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The Best Part Of Believe (Is The Lie) by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
26 Sep 2025
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When the Tesseract fell at Loki's feet, he was not one to allow the opportunity pass him by. He escaped from custody, creating a branched timeline where he tried to earn Thanos's forgiveness with the Tesseract. There was none. Only suffering at his hands and later the Frost Giants eager for vengeance.
Three years later, Mobius arrived to collect a broken Loki for a very specific purpose. To help track down another Variant of himself for the benevolent TVA. And after years of torture and abuse, even the smallest kindness was a gift.
Mobius saved him and Loki gave him unquestioning loyalty and trust in return. He would do anything not to lose that kindness. Whatever Mobius asked of him.
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What If... Loki Outlived Thor? by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, What If...? (Cartoon 2021)
26 Aug 2025
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Loki had barely been paying attention to the plea being given by Thor's friends. He had plans to make and a realm to destroy, and Thor was best placed on Midgard until everything was said and done.
And then Heimdall walked in with news that changed everything.A continuation of What If season 1 episode 3: What If Earth Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
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Love Is A Dagger by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
16 Aug 2025
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Loki once described love as being like a dagger, though he didn't explain it well then.
Like a dagger, love was beautiful. Mesmerizing to see it at work. It could be forged into different forms to serve different purposes. It could be easily concealed from sight. It could give someone the courage to do something that they would be too scared to attempt without it. And it might give them the power to succeed.
If you give it to someone, you have to hope that they won't turn that weapon against you and carve out your heart. Sharing it could make you vulnerable if you chose wrong.
And most importantly, Loki had always preferred to wield two daggers.
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Place My Gun Upon The Table (in blood I draw the line) by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki (TV 2021)
21 Jul 2025
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"The TVA's name was not its best feature by any stretch of the imagination. The Transitional Vampire Agency was a name chosen to seem more innocent on purpose for the inevitable day that knowledge of vampires grew more widespread and naive people worried about the welfare of the creatures. They 'helped vampires transition to a new state.'
Specifically, they forcibly transitioned vampires from a state of undead to a state of true death."
Mobius spent most of his life defending the world from an unseen threat, stalking them in the darkness, hunting them like animals. He was prepared to spend the rest of his life doing the same thing.
But following a doctrine is so much easier when you don't know the person on the other side. Now, hunting down a vampire with a face he knows - someone he once cared very deeply about - Mobius must struggle to find the line between truth and lies, before it's too late.
TVA agents are dropping like flies, the pressure is rising, and at the centre of it all is the one vampire Mobius isn't prepared to face.
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Puppet Loosely Strung by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Norse Religion & Lore
18 Jul 2025
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After subduing the Jotunn king and claiming the Casket of Ancient Winters, Odin found one last treasure. A Jotunn infant, abandoned in a temple to die. Sympathy and a hint of compassion moved him to take the child, a natural shapeshifter, back to Asgard as his own.
He made plans for the boy. Political plans that would benefit Asgard and Jotunheim. But a good father would eventually set those plans aside and focus on what was best for his son.
Unfortunately, Odin had always been a better king than he was a father. And as Loki grew, he never forgot his purpose for the child. It was what was best for Asgard. Even if the boy would have to repeatedly pay the price.
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Master of Puppets by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Norse Religion & Lore, Thor (Movies)
18 Jul 2025
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Hammer to Fall by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
01 Sep 2022
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We Scream, We Shout by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
17 Mar 2020
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We're Only Human (After All) by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
24 Apr 2022
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“Mobius?!”
“Yeah, yeah, I’m working on it!”
Loki risked a glance over his shoulder. Mobius had his head bent down as he slapped the TemPad with his palm. They hadn’t even suited up properly. It was only a reconnaissance mission. In and out. See and not be seen.
Well, that had gone to Hel.
Bookmarked by CloseToSomethingReal
15 Oct 2025
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He’s not sure how he ended up like this, half-leaning against the wall of a little windowed alcove with his hand down the front of Loki’s trousers, but if Loki’s ragged breathing and shaky grip on his forearm are any indication, he must have done something right.
In which they make good use of the archives.
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16 Aug 2025
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After a different unfolding of events following the Battle of New York, Don helps Loki heal from the trauma of captivity when Mobius brings them together as part of his effort to unite every Don and Loki variant. Slowly, Loki learns to experience comfort in his own skin again. And maybe even accept affection from others.
Or: a closer look at Don and Loki of branched timeline 3666 from thumbbird’s “i bet on losing dogs.”
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Bookmarked by CloseToSomethingReal
15 Aug 2025
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"Why are you helping me?"
Don pauses in his administration. Why is he helping this blue man who terrorized New York and killed numerous people not even a year ago? He looks at the arm in his lap, bloody and stiff. One that could kill him and his children in seconds.
"Because I have a death wish," he chuckles and shakes his head, "And it's the right thing to do."
Or Don helps a forsaken Jotun find his glorious purpose.
What if...Thor never asked for Loki's help?
Bookmarked by CloseToSomethingReal
09 May 2025
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Outside Looking In by ashenpages
Fandoms: The Glass Scientists (Webcomic), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
09 Jun 2018
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When Henry needs to find a way to cure Frankenstein of her disease, Hyde has a few helpful ideas. The plan was never to need help, though. Will Hyde be able to swallow his distaste for Robert Lanyon and convince the man to help both he and Jekyll?
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Bookmarked by CloseToSomethingReal
13 Mar 2025