I haven't read Frankenreich but the blurb lead me to assume it had been inspired by Star Trek as one of it's "many sources" of sci-fi inspiration.
SV's Pick of the Month User Submissions Thread
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You know, sure, why not? See, it was all part of the plan!😅
By the way, whilst you're here, feel free to propose any quest, fic, or other thread you've been particularly enjoying as a submission for User Pick of the Month. This thread never gets as many submissions as I would like (whilst it has been better recently), so you'd be helping us out, and giving a shout-out to one of your favourite things on SV at the same time.
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We actually should do a themed month.
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- Brittany, France
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😡🔥
prometheus110
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I think this is the right bloody thread.
Anyway, first December suggestion (since I didn't know it existed until after Winterfest nominations closed)
NO TRUCE WITH THE ANGELS by @TheOneMoiderah
What happens when you cross Evangelion with Disco Elysium? Some bullshit. That's what. After dying and coming back to life just as the first angel lands on Earth, Gendo Ikari (god help us) kinda-sorta has to save the world while not being as much of a colossal twat and terrible father as he was the first time around. While the quest has only just started, No Truce With The Angels has a banger vibe three updates in and one of the best lines in an introduction post I've ever seen.
Also, have I mentioned the vibe? Because the vibes are real good.
NO TRUCE WITH THE ANGELS Mature - Sci-Fi
Fancier Submission that breaks the rules
Anyway, first December suggestion (since I didn't know it existed until after Winterfest nominations closed)
NO TRUCE WITH THE ANGELS by @TheOneMoiderah
What happens when you cross Evangelion with Disco Elysium? Some bullshit. That's what. After dying and coming back to life just as the first angel lands on Earth, Gendo Ikari (god help us) kinda-sorta has to save the world while not being as much of a colossal twat and terrible father as he was the first time around. While the quest has only just started, No Truce With The Angels has a banger vibe three updates in and one of the best lines in an introduction post I've ever seen.
Also, have I mentioned the vibe? Because the vibes are real good.
NO TRUCE WITH THE ANGELS Mature - Sci-Fi
Fancier Submission that breaks the rules
What happens when you cross Evangelion with Disco Elysium? Some bullshit. That's what.
While it has only just started, No Truce With The Angels has a banger vibe three updates in and one of the best lines in an introduction post I've ever seen.
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While it has only just started, No Truce With The Angels has a banger vibe three updates in and one of the best lines in an introduction post I've ever seen.
NO TRUCE WITH THE ANGELS Mature - Sci-Fi
You are a fuckup. Try to succeed where the past you failed.
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Marked for Death by @eaglejarl @Velorien , and @Paperclipped
Naruto reimagined as a deathworld without most of the canon plot holes. The Main Character is a missing nin, running away from Yagura's Bloody Mist. A young genin, you are joined by some genin peers, several older chunnin, and a few jonin. Your goal? Survive the deathworld, survive the hunter nin sent after you, and live long enough to establish your own Hidden Village.
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Naruto reimagined as a deathworld without most of the canon plot holes. The Main Character is a missing nin, running away from Yagura's Bloody Mist. A young genin, you are joined by some genin peers, several older chunnin, and a few jonin. Your goal? Survive the deathworld, survive the hunter nin sent after you, and live long enough to establish your own Hidden Village.
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
Naruto reimagined as a deathworld without most of the canon plot holes.
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The first arc of this story just got concluded, so I figured that it would be a good timing to recommend this whimsical story.
The Wizard of Elsewhere By @HattedOne
The wizard Barnibus finds himself like a fish out of water when his foolishness lands himself wet and cold in a land far from his library. Obviously not ready for any kind of adventure Barnibus is forced to use whimsical magic and foolhardiness to save his hide, and maybe he can save some others too?
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The Wizard of Elsewhere By @HattedOne
The wizard Barnibus finds himself like a fish out of water when his foolishness lands himself wet and cold in a land far from his library. Obviously not ready for any kind of adventure Barnibus is forced to use whimsical magic and foolhardiness to save his hide, and maybe he can save some others too?
The Wizard of Elsewhere
Wizards are a finicky bunch who prefer shuffling about their Libraries, pouring through ancient tomes, or discussing at length the existential complexities of the number thirteen to… just about anything else. Wizards haven't ventured on quests in centuries and there haven't really been any...
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- Back in the 90s (In a very famous TV show)
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Can people link their own writing here? I'm working on what I feel is the best longform piece I've ever worked on, but due to its dark subject matter it's gotten almost no attention.
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Multiple people have submitted something for self promotion by now, I don't think anyone ever objected.
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- Back in the 90s (In a very famous TV show)
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[Fallout] American Intoxicants by @RiverDelta
Jackie Stanton is a monster, and everyone around her knows it. She's going to get her just desserts, and by God, it'll be great when she does, but the question is who she's going to hurt before that day comes. It's a story about family, toxic relationships, what makes someone into a bad person, and what happens when someone who wants redemption has done far too evil deeds to ever be eligible for it. The main character is technically an Enclave officer (if you count a bunch of slaving jerks in Ontario who the rest of the Enclave despise as "proper" Enclave), but the real heart of the story is everyone who has to deal with her.
I would really appreciate y'all giving this a look, I think it's some of my best work and I know many people will find it deeply fascinating and interesting.
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Jackie Stanton is a monster, and everyone around her knows it. She's going to get her just desserts, and by God, it'll be great when she does, but the question is who she's going to hurt before that day comes. It's a story about family, toxic relationships, what makes someone into a bad person, and what happens when someone who wants redemption has done far too evil deeds to ever be eligible for it. The main character is technically an Enclave officer (if you count a bunch of slaving jerks in Ontario who the rest of the Enclave despise as "proper" Enclave), but the real heart of the story is everyone who has to deal with her.
I would really appreciate y'all giving this a look, I think it's some of my best work and I know many people will find it deeply fascinating and interesting.
[Fallout] American Intoxicants, or an Irredeemable Transbian's Search for Redemption Mature
This is the story of a monster from the Enclave, what made her who she is, the harm she did to so many, and her impossible quest to be good. Don't worry, Jackie will get what she deserves. The question is who she'll hurt and how they'll deal with it before it all comes crashing down. Please see...
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Three user submissions in a single month!!
This is very exciting! 😃
This is very exciting! 😃
Thanks for the heads up! Should be fixed now!
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
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I'd like to submit
Adventurer In Need (FFXIV) by @Erien
A Final Fantasy 14 quest where the player character is NOT the Warrior Of Light - This was a quest where the plot direction was in the air before the players voted on what are character was. The voters settled on Lucian a male Viera gunner who was taken to be an auxiliary troop from a young age and that was some decades ago. The wayward Viera finds himself in Limsa Lominsa looking to start a new life, but a decade of forced service with the Garlean's leaves scars.
This isn't a quest that starts with an epic plot, voters initially decided to try give the guy a quiet retirement fishing actually, it's a quest about the life and times of an adventurer. Slice of life... but well life in Eorzea is rarely boring (Limsa even less so).
Adventurer In Need (FFXIV) by @Erien
A Final Fantasy 14 quest where the player character is NOT the Warrior Of Light - This was a quest where the plot direction was in the air before the players voted on what are character was. The voters settled on Lucian a male Viera gunner who was taken to be an auxiliary troop from a young age and that was some decades ago. The wayward Viera finds himself in Limsa Lominsa looking to start a new life, but a decade of forced service with the Garlean's leaves scars.
This isn't a quest that starts with an epic plot, voters initially decided to try give the guy a quiet retirement fishing actually, it's a quest about the life and times of an adventurer. Slice of life... but well life in Eorzea is rarely boring (Limsa even less so).
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Minerva Golding and the Wand of Silver (Harry Potter Deconstruction) by @DragonCobolt, with research by @open_sketch
A deconstruction of the Harry Potter series, Minerva Golding and the Wand of Silver is a story about a young Jewish woman living in London during the interwar period who learns that she's actually a wizard. Meticulously researched and well-written, it touches on a bunch of topics including: antisemitism, fascism, homophobia, magical slavery, racism, and whatever the hell is going on with how wizards in the Potter-verse look down on and use non-magical people.
A deconstruction of the Harry Potter series, Minerva Golding and the Wand of Silver is a story about a young Jewish woman living in London during the interwar period who learns that she's actually a wizard. Meticulously researched and well-written, it touches on a bunch of topics including: antisemitism, fascism, homophobia, magical slavery, racism, and whatever the hell is going on with how wizards in the Potter-verse look down on and use non-magical people.
It seems great minds think alike! 😄
This was our Pick of the Month in User Fiction for April.
...Speaking of which, I should update that thread.
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The passage of linear time is a cowards tool.It seems great minds think alike! 😄
This was our Pick of the Month in User Fiction for April.
...Speaking of which, I should update that thread.
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I've read and followed it, but I don't see how it's a deconstruction? It just seems like a total AU that rebuilds a different setting.
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Can I submit Good Drones Obey (@RiverDelta), a story about communism, kink, civil war, and what pain remains in a world that's only getting better?
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Good Drones Obey: Communism and Kink in Post-Revolutionary America Mature - Timeline - Future
A near-future communist revolution timeline about broken people, esoteric kinks, internet culture, revolutionary utopias, and feeling pain in a world where things are finally getting better.
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Can I submit Good Drones Obey (@RiverDelta), a story about communism, kink, civil war, and what pain remains in a world that's only getting better?
Good Drones Obey: Communism and Kink in Post-Revolutionary America Mature - Timeline - Future
A near-future communist revolution timeline about broken people, esoteric kinks, internet culture, revolutionary utopias, and feeling pain in a world where things are finally getting better.
You just have!
And as it's only several hours since May's Picks went live, I snuck you in for this month rather than having to wait until June.
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Neon Lights and Magical Girls -- by @dmclain2
A magical girl story where the focus is on the eldritch entity that grants our magical girl her powers. [Reflection of the Infinite Gyre] is First-Born of the Fair Folk, an old and decayed being from a long-forgotten universe, called forth by a modern-day girl in a new age she doesn't understand.
It's currently only two updates in, but the writing is highly evocative and imaginative, especially in how it portrays Gyre's alien, but understandable, view of the world.
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A magical girl story where the focus is on the eldritch entity that grants our magical girl her powers. [Reflection of the Infinite Gyre] is First-Born of the Fair Folk, an old and decayed being from a long-forgotten universe, called forth by a modern-day girl in a new age she doesn't understand.
It's currently only two updates in, but the writing is highly evocative and imaginative, especially in how it portrays Gyre's alien, but understandable, view of the world.
Neon Lights and Magical Girls Original - Modern
Gyre, or rather [Sphere of the Infinite Gyre] is among the eldest of her kind. Born amidst the crackling of campfires and the reverential silence of listeners as shamans sought to craft meaning from the mystery of the world. For Ages beyond counting she wandered free, collecting within her...
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Vista
(Verified anomalous street lamp)
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a really good star wars si as Ashoka Star Wars: The Force Wills (SW SI)
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
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For June..another quest by @Erien, his quests are really solid and he's actually finished several...which in my experience is rare thing.
The quest in question is Fate/Clusterfuck, which is, naturally, a Fate Stay Night quest. But well things have gone...differently. Ok Sure Shirou saving Medea has been done... but we have dream visits with Circe, and Mordred being summoned, Taiga has a servant... and well that's not even half of it I think. Despite the grail rapidly turning into a ...well clusterfuck it doesn't come off as anything like a Crackfic. The *situation* might be rather hectic and frenetic but the characters act in character rather then any sort of flanderization or meme modes. You have the frantic fights, the competing agendas, characterization you'd all expect from a good story set in the mess that is a grail war but it doesn't get bogged down and it well.. it just feels fun I guess?
Oh and it has Tiger Dojos for bad ends!
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The quest in question is Fate/Clusterfuck, which is, naturally, a Fate Stay Night quest. But well things have gone...differently. Ok Sure Shirou saving Medea has been done... but we have dream visits with Circe, and Mordred being summoned, Taiga has a servant... and well that's not even half of it I think. Despite the grail rapidly turning into a ...well clusterfuck it doesn't come off as anything like a Crackfic. The *situation* might be rather hectic and frenetic but the characters act in character rather then any sort of flanderization or meme modes. You have the frantic fights, the competing agendas, characterization you'd all expect from a good story set in the mess that is a grail war but it doesn't get bogged down and it well.. it just feels fun I guess?
Oh and it has Tiger Dojos for bad ends!
Fate/Clusterfuck (Fate/Stay Night) Mature - Fantasy - Modern
The tale of a grail war gone mad. As a young boy finds a dying witch in a park, many destinies are altered. And in distant England, a shadow stirs.
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