CaptainDegenerate · Historical Fanfics
1 historical fic by CaptainDegenerate in our database, ranked by kudos. Period settings raise the stakes on intimacy: letters take weeks, reputations can kill, and a glance across a ballroom carries a novel's worth of meaning.
CaptainDegenerate is an AO3 author writing in the Attack on Titan fandom, best known here for "To Sing a Song of Steel", which has earned 14k kudos on AO3. Our database tracks 3 of their works totaling 468k words.
Best Historical Works by CaptainDegenerate
CaptainDegenerate's historical fanfiction on AO3, sorted by kudos.
To Sing a Song of Steel
HistoricalAs a token of goodwill, you're sent to a hostile foreign nation to marry the son of the Czar. Having given up all you know and living inside a castle that doesn't welcome you, you're surrounded by people you cannot trust, your life hanging by a thread in the unsteady political climate.In your hopele
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Other top works by CaptainDegenerate outside the historical trope.
Why Read CaptainDegenerate's Historical Fanfics
Historical — Fic set in a real historical period — regency ballrooms, world wars, golden-age piracy, 1980s small towns — either because canon lives there or because the writer relocated the cast. Distinct from historical-au in usage mainly by covering canon-era period fic too.
Period settings raise the stakes on intimacy: letters take weeks, reputations can kill, and a glance across a ballroom carries a novel's worth of meaning. CaptainDegenerate has earned 33k kudos across the 3 works tracked in our database, totaling 468k words.
Their historical works alone have earned 14k kudos, making them a go-to author for readers who love this trope in Attack on Titan.
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CaptainDegenerate · Royalty AU
Characters are placed in a royal or aristocratic setting with kings, queens, princes, and nobles. Romance often crosses class boundaries or involves political intrigue.
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CaptainDegenerate · Time Travel
Characters travel through time, either to change events, escape danger, or by accident. Romance may span different time periods or involve changing the past.
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CaptainDegenerate · Fantasy
Secondary worlds, sword-and-sorcery quests, and fantasy AUs that relocate a modern cast into kingdoms, guilds, and enchanted forests. The tag covers both fic set in canonically fantastical worlds and full genre transplants.
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CaptainDegenerate · Reader Insert
Fic written in second person where 'you' are a character in the story, usually opposite a canon favorite. The reader-insert form, often tagged with (Y/N) conventions, is one of fandom's most popular and most distinct storytelling modes.
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