Ex-villains and hero(es) turning the
events of previous battles into bizarre inside jokes.
Ex-villains embracing the power of
friendship and love.
Ex-villains putting up walls and
keeping to themselves until the heroes teach them what it means to
trust someone.
Ex-villains messing up and being
forgiven because redemption is a process, not an endgame.
Ex-villains being shy and uncertain
about their new place as a hero.
Bonus: Ex-villains hiding behind their
hero friends during moments of shyness and uncertainty.
Ex-villains being tempted back to the
dark side only to realize how much their newfound friendships mean to
them.
Ex-villains pretending to return to the
dark side, and using their villain cred to be a mole/saboteur on the
heroes’ behalf.
Ex-villains taking the same skills and
character traits that made them effective villains and using them for
good.
Ex-villains defeating current villains
by being better at those skills and traits
than they are.
Ex-villains being rejected by almost
everyone except the very few willing to give them the benefit of the
doubt.
Ex-villains being ferociously
protective of those few.
Ex-villains convincing old allies and friends to follow them to the light side.
Ex-villains helping their hero friends
through guilt and self-doubt by reminding them that your mistakes don’t
make you and it’s never too late to turn things around.
Ex-villains receiving unconditional
trust and affection from someone small and innocent, and having no
idea what they’re supposed to do with that.
Ex-villains reuniting with heroic loved ones that they don’t have to fight against anymore.
Ex-villains looking around at their new
friends and their new home and having to sit down and ride out a
sudden wave of powerful emotion because they can’t remember the last
time they felt content.
Okay, I don’t know what you’ve read but here’s what I’ve culled from my Ao3 -and FF favs. Hope you find something new.
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Funny That Way by LuvaGoodMrE – One of my gateway fics into this fandom. Always good for a re-read.
Morbid Taste for Ice by sitehound – I think this one qualifies as a fandom classic. Trigger warnings on this one, but the author is good at pointing them out.
We fight every night for something, when the sun sets we’re both the same: half in the shadows, half burned in flames. We can’t look back for nothin’; take what you need say your goodbyes. I gave you everything and it’s a beautiful crime.
This darkness is the light.
A playlist for the relationship between Loki and Darcy Lewis. You can listen to it on 8tracks.
part I | betting – infinite; guard you – miyavi; sunburn – muse; nicotine – panic! at the disco; new born – the vitamin string quartet; white blank page – the killers; allucinations – jang jae in ft. nashow; compassion – sagisu shiro; beautiful crime – tamer; the last song i’m wasting on you – evanescence; lonely day – the vitamin string quartet; someday you will be loved – death cab for cutie
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