicdrogn]

CrazyDan's BtVS/Trek crossover The Long Khan has updated several times since I last checked:

TtH link

The link is specifically to ch1 so it won't mess up TtH's count of how far you've read if you were tracking it before.

Quick summary is that it's a Halloween mind swap, with Xander trading places with a version of Khan who ended up much farther out and the last survivor of glitching sleep pods on the Botany Bay. Further details of the AU on the Trek side are explained immediately when the fic starts.

[Jinx999]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-92080773

And Opalescent Reflections has finished book 1. And things have got . . messy.

[drakensis]

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-92080773

And Opalescent Reflections has finished book 1. And things have got . . messy.

Not quite finished. There will be one more chapter for book 1, to deal with the immediate consequences and foreshadow book 2

[Norgarth]

Beware of Chicken
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-92092656

[classicdrogn]

Ara-ara, what's this? After a long gap, Clell has updated Death's Knight: Revisited! That's the one where (I believe post-canon/no crapilogue, and it was on hiatus before the crappier still spinoffs even appeared) Harry Potter has a Black Lantern ring - no, not one of the ones that turns you into an omnicidal zombie, the one that Death personally gave him to hunt down those stolen fragments of her power. It's typical Clell quality so I shouldn't have to tell you to go check it out if it sounds remotely like your kind of thing.

[Norgarth]

Scaling Up (Worm/D&D/Mangled Mythology)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-27705414

Tome of the Orange Sky (Naruto with some MGLN influence)
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th...t-27695376

EDIT:
Beware of Chicken
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/...t-92135322

[robkelk]

For want of a better thread to post this in...

New Pepper and Carrot up: "The Healer"

[Mamorien]

In chronological order of posting: A Code of Her Own (SW OCs).

NOW: It's a suicide mission and the tension is already growing strained between them, but Rana, Mercie, Alack and Ralock have to return to the Star Destroyer they had just escaped from. The fate of the galaxy could be at stake.

THEN: A brief memory of the night before their escape: the prisoners shared an interlude, and a newfound optimism.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4497600.../117911743

A Thing of Vikings (HTTYD/history) with the last chapter of Book IV!

In the Norse religion, Forseti is the god of justice, mediation, and reconciliation; the son of Baldur and Nanna, he dispenses justice and rulings from Glitnir , his father’s hall, which is roofed with silver and has columns of gold, and is noted to be visible for some distance with radiant light. Prior to the Norse Reformation, Forseti was a minor deity, attested to in only a few extant sources and works, mostly focused on his position as his father’s son. In the canon of the Reformed Norse, he has an expanded role and position, with an entire saga detailing his efforts…

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1040897.../117998764

Hollywood Special (Gorillaz/Powerpuff Girls)

Geshe looked up from his deep thought. “Tronyer Chenma removes subtle obstacles from misleading influences.”

“She did do that,” 2D agreed, “It felt like she was offering me a choice between, well, I thought it was a dream and my reality, but I guess it was really two realities? Murdoc drugged me pretty hard though. I guess those were the misleading influences.”

“Two realities…” Geshe rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Snake shot him a Look, “Yeah. Know anything about that? And HIM?”

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4224362.../118004797