Berendain
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Leave the whole world blind by Berendain
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
17 Dec 2024
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“I watched them kill my parents. Do you have any idea how that feels?”
“Yes! I do!”
Vi sighed. “It’s not the same, Cait. I was nine years old when I watched enforcers open fire on protesters. I watched them walk down that bridge, executing anyone still breathing! I had to grow up knowing my parents’ murderers were still out there, getting paid to uphold law and order. I grew up knowing that enforcers could kill people like me and that nothing would happen to them!”
Or: Vi refuses to become an enforcer, refuses to aid in capturing or killing Jinx, and calls Caitlyn out on some of her behaviour. [Abandoned for now.]
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When Fikani Shang is posted to the Bloodborder, they warn her that she will be tested. She is young, and she knows nothing; and they say she will be a danger to herself if she is not careful.
They do not know how right they are.
Bookmarked by Berendain
27 Sep 2026
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A beautiful telling of the story of Hedwyn and Fikani.
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take a dozen worries (and leave them there) by yeahthatchecks
Fandoms: KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
13 Jun 2026
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Rumi asks Celine if hunters kill all demons. Celine does not say, “No." She does not say that the hunters will spare the half-demon, even if she has patterns, because she is Rumi and she is a person.
Celine says, “Cover those up,” and says “You are not like them Rumi.” She tells Rumi that she only has patterns because her dad was a demon and the Gold Honmoon will erase them. Neither of them says that Rumi is not a demon.
Celine says, ‘You can be fixed’ and Rumi hears ‘You can be spared, if you are fixed.’
What Celine tells her is she is different from them, but not different enough.
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18 Jun 2026
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An excellent character study on Rumi in the aftermath of defeating Gwi-Ma. Explores how to heal and how to accept normalcy when you think it's too soon to accept it.
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The Threads Of Fate Tangle And Twist by Misthios
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
07 Dec 2024
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“About that,” Vi says. “How’d you end up here? What did a girl like you do to get tossed into this two-star shithole?”
“Really? That’s how you ask? No subtlety in it?”
“Uh, yeah? I saved you from getting shanked in the shower, so fair’s fair. What’s your deal, topside?”
“Caitlyn,” she says. That isn’t right. That wasn’t the answer Vi was after. Names are easily given away but so seldomly remembered in Stillwater, but it echoes in Vi’s head. She almost doesn’t hear the actual answer. “And though I have no doubt a thousand people have given this answer before, I did nothing. I was doing my job, and then I was here. No trial. No sentencing. No crime to speak of.”
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Half a decade into Vi's stay in Stillwater, a topsider turns up, raving about being a Councillor's daughter.
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Bookmarked by Berendain
19 Nov 2024
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A gritty exploration of life in Stillwater Prison, and how it affected both Vi and Caitlyn. Can trust and love grow out of a place like that? Can Vi find a place to belong on the outside?
Canon-divergent AU where Caitlyn is sent to Stillwater Prison by Marcus.
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They've done it. After years of painful failure and disappointment, Gustave and Lune have used Lumina to imbue a pictos via the experimental Lumina converter. This is it. This could be the future. This could save them. Caught up in the giddy whirlwind of success at long, long last, Gustave kisses Lune.
And she kisses him back.
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08 May 2026
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Exquisitely beautiful and thorough exploration of Gustave's character and his dynamic with Lune pre-canon.
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10 years have passed since Rumi vanished from the public eye, leaving fans and friends alike wondering if she’d ever be seen again.
Following the death of Celine, Mira and Zoey set off to follow the pull of the honmoon, in theory to find the next generation of hunters. In their hearts, though, they can't help that hope the honmoon will lead them to their missing member. Their latest stop in their Turtley Awesome World Tour brings them to Australia.
What they find there surprises them, not only a lost friend, thriving in a life built from earth, honey, and determination, but maybe something more like love.
Can it be that easy, though? Rumi left for a reason, and she’s made a home, a sanctuary, in a world of her own. As Mira, Rumi, and Zoey navigate old hurts and unexpected reunions, they're reminded that healing, love, and family rarely comes without sacrifice. Sometimes, though, the most rewarding paths are the ones you never expected to take.
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- Part 1 of Moonstruck
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31 May 2026
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After ten years of silence, Mira and Zoey find Rumi completely by accident. She's made a home in a warm, cozy, tight-knit community in Queensland, Australia. And she has a daughter who she'd do anything to protect.
A lot of care clearly went into researching and writing this fic. From Korean and Australian traditions and holidays, to skating, surfing, and bee-keeping, everything feels detailed and authentic. Mira, Zoey, and Rumi are all characterised wonderfully, while also respecting the fact they're older and wiser by the time this story begins. This is a fic about long awaited reunions, warmth and love, and the families we choose to build.