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  Fandoms: The Matrix (Movies)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
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  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  04 Sep 2022

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Thomas Anderson | Neo/Trinity
  • Thomas Anderson | Neo
  • Trinity (The Matrix)
  • Chad
  • Tiff's kids
  • Jude Gallagher
  • The Analyst - Character
  • Bugs (The Matrix)
  • Lexy (The Matrix)
  • Seq (The Matrix)
  • Sati (The Matrix)
  • New Morpheus (The Matrix)
  • The Matrix Resurrections
  • During Canon
  • In that case SPOILERS
  • You Have Been Warned
  • tiffany's pov
  • Overly detailed analysis of hand-holding
  • Because if I have seemingly small but powerfully intimate hand-touch scene between characters...
  • ...I will inevitably stan
  • Darn character limit making me separate my tags
  • Exploring her side of the connection
  • Dreams & Nightmares
  • Pining
  • Family Drama
  • Growing dissatisfaction
  • To quote DesertFlower303 Fuck Chad
  • Never thought I'd write a fic for these two but here we are
  • I was always so bothered by the TriNeo ending in Revolutions...
  • ...but M4 really brought it into perspective for me
  • Did the perfection of their rooftop sunrise scene bring anyone else close to tears?
  • Haven't worked on any fics in over a year so I hope that doesn't show through too much
  • With the resurrection of the Matrix came that of my drive & inspiration
  • Go Figure I guess
  • mention of greek myths
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Influenced by a healthy dose of Billie Eilish & Halsey songs
  • Reference to a gothic horror-fantasy anthology from 2003
  • Separation Anxiety
  • non-consensual drugging
  • Gaslighting
  • Silent Hill References
  • Resurrections made me re-visit the movies and I've watched them while writing this
  • Mainly on the account of Carrie-Anne Moss being in the sequel
  • Silent Hill: Revelation is an epic trashfire but it's "my" epic trashfire
  • Never played the SH games FYI but I read up on the lore
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • reclaiming identity
  • Reylo References
  • Why? See intimate hand touch tag & because I said so
  • I've realized M4 is essentially a better version of ALW's Love Never Dies & it's awesome for that
  • It also broke The Curse of Skywalker that was SW: Episode 9 (for me at least)
  • Tags have become a chaotic mess but I regret nothing; makes the fic unique at least ;)

  Summary

  Who knew a simple handshake could assure an already doubtful Tiffany that she was living the wrong life.

  (Title taken from the song "Feel Real" by Deptford Goth).

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  29,194

  Chapters:

  10/14

  Comments:

  75

  Kudos:

  113

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