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“You said you used to be best friends, whole time at your space Harvard. I know you won’t tell me, but man – what happened?”
“Too many things happened,” the Doctor replies, standing up abruptly. “Too many things, too fast."
“A hundred years of school... that must be one hell of a drama.”
In fact, she is quite wrong. More than a hundred years of school, and still it all happened in the span of three semesters…
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The Doctor's raw, unedited, and painfully honest account of what happened between him and the Master during their time together at the Gallifreyan Academy.
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one septendecillion brass doorknobs by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2020
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The cogs and circuits of the great machine of inter-connectedness are once again in motion. A Thing is missing. In fact, several things are missing, and they have to be returned to their rightful owners. After a whole month of peace and quiet, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency has two whole new cases to solve. And what a fine pair of cases they are.
The journey will start close to home and venture beyond the Earth, far into the cosmos. It will connect an old professor (and his young friend), a paranoid billionaire, world’s worst mercenary and a band of mysterious twenty-somethings in a cool van.
Yes, the Rowdy Three are also there. Yes, there is more than one cool van in this book.
(You can’t go wrong with a cool van)
Read on to discover more of Dirk’s past and Amanda’s future, of the successes and errors of Black Wing supervisor Adams, of unspoken feelings and disappearing music boxes and meanings lost in translation.
Oh, and could there be someone watching this all from behind the reality curtains?..
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Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Metaphysical Substrate by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), +other...
07 Oct 2020
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After another heated argument breaks out in a public debate between Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, Natalie Wynn, and Ben Shapiro (but mostly between Peterson and the sense of logic), the Doctor decides to take them all back to the 1st century AD and settle the mystery of Jesus's Resurrection for good.
pls don't tell me that this is trash. i know this is trash. that was the whole point. there is absolutely no meaning in this text and it isn't even that funny. you have been warned
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two boring sane guys having a normal time by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
07 Sep 2020
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one time Todd helps Dirk put on a shirt, and another when he takes the shirt off of him
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Looking away, afraid of their eyes meeting, afraid of feeling something they’re not supposed to. Todd’s fingers brush against Dirk’s wrists and palms as he pulls the t-shirt off him. A moment of silence passes by. Dirk feels exposed, and yet safe. He already trusted Todd with his life. What’s a bit of tender physical contact between good friends…
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sound of nothing by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
18 Jul 2020
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Todd Brotzman is a different man now. The days of Mexican Funeral are long over, but he can play music, still... just not for a crowd. For one person only.
For Dirk.
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and boring, *boring* sex by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
02 Jun 2020
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"Naturally, workplace laws (and occasionally the laws of physics as well) do not apply to this particular agency. Walls can change colours, and chairs can become Mona at any minute. Cases can start unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, unbeknown to everyone, including the client. And detectives can be disturbed offensively early in the morning, and right in the middle of somewhat important and distinctly private activities…"
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where fire and ice collide by Bootstrap_Paradox
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Doctor Who (2005)
17 Jan 2020
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Something strange is happening in Tadfield. Strange enough to persuade the 17-year-old Adam that it is time to consult the grown-ups. Not his parents, of course, but another happily married couple - Aziraphale and Crowley. A phone call from a worried anti-christ is enough to turn even the quietest of mornings hectic, but the surprises don't end there. An hour later, two unusual visitors turn up at the doors of the closed bookshops: a blonde young woman, and a tall, skinny man. A man who looks almost exactly like Crowley. Now the Doctor and Rose are teaming up with Aziraphale and Crowley to investigate the mysterious, indescribable something that awaits them in the depths of Hogback Wood...
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Four times Crowley wanted to say "I love you" but didn't, and one time he did.
The only thing worse than pining is six thousand years of it.
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They've spent such a long time wanting each other and thinking it will never come true. Now, finally, the forbidden fruit is theirs - but they hesitate. Someone has to start. Someone has to *ask*. Days go by, then weeks, then a few months, and no one has brought it up yet. Then, one day, a sudden thunderstorm comes to aid...
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After accidentally agreeing to meet in his own apartment for a change, Crowley needs to figure something out for a morning date. He decides to make crepes. The idea is very good, the execution? Not so much...
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A few months into being Crowley's boyfriend, and Aziraphale is starting to feel like he can't quite keep up with the whole "dating" thing. He wants to do something nice for him. Problem is, even after thousands of years of knowing the demon, he doesn't actually know him all that well. As he begins to runs out of inspiration for what to do, Aziraphale stumbles upon a book about keeping exotic pets - and, suddenly, he has the most brilliant idea...
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A modern, heavily satirical re-writing of Ray Bradbury's iconic "A Sound of Thunder". US, November of 2016. Two college mates take an (unauthorized) trip on the brand new time traveling entertainment system, Venture. Everything goes well... except, upon arriving back home, one of them discovers a dead beetle stuck to the sole of his shoe. What will be the consequences?
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William has known the truth of his own sexuality way before his siring, but never dared to act on his desires... that is, not until a perfect opportunity presented itself on a lovely spring night during his stay in Venice.
"But now, more than a decade later, “the right path” was nothing more than a distant memory. He no longer had any reason to suppress his feelings. He and God were no pals, if the God they had scared him with ever existed. He doubted it. The poor, hell-fearing William was gone, and Spike… Spike wasn’t afraid of sin, for he was sin himself. "
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Luna and Hermione are very different, but sometimes opposites do attract. When Hermione is stuck trying to solve a peculiar murder case, she comes back home to her girlfriend - and discovers that sometimes the key to solving is puzzle is not logic, but free, unlimited imagination.
Post-Deathly Hallows AU: Harry is a professor at Hogwarts, Luna and Hermione are together, and they're both autistic because uhhh reasons.
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Bill thinks that Missy is a bad influence on the Doctor - but it hasn't always been this way.
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What if Rey didn't leave Ben behind after his offer in the throne room? What if, after he turned down her offer, she took his destiny into her own hands and made the decision for him? What if instead of Kylo Ren, Hux became the new Supreme Leader, letting the rebels escape? What if...?
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Just one of those 147 days when Buffy wasn't there.
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The Doctor claims that he and Missy are ‘just friends’, but do we really understand what he means by that?
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Just a little fun thing I wrote about the Doctor, The Master and a bottle of black nail polish.
From the Academy to the present day, the Master has always been extra.
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Inspired by 'Extremis'. The Doctor and the Master tend to spend a lot of time together when one of them is a prisoner...
Five Doctors, Five Masters, one friendship older than our civilization, and infinitely more complex.