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1. Rec 85

   The True Wild by gravityandgrace

   Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 Mar 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Riebeck & Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • Riebeck (Outer Wilds)
   • Angst and Feels
   • POV Second Person
   • Hanging City roadtrip when
   • Hanging City roadtrip NOW
   • Spoilers
   • theoretically canon compliant
   • living vicariously through other people's ambitions
   • but also knowing those ambitions will never fully be achieved
   • time loops are hard on the psyche
   • Player Character gets a name!
   • Existential Angst
   • canon typical temporary character death

   Summary

   “Come on, get up. We’re going together.”

   Riebeck’s fingers falter on their instrument. A note bends in the melody. “Uh, sorry? I don’t, you want me to…?”

   You lift your gaze up. The bridge is practically framing their spherical helmet, almost mockingly close. Nothing shaken loose yet.

   “The Hanging City,” you say. “You always wanted to see it, right? So we’re going. Right now.”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   25,796

   Chapters:

   3/3

   Comments:

   122

   Kudos:

   283

   Bookmarks:

   85

   Hits:

   2,687

   Bookmarked by daylight (Lynxlion)

   31 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   The True Wild
   gravityandgrace

2. Rec 50

   every word is a word made for saying goodbye by anodymalion

   Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   14 Apr 2024

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Gabbro (Outer Wilds) & Everyone
   • No Romantic Relationship(s)
   • Gabbro (Outer Wilds)
   • Chert (Outer Wilds)
   • Riebeck (Outer Wilds)
   • Esker (Outer Wilds)
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • Canon-Typical Death
   • final loop
   • everyone dies
   • (but you knew that)
   • hanging out with your friends at the end of the world

   Summary

   "Huh, Gabbro? What's wrong?" Riebeck asks, and Chert says with vindictive glee, "That's what I said!"

   "Is it really so hard to believe that I'd call my two best friends just to see how they're doing?" Gabbro asks.

   "Yes," they both say in unison.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   7,348

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   55

   Kudos:

   150

   Bookmarks:

   50

   Hits:

   748

   Bookmarked by daylight (Lynxlion)

   29 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   every word is a word made for saying goodbye
   anodymalion

3. Public Bookmark 15

   The Stranger by Kikithehousemoose

   Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   24 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Inhabitants Of The Stranger (Outer Wilds)
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • POV Second Person
   • Home Invasion
   • (a loose definition of)
   • Body Horror
   • Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
   • set during gameplay
   • Horror

   Summary

   It is the monster that lurks in the dark.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,869

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   11

   Kudos:

   66

   Bookmarks:

   15

   Hits:

   311

   Bookmarked by daylight (Lynxlion)

   29 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   The Stranger
   Kikithehousemoose

4. Public Bookmark 9

   Twenty-two minutes to save the universe by NarrateurDuChaos

   Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   21 Sep 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • Gabbro (Outer Wilds)
   • The Prisoner (Outer Wilds)
   • Riebeck (Outer Wilds)
   • Feldspar (Outer Wilds)
   • Hornfels (Outer Wilds)
   • Chert (Outer Wilds)
   • Esker (Outer Wilds)
   • Solanum (Outer Wilds)
   • Nomai Character(s) (Outer Wilds)
   • The Inhabitants Of The Stranger (Outer Wilds)
   • Little Scout (Outer Wilds)
   • Canon Compliant
   • Canon Rewrite
   • speedrun
   • Death
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • The Eye of the Universe
   • Space Flight
   • Astronauts
   • we can't save the universe but we can do the next best thing

   Summary

   The Hatchling perfects their speedrun, for the sake of the Universe.

   Major spoilers for Outer Wilds and its DLC. Please don't spoil yourself Outer Wilds if you haven't played it yet, it's really worth discovering.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,996

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   63

   Bookmarks:

   9

   Hits:

   850

   Bookmarked by daylight (Lynxlion)

   29 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Twenty-two minutes to save the universe
   NarrateurDuChaos

5. Public Bookmark 13

   The Definition of Living is Subjective by Zazibine for gravityandgrace

   Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   18 Nov 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
   • Gabbro (Outer Wilds)
   • Feldspar (Outer Wilds)
   • Solanum (Outer Wilds)
   • Slate (Outer Wilds)
   • Player Character (Outer Wilds) Has A Name
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Love
   • Devotion
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Some Humor
   • the universe is cruel and uncaring but at least you have a friend at your side
   • that friend just so happens to be your food tins
   • and your ship
   • actually if it's loved then it's sentient
   • Don't Examine This Too Closely
   • Crack Treated Seriously

   Summary

   In which a young astronaut loved the universe so much that they killed themselves a thousand times over to save it, and whoever- whatever- is created from its ashes shall not perish but shall love as its creators once did.

   Or, everyone wakes up after the end, including the inanimate objects. This is a good thing (probably).

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,408

   Chapters:

   2/3

   Collections:

   2

   Comments:

   26

   Kudos:

   65

   Bookmarks:

   13

   Hits:

   661

   Bookmarked by daylight (Lynxlion)

   29 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   The Definition of Living is Subjective
   Zazibine

   Wonderful