patrokla

A very long time ago (March 18, 2019), I was about halfway through the first season of the Magicians and thought I'd try my hand at writing a fic. That fic was not good, and I soon moved on to other things (mostly more ficwriting), but I'm feeling nostalgic about the Magicians so I thought I'd put it up, partly out of sentiment and partly because it's a good way to remind myself that I've gotten leagues better at writing in the last year, and that's mainly been due to the Magicians fandom and the fantastic writers and readers in it! I won't miss what the show became, but I will miss the camaraderie.

Anyway, here, as promised, is the fic. It's set in either another timeline or an AU of early s1, and it is...what it is. Mostly bad, but also fun.

( Read more... )

chapter 2! I've been posting snippets of it on tumblr, but have generally refrained from admitting that the central trope of this fic has slightly fallen by the wayside. Hopefully I'll get back to it in chapter 3.

all our unwanted pieces left under the ice (6707 words) by patrokla
Chapters: 2/4
Fandom: The Magicians (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh
Characters: Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Quentin Coldwater, Fen (The Magicians), Tick Pickwick
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aftermath of Possession, Canadian Shack, Drunk Sex, Queer Friendship, a lot of emotions for something that was supposed to be tropey!, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day, Mental Health Issues, Dubiously Erotic Sex
Summary:

"The Long Winter, as Eliot remembers it, and as Tick still insists on explaining twice that day, is exactly as it sounds: a long fucking winter."

Or, the one where Eliot, Margo, and Quentin get snowed in at Castle Whitespire.

I am weirdly nervous about it, but I think that's because this is my first serious crack at getting into Eliot's head, and I have no idea if I succeeded. Anyway, part 1 is up, which means I can stop obsessively revising it and go on to finishing the second part.

all our unwanted pieces left under the ice (3287 words) by patrokla
Chapters: 1/4
Fandom: The Magicians (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh
Characters: Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Quentin Coldwater, Fen (The Magicians), Tick Pickwick
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aftermath of Possession, Canadian Shack, Drunk Sex, Queer Friendship, a lot of emotions for something that was supposed to be tropey!, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Summary:

"The Long Winter, as Eliot remembers it, and as Tick still insists on explaining twice that day, is exactly as it sounds: a long fucking winter."

Or, the one where Eliot, Margo, and Quentin get snowed in at Castle Whitespire.

I'm planning on going back and posting links to my recent fics, but here is the newest:

unfurl and show every color (3185 words) by patrokla
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Magicians (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh
Characters: Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater
Additional Tags: Oysters Rockefeller AU, Past Child Abuse, Psychological Trauma, how to tag..., basically an AU from the hale appleman cinematic universe, excessive secret garden references
Summary:

Eliot has never seen the sun.