Meaning of Eternity Series
Introduction
Meaning of Eternity is a fairly expansive kokoeimiko AU diverging from Ei and Miko’s reunion in the Plane of Euthymia. Here, Miko’s loneliness across the centuries has driven her into a dark place, one into which Ei is dragged as well… but their love for each other ultimately allows them to rise above it and reach a much happier life full of family and friends.
It consists of multiple subseries and ‘individual’ fics authored by both Chief Editor Yae Miko and angelsighting, as described below. The from the soil series by angelsighting shares references with Meaning of Eternity and makes for a lovely complement to it, though not one that shares the same continuity in full.
Given the sprawling nature of the AU, the reading order has become somewhat complicated. To help with this, your wise and beautiful Chief Editor has prepared an interactive timeline that doubles as a reading guide — it comes in three flavors, depending on your needs. If you’re not sure which one to pick, do read the entry on reforging below to help you make your decision.
Navigation via the provided arrows is recommended, as the packed nature of the timeline means that clustered events may be difficult to distinguish at times.
Subseries
reforging
The subseries that started it all as a sequence of related responses to the Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 event, reading reforging is entirely optional and the rest of the Meaning of Eternity series can stand without it if NSFW is not your thing or you find its content difficult to handle.
The core theme of reforging was ‘obsession,’ an obsession so deep that it could fuel 500 years of waiting for the return of a lover. The resulting toxicity is by no means endorsed by the Chief Editor, and the purpose of the subseries (and the subsequent works) was to explore and then directly reject that toxicity, the portrayal of the act of loving as an act of healing and mending. This does mean that it explores much darker material than the rest of the series does, and it may not be suitable for all readers.
The full series, with reforging included, is an exploration of falling into a dark place and recovering and reaching happiness, and the brightness and comfort that Ei and Miko fight their way back up to acquire is all the more powerful for it. Without reforging, it’s a (mostly) much more light-hearted series. When deciding whether or not reforging is appropriate for you, please heed the content warnings in the tags for both the series and each fic and exercise your best judgment.
If you wish to skip reforging, you should make use of either the reforging-free or NSFW-free version of the timeline to help you with the reading order, depending on your other needs. If you would like to give reforging a try, the full timeline will provide you with everything you require.
[NSFW]
reforging
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Chief Editor Yae Miko
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| Content Warnings | Unhealthy Relationship Unsafe Sex Lack of Aftercare Possessive Yae Miko Bad Dom Yae Miko |
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| Main Characters | Raiden Ei Yae Miko |
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| Main Ships | Raiden Ei/Yae Miko | ||||||||
| Sexual Content | Lesbian Sex Rough Sex Pregnant Sex |
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| Character | Nonbinary Raiden Ei | ||||||||
| Other | Eventual Happy Ending | ||||||||
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| Miko has been waiting for Ei to return to her side for 500 years, feelings growing deeper and more twisted with every day that passes. Now that her god is finally back within her reach, she’s ready to show Ei just how foolish she was to think that she ever belonged anywhere except by her kitsune’s side. a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko NSFW Week 2022, written with the core theme of ‘obsession’ (in case the above does not make this clear: what is depicted within is a toxic relationship that I in no way endorse, but that will by the end of the week’s sequence have made its way around to emotional catharsis through the final prompt) |
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whole
whole, alongside alloy, was written shortly after reforging as a sequel subseries for the SFW prompts of Eimiko Week 2022. While standalone, each fic in whole serves in some way to directly address and reject the particular elements of toxicity in the matching day of reforging (except day 7, which in reforging served as the start of the healing process). Despite this, it’s fully standalone and may be read without engaging with reforging in any way.
It is, however, recommended that you read the bridge story More Important Than Forever even if you skip out on reforging, as it introduces little Makoto and lays the groundwork for the post-reforging setting. The reforging-free or NSFW-free versions of the timeline will help point you to an optimal reading order if you want to skip reforging.
whole is focused on the wholesome and fluffy family life of Ei, Miko, Kokomi, and their children. The happiness their family has attained serves as a balm to the pain Ei and Miko have gone through, giving them a chance to relearn what it means to truly live.
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whole
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Chief Editor Yae Miko
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| Content Warnings | Dangerous Levels of Fluff | ||||||||
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| Main Characters | Raiden Ei Yae Miko Sangonomiya Kokomi Little Makoto (eimiko child) |
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| Secondary Characters | Ren (kokoei child) Hanabi (ayamiya child) Kamisato Ayaka Naganohara Yoimiya |
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| Main Ships | Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko | ||||||||
| Background Ships | Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya | ||||||||
| Character | Nonbinary Raiden Ei Nonbinary Little Makoto Trans Yoimiya |
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| Summary | |||||||||
| a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko Week 2022’s SFW prompts, written as rejections of each toxic element of my Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 series, reforging, but designed to stand alone as well Little Makoto’s first appearance is in the bridge story More Important Than Forever so you should probably read that one first even if you skip the NSFW week! |
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alloy
alloy, like whole, was written for Eimiko Week 2022 and serves as a way to address and reject the toxic elements of the respective days of reforging, but unlike whole was written to cover the NSFW prompts.
alloy fics all involve the sex life between Ei, Miko, and Kokomi. They focus on their growth as people and the ways in which they can express it, from exploring new sides of each other to engaging in safe kink activity that is no longer out of control as it was back in reforging… even if Ei may tend to worry a little too much sometimes, especially when her wives deliberately drive her a little insane to see how far they can make her go (not very).
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[NSFW]
alloy
by
Chief Editor Yae Miko
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| Main Characters | Raiden Ei Yae Miko Sangonomiya Kokomi |
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| Main Ships | Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko | ||||||||
| Sexual Content | Lesbian Sex Rough Sex Impregnation Praise Kink |
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| Character | Nonbinary Raiden Ei | ||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||
| a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko Week 2022’s NSFW prompts, written as rejections of each toxic element of my Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 series, reforging, but designed to stand alone as well | |||||||||
ikebana
ikebana is a subseries of ayamiya sidestories. Unlike the three ‘mainline’ subseries, which are complete (though more mainline content is still planned), it has no fixed length and may be added to indefinitely.
ikebana fics may be SFW or NSFW and tend to be primarily fluff, though with the occasional dip into more dramatic content when appropriate. The NSFW-free timeline includes all SFW ikebana fics.
Naturally for the ayamiya subseries, the focus is placed on Ayaka and Yoimiya. Their daughters, both adoptive and biologicial, will also receive substantial screentime… though as of writing, only the adoptive one has made an ikebana appearance, and the biological daughter is found only in whole.
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[SOMETIMES NSFW]
ikebana
by
Chief Editor Yae Miko
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| Content Warnings | Dangerous Levels of Fluff Ayaka’s dirty talk is pathetic |
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| Main Characters | Kamisato Ayaka Naganohara Yoimiya Klee |
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| Secondary Characters | Yae Miko | ||||||||
| Main Ships | Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya | ||||||||
| Background Ships | Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko | ||||||||
| Sexual Content | Lesbian Sex | ||||||||
| Character | Trans Yoimiya | ||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||
| ayamiya sidestories for the Meaning of Eternity series, but capable of standing alone as well | |||||||||
soar
soar is a subseries focused on shinosara as ikebana is for ayamiya. Much like ikebana, it has no fixed length and may be expanded indefinitely with both SFW and NSFW works, with the timeline adjusting what it will display as appropriate.
Content in soar may often be heavier than content in ikebana, as it depicts Sara’s growth as a person as she shakes off the chains of her upbringing that have tied her down to the ground and learns to live for herself.
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[SOMETIMES NSFW]
soar
by
Chief Editor Yae Miko
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| Content Warnings | Referenced Child Abuse | ||||||||
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| Main Characters | Kujou Sara Kuki Shinobu |
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| Secondary Characters | Yae Miko Raiden Ei Naganohara Yoimiya Kamisato Ayaka Kujou Masahito Kujou Kamaji Arataki Itto Kujou Takayuki |
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| Main Ships | Kuki Shinobu/Kujou Sara | ||||||||
| Background Ships | Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya |
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| Character | Trans Yoimiya | ||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||
| shinosara sidestories for the Meaning of Eternity series, but capable of standing alone as well | |||||||||