AsterAspera
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bloody and raw (but i swear it is sweet) by oleo-sacrum (AsterAspera) for bostonmolassesdisaster
Fandoms: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας - Αἰσχύλος | Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus, The Thebaid - Statius, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
25 Nov 2025
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The fire in the hearth burns low, the smoke dark and breathless, spilling into the room. It makes him think of blood, of the sickening choke of sacrificial flames.
There is an ancient, vile anger within him, spreading slow like cracks under the ice, further and further, deeper and deeper, until he plunges into the freezing water.
He takes a deep, unsteady breath, paces from one side of the room, then to the other, aimless wandering circles, as the cold stone walls seem to draw closer, wrap around him like a tomb.
He thinks of his brother’s slack face. He thinks of his mother’s horror. He thinks of the sick satisfaction that curls through his chest when he draws blood.
He thinks of the stranger. His dark hair. The sting of his teeth, the dull ache of his punches, that settled warm between his ribs.
The halls are empty, warmth still lingering in the echoes of life that colour the palace. A stark contrast to the untamed wilderness he had made his home before. A shawl left on a bench, a basket of fibres by the window, a last sputtering torch. Like ghosts of home, that dog his every step as he walks the tightening circles inwards, to the very heart of the palace.
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Fade away with you by AsterAspera
Fandoms: Oedipus Cycle - Sophocles, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
03 Nov 2025
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If she loved him less, she might have asked him to stay.
Instead, they come to a crossroads. Instead, she pretends not to see the tears in his eyes, the way his feet stumble and waver. The way he casts his gaze to Thebes every few steps as if she calls him back.Series
- Part 5 of Thebes Week
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Unearth without a name by AsterAspera
Fandoms: epigoni - Fandom, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
30 Oct 2025
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- Part 4 of Thebes Week
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Sun Bleached Flies by AsterAspera
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, epigoni - Fandom
29 Oct 2025
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God loves you, but not enough to save you
So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself
Sthenelus is raised by a man who hates the gods.
Or well, raised is perhaps the wrong word. He still flinches, even so many years later, a sword more welcome than an open hand, because at least that does not taste of blood in his mouth and bruises on tender skin.Series
- Part 3 of Thebes Week
- Part 2 of Preacher's Daughter
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It burns through me by AsterAspera for bostonmolassesdisaster
Fandoms: Oedipus Cycle - Sophocles, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
28 Oct 2025
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Her hands are lined with age now.
They shake when she lifts them to her loom, when she winds the weft round her shuttle and pulls it through in a swift whisper.
They ache with years of repetition, years of sitting too far from the fire and letting the cold creep into her bones. Their palace had never been warm, but her siblings’ laughter had filled it with light, bringing joy to the dark hallways. To the corners that filled with shadows and seemed to reach out to her in the depths of night.Series
- Part 2 of Thebes Week
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Thebes Week by AsterAspera
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, epigoni - Fandom, Oedipus Cycle - Sophocles, The Iliad - Homer, The Thebaid - Statius, Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας - Αἰσχύλος | Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus
03 Nov 2025
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- 5
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Preacher's Daughter by AsterAspera
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, epigoni - Fandom, The Iliad - Homer
29 Oct 2025
- Words:
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- 2
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Diomedes vs the family curse (undiagnosed schizophrenia)
- Words:
- 20,312
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- 5
- Bookmarks:
- 44
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Battle cries by AsterAspera
Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
29 Dec 2021
- Words:
- 2,079
- Works:
- 2
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- 8
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The torn-up road by AsterAspera
Fandom: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
13 Jun 2024
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Their trip has been a success—demons slayed, some balance to the universe restored—but all he can feel is death lurking behind him.
It’s symbolism, he knows. The curse wouldn’t work if John wasn’t such fertile ground for suffering.
Chas has died so many times for John. Because of John. It’s only fitting that Chas should be what finally brings John into the ground.
Bookmarked by AsterAspera
29 Nov 2025
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They’re sixteen and lying on the roof of a dilapidated high-rise, staring up at the clouds rolling by, when John says, apropros of nothing:
“I think I might actually be a fag, Chas.”
“What?!” Chas sputters, sitting up and looking over at him. “Don’t say that word.”
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- Part 2 of Deep End Of The 'Pool
- Language:
- English
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- 3,021
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by AsterAspera
14 Nov 2025
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PROVE YOU LOVE ME (WITH A BATARANG TO THE THROAT) by spiritsglade
Fandoms: Batman (Comics)
27 Apr 2025
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YOUR FATHER HAS made this decision before. he rejects having the choices placed before him once more, but if there is one thing you did right today it is that you have forced his hand.
his answer is the same.
OR: you are jason todd, and you are the child with its hand on the stovetop, and you are the frog sitting passive in a pot set to boil. how many times will you have to burn before you learn to pull away?
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Bookmarked by AsterAspera
12 Nov 2025
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In the wake of Gotham War, Dick decides to give Bruce one final chance, but he doesn’t believe it will last very long. Bruce claims that Zur is gone, and, well, Dick believes that. It’s just that the problem didn’t start with Zur, so why would it end with him? Bruce has been hitting his apprentices since Dick was eight years old. He’s said he would stop before, and sometimes, it’s even lasted a while. But Bruce breaks all of his promises, sans one, and Dick is just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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- Part 1 of Fool Me Thrice
- Language:
- English
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- 20,836
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
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- Comments:
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Bookmarked by AsterAspera
05 Nov 2025
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Ten years is a long time to wait.
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- Part 1 of for the love of nobody
Bookmarked by AsterAspera
25 Jun 2024