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Moros wants things, even if fate would conspire to put his feet on a different path. But a certain persistent Goddess convinces him that fate is not all there is to consider. Can he convince her of the same about duty?
A short, multi-part fic about these two getting together - the first chapter is clean, everything that follows is most certainly not.
Complete!
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- Part 1 of Too High To Fall
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15 Oct 2025
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18 Jan 2025
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She is tired. The world is ash and dust, and she has lost so many pieces of herself; markings and heart, left arm and left eye, trust and faith. It has become such a painful thing, to love him. And yet.
And yet.
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- Part 1 of Looking Glass
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- English
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- 294,672
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- 32/?
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16 Jan 2025
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The Animorphs have a problem. Well, two problems. The first is that Ax is sick, and without treatment, he will die.
The second is that Aftran, Cassie's yeerk friend who knows all their secrets, has been discovered as a traitor. If the Animorphs can't rescue her before Visser Three interrogates her, the yeerks will know everything. Oh, and Ax's illness is contageous, putting Animorph after Animorph out of action. With two time limits and a dwindling workforce, they're going to have to come up with something fast, before everyone on their side ends up dead or captured. And when you're fighting body snatchers, it's hard to know which fate is worse.
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- Part 28 of Parting the Clouds
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09 Feb 2024
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That's it. Cassie's out. All the fighting, all the killing, and they can never be sure if they've made any kind of difference or, if they did, whether good or bad. Enough is enough.
But no sooner has she quit than disaster strikes, and the universe throws one last mission in Cassie's lap. A mission with one little girl, and one last enemy that must die for the safety of everyone she cares about. One last execution.
With nowhere to go and no Animorphs to back her up, Cassie must decide just how important her morals are. In a war between galactic forces with no easy answers, what price is too high for safety?
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- Part 18 of Parting the Clouds
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04 Feb 2024
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A giant tower looms over the great blue expanse of the sea, pulsing every few seconds, a great red and purple beam shooting into the firmament. There’s no way to explain how it got there– one moment it wasn’t, and the next, it… it was. There was no noise, no great flash of light, it… just materialized out of thin air.
The Tower of Zot materializes on Thavnair's coast, bringing pain and despair with it. Cut off from the rest of the world, Ahewann and Vrtra struggle to keep Radz-at-Han afloat and safe, and the long work into finding ways to protect themselves from its evil begins.
Several Scions of the Seventh Dawn and one of their Warriors of Light arrive to investigate. The past catches up to them in unexpected ways. But can this truly mean salvation from the threat of the Tower of Zot, and with it, the Telophoroi, or are they only delaying a fate most terrible?
Chapter 6 - Secrets revealed. The past unravels like a loose thread and collides with the present. The Scions go to Meghaduta to face fate head on.
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26 Jul 2022
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“Then don’t let me see.” Her thumbs ghost over his parted lips, tender and so, so warm. “This can stay here, in this night, and neither of us will speak of it to anyone.”
The Light clamors outside the closed shutters, inimitable and unconquered.
“Take what you will, Exarch. I wouldn’t stop you.”
A "what-if" in which F!WoL/Exarch start a physical relationship from the first night of Shadowbringers.
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- English
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- 90,515
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- 22/22
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25 Jan 2022
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Emet-Selch had said there would be a price to pay for retrieving Y’shtola from the lifestream. That the Ascian had expected something in return for his generosity didn’t surprise you in the least. What you never would have anticipated is that the price he demanded was you.
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- Part 1 of The Red String of Fate
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- English
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- 29,999
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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25 Jan 2022
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This is a rationalist and effective altruist take on the Last Herald-Mage trilogy, inspired by HPMOR, r!Animorphs: The Reckoning, and other works. From a starting point of "what if the characters were trying to be reasonable?" and "what if Leareth was a human being with real, complex motivations, rather than a cartoon villain?" I am seeing where it goes.
Meta note: this fic is accessible regardless of whether you’ve read canon. It starts out a little slow, and book 1 is kind of a different genre from book 2 onward. Additional warning that book 2 onward gets pretty dark and this doesn't really let up. There will be 11 volumes.
Major themes include the complexity of thinking about ethics, the challenge of taking on problems in the world that seem insurmountable, and trying to do good while dealing with serious mental health issues. The characters do not start out masters of rationality, but they do learn from their mistakes and grow as people, and do their best to help support each other.
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- 1,703,774
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- 12
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05 Aug 2020
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Summary: Brockton Bay has an amazingly temperate climate. But sometimes, winter storms come through anyways. Because of this, Taylor was left in the locker for much longer, with far reaching consequences.
Reposted Chapters 1-10 to remove some malware and to include some editing.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Worm belongs to Wildbow. We just get to play in this universe. It is fanfiction, thus is by definition AU. Any changes or modifications are purely for my enjoyment.
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- English
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- 289,178
- Chapters:
- 24/?
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03 Jul 2019
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Voice-verse by delazeur, Khirsah, threehundredthirtythree
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition
14 Feb 2021
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- 548,207
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- 4
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- 204
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03 Jul 2019
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From a prompt on tumblr, requesting Lavellan's feelings in the aftermath of Solas' break-up.
She knows he is lying.
Or at least, not telling her the whole truth.
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03 Jul 2019
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- 86,511
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- 4
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- 125
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03 Jul 2019
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A series of "what if" rewrites of Harry Potter, books 1-7. Cross-posted from tumblr (ink-splotch).
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- 209,728
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- 18
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- 6,661
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03 Jul 2019
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As far as the rest of the world is concerned, Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin is a registered Dominant. It's on his driver's licence. It's on his National Insurance card. Hell, it's even on his bloomin' GCSE certificates. And the fact that it's all a load of bollocks is a secret Eggsy had intended to take to his grave.
Course, he hadn't been expectin' a bloody sub-drop to sweep in and knock him on his arse in the wake of the Valentine Massacre. Turns out grief and adrenaline ain't a good combination.
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- Part 1 of Kingsman D/s Universe
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- English
- Words:
- 164,971
- Chapters:
- 23/23
- Comments:
- 2,654
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- 10,928
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- 3,143
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30 Oct 2017
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All I Ask of You by Khirsah
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
24 Jul 2017
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When Josephine suggested they throw an Orlesian masked ball, Cullen never once thought he might attend, much less find...and lose...and rediscover...the love of his life.
Of course, with Dorian, Varric and Sera playing meddling Fairy Godmother, he probably should have seen it all coming.
OR: Cullen's POV to As the World Falls Down.
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- Part 2 of A Dragon Age Fairy Tale
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 80,976
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 1,345
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- 2,867
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- 658
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17 Aug 2017
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Letters from Orlais by Kauri
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games)
19 Jan 2020
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The eye of the Orlesian nobility has fallen upon the Commander of the Inquisition. After the Winter Palace, Cullen wants nothing to do with the affection of Orlais. But they keep sending him dirty love letters...and the Inquisitor keeps reading them.
Or, Orlais' spicy mad crush on Cullen
Or, a sexual exploration for Cullen I-didn't-know-I-was-into-that-kink Rutherford
(chapter specific tags will be added to the notes at the end of each chapter -- please double check if you see anything in the main tags that you find concerning)
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- Part 1 of Letters from Orlais
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 78,778
- Chapters:
- 16/?
- Comments:
- 788
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26 Mar 2017
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Parable by squiggly_squid
Fandom Mass Effect, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
16 Sep 2018
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What if Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian had known each other before Saren attacked Eden Prime? What if they were more than friends?
What if they were married during the hunt for a rogue Spectre and everything that came after? What would become of the galaxy? Would everything stay the same, or would one small alteration cause ripples in the story we all know?
- Words:
- 1,254,740
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- 18
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- 321
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26 Mar 2017
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Covers the events of Mass Effect 2 with the concept that Garrus and Shepard were married before the events of the first game. This is the third installment of the Parable Series (Juxtaposed and Genesis).
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- Part 3 of Parable
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The Bagel AU by Feynite, SeleneLavellan
Fandom Dragon Age, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Original Work
04 May 2020
- Words:
- 97,133
- Works:
- 6
- Bookmarks:
- 51
Bookmarked by ascalot
19 Feb 2017