it's a oneshot collection so here's a summary / what characters are explored in each chapter, so you can never lose the one you're looking for
i've since separated out most of hte lore critical oneshots except a few of the ones that are just so reliant on ywkon lore (mostly re: anna) so now i can say "i think you should read all of them" but i'll continue marking the ones that are like Lore Really Happens In This One with an asterick
here's a link to ywson, also
chapter 1 - constants and variables - the Architect regrets, reflects (Kranna hints)
*chapter 2 - a miracle - Anna survives the Aegis cannon blast. Somehow. (vaguer-but-still-technically-present Kranna hints)
*chapter 3 - first and final - explores the concept of Anna reincarnating. most noticeably features the bit where Kratos escapes (is rescued) from Kvar's nonsense. (Kranna hints)
*chapter 4 - the ratio of freckles to stars - Zelloyd closet makeouts / zelloyd Officially starting dating (Zelloyd)
chapter 5 - tfw ether lines - a short Zelloyd drabble that's just gay fluff (Zelloyd)
**chapter 6 - alone, not alone - Anna and Malos meet aka (Malos voice) I GUESS I'M A DAD NOW??
chapter 7 - the way it was - the Aegises reflect on their father, now that they know the truth (Martel, Mithos, Kratos-- the relationship between the three of them, and their relationship with the Architect)
chapter 8 - Contact - were you wondering where the fuck the Architect got his power? Wonder no longer!
chapter 9 - you're trembling - a kranna for a writing prompt. Kratos has a bad day.
*chapter 10 - stirs of memories, whisper, linger - Anna has a nightmare about one of her past lives. (Anna+Malos)
chapter 11 - do not speak ill of the dead - "Y'do realize that's a child's heart in you, right?" (Nia, Kratos)
chapter 12 - lifeline - a YWKON2 interlude that didn't quite make the cut, Colette comforting Kratos in small ways
*chapter 13 - it comes with a price - Martel and Kratos, on why Martel hid so long in the back of Colette's mind ft Colette fuckor
chapter 14 - Genis, Kratos, and something inevitable - Genis and Kratos accidentally set off each other's "can't stand unexpected physical contact" trauma and then talk a little about it
chapter 15 - pardon all my precious scars - Kratos tells Anna the whole bullshit re: how the fuck he's a flesh eater, anyway (kranna)
chapter 16 - calm in the storm - a little slice of jinmalos
chapter 17 - imagine that you are Anna Aurion - fuckor about the Anna who lived 500 years ago, the Anna who lost her son and husband both to Kvar, bonus to installment 17 of 25 lives
chapter 18 - caught in the rain - misc kranna fluff
*chapter 19 - just like that - martel learns the importance of boundaries (martel&colette, martel&kratos)
chapter 20 - bonus flynn+hubert scene from 24.8, wrote it and then had to scrap it
*chapter 21 - a room that has never been warm - jade waking up for the first time this lifetime,, it's not technically lore critical but i do think it's VERY good is the thing
*chapter 22 - in which Jade and Colette have a converastion, contextless - fun convo about regrets and coping with having bad things happen to you, only 300 words, a nice character vignette imo
*chapter 23 - brand new bright blue - brief scene going over what the fuck genis and co have been up to since ywkon1 ended since i extremely forgot to like... address that? for three years??? minor genis/mithos hints but mithos isn't even on screen lol, seles and sheena and raine are also here
chapter 24 - tfw you're so mad on another blade's behalf you have to go spar about it - jade coping with the tales of destiny cast being introduced to the series ft mythra, thinking about chaltier, and also about asch
i've since separated out most of hte lore critical oneshots except a few of the ones that are just so reliant on ywkon lore (mostly re: anna) so now i can say "i think you should read all of them" but i'll continue marking the ones that are like Lore Really Happens In This One with an asterick
here's a link to ywson, also
chapter 1 - constants and variables - the Architect regrets, reflects (Kranna hints)
*chapter 2 - a miracle - Anna survives the Aegis cannon blast. Somehow. (vaguer-but-still-technically-present Kranna hints)
*chapter 3 - first and final - explores the concept of Anna reincarnating. most noticeably features the bit where Kratos escapes (is rescued) from Kvar's nonsense. (Kranna hints)
*chapter 4 - the ratio of freckles to stars - Zelloyd closet makeouts / zelloyd Officially starting dating (Zelloyd)
chapter 5 - tfw ether lines - a short Zelloyd drabble that's just gay fluff (Zelloyd)
**chapter 6 - alone, not alone - Anna and Malos meet aka (Malos voice) I GUESS I'M A DAD NOW??
chapter 7 - the way it was - the Aegises reflect on their father, now that they know the truth (Martel, Mithos, Kratos-- the relationship between the three of them, and their relationship with the Architect)
chapter 8 - Contact - were you wondering where the fuck the Architect got his power? Wonder no longer!
chapter 9 - you're trembling - a kranna for a writing prompt. Kratos has a bad day.
*chapter 10 - stirs of memories, whisper, linger - Anna has a nightmare about one of her past lives. (Anna+Malos)
chapter 11 - do not speak ill of the dead - "Y'do realize that's a child's heart in you, right?" (Nia, Kratos)
chapter 12 - lifeline - a YWKON2 interlude that didn't quite make the cut, Colette comforting Kratos in small ways
*chapter 13 - it comes with a price - Martel and Kratos, on why Martel hid so long in the back of Colette's mind ft Colette fuckor
chapter 14 - Genis, Kratos, and something inevitable - Genis and Kratos accidentally set off each other's "can't stand unexpected physical contact" trauma and then talk a little about it
chapter 15 - pardon all my precious scars - Kratos tells Anna the whole bullshit re: how the fuck he's a flesh eater, anyway (kranna)
chapter 16 - calm in the storm - a little slice of jinmalos
chapter 17 - imagine that you are Anna Aurion - fuckor about the Anna who lived 500 years ago, the Anna who lost her son and husband both to Kvar, bonus to installment 17 of 25 lives
chapter 18 - caught in the rain - misc kranna fluff
*chapter 19 - just like that - martel learns the importance of boundaries (martel&colette, martel&kratos)
chapter 20 - bonus flynn+hubert scene from 24.8, wrote it and then had to scrap it
*chapter 21 - a room that has never been warm - jade waking up for the first time this lifetime,, it's not technically lore critical but i do think it's VERY good is the thing
*chapter 22 - in which Jade and Colette have a converastion, contextless - fun convo about regrets and coping with having bad things happen to you, only 300 words, a nice character vignette imo
*chapter 23 - brand new bright blue - brief scene going over what the fuck genis and co have been up to since ywkon1 ended since i extremely forgot to like... address that? for three years??? minor genis/mithos hints but mithos isn't even on screen lol, seles and sheena and raine are also here
chapter 24 - tfw you're so mad on another blade's behalf you have to go spar about it - jade coping with the tales of destiny cast being introduced to the series ft mythra, thinking about chaltier, and also about asch
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