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    After the war, Katara struggles to breathe.

    She’s always known who she is and what her duty was - now she hasn’t got a clue. She didn't realize that learning to live, after just surviving for so long, would be this hard.

    OR: Katara falls in love with Zuko, but first she learns to love herself.

    OR: Katara travels the world, Zuko supports a political revolution, Aang faces his trauma, Toph accepts help from her friends, Suki inspires other women, Sokka leads, and everyone heals.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    In March of 1939, Pierre Morteau has already learned how to endure. As the eldest son, he has spent most of his youth carrying what the Great War left behind: the farm, his younger brothers, his mother’s grief, and the long shadow of a father who survived the trenches only to be claimed by them years later.

    Then Maria arrives in Grangeville under the care of her uncle, a decorated veteran with old ties to the Morteau family. Quiet, watchful, and far from home, she unsettles the rhythms of village life almost as quickly as she becomes woven into them. As spring gives way to summer, courtship blooms beneath orchard trees and along the Norman cliffs.

    But beyond the fragile peace of Grangeville, Europe drifts steadily toward war.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    A famous documentary director has arrived on Sodor to film a docu-series about the island and its glorious railway! The engines all want in on the spotlight, whether it's James and Gordon fighting for the camera, or Thomas trying to show off his shunting prowess. Well, all the engines, except Henry. Turns out the very idea of being filmed terrifies him almost as much as chicken pox!

    All is not well, however, as the director finds herself very frustrated with the lack of action and pizzazz that her documentary has. What she wants is gripping drama and cool action sequences, and she's willing to do anything to get those shots. Will the engines notice her schemes and put a stop to them, or will they be too distracted by showing off in front of (or running away from) the cameras to notice?

    (This takes place in a timeline where Tidmouth Sheds was rebuilt with 8 berths following James's crash, so Henry can be there alongside Nia and Rebecca, cos they can and should co-exist. Also featuring cameos from Female!Charlie.)

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Sometimes they would wonder, what would've happened if that night they sailed away from the shores of Neverland? Could it have avoided the turmoil from the beloved youngest Captain of Neverland? Could it have avoided her from leaving her crew behind to re-discover herself? Could it have avoided him from watching his best friend fall into a pit of self-hatred?

    The tides change, so do people, and sometimes, they change for the worst. But as every sailor says, there's always a rainbow after the storm, and what you're experiencing right now, it's the eye of it, that eye that had set its glare on you.

    TW // Abuse, homophobia, violence, death

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    08 Jun 2026

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    A scar. A lunch. A wedding. A funeral. A child.
    This is the story of how a compassionate, self-sufficient medical student found the courage to finally let her heart be reached, and how a dutiful, noble heir chose his heart over an empire.

    It all started with a conversation at The Shirshu Club in New York City...

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    06 Jun 2026