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His Soul is Marching On to Another World; or, the John Brown Isekai by CabbagePreacher
Fandoms: John Brown (abolitionist), John Brown Isekai
21 Dec 2025
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The land of Gemeinplatz is a land filled with fantastical creatures, adventurers looking to slay them, and heroes looking to distinguish themselves from the adventurers. The most common of these heroes are those who come from Earth, who enjoy a most leisurely time with their cheat skills. It’s a perfect world, the utopia of those who wish to become overpowered and get their own power fantasy, where even the most everyman of the everyman can pull themselves by their bootstraps and become a hero.
To satisfy the needs of heroes who can’t find function like a normal human being (which most of them can’t), the lucrative Gemeinplatz slave trade crushes the dreams and ruins the lives of hundreds every day. These slaves endlessly labor, in the harems of so-called heroes, at the mansions of the landowning “heroes”, and as rare materials for various dubious magical spells.
In a world that looks down at them as demi-human, where the ruling class has no incentive to end this profitable trade, in which their oppressors are overpowered as all hell, what hope is there for the slaves?
What hope is there, is named John Brown. This time, he’ll finish what he started.
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17 Sep 2025
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“If Mould calls you a bloodbag again, I’ll rip her fucking throat out with my teeth.”
Edith blinks. Stares.
Charles ever present smile is gone, replaced by a steady calm, blank except for the tic of her jaw.
“Just so we're clear,” Charles plucks Edith’s bag from her slack fingers.
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or, Charles is vampire royalty. Edith is meant to die to protect her. Charles has a few things to say about that.
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04 Sep 2025
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Konshu’s takes on Christianity: a podcast by mmistaa
Fandoms: Moon Knight (TV 2022), Moon Knight (Comics), Daredevil (TV), Daredevil (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics), Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
23 Jul 2025
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(Not actually a podcast fyi) Moon Knight is tracking down the Irish Mafia when he gains new information about the demon god, Apophis. Konshu’s life is threatened as well as Moon Knights, he can’t do this alone. Chaos ensues.
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But she also, in the deep dark depths of her mind somewhere, had decided that she would rather live another day, than lose her life to some psych ward reject.
“Alright, fine. I’ll tell you who actually hired me.”
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25 Jul 2025
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It's Fun to Dwell in U-R-U-K! by Elisif
Fandoms: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Mesopotamian RPF
05 May 2025
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An Akkadian (Ancient Babylonian) translation of the YMCA song. As written by Gilgamesh's exasperated tourism minister trying to attract more gay guys to Uruk to keep Gil distracted from politics.
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- Part 31 of Akkadian Translations
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14 Jul 2025
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It’s peaceful in the blind, quiet, still. It smells like mold and forgotten beers and a whiff of cigarettes, but the wind that blows through the cracks in the boards is crisp and fresh. There’s a word for it, Daryl knows, for the smell before rain. His earth science teacher had said it one day. Daryl’d written it down and then the teacher had pretended to keel over with shock. A Dixon, taking notes? Just for that Daryl doesn’t want to remember the word, doesn’t want to like it. But he remembers anyway. Petrichor.
He’s thinking of this, half drowsy on top of Merle’s stained sleeping bag, when they come.
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23 Jun 2025
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my love line seems entwined with death by bitterdesert
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
22 Jun 2025
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“I didn’t want you to have to see me like this.” Edwin eventually says. His voice comes out wet, and he looks pitifully at Charles with wide and red rimmed eyes.
Charles’ heart nearly breaks in two. He takes another few steps forward until he can kneel down across from Edwin, taking one of Edwin’s hands into both of his. Edwin focuses intently on their interlocked fingers, as if trying to work out how they could possibly fit together.
“I’m sorry I didn’t notice.” Charles tells him, rubbing a thumb back and forth along Edwin’s knuckles.
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- Part 1 of love lines and personal lies
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18 Jun 2025
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"How are people gonna sign your cast?" the girl asks. "If it's all black?"
"Um. Dunno. S’okay,” Daryl says awkwardly when it becomes clear she’s waiting for some kind of response. “Ain’t like - don’t really think nobody’ll wanna sign it anyway. So."
Instead of getting the kid to let up, this statement seems to somehow capture her interest. She uncurls in the chair a little, looking at him with a wide-open face. “Why not?"
But he’s saved from having to answer that by Carol the desk lady, who breaks into a little half-run when she sees Daryl waiting. “Sorry, sorry - just had to step away for a moment, sorry about that, Daryl.”
“S’fine,” Daryl mumbles. She doesn’t have to apologize to him for taking a piss or whatever, good Lord.
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- Part 1 of rough around the edges
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14 Jun 2025
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Daryl probably doesn't even know he's doing it. But he's been sending out signals for a while. Told from 3 different POVs
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14 Jun 2025
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"I just think you need to give him a chance! He's really nice once you get past all the grumpiness!" Niko announced as they sat down in the booth Charles had snagged for them in this smallish café.
Crystal rolled her eyes in response and slammed her drink and food down. "I already gave him a chance and he was a dick!"
"But you can still give him another one! You can't believe all the things spread about him, he's so sweet, a little awkward but he's really nice!" Niko protested.
Before Crystal could retaliate about why she couldn't do that, Charles spoke up. Putting his hand up like he was back in Secondary. "Who are we talking about?"
"Edwin Payne, a rich asshole who's in Niko's course." Crystal bit out.
The name was like a gut punch to Charles' stomach.
After losing contact with Edwin in secondary school, Charles never expects to see him again. Charles finds him anyway. And maybe he can finally figure it all out.
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02 May 2025
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Devil's Deal by SummerKnight717
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), Daredevil (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics), The Defenders (Marvel TV)
08 Mar 2025
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The devil of Hell's Kitchen was raised to know exactly what a deal with the devil would mean. Matt Murdock has always known he is locked in battle with the devil within him.
But now... He was too late. A few short moments too late. Strange cannot help him. Even the Sorcerer Supreme cannot bring back the dead. No mortal can.
But...there are those who can. For a price.
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- Part 1 of The Defenders
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07 Mar 2025
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Foggy survives.
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- Part 2 of Daredevil: Born Again
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07 Mar 2025
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desire is so different when God bore you hungry by emryses
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Feb 2025
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Stepping back into the office, Edwin is met with the hard line of Charles’ back—stiff, Grecian almost. He knew, almost intrinsically, not to speak. Slowly then did Charles turn around, and when he did he looked straight at Edwin and—well—he did not look particularly enthused.
“You had sex with the Cat King,” Charles says, for it wasn’t a question. He already knew—the cat in question had more or less made sure of that. “You had sex. With the bloody Cat King?” As if it bares repeating.
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- Part 1 of The Question of Desire
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12 Feb 2025
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Back in London, an old enemy of the Agency is back to cause trouble. Niko's life is at stake, and the emotional dynamics between the other three members of the Agency are not quite as solid as they really should be, when facing someone as dangerous as Fomorac.
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30 Jan 2025
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Even Charles can appreciate the subtleties of the choreography: Fire is boisterous, with great, choppy gestures, Water is in a blue outfit and flows gracefully, Earth stays close to the ground, with sure, stompy movements. It's Air, though, that captivates Charles’s attention: the boy is tall and graceful and pale, and seems to float, his feet barely touching the ground, showcasing astonishing feats of skill and athleticism. He spins and jumps so high, it seems as if he has wings.
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Charles has an epiphany during his sister's end of term performance, falling head over heels for ballet dancer Edwin.- Language:
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27 Jan 2025
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Never Felt This Sensation (Kiss To Every Scar) by ChaoticBookLesbian
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
26 Feb 2025
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In life, Charles had developed a system of tricks and cheats to get all the touch he needed without arousing suspicion. It had worked very well, and he’d been proud of himself for working it out. Then he’d gone and died, and the only person he could feel anymore wasn’t big on touch. 35 years on, he finally figures out Edwin’s trick, and decides to do some testing to make sure he’s got it right.
Or, five times Charles gets hurt so Edwin will touch him, plus one time he just asks like a normal person.
Or-or, five times Charles puts himself in Situations and Edwin gently takes him back out, plus one time Edwin very gently (and consensually) puts him in a Situation they both very much enjoy.
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23 Jan 2025
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the bite that binds, the gift that gives by dear_monday, handwrittenhello
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Jan 2025
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It’s been three days, and Charles Rowland is dying.
“Will you stop squirming, you little menace,” says Edwin, exasperated. “I’m going to miss your femoral artery and then you’ll be sorry.”
Charles grins. “Oops,” he says. He’s a featherlight, endorphin-flooded creature. It’s hard to feel too sorry. It’s hard to believe that anything bad is ever going to happen again. “Guess you’ll just have to do it again, then, won’t you?”
Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne, then and now.
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- Part 2 of before the transformation takes
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06 Jan 2025
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The Case of David Bowie's Made up Sexuality by williamvapespeare
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
22 Sep 2024
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“Seems easy enough.” Charles can’t help but appreciate the potential of a simple case.
It’s been longer than either of them would admit, since they had anything close to an easy win, job well jobbed, et cetera. Everything since Port Townsend has felt heavy, with the weight of someone’s existence always hanging in the balance: hell and Esther Finch and Niko.
They could all use this, Charles thinks. A distraction, a boost. Anything, really, to get Edwin out of the office and away from the things putting shadows under his eyes. Here, at least, it might be something Charles can hit.
A new case and recurring thoughts about Edwin's collarbones remind Charles of the past. Aka, Charles Rowland's bisexual awakening, repression, and subsequent reawakening.
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04 Jan 2025
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To his surprise, Edwin found that he quite enjoyed kissing; the intimacy was warm and pleasurable, and the act of it was fun. He and Charles had spent over thirty years getting to know each other in every other way possible, and now he got to explore a side of his partner that he had never seen before. They had both been quite taken in by the notion that this was an option now available to them, and Edwin was enjoying every moment of it.
Perhaps his time spent in the Lust layers of Hell had no effect on him, after all. Maybe his tortured mind had finally caught a break.
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Edwin doesn't understand how trauma works. He and Charles learn the hard way.Series
- Part 1 of two boys in love
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04 Jan 2025
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Charles Rowland's Guide to Bagging a Boyfriend by sixbynine for b_chrno
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
10 Mar 2025
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How to get yourself a boyfriend in six easy steps, Charles Rowland style!
After realising he's in love with Edwin, Charles does what /any/ normal person would do upon the realisation they have feelings for their bestie - who also loves them.
He sets up an elaborate fake dating scheme.
It's foolproof!
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31 Dec 2024
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that when your ex turns up on your doorstep, he must be after something…
——————————————Shakespearean scholar Edwin Payne wants nothing to do with his ex Thomas’ new West End production of Much Ado About Nothing.
In fact, he wants nothing to do with stardom at all- coming out and losing his career put an end to any desire for that.
But then Thomas asks him to help his new protege, musician Charlie Rowland, get ready to play Benedick and well, it’s not like he can say no to a young man who needs his help, now can he? Certainly not…
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27 Dec 2024