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  1. Rec 9

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    It was surprisingly easy to be accepted by the Earthlings as their new Emperor... but Earth customs were strange and uncomfortable. Zim wasn't always sure he liked the Earthlings' method of worship. And he was maybe... a little bit glad when The Dib tried to ruin his shows.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    The irken seemed conflicted. Dib felt really strange around Zim, it’s like he wasn’t his entire self. As much as he wanted to press, the alien would only snap at him, Dib knew that. He just hoped this attitude wouldn’t get in the way Friday night. He really wanted to show his father that he wasn’t under his control, not now.

    “...I can pretend to be a mate for the Dib-thing tomorrow night, at the reinstatement of my freedom.” Zim’s eyes narrowed. “Then, you will leave Zim be.”

    It had been nine years since Dib left to work under his father. Since then, Dib has been a miserable bachelor, the colors of life fading slowly. When he goes home, he suddenly decides to seek out his old childhood rival Zim in hopes for closure, or anything, really. Anything to make him feel again.

    A ZADR oneshot. [NSFW]

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    23 Mar 2026

  3. Rec 78

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    In a Cybertron ruled not by Functionism, but by the power structure that keeps all minibots enslaved to the "real" mecha, a little yellow bug is purchased from the minibot slave academy by Optimus Prime. Bumblebee, the perfect image of an eager, obedient slave, wants nothing more than to be good for his master. Optimus, who's been working with his allies on advocating for minibot rights, was expecting to find Bumblebee desperate to escape the system and live as a free bot. Bumblebee can't even imagine wanting anything of the kind.
    Horrible misunderstandings, miscommunications, and misuse of innocent minibots ensue.

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    22 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 38

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    After getting fired from his dead-end delivery job, Bee is sent to a remote organic garden preserve to take care of it alone. His quiet life falls apart fast when he catches three feral sparklings stealing crystal fruit and running about. He finds out they’re orphans with no creators at all.

    What starts as pity, letting them hang around the garden, slowly turns into him becoming their reluctant caretaker, and eventually giving them a home in the garden.

    Over the years, Bee ends up raising them, but the line between family and something much more complicated starts to blur.

    And once they finally come of age, the boys decide it’s time to claim the only person who ever showed them kindness, before anyone else can.

    AKA: Raising three homeless kids, and then when they grow up, they try to fuck you. I promise it’s not as bad as it sounds lol. Good old unhealthy family dynamics and, as one person on Twitter called it, ‘reverse grooming.’

    Alternate Titles: Forgotten Garden,  The Forgotten Garden, Lost Garden. 

    Enjoy the slow burn trainwreck! 🔥

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    01 Dec 2025

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    Megatron's haunted by Orion Pax. Optimus can't seem to let go of D-16. The Matrix of Leadership decides enough is enough, and shenanigan's ensue.

    Post-TFOne AU.

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    17 Jul 2025