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Jan 01, 2030 00:00

Fiction (Canon)
(All fiction @ AO3)

Illustrated Cast List

"Of Serpents and Usurpers" (@ FF.N, AO3, Skyehawke)
Summary: Salazar Slytherin discusses the matter of his greatest enemy with his wife, and considers the choices he has had to make between love, duty, and loyalty. WARNING: Contains mention of pregnancy and infant death.

"The Independent Variable" (@ AO3)
Summary: Young Rowena and her best friend Helga decide to test a well-known law of the universe. Godric, however, is not particularly fond of their methods. Contains bullying, amateur science, and the mistreatment of cats.

"The Duelist's Dilemma" (@ FF.N, AO3)
Summary: Helga and Basil meet cute at a duel.

"Strictly Business" (@ AO3)
Summary: A coda to "The Duelist's Dilemma." Basil gets bitten by a pear. Yes, really.

"The Whole Mad Tale"
Summary: Rowena thought she had gone quite mad before her husband died, but it's hardly anything compared to the aftermath. WARNING: There is nothing explicit in this story, but it does deal implicitly with spousal rape, murder, mourning, and depression.

Between Here and Now and Forever (@ FF.N, Skyhawke, AO3)
Summary: All Godric wanted was a quiet life of scholarship, ideally one that didn't involve starving to death. So when two old friends (well, acquaintances, really) showed up and offered him a teaching job, he took it with few reservations, not realizing how extensively he was involving himself in international magical politics.
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10
Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15
Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20
Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | Chapter 25
Chapter 26 | Chapter 27 | Chapter 28 | Chapter 29 | Chapter 30
Chapter 31 | Chapter 32

Fiction (Not Necessarily Canon)

"Godric Gryffindor and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"
Summary: Helga has a crush on Godric, who has a crush on Rowena, who has a crush on Helga's older brother, except it turns out she has to get married to some other guy she never met, all because of a stupid goblin rebellion. One-shot.
Notes: What with historical edits to the novel-length and some significant backstory changes, this fic is pretty much No Longer Canon. I'm considering rewriting it (or just writing a new version) but there are definitely some background details that are still canon, like the goblin rebellion.

"Flawed"
Summary: "The mirror was a complete disappointment." Godric/Rowena drabble.

"Herbology in September" (@ AO3)
Summary: "The school has only been open for five years, but the new students always arrive with their heads full of ridiculous stories." Helga drabble.

Untitled
Summary: Rowena is kidnapped. Drabble-length ficsnippet.
Notes: This inspired a major plot arc, but it won't be the way it's depicted.

"Dreams and Nightmares" (@ AO3)
Summary: Eight drabbles about the Founders, written for the prompt "dream."

"Rock Paper Scissors" (@ AO3)
Summary: Four drabbles about the FOunders, written for the prompt "materials."

"School Days" (@ AO3)
Summary: Five drabbles about the Founders, written for the prompt "companions."

"If Not the Weight of the World" (@ AO3)
Summary Fifty sentences about Godric and Rowena.
Notes: Some of these things will happen. Some of them won't. Some of them already have.

Untitled AIM log concerning murder as comedy
Summary: Helga beats a guy to death, but it's okay! He was an arse!

Untitled commentfic about the release of book 7
Summary: Rowena is bitching about how SHE could have written it BETTER and using her previous crossreferenced other books to indicate that CLEARLY this is where it was headed and is writing TL;DR essays about bad magical theory. Helga camped out and got it first, but Godric didn't plan ahead and arrived at 11:45, and is still in line, trying to pretend he meant to do that.
Notes: I STILL LOVE THIS ONE. Not canon at all, obviously, because none of the Founders share any fandoms.

Meta

"Wand Cores in the Middle Ages"
Summary: An essay about the economics and biology of wand cores in a medieval magical world.

"Theme music" links and explanations for the four Founders
Music for medieval politicians
Music for backstory angst

Art and Visuals
I have not received any fanart; I would certainly link to it if anyone did any. However, occasionally I decide to draw/make things. (It's always a terrible idea, but you know how it is.)

Drawings:
Stepford Childhood Founders - this was an attempt at a supercutesy style, so I had to add unnecessary violence. Godric is short because a.) he's short, b.) he's younger than the girls, and c.) I think Helga and Rowena are that age where girls have a growth spurt and boys don't.
Zombie Rowena - some ancient physiologists used to think that people's hearts were where their thoughts came from. Zombie Rowena reminds me of Unity from Skin Horse.
Helga, Rowena, and Godric - doodled on class notes.
Back to Back Badassery - inspired by all the movies and comics where pretty period clothing never seems to look much worse after a big horrible battle.
Badass Rowena - drawn for the picture above.
Badass Godric - um. also drawn for the picture above, but I'm embarrassed to say I drew this.

Heraldry (all 'shopped; I drew none of these things):
The Aeaeae coat of arms
Rowena's own coat of arms
Godric's (eventual) coat of arms

Pixel Dolls and Other Not-Entirely-My-Art Work:
Godric, Rowena, Helga, and Salazar - I think I did this in Paint. My favorite part is Salazar's little hat. I forget whose bases these were -- if you know, please tell me!
Helena, looking mischevious.
Outfit for Godric - I gave up doing medieval outfits on Polyvore after this, because there isn't much to use, but I think this came out decently considering my limitations.

Steampunk Helga - using the Eifu base by Angy-Chan. I had initially planned to do a series of Steampunk Founders, but my computer broke halfway through Rowena. Maybe later.

Modern Founders plus Jasper and Basil - from the eLouai Candybar dollmaker
Modern ...Characters - more eLouai dolls, these characters are from a forthcoming fic that involves zombies and is set between Rowena's husband's death and the start of Hogwarts.

City of Heroes!Rowena - So I was trying to write the cyberpunk superheroes, and I was having costume trouble, and... um, long story short, I started playing City of Heroes.
City of Villains!Helga - this character got to be so badass. Then I recreated her over on the RP server and she got even awesomer.
CoV!Helga Take 2 - like I said, really badass. Really fun to play. If I have the time/money to start playing again, I totally will.
CoH!Godric - not a good character to play. He kept getting absolutely flattened in every fight. Also, that Stern Heroic Visage really doesn't work for Godric.

Cyberpunk Superheroes AU:
Yes, really. I've written a few stories set in an original 'verse with original characters, but they are pretty much the Founders transposed, and with a wildly different plot. I'm planning on a series, but I want to finish this project first. Still, figured I'd include the art.
Sophie, aka Botanikka - she's sort of a cross between Helen B. Narbon and Klaus Wulfenbach, but she can control plants and punch through walls, and has a Cause. She's... um, not one of the good guys.
Colored version of Sophie - kenderlord asked for it.
Livia Lewis, aka Sapphire - this was primarily a uniform design. Her face was supposed to be FLYING AND JOYFUL, not TRYING NOT TO SNEEZE, but oh well. I really like her self-powered rocket boots.
Outfit sets - Just for the Rowena and Helga equivalents right now. Godric and Salazar are too sane to go the "costumed vigilante" route, so I'm still not sure what to do with them.

char: aethelmaer glendower, genre: romance, char: ximon etxazarra, char: ethelbert filch, char: rowena ravenclaw, ship: salazar/ceridwen, char: alfhild bergfalk, time: 1110s, genre: drama, char: snakes, char: paise fowler, char: devlin weasley, char: basil hufflepuff, char: gualterus avitus, ship: leo/rowena, genre: humor, char: unnamed characters, char: stigandr bjornson, char: geoffrey gryffindor, char: ari stigandrson, char: winifred gryffindor, time: 1100s, fandom: iliad, genre: angst, char: plants, char: goblins, char: vukasin bogdanovich, fic: chaptered, char: jasper slytherin, char: ceridwen slytherin, char: ophelia aeaeae, genre: action/adventure, char: wizards' council, ship: godric/rowena, genre: fluff, char: thaddeus fudge, char: healer wootton, ship: basil/helga, char: auberon de malfoie, genre: prehet, ship: armel/rowena, char: hatim ibn muhammed al-aziz, char: muggles, ship: clio/godric, fic: one-shot, char: leofric lockhart, char: salazar slytherin, char: julian de malfoie, char: duelists, char: godric gryffindor, char: helena ravenclaw, fic: bhanaf, char: matthew mark luke and john, fic: cookies, char: helga hufflepuff, char: hrafen stigandrson, char: elmira lockhart, genre: het, ship: godric/helga, ship: helga/basil, char: cliodna sheffield, fic: drabbles, genre: meta, genre: gen, char: balthazar slytherin, char: aveline de malfoie, char: roast peacock, char: vegetables, char: armel ravenclaw, char: arantxa slytherin, char: sorting hat, fandom: harry potter, char: alioth nigellus, fandom: founders

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