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two young savage things, barely worth remembering by helloitsbees
Fandoms: The Passenger (Movie 2023)
22 Mar 2025
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Benson works his hand over his own face, fingers shaking as they smooth his mustache down. “I– if you get in that car, it’s– we’ll have to keep running,” he says hoarsely. “They’re gonna keep looking for me.”
“For us.” Randy nods, his heart in his throat. He doesn’t think he’s ever felt the wind so keenly against his skin, doesn’t think the wet pavement has ever smelled so sweet, doesn’t think Benson’s eyes have ever been so blue. Everything feels electric, like the air before a thunderstorm. “I know. I don’t care. I don’t want to stay in this town any longer, anyway.”
“You mean it?”
“Yeah.” He’s never meant anything before, he thinks. He means this.
Benson starts to smile, then, wild and sharp. “Alright. Let’s get out of here.”
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They leave together. They get ten months, two weeks, and four days.Bookmarked by adreadfulidea
05 Aug 2025
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Dave Bowman is calm. He’s not upset. He’s not panicking. He’s calmly, efficiently making his way to the ship’s logic core.
There is horror threatening to seep in around the edges. He’s in an airless ship with three dead astronauts and an insane computer. He just jettisoned Frank’s body into the depths of space. He’s a hundred million miles from home, and the communication antenna is broken.
But Dave has a simple objective. He’s going to get to the logic core and disconnect HAL.
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Or, a non-traditional love story between an AI and the human he once tried to kill.
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05 Aug 2025
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“So listen,” Robby says, “I heard you’ve uh, well, that you’re living with Dr. King. Is there any truth to that statement?”
Frank groans.
“Yeah, yes, I’m living with her,” he says and Robby gets that crazy look in his eyes so Frank barrels on, “It’s not like that. Robby it’s not,” and Robby doesn’t look like he believes him one bit. “I’m living in her spare room and I pay her rent. We’re roommates. That’s not a crime.”
or: frank gets out of rehab, gets divorced, and needs somewhere to live. enter mel.
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05 Jun 2025
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would things be easier if there was a right way? by shrimpheaven
Fandoms: Dune (2021), Dune - All Media Types
03 Apr 2024
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The wind has picked up with the setting of the sun, just enough to allow Gurney to speak without interrupting the closing fanfare, still facing forward.
“You alright there, Idaho?” he asks dispassionately. “You’re twitchy.”
“I’m not twitchy,” he grits. “I’m just looking forward to getting out of dress greens. And being done staring at boats.”
“Ships,” Gurney responds indignantly.
“And something is blooming in the air out here,” Duncan adds unnecessarily. “It’s making me itch.”
Gurney hums in assent.
“Yes. I, too, hate it when my hayfever gives me a 90-minute erection while staring at fishing trawlers,” he deadpans.
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04 Apr 2024
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What if the Sardaukar had never intercepted Paul and co. at the ecological testing center? What if Duncan and Kynes survived the journey to the Fremen?
A meditation on free will, prophecy, and wildly inappropriate dalliances.
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30 Mar 2024