scribal_goddess | Poor Unfortunate Souls

Poor Unfortunate Souls

Author’s Note:
I would be lying if I said this was a fanfiction.

This is a mystery in which a large amount of the Do Not Want aspects of the Fifty Shades series is discovered, dissected, discussed, and prosecuted for, in what I fervently hope is a cathartic or at least informative manner. As such, feel no compulsion to read or comment on this if it disturbs you, nor if you feel the material would be triggering. This story gets fairly heavy on mentions of assorted mental illnesses and Washington State Law, which have been researched using the DSM V and the Revised Code of Washington. Everything about private detective and police procedure is correct to the best of my knowledge: feel free to tell me if it isn’t, because if it isn't, I want to borrow your sources.

Massive List of Trigger Warnings:
Discussions of: rape, stalking, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, gaslighting, financial abuse, and identity theft. Christian Grey demonstrates signs of either being a malignant narcissist or having antisocial personality disorder, nearly everyone in this story has PTSD, discussions of other mental illnesses, mentions of possible child abuse, malpracticing doctors and psychiatrists, Fifty Shades misrepresents BDSM and uses it as an excuse for domestic abuse, wrongful imprisonment, offscreen violence, mild onscreen violence, there is no trigger that Fifty Shades does not hit.

That said, if you read the Das-Sporking sporks, you’re probably prepared for this, because this is the fic where Christian Grey is investigated by two very pissed off detectives who know the law and gets locked away for good. It's also the one where there's urban fantasy and wizards who do the right thing and don't take kindly to Grey's antics. For those of you who already know them, this involves detectives Aliea Veldon and Lindsay Pilot: for those of you who don't, it's really quite self-explanatory.

Chapters:
Chapter 1: Birds on the Wire
Chapter 2: Illuminating Nothing
Chapter 3: Love is Not a Panacea
Chapter 4: A Great Sadness on Earth
Chapter 5: To Catch a Shadow
Chapter 6: Anoxic
Chapter 7: Wisdom of Sight
Chapter 8: Rotten Houses
Chapter 9: The Sound of Never
Chapter 10: The Stolen Years
Chapter 11: War Far From Over
Chapter 12: Conscience
Epilogue: A New Step

Appendix: Christian Grey's Crimes as defined by Washington State Law

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