avelera:

The Only Way Out is Down (66711 words) by Avelera
Chapters: 13/16 – The Handwriting of God – Hermann
Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Characters: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb, Jake Pentecost
Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Literary References & Allusions, Coma, Rescue, Newton Geiszler is a Dork, POV Newton Geiszler, Newton Geiszler Recovery Arc, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Dreamscapes, Past Relationship(s), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, The Drift (Pacific Rim), Drift Side Effects, Hell, Inferno AU, Stream of Consciousness, Worried Hermann Gottlieb, Explicit Language, Past Mind Control, POV Hermann Gottlieb, Precursors are super dead, Memory Loss, Memory Alteration, Bickering, BAMF Hermann Gottlieb, Kissing, Canon-Typical Violence, Injury, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Explicit Sexual Content, Consensual Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Seduction, Cuddling & Snuggling, Fluff, Angst, Trauma, Therapy
Summary:

The invasion of the Anteverse was successful, and the Precursors have been destroyed, but Newt still hasn’t awoken from his coma and doesn’t respond initially to Drift attempts from Hermann to wake him.

But when one day a connection is established, Hermann and Newt find themselves in a mingled mindscape that seems informed by Dante’s “Inferno”. Together, they pass through the Nine Circles, nine memories of Newt’s years under Precursor control in the hopes it will help free Newt from his own head.

Yet questions linger: how much did the Precursors take from Newt, to what lengths will Hermann go to free him, and is the other even truly there, or merely a rabbit of the other’s making, a wish fulfillment fantasy that they’re chasing into the abyss?

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Next chapter is up because I have no self control. It underwent a MASSIVE re-write but I think it’s much stronger as a result, somewhat inspired by “The Blue Guitar” by cleanwhiteroom.

Hey, kids! Are you looking for a Newmann fic that rips out your heartstrings with beautiful writing, spot-on characterization, and plot twists so soul-wrenching and painful that you can’t sleep for days without weeping yourself weary first? LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THIS ONE!!!

Brought to you by the Queen of Disaster Gay Angst and Fluff herself! Prepare for a one-way ticket down a pairing rabbit hole you thought was out of date, thought was impossible to make even more tragic, and yet never truly left the dark corners of your fragile fangirl mind! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll scream, “NO! NO, GOD, WHY?!?!?”. Everything a desperate Newmann shipper needs!

What’s that? No, I’m not cryiNG YOU’RE CRYING!!! F*CK OFF!!! (TT^TT)

(Seriously, though, shit just went down and this fic is fantastic! You guys need to read it if you haven’t already!)

edgebug:

–these aren’t so bad after all
-well good morning to you too, sunshine

NEWT’S TATTOOS ARE REALLY COMPLICATED OKAy
quiet lazy mornings!! hermann tracing each of newt’s tattoos!! aaaaa

istehlurvz:

olavndr:

made some icons for twitter outa this piece. im neck deep in black sails with @istehlurvz and @mangopuffs and it is …. great B)

BOXING AU BOXING AU BOXING AU

feriowind:

drew this for entirely shallow reasons lmao

textsfromtheshatterdome:

anadapta:

Let it be known that I’ve watched Pacific Rim again.

I mean, I missed most of it in a haze of nostalgia and recognising a pair of shoes, but an effort was made.

idonotbitemythumbatyou:

On the Subject of Hermann

Refusing to drink the champagne, in a library that’s a bit too quiet, chatting with geniuses, Newt muses about the complicated love that he knows full well saved him.

A companion piece to my Alice story as requested by @avelera

*Cracks knuckles* Ok, back to work on ch. 14 of TOWOID as “the cascade” continues. Elements of ch. 13 were not there in the original draft which means stuff down the line has to be tweaked AND I’ve realized a way to make the chapter better, I think (read: more exciting). There’s also an element I’m considering adding but I’m on the fence about. But all in all, we’re entering the climax of the story and I’m very excited to share it with you, if a bit exhausted at the prospects of my own ambition making this an even bigger job to put out there.

Is there much meta/fic around the idea that Hermann likes and respects Stacker so much because he’s got deep-rooted daddy issues?

*shrugs* Dunno, dude, that’s not really the part of Hermann’s story that interests me very much, personally, but I can throw it out to the blog to see if anyone has suggestions.