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Sapphire Shores is haunted by her mother's whispering voice. Her dreams are filled with letter after letter, all asking the same question. It isn't until the mail catches up to her tour that she learns why.
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A couple of the Painter's Alcove members have a meeting about rewriting the old series for fun. Their meeting comes to the end as they get split up across the story that they had chosen.
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Feels Like We Had Matching Wounds by orphan_account
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
04 Aug 2023
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When faced with the decision to go back or move on, Harry hesitates. His heart twists in his chest as he glances back at the squalling, writhing fragment of Voldemort’s soul that he’s unknowingly nurtured for almost as long as he’s lived. Harry can still hear Dumbledore's words echoing inside his head, “Something beyond either of our help.” But… Is he really? How many times has Harry heard those very same words whispered among the residents of Little Whinging? How many similarities has he seen between himself and Tom Riddle ever since his second year, ever since he first wrote in that diary, despite Dumbledore’s assurances to the contrary?
Hagrid whisks him away from an abusive home and hexes his cousin for eating Harry’s birthday cake. Dumbledore believes the words of abusive caretakers and sets Tom Riddle’s precious few belongings on fire. If Harry wasn't who he is, then would they have believed the Dursleys over him? Would they have done the same thing to him? He doesn't know. The thought frightens him.
Harry picks up the fragment of Voldemort's soul, cradling the unnatural-looking baby in his arms as he walks forward. He boards the train.
He wakes up in his cupboard.
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honest to g masterpiece
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Imperator by CombatTombat
Fandom Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
10 Jul 2024
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Percy Jackson, Son of Neptune, has a great and terrible future. Not even the Gods know what he will lead New Rome to, but there are many hopes, and fears, to the heights he will go. Roman!Percy AU, Preyna and all that jazz
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14 Nov 2023
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legit one if my absolute favorite series/works ever
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Poetry is what he thought, but did not say. by llamallamaduck
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther (Marvel Movies)
19 Oct 2023
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Erik knows very well who he is and what he is for. If Bast thought placing him here would humble or punish him, They do not know him as well as They think. Erik may wear the body of a slaver, but his mind and his choices are his, as they always have been.
He lived by the sword and died by it; he sees no reason to change the bedrock of his personal ethics the second time around.
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- Part 7 of Whumptober '23
- Part 8 of Set in ASOIAF/GOT
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23 Nov 2023
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yes gimme feral rhaegar/erik i love this i hope u know
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I have swallowed my pride (To say goodbye) by IzzyMRDB for Lady__Loki
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, RIORDAN Rick - Works, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Ancient Egyptian RPF
02 Jun 2025
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep." ~Robert Frost
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Rhea thought the fight was over when she handed Luke that blade. The war she fought for others was over. She was wrong.
Now a thousand miles and a thousand years from home, all alone with just the ghost of a curse to accompany her in her travels, she will only fight for the wars she chooses.AKA
Sent to the start of the Trojan War, Rhea Jackson does not wish to be involved in another war of the gods
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01 Dec 2023
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love this, 1. percy jackson, 2. lingustics nerd tis i
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He was smiling. At Tom Riddle. He was going to get murdered before the year ends, he just knows.
Alternate universe/Post-Hogwarts. warnings: mature themes, drinking, swearing. An adult Harry Potter with all his knowledge and experience is transported to his 23yo body in a universe with no war.
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03 Dec 2023
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do i love this. yes.
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“Kind of ironic really, when you think about it.” I let my attention slip to the side, locking eyes with Xaden. “A daughter of a general and the son of a separatist—perfect for each other.” I hold his gaze challengingly.
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Remi Sorrengail is the antithesis of her sister. Snarky, depressed and quick to anger, she’s a realist. She’s well aware she probably won’t be making it out of the Riders Quadrant alive and she’s made peace with that. There’s just one thing she’d like to do there before she goes…climb Xaden Riorson like a tree.
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- Part 1 of Basgiath (Remi's Version)
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06 Dec 2023
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i swear, this is like one of the absolute best things ive ever read as a fanfic. im seriously in love with this
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The Cat's Guide to Compromise by pearlyeverlasting
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (1995)
26 May 2020
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Elizabeth Bennet refuses to be compromised. Elizabeth Bennet suspects that Fitzwilliam Darcy is actually a feral cat in a human body. This all works surprisingly well.
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10 Dec 2023
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first p&p fic ive read, rlly like the dynamics + butterfly effect almost
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(when you just can't seem) to shake the weight of living by WingedQuill
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
07 Feb 2022
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Geralt's muscles heave backwards, flinging him down against the bed. He tries to struggle upwards but it feels like he’s been buried beneath a mountain. Every inch of him is pressed completely still. His eyes close, and he’s left in the dark with nothing but his racing heart for company. He’s not tired, he’s never been less tired. But the curse wants him to sleep, it seems. It’ll force him to lie here until he does. How much of his life will it start to control, now that he’s declared war against it? Now that he knows it’s lurking in his bones, now that it doesn’t have to be subtle?
He swallows. Takes a long, deep breath, gathering every bit of courage he has to stop himself from slipping back into panic. He still has control over his lungs. He still has that.
For now.
(Or: Witchers don't retire. They stay on the Path until it kills them. They hunt monsters and they want nothing from life. This isn't exactly by choice.)
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11 Dec 2023
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love this equal parts angst and soft, but also very cool concept, nearly made me cry
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we wear the mask that grins and lies, (-it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—) by llamallamaduck
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Naruto
27 Oct 2023
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Itachi Uchiha, officially known as Sirius Black, leaves his brother yet again. It seems kin-slaying has somewhat predictable consequences. Honestly, who thought sending a traumatized Shinobi to Hogwarts was a good idea?
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- Part 2 of ring out the old, ring in the new, (-ring out the false, ring in the true)
- Part 2 of Set in Harry Potter-verse
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11 Dec 2023
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oh my absolute fucking gods. this is so much of a masterpiece i dont know what to do with myself
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Dark Matter by mysterycyclone
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
19 Jun 2024
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The last thing Peter sees is Tony's horrified, heartbroken expression leaning over him. The guilt in his eyes is almost worse than the burning pain that's taking Peter apart piece by piece. The world starts to go dark.
There's a flash of gold and green. For one moment, he finds himself standing amongst the Guardians and others. And then darkness again. It feels like blinking; an extended period of nothingness that ends as abruptly as it begins. One moment there’s nothing, the next there’s light.
“Easy,” a woman says. Her words are gentle, and carry a slight accent that he can’t place. "I'm called Wonder Woman. What's your name?"
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- Part 1 of Dark Matter Multiverse
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17 Dec 2023
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extremely cool fic
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i told you when i came i was a stranger by Caramelized
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
27 Nov 2021
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A modern OC arrives in Yiling before the start of the Sunshot Campaign. She has no friends, no money, and no cultivation. She knows what's coming, but what could she possibly do about it?
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“Well…” I looked down at my fingernails and tried not to squirm. “If there were a way to separate Wei Wuxian from Madam Yu without ruining his relationship with his siblings, I’d encourage it. Like, as an example, marriage.”Xichen blinked. “To you?”
“No. Absolutely not. What even—?” The thought was so abhorrent I couldn’t hold it in my head. My brain spat it right back out. “To your brother.”
Xichen blinked. Again. “To Wangji?”
“Obviously?”
“This is a concern of yours?”
“I realize it’s not my business at all,” I admitted. “But you asked.”
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19 Dec 2023
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ahhhhhhh, love u very much let me smooch u
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江山如有待 | It Seems the Hills and Rivers Have Been Waiting by ScarlettStorm
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
21 May 2022
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“Are you a cultivator?”
“No,” she says, steadily. “This one doesn’t possess the core for it.” She pauses and raises her eyes to his, so boldly he finds it a little startling. “I believe that I can be of use to the Jiang sect in spite of that, and I have brought a gift to prove it. May I show you?”
Fully intrigued now, Jiang Cheng nods. The girl unslings the bundle from her back, unties a couple of straps, and unrolls it on the floor in a smooth motion.
Jiang Cheng is on his feet before he even consciously realizes it’s happened, and the reaction murmurs out through the hall. There, on a blanket that belongs on the back of a horse, are five Wen cultivator swords, offered to him by a girl who looks like the word “bumpkin” was invented specifically for her. What the fuck.
“Where did you get those?” he asks, instead of asking “What the fuck?” out loud, because that would be unbecoming of his status as sect leader.
The girl meets his eyes again, lifts her chin, and says simply, “I killed the men who carried them.”
Or: Fan Dingxiang cultivates the swole path. Jiang Cheng doesn't know how to handle that.
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22 Dec 2023
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omgs so well thought out, my favorite kinda slowburn, jiang cheng get ur wife, love this fic
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watch what we'll become by glitteringmoonlight
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
21 Apr 2021
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To get his hands on the Yin Tiger Seal, Jin Guangshan decides to make Wei Wuxian part of the Lanling Jin sect through marriage to his son and heir.
Exactly nobody is happy about this.
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23 Dec 2023
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i think this fic is some truly great stuff and that this fandom doesn't have enough jin zixuan & wei ying content
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Wei Ying is a 911 dispatcher who happens to take a call from a terrified 4 year old named Lan Yuan. This one phone call might just change the trajectory of his life forever.
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The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life.
The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.
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Off the Line by esama
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
07 Jun 2017
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In which Cloud gets a Virtual Reality Dream Console – ShinRa's latest in virtual reality technology. Aaand everything pretty much goes downhill from there.
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04 Jan 2024
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i have never loved another finalfantasy fic of any kind, as i have loved you. literally in love with this fic and vincent&cloud is just fantastic
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There's a new Dark Sider on the battlefield, one who has it out for Cody's General.
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05 Jan 2024
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ive read this multiple times its just sooo good!!!!! love the fic and the strategy and darksider obi-wan charisma attack also cody and obi-wan
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Certain Point by esama
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
31 Oct 2017
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In which Ben Kenobi travels back in time to a turning point in history.
ABANDONED WORK
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06 Jan 2024
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literally sobbing at how good this fic is. the strategy, the worldbuilding, the emotions, the relationships.... beautiful. love this fic so much
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living in a gold age, sneak into my bird cage by slaymond (aemondtargaryen)
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Game of Thrones (TV), House of the Dragon (TV)
30 Dec 2023
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Aemond was her dear cousin and her lord husband—why shouldn’t Sansa choose him, put his needs before the Crown’s? Why should she have to turn the other cheek at the slights levied against him?
Aemond has a dragon’s temper, so mind your husband, grandfather had instructed her after Ser Vaemond Velaryon’s head was sliced in half. Keep the peace.
Fuck the peace.
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Dragons were an insular, reclusive species. Hunts of old drove them to the brink of extinction, leaving the few remaining clans with a well earned wariness, if not outright fear, of the world at large. They stayed hidden, either far from prying in the wildest regions of the world or in plain sight. Most of the rest of the world knew very little about them, aside from the sparse rumors and folklore that remain from days of old, and the clans were happy to keep it that way. The less the outside world meddled in their affairs, the happier they were.
That said, one thing was well known and documented about dragons: possessiveness was written in their blood.
Or, John "Soap" MacTavish is a dragon. Task Force 141 is his hoard. This changes everything, and nothing at all.
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