politics

It is April, 2020. Covid 19 has been raging across the United States, with the economy in freefall due to the death of the Saudi Arabian monarch, and the subsequent civil war. With tensions rising in Russia following the unexpected resignation of Vladimir Putin, and China militarizing the...

2020 was, throughout the 90s and 00s, the favourite "near future" date to place things in, near enough that we might live to see it, far enough to have wiggle room to get inventive. And of course the actual lived experience of the 2020s as a decade has mostly been "man I'm tired of living in...

"That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." ― Abraham Lincoln The United States of America, in the form of the creature of Henry Ford and countless others in his shadow and their successors since 1932, was losing the Great Confrontation, unable to stem the Red...

We were just trying to get through another summer—humid, slow, and full of broken animatronics. I'd been at Freddy Fazbear's for almost eight years by then, and I'd seen a lot of weird people come and go. But nothing weirder than Michael Afton our latest night guard, deciding he wanted to run...

"After all, He Who Must Not Be Named did great things – terrible, yes, but great" - Garrick Ollivander The Great Exile Fighting with them had always been a game of cat and mouse. While the so-called Freedom Militia—a ragtag collective of Order and Auror members—could decisively defeat the...

Podkomisarz Szczelaszczyk dismounted from their truck, snow crunching under his feet. He did his best to ignore the shouts and hungover grumbling as Przodownik Kwaśniewski got the rest of the squad off the back, bending all his attention on the buildings ahead of him. They certainly hadn’t...

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. - George Washington The war was over; America had won. But . . . so much was lost. After six years of bloody struggle between barely armed farmers and the mightiest empire to ever exist, those...

America First What if the Trump/Vance Administration handled the Second World War? A Paranoid Fever Dream Political ISOT Story by E350 Oh god no. Yep. Aren't you already doing that ISOT story over in Fandom AH on AH.com? Yes, this is a side project. Also I'll probably reupload that here at...

The beginning of the Dive is always the worst part, because even if my brain knows I can breathe the stuff that Knights dive into, my body never remembers - so it panics and acts like I'm drowning. But then, covered in super-oxygenated goo almost as warm as my skin, I breathe it and don't choke...

Memories of a Republic: A KMT Quest "You must make it the goal of your life to sacrifice everything you have for the Party." - Sun Zhongshan. The old man looks up at the ceiling of that Nanjing bedroom, eyes still as hardened as ever, as if attempting to solve yet another great mystery...

"We of the Eastern Central Commonwealth Senate do hereby declare the creation of the East Central Commonwealth Continuation Authority for the preservation and protection of the people culture and land of the East Central Commonwealth whether the threat be Communists, Demands from the other...

Westerosi burns, and the crows gorge themselves on the corpse of the continent. It has been nearly a year since the death of King Robert I of House Baratheon, the founder of the newest dynasty of Westeros. Known as the towering rebel hero by those wronged by the Mad King, and as the Usurper by...

The longer its been since I watched the Legend of Korra the more some parts that I didn't question when I was younger annoy me. Two things that stand out for me the most would be Raava and Vaatu being Good and Evil and the Equalists in season one being destroyed as an ideology without Korra...

Introduction In 1912, the world ended. Massive extraterrestrial craft descended upon the Earth, millions of bizarre life-forms and an army of bizarre machines conquered the world and reshaped entire continents, and then simply pulled out after nearly twenty-five years of resistance and rebellion...

What is this? A quest set in the world of The Widening Gyre, an alternate history timeline which explores a different Great War in which an America led by William Jennings Bryan stays neutral, causing the conflict to last a year longer. In the timeline, this ultimately leads to successful...

"The Reign of Emperor Vader" is a Star Wars AU (primarily) told from the perspective of an in-universe piece of nonfiction covering the events following the assassination of Emperor Palpatine roughly six years before the (prime timeline) Battle of Yavin. Will be starting with several pre-written...

In a realm beyond mortal comprehension, where the skies shimmered with the light of a thousand dying stars, and the ground pulsed with the energy of forgotten worlds, the gods convened. Here, in the Hall of Forgotten Echoes, time twisted upon itself, and reality folded like fragile parchment. It...

Always Forward, Never Backwards! A White Fang Quest Kuo Kuana during the monsoon season is a miserable place to be. Great waves smash into the network of stilt houses, shantytowns and pre-Independence palatial manors that make up the capital of Mengarie, crushing the poorly constructed to...

As inspired by: Omicron's Asphodel in Mourning, Tempera's In A World We Must Defend, ArvisPresley's Trails of Tera Steel and Soussouni's I Will Touch The Skies as well as taking not-so-few inspirations by Korean Otome Isekai and Villainess Webtoons (I will not name them all there are too many)...

Disclaimer: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the characters are all a property of JK Rowling. Authors Note(Please Read): This story is purely my interpretation of how things could go if Harry had a little bit more of James and Lily’s intelligence, remember for all of the pranking and...

Hey, there. I'm BNSF1995, a newcomer around these parts. I first heard of Sufficient Velocity while reading about Strypgia's Neon Genesis Evangelion stories on TV Tropes, namely A Crown of Stars and Advice & Trust. Now I have made the decision to create a story here. Not really a story, more...

Hey sup, I just got denied from multiple universities in an attempt to get a degree in climate science so I guess escapism through questing is the way to go. So I've been thinking of this idea of a quest, and just to scare off half the people reading this probably a planquest because I love...

The Year is 1950 in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland more specifically its magical community is on the path of change as in 10 years one Lord Voldermort will rise into power infamy and plunge magical Britain into a war. Will your organization survive or be another page in...

The gentle sea breeze from my balcony helped blow the green tea cold. I took a sip and fought back the cringe as I swallowed. Harusame's Jinchuriki herbal remedy was the most bitter thing I have tasted in a month, but only for a second. It settled in my stomach and a nigh orgasmic wave of relief...

The year is 1992. The past fifteen years or so have seen some massive political changes sweep across the world, setting the stage for a new epoch in capitalist history. The great period of change arguably started back in the 1970s, when a long period of ‘stagflation’ brought an end to the...