Hey y'all! So, because my current ff Omphalos is wrapping up shortly, it's time to start my new project ;) So I bring to you, Souls of the Resilient.
This is, as the summary says, 100 separate one-shots that can be read chronologically, or read in preference to which AU-inspiried Elsa you think sounds interesting! It will go in date order, like from the first example in BC time all the way into the future!
I'm really excited to begin this journey, and I'm pretty sure after I don't know if I'll ever have the inspiration to write anything Jelsa related again (lol) but we'll see! This is the preface to tie it together, I suppose, explain some things that would otherwise be 'plot holes' and just give you a little idea of what's to come! Enjoy :)
I was here at the beginning, and I shall be here at the end. I see all. Often, the lives of mortals are insignificant to me. You fight, you hurt, you destroy. It seems as though little else happens over a span of time innumerable to minds too feeble to see beyond the brims of their own poison, and even then, they do not know what they are drinking. There are a few bright stars I watch, but they fizzle and crackle long and are long gone before it could really be memorable. Some heroes, some villains, some people that break free from all the normal, but are undeniably chasing the same problems that you humans always have.
I stopped paying attention long ago. But, I do suppose, there are two souls that catch my attention.
Who am I? You people would call me 'Death', although I'm just just death, but life too. There is no division between Life and Death; we are one in the same. It is like a circle, the two ends are always the closest and farthest it could ever be. My name is unpronounceable to your ears, impossible to understand, like a color you have never seen before, the metal frustration of trying to hear the smell of pine trees. But I am not as callous as some other deities, ones that are mighty and scoff at the populations that cycle through their domain, and therefore I will allow you to know me as the Lady of the Galaxy. Some wanderer called me of that eons ago, and for once in this time of existing, I found it to be what you mortals call...tranquility. A sense of belong, what have you, and ever since then I've used the moniker when reaching out to those that would otherwise wish to call me silly things like 'Lady' or 'Majesty.' I am far from queenly, and not much a lady, I admit.
But this is me, and I'm not here to discuss me. As I said, there are two that I examine with the most zealous inquiry.
You see, in the beginning of time, the world came together in a bang. In such a creation, souls began on that day too. Immortal fluttering pieces of galaxies that would one day be the people you see. Certain pieces of the universe shards of space and time and earth, were near each other in this bang. Some will pairs will be vagabonds for as far as I can tell, constantly passing each other and never finding peace. Others were not lucky enough at all to ever have such a connection with another, and will always be pining for something that can't be filled, that could never be filled. Others are considered lucky to find each other even in one format of life, no matter how much in other lives, they seem to be drawn to the place of the other, but ultimately humans, more often than not, choose the wrong paths.
It is difficult to describe to someone who has never felt it. There is an undeniable pull for these galaxies to find each other again, in any form they take. And this pair is the most persistent that I've ever seen.
I have watched these souls come through my gates and back out again more times than I can count. Every time I think they've entered a time in which they will not find each other, they do again. But I have yet to see a happy ending for them. It always ends in tragedy. Other souls were merely give up. There was indeed a time in which I thought that the pair had run their course, accepted the obstacles were permeant and that there could never be a happily ever after again. But then, they appeared once more.
And the cycle began again.
They exist in many forms, in many worlds, in many stories. Their names fluid, ever changing, like the water of life, in innumerable forms and variations, although, I suppose you would know them as 'Jack' and 'Elsa'.
My time does not flow like your time, otherwise some of their incantations would be physically impossible. Of course, mortals only can understand such physical limitations. To begin to explain what you cannot see would be an undertaking I'm not willing to begin, for one cannot possibly fathom the mysteries unraveled that I know.
So it's a lie; I watch these two souls with morbid curiosity, in such a way I do not watch anyone else.
And believe me, when I tell you, more than anyone...I truly wish one day, their souls can find each other for good, and find peace. If it does, perhaps, there is hope for your kind yet.
Not much yet, I know, but after this we will actually see Jelsa. This is just a little preview to get y'all excited and all! The first actual chapter of AU should be up within 2-3 weeks (I know, it's a long time, blame college...)
BUT! I have two things.
First off, I have just a little shy of 75 lover prompts. So I reach out to you for your help. It can be inspired by like basically most love stories, I can make it work. I already have Disney and Dreamworks creations covered, but I need other couples you'd liked to see AU'd by Jack and Elsa (ie; Darcy and Elizabeth, Gatsby and Daisy, Jim and Pam), couples like that! Be sure to give me the place it comes from too- what book, movie, play, tv-show, ect- just in case I'm not familiar. I can't promise i'll use it, but there's a darn good chance I will.
Also, I'm going to be posting a 'next time' before this wraps up each time, just with the upcoming next date it takes place, and if you guess the Movie or the couple, you get to see the chapter early!
So, without further ado...
Next Chapter: 2.58 million B.C.
