(Fic) Zeitgeist, Volume One: Black Edelweiss—[51/51]

[black_sluggard]

Title: Black Edelweiss
Series: Zeitgeist
Follows: One Giant Leap
Fandoms: Castle, Heroes.
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-fi, Suspense, Angst, case fic (if you squint).
Warnings: References to vivisection, torture, human experimentation, September 11th, and the Holocaust.
Details: Pre-slash, crossover, AU, genre-crack, angst, character focus slanted by shameless author bias, interpretation of minor characters bordering on OCs, angst, blatant denial of canon character deaths, questionable character deconstruction (to say the least), "morally grey", canon abuse, time travel, and angst.
Wordcount: 113k+
Characters/Pairings: Castle—ensemble, Ryan/Esposito pre-slash. Heroes—Noah, Angela, Tracy, Hiro, Peter, Sylar, mention of various others. Allusions to characters from NCIS.
Summary: Two weeks after Claire Bennet's televised leap from the Ferris wheel, the 12th handles it's first case delving into the strange world of specials. Evidence points the investigation toward a former Company Agent, a man Noah Bennet would swear up and down doesn't exist.
Notes: Takes place post-series for Heroes, and post- Nikki Heat and Knockdown for Castle. Takes place after my story "One Giant Leap" (for a given value of "after").
I'm fudging the timeline of both shows a bit, but specifically for Heroes, assuming a longer period of time between Volume 3 and 4, and that the series finale, Brave New World, took place in early December of 2010.
Disclaimer: Slash, superpowers and Nazis.
And while it seems almost a waste of time to disclaim this, no, I am not in any way a supporter of Nazi ideals, white supremacy or the Third Reich. I'm just an insane history-loving sci-fi nerd, and I like to acknowledge that Nazis, despite having been human beings moved by human desires, are one of the most universally one-dimensional characters in all of fiction, and wanted to present one that wasn't...
Remember, it's a crossover with Heroes , where things are almost always a bit "morally grey".
That said, there's enough wrong with this whole story for you to hate me, regardless. If for no other reason than because "empathic mimicry" is a horrible cop-out of a power, and is a horrendous plot device even when Peter had it.
This is without a doubt the most psychotic story idea I've ever conceived of, and I apologize in advance to anyone who actually reads this. Castle fans most especially.
Title is borrowed from the memoir by Johann Voss (which I haven't read, I just thought it fit).

Prologue: One Giant Leap

Chapters:
Chapter One: Brave New World
Chapter Two: Rope Enough
Chapter Three: Truth or Dare
Interlude 1: Javier & Ike—New York; December 6th, 2010
Chapter Four: Phantom Strangers
Interlude 2: Konrad & Fritz—Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Poland; December 1944
Chapter Five: Ignorance is Bliss
Interlude 3: Konrad—Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland; December 1944
Interlude 4: Konrad & Fritz—Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland; January 1945
Chapter Six: Stranger Than Fiction
Chapter Seven: The Other Shoe
Chapter Eight: The Ryan Report
Chapter Nine: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Interlude 5: Kevin & Javier—Manhattan, New York; June 2010
Chapter Ten: To Walk A Mile
Interlude 6: Adam & Konrad—Dresden, Germany; February 13, 1945
Interlude 7: Kevin & Jenny—Manhattan, New York; December 17th, 2010; 11:24 PM
Chapter Eleven: Exit, Stage Left
Video: Coming Undone
Interlude 8: Peter—Manhattan, New York; December 17th, 2010; 11:53 PM
Interlude 9: Konrad & Adam—Brooklyn, New York; February, 1959
Interlude 10: Konrad & Frank—Queens, New York; March 17th, 1960
Interlude 11: Konrad & Charles—Queens, New York; August 1968
Interlude 12: Konrad—Manhattan, New York; August 1968
Interlude 13: Manhattan, New York; September 11, 2001
Chapter Twelve: È Chūqù Le (鵝出去了)
Chapter Thirteen: Thorns Outlive the Rose
Chapter Fourteen: Broken
Chapter Fifteen: Reliquary
Interlude 14: Konrad & Angela—Toulouse, France; July 1969
Chapter Sixteen: Curiosity Killed the Cat (Satisfaction Brought it Back)
Interlude 15 Konrad & Haram—Odessa, Texas; 1983
Interlude 16: Konrad & Haram—Odessa, Texas; 1986
Interlude 17: Konrad & Claude—Odessa, Texas; 1990
Chapter Seventeen: Bait and Switch
Interlude 18: Konrad & Martin—Brooklyn, New York; 1985
Chapter Eighteen: Served Cold
Chapter Nineteen: Chaperone
Chapter Twenty: Hide and Seek
Chapter Twenty-One: Follow the Leader
Chapter Twenty-Two: Honor Thy Father
Chapter Twenty-Three: Parabola
Interlude 19: Gabriel—Brooklyn, New York; August, 2001
Chapter Twenty-Four: An Old Man Sitting Next To Me
Chapter Twenty-Five: Proof of Life
Chapter Twenty-Six: Forget-Me-Not
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Man Who Wasn't There
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Rude Awakening
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hard Sell
Interlude 20: Barbara & Tracy—Manhattan, New York; December 19, 2010
Chapter Thirty: Sum Ergo Sum
Epilogue

Comments

[recycledstars.livejournal.com]

The title alone has me intrigued. I will be back! If only because I love cracked out crossovers and the promise of multi-dimensional Nazi characters has me rapt.

(I would read immediately, but it's 12:30 AM and I am meant to ... you know, not be reading fanfiction and studying for exams and such. Feh.)