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To Break and To Rebuild by StripestheBoar
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
27 Dec 2023
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“You have been trained to protect your princess in mind, body, and soul,” Ganon told the young knight, a smile ever so slowly creeping onto his face. “I do not intend to break these, as glorious as that would be.” A hand came down, allowing his fingers to glide through Link’s hair. The knight jolted away, scowling. Even Ganon’s touch burned his skin. Link refused to even be touched by such evil, but he didn’t have a choice. The new king of Hyrule snagged Link’s chin in his grasp, forcing their eyes to meet. “No… I plan to retrain them.”
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AU where the sages got to Link too late and Ganon takes him as his own.
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18 May 2024
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Great depiction of loss and corruption, current 8/10
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Await Felicity or Doom by inexplicifics
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
31 Jan 2021
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Jaskier crams himself back into the corner of the pantry, trying to curl up even smaller. It’s pitch-dark and he can feel the walls closing in around him, but worse - far worse - than either the darkness or the claustrophobically small space is the sound of scratching against the door.
There's a monster out there...and no sign of Geralt.
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- Part 8 of Inex Writes Flash Fic
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28 Aug 2021
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Triptych by grassylampshade
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), The Witcher (TV)
17 Sep 2021
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Geralt has always been good at roping Eskel into trouble. It seems like half their childhood was spent hiding from instructors to avoid punishment, all thanks to Geralt's inability to see a bad idea and walk away.
So when Geralt shows up at Kaer Morhen with a damning confession, a bedraggled prostitute, and tales of an attempted assassination, the smart thing to do would be to stay the hell out of it.
Too bad Eskel's never been very good at walking away either.
Alternate summary: Will someone please fuck Eskel already?
(No prior knowledge of Kushiel's Legacy is needed for this AU. See A/N for summary of previous fics so you can jump right in.)
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- Part 3 of Silver and Steel
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Eglantine by grassylampshade
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), The Witcher (TV)
21 Feb 2021
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Blessed Elua, grandson of the One God, had but one commandment: "Love as thou wilt." He was beloved by eight angels who left heaven to walk the earth with him. First among them was Naamah, who bedded the king of Persis in exchange for Elua's freedom and laid down in the slums of Bhodistan so that he may eat. His closest companion, the Perfect Companion, was Cassiel. Though the other angels settled and took land and lovers, Cassiel loved nothing more than to be with Elua and protected him until the end of his days.
Alternate summary by yarnforbrains: "Jas' father tries to ruin his life by assigning a mysterious Cassiline to guard him but the real mystery is why they aren't fucking yet"
(No prior knowledge of Kushiel's Legacy is needed for this AU, I just borrowed their religion and sex-positive culture.)
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- Part 1 of Silver and Steel
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26 Aug 2021
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Experiment in Ruins by grassylampshade
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
25 Apr 2021
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Geralt pulled back and clenched his burned hands into fists. “Out.”
“But I didn’t—!”
Geralt cut Jaskier off with a snarl. “I don’t want to see you before a full day has passed.”
“A whole day? We’re snowed in! What am I supposed to do?”
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25 Aug 2021