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Title: Now That the Dawn Has Come: Parts 1 & 2 of 10
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Rating: R/Mature: for language, canon-level violence, and some sexuality
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the world is not.
Summary: "Alas! We were lost [...]! We shattered ourselves! We left our elder brothers behind! Our younger brothers! Where did they see the sun? Where must they be staying, now that the dawn has come?" (In which Tom and Pope undertake to save the human race. Starting with each other.) 106,135 words.
Warnings: Post-apocalyptic setting; canon-typical h/c, angst, and interpersonal conflict.
Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergence story. Follows "Waiting for the Dawn", which set up the AU during the back half of Season 3. Contains slash between two angsty, foul-mouthed, conflicted survivors of an alien apocalypse, and chronicles the shifting evolution of their family as they do their best to save Earth from the Espheni threat. (Because canon's idea of how to pull that off... could have used a little applied logic.) Title, summary, and chapter quotes borrowed once again from the Popol Vuh, specifically the Dennis Tedlock translation.
Acknowledgements: Written for the 2016 Extreme Big Bang. Many thanks to debirlfan for the timely alpha read; lanalucy for keeping the challenge going; and everyone who encouraged me along the way!
( Now That the Dawn Has Come: 1/10 )
( Now That the Dawn Has Come: 2/10 )
> > Parts 3 & 4
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Rating: R/Mature: for language, canon-level violence, and some sexuality
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the world is not.
Summary: "Alas! We were lost [...]! We shattered ourselves! We left our elder brothers behind! Our younger brothers! Where did they see the sun? Where must they be staying, now that the dawn has come?" (In which Tom and Pope undertake to save the human race. Starting with each other.) 106,135 words.
Warnings: Post-apocalyptic setting; canon-typical h/c, angst, and interpersonal conflict.
Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergence story. Follows "Waiting for the Dawn", which set up the AU during the back half of Season 3. Contains slash between two angsty, foul-mouthed, conflicted survivors of an alien apocalypse, and chronicles the shifting evolution of their family as they do their best to save Earth from the Espheni threat. (Because canon's idea of how to pull that off... could have used a little applied logic.) Title, summary, and chapter quotes borrowed once again from the Popol Vuh, specifically the Dennis Tedlock translation.
Acknowledgements: Written for the 2016 Extreme Big Bang. Many thanks to debirlfan for the timely alpha read; lanalucy for keeping the challenge going; and everyone who encouraged me along the way!
( Now That the Dawn Has Come: 1/10 )
( Now That the Dawn Has Come: 2/10 )
> > Parts 3 & 4
Title: Now That the Dawn Has Come
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jedibuttercup
Fandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergence story, continuing the plotline established in "Waiting for the Dawn". Contains slash between two angsty, foul-mouthed, conflicted survivors of an alien apocalypse, and chronicles the shifting evolution of their family as they do their best to save Earth from the Espheni threat. (Because canon's version ... could have used a little applied logic.) Further research notes here.
Summary: "Alas! We were lost [...]! We shattered ourselves! We left our elder brothers behind! Our younger brothers! Where did they see the sun? Where must they be staying, now that the dawn has come?" 106,135 words.
(In which Tom and Pope undertake to save the human race. Starting with each other.)
Link to Fic: Now That the Dawn Has Come (on AO3), or in 5 parts at DW, starting here.
Link to Art: Art by cassandrasfisher
Acknowledgements: Written for the 2016![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
extreme_bigbang. Many thanks to debirlfan for the timely alpha read; lanalucy for keeping the challenge going; and everyone who encouraged me along the way!
Author:
jedibuttercupFandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergence story, continuing the plotline established in "Waiting for the Dawn". Contains slash between two angsty, foul-mouthed, conflicted survivors of an alien apocalypse, and chronicles the shifting evolution of their family as they do their best to save Earth from the Espheni threat. (Because canon's version ... could have used a little applied logic.) Further research notes here.
Summary: "Alas! We were lost [...]! We shattered ourselves! We left our elder brothers behind! Our younger brothers! Where did they see the sun? Where must they be staying, now that the dawn has come?" 106,135 words.
(In which Tom and Pope undertake to save the human race. Starting with each other.)
Link to Fic: Now That the Dawn Has Come (on AO3), or in 5 parts at DW, starting here.
Link to Art: Art by cassandrasfisher
Acknowledgements: Written for the 2016
extreme_bigbang. Many thanks to debirlfan for the timely alpha read; lanalucy for keeping the challenge going; and everyone who encouraged me along the way!Title: Waiting for the Dawn
Author:jedibuttercup
Fandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergent AU, beginning during 3.05 "Search and Rescue" and continuing through the end of the season. Summary and chapter titles borrowed from the Popul Vuh. Contains low-key slash; canon-typical h/c, angst, and interpersonal conflict; semi-canonical death of a minor character; family feels; and a hopeful, sort-of-fixit ending.
Summary: "Such was the defeat of the rulers of Xibalba: accomplished only through wonders, only through self-transformation." 43,500 words.
(Or: instead of a fight in the woods, Tom and Pope have a conversation. And from that ripple in the pond, the future changes.)
Acknowledgements: Tosulien, pronker, edenfalling and xlade for being a huge encouragement when I needed it, and everyone else who reads and comments on my more obscure work.
( Waiting for the Dawn ) (or story at AO3)
Author:
jedibuttercupFandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergent AU, beginning during 3.05 "Search and Rescue" and continuing through the end of the season. Summary and chapter titles borrowed from the Popul Vuh. Contains low-key slash; canon-typical h/c, angst, and interpersonal conflict; semi-canonical death of a minor character; family feels; and a hopeful, sort-of-fixit ending.
Summary: "Such was the defeat of the rulers of Xibalba: accomplished only through wonders, only through self-transformation." 43,500 words.
(Or: instead of a fight in the woods, Tom and Pope have a conversation. And from that ripple in the pond, the future changes.)
Acknowledgements: To
sulien, pronker, edenfalling and xlade for being a huge encouragement when I needed it, and everyone else who reads and comments on my more obscure work.( Waiting for the Dawn ) (or story at AO3)
Title: Voices Like Thunder
Author:jedibuttercup
Series: B:tVS/Falling Skies crossover
Rating: PG-15/M
Warnings: Some violence; post-apocalyptic setting; off-screen traumatic death of an OC.
Summary: "And I heard a voice like the noise of thunder..." (Life after the Apocalypse, Slayer Style, among the Massachusetts Militia). 19,300 words.
Notes: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Falling Skies crossover, set after the Season 8 comics and the Season 1 finale, with spoilers for both. Contains canon-typical violence, injury, OC Slayers, low-key Buffy/Kennedy femslash, and the canonical survivors of the Second Massachusetts Militia Regiment, among them: angsty kids, foul mouthed soldiers, misogynistic gun nuts, and one very determined ex-professor.
Acknowledgements: To sulien77 for being a huge encouragement, kerravonsen for advice on the artwork, and everyone else who read and commented along the way. Written in parts for the 2011 TwistedShorts Fic-a-Thon.
( Voices Like Thunder )
Author:
jedibuttercupSeries: B:tVS/Falling Skies crossover
Rating: PG-15/M
Warnings: Some violence; post-apocalyptic setting; off-screen traumatic death of an OC.
Summary: "And I heard a voice like the noise of thunder..." (Life after the Apocalypse, Slayer Style, among the Massachusetts Militia). 19,300 words.
Notes: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Falling Skies crossover, set after the Season 8 comics and the Season 1 finale, with spoilers for both. Contains canon-typical violence, injury, OC Slayers, low-key Buffy/Kennedy femslash, and the canonical survivors of the Second Massachusetts Militia Regiment, among them: angsty kids, foul mouthed soldiers, misogynistic gun nuts, and one very determined ex-professor.
Acknowledgements: To sulien77 for being a huge encouragement, kerravonsen for advice on the artwork, and everyone else who read and commented along the way. Written in parts for the 2011 TwistedShorts Fic-a-Thon.
( Voices Like Thunder )
