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The Magicians: Fic: 自相矛盾

  • May. 26th, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Title: 自相矛盾
Fandom: The Magicians
Rating: General audiences to Teen
Length: 143 words
Content notes: Self-doubt
Summary: Alice isn't good enough for Brakebills

Some days, the clouds are so swollen and thick that no matter how hard Alice strains her eyes, she can’t see more than a few feet ahead. She is not good enough, she is not strong enough, she is too much work for Brakebills to ever take her on. Maybe the current of magic that runs parents, ran through Charlie, has dried up in her. She chokes on the heavy air filling her lungs, crushing her chest with its endless weight. Immovable object.
 
But if the doubt is an immovable object, she’ll have to be the unstoppable force creating the paradox. Shield, meet spear. She’ll squint and she’ll scream and she’ll shove her rage into a red-hot bubble and burn her way through the deep, cloying fog. And, after all, isn’t that its own kind of magic?

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alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
[personal profile] alexseanchai wrote:
May. 26th, 2023 08:39 pm (UTC)
(psst, your cut did not work. can you double-check the HTML? bc it looks fine, it's just showing up like it's plain text not like it's Dreamwidth custom HTML, so I'm not sure what might be wrong)
laireshi: (Default)
[personal profile] laireshi wrote:
May. 26th, 2023 10:16 pm (UTC)
I'm just passing by, but it looks like what happens if you accidentally paste HTML into the rich text editor.
poggemos: Neo from RWBY Chibi with eyes scrunched up (Default)
[personal profile] poggemos wrote:
May. 26th, 2023 10:18 pm (UTC)
Ahhh, yep, that's probably it. Thanks to you both!

Edited 2023-05-26 10:22 pm (UTC)
facethestrange: (the magicians: q smiling)
[personal profile] facethestrange wrote:
Jun. 1st, 2023 04:21 pm (UTC)
I'm so excited to see The Magicians here, omg, and what an awesome fic too! ♡ Alice's determination is palpable and wonderful to witness, and the imagery is amazing. ♡ (Is this story on ao3 by any chance? Asking for bookmarking reasons. :D)
poggemos: Neo from RWBY Chibi with eyes scrunched up (neo)
[personal profile] poggemos wrote:
Jun. 6th, 2023 09:30 pm (UTC)
The Magicians!! Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it. Alice rights :D
This story is not on Ao3, since I don't have one associated with my Dreamwidth, but I'd be willing to make one. I'd like to store these fics somewhere.

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