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Welcome To My DW!

This is where you’ll find a list of my fanfics. First the ones written in English, then the ones written in German. Many but not all were written as part of exchanges. You can also browse my tags, especially if you’re interested in my meta. And if you want to adapt or translate any of my fics, please read my statement on transformative works. You can also find all of my fics on the AO3 and my non-fic work in addition to that on my personal website (both are linked in the sidebar).

Additionally, if you’re open to being a beta reader for me, please check out this post detailing stories that I am currently looking to get betaed.

( My Works (In English) )

Willkommen in meinem DW

Hier findet ihr eine Liste meiner Geschichten (Fanfiction wie Originale). Oben die englischen, und unten die deutschen. Ihr könnt auch außerdem meine Tags durchstöbern, besonders wenn ihr Interesse an Meta habt. Und falls ihr eine meiner Geschichten adaptieren oder übersetzen möchtet, lest euch bitte mein Statement dazu durch. Meine Fanfics könnt ihr auch alle auf dem AO3 finden, und mehr von mir auf meiner Website (beide sind an der Seite verlinkt).

Und für den Fall, dass ihr bereit seit für mich beta zu lesen, bitte ich euch, diesen Post anzuschauen.

( Meine Geschichten (in Deutsch) )

These are stories where I am looking for betas before publishing them. I’m fine with any type of beta you’re willing to offer, from just SPAG to checking plot, characterization, pacing and the like.

50 Acres. Fandom: Warrior (TV 2019). Length: 430 words. Rating: G. A short introspective look at what might go on in Nellie's Head during S3.

The Advantages of Having a Criminal for a Father. Fandom: Banshee. Length: 1730 words. Rating: T. A short fic about the post-canon relationship between Lucas Hood and his daughter, from her PoV.

A Dish Served Cold. Fandom: Warrior (TV 2019). Length: 418 words. Rating: T. Introspective look at Mai Ling after S3.

A Dream in the Moonlight. Fandom: The King's Affection. Length: 613 words. Rating: T. A short fic about how things end between Lee Hyun and his brother, set during the last episode.

Fragments of a Life. Fandom: Moving (Kdrama). Length: 1000 words. Rating: T. A sequence of five double drabbles about Kim Dooshik's life post-canon.

Friends and Benefits. Fandom: Andor. Length: 2809 words. Rating: T. A small pre-canon adventure featuring Bix and Cassian.

Harder to Live With. Fandom: Carnival Row. Length: 1496 words. Rating: G. Three scenes exploring Portia's development post-season 1.

Heleus Herbals. Fandom: Mass Effect: Andromeda. Length: 781 words. Rating: G. A small post-canon ficlet featuring slice of life established F!Ryder/Suvi.

Lick Your Wounds and Get Up Again. Fandom: Warrior (TV 2019). Length: 1519 words. Rating: T. Set immediately after S3 - unexpected guests turn up on Bill O'Hara's doorstep.

Web of Fate. Fandom: Carnival Row. Length: ~77,000 words. Rating: M-E. A post-S1 AU focussing on Jonah and Philo. It's a gen/het mix with explicit-ish sex scenes (Philo/Vignette) but an overarching gen plot with lots of worldbuilding. I'd really love to know if the plot works, most of all, since it's my first fic of this length and type.

Dasselbe gilt auch für die folgenden Geschichten, nur eben auf Deutsch - Rechtschreibung, Plot, Charakterisierung, Struktur und so weiter - ich freue mich über jede Art Feedback, die ihr mir anbieten könnt.

Zu Asche, zu Staub. Fandom: Babylon Berlin. Länge: 883 Wörter. Altersfreigabe: 16+. Eine Übersetzung des gleichnamigen Ficlets - hier bräuchte ich also hauptsächlich Feedback zur Sprache.

Title: Better Late Than Never
Fandom: Knight Flower
Author:

rodo
Length: 7639 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: romance, humor
Pairing: Cho Yeo-hwa/Park Soo-ho
Disclaimer: everything belongs to MBC
A/N: written for kaitou during 2025’s

fandom5k

Summary: Yeo-hwa is back in Hanyang, but getting together with Soo-ho turns out to be a bit more complicated than she had imagined. But then again, when has their relationship ever been simple?

( Mischievous banter, a hand on her wrist, an elegant twirl like a practised dance move, and Cho Yeo-hwa found herself in Park Soo-ho’s arms. )

► I absolutely loved the first season of the Murderbot TV series! If you haven’t watched it yet, I can only recommend it, because all the characters are varying levels of adorable, but especially Murderbot itself is just wonderful and Alexander Skarsgård does a great job. Also, it’s very relatable. I too would rather spend my time watching trashy TV shows instead of being a Productive Member of Society™. I’ll stay out of the fandom, though. That way lies madness.

► I’ve also played Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and honestly, worst game of the series I’ve played so far. It’s just so long, and such a slog. After sixty hours I was still stuck in the middle somewhere, doing repetitive tasks. Plus, the ahistoricity really weighed on me, even though I have no idea about the time period – if even I can tell, how bad is it really? Also, I hate Sigurd. Like, why is he the boss to begin with, with everybody seemingly being all into it? All he does is swan around sprouting great ideas while everyone else does all the work. I’ve met too many people like that in real life to find it charming – and it wouldn’t even have been that bad if only they’d made him actually do significant stuff off-screen. But no, this is a video game, and the PC has to do everything… also, one of the most annoyingly buggy games I’ve ever played. Twice, I accidentally skipped over half a quest… and that was just the worst of a very buggy experience.

► I binged The Assassin recently, an Amazon Prime mini-series with 6 episodes, and I loved it! For those who might be interested, here’s what it’s about: Middle-aged retired assassin Julie (Keeley Hawes) is not enjoying her retirement on a quiet Greek island when her estranged son Edward (Freddie Highmore) visits with news about his impending marriage and questions about his father. Then, someone tries to draw her back into the job – only for things to take a catastrophic turn almost immediately. Along for the ride are rich siblings Kayla and Ezra and innocent bystander Luka, as well as an assortment of Julie’s former associates and a mysterious MILF who’s really into anime.

Title: Words Left Unsaid
Fandom: The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Author:

rodo
Length: 2250 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: hurt/comfort
Characters: Rear Adm. George Tarrant & Nancy Brubaker
Warnings/Labels: grieving, canonical character death
Disclaimer: The movie and everything from it belongs to Paramount Pictures.
A/N: written for ifiwereabell for 2025’s

hurtcomfortex.

Summary: Harry Brubaker’s story ended in death – but that wasn’t really the end. Life went on after death, and Nancy Brubaker was left to pick up the pieces of hers, same as Admiral George Tarrant, who had been doing so for a decade. And sometimes, the only thing that helps is picking them up together.

( Dear Nancy, I am writing to you today to express my heartfelt condolences regarding the death of your husband. )

► As I mentioned, I did Rough Draft Month this month, a small, cosy NaNo replacement. It was supposed to pick me up a bit, and it did. But of course it was also stressful. Still, managed to hit my word count, all on one story. It’s a shitty story, but since my goal wasn’t to write a good one, that’s okay. I find that I am far more experimental and free with my English when just writing for the sake of it, rather than to produce something good, and that’s something I can then use in other stories. It also helped me figure out some general things about the story, should I ever rewrite it, from the natural stopping point (which I actually hit at 50k, by some miracle), and the arc of one of the main characters that I’d been struggling with. One of these days, I need to try this kind of challenge with a pre-planned story, though, rather than winging it all the time.

► I somehow managed to write my

fandom5k story in addition to that. Which was A Lot. Fandom 5K is the one exchange where I really wish the writing period was longer, since I tend to do intensive canon review with a lot of notes, and since coming up with a story idea sometimes takes me some time as well. I still need to do some editing, which is rare for me. I’m usually done at least a week early.

► My cat: it is summer, woe is me, I am a sad puddle on the floor, please make it stop. Also my cat: it is now the middle of the night and we need to cuddle. I don’t care if it’s still hot, need cuddles. (She’s elderly now, and she lost a lot of weight – down to a healthier 4.5 kg – which was hopefully just due to a change in diet when she started taking her heart meds, but whatever the case, she gets to get away with everything and I suffer through sleepless nights with a furry furnace clinging to me.)

( obligatory picture of the puddle in her favourite melting place )

► Job search is not going well and it’s beginning to eat at my soul. In fact, half the time, I just want to give up. The mandatory job searcher coaching is… whatever the opposite of helpful is.

► The garden is a lost cause. We planted so much, but then one bunny became three and four new crops became minus ten, because they eat everything. The onions? Sad green stumps. The strawberries? Ditto. The Swiss chard? Never had a chance. Neither did the radishes. The herb garden will hopefully regrow next year, but for now, no fresh herbs. The potatoes and rhubarb? Nibbled on at the edges (which my mother says can’t possibly be healthy for them). The only plants still standing unharmed are the red kuri squash (hidden on the compost heap), the zucchini and the borage, for reasons unknown. I’m livid, and I was this close to breaking the snitches get stitches rule of our neighbourhood and ratting our neighbour out to whoever’s responsible for irresponsible pet owners. We have fucking wolves here. He only managed to cage them again last week.

► I figured out something new about myself (that never stops, does it?) – my reaction to hearing the bass of distant music is misophonia, not just a normal reaction to it/tiredness. That’s why it doesn’t matter how quiet it gets. Even if I can barely hear it, it’s a rage/depression/confusion/madness button (in fact, often-times the low volume makes it worse). Brought to you by my neighbours starting to party at midday and not stopping until the middle of the night. They turn down the volume at night so as not to bother the neighbours/break the law, but doesn’t help in the slightest if the mere suggestion of it is enough to drive you batty. At least it was a Saturday, meaning I could use earplugs for sleeping.

► I signed up for Rough Draft Month next month. Not sure if it’s a good idea, what with, well … *points upwards*, but I’ve got my Fandom5K Assignment to get to and I can use a distraction. I think I really need my brain to stop running in circles, and writing tends to do the trick.

first off, I hope you’re going to have fun writing for me and that this letter helps you. I’d also like to say that I’d like fic for all the characters/pairings/fandoms I’m requesting here, whether it follows my prompts or not. If you have an idea that you absolutely want to write about these characters and it doesn’t go against my DNWs, feel free to write it. And if you think you have a better idea than me (which is quite likely) the same applies.

( General information, DNWs and Likes )

Now for the canons:

Gran Hotel (TV)
무빙 | Moving (TV)
설강화 | Snowdrop (TV)
Zorro (TV 2024)

( Gran Hotel (TV) )

( 무빙 | Moving (TV) )

( 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )

( Zorro (TV 2024) )

► Still looking for a job. Had my first proper interview and I was so happy I got rejected after. I was not a good fit for them and they were not a good fit for me, even though they were perfectly nice. But I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll ever get anywhere…

► Taking a break from the garden because of the birches. Allergies suck. But, I managed to sow all the seeds, and we’ve managed to score Sieglinde potatoes this year. Hopefully the drought doesn’t ruin our harvest because Sieglinde are the best potatoes (you can try to fight me, but you haven’t lived until you’ve had Sieglinde grown in bog soil). The strawberry harvest was already ruined because the neighbour’s bunny ate all the leaves. (Neighbour sucks at keeping her caged and this is not her first summer in our garden. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrBEFrbLlqM&feature=youtu.be )

► My mother got the all-clear on Monday. The hip replacement surgery went about as well as one can (minus the rocky recovery due to auto-immune disease) and I no longer have to drive her everywhere. She’s pretty happy to have her independence back too, as you can probably imagine. She’s also noticeably more active when it comes to the little things, like carrying everything out to the verandah so we can have coffee in the garden – she didn’t manage that once last year.

► And lastly: I wrote a haiku (in German), even if I usually prefer tankas:

Zank im Apfelbaum.

Zwei Amseln wettern. Es fällt:

ein Blütenregen.

Happy Labour Day, everyone!