Ah Xvim you big softie.
Oh man he has a self-identification scheme! Xvim is Acceptably Paranoid and I vote him as new protagonist.
Xvim is adorable and one of my favorite characters. He would, I freely acknowledge, be a more competent protagonist. I’m not sure I would prefer him as the protagonist though: we’d get to see a lot less growth than we do from a student.
I agree. I think what I want is a competence porn fanfic where Xvim gets marked instead.
I like competence porn as much as the next ten guys combined, but I think that most of the point of time loop stories is growth-of-competence porn. At start of loop, Kirielle jumps on you. By end of loop, you levitate Kirielle! If you were badass the first time around, you didn’t need a time loop!
Recommendation: For more “straight” competence porn, I think you might like With This Ring. It is technically Young Justice fanfic, but as long as you have a basic awareness of the DC verse (Green lanterns use power rings, Wonder Woman hails from an island that doesn’t include men, Superman is vulnerable to kryptonite) you can follow it pretty easily, and it’s much more “yes, with incredible cosmic power of course I introduced magitech to the world, stole the flying ice fortress for my own use, and cleaned up the environment.”
Yes, on reflection you’re right. The time loop part of the fic is unnecessary, I just want to watch Xvim do cool stuff (and fall in love with Alanic, obviously).
This sounds like a great story and I would happily read it.
That is the obvious romance. It starts when Xvim sees Alanic’s control over his fire. Chapter title: Set a Fire Down in My Soul.