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• Dum Spiro Spero by CommanderShad, renegade__soul

  Fandoms: A Plague Tale (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  28 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • No Romantic Relationship(s)
  • Amicia de Rune
  • Sophia (A Plague Tale)
  • Lucas (A Plague Tale)
  • Hugo de Rune (mentioned)
  • Aurélie (Original Character)
  • Tristan (Original Character)
  • Sybille (Original Character)
  • Myléne (Original Character)
  • Accidental Child Acquisition
  • Found Family
  • BAMF Amicia De Rune
  • No beta reader we die like REDACTED
  • This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Canon Compliant (?)
  • Authors pretend to know shit about France
  • Amicia needs a hug
  • Amicia "Walking Trebuchet" De Rune
  • Lucas "Amicia no" the alchemist
  • Blood and Injury
  • Violence
  • Angst
  • is it APT without angst???
  • Original Child Characters
  • these kids can fit so much trauma in them
  • big sister Amicia is best Amicia
  • Sophia being a mom
  • Brother-Sister Relationships
  • Plague Squad

  Summary

  Seven years after Marseille, Hugo de Rune's death did not stop the Macula to keep its course and find the next Carrier. The former Protector will come back to guide her successor, to fulfill her role, and redeem herself on this task that found her on her new life. The past never dies...

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  22,013

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  38

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  821

• Art Therapy by CommanderShad

  Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  16 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
  • Drabble
  • Stream of Consciousness
  • kind of ig?
  • not sure what this is actually
  • either way Maelicia is going through it
  • She's Trying Her Best
  • How Do I Tag
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • dunno what else to add tbh
  • Verso Ending | A Life to Live (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
  • Post-Canon
  • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre Needs a Hug

  Summary

  She never Painted again.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  775

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  35

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  356

• Only Way Out by CommanderShad

  Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  29 Aug 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Eurylochus & Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Calypso & Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Calypso/Odysseus (one-sided) (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Eurylochus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Calypso (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Angst
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Mild Hurt/Comfort
  • How Do I Tag
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • Suicidal Thoughts (blink and you miss it. Hopefully.)
  • Odysseus Needs A Hug (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Eurylochus Needs A Hug (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Calypso is probably going to be OOC compared to the musical sorry
  • this Calypso is kind of a creepy asshole
  • dunno if I will actually continue this because I have like a bajilion ideas and ADHD
  • title from the Madeon song
  • chapter titles in general are gonna be from various songs I like
  • no beta we die like the cattle

  Summary

  In a twist of fate, Eurylochus survives the encounter with Zeus and ends up on Ogygia along with Odysseus.

  Or

  Author was spitballing in the homies' DM and this happened somehow

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,145

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  66

  Kudos:

  422

  Bookmarks:

  80

  Hits:

  5,462

• I'm sorry Ody by CommanderShad

  Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  31 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Odysseus/Penelope (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Eurylochus & Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Eurylochus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Mentioned Penelope (EPIC: The Musical) - Character
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • sorry - Freeform
  • if the homies had to see this so do you
  • no beta we die like the cattle

  Summary

  He did not get better.

  Or

  The author woke up one day, chose violence and now shares it with AO3.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  991

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  100

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  755

• Ghosts In The Machine by CommanderShad

  Fandoms: Horizon: Forbidden West (Video Game)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  30 Sep 2023

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Aloy (Horizon)
  • Beta (Horizon)
  • Post-Canon
  • Mild Horror
  • or at least I try to do mild horror lol
  • Pre-Horizon 3 but Post-Burning Shores
  • to any of the Moths who see this I will write some Seyloy at some point I promise
  • How Do I Tag
  • Aloy Isn't Having A Very Good Time
  • that's it that's the fic
  • kinda inspired by the Outer Wilds DLC
  • hence the mild horror tag
  • word count my mortal enemy
  • Self-Indulgent

  Summary

  The truth is hidden in the dark, but sometimes, to find it, you have to turn the lights out yourself.

  Or

  Author is obsessed with a certain space game and they will make it everyone's problem by disguising it as a Horizon fic

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,594

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  5

  Hits:

  71