Index and Reading Order (lightning peal)

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murder girlfriends ~ lightning is a continuity on the glowfic site. There is an index of related reading on glowfic, but it isn't fully complete. It's the biggest peal so far in the murder girlfriends multiverse, referencing the vast majority of the current murder girlfriends threads.

The reading order and index have page numbers given, for 25 posts/ page. Links to the glowfic site are at specific replies or a whole post.

This page contains some spoilers for the continuity.

 

Recommended Reading Order

These are threads between Ellie/ Fate pairs that occur prior to pealing into mixed with the lightning of slaughter. They can be read before mixed with the lightning of slaughter, or interwoven in with it at the indicated points. Some of the related reading (below) is character backstories which aren't essential to the continuity but do help understand it.

  • mixed with the lightning of slaughter: Fate meets Ellie
    • Wiki
    • Warnings + Spoilers:
      • See wiki link
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • Read up to page 220, "They land in an autumn forest. It's hard to tell if the orange sky indicates sunrise or sunset." (After the Loki!Fate section)

 

  • we never are what we intend: Ellie (Shade Eclipse Heart) and Fate (The Yew Queen) in Heartless (original fairies setting)
    • Warnings:
      • murder
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is stand alone. However, the main plot is resolved in mixed with the lightning of slaughter

 

 

  • one girl revolution: Ellie (Elesse) and Fate (Anakin Skywalker) in a rewrite of the Star Wars prequels
    • Warnings:
      • offscreen murder
      • past slavery
      • war
    • Spoilers:
      • Star Wars
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This continuity is WIP and is intended to eventually diverge from the backstory found in peace is a fiction of our faith

 

  • peace is a fiction of our faith: Ellie (Darth Occlus) and a redeemed Darth Vader
    • Warnings:
      • panic attacks
      • past forced pregnancy
    • Spoilers:
      • Star Wars movies
      • Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy (1991)
      • one girl revolution
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This diverges from the planned plot of one girl revolution: Elesse and Anakin drift apart, rather than staying together, and Anakin becomes Darth Vader. The OT goes roughly as canon, except Anakin survives

 

  • mixed with the lightning of slaughter, page 235 to 248
    • Spoilers:
      • peace is a fiction of our faith
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This sequels to the plot of peace is a fiction of our faith and is set several years later
      • Read up to page 248, " Meanwhile... Naruto - the one from Naraka's world, though he thinks Elieyha's presence is more significant - thinks he's finally cracked interworld travel via Six Paths chakra." (After Elesse and Anakin talk)

 

  • yeah my love is sacrilegious: Ellie (Luc') and Fate (Wyld) in Exalted
    • Warnings:
      • war
      • murder
      • torture
      • slavery
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is stand alone. However, the main plot is resolved in mixed with the lightning of slaughter

 

 

  • it's the side effects that save us: Elesse is the summoned hero
    • Spoilers:
      • mixed with the lightning of slaughter and related threads
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This interrupts mixed with the lightning of slaughter

 

  • fearfully and wonderfully made: Ellie and Fate (Ruby) in Cognoscente (original magical girls setting)
    • Warnings:
      • torture
      • murder
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is stand alone. However, the main plot is resolved in she and her furry friends

 

  • ride on the wings of doom: Warcraft dragon Ellie (Ellisaria) and Arda dragon Fate (Brisingr)
    • Warnings:
      • violence
      • murder
    • Spoilers:
      • The Hobbit
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is stand alone. However, the main plot is resolved in howling ghosts they reappear

 

  • wondering eyes, left behind: Ellie (El) and Fate (Bellona) are the Elric sisters in Fullmetal Alchemist
    • Warnings:
      • harm to children
      • harm to animals
      • murder
    • Spoilers:
      • Fullmetal Alchemist
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is stand alone. However, the main plot is resolved in howling ghosts they reappear

 

  • howling ghosts they reappear: the Elric sisters in Arda
    • Warnings:
      • harm to children
      • murder
      • mind control
      • emotional abuse
      • war
      • vague suicidal ideation
    • Spoilers:
      • The Lord of the Rings
      • ride on the wings of doom
      • wondering eyes, left behind
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • The plot of this resolves by the end of the thread and this, ride on the wings of doom, and wondering eyes left behind can technically be read entirely stand alone

 

  • she and her furry friends: the Elric sisters go world hopping - and meet two girls who look a lot like them
    • Warnings:
      • sibling incest
      • dissociation
      • panic attacks
      • underage drinking
    • Spoilers:
      • fearfully and wonderfully made
      • howling ghosts they reappear
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This is set about six years after the end of howling ghosts they reappear
      • The plot of this resolves by the end of the thread, but it does sequel in mixed with the lightning of slaughter a few years later

 

 

  • you can call me miss malicious: Acererak Fate and Rivalry Ellie
    • Warnings:
      • murder
      • mass murder
      • graphic torture
      • explicit sadism/ masochism (consensual)
      • dubcon (character consents, then has her memory of consenting erased)
    • Spoilers:
      • mixed with the lightning of slaughter up to the end of the Acererak arc
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • this diverges from mixed with the lightning of slaughter early in the thread, and can be read at any time after the Acererak arc, page 127

 

  • dead man's lie: sometimes a masochist is a solution in search of a problem (Lace and Skyrim Ellie)
    • Warnings:
      • torture
      • vampires
      • shitty parents
      • sadism/ masochism (consensual)
    • Spoilers:
      • Dawnguard arc of Skyrim
      • you can call me miss malicious
    • Reading Order Notes:
      • This follows Lace from some time after the end of you can call me miss malicious

     

    • Two Sorts of Destiny: Ellie in Worm
      • Warnings:
        • murder
        • serial killers
      • Spoilers:
        • Worm
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • This is the backstory of the Keres and can be read before mixed with the lightning of slaughter for added context

     

    • Intended Purpose: Ellie in Arabek
      • Warnings:
        • violence
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • This is the backstory of Ellayania (Arabek Ellie) and can be read after the Avatar: The Last Airbender segment of mixed with the lightning of slaughter for added context

     

    • Legends: Fate as Kid Loki from Marvel comics
      • Warnings:
        • major character death
        • mind control
        • bullying
        • amnesia
      • Spoilers:
        • Journey into Mystery, House of M
        • the resolution and mystery of Loki's plot in mixed with the lightning of slaughter
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • This should be read after Loki's section in mixed with the lightning of slaughter to avoid spoilers; it covers the alternate timeline with no peal interference
        • Read through the end of I never meant for you to fix yourself for centrally Loki-related content

     

    • Ascendancy: Ellie (Darth Occlus) in the Old Republic
      • Warnings:
        • violence
        • probably more
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • This is the backstory of Darth Occlus (Star Wars Old Republic Ellie) and can be read before peace is a fiction of our faith for added context

     

    • deep reflections: mosses become magical girls
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • Eliese (rivalry Ellie) backstory. Can be read before you can call me miss malicious for added context

     

    • murder girlfriends outtakes: what didn't happen
      • Warnings:
        • violence
      • Reading Order Notes:
        • All threads in this are functionally abandoned with no resolution, due to writing ourselves into assorted corners. They are non-canon to the murder girlfriends but preserved for historic interest.

     

    Index for mixed with the lightning of slaughter

    This is a fairly long thread, with a lot of events. This index contains spoilers. All links are to specific replies in the thread.

    • Thread opening: Uchiha Hisame and the Keres in Thedas. The Keres and Hisame begin dating before leaving Thedas.
    • Thedas Ellie: appears on page 19. Introduces Eliana Fabil
    • Trainwreck: begins page 46. Introduces Mora. Mora and Eliana Fabil hook up.
    • Avatar the Last Airbender: begins page 75. Introduces Eliko and Mara. Introduces the first inkling of alts (Mara and Hisame share a face). Eliko and Mara elect to stay behind when the peal moves on.
    • Arabek: begins page 107. Introduces Ellayania. Introduces the concept of alts properly. The peal uses Arabek as a home base going forward.
    • Tomb of Annihilation: begins page 119. Introduces Elatra and Acererak. Acererak depeals; she is assumed dead. The peal gets resurrection for the first time.
    • Skyrim: begins page 134. Introduces Glint. Glint ascends to godhood as Sheogorath. Glint helps Mora regain her lost headmate, Nausicaa. Glint begins dating Elatra and Ellayania.
    • Naruto 2: begins page 184. Introduces bad end Hisame (Naraka), Uzumaki Naruto, and Elieyha. Initial Hisame begins going by Tentou. Naraka and the Keres start dating.
    • Marvel: begins page 202. Introduces Loki and Ikol. Loki and Ikol both depeal. (see related reading above)
    • Heartless: begins page 220. Introduces the Yew Queen and Shade Eclipse heart, who are dating. Sequels we never are what we intend (see reading order above)
    • Star Wars: begins page 235. Introduces Ani (Anakin Skywalker), Darth Occlus, Elesse, and Luke Skywalker. Sequels peace is a fiction of our faith (see reading order + related reading above)
    • Exalted: begins page 248. Introduces Elucidation of Immanent Will (Luc') and Shimmering Wyldclaw (Wyld). Sequels yeah my love is sacrilegious (see reading order above)
    • Greatness: interrupts page 284-285. Elesse depeals
    • Arda: begins page 285, goes to thread end. Introduces Bellona Elric, Elizabeth Elric, Ruby, Ellie (Nyx), Brisingr, and Ellisaria. Elesse peals to Arda counter peal (see reading order above) then repeals to main peal. Agon (also present in Arda) is mentioned but doesn't peal before the thread's conclusion.
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