Murder Girlfriends Reading Orders

Overall reading order for the murder girlfriends (Fate/ Ellie).

This page contains light spoilers for some threads.

Standalone Threads

These threads have no prerequisites on the glowfic site, though they might require some familiarity with a specific ~~fandom.~~fandom or might be helped by reading the 'related reading.' They can be read in any order. Some are referenced by later threads in the "Peals" section.

we never are what we intend: Heartless fairy Ellie is given a heart. She does not approve.
- Warnings:
  - murder
- Settings:
  - Heartless
- Main Alts:
  - The Yew Queen (Fate ~ Hisame)
  - Shade Eclipse Heart (Ellie)
- Status: complete
- Plot: unresolved
- Peals: lightning peal

yeah my love is sacrilegious: Infernal Ellie and Lunar Fate try to overthrow The System
- Warnings:
  - murder
  - slavery
  - relationship conflict
  - torture
  - cannibalism (off screen)
- Settings:
  - Exalted, Third Age
- Main Alts:
  - Shimmering Wyldclaw/ Wyld (Fate ~ Anakin)
  - Elucidation of Immanent Will/ 'Luc (Ellie)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Shining Jubilation/ Jubilee (Naruto)
- Status: complete
- Plot: unresolved
- Peals: lightning peal

all witches burn: you had me at "let's burn down wizarding Britain"
- Warnings:
  - murder
  - torture (graphic)
  - sadism/ masochism (explicit, consensual)
  - underage (adult/17 y/o, consensual)
  - past child abuse
- Settings:
  - Harry Potter, Marauders' Era
- Main Alts
  - ---/ The Dark Lady (Ellie) (out of canon nickname: Elliemort)
  - Bellatrix Sekhmet (Fate ~ Hisame)
  - Fay Reynolds (Fate ~ Ruby) (out of canon nickname: burn Fay)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Lily Evans (Palpatine ~ Lily)
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved
- Peals: unpealed

hope is a knife: this is a scientific experiment in whether you can give a Force ghost a heart attack
- Warnings:
  - violence
  - slavery
  - brief torture
- Settings:
  - Star Wars, sequels era
- Main Alts:
  - Ellaita Dameron (Ellie)
  - Anathema Jedi (Fate ~ Anathema)
  - Anakin Skywalker/ Anakin Vendar (Fate ~ Anakin) (out of canon nickname: force ghost anakin)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Lily Nobody/ Lily Vendar (Lily ~ Palpatine)
  - Jacen Organa-Solo/ Lord Inkil (Jacen)
  - Jaina Organa-Solo (Jaina)
  - Tyrant (Tyrant)
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved
- Peals: foundations peal (smol peal)
- Notes:
  - Not in continuity with "one girl revolution;" instead based off of planned reboot. Backstory as discussed on screen does not notably diverge, though

no hands of fate: The Lay of Leithian, murder gfs style
- Warnings:
  - murder
  - lack of free will
- Settings:
  - Arda, Silmarillion, First Age
- Main Alts:
  - Beren/ Mygwainor (Fate ~ Anakin)
  - Luthien Tinuviel/ Ellin (Ellie)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Sauron (Ares)
  - Huan (Scarlet)
  - Finrod (Naruto)
  - Curufinwë Fëanáro (Jacen)
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved
- Peals: unpealed

tomorrow there'll be more of us: if you don't think eevee is the best pokemon you're lying to yourself tbh
- Warnings:
  - kidnapping
- Settings:
  - Pokemon
- Main Alts:
  - Ellie Pine (Ellie)
  - Intrepid Ellievee/ Eevee (Fate ~ Anathema)
  - Flicker Ellievee/ Umbreon (Fate ~ Anakin)
  - Garnet Ellievee/ Flareon (Fate ~ Ruby)
  - Stilettoo Ellievee/ Jolteon (Fate ~ Hisame)
  - Loyal Ellievee/ Vaporeon (Fate ~ Dragon)
  - Espeon (Fate ~ Glint)
- Status: in progress

like marbles on glass: River Tam Fate and Psion Ellie
- Warnings:
  - past torture
  - unreality
  - uncontrolled mind reading
- Settings:
  - Psion
  - Firefly (mentioned)
- Main Alts:
  - River Tam (Fate ~ Ruby)
  - The Empress (Ellie)
- Status: hiatused

make a supersonic woman of you: Ellie gets picked up by a planet-hopping bard
- Settings:
  - Spelljammer
- Main Alts:
  - Ellie Drake (Ellie)
  - Villanelle (Fate ~ Ruby)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Tyrant (Spelljammer Magic AI) (Tyrant)
- Status: hiatused

Series

These threads are part of a series with other threads, but do not include full peals. They are standalone for prerequisites, usually, but sometimes are referenced in later threads in the "Peals" section.

one girl revolution

Star Wars prequel rewrite. Features Fate as Anakin Skywalker and Ellie as her Jedi Master, Elesse Vendar. The base series is hiatused and will likely be abandoned in favor of a planned reboot, but it will remain canon to any threads downstream of peace is a fiction of our faith.

Series overall:
- Status: hiatused
- Plot: unresolved
- Length: medium
- World: Star Wars
- Warnings:
  - slavery
  - violence
- Main Alts:
  - Elesse Vendar (Ellie)
  - Anakin Skywalker (Fate ~ Anakin)

a voice yet waiting to be heard: every journey has a first step
one last candle to keep out the night: when clones attack
peace is a fiction of our faith: Occlus (Ellie) meets a redeemed Darth Vader (Fate ~ Anakin)
- Note: sequel to series, AU from original series plan
- Bonus Warnings:
  - past forced pregnancy
- Main Alts:
  - Ani (Fate ~ Anakin)
  - Darth Occlus (Ellie)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Luke Skywalker (Naruto ~ Luke)
  - Leia Organa (Leia)
- Related Reading:
  - Ascendancy: backstory for Darth Occlus

plan for noon and plan for night

Harry Potter series rewrite, featuring Ellie as the Girl-Who-Lived.

Series overall:
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved
- Length: Long
- World: Harry Potter, main era
- Warnings:
  - past child abuse
  - violence
- Main Alts:
  - Ellie Potter (Ellie)
  - Anathema Canta (Fate ~ Anathema)
  - Fay Reynolds (Fate ~ Ruby) (out of canon nickname: noon Fay)
  - Bellatrix Black (Fate ~ Hisame)
  - Elodie Delacour (Ellie)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Lord Voldemort (Orochimaru)
  - Scarlet Be Thy Coat (Scarlet)
  - Serpens Malfoy (Em)
  - Lily Potter (Palpatine ~ Lily)
  - Narcissa Malfoy (Mal)
  - Lyra Malfoy (Lian)
Ellie Potter and the Sorcerous Anathema: Year 1 (Philosopher's Stone rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - possession
  - attempted murder
Ellie Potter and the Serpent of Slytherin: Year 2 (Chamber of Secrets rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - possession
  - attempted murder
Ellie Potter and the Hunting Star: Year 3 (Prisoner of Azkaban rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - aftermath of torture
  - Dementors
  - downer ending
Ellie Potter and the Triwizard Masquerade: Year 4 (Goblet of Fire rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - mind control
Ellie Potter and the Order of the Dragon: Year 5 (Order of the Phoenix rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - war
  - torture
  - mind control
Ellie Potter and the Tiger's Eye: Year 6 (Half-Blood Prince rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - war
  - minor character death
Ellie Potter and the Unhallowed Deaths: Year 7 (Deathly Hallows rewrite)
- Bonus Warnings:
  - war
  - major character undeath
  - self sacrifice
Ellie Potter-Canta and the Dragon's Hoard: Epilogue
- Bonus Warnings:
  - explicit sadism/ masochism (consensual)
  - guardian/ ward + teacher/student relationship (consensual) (Ellie/ Fay/ Anathema)
  - underage (adult/ 17 y/o) (consensual)
  - adopted family incest
  - something approximating internalized homophobia
- Note: while the story resolves entirely in Ellie Potter and the Unhallowed Deaths, and the Ellie/ Fay relationship can be treated as platonic all through the main seven stories, the epilogue is canon to later peals

Peals

Threads that contain or are centrally part of a peal.

lightning peal

This is a very large, complicated peal, and its reading order with related reading is separately written here. This was the first peal, and it includes the counter peal at the end, as well as some series and many standalone threads. The central peal likely won't show up again in other threads, though some universes might have a version peal to another peal, and downstream threads with depealed characters might continue into new stories.

Peal overall:
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved
- Length: very long
- Worlds: very many, see reading list above
- Splinter peals: miss malicious peal

miss malicious peal

Peal title might be changed at some point. Downstream of the lightning peal, following Acererak after she depeals. All threads within it are complete with resolved plots, but the peal is likely to double peal later.

Peal overall:
- Status: quasi-complete
- Plot: resolved
- Length: medium
- Worlds: four
  - Dungeons and Dragons, generic
  - Rivalry
  - Ars Doloris
  - The Elder Scrolls, First Era
- Parent peal: lightning peal

you can call me miss malicious: Acererak Fate and Rivalry Ellie
- Warnings:
  - murder
  - mass murder
  - torture (graphic)
  - slavery
  - sadism/ masochism (explicit, consensual)
  - dubcon (character consents, then has her memory of consenting erased)
- Settings:
  - Rivalry
  - Dungeons and Dragons, generic (mentioned)
  - Ars Doloris (briefly)
- Main Alts:
  - Acererak (Fate ~ Hisame)
  - Eliese (Ellie)
  - Lace (Fate ~ Ruby)
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved

dead man's lie: sometimes a masochist is a solution in search of a problem
- Warnings:
  - vampires
  - shitty parents
  - sadism/ masochism (consensual)
- Settings:
  - The Elder Scrolls, First Era
  - Ars Doloris (briefly)
- Main Alts
  - Lace (Fate ~ Ruby)
  - Elana (Ellie)
- Secondary Alts
  - Lord Harkon (Palpatine)
- Status: complete
- Plot: resolved

counter peal

This is a medium sized peal that ultimately references only four base universes. It is complete and the plot is resolved.

smol peals

Peals involving at most two or three source worlds/ pairs. Some smol peals might eventually peal to each other.

foundations of the world:
- Warnings:
  - Sadism/ masochism (consensual)
  - Lifestyle D/ S (consensual)
  - Anakin's backstory: slavery, abuse, depersonalization, forced pregnancy, suicide, murder
- Worlds: two
  - Star Wars, sequels era
  - Harry Potter, main era
- Parents:
  - hope is a knife
  - plan for noon and plan for night
- Main Alts:
  - Knife polycule
    - Anakin Skywalker/ Anakin Vendar (Fate ~ Anakin)
    - Anathema Jedi (Fate ~ Anathema)
    - Ellaita Dameron (Ellie)
  - Noon polycule
    - Anathema Potter-Canta (Fate ~ Anakin)
    - Ellie Potter-Canta (Ellie)
    - Fay Reynolds (Fate ~ Ruby)
- Secondary Alts:
  - Lily Vendar (Palpatine ~ Lily)
  - Tayab Sellech (2B)
  - The Clones (The Collective)
- Status: in progress