The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
| Author(s): | pongnosis |
| Date(s): | 24 December 2016 - 27 January 2019 |
| Length: | 531,430 words (AO3) 553,253 words (FFN) |
| Genre(s): | gen, AU |
| Fandom(s): | Alex Rider |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (AO3) The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (FFN) |
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is an Alex Rider story by pongnosis. It has more than half a million words and 98 chapters.
Summary:
Alex always knew his curiosity and impulsiveness would get him into trouble. It got him tangled up with MI6, after all. He hadn't expected it to land him in the middle of SCORPIA as Yassen Gregorovich's apprentice. No pairings, AU after Skeleton Key.
The story has turned into a shared universe and fans describe it as a landmark fic that might have shifted the fandom away from K Unit-focused stories and has led to more Yassen-focused content.[1]
Recs and Reviews
Are you really in the Alex Rider fandom if you haven’t gone through the big milestone of reading ‘the devil and the deep blue sea’ by pognosis?[2]
Certainly one of the fandoms best and most successful fanfictions. A very long fic, the grammar stays consistently brilliant and the characters and plot are so well developed and thought out, you often mistake it for canon when you read. It is a unique take on the series and overall, a must read for an Alex Rider (and Yassen) fan.[3]– jasmineskies at TV Tropes
If I had to recommend one piece of fanfiction in any fandom to every person in the world, it would be this one. It’s a well-researched masterpiece with high-quality writing, impeccable characterization of canonical characters and OCs, and a captivating plot. There’s a reason it’s inspired so many spinoffs (check out the collection by Valaks if you’re curious, but not before reading Devil!) Rated Teen, Complete. Canon divergence after Skeleton Key.[4]
Another classic. Alex trains as Yassen's apprentice post-Skeleton Key, and becomes entangled in the world of assassination. The worldbuilding is gorgeous, the characters are as clever as they should be, and the mentor relationship between Yassen and Alex is fascinating. Whenever I reread this, I'm absorbed for days.[5]
Alex Rider fanfic tends to lean heavily into how abusive Alex’s situation is, and the bulk of the story is about how Alex’s childhood is destroyed by both organizations, and how far his morals can slowly twist before he breaks. You’ll come to love many of the psychopaths he’s surrounded by as much as Alex does, and be terrified of the rest.[6]
Works in inspired by the story
See Collection of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Inspired Works and the tag pongnosis' The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Universe
[...] some fantastic people have written stories set in the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea-verse and I want to squeal about them and share them (and coo over them and hoard them like a dragon’s treasure, as you do.) I’ve mentioned it elsewhere before, but anything in Devil that might be useful to someone else is free to a good home. Or a bad home. Or a kinky crackship one. I’m just delighted people enjoy it![7]
Fanfiction
- (un)planned cuddles and hot chocolate by Anonymous_Wraith
- 2020 isn't a fun year by victoryhonorfame
- The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men by AlphaVulpeculae
- Blood Pact by Zyzyax
- Burn It Down by DaniWib
- The Curious Case Of No Assassinations by loki_of_jotunheim and Zyzyax
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia by galimau and Valaks
- Dirty Little Secret by Temeritous
- Don't Panic by fredbassett
- Dulce Periculum by wewillalwaysenduphere
- Failure by Sirius4Life
- Failure by Valaks
- Fevered by Valaks
- The Hyena Homecoming by Zyzyax
- I dreamed of Hell (And you Helped me Sleep) by Nathlyn
- In Medias Res by Temeritous
- Lessons by Sigma
- A Lesson Not Easily Forgotten by AlphaVulpeculae and Valaks
- Man's Best Friend by AlphaVulpeculae
- Movie Night by AlphaVulpeculae
- Musings and Misunderstandings by AlphaVulpeculae
- A New Year's Celebration by Sirius4Life
- A Night to Remember by AlphaVulpeculae
- Ouroboros by victoryhonorfame
- Peppermints by Sirius4Life
- Pyrrhic Victories by galimau
- red skies by kaminoko_x
- Retribution by Lil_Lupin, mobilisinmobili and Valaks
- Ruthless by Valaks
- Six-Headed Shoal by Oceanbreeze7
- Six Hours by Sirius4Life
- stars at sea by kaminoko_x
- Sublimation by fredbassett
- The Talk by galimau and Valaks
- Talking Stage by Nathlyn
- Teardrops on my Pillow by Nathlyn
Multimedia
- Age of Anxiety by galimau - a fake "The Economist" newspaper article
- [Podfic] The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by LeonardDaQuirm
- The first two chapters have been translated into French by Maelyra: Entre le Diable et la mer bleue profonde.
References
- ^ Valaks Tumblr post "The fandom question of the day - K Unit isn't popular because". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Are you really in the Alex Rider fandom". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "FanficRecs/AlexRider". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Looking for some Alex Rider fics on AO3? Here are some recs!". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Alex Rider Fic Recs". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "The Rec Center #360". Archived from the original on 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Fic List - The Devil and the Deeper Blue". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.