Star Wars fics: The Way of Conquest (45744 words) by pagination Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Characters: Din Djarin, Grogu | Baby Yoda, Mace Windu, Mas Amedda, Yoda (Star Wars), Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Bail Organa, Plo Koon, Orn Free Taa, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Jango Fett, Original Characters, Depa Billaba, Jocasta Nu, Tera Sinube, Shaak Ti, CC-1010 | Fox, Colt (Star Wars), Even Piell, Eeth Koth, Oppo Rancisis, Saesee Tiin, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kal Skirata, Rav Bralor, Vhonte Tervho, Alpha-17 (Star Wars), Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, Adi Gallia Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Immigrants (We get the job done), Humor, Crack Treated Seriously Summary:
All Din wanted to do was find the Child a sorcerer teacher, pick up a job or two, and follow his Creed.
Three out of three is good, right? Right?
Our Guard (a docu-holo sponsored by the Coruscant Communications Bureau) (54034 words) by FortinbrasFTW Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: CC-1010 | Fox, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Bail Organa, CC-4477 | Thire, CC-5869 | Stone, Thorn, CC-2224 | Cody, CC-3636 | Wolffe, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Savage Opress, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, Mace Windu, Yoda (Star Wars), Original Clone Trooper Character(s), CC-1004 | Gree, Luminara Unduli, Grievous | Qymaen jai Sheelal, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Sly Moore, Original Droid Characters (Star Wars), that 212th clone who punches grievous that one time in S2, various original characters Additional Tags: Comedy, Fix-It, Dead Sheev Palpatine, the what we do in the shadows meets fox accidentally kills his boss au, mockumentary, bail and fox are bros, Crack Treated Seriously, no ships really in this but kit and fox are def some kind of exes, every clone deserves a droid sidekick Summary:
Nonstop civilian protest duty for over a month, the senate's latest hobby seems to be getting abducted for kicks, and now he had to deal with a camdroid shaped pain-in-the-ass following his every move. The powers that be seemed to think that putting him and the rest of the Guard in some holo was the best way to work up some civilian sympathy. Well, at least there was no way his day could get any worse...
Make Refuge for Each Other (14118 words) by gloss Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Poe Dameron/Finn Characters: Finn (Star Wars), Poe Dameron Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Only TFA is Canon, Character Study, Original Stormtrooper Characters - Freeform, displaced persons, Original Resistance Characters - Freeform, Maybe This Is How the Force Works?, Force-Sensitive Finn (Star Wars), Grief/Mourning, Freedom Summary:
After the destruction of the Hosnian System, then Starkiller Base, the galaxy is in chaos. Power struggles consume both the former New Republic and the First Order; the environmental effects of the Starkiller beam prove devastating.
Finn wakes up, half-healed, alone, determined to help.
(Written for a challenge to treat The Force Awakens as a standalone canon, disregarding everything that came after. So this is canon-divergent on a few levels.)
Cautiously Un-Pessimistic (3447 words) by mrv3000 Fandom: Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leia Organa & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Leia Organa Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa, Darth Vader Additional Tags: Humor, Angst, Fluff, Sassy Leia Organa, Skywalker Family Drama (Star Wars), Skywalker Family Feels (Star Wars), obi-wan and vader have issues, leia 'i get it from all my parents' organa, Episode: s01e03 Part III (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi TV) Summary:
Obi-Wan is captured at the end of Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, and while Obi-Wan and Vader dial up the angst, Leia is not impressed with the monologuing Sith.
Questions and Answers (2821 words) by FoiblePNoteworthy Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker Characters: Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader Additional Tags: mentions of medical stuff, vader is deeply unwell, Father son chat, pre-reveal, Pre-ESB Series: Part 15 of Galaxy Far Far Away Summary:
“I wish to see him.”
Under the force of his gaze, the Rebel interrogator softened somewhat. That was the opposite of what she should have done, but still got him what he wanted: “Skywalker will be alerted to your request.”
“Bring him to me,” Vader ordered, as though his useless voice and useless body had the authority to demand such a thing.
She stood, brushing off her shirt and shifting her datapad to rest between her elbow and side. “The opportunity will be presented to him at his earliest convenience.”
***
The Rebels nab an injured Vader, and he talks with a certain pilot.
DC Filial Pedantics (61769 words) by Briarwitched Fandom: Young Justice (Cartoon), Superman - All Media Types, Superman: The Animated Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kon-El | Conner Kent/M'gann M'orzz (past), Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lex Luthor, Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, Wolf (Young Justice), Kaldur'ahm (DCU), Bruce Wayne, The Team (Young Justice), Justice League (DCU), M'gann M'orzz, J'onn J'onzz, Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Terminal Illnesses, post season two, Kaldur is a Good Friend, Conner gets a character arc that isn't becoming a watered down clark kent, Clark is an asshole, Clark gets a character arc, Bruce Wayne is familiar with human emotions, Lex is a trainwreck, Conner is done with everything, Wolf is a good boy, Alien Biology, Family Issues, Lex is Mean Science Dad, Clark is Passive Aggressive Deadbeat, medical drama, Snark, (Clark is actually a burnt cinnamon bun), Humor, Kon-El | Conner Kent-centric Series: Part 1 of Affiliative Vexations Summary:
After failing to swallow kryptonite in an attempt to beat his terminal illness to the punchline, Conner is confronted by the least super of his two genetic donors as he wanders the desert states solo. Meanwhile, Lex is suffering from both a relapse of kryptonite cancer and the delusion that he's Conner's father-- a condition that leads him to insist that he take over Conner's end of life care while he attempts to cure him himself.
It's not exactly like Conner had better plans. Now they can both be dying assholes... together.
Yay.
Say Uncle (46431 words) by Megaerakles Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown Additional Tags: Tim Drake's Fake Uncle, Except he hires Jason, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Timeline What Timeline, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Tim Drake is Robin, Jack Drake never woke up from his coma, And Tim prepared his absolutely unhinged plan to avoid adoption, which he then throws out the window when he finds Jason alive, Swearing, Tim Drake's shitty self esteem, Unreliable Narrator, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, mild violence, Guns, Attempted Kidnapping, Home Invasion, Identity Reveal, Idk. I thought fake Uncle Jason would be funny, Implied Fear of Sexual Assault, nothing actually happens with that, Humor, Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, that's more of a background detail though, POV Tim Drake, POV Jason Todd, and a little bit of POV Dick Grayson to keep things spicy Series: Part 1 of Say The Word, We’ll Go Home Summary:
Tim is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that Bruce will not feel obligated to adopt Tim when a comatose Jack Drake inevitably dies. But what could be better than preventing Bruce from ending up with a son he doesn't want? Bringing back the one he does.
Jason agrees to the Replacement's stupid, stupid plan to invite some strange adult man he's never met to come live with him, if only to keep the idiot alive long enough for him to serve his purpose in the Great Red Hood Revenge Scheme.
Might this new roommate situation have an impact on either of their worldviews? Surely not...
In This or Any Other Universe (33411 words) by wildsofmarch Fandom: The Batman (Movie 2022), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon & Bruce Wayne Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Salvatore Maroni, Jim Gordon Additional Tags: Crossover, Timeline Shenanigans, Dimension Travel, Identity Porn, Reverse Mentoring, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Socializing, Wrong Universe Hijinks, Canon-Typical Violence, Haly's Circus (DCU), The Flying Graysons (DCU), Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Angst and Feels, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Batman Played by Robert Pattinson, Bittersweet Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Moral Dilemmas, Butterfly Effect, Alternate Universe Summary:
There was a new vigilante in his city: a man who smiled too much and talked too loud and knew his way around a fight a little too well. Bruce wasn't bothered by his antics. Except the man also seemed to know a little too much about him.
Who was this Nightwing, anyway?
------ OR: Dick Grayson (DCU) accidentally lands himself in Battinson’s Gotham.
MCU 360-degree feedback (12306 words) by bysine Fandom: Doctor Strange (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Karl Mordo & Wong, Wong & Xu Wenwu (Marvel) Characters: Wong (Marvel), Xu Wenwu (Marvel), Karl Mordo, Xu Xialing (Marvel), Sam Wilson, Madisynn King, Wong's mother, Wong's tui na specialist Additional Tags: Friendship, Haunting, a weeks-long unsolicited performance review, Wong is from Ipoh, force ghost Wenwu, ex-work husbands, the Enneagram Summary:
Wong sighs. “You know, where I come from, dead relatives usually show up to give you lottery numbers,” he says. “Ever thought about paying it forward?”
“He has my rings and she has my empire,” Wenwu replies. “I don’t see what else they might need.”
“Perhaps,” says Wong. “But if anything else comes to mind, feel free to share.”
“Well," says Wenwu, "I couldn’t help but overhear that your recruitment numbers are dismal.”
---
A ghost story.
A Little Princess Silver and Glass (11657 words) by ChronicBookworm Fandom: A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sara Crewe/Lavinia Herbert Characters: Lavinia Herbert, Sara Crewe Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Bad Parenting, Character Growth, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Pining Summary:
“You know most princesses are probably quite horrible people,” Lavinia said, because she couldn’t help it – her mind went to the worst possible interpretation, and then couldn’t dislodge it. “I think most of them must be spoiled rotten.” “Not in stories. In stories they are kind, pretty, and helpful,” Sara said. “And if I can pretend to be a princess, I can choose to pretend what kind of princess I am.” “This isn’t a story.” “Sometimes I feel like my life was a story,” Sara confessed. “The kind of things that happened to me – don’t they seem a bit like a story to you?” Maybe that was the difference between Sara and Lavinia. Horrible things happened to Sara, but also wonderful things, like in a story. Like she was the heroine of some grand tale. Lavinia was nothing special.
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The Way of Conquest (45744 words) by pagination
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Din Djarin, Grogu | Baby Yoda, Mace Windu, Mas Amedda, Yoda (Star Wars), Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Bail Organa, Plo Koon, Orn Free Taa, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Jango Fett, Original Characters, Depa Billaba, Jocasta Nu, Tera Sinube, Shaak Ti, CC-1010 | Fox, Colt (Star Wars), Even Piell, Eeth Koth, Oppo Rancisis, Saesee Tiin, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kal Skirata, Rav Bralor, Vhonte Tervho, Alpha-17 (Star Wars), Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, Adi Gallia
Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Immigrants (We get the job done), Humor, Crack Treated Seriously
Summary:
All Din wanted to do was find the Child a sorcerer teacher, pick up a job or two, and follow his Creed.
Three out of three is good, right? Right?
Our Guard (a docu-holo sponsored by the Coruscant Communications Bureau) (54034 words) by FortinbrasFTW
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: CC-1010 | Fox, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Bail Organa, CC-4477 | Thire, CC-5869 | Stone, Thorn, CC-2224 | Cody, CC-3636 | Wolffe, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Savage Opress, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, Mace Windu, Yoda (Star Wars), Original Clone Trooper Character(s), CC-1004 | Gree, Luminara Unduli, Grievous | Qymaen jai Sheelal, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Sly Moore, Original Droid Characters (Star Wars), that 212th clone who punches grievous that one time in S2, various original characters
Additional Tags: Comedy, Fix-It, Dead Sheev Palpatine, the what we do in the shadows meets fox accidentally kills his boss au, mockumentary, bail and fox are bros, Crack Treated Seriously, no ships really in this but kit and fox are def some kind of exes, every clone deserves a droid sidekick
Summary:
Nonstop civilian protest duty for over a month, the senate's latest hobby seems to be getting abducted for kicks, and now he had to deal with a camdroid shaped pain-in-the-ass following his every move. The powers that be seemed to think that putting him and the rest of the Guard in some holo was the best way to work up some civilian sympathy. Well, at least there was no way his day could get any worse...
Make Refuge for Each Other (14118 words) by gloss
Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Poe Dameron/Finn
Characters: Finn (Star Wars), Poe Dameron
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Only TFA is Canon, Character Study, Original Stormtrooper Characters - Freeform, displaced persons, Original Resistance Characters - Freeform, Maybe This Is How the Force Works?, Force-Sensitive Finn (Star Wars), Grief/Mourning, Freedom
Summary:
After the destruction of the Hosnian System, then Starkiller Base, the galaxy is in chaos. Power struggles consume both the former New Republic and the First Order; the environmental effects of the Starkiller beam prove devastating.
Finn wakes up, half-healed, alone, determined to help.
(Written for a challenge to treat The Force Awakens as a standalone canon, disregarding everything that came after. So this is canon-divergent on a few levels.)
Cautiously Un-Pessimistic (3447 words) by mrv3000
Fandom: Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Leia Organa
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa, Darth Vader
Additional Tags: Humor, Angst, Fluff, Sassy Leia Organa, Skywalker Family Drama (Star Wars), Skywalker Family Feels (Star Wars), obi-wan and vader have issues, leia 'i get it from all my parents' organa, Episode: s01e03 Part III (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi TV)
Summary:
Obi-Wan is captured at the end of Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, and while Obi-Wan and Vader dial up the angst, Leia is not impressed with the monologuing Sith.
Questions and Answers (2821 words) by FoiblePNoteworthy
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker
Characters: Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Additional Tags: mentions of medical stuff, vader is deeply unwell, Father son chat, pre-reveal, Pre-ESB
Series: Part 15 of Galaxy Far Far Away
Summary:
“I wish to see him.”
Under the force of his gaze, the Rebel interrogator softened somewhat. That was the opposite of what she should have done, but still got him what he wanted: “Skywalker will be alerted to your request.”
“Bring him to me,” Vader ordered, as though his useless voice and useless body had the authority to demand such a thing.
She stood, brushing off her shirt and shifting her datapad to rest between her elbow and side. “The opportunity will be presented to him at his earliest convenience.”
***
The Rebels nab an injured Vader, and he talks with a certain pilot.
DC
Filial Pedantics (61769 words) by Briarwitched
Fandom: Young Justice (Cartoon), Superman - All Media Types, Superman: The Animated Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kon-El | Conner Kent/M'gann M'orzz (past), Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lex Luthor, Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent
Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, Wolf (Young Justice), Kaldur'ahm (DCU), Bruce Wayne, The Team (Young Justice), Justice League (DCU), M'gann M'orzz, J'onn J'onzz, Dick Grayson
Additional Tags: Terminal Illnesses, post season two, Kaldur is a Good Friend, Conner gets a character arc that isn't becoming a watered down clark kent, Clark is an asshole, Clark gets a character arc, Bruce Wayne is familiar with human emotions, Lex is a trainwreck, Conner is done with everything, Wolf is a good boy, Alien Biology, Family Issues, Lex is Mean Science Dad, Clark is Passive Aggressive Deadbeat, medical drama, Snark, (Clark is actually a burnt cinnamon bun), Humor, Kon-El | Conner Kent-centric
Series: Part 1 of Affiliative Vexations
Summary:
After failing to swallow kryptonite in an attempt to beat his terminal illness to the punchline, Conner is confronted by the least super of his two genetic donors as he wanders the desert states solo. Meanwhile, Lex is suffering from both a relapse of kryptonite cancer and the delusion that he's Conner's father-- a condition that leads him to insist that he take over Conner's end of life care while he attempts to cure him himself.
It's not exactly like Conner had better plans. Now they can both be dying assholes... together.
Yay.
Say Uncle (46431 words) by Megaerakles
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd
Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown
Additional Tags: Tim Drake's Fake Uncle, Except he hires Jason, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Timeline What Timeline, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Tim Drake is Robin, Jack Drake never woke up from his coma, And Tim prepared his absolutely unhinged plan to avoid adoption, which he then throws out the window when he finds Jason alive, Swearing, Tim Drake's shitty self esteem, Unreliable Narrator, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, mild violence, Guns, Attempted Kidnapping, Home Invasion, Identity Reveal, Idk. I thought fake Uncle Jason would be funny, Implied Fear of Sexual Assault, nothing actually happens with that, Humor, Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, that's more of a background detail though, POV Tim Drake, POV Jason Todd, and a little bit of POV Dick Grayson to keep things spicy
Series: Part 1 of Say The Word, We’ll Go Home
Summary:
Tim is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that Bruce will not feel obligated to adopt Tim when a comatose Jack Drake inevitably dies. But what could be better than preventing Bruce from ending up with a son he doesn't want? Bringing back the one he does.
Jason agrees to the Replacement's stupid, stupid plan to invite some strange adult man he's never met to come live with him, if only to keep the idiot alive long enough for him to serve his purpose in the Great Red Hood Revenge Scheme.
Might this new roommate situation have an impact on either of their worldviews? Surely not...
In This or Any Other Universe (33411 words) by wildsofmarch
Fandom: The Batman (Movie 2022), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon & Bruce Wayne
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, Salvatore Maroni, Jim Gordon
Additional Tags: Crossover, Timeline Shenanigans, Dimension Travel, Identity Porn, Reverse Mentoring, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Socializing, Wrong Universe Hijinks, Canon-Typical Violence, Haly's Circus (DCU), The Flying Graysons (DCU), Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Angst and Feels, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Batman Played by Robert Pattinson, Bittersweet Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Moral Dilemmas, Butterfly Effect, Alternate Universe
Summary:
There was a new vigilante in his city: a man who smiled too much and talked too loud and knew his way around a fight a little too well. Bruce wasn't bothered by his antics. Except the man also seemed to know a little too much about him.
Who was this Nightwing, anyway?
------
OR: Dick Grayson (DCU) accidentally lands himself in Battinson’s Gotham.
MCU
360-degree feedback (12306 words) by bysine
Fandom: Doctor Strange (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Karl Mordo & Wong, Wong & Xu Wenwu (Marvel)
Characters: Wong (Marvel), Xu Wenwu (Marvel), Karl Mordo, Xu Xialing (Marvel), Sam Wilson, Madisynn King, Wong's mother, Wong's tui na specialist
Additional Tags: Friendship, Haunting, a weeks-long unsolicited performance review, Wong is from Ipoh, force ghost Wenwu, ex-work husbands, the Enneagram
Summary:
Wong sighs. “You know, where I come from, dead relatives usually show up to give you lottery numbers,” he says. “Ever thought about paying it forward?”
“He has my rings and she has my empire,” Wenwu replies. “I don’t see what else they might need.”
“Perhaps,” says Wong. “But if anything else comes to mind, feel free to share.”
“Well," says Wenwu, "I couldn’t help but overhear that your recruitment numbers are dismal.”
---
A ghost story.
A Little Princess
Silver and Glass (11657 words) by ChronicBookworm
Fandom: A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sara Crewe/Lavinia Herbert
Characters: Lavinia Herbert, Sara Crewe
Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Bad Parenting, Character Growth, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Pining
Summary:
“You know most princesses are probably quite horrible people,” Lavinia said, because she couldn’t help it – her mind went to the worst possible interpretation, and then couldn’t dislodge it. “I think most of them must be spoiled rotten.”
“Not in stories. In stories they are kind, pretty, and helpful,” Sara said. “And if I can pretend to be a princess, I can choose to pretend what kind of princess I am.”
“This isn’t a story.”
“Sometimes I feel like my life was a story,” Sara confessed. “The kind of things that happened to me – don’t they seem a bit like a story to you?”
Maybe that was the difference between Sara and Lavinia. Horrible things happened to Sara, but also wonderful things, like in a story. Like she was the heroine of some grand tale. Lavinia was nothing special.