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Ukyo's hearing is more sensitive than most. He can pinpoint the point of origin of a sound from kilometers away, interpret distant muttering through the clamor of a battle, and even hear the heartbeats of those around him. Ukyo's hearing is not just more sensitive than most people, it's more sensitive than most animals.
And it's far from natural.
Ukyo grew up as a test subject part of Japan's most well-kept secret. His time in the JSDF was a brief and blissful escape, from which he dreaded his return. But just before he was re-aquainted with the life of a lab rat, a miracle—a tragedy—a worldwide petrification gave him a chance at freedom. Or, perhaps it would have, if “freedom” didn't mean helping Tsukasa shatter countless statues. Perhaps it would have, if survival in the stone world didn't mean masks and mind games. Perhaps it would have, if Hyoga weren't so determined to put him back in a cage.
Funny thing about cages: if you cover them in blankets, you can almost forget about the bars. Offer a piece of cheese, and the rat will trap itself inside.
tl;dr—In which Ukyo is a government experiment
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Of Alchemy, Magic, and Titanblood by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandoms: Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), The Owl House (Cartoon)
05 Oct 2024
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This is an outline for a Varian Gets Thrown In The Boiling Isles fic I probaby won't ever have the time to write out in full, but I figured, someone might find interesting to puruse.
Is it a bad decision to post this? Maybe. Do I find parts of the outline deeply amusing to myself and want to offer other people the chance to partake in that amusement? Definitely.
Enjoy your AU concept!
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- Part 1 of Stranded Outlines
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Transmuted by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandoms: Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), Tangled (2010)
14 Aug 2024
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Being the younger brother of an infamous thief isn't really all it's cracked up to be, especially when said older brother/thief insists that Varian stay behind and wait while he has all the fun scaling towers and stealing crowns. Not that it was particulalry unexpected; it wouldn't be the first time, and it certainly wouldn't be the last.
It would, however, be the first time his waiting was inturrupted by a creepy lady and a manic horse.
Or
You know those reimaginings of the movie/series where Varian is raised as Rapunzel's little brother? ... what if that, but Eugene? (They're Brothers, Your Honor)
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- Part 1 of Varian & Eugene Brothers AU
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He Knows by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandoms: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon)
21 Apr 2024
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Varian wasn’t stupid.
Hugo’s reasoning never really made sense, until he learned about Donella.
It was the only thing that made sense, really.
Varian wasn’t stupid. But Hugo didn’t need to know that. Not yet.
Or
Look at this kid and tell me there isn't a chance that he could figure out Hugo was working for Donella on his own given the right circumstances. (What happens when the protagonist is Just A Little Too Smart™) (Now available in Russian, courtesy of Shpaka! / Теперь доступно на русском языке!)
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Is it Still a Secret if you're Arguing About it? by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandoms: Sanders Sides (Web Series)
22 Jul 2021
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writing.prompt.s: Two people strike up a conversation about their favorite superheroes. The argument gets heated as they point out the flaws in the other hero’s abilities. Neither realize that the other is actually the very hero they are defending, and things escalate.
Okay, but what if it was on a plane, and instead of between two people it ended up being between, like, six?
I think you know what's happening.
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Stranded Outlines by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandom Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), The Owl House (Cartoon)
05 Oct 2024
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Varian & Eugene Brothers AU by Cat_With_a_Quill
Fandom Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), Tangled (2010)
14 Aug 2024
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In short, an AU in which Varian grew up the younger brother to one Eugene Fitzherbert, more commonly known as Flynn Rider, and one Lance Strongbow who would deny having ever had another name.
At length, an AU in which one would-be Prince Horus was not sent to grow up in some random orphanage, but instead was put in the care of Quirin, the most sane of King Edmund's trusted Knights of the Brotherhood. Ten years later, he's Eugene, the first son of Lord Quirin of Old Corona and new older brother to Varian, who he is led to believe is his half-brother by blood. One year after that, both Varian's mother and their father have gone missing, and he's Eugene Fitzherbert (last name courtesy of the cruel orphanage workers and the other three unfortunately named Eugenes they already had on record), only remaining relative of a not-yet toddler. He went on to raise Varian with the help of Lance, his most trusted friend and literal partner in crime. A new name, one raccoon, a few too many enemies and thirteen years later, it's just him and Varian again.
Things can only get better from here. Right?
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The Problem With Avarice by Rigmaroler
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003), Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
13 May 2019
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Xerxes is in a golden age of scientific and alchemical advancement. Unhindered by major internal conflict like their neighbors, the desert civilization has prospered. Still, many of its mysteries have gone unsolved, including the baffling disappearance of the Elric brothers from the royal palace five years ago.
Ling doesn't know or care about that. He's more concerned with more important things, like his next meal, or obtaining immortality to save his clan. He wants nothing to do with abducted princes or alchemically created monsters.
Unfortunately, he doesn't get much choice in the matter.
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Magma's up to something, and Ukyo wants to find out what.
Bookmarked by Cat_With_a_Quill
27 Mar 2026
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Just wonderful. They’re so silly. I also like the idea that against all odds these two become good friends; the murder man and the pacifist. Perhaps the duo of all time
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There are highs and there are lows, but for all its ups and downs, the ocean itself remains a constant.
Senkuu finds there’s one person he wants to follow those waves with.
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- Part 4 of Usen Dr Stone
- Part 8 of Had's Dr Stone Collection
Bookmarked by Cat_With_a_Quill
13 Jan 2026
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Powerless by patentpending
Fandoms: Thomas Sanders, Sanders Sides, Video Blogging RPF, Sanders Sides (Web Series)
06 Sep 2018
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“People like us,” Logan had once remarked to Virgil. “Are statistical anomalies.”
(Almost) Everyone in the world has powers. As for those who don’t, well, they’re such a small part of the population - only 0.04% - why would anyone care about them?
Ever since he realized what people mean when they call him Powerless, Virgil Sanders has tried to fight back against the system that oppresses people like him, Patton, and Logan. When Patton’s bakery is targeted in a hate crime, he finally snaps. With the help of a mysterious sponsor, Virgil becomes a villain, ready to remake a broken society. The only thing standing in his way is the world’s most Powerful (and infuriatingly charming) superhero: The Prince, who is hiding the fact that his gilded life isn’t as perfect as it may seem.
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- Part 1 of Powerless 'Verse
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Bookmarked by Cat_With_a_Quill
25 Aug 2020
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A great little reminder that our world isn't perfect, and every person in it struggles, and we are not the main characters of the earth's story, nor of humanity's. We are all characters, equal in worth no matter our histories, living on this little rock together, and we each play our own little part. No one is a main character, but no one is a background character either. All that told in a really great, fun way.
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First fic of the decade!
Your soulmate’s first thought about you appears on your skin, which can make them a little difficult to find. Especially when Virgil has to find three.
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- Part 13 of Soulmate AUs
Bookmarked by Cat_With_a_Quill
04 Jan 2021
Bookmarker's Notes
that one I kept trying and failing to find until I ran across it randomly so as to not loose it again