Igenlode Wordsmith

Igenlode Wordsmith is a writer of fanfiction and original fiction who has been active in multiple fandoms from the late 1990s to this day (2020). Most of Igenlode's works are gen, sometimes with background het, except for the Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies stories that feature romance more prominently.
Unusually for the Phantom of the Opera fandom, this author is a fan of Raoul de Chagny and Raoul/Christine pairing.
==From the Fannish Autobiography==
==Tropes in Igenlode's Stories==
In the humorous drinking game, or, rather "a strictly non-alcoholic observation test" Igenlode identifies the following tropes:
* characters getting "gratuitously injured"
* character death, including major character death
* a character "commits an act of gratuitous non-swearing"
* unrequited love
* characters having accents
* historical references
* characters sharing telepathic links
* flashbacks, including large parts of the text being narrated in flashback
* referring to characters by more than one name
* characters being described as unattractive
* characters having an unsavoury past or behaving in a deliberately unpleasant manner
* the use of multiple narrators
One of the hallmarks of Igenlode's more recent writing is Love Never Dies Canon Divergence AUs. Many of those are fix it fics in which Raoul and Christine mend their relationship.
==Works==
===Fanfiction===
====Phantom of the Opera====
Stories based on the book:
* Count Philippe Takes a Hand - If the Viscount isn't prepared to set his relationship with Christine Daaé on a more appropriate footing, then the Count will just have to do it for him... Much embarrassment ensues.
* Christmas as it ought not to be - Raoul had never enjoyed Christmas very much.
Stories based on the musical:
* Shall We Dance? - a fluffy fic that takes place during a dance on the Masquerade
* Beyond the Abyss - AU version of the Final Lair scene
Stories based on the movie:
* The Man Who Knew Too Much - a gen fic about Joseph Buquet
====Love Never Dies====
* All the Rules Rearranged - "Tell her. If you love her, tell her... For if you do not, I will - and take the consequences." Desperation in Christine's dressing-room spills out truths that change everything. But shattered lives can find something in common...
* Waiting in the Wings - missing scenes story based on the 2012 Australian production
* The Choices of Raoul de Chagny - one of the earliest Love Never Dies fix its by this author
* The Daaé Case - a story written from the POV of an unusual original character.
* To Ease Your Troubled Mind - written for the challenge "Operation Beautiful Ocean Depths" the rules of which were to write a believable break-up fic about one's OTP
====Blake's 7====
* Blue Remembered Hills - "Blake and Gan find themselves trapped in an unfolding space opera on the planet Newparis, where the mysterious masked genius known as the Ghost takes an all too personal interest in a talented young girl...". Crossover with Phantom of the Opera (the Leroux novel).
* Half a Savage - Pre-canon story about characters from the Horizon episode.
====Pirates of the Caribbean====
* Live For Me - Jack Sparrow is dead, by the hangman's rope. Elizabeth has to marry her Commodore. And Will Turner's life tastes of ashes. All that remains is a dull hatred for Norrington and the aching question of Jack's last, cryptic advice...
* A Fine Woman - When an old and valued servant gets herself in trouble, Elizabeth Turner encounters Norrington again. But six months of marriage turn out to cast a fresh light on events for both of them.
====Other Fandoms====
* A Child of the Law - an AU where Cosette is adopted by Javert (Les Misérables)
* Water-horse - Professor Snape attempts to create an antidote to the Imperius Curse against Dumbledore's express orders to the contrary, and discovers that the blood of a water-horse is a very dangerous Potions ingredient. (Harry Potter)
* Scruples of Honour - Ashley Wilkes has known Charles Hamilton all his life - but the one time the boy needs him most is the one time he has no right to intervene. (Gone with the Wind)
* Afterwards - She could not find Thomas. And the world was breaking apart. (Crimson Peak)
* The Girl He Left Behind Him - After the execution, Micaela was the only one who tried to understand... (Carmen (opera))
* Familiar - AU about Anna waking up after having spent years as an ice statue (Frozen)
===Meta===
* Collected Thoughts On Raoul: Head-Canons - analysis of Raoul's character
* Collected Thoughts on Erik and Fanfiction - analysis of Erik's character
===Fanart===
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* Federation Costume (Blake's 7)
==Websites==
* The Ivory Tower, Igenlode's personal website. Includes fiction, illustrations, reviews and other things
* Rescue Raoul! - a Fanfiction.net community "dedicated to the best of the stories that feature Raoul de Chagny. Raoul-friendly fiction that rescues our favourite Vicomte from bashing and ridicule (although not always from tragedy...) Whether in a speaking or non-speaking role, in love or in despair or even occasionally dead, he's always in character - and true to Christine."
==References==
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