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arshipweek · 28 days

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Alex Rider Ship Week 2024

20-26 of May is a week to inspire Alex Rider ship content, with each day having a 😈 naughty or 😇 nice theme to choose from.

ALL media, pairings and ratings welcome!

RULES

Ship content is defined as: - sex or a relationship including at least one of the main characters of the fanwork OR - sexual/romantic attraction from at least one main character of the fanwork towards someone else

Please tag your content with #ARshipweek and we’ll reblog you! If you’re posting on AO3 you can use the official ship week collection.

THEMES

Monday 😇 Legally binding paperwork 😈 Collar

Tuesday 😇 Soulmates AU 😈 Scorpia!Alex AU

Wednesday 😇 On the road 😈 Cabin in the wilderness

Thursday 😇 Fake dating 😈 Honeypot Friday 😇 "We could share." 😈 "I am not a good man."

Saturday 😇 Sparring as foreplay 😈 Edging Sunday 😇 Touch-starved 😈 Possessive If none of those prompts take your fancy you can also pick one of the free day prompts, which can be posted on any day!

Free Days Gun ◍ Canon divergent AU ◍ Venice ◍ Forced to work together ◍ "Another time, maybe." ◍ Sex lessons ◍ Betrayal

#alex rider #arshipweek #yalex #yian #alexmis #mod posts

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polarnacht1 · 1 year

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Tailwind

Pairing: Yalex Rating: T Tags: post-canon, adult Alex, grey morality, betrayal, complicated feelings, angst with a happy ending

Summary: After Alex betrayed Yassen to MI6, they are forced to work together on another mission. It goes as well as expected.

Written for @arshipweek, prompt: forced to work together

Warm. Everything is warm, from the air surrounding them, to the colours of the room to the expression in Yassen’s brown eyes. They morph into hazel in the way they only do when they’re alone and Yassen looks at Alex. Really looks at him, as if nothing and noone else matters.

Rays of sun fall into their room, dipping everything in a soft glow. Alex sits on a bed, his legs invitingly parted, staring up at Yassen with expecting eyes. Alex smiles, reaching for his lover, drawing him closer and on top of him. Yassen’s hands feel sure and strong on his body, possessive but gentle.

Read more on AO3

#arshipweek #yalex #alex rider fanfiction #my writing #alex rider #yassen gregorovich #betrayal

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countessrivers · 1 year

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Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Yassen Gregorovich/Alex Rider Additional Tags: Dreams and Nightmares, Hallucinations, Grief/Mourning, Fantasised dub/non con, fantasised murder, Gun play, Fingering, Bondage, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Is that the best way to summerise all this, I think it is, Does it also maybe count as a sexual awakening?, maybe so

Summary:

Yassen Gregorovich.

Alex has a name now, for the man from the hallway, the man with the scar.

He has a name, one he can’t stop thinking about, and he’s not entirely sure why. --- Between seasons, Alex dreams, grieves, hallucinates, and obsesses.

Written for the 2023 Alex Rider Ship Week event (@arshipweek) “Obsession” prompt.

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #yalex #arshipweek #fan fic #countessrivers

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ravenjames · 1 year

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When Yassen appears again in Alex’s life after “dying” on Air Force One, Alex suddenly finds himself in the middle of a strange game, where he isn’t the one who has to fight, but the one to be fought for. Is Yassen participating in that game or trying to protect Alex? Or is it a bit of both?

Written for Day 7 of @arshipweek for the prompt “Longing”.

#arshipweek #yalex #alex rider #yassen gregorovich #longing

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valaks · 1 year

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Title: Greetings & Salutations

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Relationships: Yassen Gregorovich/Nile

Characters: Yassen Gregorovich, Nile (Alex Rider), Julia Rothman

Tags: Soulmates AU, Snippets through time, soulmate marks in foreign languages, mentorship meets complicated feelings, idiots in love

Summary: It took Yassen years to understand what his soulmate mark said, and many more after that before he heard the ill fated words. The simplicity of a bullet would have been far easier than years with his mentee nee bonded rooting him back to the humanity that SCORPIA had stripped from him.

Collab with @ahuuda, the captain of the Yassen/Nile canoe

Written for the 2023 Alex Rider Ship Week event @arshipweek

#arshipweek #alex rider fanfiction #yassen gregorovich #Nile #Our most adorable canoe #alex rider

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myulalie · 2 years

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Alex Rider infiltrates a luxurious reception in an undisclosed location in India. As guests mingle, drinking fresh water from champagne glasses, Yassen Gregorovich lurks in the shadow of the couple hosting the reception, protective and threatening all at once as the prospective murder of one of the spouses looms in the room.

By sundown, one of the hosts is widowed, and Alex is left wondering. Will Yassen retaliate after Alex interfered with his mission and if so, how? (read on ao3)

Chapters: 1/1 Words: 5 224 Pairing: Yalex Tags: References to Drugs, Drink Spiking, Truth Serum, Poisoning, Canon-Typical Violence, Post-Canon, Undercover Missions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Minor Character Death, Yassen Gregorovich Lives

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #moodboard #fanart #fanfic #ao3 #yalex #ARshipweek #autopromo #fanfiction #by pearl

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nightshade2412 · 3 years

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TV!verse Snake/Eagle for Alex Rider Ship Week prompt “missions”.

#arshipweek #sneagle #since there should be more femslash #and I know we know very little about them but I think they could have a really interesting dynamic #alex rider tv #my art

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gohard-or-gohomo · 3 years

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Thanataphobia

Alex rider x Tom Harris

Tags: angst, implied torture, implied death, ghosts

Day one of the Alex Rider ship week! Using the theme Supernatural.

Alex woke up with a start. He was . . . home? How had he got there? Last thing he could remember he had been strapped to a chair, and . . . no. He couldn't think about that yet. Thinking about whatever traumatizing things happened on his mission was for at least a day or two later. For now, he needed to go and check in with Jack.

Getting off of his bed, Alex noticed he felt . . . lighter. Like for once he wasn't weighed down by gravity. He shrugged. Probably imagining it. Walking into the hallway, he heard something extremely concerning. Was that Tom? Was he . . . crying? Suddenly scared, Alex started rushing down the stairs. Had something happened? Had someone followed Alex home from his mission?

Rounding the end of the staircase, Alex was able to hear what Tom was saying between sobs. "I- I just can't believe he's- he's gone. He was my best friend. I never got to tell him- I never got to tell him I loved him." What? Alex wasn't dead. He was right there. He ran into the sitting room, where he saw Tom hunched over with Jack hugging his shoulder.

"Tom! What are you on about? I was asleep, not dead," laughed Alex, walking over to where he was hunched. Neither Tom nor Jack looked up at him. "Come on guys. You can stop pretending. I'm right here." Alex waved his hand in front of the two of them. They still didn't react. "It's just- I never thought he'd actually die. He always came back from missions, you know? With horrifying stories, sure, but still alive," choked out Tom, finally looking up at Alex.

No, not looking at him. Looking through him. What was going on? Why couldn't Tom see him? This was definitely not a prank. Feeling worried, Alex went over to the mirror that hung on the wall. Did he look . . . blurry? Like he was from a photograph that had been run under water. He snapped around to where Tom was still crying. "Tom. Can you hear me?" This time Tom reacted, looking up from his knees.

"Did you hear that? Jack, did you hear that?" He looked around wildly, eyes wide. "I could swear I just heard Alex's voice. He was- he was right over there!" He pointed in Alex's direction. Looking incredibly sad, Jack put her arms around Tom again. "Tom. He's- he's gone. You're going to have to accept that." Tom slumped back down again, looking even more heartbroken than before.

"It's just that. I never got to tell him how I felt, you know? I was going to ask him to the Christmas dance and everything." Tom smiled at this, in a way that nearly shattered Alex's heart. "Tom, I'm right here. Of course I'll go to the dance with you! I- I love you too mate. Really. If I'd known-" suddenly feeling as heavy as a stone, Alex sank to the floor. How hadn't he known?

Alex felt like an idiot. Why hadn't he told Tom before? All he'd done was gloss over him, relying on him being there. Being there for Alex. And all Alex had done was . . . what? Nearly got him killed? Unloaded all his problems on him? "Mate- mate. I'm so sorry. I should have said something before. I should have been there for you!" Alex screamed the last bit, forcing it out of his mouth with every last bit of emotion he

had.

And then he felt something crack inside of himself. He was awful. All he did was take and take and TAKE- And with that last thought Alex exploded into tears. Heaving sobs, the kind that shook him to his core. He put all the emotions that he hadn't thought about in years into those tears. Ian dying, his parents dying, just the thought of Tom dying. He cried and cried, for everything that could have been. For a simpler time, when he didn't have to worry about any of this. Where his biggest worry was if Ian would let him go to a party that weekend.

As the tears began to peter out, Alex looked up at Tom again. Looked at his hair that Alex wanted to run his fingers through, at the hands that Alex wanted to hold. All these things he'd never been able to do, simply because he thought he had time. But he hadn't, had he? He should have known. No MI6 agent ever did, no matter how invincible they seemed.

With that last thought, Alex stood up. "Tom. I know you probably can't hear what I'm saying right now, but I just want to tell you this. I really did love you. I wish I'd told you. I wish I'd done lots of things really, but, well- doesn't seem like that's going to happen. There's just one thing I'd like to do though. Let's hope this works." And with that, Alex leaned over, and kissed him gently.

His lips were soft. They felt like coming home, like this was where he was meant to be. But just before he could really enjoy what was going on, Alex started to tingle. Starting at the tips of his fingers, it spread through his whole body. And before he could say anything else, confess any more deep secrets, Alex started to fade. It was slow at first, but soon started to speed up. And with one last glance at Tom and Jack, he disappeared.

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Tom looked around the living room of his best friend. That was ironic. Living room. If Alex had been there Tom would have whispered to him, and he would have burst into those stupid, over-the-top guffaws of his. But he wasn't. That was the whole point.

Tom had thought he had been, for a second. He had heard something that sounded distinctly like Alex, like Alex calling out to him and Jack. And then had felt a light brush on his lips, exactly how you'd think a ghost kissing you would feel. But it couldn't be. Alex was gone, body probably beat to a pulp somewhere in America, or wherever those bastards at MI6 had sent him this time. That time. The last time.

He looked over at Jack. "What are we going to do for the funeral? We can't just let those government arses handle it." Jack still looked like her world had collapsed but she had somehow survived. "I- I don't know. They said they weren't able to find the- find him. But we'll be able to hold a service. Something casual. He would have liked that," she whispered, and pulled Tom into a tight hug, tight enough to squeeze out the empty gap Alex had left there for a moment.

Tom had loved Alex. Loved him with his whole heart. And even if he was gone, even if he'd never see him again, at least Tom had one thing to reassure him. Alex had too. And even if he'd never said that when he was alive, he'd come back. Just for a moment. Just for one stolen kiss.

#alex rider #tom harris #tomalex #alex rider x tom harris #my fic #ARshipweek

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arshipweek · 4 days

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AR Ship Week - Fandom in 2024

Another year, another shipweek, and another State of the AR Shipping Fandom post. This is the first weekly post leading up to the Alex Rider Ship Week. Just under 4 weeks to go!

This post focuses on pre-S3 fandom, since the data was scraped before the season was released, but we might do an update for post-S3 fics. For methodology, it can be found both on the graphic analysis pages and in the notes at the bottom of this post. For those only curious about the popular pairings this year (1), feel free to read right on.

This year, we have analysed a few specific shipping stats to get a look at us as a fandom.

We have also created an interactive dashboard of all the graphs for you to explore. This is where the following data was taken from, as well as some bonus visuals!

A Timeline of AO3

For a blast from the past, we took a look at the shipping timeline - the count of fics and authors per year for the top ten most popular AR ships - and found immediate proof that as a shipping fandom, we're still small enough that a few, determined people can make a difference. AR fandom's use of AO3 as its primary fandom purveyor is fairly recent, as most of its history can be found on FFnet, but with a total of just under 3k fics as of April 20th, we're gaining on FFnet's 4.5k of AR fics at a very respectable pace.

Some particular developments were:

The number of Yalex authors was about the same in 2021 - 2023 (just around 40) but the number of Yalex fics in 2022 was almost double that of 2021 and 2023. This was not due to a sudden, imported backlog that we could see but a handful of popular events/challenges and potentially the release of S2 in December of 2021.

Tom/Alex and Yassen/Ian both had a peak of fics in 2021, most likely because of the release of S1 that gave Tom a much larger part and offered an intriguing look at Yassen and Ian's potential past.

Fiona/Sabina had a huge spike in fics in 2023 due to a Femmeslash February event (2) that sent it firmly up the ranks of popular ships.

The State of the OTP

For the top ten AR ships, we also took a look at how many of the writers that had written other AR ships (and which ones) to look for interesting patterns and to see if there was any real difference to spot. As it turns out, the answer was a resounding yes:

At one extreme, we have Alexmis (Alex Rider/Artemis Fowl) which is a fandom unto itself. Only 20 percent of the writers of the pairing have written for other pairings in AR fandom fics, and Alexmis fics as a whole tend to lean more towards adding Alex to the Artemis Fowl world rather than vice versa (3).

In the middle range, we have Yalex and Alex/Wolf - two pairings about as old as the fandom itself, and which both have an OTP percentage around 55 - as well as (mostly) newcomers Tom/Alex and Kyra/Alex, both with an OTP percentage in the 40-50 range.

At the other extreme, we have Yassen/John with an OTP percentage of just 4. Fiona/Sabina does it one better with an OTP rate of 0 (!) but the sample size here is so small it makes no meaning to compare it.

So what other pairings do these writers enjoy indulging in, then?

Yalex writers really like their Yassen pairings. Out of the combined number of non-Yalex fics the Yalex authors have written, 24 percent of them are Yassen/Ian and 22 percent are Yassen/John. This means that almost half of their non-Yalex pairings feature Yassen in some way.

70 percent of John/Helen shippers have written other pairings, too - probably because of the pairing's nature as a background part of Alex's story and not necessarily the focus of a shipfic they're in. 30 percent of the fics written by John/Helen writers outside of the ship are Yalex (and 6 percent are Yassen/John).

The case is even more extreme for Yassen/John, which is firmly entwined with the Yalex pairing. 96 percent of the writers have written other AR ships, with three quarters of those fics being Yalex.

Text Analysis

Interactive dashboard with graphs and visuals

We also ran a text analysis on the shipfics to look for patterns and recurring details in the writing - first in general, then for specific ships. The amount of detail for each ship depends a lot on the sample size, which results in a detailed, varied word cloud for Yalex and somewhat less so for several of the smaller ships.

For that analysis, we recommend clicking around to explore the word clouds and get a feel for the different ships, but for the ambitious types, we have a word hunt ready as well (4):

Word Hunt, Significant Phrases edition:

Tools of the Trade:

Duct tape

Frying pan

Krav Maga

Sniper rifle

Zip ties

I Know That Reference:

Fer de Lance

Air Force

Albert Bridge

Point Blanc

Brecon Beacons

Getting Kinky:

Boxer briefs

Dimly lit

Lower lip

Pressed a kiss

Yes sir

Feel free to comment with any particularly entertaining/intriguing/otherwise just plain fun word cloud combinations you've spotted, and we will see you again next week!

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Note on methodology:

The two Alex Rider sections (main + TV) were scraped over the course of two days in early March 2024, except for fics that were locked to AO3 users only (5). For the author specific statistics, we excluded orphan_account and anonymous authors. Median measures were chosen over average the majority of the time to account for outliers, especially in the case of the rarer pairings (6).

For ship-analysis, a fic counts under every pairing it has. This means that someone who writes Yassen/Alex, Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian in the same fic (7) will count as an author for all three pairings and under the Yalex OTP analysis, they will have an additional fic marked under both Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian.

(1) Yalex. It's Yalex. Look, we're not even going to bother posting the stats for that. It's still Yalex, trust us. Though we can talk again next year, considering how well Kyralex is currently doing post-S3. (2) Proving that a few, determined writers can make or break the non-Yalex ship rankings. Please use this power for good; if someone manages to get Sayle/Nadia Vole or something into the top three next year, I'm outsourcing that part of the stat post to a particularly enthusiastic raccoon with a keyboard. (3) Canonically, the wholesale kidnapping of Alex is pretty on-brand for Alex Rider supervillains so really, Artemis is in excellent company. (4) Technically two, but there is unsurprisingly a lot of overlap between the general wordcloud and the Yalex one. For those curious, here's the Word Hunt, Yalex edition:

Adam's apple

Bottle of lube

Cock

Index finger

Nerve endings

Pale skin

Scar tissue

(5) As of April 20th, 225 out of 2961 fics were locked to AO3 users. (6) Meaning anything non-Yalex, let's all be honest here. (7) Because sometimes, like a particularly persistent Pokémon player, Yassen also needs to catch them all. Traumas or Riders is dealer's choice.

#alex rider #arshipweek #yalex #mod posts #meta #yian

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polarnacht1 · 1 year

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Giving In

Ship: Yalex Rating:E Tags: Adult Alex, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, D/s Undertones, sub Yassen, mentions of past rape/noncon, sparring, explicit content Summary: During a passionate sparring session with Alex, long buried desires surface in a way that makes them impossible for Yassen to ignore.

Written for @arshipweek, free day, prompt: D/s

Yassen feels Alex panting against him, hot breath tingling pleasantly against heated, sweaty skin. He’s only wearing a tank top and so does Alex, the thin layer of fabric the only barrier between their naked bodies. For a fleeting moment Yassen wishes it weren’t there.

They’re sparring against each other for the better part of an hour now, both breathing heavily, both trying to hide a smile.