Trick or Treat Reveal: A Historic Trick and a Sci Fi Treat

[selenak]

In this year, I participated for the first time in trickortreatex, and as I gpt assigned to cahn, it only made sense to write her a trick and a treat both. Which is how I ended up with a horror story and a cozy friendship hurt/comfort. The horror story also could be summarized as "how the villain of my fandom gets his comeuppance (kinda)", though I think it can be read without any canon knowledge, as I attempted to include all the necessary info in the story itself:

Fool's Fate (5346 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF, 18th Century CE Frederician RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Jacob Paul von Gundling, Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Hans Herrmann von Katte
Characters: Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen | Frederick William I of Prussia, Jacob Paul von Gundling, Johann Heinrich Schubert, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Hans Hermann von Katte, Sophie Dorothea von Hannover | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Haunting, Dysfunctional Relationships, Dysfunctional Family, FW is his own warning, Endgame, Royalty, Abusive Relationships, Ghost Drifting, Non-Linear Narrative, Trick or Treat: Trick
Summary:

As he's facing his death, there are lot of ghosts waiting to catch up with King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, and a reckoning to be made...

Whereas you definitely have to be familiar with Babylon 5 in general and Vir and Lennier in particular for my writerly return to the B5verse with this tale of a Centauri & Minbari friendship

Soul Food (3649 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vir Cotto & Lennier
Characters: Vir Cotto, Lennier (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Friendship, Developing Friendships, Hurt/Comfort, Trick or Treat: Treat, Missing Scene
Summary:

Five times in five years during which Vir and Lennier share drinks, food and friendship.

Comments

[cahn]

<333333 :D I loved my stories!

[selenak]

Which makes me glad. I've wanted to write this story about FW and Gundling vor ages, but I would have felt guilty if leaving you with only FW for company for Halloween, so a Vir & Lennier treat seemed just right!

[midnightsjane]

I just started a Babylon 5 rewatch after many years, on season two right now. Always liked Vir and Lennier as unlikely drinking buddies!