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Jesmalestiel the name Talia Franks uses while writing fanfiction. Talia (they/them) is a poet, writer, and translator born and raised in Massachusetts. They are an alum of the Bread Loaf Translators' Conference and of the Columbia Publishing Course, and earned a Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities from Brandeis University. Talia writes regularly on Word-for-Sense and Other Stories and they have contributed articles to both Black Girls Create and Nerdist. They've also written reviews of poetry and prose in translation for Three Percent, and their poetry has appeared in the Brandeis University publications Jaded and Ebony Axis and on Black Girls Create. When not reading, writing, or translating Talia enjoys hiking, meditation, spending time with friends and family, indexing their personal library, and trying to find more time in their schedule to read. You can find Talia on Instagram and Twitter as @talia_franks and you can support Talia on Ko-fi or Patreon.

Posts by Talia Franks:

Of Stolen Hearts and Silver Tongues

Of Stolen Hearts and Silver Tongues Chapter Two: My best friend got super powers and spent six years in space with amnesia and all I got was an extra helping of trauma

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Story Summary: What if Loki was enamoured with Earth and had a secret life on Midgard, including an entire lineage of secret identities where everyone on the family tree was a version of themself? One alias in particular decides that MIT would be the perfect place for her to experiment with attending Midgardian college, and Columbia would be a fantastic choice for a PhD.

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Snap Back to the Past A.K.A. the Infinity Stones Adopt Tony Stark

Snap Back to the Past AKA the Infinity Stones Decide to Adopt Tony Stark Chapter One: I am Iron Man

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Story Summary: The Infinity Stones decide that they don’t appreciate being snapped to destruction and that it isn’t time for their favorite human to rest quite yet. An unlikely group of six is sent back in time to fix the universe before Thanos gets a chance to break it. Note: This is chapter one, but […]

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Snap Back to the Past A.K.A. the Infinity Stones Adopt Tony Stark

Snap Back to the Past AKA the Infinity Stones Decide to Adopt Tony Stark Prologue: The Infinity Stones Adopt Tony Stark

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The Infinity Stones decide that they don’t appreciate being snapped to destruction and that it isn’t time for their favorite human to rest quite yet. An unlikely group of six is sent back in time to fix the universe before Thanos gets a chance to break it.

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Of Stolen Hearts and Silver Tongues

Of Stolen Hearts and Silver Tongues Chapter One: Loki has her Cher Horowitz Moment

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What if Loki was enamoured with Earth and had a secret life on Midgard, including an entire lineage of secret identities where everyone on the family tree was a version of themself? One alias in particular decides that MIT would be the perfect place for her to experiment with attending Midgardian college, and Columbia would be a fantastic choice for a PhD.

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Thor (Loki's Version)

Thor 2011 (Loki’s Version)

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This is a (mostly) canon compliant character study fic that tells the events of Thor (2011) from Loki’s perspective. It’s the first that I am doing in a series called The Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases 1-3 (Loki’s Version). These are prequel fics that I am releasing in advance of my main 2022 NaNoWriMo fic which is an MCU time-travel fix-it featuring Loki but can be read alone.

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Good Omens: The Convoluted and Entertaining Shenanigans of a Fallen and an Angelic Time Lord, a Fanfiction

Good Omens: The Convoluted and Entertaining Shenanigans of a Fallen and an Angelic Time Lord, a Fanfiction Chapter Two

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This is Chapter Two! To start from the beginning read here. Author’s Note: So… I went over a year without updating this. In my defense I had very little inspiration and lots of work to do throughout this pandemic. I’ve also had other fics taking up my time and attention. That said, I hope you […]

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Señorita, the truth may hurt, but I can’t help falling in love with you

Señorita, the truth may hurt, but I can’t help falling in love with you

Summary: While stranded in Miami, the Thirteenth Doctor & co. decide to participate in some karaoke. A songfic because listening to music while reading Thasmin sparks inspiration like that. Disclaimer: I don’t own the rights to Doctor Who, “Señorita” “Truth Hurts” or “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”. Incidentally, the alternate reality where I do is also the […]

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Good Omens: The Convoluted and Entertaining Shenanigans of a Fallen and an Angelic Time Lord, a Fanfiction

Good Omens: The Convoluted and Entertaining Shenanigans of a Fallen and an Angelic Time Lord, a Fanfiction Chapter One

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“Well, naturally we’ve got to interfere, it’s only right! Look how much humanity has changed and grown, and they are only just getting started! There is no need for them, no need for any of these beautiful creatures, great and small to suffer, for the whims of angels and demons!” The Doctor was adamant, the […]

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