'He grieves quietly.
The world is ending in three days; actually, truly ending.
Odd, how it feels like his already has.'
This is well-written, and you know we have a rule around these parts - if I find a well-written fic, I have to rec. it.
So - here we are! Rec'ing the fic.
This is a The Umbrella Academy (TUA) fic which uses an extremely vague, all-we-have-are-vibes, kind of timeline, that tenuously takes place some time in season 1 -
- and it's going to be SPOILER territory from here on out because I can't say any more about this fic without delving headfirst into SPOILER territory.
SPOILERS, OK? SPOILERS!!!
OK? OK.
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OK, this tenuosly takes place some time in season 1, after Klaus comes back to Vietnam but before the end of the world.
Viktor transitions around half-way through the fic (because our canon is so diverged we've made a pretty unique AU by that point,) so his original name and pronouns are used before this, just as a heads up.
(Fandom notes:
Canon divergence is where the fic follows the canon up to a certain point, and then breaks away.
Canon is the 'official' stuff in the book/film/whatever.
AU = Alternate Universe.)
This fic delves into death and the void and ghosts and most importantly, brings Klaus' boyfriend, Dave, into the void, which changes everything.
Some elements aren't that well-developed - also could've done without the OC teenage boyfriend imho, it would've made the whole thing more slick - but the general quality of the writing more than makes up for it.
(Fandom notes:
OC = Original Character; a character that belongs solely to the fan-creator, and did not originate in the source media or fandom.)
It also explores some interesting theories about Klaus' powers, and the nature of the void.
- I enjoyed it, anyway.
(Plus, there's some angst in there... the emo goblin spaghetti brain wants what the emo goblin spaghetti brain wants. 😅)
Some Content Warnings for this one, then:
- general violence
- murder
- horror elements
- blood/gore
- references to war
- child abuse
- child neglect
- child soldiers, b/c TUA
- substance abuse and addiction, b/c Klaus
- family issues, b/c TUA
...as always, I might've forgotten something, so please be careful!
unravelling (the glow that once was dim) by Eternal_Peace_Is_Overrated
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