In this episode of Fic Clique, your hosts discuss "it was dark when i found you," by whimsicalimages (Skyfall) @14:01, "Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart," by kaydeefalls (Inception) @40:30, and "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up," by gyzym (MCU) @1:09:24. 

It's another blast from the past as we round out this year's birthday episodes, and this time we examine fandom-wide trends of breaking characters away from their archetypes, raising the stakes in opposite ways to canon, and the tropes we always return home to.