Masked_Man_2
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The love that heals the wound (after the war is through) by Masked_Man_2 for fakebodies
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jun 2025
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“I forgive you,” Boromir says, just as grave as the captain before him, accepting his demotion to knighthood with far more grace than most would afford a too-bold babe. “An’ I dub you Sir ‘Rongil, so you must help protect nana. ‘Cos you’ve a real sword an’ can cut down real foes, until I have one, too, and can protect her better.”
So saying, he drives the point of the sword into the ground, and turns to face Finduilas, legs trembling a little with the effort to hold himself back from bouncing.
“No fear. No harm. Not while we’re here. So swear I.”
“So swear I,” Thorongil intones, after the fashion of the knights of old. Boromir turns back to him, taking both his hands to wrap them about the hilt of the toy sword, and for one selfish moment Finduilas is glad her son no longer faces her, that he might not see the tears spilling from her eyes.
Series
- Part 2 of Boromir Week 2025
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Long Nights and Lone Soldiers by Masked_Man_2
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Jun 2025
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Just one night. Just one night alone, unseen, unasked for, unneeded. Just one night, when no one needed him to be strong, or cheerful, no one needed him to be anything at all, that he might break apart in peace, and piece himself back together with none the wiser once his hands grew steady again. Make himself whole again, that he might be of use. For broken pieces left only mess, and he had to clean up the mess. He could not, would not let the dream come to pass.
Just one night. Surely it was not so gross a sin, to not be strong for just one night.
A tale of nightmares, grief, and late-night conversations.
Series
- Part 1 of Boromir Week 2025
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Measure Still for Measure by Ardent_Autumn, Masked_Man_2
Fandoms: SHAKESPEARE William - Works, Measure for Measure - Shakespeare
24 Jun 2024
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“Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; like doth quit like, and measure still for measure.”
Shakespeare’s play leaves us with several unresolved conflicts, such as Vincentio proposing marriage to Isabella (does she accept it or not?), Claudio dealing with the aftermath of his near-death experience, Angelo losing his title, etc. We, as readers, may well be prone to questioning precisely what the outcomes are. This work is our take on each of the conflicts.
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Of Monsters and Men by Masked_Man_2 for fakebodies
Fandoms: The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV)
27 May 2024
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"He always slept flat on his back, hands hidden beneath the heavy quilt. Like a corpse, she had thought more than once, and couldn’t have said why the thought discomfited her."
John is plagued by nightmares. Esther notices. Something like an understanding is reached.
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"There was no one keeping track anymore. No one to count the years and months and days he’d lost to wandering the fog. Trying to find Seamie. Trying to find himself in Seamie, the bits of his self that Seamie had taken with him. Because Seamie wasn’t here. But he wasn’t anywhere else, either. And Tadhg couldn’t be if Seamie wasn’t."
Recent series
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Boromir Week 2025 by Masked_Man_2
Fandom The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jun 2025
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Wanderers' Unholy Trinity by EatSnowAndDie, Masked_Man_2, MyDaedricGravemind
Fandom Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons - All Media Types
16 Aug 2017
- Words:
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From Orlando and Rosalind's point of view, Oliver and Celia fell in love at first sight. From their own point of view, it's a bit more complicated.
Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
26 Apr 2026
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lions and men by loyaulte_me_lie
Fandom Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
09 May 2021
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Ivan & Fedyor character study duology.
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Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
15 Apr 2026
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When I Came to Man's Estate by MiraMira for moemachina
Fandoms: Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
17 Dec 2025
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Feste's first evening in the estate that will one day belong to Countess Olivia is full of surprises.
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- English
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- 1,692
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- Kudos:
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Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
11 Apr 2026
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“What are you thinking about?” Fedyor asked a moment later, as he joined his husband amid the flowers and the roving bumblebees.
“Home.” Ivan said.
“This is home, lapushka.” Fedyor told him. He brushed a kiss to Ivan’s cheek - that cheek, scarred by the claws of the volcra, a scar that traced destruction down his handsome face, that gorged across his ruined eye. There was not a bit of Ivan that had been left undamaged when Kirigan had abandoned him in the fold.
Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
10 Apr 2026
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Fedyor Kaminsky was born by the sea. His childhood was spent swimming amongst the salty current, heeding the song of the ocean like the call of the mother he never had. Then the Little Palace testers came, Fedyor was deemed a Grisha, and he was taken away. Still, he made a promise, to his older brother and to the sea itself: he would never forget where he came from.
The Little Palace had no ocean, but there was a lake. It would be close enough. What young ten-year-old Fedyor did not expect was to find another boy there, with a stern face and a stoic stature, dancing on the shores by the water. The rest was simple.
Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
04 Apr 2026