The Children's Rebellion

Fanfiction
Title:	The Children's Rebellion
Author(s):	Aria_Cinabun
Date(s):	2021-04-13 to 2022-01-14
Length:	247,877 words
Genre(s):	Gen
Fandom(s):	MCYT, Origins SMP, Dream SMP
Relationship(s):
External Links:	AO3Archived 2024-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
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The Children's Rebellion is a Minecraft YouTube fanfiction by Aria_Cinabun. It is a science fiction Star Trek fusion gen fic starring a fictionalized version of the YouTuber TommyInnit in the Origins SMP, with some Dream SMP characters, that was posted to Archive of Our Own between April 2021 and January 2022. As of July 11, 2024 it is currently the most popular Origins SMP fic by kudos count on AO3.

Summary

His name was Tommy Innes, and he was born to touch the stars.

Of course, touching the stars was going to have to wait, because he'd lost that dream the moment his parents had died when he was ten years old—the moment he had watched that starship explosion and felt a bit of his heart die with them. He'd lost that dream when he was transported to prison and then to a place called Pogtopia.

He'd lost that dream when he watched hundreds of children starve on the streets of Pogtopia. When he and two friends become the lone survivors of the Red Planet's Genocide. When they were rescued, and he was captured again.

But maybe—maybe one day, he would regain that dream. Maybe he would hunt down the mass murderer that had executed his friends and gain his revenge—but that day was not now, and now he sat in a prison and stared at the faraway stars.

Perhaps there would be people that he could call family again. People he would see again—people whom he had lost years ago. One day.

Because he was an Avian, born to be forever alone amongst broken stars.

And Avians did not fall unless they wanted to.

or

a science fiction fic about rebellion

Author's Notes

The author gave a summary of the inspirations and a list of trigger warnings at the beginning of the story.

First and foremost, this story is dark. It has semi-realistic events—the characters are not perfect (by far), and many of them give horrible advice. If you feel like you need help, please contact the National Suicide Prevention line at (800-273-8255).

I also do not enjoy giving out trigger warnings at the beginning of chapters. This is a personal choice, as I feel it gives away too much. If you do not like, do not read.

Here is the list of the following trigger warnings that will take place during the story:

Yelling/Shouting
Racism/Xenophobia
Blood & Gore
Suicidal Thoughts/Attempt
Panic Attacks
Manipulation
Possible Minor Character Death
Possible Major Character Death
Murder/Executions
Child Abuse
Drug Abuse
Starvation
Needles
Mass Genocide/Shootings
Torture
Emotional Manipulation

If you do not feel like you will be able to handle ANY of these, then please exit this fic immediately. This is your first, and only, warning that these triggers will take place somewhere in this story.

This title comes from a movie that we watched in school called the Children’s Rebellion (it wasn’t that good, but I liked the title) and I added Star Trek and Hunger Games and Percy Jackson aspects to it. It was also inspired minutely by the Star Trek fic You Don't Have To (Say Yes)[1] (minus the sexual content, because, you know, I don't write that type of stuff and they're minors). One or two direct quotes are taken from this fic as well.

If you are still here, then happy reading!

NOTE:

Tommy's last name is pronounced "Inn-is", like "Innit" with an "ess" sound replacing the "it" sound. Keep that in mind as you read, and don't be one of those people that pronounce Innes like "Eines".

Reception

On Archive of Our Own it is the most popular Origins SMP fanwork by kudos count. As of July 11, 2024 the work has over 537,800 hits, 17,700 kudos, 5,500 comments, 2,700 bookmarks, and has been added to 85 different collections.

Reactions and Reviews

Before I read this, my friend tried to convince me to and I was like "No fucking way I'm reading an angst, major character death fic about children's mass genocide."

And then I read it.

This was one of, if not the best, fic/s I have ever read - the world building, the writing, the tears and pain during angst and even more tears during the fluff scenes.

Thank you. So much. This was amazing.

Arson (Guest) on Chapter 58 (05 July 2023)

Fanworks and Fan Activity

Related Fanworks

The author Aria_Cinabun has also written three more related works in their "Children of the Stars" series.

There are 13 works listed in the AO3 "Works inspired by this one" section.