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In a different world, Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't keep the promise he made. At ten years old, Sasuke Uchiha's body is found with his eyes gouged out of his head.
And Itachi's loyalty breaks.
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Why Do Non-Canon Ships Become So Popular? (And Why Should Writers Rethink When They Do?) by sarehptar
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
27 Dec 2018
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A vaguely academic examination of the phenomena behind fandom shipping and why certain non-canon ships become exceedingly popular, far overshadowing the popularity of canon ships. This essay touches on common mistakes writers make with female characters and romantic subplots, and suggests a explanation for the enduring popularity of so many m/m ships which have no chance at all of becoming canon. Examples are drawn from Avatar the Last Air Bender, Voltron Legendary Defender (god help me), and My Hero Academia.
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- Part 3 of Echodrops' Meta and Fandom Analyses
Bookmarked by Zoop Top (Rolex)
02 May 2025
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An interesting essay that analyzes fandom’s typical gravitation towards non-canon ships. It also gives some insight on how a pairing can be written to have more people care about it in the same way the author does.
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Raiden Ei simply desires to play video games, but a lonely life of poverty and poor luck have made it almost impossible to achieve such a simple desire. One day, however, a bizarre encounter with the eccentric owner of Yae Publishing House causes her to go in a direction she could've never imagined.
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- Part 1 of Loser's Bracket & Friends!
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- English
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- 200,925
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- 33/33
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Bookmarked by Rolex
04 Nov 2024
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The one and only, top-fave Modern AU featuring CEO Yae Miko with Gamer/Autistic/Trans Raiden Ei. I haven’t fully completed reading this fic yet, and I have a few chapters left. But seeing how there’s a certain chapter I’m taking major inspiration from for a fic I’m working on (another fandom), I feel like this fic is long overdue to be placed in a rec list.
I’ve kept up with this fic since the first chapter (ever since Mihoyo dropped that one promo for those who know) was posted. It’s been such a fun ride reading through and there’s no third-party conflict going on, mostly just vibes. The direction and atmosphere of the fic did make me question at first how the relationship will be played out, but the more I read about these two learning to grow and understand one another despite the relationship starting out as a convenience for both parties (Miko finding comfort in her loneliness while Ei gets all her necessities paid for by her rich fake-ish-but-later-not-fake girlfriend), I saw that there was more beneath the surface than just a very linear fic.
I also really love the way Trans Ei is handled in this fic when she reveals her identity to Miko and the rest of her friends. There’s no major conflict (that I remember) from a third party’s negative reaction/bigotry that centers around her trans identity. Ei’s friends are pretty supportive of her coming out as trans, though they are initially skeptical of her relationship with a much older woman (Miko). That conflict doesn’t stay too long in the fic, and most of the actual conflict between Ei and Miko is all internal/psychological which is a flavor of plot I eat up. This fic is such a comfort to read, and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a fun, light-hearted (relatively), modern AU Eimiko fic.
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you can't be free ('cause i'm selfish, i'm obscene) by rotten (catgamer)
Fandoms: The Glory (TV 2022)
30 Mar 2023
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Yeonjin can admit that, in part, this is her fault. She knows she shouldn’t have kissed Dongeun, but she was pissed as hell, and she’d had the same burst of manic confidence she always has when she’s mad. Now as a consequence, Dongeun is being a coward bitch and avoiding her all the time, and Yeonjin feels like her heart is pumping pure anger through every one of her veins and arteries.
All that fucking kiss did was make things worse for herself, because now Yeonjin knows how good Dongeun’s mouth taste and how soft her skin feels and how pretty she sounds when she’s breathless and needy.
It’s driving her insane.
(Or; canon divergence au where Yeonjin is still a bad person and Dongeun still hates her guts, but they also feel crazily and inexplicably attracted to each other.)
Bookmarked by Rolex
23 Oct 2024
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It’s problematic, I know. But I actually don’t care because the author wrote the dynamic pretty well in a canon-divergent setting while still maintaining the characters’ personalities.
I’d have half a mind bookmarking this main, but I got massive brain damage reading comments on another fic for another fandom debating about a character’s toxicity. So, if you want actual toxic yuri that’s not too divorced from the source material…just read this.
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The Codependent Philosopher's Guide to Staying Alive by ProgWords
Fandom: Class of '09 (Visual Novel)
19 Jun 2024
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Nicole and Jecka are not a good match.
They enable their worst habits, hurt everyone around them, and can’t go a month without blowing up at each other. Their communication is terrible, their coping skills minimal, and their ‘solutions’ never actually fix or address anything close to the problem.
They are, by any and all definitions, extremely toxic.
But, really, none of that matters, because they’re gonna make it work no matter who or what they need to sacrifice to get there in the end. They’re not worth the effort? Says who? Not really for anybody else to decide, now is it?
Being alone is bad enough.
Being alone without the one person who really gets you, for better or mostly worse?
Fuck that.
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Bookmarked by Rolex
13 Oct 2024
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I’d say it’s required reading for Class of 09 fans out there. The one big Jeckole series I prayed to the archons for.
Best dialogue, best writing, best everything when looking for a Class of 09 (specifically Jeckole) fic that explores the good, bad, and ugly parts of life, living, and everything in between.
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Nicole gets into a fender bender on the highway.
She's fine, and the car is fine; everyone is fine.
Jecka doesn't believe that for a second.
Bookmarked by Rolex
30 Sep 2024
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Probably the only fanfic I’ve read from the fandoms I’ve hopped in and out of over the years that explores more of a messier side to sexual intimacy. It’s refreshing to read and rare to find kink-related fics that aren’t always just for fetish reasons (though, not going to kink shame).
As usual, this author writes Jecka and Nicole’s banter in a way that feels so real yet raw in more serious settings.
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Fuck Life, Fuck the Universe, and Fuck Everything Else by ProgWords
Fandoms: Class of '09 (Visual Novel)
19 Jun 2024
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Nicole hasn't read that book.
She's not a bitch who reads. She's not a bitch who does really much of anything at all. Why put in the effort if you're just going to get yanked behind the hardware store and put down like a mangy dog even if you're Mother-fucking-Theresa?
If she's lucky, that'll happen today, tomorrow, or the next day. Someday soon so this can all just fucking stop, because doing shit is hell when nobody's gonna listen to you scream even when they do. She'd finish the job herself if she hadn't fucked it up so many times.
Get up. Don't die. Sleep. Good job, bitch, you woke up. Do it again. Forever.
It's easier with Jecka, so long as she keeps talking.
Please don't stop.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 100,301
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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- 1
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- 664
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Bookmarked by Rolex
30 Sep 2024
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Editing the note to say that this was probably the much needed fanfic that I didn’t realize I was looking for after the VN reminded me why I blocked out that specific period of time from my head. This fic actually pulled me out of depression and is an interesting look into the growing codependency between Nicole and Jecka. With Nicole learning how to live, coupled with Jecka’s savior complex, this story just hits all the right spots.
Best dialogue I've read that closely matches the spirit of Class of ‘09.
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Miko had begged her to come out of the Plane of Euthymia so many times, but Ei had refused to give in just as many times. She only listened when it was already too late, when both her nation and her lover had been taken by war.
Or: Ei and Miko are trapped in a vicious cycle of life and death, where each time, Miko doesn't remember who she is but seems to remember what she has done wrong.
Bookmarked by Rolex
21 Sep 2024
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Don't know why I never bookmarked this masterpiece years ago when I first read it. Honestly one of the best reincarnation Eimiko fics I've read.
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She may have distracted Jecka tonight but Jecka distracted her, too. Jecka distracted her all the time. When Jecka distracted her, her wrists didn’t itch.
They itched now.
Bookmarked by Rolex
16 Sep 2024
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Gnawing on this like a hyena on their last meal
The characterization and character study on Nicole while she’s with Jecka is just *chefs kiss*
Editing the note to add that after reading through this again, other commentors have also expressed the same feeling I have when going from Point A to B. The fic feels like a crescendo that reaches that abrupt climax and still hits you so good all the way towards the end. Repetition is the writer's main structure used to emphasize that gnawing feeling of depression, but also used to break down those walls to a more hopeful and positive note. Words can't express how well the author captured Nicole's depression and self-deprecating psyche along with the hinted codependent nature between her and Jecka. I have yet to leave a review but this changed my brain chemistry and probably why I'm so normal about Jeckole.
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This is the toxic codependency between an Archon who hungers for excitement, and a vampire who thirsts for her blood.
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Captain Jacinta Garcia finds a noble stowaway aboard her pirate ship.
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The Nature of Falling by ShinjiShazaki
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
14 Oct 2019
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Rebuilding after a war: the right and duty of the victor and those who support them.
Or, how Byleth Eisner and Edelgard von Hresvelg handle their own desires, anxieties, and engagement in the midst of dealing with the world they intend to shape.
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- Part 1 of The Nature of Fire
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- English
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- 45,223
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- 6/6
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10 Sep 2019
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shatter me, break me by niigoki
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
07 Sep 2019
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Maybe the reason you came into her life was not to pick up her pieces, but to shatter with her so you could both patch each other up with parts of one another.
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troubles of the heart by greenhousegatekeeper
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
17 Oct 2019
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"Professor?” Edelgard is flushed as you pull away, nearly as red as her armor that lies discarded on the floor, and her eyes gaze up at you, heavy-lidded and hazy. “Are you all right?”
“I don’t think so,” you reply, calmly. “I think I might be having a heart attack.”
In the flurry of panic that follows for the next several minutes, you learn three things: 1. Small as she is, Edelgard is apparently strong enough to throw you over her shoulder and sprint to the medical wing within seconds, 2. Having Physic cast on you when you’re not actually dying makes you feel very queasy, and 3. You weren't having a heart attack, you were just stupidly in love.
Or:
Byleth isn’t used to having a heartbeat. Especially one that behaves so erratically whenever Edelgard is nearby.
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- English
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- 92,155
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- 12/?
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Bookmarked by Rolex
07 Sep 2019
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(Placeholder to write an actual note for this fic cause it tasty 👀👌)
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Sights at the Gym by SomeRandomFicWriter
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
06 Sep 2019
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Edelgard was roped along by her step brother Dimitri to join him and his friends to visit a gym that recently opened. Gay panic ensues for the girl as she bumps into a stranger.
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- Part 1 of Garreg Mach University | Modern Shorts
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Luck Of The Draw by Oricalle
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Series
27 Mar 2020
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Edelgard is a lonely grad student whose only escape from the doldrums of university life comes in the form of her favorite card game. When a newcomer at the shop manages to trounce her, she quickly wants to learn the woman's strategies and secrets, but ends up learning a little more about herself.
9/2/20: Wedding one-shot epilogue debuting on Friday!
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- Part 1 of Luck Of The Draw Universe
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When Byleth receives an anonymous note offering information about her father, Edelgard must intervene lest her darkest secret be unearthed.
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- Part 3 of The Flame Bearers
Bookmarked by Rolex
04 Sep 2019
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Hhhhhh this fic explores the missing aspects of what shouldve been in the crimson flower route
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Portraits of a Disastrous Bisexual by ruff_ethereal
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
02 Sep 2019
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During an art class with Professor Byleth, Edelgard has to make a portrait of her teacher, gets very distracted by her appearance, and ends up making something she comes to regret.
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- Part 1 of Saga of a Disastrous Bisexual
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we could turn the world to gold by orphan_account
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
19 Sep 2019
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“So you permit it?” When Edelgard doesn’t respond immediately, Byleth stipulates, “we can go anywhere, El. Any place that pleases you.”
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don't cry for me my dearest by SaltySeaGhost
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Series
29 Aug 2019
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For a brief moment you thought things would be all right. How foolish you were.