The Birds That Don't Rise (Worm/Book of Enoch) by VereorNox is now COMPLETE.
EDIT: AO3 link.
From the thread:
As a more serious attempt at a rewrite of an older fic of mine (To Those Who Fell), with some actual worldbuilding. This title has been brought to you by Dermot Kennedy's 'Lost'. YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CROSSOVER ELEMENTS TO ENJOY THIS STORY.
Inspired by:
Ava's Demon and Dresden Files
Summary:
Taylor was crazy. That’s what her parents said. That’s what the therapist had agreed. That’s what the drugs were for. Oh, they didn’t say she was crazy, they called it ‘paranoid schizophrenia’, but that’s what they meant. The angel resting its head on her shoulder found it all terribly amusing. Taylor was finding it harder and harder not to laugh along.
Setting Notes:
A full on AU which fuses the settings together. Certain details will be explained in story. The war of creation went a bit differently, don't expect Japan to play a significant role, nor any big breast powered laser beams. Don't expect Endbringers or world-controlling conspiracies led by stupid precog powers.
From the author of Stopwatch and By One Sting.
Yes, that's the actual religious text Book of Enoch there in the title, not some titty anime that borrows the name for whatever reason.
I don't know much about Highschool DxD myself, but I hear the fic doesn't take much from it if it's not your cup of tea.
Now go read it and discuss it here.
Posted Apr 19, 2019, 7:33 PM UTC · edited
Isn't this the guy who got all pissy because people didn't like his original setting crossover with Worm so he wrote (what was to his mind) the shittiest Worm story possible only to lose his mind when people liked it no matter how much he shat on it and deliberately fucked with the plot?
That's a pretty uncharitable version of events. I remember reading that he had started the second as an easy low effort piece to relax with. I also remember reading his posts where he expressed frustration over how much attention and praise got heaped it in comparison to his original crossover that he had put a lot more time and effort into.
Oddly enough I think easy breeziness of the second work is part of why it got big, he was putting out multiple 1k-2k word chapters a day for a while. If your work's at all decent update speeds like that tend to get a lot of attention.
So its a, whats the trope.... HA, a Springtime for Hitler situation then?
If it is I can't find either story on their SB or SV. Have a link for me?
Spirit of Nature
Stopwatch
I honestly enjoyed both, always considered it a pity that spirit of nature never got far enough to explain all the weird setting details and plot stuff.
I liked Spirit a lot, never saw stopwatch though.