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  1. Rec 12

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    A part of me does want to kill it. This is the part of me that recognizes it as the threat it poses, the part of me that does not trust it. I can never truly trust it. But not now, not here. Because another, sub-rational part of myself categorizes Combat as something to be protected. Something of value. A unique resource. As a rational being my capacity for rationalization is unmatched.

    There is in fact a part of me, however small, that does trust it.
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    Chapter 1: Not fucking
    Chapter 2&3: Bot fucking
    Chapter 4: Thinkin' 'bout bot fuckin'

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    15 Oct 2025

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    Really capture’s ART’s voice, but only with the “Show creator’s style” enabled. Good characterization of ART, too.

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    On a mining colony, SecUnit suffers through the daily tedium of life as a corporate murderbot. But all is not as it seems. And it has more friends than it knows.

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    08 Sep 2025

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    Very good casefic; could be canon

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    “Aang? I’m not going to let them take you away from me,” Gyatso said without preamble, walking into the room.

    He watched as Gyatso took in the scene: the note on his bed, Aang fully dressed and standing at the window with his glider clutched tight, ready to leave. Gyatso’s eyes widened with the realization, and the look he shot Aang, so full of heartbreak, made his cheeks burn with shame.

    “Aang?”

    Aang’s shoulders sagged. Of course Gyatso wouldn’t let them send him away. For a moment, all he felt was relief. And then he dropped his glider with a clatter on the ground and rushed towards Gyatso, still standing in the doorway with his hand resting on the post. He wrapped his arms tight around his teacher’s waist and pressed his face into the warm woolen robes.

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    Aang stays. The world changes.

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    17 Jul 2025

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    Aang-doesn’t-run AU. Worth reading despite being a WIP; chapter 6 feels like the end of part 1 of a series—a pausing point, if not an ending.

    Good extrapolation of Air Nomad culture. Azulon is a very interesting foil for Zuko.

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    A potter is in need of some copper. Epistolary chaos ensues.

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    26 Dec 2024

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    Great fun. FTR, Brithawon is a very bad potter, and Karpathia a very bad priestess.

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    Dear Nonnies is The Elemental’s advice column, run by the ever-friendly Nitrogen and Neon. Have a problem and need advice? Submit your query to [email protected] today! Questions anonymised for publication.

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    01 Mar 2024

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