CadmiumQueen



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    There's 1 in 70,000 people on the planet who have the gene needed to survive the Hail Mary's expedition. In that limited pool, 1 in maybe 1000 had the necessary skills needed for the mission — more dire still, even less people were willing to volunteer for what is essentially a suicide mission.

    When an explosion killed not only their science officers but also their engineers, Eva Stratt makes the tough decision to put 2 people on the spacecraft that no one was expecting to be even be candidates.

    One is a middle-school science teacher.

    One is a convicted eco terrorist.

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    AU where Simon did all his suffering on Earth and is dragged against his will onto the Hail Mary alongside Grace

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    14 Aug 2026

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    Grian hadn't ever been expecting someone to follow through on courting ritual with him. He'd been crushing hard on his co-worker turned crime-fighting partner for years at this point, and Scar certainly had no idea that avians had that sort of thing. Specific little thoughtful gestures that would send a sign that whoever was doing the deed was interested. And as much as Grian would adore being spoiled by Scar performing all these little things that made his wings ruffle under his red sweater, pleased and basking in the attention, he knew it would never happen. Scar didn't know about avian courtship ritual.
    He didn't.
    Grian knew that he didn't know.
    So if he didn't, why was he doing every ritual so perfectly?

    {In which Scar stumbles ass-backward into performing all 5 of the typical avian courtship gestures in his attempts at wooing Grian, Grian is desperately trying to convince himself he's still in the friend zone, Jimmy's busy having his own relationship crisis, and Pearl will meddle all she needs if it'll get these idiots together already.}

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    07 Aug 2026

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    “It’s not a real kid, Chase.”

    Chase is technically underage, he’s a year away from being able to drink but the bartender didn’t bother to check his ID. Chase has always looked a little older than he was, it works in his favor now.

    Nobody at a hero bar like this would assume he was so young.

    “How the fuck do you think that?” Chase asks, spits. His hands still shake with the memory of it. The beer in his hand shakes with the tremors of his hands. “How the fuck do you do it?”

    Mechaman sighs, deep, disappointed. He leans back, taking his whiskey with him.

    The rest of the Brave Brigade was downstairs, drinking in victory, dancing with the other heroes, celebrating.

    “It’s the Astral Pulse.”

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    31 Jul 2026

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    Etho had found in the depths so many things.
    It was the lowest point of the Under-City, metaphorically and literally. He'd been running jobs for the mobsters that controlled this area for as long as he could remember, another gutter rat trying to make it to his next meal. He wasn't above playing with someone's naive ideas of empathy, he didn't feel bad for manipulating others to pity him as just a helpless kid. A runaway redstone pallet leads him to meet Doc, a creeper mutant with a genius complex and enough sarcasm and bravado to make Etho want to try stabbing him again. The two of them were in direct competition, and Etho hadn't signed on for things getting any more difficult than they already were.
    He'd found a lot in the depths. Scraped up enough to survive here. He hadn't been looking for a purpose to put his life on the line, but then again... wasn't that how the very best things were? After all, he hadn't been looking for love, either. Yet here it was.

    {In which Etho wants to stab anything and everything, Doc's sailing a boatload of trauma topped by a genius complex, nobody is getting out of this intact, and yeah, it was bad, but if it hadn't been bad, they wouldn't have made it out of the dark.}

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    05 Jul 2026

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    Just a little one shot on the dinner scene from the second movie. How the conversation might have gone had Diaval been mistaken for Maleficent husband and Aurora’s father and the Queen wasn’t as good at gaslighting.
    This was also thought up because I feel like Diaval doesn’t get enough credit for his part in raising Aurora even though he’s pretty much her Godfather with all he does.
    Just something I wrote a while ago that I forgot to post.

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    15 Jun 2026