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1. Rec 17

   So How Do You Play This Game, Then? by lyricwritesprose

   Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

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   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   08 Feb 2026

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   • Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Amena (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Original Character
   • Pre-Canon
   • Naive isn't the same as stupid
   • Chickens
   • Heritage breeds
   • Farming in general
   • Whatever the space equivalent of a state fair is
   • references to factory farming
   • references to meat eating etc
   • sort of blended canon
   • one book character
   • one character whom I pictured with TV backstory and actor
   • not that the backstory comes up

   Summary

   "When an obvious innocent sits down with three experienced card sharpers and says “How do you play this game, then?” someone is about to be shaken down until their teeth fall out." Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad. Or: a Corporation Rim genetic trader looks for an easy mark at a Preservation fair and comes away very, very confused.

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   22 Feb 2026

2. Rec 62

   'Neath the Streets Of Boston by scribefindegil for curtaincall

   Fandoms: M.T.A. - Kingston Trio (Song)  

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   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   26 Dec 2023

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   • Charlie (M.T.A. Song)
   • Original Characters
   • Boston
   • Subways
   • Supernatural Elements

   Summary

   Just a regular subway ride.

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   English

   Words:

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   20 Feb 2026

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   Fisherman's Knot by scribefindegil

   Fandoms: Gravity Falls  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
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   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 Jun 2022

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   • Stanley Pines & Stanford Pines
   • also the whole Pines family because I can't stop
   • Grunkle Stan | Stanley "Stanford" Pines
   • The Author | Original Stanford Pines
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Mabel Pines
   • Dipper Pines
   • Stangst
   • actually hurt/comfort but stangst is just such a funny word to me
   • Post-Canon
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • The Power Of Mabel
   • also eventually the power of competent psychiatric care
   • original selkie character
   • although i did not invent selkies to be clear
   • warnings for:
   • Depression
   • Anxiety
   • but everyone is going to be Okay i promise

   Summary

   Happy endings are messy, and the Arctic winter is more difficult than either Stan or Ford want to admit.

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   Chapters:

   21/21

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   20 Feb 2026

4. Rec 62

   See Ye Not That Bonny Road by lyricwritesprose

   Fandoms: Doctor Who  

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   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   24 Jun 2017

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   • Jamie McCrimmon
   • The Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Eighth Doctor Era

   Summary

   Jamie McCrimmon is wounded, exhausted, and has a song running through his head as if it's trying to tell him something.

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   27 Jan 2026