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[SEEKING ADVICE:] Boy We Met At Pub Lives In Abandoned Castle, What Should We Do? by Jazz_intown, oh_fudgecakes
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
12 Nov 2025
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If Jean and Diluc had been told that they'd be spending the summer unravelling a secret deep within their small university town, they would have shaken their heads crisply and said no, thank you. Unfortunately, a chance encounter at the pub with a boy who lives in an abandoned castle soon leads them on a wild adventure to uncover the secrets behind the castle and the possible cryptid named Venti.
Or: A castle, a conundrum, and a crew of undergraduates trying to figure out the walking mystery that is their newest drinking buddy.
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The Boy Who Belongs to Nobody by The_Cinderninja
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
01 Oct 2025
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Not a single soul recognises the bard who wanders through the front gates one day. Mondstadt is nothing if not welcoming to all who visit, suspicious or strange, weird or wonderful. He is clearly young, and, though a nuisance, entirely harmless. By mid-afternoon, the boy will have eaten. The owners of the taverns and bakeries do not let him go hungry. They don’t ask for payment, and Venti rarely offers. He thanks them with a song or a story, and everybody ends up satisfied. He doesn’t seem to want for anything, and if he did, the Church would provide it. That is how it is in Mondstadt.
Or, the fic in which Jean meets Mondstadt's newest resident homeless orphan.
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- 3,379
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- 1/2
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Bookmarked by Astroshadow
01 Oct 2025
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Everyone is concerned about their funny little bard it's so sweet
Jean and Venti as family!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Bonding With a Deathworlder by Starlight Sakura (PastelGlitterPen)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Nov 2025
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Aliens. These were actual, real-life aliens.
He’d realized it pretty much as soon as they walked in. But he hadn’t processed it until now.
Meta abilities were rare. They started with that glowing baby in China and seemed to appear at random all over the world. None of those abilities were like this though. Nobody’s entire body changed like this, let alone a whole group of people changing the same way. That detail alone made it clear that these things could not be human at all. They were alien to Earth itself.
Shinsou Hitoshi had just been trying to avoid his shitty foster home and now he was caught up in an alien abduction with eight other people. What was going to happen to them?
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Danny finds the note on his bed around the same time as Valerie realizes Star is missing. Getting kidnapped by a random ghost wasn’t on Star’s bucket list, but even once it’s clear she’s bait to draw in the Red Huntress and Phantom, something still doesn’t add up. After all, she’s no more important to them than the next person—right?
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- English
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- 57,147
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- 11/11
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Bookmarked by Astroshadow
07 Sep 2025
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Star is figuring things out thanks to a meddlesome ghost
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We're called deathworlders for a reason by CloudsComeDown
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Oct 2025
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After Izuku and Yuuga crash a sleeping Hizashi's ship into an asteroid while out in space, they're forced to survive off of the unknown, only eachother to watch their backs.
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A mystery of events sets Hawks, Aizawa and his kids free from where they were before imprisoned by illegal space pirates. Unfortunately, the closest location of safety isn't as safe as they thought. It's a deathworld! How are they supposed to survive here?!Bookmarked by Astroshadow
05 Sep 2025
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Hizashi and his kiddos on a survival trip woo!
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Born of Earth and Light by Sungild
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
31 Oct 2025
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H'zashi's feathers stood on end, blood boiling at the fear in the fledgeling's eyes, the way their running was flagging even though their breathing still came way too fast— He flew forwards, covering the remaining distance and swiftly whirling around the little Green, placing himself between them and their pursuers, wings spread wide. He put one wing back to cover them.
Internally, he both cooed and cried when Green's hands immediately grabbed onto him, tucking close.
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Or, MHA space AU. Featuring Human Izuku, Alien everybody else, accidental child acquisition, space road trips, mysterious circumstances, and plenty of hurt/comfort to go around!
Updates every other Friday.
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The Adventures Of Captain Rin by Spidergirl1809
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
13 Aug 2025
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Bookmarked by Astroshadow
03 Sep 2025
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Zuko (and gaang) giving his guards gray hairs heehee
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"Then show me your ID, please."
"ID?" The bard's surprise was genuine, making the situation even more amusing.
"Identification document. A form confirming your age and identity."
The bard's eyebrows shot up in obvious surprise, bordering on disbelief.
"Huh, there was no such rule here before."
"There has always been that rule here."
Or a story about bartender who feels sus about that new bard in the city of freedom
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No romance is here, but, me dear Diluven fans, you can imagine it if you wantSeries
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
20 Aug 2025
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Venti- giving off all the sus vibes to Diluc ~ehe~
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What the hell.
“What.” he said, and the child jolted, sending him a frightened look that immediately made him feel guilty.
“Ah, here you are.”
His mother’s voice almost made Venti jump, but Istaroth didn’t seem to care as she walked out of the kitchen, sending a small smile toward the girl before turning toward her son.
“Paimon, this is my son Venti, your cousin. Say hi.”
(Family is complicated. Paimon and Venti are left to deal with it.)
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Like many times before and many times yet to come, he was trapped in the moment when the sky wept and poison defiled the soil. Punishment thundered from the heavens as it ought to, burning the old world another final time. The ashy dragon—an innocent child—may have fallen, but remnants of its abyssal poison stubbornly clung to his essence. Enough had been cleansed that one desperate prayer managed to break him from absolute stasis, even if he couldn’t yet maintain this level of awareness for too long.
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“Why have you been so keenly watching a hatchling of the dragonheirs?”✞⊷⊷⊷⊷⊷
Venti, barely present, still 'asleep', hears a peculiar prayer from an unexpected source.
Thousands of years after leaving a whole community of dragonheirs in his hands, Istaroth decides to meddle with their lineage a bit more, this time with an extra surprise.
Despite her elusive motives, this particular experiment almost seems like a 'gift'...that, or an upcoming social and political issue for him to deal with.[Part of my 'immortals are basically vampires' AU but doesn't need much context apart from this.]
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- Part 1 of sacred blood
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Burnt Bridges and Frozen Hearts by DeadlyGronkle
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
13 Aug 2025
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Crepus didn’t know how long he had been there, floating aimlessly in the inky black abyss. The only thing he could see was his own limbs. He didn’t need to breathe here, didn’t need to hear, didn’t need to smell. All he had known for so long was this strange place that seemed to defy all laws that Teyvat had.
The last thing he remembered was using his Delusion against Ursa to protect his son. He felt the Delusion’s power course through his body, driving Ursa away. Then…. Nothing, like he had passed out or worse from using it.
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Or Crepus comes back, sees what's happening to his family, and is determined to fix it. Even if it kills him again.
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
27 Jul 2025
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Barbatos brings Crepus back! He has some emotionally stunted sons whip back into shape :)
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And Thus, Boy Meets Dragon – Again by Zentauria
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Jul 2025
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Venti is a certified Combat Cuddler(TM). Adopting everything that doesn't run away fast enough is kind of his thing. Even if the 'everything' in question is ten times his size. Even if it tried to eat him before. Even if it's a dragon.
But this? This is different.
Because who in their right mind would want to be friends with someone who killed them?
[Or: Venti finds himself in front of Albedo's office and realizes he's not in such a hurry to enter after all.]
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
26 Jul 2025
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Aaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!! So! Adorable!
Venti and Durin hugs YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! -
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A day in the life of the Anemo Archon
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The best-laid plans of mercenaries and magicians...
In the aftermath of the rout at Ealdor, a mercenary leader tries to hold his small band of survivors together and extricate them from the mess he got them into. He thinks he’s come up with a simple plan to save them all, but things soon stop going according to the script. And then they meet with a group of knights, led by a knight who calls himself Sir Andrew of Dollop Head.
Arthur decides, for who-knows what reason, that he wants to spend his honeymoon chasing a gryphon all over Camelot. Merlin, as ever, is tagging along behind Arthur, but his usual plan of pretending to be a simple servant isn't working. Arthur has been behaving strangely ever since their return from Ealdor, and Merlin is worried. On the road, they meet with a small band of riders who insist that they are also Knights of Camelot, and Arthur comes up with a strange new plan all of his own...
Finally finished!
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Learning to Fly by starofjems
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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Zuko is banished and starts at the Western Air Temple, as we all know. But a single discovery alters the course of his journey, because how can it not change when he has a secret dragon egg to take care of? Follow Zuko through the years of his banishment before Aang wakes up as he makes friends, important discoveries, and waves.
(And then how that changes the way things play out after Aang wakes up.)
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Bookmarked by Astroshadow
16 Jul 2025
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Avatar Yangchen fanboy Zuko for the wiiiiinnnnnnn!!!!!!!!
Go Hui! I believe in you! You can do it!
*knocks Aang out* nooooooo not like that XD lol
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"We're going to be alcoholics by the time we're thirty," Sokka sighed.
"You think we'll live to be thirty?" Zuko asked, honestly thrilled. Sokka had pretty good instincts. Perhaps Zuko should reevaluate his long term goals. He could start by having long term goals.
A more likely alternative was that Sokka was just a hopeless optimist. It just went to show, you never truly saw another man until you stood shoulder to shoulder against a fleet of war balloons intent on raining death upon the city you loved.
Zuko was just a normal guy with normal interests. He liked theatre, burglary, crotchety ostrich horses, watching the Blind Bandit crush her opponents in a glorious display of skill and violence... just your standard banished prince things. It wasn't his fault he kept stumbling into rebellions and uncovering long-buried secrets. Fine, maybe freeing the prisoners was on him, but he was completely innocent of all other treason. Zuko was his father's loyal son. He'd never betray his nation.
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Uncle Iroh took a more creative approach to fostering Zuko's appreciation of other cultures. Now it's everyone's Problem.- Language:
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Bookmarked by Astroshadow
11 Jul 2025
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Zuko! And rebellion! Is a grand old time! Woo!
Jinko is also fun ehe :) -
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Zuko knows his father does not believe the Avatar is alive, he does not truly expect him to find them. He's being punished for his disrespect, for not living up to what his father demands. He might deserve it, but he won't spend his life looking for someone who hasn't existed in nearly one hundred years.
If he's going to be a disappointment, he may as well do what he pleases, and if that means joining a pirate crew, chasing some spirits and blowing up whatever Fire Navy harbors are on the way, so be it.
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A few months after Zuko's banishment he finds himself on a pirate ship.
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Sokka/Zuko is endgame, but it's the slowest of slow burns.
MCD is not either of them.
There are original characters, I promise they don’t suck — I’m also apprehensive about ocs in fanfic but hopefully you end up loving them as much as I do —
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
08 Jul 2025
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Zull becomes a pirate and gets adopted :) :) :) :)
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the song that comes from the inside of a birdcage by Marenke for EternalEclipse
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
17 Mar 2024
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Nahida stared at the broken puppet inside a crate, destroyed, but not beyond repair. Presumably. Such things were hard to determine without a look into the innards.
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- English
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- 11,695
- Chapters:
- 3/3
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- 1
- Comments:
- 21
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- 164
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- 1,717
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
27 Jun 2025
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Nahida puts the puppet back together. Literally 🔧
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Blue Divergence by mysterycyclone
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Batman - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies)
06 Nov 2025
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After a moment, Strange finishes his spell, letting out a sigh as he drops his magic. The arc reactor in his hand shimmers with power, both magical and regular, the steady white-blue now accented by shivering, red-orange symbols that gently orbit the metal casing.
“Fancy,” Tony says, reaching out to take it.
Strange pulls his hand back instead and says, “Forgive me, Tony.”
Tony can’t move. He freezes in place, hand twitching above the changed arc reactor. Confusion, followed by shock, followed very quickly by fear driven anger as Tony snap his eyes back to Strange.
Strange meets his gaze and says, “When you find him, ask Tim for help.”
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- Part 4 of Dark Matter Multiverse
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Plausible Deniability by sublunary (liminalism) for Jazz_intown
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Jun 2025
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Most things about Venti the Bard are exercises in public presentation and perception.
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- Part 1 of Plausible Deniability
- Language:
- English
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- 5,487
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 30
- Kudos:
- 230
- Bookmarks:
- 49
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- 1,757
Bookmarked by Astroshadow
25 Jun 2025
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Venti has a robust 'but I am just a humble bard' cover (that is not always as robust as he might intend) ehe