Lu Xia Wu

  • How NOT to Save the World (S2, Season Finale)

    Season Content notes: fictional bigotry, Joan waited in the darkness of the tunnel, and prayed as she hadn’t prayed in years. She’d stopped believing in God years ago and without God, she hadn’t seen the point in keeping the traditions and rituals. It hadn’t been until years later that she realized in walking away from…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (S2, E1)

    They’re back! You can re-read Season 1 on my website. You may recall that last year our Evil Overlord had a different name/gender on the website and newsletter. This year we’re flipping them. So Newsletter Season 2 has Ameohne’e/she and Website Season 2 will have Ma’evoto/he. I’d say sorry for any confusion but… T-minus 1…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (S1, Season Finale)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry, consensual violence After Cheung left, Ameohne’e paced the room, eventually finding herself standing in front of her framed copy of The Evil Overlord List. “Number 15: I will never employ any device with a digital countdown.” She shook her head and checked the countdown tracker. Of course, it…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (S1 E7)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry, consensual violence T-minus 1 year 355 days Ho’neheso checked the time. Ey waited ten more seconds, then stood up and walked out of eir room. It had taken eir just over a week to find the security break. Wu, ey thought, was getting sloppy.1 In fact, Wu was…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (S1 E5)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry, consensual violence The triumphant heroes took their bows, and the screen faded to black. Wu shook hir head. “That was…” “Classic.” Tracey spoke quietly, trying not to wake the child curled up in her lap. “Not the word I was looking for. And I’m not sure how it…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (S1, E3)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry, consensual violence In the silence only excellent soundproofing could create, the quiet rustle of reeds was loud.1 Wu sat in the middle of the floor, manipulating a double handful of dried stalks, while Tracey watched. Zi split the stalks, placing some on the floor in front of zir,…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (Season 1, Episode 2)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry The security team hit the doors and spread throughout the building. It looked choreographed because it was. The team had spent hundreds of hours drilling in a virtual mock-up of the World Government Building.1 As she stepped out of her armored car, Tracey wondered again why no one…

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  • How NOT to Save the World (Season 1, Episode 1)

    Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry Author note: This story started on TVTropes and never left. It is not meant to be taken seriously and few (if any) of the characters are fully developed as they are, first and foremost, defined by the tropes that inspired them. Tropes are footnoted for my fellow fans…

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