Alexander the Great

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Fanmix: King & Lionheart

March 21, 2014 |
Genre: Alexander/Hephaistion, Alexander the Great | Tagged: Genre: Slash, Special: Fanmix

And as the world comes to an end
I'll be here to hold your hand
'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart.
A fanmix for Alexander & Hephaistion and their epic love story all through their lives.

Fanvid: Immortals

January 31, 2016 |
Genre: Alexander the Great, Alexander/Hephaistion | Tagged: Audience: All, Genre: Slash, Special: Fanvid, Warning: RPF

I try to picture me without you but I can't
'Cause we could be immortals, immortals
Just not for long, for long
-Immortals, by Fall Out Boy

Fanvid: King & Lionheart

August 28, 2015 |
Genre: Alexander the Great, Alexander/Hephaistion | Tagged: Audience: All, Genre: Slash, Special: Fanvid

And as the world comes to an end
I'll be here to hold your hand
'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart.
– King & Lionheart, by Of Monsters and Men

He, too, is Alexander

March 29, 2014 |
Genre: Alexander the Great, Alexander/Hephaistion, Alexander/Roxana | Tagged: Audience: Teen, Genre: Poly

[Roxana’s] married life must have been measured in months. […] For something like a year, she must have spent more time in Hephaistion’s custody than in [Alexander’s]. – Mary Renault, The Nature of Alexander

Moon Run

May 9, 2014 |
Genre: Alexander the Great, Alexander/Hephaistion | Tagged: Audience: Adult, Genre: Slash

This entry is part [part not set] of 3 in the series Alpha and Dominant

Hephaestion loved the full moon.

More Than a Pretty Face: a defense of the role of Hephaistion Philalexandros in the formation of the Great Alexandrian Empire

July 12, 2014 |
Genre: Alexander/Hephaistion, Real People, Alexander the Great | Tagged: Audience: All, Genre: Slash, Warning: AU

Some people say the Basileus Basileon, the King of Kings, succeeded solely thanks to the force of his personality and his military genius, with Hephaistion barely more than a footnote, while others insist that without a strong Chiliarch in Babylon, supplying Alexander’s army with everything it needed, from food to information, the Empire could never have been built. The truth, as always, probably lies somewhere in between.

Nights in Susa

November 5, 2014 |
Genre: Alexander the Great, Alexander/Hephaistion, Hephaistion/Drypetis | Tagged: Audience: Teen, Genre: Het, Genre: Poly, Genre: Slash, Warning: AU

This entry is part [part not set] of 3 in the series Alpha and Dominant

Drypetis, daughter of Darius, had always known her marriage would be an arranged one – she just had not expected her husband to be a werewolf and already mated to Great King Alexander.