you are helping this great universe explode
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all the galaxies held in her tender frame by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, X-Men - All Media Types, Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Thor (Movies)
09 Aug 2026
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Easier to work on stilling her body than trying to scrub her brain. It's too easy, really, how quickly she's there. Back in the room, back in the chair, waves of energy shoving her back. And forward. Back. Forward. Back. Forward. Outside herself and watching, inside and screaming, stop, stop, please stop, don't take me--
___Or, Jean Grey finds her place in a bigger universe.
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- Part 1 of you are helping this great universe explode
- Part 22 of collected the pieces and picked out a dagger
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doubt thou the stars are fire (doubt truth to be a liar) by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel
10 Aug 2026
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"...something's missing." It traces a circle on the shoulder, feeling the forge-warm metal buzzing against its fingertips. "Here."
___On markings, memory, and feathers catching flame.
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when i'm said and done, you'll be there after me by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Marvel 616, Thunderbolts (Comics), Marvel
11 Aug 2026
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She's distracted when Bucky points over her head, towards the horizon. "See that?" He bends to scoop her up, balancing her on his hip. Like the coat, it's not something Kobik really needs, but it feels nice.
___Or, Bucky and Kobik take a quiet moment on the Arctic base.
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you will be relieved, i hope, to learn that we didn’t mean it by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Marvel, Captain America - All Media Types, The War of the Worlds (Radio 1938)
11 Aug 2026
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"It's not real," Becca declares, all fourteen-year-old confidence. "If it was real, they'd have the President on the radio, not some dumb Secretary."
"Well, I dunno," Bucky declares from where he lies sprawled on his back, head resting in Steve's lap, the kind of position he never would have risked if his parents were home. "President's a busy man. Coulda been fried up with an alien heat-ray for all we know."
___It's 1938. Orson Welles' historic radio broadcast is a source of frantic terror in some parts of the country, and less so in others.
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is it the first gasp or final breath that hurts the most? by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: The Odyssey (Movie 2026), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
11 Aug 2026
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And when it does, you know the truth: no assassin, she, no thief. Divinity bleeds from her, in the light of her soft brown skin and her clever dark eyes, in the pale glow of her garments in the night. Regarding her with clear eyes, you could never mistake the goddess Athena for anything else.
___Or, Penelope receives a visitor during her and Odyssey's journey towards the sun.
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only bad thing 'bout a star is they burn up by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types
11 Aug 2026
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"Better cross our big blue fingers that we don't go up in atmosphere," she murmurs, wrapping her tail around Walker's leg. Walker twitches at the sudden pressure, but can't quite kick her away. "Be kind of shitty if we died before we ever touched ground, y'know? Like we really are ghosts."
___Or, Recom Squad's two female members share a brief moment on their doomed journey to Pandora.
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SURGICAL SUNRISE, MANUFACTURED APOCALYPSE by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
11 Aug 2026
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The first thing that you see is her hands, dark wrists and pale palms, held out in front of her. Then the vast swoop of a globe, puffy white clouds threaded through a patchwork of green and blue. Some of you have glimpsed it in pictures, but it's never been so beautiful before, so vivid.
___Or, Akasha begins to build her army.
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but the first thing that i will do is bury my love for you by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Marvel 616, Marvel, Thunderbolts (Marvel Comics)
12 Aug 2026
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It's the fucking Moonstone, that's the problem. The Moonstone and the way it hums whenever Melissa's near, a steady buzz straight through Karla's ribcage. If she thinks about it for too long she can feel it grow until the heat is nearly unbearable, until her stomach flips and her palms sweat like a fucking teenager.
___In which Karla finds it much simpler to blame all her inconsistencies on the magic rock buried in her chest.
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fine birds brought you, quick sparrows over the black earth by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: The Odyssey (Movie 2026), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
12 Aug 2026
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"Good morrow, goddess." Helen sits perched on the windowsill, bare legs swinging out over oblivion. The lights from the flames reflect in her glassy dark eyes, rippling in and out of existence as she blinks. "Come to admire our work?"
___Or, a brief moment between goddess and icon amidst Troy's death throes.
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wings, hearts, some things are meant to be torn apart by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
12 Aug 2026
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"Fun fact," you say. Carol groans, but you forge ahead: "Fun fact, did you know that most adult butterflies only live from two to four weeks?"
___A brief conversation about sex, death, and insects.
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- Part 10 of you are helping this great universe explode
- Part 6 of to dance with her is to dance in the light of a collapsing star
- Part 50 of they say she tastes like honey
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tucked in the crook of my elbow, her breath cools my chest by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
13 Aug 2026
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You seem to be spending more time in my bed these days, actually, your leg thrown over mine. Hiding from the baby's crying, or hiding from the distant creak of Jake's steps down the hall. All he's done is linger outside the door, so far.
___The Grey sisters, in the soft glow of the beginning.
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mouth open so large in sleep i can see the future swarming by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
14 Aug 2026
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"I'm drunk," she repeats "Sorry, I know you wouldn't like that. But, you know, you're dead.” She flicks a loose strand of hair out of Helen's face. "And you know what's really funny? You're dead, but it’s not my fault. I know, I was surprised, too."
___Or, Carol takes a moment to reflect on her and Helen's new situation.
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- Part 12 of you are helping this great universe explode
- Part 8 of to dance with her is to dance in the light of a collapsing star
- Part 52 of they say she tastes like honey
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with violets and roses and the purple crocus by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types
16 Aug 2026
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Eywa has no hands with which to pluck flowers, no hands to take shape in this world, or at least no hands that do not already belong to another. How, she finds herself wondering more than once, does a moon court a woman?
___In which the course of true love will never run smooth, but its roots run very deep.
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- Part 53 of they say she tastes like honey
- Part 9 of to dance with her is to dance in the light of a collapsing star
- Part 13 of you are helping this great universe explode