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not a scythe but a palm, unflinching and warm
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It makes John think of Gale on top of Marge, a polite and orthodox fucking.
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Enter Soph, alone. The stage is empty. She holds a letter.
(part one useful for context and nuance)
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- Part 2 of All Things are Reduc'd
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Great and Precious and Lonely by birdwif
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
26 Sep 2022
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He is thinking of action, of revolution, of the inconveniences of the body.
The world is nothing. The world is what you make of it. Enjolras has folios and quartos stacked beneath his desk and they all say the same thing, over and over, chasing language that captures real truth: act, or else nothing will come to be. “Thou mayest,” says God. Let me see what may come of this creation I’ve offered you - you, people, you, Enjolras, you, Paris.
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John Irving reckons with himself, and God, and the world.
The King of Jerusalem wrote: All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. And yet it is difficult to imagine that here, when there is a fire going and he’s wearing a dressing gown at noon. How much is left to fill, when he feels already so full? He reads Socrates and Martin Luther and the autobiographies of Barrow and Ross. At home, he and his brothers argue about the details of charity, the merits of monarchy. In society, he leads discussions on Paul’s letters. He is a sinner in that abstract, insubstantial way that all people know, at least a little, that they are sinners. But he is also good, and moral, and rational.
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the limitations of maddocks questions by viviolet
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
26 Dec 2025
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when shane gets the injury that would come to end his career, in the moment he’s just thankful he didn’t break his jaw.
or: shane knew, in the abstract, that one day he would play his last professional nhl game. it never occurred to him that hockey would choose that day for him.
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28 Dec 2025
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Following Tremblay's election, Thomas Lawrence is forced to resign and ends up in a refugee camp in Jordan, working side by side with Cardinal Vincent Benítez.
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- Part 1 of Volo ut sis
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08 Jun 2025
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Peace, justice, freedom, and other lies your country taught you.
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06 Jan 2025
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He's a god. He's a motherfucking bomber pilot. He's a genius with a B-17. He's the king of the god damn world. He's got a fort full of the best men in the airforce, and he's getting them back to England.
He's gonna give them a miracle.
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- Part 1 of proximal damage
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28 Jul 2024
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Written for Sledgefu Week 2020 Day 2: Southern Gothic AU
The bayou feels ancient. Eugene’s breath is stolen by the absolute stillness of it all. The cypress and tupelo trees grow so thick that there’s not a ripple of a breeze in the air. The longer they move across the water, the more exhausted Eugene begins to feel. His head becomes cotton, all thick and light, in the heat of the bayou. He turns his head to the shore again, and he sucks in a short breath when he sees a man lurking in the trees. At first he wonders if it’s Merriell, and then he wonders if he’s going mad.
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28 Jul 2024