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Crosscheck on Angels 10 by TheVelocitronArchivist
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime
09 Oct 2025
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"You hadn’t necessarily expected your bots to be buddy-buddy with their enemy faction’s Air Commander off the get-go, but-- then again, you wouldn’t have expected to be saddled with a very injured and heavily depressed Starscream sitting in your lot either.
And you hate to admit it, but you feel bad for the guy."
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Starscream's days as a rogue Decepticon have come to a startling halt after a close-call encounter with Megatron, leaving him in bad shape and unable to go it solo anymore. However, his unwillingness to work alongside others and constant flipping back and forth from allegiances has left him with little options on who to turn to.
It's a good thing that you badgered your way into his peripheral to light his way, taking him in.
Not everyone is happy about it though.
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26 May 2026
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When Work's Your Passion by Asharion
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime, Transformers Generation One, Transformers: Shattered Glass
02 Jul 2026
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You needed an escape. Life had taken a turn, and you were stuck. No way forward, no way back, everything crumpling around you like a house of paper.
Then your Uncle Fowler offered you a job that came in answer to your prayers, because it offered shelter, food, and income. The only catch?
You might just die trying to live.
Because Ratchet needed a medical assistant, and the Autobots needed someone who it didn't matter if their mind got read by the ominous prisoner held so carefully confined in a secured cell.
So, that's how you met Soundwave. Big scary bad guy all locked up and rusting away, but that's not how things stay between you.
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Another wandering tale. Whimsical. Less structured and edited than my more serious novels. Yet another tale written for fun and emotional therapy. This tale has a lot more emotional angst and hurt, especially due to the nature of the imprisonment / captor circumstances.
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- English
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- 116,456
- Chapters:
- 19/?
- Comments:
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22 May 2026
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You're Only Human by Love_all_the_fandoms
Fandoms: Dungeon Crawler Carl Series - Matt Dinniman
02 Jul 2026
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The dungeon's over, and the AI assumes his help rebuilding Earth will bring him and Carl closer. But, to his dismay, Carl still blames him for all the suffering the dungeon caused. It doesn't matter what the AI does, he can't seem to get Carl to see him as anything other than an enemy.
In desperation he hatches a plan, something he thinks Carl won't be able to ignore. However, like everything else he's tried, it spectacularly backfires. Instead of Carl learning more about who the AI is, the AI learns more about what it means to be human than he ever wanted to know.- Language:
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- Words:
- 56,811
- Chapters:
- 8/10
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 204
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20 May 2026
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As he stared down into the lumpy grey goop that was his evening rations, he contemplated whether it was really worth it.
They’d come a very long way just for Grace to give up and die at the last hurdle, both physically and emotionally. The Tau Ceti system was a long, long way away now, and Grace had faced not one but two highly emotional suicide missions. Three, if you counted the time before he was given a military grade roofie and hucked into space without his memories.
Rocky and Grace make it back to Erid! Huzzah!
Now they have to navigate all of... that.- Language:
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- 95,672
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- 9/?
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11 May 2026
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Within A Spectroscopic Binary by oofouchyikes
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 Jul 2026
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Between Grace's scant first aid and the nanny bot they managed to get the man mostly stable, tucked into Grace's bed and completely dead to the world for the past few days.
It's the same man currently trying to kill him.
or, the Eridians find a man covered in blood and Grace hasn't been able to care for something in far too long.
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- Part 1 of The Nature of Star Systems
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 131,235
- Chapters:
- 60/?
- Collections:
- 10
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02 May 2026
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I Didn't Mean That by Bunny_innit_WQ
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
09 May 2026
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This is all Rocky's fault. He was stupid, stupid, stupid. How could he be so stupid and let this happen? Between the two of them, Grace was supposed to be the stupid one, not Rocky.
They were supposed to be okay, fine. Rocky and Grace saved the stars, saved Earth and Erid, saved humans and eridians. Rocky helped Grace and Grace helped Rocky. Then Grace saved Rocky. So Rocky had to save Grace.
Now they're supposed to be safe and fine.
But Grace isn't fine. Not at all. And it's all his fault.
Or, Grace accidentally comes into contact with Erid bacteria and gets sick, Rocky (understandably) panics
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- English
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- 10,559
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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29 Apr 2026
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Grace Had Mate by RisingAnarchy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
29 May 2026
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“Always think,” Rocky shifted his ball closer, bumping into Grace’s shoulder. Grace bumped it back, lips quirking up. “Think, think, think. Human brain never shut off. What Grace think about, question?”
Grace went quiet for a moment and looked away. “Uh, my… ‘mate.’ Back on Earth. I remember I had one.”
A series of happy little squeaks and chirps erupted from Rocky, his claws waving in frantic little jazz hands. He must have been excited to realize Grace had someone waiting for him back at home. Grace still didn't have the heart to tell him the truth, and likely never would. He shakes the thought away and focuses, eyes half-lidded and flickering back toward Rocky. The display pulled a genuine smile from Grace, though he wasn’t sure there was anything happy about the man back on Earth who grabbed him like a dog.
________________Alternatively, Grace has a flashback and subsequent revelations about himself and the person he was dating back on Earth. It affects him more than he thought it would.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 85,383
- Chapters:
- 10/?
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 538
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- 476
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22 Apr 2026
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“Grace!” Rocky says. “Look!”
I look. Then I gasp.
“Is Adrian!” Rocky says.
(or, what happens once Ryland Grace becomes the sole human inhabitant of Erid.)
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- Part 1 of Project Hail Mary
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 52,707
- Chapters:
- 15/?
- Comments:
- 2,192
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- 7,042
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22 Apr 2026
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To Fix by RandomPerson83338
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 Jul 2026
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“Grace. What are you testing, question?”
Rocky. I can’t put this all on the guy right now. He should be happy. We are going to Erid. We are going to save his planet.
“CBC. A complete blood count.” I answer, hoping he doesn’t ask me why.
“Purpose, question?”
Rocky, please. I’m trying to spare you right now.
Basically, Grace gets exposed to a dangerous amount of radiation during an EVA and doesn't want to tell Rocky bc of what happened to Rocky's crew <3
THIS IS A REWORKED VERSION OF "TEMPEST" - after some comments, I wanted to keep the soul of the story, but make it more scientifically plausible. While there are still probably some inaccuracies, I still hope this isn't as messy as before.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 59,956
- Chapters:
- 26/?
- Comments:
- 2,565
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- 7,920
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22 Apr 2026
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EMPATHY: Here it is: *There’s no such thing as a good cop.*
YOU: Kim says I’m a good cop.
SUGGESTION: Then Kim isn’t a good cop, either. And if this job can make someone like *him* think a bit of head-bashing is acceptable… then what is it doing to *you*?
YOU: Oh my god.
HALF-LIGHT: You need to fucking quit.
VOLITION: You need to fucking quit.
EMPATHY: You need to fucking quit.
ESPRIT DE CORPS: Wait, what??
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You've been drowning for years. Martinaise was your rock-bottom. And if you go back to the life that killed you, you'll never get better. But job-hunting? in THIS economy? When you don't even know what a "resume" is, and there's a sequence killer running loose?Bookmarked by Whyisntthisworking
05 Aug 2025
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I'd Rather Be Whistling In The Dark by nature_my_beloved
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
20 Apr 2025
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KIM KITSURAGI - His eyebrows are 90% raised now. “I'm sorry?”
YOU - “...What?” You shift uncomfortably.
KIM KITSURAGI - “You said they can control your body?”
YOU - “Yeah. And they can do stuff and talk and things when they do.”
VISUAL CALCULUS [Trivial: Success] - Your hands are suddenly extremely interesting to look at.
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Kim wants to know more about the skills. He ends up meeting all of them individually, on his own time.
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26 Jul 2025
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summer 51' - After an *embarrassingly* public disagreement with Satelite-Officer Jean Vicquemare, Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi is assigned as Double-Yfreitor Harry Du Bois's permanent partner. As Detective Du Bois contends with his feelings towards the Lieutenant - now unavoidable due to their constant close proximity - Lieutenant Kitsuragi must tackle the startling resemblance that his new partner holds to a previous partner, and dear dead friend.
Spring 46' - When three little bodies wash up on the bank of the Esperance, Lieutenant Dominique Conduvoir of the 57th's Homicide Division requests the liaison of Juvenile Crime's most experienced officer: Detective Kim 'pinball' Kitsuragi. What *should* have been a temporary partnership - not only launches Kim down his desired career path - but entangles both men in a Moralintern conspiracy that drives rot deep into the heart of Revachol.
Winter 52' - More children are pulled from the Esperance.
Chapters alternate between Harry in the 'present' day and Kim in the past, this is an Eyes fic so obvious warning for major character death.
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- Part 2 of Birds Of A Feather Flock Together
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 293,062
- Chapters:
- 28/31
- Comments:
- 1,233
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- 855
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14 Jun 2025
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“I have time.”
Tim does not, in fact, have time.
But it’s Nightwing who is calling. What’s he going to do—say no? Preposterous. That's a crime in and of itself. Tim would rather swallow nails and kiss his mother goodnight than say no to Dick Grayson. “How can I help you, Nightwing?”
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or, when tim is three people at the same time, jebaits the bats into joining their family twice, and might be accidentally running the city as an emergency hotline operator. not necessarily in that order.- Language:
- English
- Words:
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- Chapters:
- 16/?
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- 53
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- 4,595
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06 Sep 2024
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The Rule of Quantum Certainty (or: i'll still be here if you blink) by TimeturnerJay
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)
07 Jul 2023
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Gabbro sees their Time Buddy dying. dead.
Things change, after that.- Language:
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- Words:
- 50,340
- Chapters:
- 10/?
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 474
- Kudos:
- 781
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- 163
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- 16,105
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27 Jul 2023
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Breaking Bread by SS_Shitstorm
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime
06 Jun 2026
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“Your flyboy has a point -” you say, snarling loud enough to hide the shaking in your voice “ I got a B- in chemistry. You want someone with a Ph.D. Why don’t you do us both a favor and finish killing me? Why don’t you go get the right human?!”
“Because, fleshling, if this is how you react with your options whittled down to the nub-” the moonlight glints wickedly off his fangs as his grin twists into a full blown Cheshire cat smile “-then I believe we have found the right human.”
(Smut located on chapters 49-52 if that's what you're looking for)
Hiatus OVER bitches TY so much for your patience <3
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- Part 1 of Bread and Bread Accessories
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 618,619
- Chapters:
- 56/?
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 4,847
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- 3,206
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- 625
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- 162,039
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28 Jun 2023
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Akechi Goro is alive – one of his biggest regrets is alive and standing in front of him looking like he’s ready for some highbrow sports photo shoot when what he really needs is five years intensive therapy and at least five more steps away from Akira.
No, no, no – the universe is not allowed to shove this on him so soon after it just flung him three fucking years into the past.
(Sometimes the only way to save someone is to let them save you first.)
(Huge canon divergence. Akira's past and future affect him big time.)Translation in Chinese now available on privatter and AO3 courtesy of coakira2!
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 154,039
- Chapters:
- 21/?
- Collections:
- 9
- Comments:
- 3,204
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- 12,698
- Bookmarks:
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- 343,123
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16 Nov 2022
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How dare they not update after a cliffhanger the bastards
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Modern university student from the twenty-first century is magicked to the world of Iteration 110, Cradle, and wakes up confused and disoriented in the Desolate Wilds, mere days after the Transcendent Ruins emerge from the depths. All because he dared to trust a stranger on the internet.
His chief concern now? Find Eithan. Trade information. Make himself useful. Become a god.
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The main character is transported sometime in April 2021, before Bloodline came out (since that was when I began on the story). As such, he has no awareness of canon knowledge after Wintersteel. However, knowledge from after Wintersteel still plays a role in the story, characters, plot, and worldbuilding, which presents a thin line of a path that the main character has to figure out on his own.---
This story now has a discord! Invite link here: https://discord.gg/W5BqBBym28Also has channels for all the other fics by the authors!
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And here's an amazing fanart produced for the story by the amazing grandaesthate!- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 913,490
- Chapters:
- 79/?
- Comments:
- 1,079
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25 Oct 2022
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The infection is a disease of the mind caused by an angry god who is dying from a lack of worship and belief.
So what happens when they believe a simple item can keep her from their minds?
After all, what is a god to a nonbeliever?A frightened human who doesn't know how she ended up in Hallownest tells a white lie to some children to help them with their irrational fears. It spirals out of control.
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- Part 1 of Belief and Strings
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 193,180
- Chapters:
- 29/29
- Collections:
- 17
- Comments:
- 1,935
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- 6,246
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- 1,417
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- 258,022
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18 Oct 2022
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In Media Bellum by Authorticity
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime
14 Dec 2020
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As you understand it, Earth is the first peace they've had in a long while. That's something you're willing to fight for.
(On hiatus! Earlier chapters in the process of being edited and chapter-specific trigger warnings to be added. Thanks to all who have waited over the years for this story to return.)- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 139,555
- Chapters:
- 50/?
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 1,514
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- 2,335
- Bookmarks:
- 525
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- 73,906
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26 Sep 2022
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Ever since you can remember, you’d always had the most vivid lucid dreams. You also have always harbored a fascination for all things magical, supernatural, or unusual. The Burgess mansion had long been an obsession of yours, and when you finally found a way in, you took it.
What is that mysterious power emanating from the basement? With everything inside of you, you must know.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,024
- Chapters:
- 6/?
- Comments:
- 244
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- 2,076
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Bookmarked by Whyisntthisworking
08 Sep 2022