Ab Extra, Salus {Masterpost}

[afterandalasia]

Title: Ab Extra, Salus
Author: afterandalasia
Artist:numberthescars
Fandom: The Hunger Games Trilogy, Mulan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire [and other Disney Animated Canon]
Pairings: Gen, Kida & Mulan friendship, Mulan and Fa Zhou friendship, background Kida/Milo
Rating: R
Warning: (skip) Violence, gore, character death (major and minor), coercive behaviour by government and authorities, forced sex reassignment surgery, non-consensual medical treatment, torture (including pharmaceutrical, electrical, beatings, waterboarding), confinement, reference to drug abuse, reference to mental illnesses.
Word Count: 82,169
Beta: darkstar1991 and krissielee

Summary: In a not-too-distant future, Panem lies under the rule of President Yensid, twelve Districts shackled to a central Capitol. Every year, each District is supposed to give up two Tributes to fight to the death in a horrific spectacle known and celebrated as the Hunger Games.

When Fa Mulan takes her brother's place at the Reaping, all that she is thinking about is saving his life. As time wears on, however, she begins to suspect that something bigger is unfolding, and the world falls away from beneath her in more ways than one. The world of Panem beings to dissolve, and she finds herself one of those who are blamed for the rebellion that has suddenly sparked into life - blamed by a government that will stop at nothing to punish those who act against it.

Part One: The Tribute | Chapters One - Four | Chapter Five
Part Two: The Fighter | Chapters Six - Nine | Chapters Ten - Twelve
Part Three: The Victor | Chapters Thirteen - Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen
Part Four: The Captive | Chapters Eighteen - Twenty-One | Chapters Twenty-Two - Twenty-Four
Part Five: The Survivor | Chapters Twenty-Five - Twenty-Eight | Chapters Twenty-Nine - Thirty


Notes: Well, this story turned into a monster and a half, but it has been a really amazing time. In some ways, it came from wanting to tell two stories at once: Mulan's, and Kida's. This is the result.

First up, I want to thank deadflowers5 for running this comm and wrangling us all into posting. I stand in awe of you. Secondly, I want to both thank and pimp numberthescars for her amazing art, including the icon I am currently using. Seriously, go check her stuff out, because it is beautiful. Finally, of course, a huge thanks to my beta krissielee for her amazing work, and to my beta/alpha darkstar1991 for helping me to bash out details, going over ideas, and letting me run around in the early hours of the morning trying to figure things out.

For a hugely detailed and interesting discussion/review of The Hunger Games, I would recommend checking out the work of farla. Be warned that it is highly critical, but it is certainly very interesting.

Within Disney Animated Canon, the main fandoms which I have used are, as noted, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Mulan. However, other fandoms used or referenced include 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Fantasia, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lilo & Stitch, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tangled, Tarzan, Toy Story and Treasure Planet. Not that you need to know them all, though!


Art: Masterpost
Fic: Masterpost | AO3

Comments

[floranna.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but is this the whole story? Or will you continue it? The ending felt a bit open so I am curious. ^^

[ficofandalasia.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is the whole story. It was a deliberate decision to leave the ending open: the story was more about the intersection of two people, in this case Mulan and Kida, than either of them individually. It opens with the reaping that will ultimately cause them to cross paths, and closes as they go their separate ways again - Kida to be involved with the rebellion/revolution, and Mulan to put her life back together and continue the search for her brother, in safety.

I appreciate your feedback on the ending, though. I do have plans to do some (possibly extensive) editing on this in the future, once the first rush of writing it has cleared, and I will keep your comment in mind.

By the way, wow, you are a fast reader.:)