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ghoulhistorian · 2 years
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Chapter 28 of Talk Like A Man, Taste Like The Sun is up! :D
Things are shifting.
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sig-nifier · 6 months
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Shane
After filling in the grave - which had certainly taken less time than it had to dig - Ryan had driven Shane back into town. 
     It had gotten lighter as the night faded. Wherever they were, it was a pretty little town. The radio was playing an early morning show, and despite the lack of sleep and general sense of doom, Shane felt content to sit in this car forever. 
     Ryan slowed the car to a stop on a residential street. He then lent over Shane and opened his door.
     "Get out."
     Shane stared blankly, looking between Ryan and the open door. "What?"
     “Get out the car, Shane.”
     His stomach dropped. Ryan couldn't just leave him here. He wouldn't. Shane knew too much, or something like that. Anxiety bloomed in his chest and began to crawl up his throat.
     "But...what if I go to the police?" He tried.
     "Do you want to go to jail?" Ryan asked with a sigh. 
     "...No."
     "Then don't go to the police."
     Shane was hit with the sudden and very real consideration that he wouldn't make it on his own. This wasn't the way his life was supposed to go, and it certainly wasn't the life he was cut out for. Ryan, on the other hand. Ryan was intelligent. He was calm, resourceful, capable. Shane would never have thought of involving someone in a crime to keep them quiet. He'd never had dark bruises on his hands, couldn't slip subtle threats into conversations, didn't know how to dig a grave. Ryan was exactly the type of person Shane needed around.
     "You still haven't told me what the person on the phone said," Shane tried again.
     Ryan gave the smallest of unbothered shrugs. "Not my problem."
     Crossing his arms stubbornly across his chest, Shane gave Ryan a pointed look. He wouldn't move until Ryan told him, and maybe he still wouldn't move after that. Sat here, legs cramped, staring down a killer might be the safest he was going to be.
     Ryan rubbed his eyes, shaking his head with a sigh.
     "Shane," he said, exasperated, "don't make me drag you out."
     He didn't know if he believed Ryan would actually do that, but it would be one of the smaller man's tamer actions. He feared he was losing this battle, and panic started clawing at his lungs. There was only one more card he could play.
     "I'll tell you what I was running from."
guess who decided to rewrite her bfu fics five years later. ive got a creative writing degree now, so im putting it to good use.
this is an extract from my bfu fic Hitchhikers, which did pretty well back in the day. I started out as a bfu account, so I can only hope that some of my old readers are still around, and if you are, I invite you to reread this story with its improved quality.
it wasn't bad before, but i have been thoroughly cringing through a lot of it.
ive done 4 chapters so far! (and a few of my Axeman of New Orleans bfu fic.) you can tell a chapter is new through the indented lines. if you're new here, i recommend waiting for the updated chapters, rather than reading the old ones. they'll be far more dramatic.
so I hope you read, and I hope you enjoy!
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ollyrewind · 1 year
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ah yes, arthur and merlin, horror junkies
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autism-swagger · 6 months
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Since the identity of the Sweet Sixteen Killer is known in Timeline 2, I don't think it would be as big of a part of the town's identity as it in Timeline 1. So I propose that the big unsolved mystery the town builds itself around in Timeline 2 isn't the killings.
It's Jamie.
The supposed exchange student who was only in town for five days, who knew things she shouldn't (couldn't) have, who disappeared without a trace and, when looked into, never even existed to begin with.
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yuri-is-online · 2 months
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tragedy anon back again w u guess it!!! More tragedy!!! Im thinking rn of a Yuu who was always going to die in the end. Like being sent back to their world is the equivalent to a death sentence, and they can't stay in TWST because time always loops and they feel like shit for trapping everyone in a moment when they could all be living their lives if not for them.
Yuu who has always been doomed from the start.... Like maybe yuu has been framed for a crime back in their prev world and when they do come back their execution will commence or maybe it's the apocalypse and when they do come back it's truly only a matter of time when they die. Thinking of the TWST boys who goes to visit them only to find nobody..... But traces of them.... Though I feel like the first scenario is more brutal, imagine you go visit your friend and not only are they dead but they were sentenced to death for a crime you know damn well they did not commit and everyone else is rejoicing.
Rejoicing that they're gone. Rejoicing at the fact that they all had KILLED them. Did Yuu know this was going to happen? If they did why had they not told them?! (they will never know, no one ever will because no one ever asked when they were alive if they were alright and they sure as hell will never get an answer because Yuu is dead and they are gone. Forever. )
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Ah tragedy annon, my Billy Shakes if you will, this made me THINK think. Doomed (hehe dyuumed) by the narrative is such a sexy trope. "If you were dead at the end of the story you were dead since the beginning" my beloved.
The main thing that made me think is that in country's that have the death penalty there's typically a lengthy appeals process + a ban on sentencing minors to it, even if they were charged as an adult, that makes it hard for me to see that being Yuu’s situation. That being said I agree that would be an awful, awful thing to come see. I could see someone like Malleus, who hates seeing other people happy when he isn't and is prone to causing storm with his magic, going full Netflix Castlevania and starting an apocalypse in Yuu's world while bringing their body home to be laid in state in Briar Valley. It's his right as King of the Abyss after all. Someone like Riddle might try proving your innocence, thinking about how restoring your good name is all he can do while the Octatrio extract their own kind of justice.
The apocalypse Yuu scenarios are ones I like but haven't played around with much just because post apocalyptic settings aren't my jam but! I could see there being a lot of anger at this Yuu for not telling them their situation. Of course now that the boys are older, they can reflect on their behavior and know why Yuu said nothing. But it's easier to blame Yuu at first than accept that they're grieving. It would take them a long time to work through that I think.
My personal preference for scenarios like these involve Yuu being mortally injured before coming to Twisted Wonderland, either in an accident or an attack, that results in their death when they return. I've also played around with terminal illness that's temporarily cured by going to Twisted Wonderland (my own health issues have made me like that less :/) that Yuu isn't recovered from when they return. Either way Yuu is dead when their friends finally figure out a way to get to their world and they have no way of being there for them. And they have no one to blame but themselves... unless.
Unless...
Maybe they could re-set time again?
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thisapplepielife · 7 months
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kkpwnall · 7 months
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love is like ghosts (rated m | 7.7k) a spooky little ghost hunters fic featuring: skeptic eddie, believer steve, and a whole library full of ghosts!
it's officially the start of spooky season (TO ME) and i was struck by the urge to craft an actual cover for my beloved ghosthunters steddie fic. they are dork ass losers, the pining is mutual, and steve wears glasses in this one.
[snippet below the cut, read on ao3]
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They stand at the base of a short flight of stairs leading up to the old university library. From everything Steve’s read, it’s one of the most haunted places in Indiana… within a tank of gas’ drive… that would let them in after hours.
“It’s the witching hour,” Eddie says spookily. He’s come up behind Steve, pressing close and wiggling his fingers on Steve’s shoulders.
Steve huffs a laugh and starts double checking his pockets for his share of the gear. Something to focus on that’s not the way Eddie’s breath ruffles his hair and skims over his cheek, raising goosebumps in its wake.
It’s not like he doesn’t like the attention, the closeness, the physicality of Eddie. He does. Probably too much. Especially since they’re just friends. Steve knows he’s not special to be on the receiving end, it’s how Eddie is with everyone.
[keep reading on ao3]
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useyourglutes · 1 month
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i'm going back and re-reading all the fics i've posted on ao3 cuz i second guess myself but like, WHY AM I LOWKEY EATING WITH THESE??? HOLY SHIT THE 4AM FUMES MADE ME MODERN FUCKING SHAKESPEARE BRO
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whomst-the-hell · 1 year
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steddie buzzfeed unsolved au. the boys explore various true crime cases and supposedly haunted sites across the country and fall in love along the way (not to imply anything abt shane and ryan /gen) ive seen a few but they all get one key detail wrong: steve is shane, eddie is ryan.
eddie is passionate about all of their cases— he started the show, originally with his friend gareth who decided to pursue other opportunities. he wholeheartedly believes in all the things that go bump in the night. he is also a self proclaimed coward who tends to scream, curse or even flee when shit gets real. he’s dedicated to the cause though and works through his fear
steve is passionate too, of course — he absolutely pulls his weight in the show and cares a lot abt it all and is genuinely very proud of their content. he just… doesnt believe in the supernatural. its all bullshit, so there’s nothing to be scared of. he takes joy in calling all sorts of ghosts, ghouls and demons “nerd ass punk losers who get no bitches” and doing comedically deranged shit like stealing a bridge or laying on a pentagram or whatever while eddie hyperventilates across the room
except the upside down shit all still happened (excluding eddie, obviously) so steve is 100% aware of the supernatural shit that does exist in the world. after alternate hell dimensions, he wouldnt Really be surprised by ghosts, though he is genuinely sceptical of most evidence.
eddie is infinitely confused by his cohost — he staunchly rejects even the most damning supernatural evidence, but he is a member of the most bizarre group of people eddie has ever met. and he’s superstitious abt the weirdest shit as well — flickering lights, faulty magnets, broken compasses. he once hurried them out of a building during an investigation because they heard a weird clicking sound, spent about 15 minutes on the phone with someone called owens to confirm that “everything was still shut off” (and what the actual fuck does that even mean????) before apologising for the ‘false alarm’ and suggesting they just continue the investigation and cut all that shit from the video. it was the first time any of the crew, including eddie, had ever seen steve scared.
eventually, once theyre together, steve tells eddie about his own experiences with the supernatural, with a handy demonstration from el to really sell it. eddie is horrified, especially when steve tells him he still doesnt believe in demons.
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pjohoo-reclists · 8 months
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Buzzfeed Fic Recs
A list of fics where mortals discover demigods via buzzfeed, and go nuts over the conspiracies. Last updated 8/8/23. Enjoy!
The Baffling Transcontinental Road Trip of Percy Jackson by CassandraStarflower
Gen | 2.0k | Complete
Percy Jackson, Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara
POV Outsider
“This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we cover the case of Percy Jackson.”
The Odd Abduction of Percy Jackson by The_German_Grim_Reaper
Gen | 2.2k | Complete
Percy Jackson
Alternate Universe - Buzzfeed Unsolved Fusion, Book 1: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson)
This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we investigate the two-week disappearance of Percy Jackson and the odd occurrences surrounding it.
#thatjacksonsequel by The_German_Grim_Reaper
Gen | 2.3k | Complete
Nancy Bobofit, Percy Jackson, Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Twitter, POV Outsider, Social Media
Nancy and her fellow sleuths continue their online investigation into Percy Jackson, subject of a Buzzfeed Unsolved episode and now a Twitter celebrity.
The Strange Case of Perseus Jackson by Deerlie_03
T | 2.5k | Complete
Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase
Dialogue Heavy, Attempt at Humor, Book 1: The Lightning Thief
“Hello and welcome to Buzzfeed Unsolved, today we’ll be talking about a unique case,” Ryan introduces as the title graphic flickers over the screen. “Aren’t all of our cases unique?”  Shane furrows his brows.  “Isn’t that, like, our whole thing?” “Well yes… but this one is kind of a biography, and the person right in the middle of this is still very much alive,” “And it’s still unsolved?” “Yep.  Today’s case is about the strange case of Perseus Jackson,”
the jackson files by Ideasofmarch
Not Rated | 4.4k | Complete
Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase
Twitter, Conspiracy Theories, based of the tumblr post
Makin’ pancakes @makinbaconpancakes Does anyone know who the fuck Percy Jackson is??? Oranges are spicy @ronaldmcd Whomst? Makin’ pancakes @makinbaconpancakes Check rachel dares insta story Oranges are spicy @ronaldmcd k Oranges are spicy @ronaldmcd Okay somebody find out who this kid is right damn now. - Rachel Elizabeth Dare posts a video of Percy on her instagram story. it all just spirals from there.
Percy Jackson: The Meme by NeedsCaffeineRightNow
Gen | 5k | Complete
Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase
Buzzfeed Unsolved References, Sorta Like they're literally in it but on a video, Based on a Tumblr Post
Percy gets kinda well known and then is a meme
#thatjacksonkid by The_German_Grim_Reaper
Gen | 5.8k | Complete
Nancy Bobofit, Piper McLean, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Leo Valdez
Social Media, POV Outsider, the PJO and HoO gang are college age
Following an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved, several twitter users do their best to uncover the truth about Percy Jackson. They get surprisingly far.
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fic-recommended · 9 months
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Shyan Fics
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I’ll Crawl Home – carrieonfighting
(16,024 words / 6 chapters / Teen and up)
Tags: Demon!Shane, Angst, Non-Linear Narrative, bc im PRETENTIOUS, Protective!Shane
"Shane was almost unnerved by how quickly he’d settled into this body, this name, this life - his friendship with Ryan was the most time he’d spent with any human before, and yet the man fascinated him."
Wow. That’s all I gotta say. I started reading Shane/Ryan fic because I had a weird dream and went looking for comfort fic to ease the edges of my mind. I stumbled upon this fic and was so fucking blown away. I was drawn in because of the demon!Shane tag and the way this story is charted out is insane. It’s nonlinear (there is a liner version tho I’m strongly against it). Just ohmygod read this fic it’s insane and hurts so good.
I’m Gonna Keep You in Love with Me (for a While) – beethechange
(21,847 words / 1 chapter / Explicit)
Tags: fake married, also real married, friends to husbands to lovers to ???, Las Vegas Wedding, possible dubious consent due to alcohol consumption, Anal Sex, Hand Jobs, Oral Sex, Rimming, just assume most of the kinds of sex are present here, probably more Celine Dion than you were hoping for, they say "fuck" a lot, also "dude" but I don't make the rules okay, Bedsharing
Shane is pacing around the hotel room. It’s not a huge room and Shane’s legs are long enough that he doesn’t have much real estate to pace before he has to swing back around for another loop.
“Can you stop?” Ryan asks. “You’re making me dizzy.”
“Okay,” Shane says finally. “Okay. Here’s what we’re going to do. We’re just going to—we’re going to be married. The only way out is through.”
“Um,” Ryan says, because this plan strikes him as counterproductive to their shared goal of not being married.
To me there are the big two when thinking of Shane/Ryan fics. That is to say the others aren’t amazing but two gutted me in a way I was not expecting from I ship I don’t even ship. This is one of the two and fucks sake it hurts me but in a way I really like and neeeeeded. (The other is the one above this)
Muscles Better and Nerves More – beethechange
(26,301 words / 1 chapter / Explicit)
Tags: Bodyswap, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Getting Together, First Time, Pining, Slow Burn, Masturbation, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Body Horror, Rituals, Swearing, Sexy Shame
“I’m serious,” Ryan says. “Don’t go fucking up my body. I want that shit back in the same condition I left it.”
“The same condition—Ryan. I’m not spending hours in a gym every day so you don’t lose muscle mass.”
“I want you to treat my body with the respect you would a national park. Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but memories.”
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A certain meddling Voodoo Queen of New Orleans thinks Ryan and Shane need some new perspective on life. After an inadvisable ritual deposits Ryan in Shane’s body, and Shane in Ryan’s, the ghoulboys pursue some soul-searching and self-discovery to put things right. Sometimes in a sexy way.
I have found out while reading this fic that I am also a sucker for bodyswap!au. Something about learning to love someone completely while seeing (and being lmao) all of them is so intimate and endearing to me. Plus there’s dumplings in this fic and that is just sweet sweet poetry.
If you can find a way to love me, it’s all right – varnes
(11,232 words / 1 chapter / Teen and up)
Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Psychic Ryan
When Ryan was a kid, he fell into a pile of bricks. They were playing hide and seek, and he thought he had the best hiding spot: high up in a thickly lush tree, his knees drawn to his chest so that he’d blend in. But the branch broke. He hit his head and doesn’t remember much of what happened after that. When he woke up a few hours later, the sun was setting, and his friends were gone, and his parents were calling for him, their flashlights swinging across the grass. There’d been blood on his bangs.
Anyway, now he can see ghosts.
Kind of.
Look, he’s not great at it.
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Or: Ryan, personally, has three lists: “NICE GHOSTS,” “GHOSTS I DON’T FUCK WITH,” and, “IDK, SPOOKY STUFF.”
Oh my goddddd this fic is so sweet and so owie. At first I was skeptical because the fanon is that Shane can see demons or ghosts or whatever. But having it be Ryan???? So owie in such a good way. Other then this fic being the masterpiece that it is, I’m going to convince you with one sentence: Ryan has a cat with a ghost in it that demands Taco Bell. That’s it baybee. Read it or you’ll regret itttt.
BFFS Get Married For A Week – Ryan and Shane – aspookycryptidsock
(18,108 words / 8 chapters / Explicit)
Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Fake Marriage, Friends to Lovers, Oral Sex, Hand Jobs, Pining, Mutual Pining
"As I was saying," Curly continues with a pointed glare in Ryan's direction. "It's my honor to join the two of you in unholy matrimony. The rules are simple, you'll live together, plan one date each, and cherish each other. Til week do you part."
I first read this fic years and years ago. I don’t know how it happened but me and my best friend found it while being at a library and we went feral reading it before their mom picked us up. It’s my origin story to the ship. This fic is my first love and my baby gorl. Shane is intense in a way I lovelovelove. Ryan is dumber then a pile a bricks amen.
Body Farming – shiphitsthefan
(7,251 words / 1 chapter / Explicit)
Tags: Season/Series 04, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Shane Madej, Protective Shane Madej, Omega Ryan Bergara, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mutual Pining, Scenting, Multiple Orgasms, Knotting, Daddy Kink, Size Kink, Dirty Talk, Dom/sub Undertones, Filth with Feelings, Community: bfukinkmeme, Multisex Omega
Failed suppressants and a surprise heat: the worst of cliches, and here Ryan stands, living the trope on location with the alpha he’s hopelessly in love with. Even worse, they’re spending the night in the famous Bell Witch Cave, completely alone and with no way to contact the outside world.
Ryan knows he can survive and keep his preheat a secret, as long as Shane will stop being so protective and concerned. After all, it’s not like Shane wants to bond with him.
Right?
Your honor I’d like to state my case by saying being horny on main is bc I’m silly goofy and I never meant no harm. ABO fuck or die in a cave? Fuccck kkkk y e aaaa
Por Favor, Sweetheart – carrieonfighting
(7,859 words / 1 chapter / Teen and up)
Tags: Kid Fic, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Accidental Baby Acquisition, ryan dadgara, and shane dadej, Original Baby Character - Freeform, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, You Have Been Warned
Two dorks raise a baby and don't even realise they're doing it together until it's too late
Alternatively, Ryan Bergara is Trying His Best Thanks
Ryan gains custody of a baby and is strugggglinnnggg until a Sasquatch comes and helps <3. Ain’t nothing says romance baybeee then an actual baby.
daring it’s a faded notion – varnes
(28,760 words / 5 chapters / Explicit)
Tags: Paranormal shenanigans, y'all remember that trope where people can't be more than 5 feet apart without Suffering?
The sun is too bright and Ryan’s whole body is alight with something that is eating him all the way up from the inside out, but he keeps his eyes open and he makes himself look, and he tells himself that once he finds Shane, he’ll think about it. Once he finds Shane, they’ll make a plan. Once he finds Shane, and only then, he’ll let himself have the thought he’s been swallowing down like bile since he came to: that they didn’t fall.
They were pushed.
OR: Ryan and Shane get cursed by a ghost, and now they can't be not-touching. It's ... not great.
Ghosties don’t like the no homo and said ummm yeeeeet!!! Into the Grand Canyon then the ghoul boys kiss???? Makes me go hubba hubba
Collide - needywitch
(35,310 words / 2 chapters / Explicit)
Tags: Pining, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Eventual Smut, Slow Burn, Masturbation, Mutual Pining, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Eventual Happy Ending, Getting Together, Falling In Love, Biting, First Time, Dirty Talk, Love Confessions, Rough Sex, Shane Madej Has a Big Dick
Ryan is desperately in love with his best friend.
Owieeeeeee. This one made me cryyyy. The prose of this fic along with a healthy usage of the word jaunty made this fic deeply emotional as well as made me want to cry when they kissed. Very excellent
A Perfect Piece of Ass, Like Every Californian - beethechange
(25,706 words / 3 chapters / Explicit)
Tags: entirely self-indulgent PWP, smut with feelings, Threesome, Birthday Sex, Oral Sex, lotta ball stuff here folks, so i hope you like balls, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Sexy Air Traffic Conducting, Vaginal Sex, Voyeurism
“Happy birthday, Shane,” Sara says. “I got you a Ryan.”
“Th—thanks?” Shane says. He looks at Ryan and Ryan just looks back, weirdly impassive, giving nothing away. “But I’m pretty sure I already have a Ryan in this model. What’s the return policy?”
“Not like this, you don’t,” she says, raising her eyebrows meaningfully. Out of the corner of his eye Shane can see Ryan bring his hand to his mouth, stifling a snicker that he turns into a cough. Oh, he thinks.
Oh shit.
I’m not gonna sit here and pretend that this fic is morally correct but Shane/Sara/Ryan fic is what I needed and it blew me away and it is the best smut thank you goodnight
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ghoulhistorian · 2 years
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Chapters: 27/? Fandom: Buzzfeed Unsolved (Web Series), Watcher Entertainment RPF Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ryan Bergara/Shane Madej Characters: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, Steven Lim, Katie LeBlanc, Sara Rubin, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Not Beta Read, Slow Burn, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss, Sexual Experimentation, Eventual Smut, Verse Shane, Verse Ryan, First Time, Semi-Public Sex, Shower Sex, Grinding, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Deepthroating, Anal Sex, Riding, Light Masochism, Daddy Kink (mention), Size Kink, Fluff and Angst, Anxiety, Insecurity, Misunderstandings, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Alcohol, Stranger Sex, Slurs (hinted), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Shane doesn't buy that he's bi, This bad boy can hold so much internalized biphobia, Ryan is bicurious, They make some arrangements Summary:
“Used your shower, hope you don’t mind,” came the voice of last night’s trick from the doorway. Shane knew he must’ve looked like a frightened cat, his shoulders went so stiff. He turned to see the man leaning against the door frame, fresh out of the shower. He was wearing Shane’s shirt, the same one he’d worn out last night, as if it couldn’t be made any more obvious. A quick glance at Ryan told him it was very, very obvious.
Or: Ryan discovers Shane's orientation and becomes curious about his own.
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jeepersss · 9 months
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i hope the house remembers. i hope you become part of its history, etched in its cancerous walls as it grows and dies in the same breath. i hope the memory of you becomes locked up in each penitentiary, asylum, and prison cell that you stepped into. i hope your names join the rest, i hope it repeats it back to you, doesn't. whispers it in your ear in the night.
don't you get it?
we are the haunting. the house remembers, the house breathes. the souls that each passed through haunt it like unwelcome visitors. the house asks: why would you do these things? inside my body? why wasn't i good enough for something better?
and here you come, spitting static into the empty night, rousing those lost souls--churning the dead stomach of this house. it has become hungry in our absence. each room a mouth.
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sattlersquarry · 9 months
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worse than ghosts masterlist (steve harrington x fem!reader, buzzfeed unsolved au)
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Y/N is a producer on YouTube’s most popular ghost-hunting show. When she and the Spirit Search team travel to Hawkins, Indiana to film their second season premiere at the Creel House, they discover that some things are worse than ghosts.
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Buzzfeed Unsolved x MCU: The Battle of New York
summary: Shane and Ryan do a Supernatural Unsolved episode on the Battle of New York
rating: PG-13 for language
warnings: none really? language
word count: ~1.6k
a/n: I wrote a fic like this years ago, but unfortunately I deleted that tumblr account back in 2019 and I literally cannot find any record of my post anymore. I couldn’t even find the original copy anywhere on my computer. hope y’all enjoy it! extra info found on the MCU fandom wiki.
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Ryan: This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we’re covering the Battle of New York, an event that destroyed half of Manhattan in a single afternoon and opened the world’s eyes to the existence of extraterrestrial life. Bet you feel pretty fuckin’ stupid now, huh Shane?
Shane: Now, look here, I am pretty fuckin’ stupid, but I have never said that I don’t believe in aliens.
Ryan: You say it literally every time we do an episode on aliens.
Shane: No, I’ve said that I don’t believe aliens have ever interacted with humans before.
Ryan: All I’m hearing are excuses.
Shane: Who’s pretty fuckin’ stupid now?
Ryan: Still you.
Shane: Damn, when you’re right you’re right.
Ryan: Can I get into the case now?
Shane: Go ahead, open your file with a single piece of paper in it and tell us all about it.
Ryan: Let’s get into it.
On May 1st, 2012, in a secret, underground facility in the middle of the Mojave, experiments were being performed on an object called “the Tesseract.” The scientists performing the experiment were employed by the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, otherwise known as “S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Shane: Wait a second, say that name again?
Ryan: S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Shane: No no no, the acronym.
Ryan: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Shane: (wheeze) That’s the stupidest name I’ve ever heard.
Ryan: Yeah, it does seem like they’re trying too hard.
Shane: Someone really wanted their organization to spell out “SHIELD.” What a bunch of nerds.
Ryan: The Tesseract had been used during World War II by Nazi scientists Johann Schmidt and Arnim Zola to create energy weapons that were capable of completely pulverizing its targets. It was briefly lost when Captain Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, hijacked a German bomber called the Valkyrie that was on course to destroy multiple major cities across the United States. He was unable to change course, so instead he attempted to fly the Valkyrie into the ocean and ended up landing in an ice field in Greenland. The Tesseract was found by Howard Stark not long after, although Captain Rogers and the Valkyrie were not found until about 70 years later.
The Tesseract changed owners several times, but by 2012 it was in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s possession during Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., which was an acronym for “Potential Energy Group - Alternate Sources - United States.”
Shane: Oh you’ve got to be kidding me.
Ryan: (wheeze)
Shane: Fuckin’ tryhards. 
Ryan: On May 1, 2012, there was an incident involving the Tesseract. The facility was breached by Loki Laufeyson, an alien born on Uranus and raised on Saturn. Thanks to Natasha Romanoff leaking all of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s data in 2014, all security footage from that night is available to the public. While they were experimenting on the Tesseract, it opened a portal through which Loki was able to come to Earth. He attacked and killed several agents using a staff that looked to be powered by something similar to the Tesseract. He used the same staff to subdue several agents and scientists through mind control. He even used it on Clint Barton, also known as Hawkeye: an actual Avenger!
Shane: Now hold up, mind control? On an Avenger? No way.
Ryan: I’m just telling you the facts.
Shane: There is no way an Avenger just let him waltz up and take control of his mind!
Ryan: Well actually, Loki is so powerful that he shows up in Norse mythology as a god, so really an Avenger got mind controlled by a god.
Shane: But we know he’s not a god now, he’s just an alien.
Ryan: The footage doesn’t lie!
Shane: This is bullshit.
Ryan: One of the side effects of this kind of mind control is that it turns the victim’s eyes bright blue, and according to footage we have from this event and images of Loki later on, his eyes are significantly bluer during the battle and the events leading up to it, so-
Shane: Ohhhhh, so he could have been mind-controlled, too!
Ryan: Yeah, exactly.
Shane: That tickles me very much!
Ryan: Ew, I… I didn’t like that.
Shane: That is very tickling indeed!
Ryan: This is a weird turn of phrase, even for you.
Shane: I will say, it makes the whole “mind controlling an Avenger” thing way more believable.
Ryan: Loki successfully stole the Tesseract, and the entire facility collapsed on itself, apparently due to the sheer power of the portal they had opened. Footage shows Loki using his staff to shoot oncoming S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and completely pulverizing them. He even shot down a helicopter!
S.H.I.E.L.D. used this as an opportunity to reactivate the Avengers Initiative, a project focused on bringing together people of special abilities to protect the Earth. The Avengers at the time were made up of Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, Captain America, Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk, Thor, another alien from Saturn who is seen in Norse mythology as the “god of thunder,” Agent Natasha Romanoff, also known as the Black Widow, and Hawkeye.
Shane: I thought Hawkeye got mind controlled?
Ryan: Well they got him back before the battle.
Shane: Do we know how?
Ryan: According to Agent Romanoff, she hit him really hard in the head and he was fine.
Shane: (wheeze) Is that really what she said?
Ryan: Yeah, they were fighting on one of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s helicarriers and she slammed his head against a railing and then knocked him out for good measure.
Shane: What a badass!
Ryan: Oh yeah, the Black Widow is definitely one of the most underrated heroes in history.
Loki spent a brief time in captivity on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s helicarrier, but was rescued by some of his mind-controlled goons who launched a fairly severe attack on the aircraft. Thor and the Hulk fell off the carrier, and several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were killed, including a high-ranking agent named Phil Coulson.
On May 4th, famous astrophysicist Erik Selvig (who was also under mind control) was caught building a portal using the Tesseract on top of Stark Tower in downtown Manhattan. After some failed negotiation between Tony Stark and Loki inside the tower, the portal was opened and an alien army known as the Chitauri was released on New York. The Chitauri are a sentient species of cybernetically enhanced beings that operate under a hive mind intelligence. They use another species called Leviathans for troop transport and combat, which are extremely augmented using armor, anti-gravity devices, and even laser cannons. 
The battle itself lasted two to three hours. Most of Manhattan was destroyed, and the World Security Council actually authorized the release of a nuclear missile to try and end the battle. As the missile headed for New York, Tony Stark intercepted it and redirected it into the portal. The missile hit the Chitauri Command Center, destroying the hive mind and deactivating every single soldier left fighting. Stark’s suit lost power as he let the nuke go, and he fell back to Earth through the portal just as Agent Romanoff closed the portal using Loki’s staff. As he was falling, reports say that he was caught in mid-air by the Hulk and brought safely back to ground level.
Shane: How the hell is New York still standing after that?
Ryan: Well, S.H.I.E.L.D. had a subsidiary team called “Damage Control,” and after the battle it was transferred to the federal government and is now the U.S. Department of Damage Control.
Shane: What, they couldn’t come up with a fun acronym for that?
Ryan: I guess not, whoever was coming up with cool names was off that day.
Shane: Damn, right when they needed him the most.
Ryan: Honestly, that’s the real tragedy of this whole story.
Shane: So is that the whole case?
Ryan: That’s pretty much it.
Shane: I remember where I was when I saw this on TV, actually.
Ryan: Oh yeah?
Shane: Yeah, I was watching TV at home and flippin’ through the channels and when I flipped on the news I thought I was watching a shitty alien movie.
Ryan: (wheeze) You didn’t realize this was a real thing that happened?
Shane: No, not until I saw it on Twitter like an hour after it happened.
Ryan: Oh my God, dude! You really are fuckin’ stupid.
Shane: I never said I wasn’t.
Ryan: Even though we now know the facts of the Battle of New York, a lot of questions remain unanswered. If Loki was being controlled, who was controlling him?  Where are he and Thor now? Does this open the door for future alien attacks, or alien alliances? What else is out there? As of this episode being filmed in April of 2015, we’re still waiting to see what the Avengers do next, but until then, all of these questions remain… UNSOLVED.
So who’s your favorite Avenger, Shane?
Shane: Hmm, that’s a toughie.
Ryan: Mine is Captain America, no contest.
Shane: Oh yeah?
Ryan: Hell yeah, dude. Killing Nazis and fighting aliens and surviving 70 years in ice? That’s badass.
Shane: So… no cap?
Ryan: *disappointed silence*
Shane: Get it, because- 
Ryan: No I got the joke.
Shane: Well, you’re not laughing, so I thought-
Ryan: Well it wasn’t funny.
Shane: Goodness, Ryan, you don’t have to hurt my feelings like that.
Ryan: I love hurting your feelings, actually.
Shane: Hm. This is awkward, then.
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please lmk if I should write more of these, I had a lot of fun with this one and I haven’t written stuff like this in like 5 years so I feel a little rusty lol. hope you enjoyed and if anyone wants to give me suggestions on more stuff to write please do!
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Irondad fic ideas #96
BUZZFEED UNSOLVED: THE CRYPTID OF STARK TOWER
Bonus:
Ryan and Shane interview employees, search for clues, discuss theories, and, after getting security clearance to stay overnight from an unhappy man named Happy, attempt a candy- and science-based summoning of the legendary cryptid known only as The Kid.
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