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If asked what was the first work of Trent Crimm's he'd read, Theodore Lasso would have incorrectly answered An Aquarian Guide to Atlantis, IL.
Ted Lasso gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he's called to fill in for another director on a miniseries produced by Rebecca Welton. To their mutual surprise, Ted and Rebecca discover they're artistic soulmates, and work together to carve out a place in the film/television industry for themselves: Greyhound Productions.
Just as he's settled into his new life in London, Ted catches wind of a rumor that infamously reclusive novelist Trent Crimm may be auctioning the adaptation rights to one of his books after years of stubborn resistance. Ted (a long-time admirer of Crimm's weird, ergodic stories) cannot abide the thought of someone else directing a film adaptation. But Greyhound Productions doesn't have the money to bid against the big studios.
So, his mission is clear: Ted needs to find Trent Crimm and appeal to him directly.
Shame the man doesn't want to be found.
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the mind is a knife (a blade, a tool) by callmearcturus, interropunct
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
16 Aug 2025
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A series of people Ethan Hunt connects with as a telepath for the Anomalous Means Initiative.
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"We'll figure it out," Benji'd told him quietly when they parted, thumb swiping across his eyes. "That's how it works, we look at what we have and we figure out the possibility space."
Slight AU of TFR. The improvised emergency surgery and delay in medical care have consequences for Benji in the aftermath of the Vault. Forced to navigate a lasting change to his mobility, Benji tries to carve out a place for himself in the world after the Entity.
Ethan is there to help. For the most part. He's trying to help.
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this is an exorcism by callmearcturus, interropunct
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
24 Jun 2025
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Benji has a problem.
Well, no. He used to have a problem. But it's well in hand now and he's got the EMT certification to back that up (under a false name, but still). So everything's fine. Really.
Until some bloody Alexa with a nuclear sticker on the top asks exactly the wrong questions, and suddenly all of Benji's meticulous, private plans are dragged out into the light.
Turns out, according to Ethan, Benji does have a problem.
And Ethan Hunt has never met a problem he hasn't thrown himself headfirst into solving.
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Ethan dies.
And then he's alive again.
Even he was aware this was the sort of thing that needed to stop happening to him. Tempting fate was one matter but spitting in fate's face was another.
(Three alternate universes, in which a different person saves Ethan after the dive.)
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It's really great that Roy and Trent cleaned up whatever bad blood was between them, because Ted is thrilled to have Trent around the Dogtrack. He's so happy to see how well Trent is getting along with Keeley and Rebecca. And the whole team. And even Roy. And Beard, of course. It's great. There ain't a single reason for Ted to not be over the moon about how well everyone's getting along with Trent.
Because it'd be real odd if Ted wasn't over the goddamn moon about it, right?
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you'll need a new name to survive this by callmearcturus, interropunct
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
01 Sep 2024
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Benji Dunn works as a physical therapist for all kinds of government agents. CIA, FBI, Secret Service— when anyone needs assistance getting their body back in order, they come to him. Periodically, though, a mysterious block appears on his schedule. No name, no medical history, nothing but the characters BE11.
The year is 1996, and Benji meets Ethan Hunt under very different circumstances. And the ripples pull wider and wider as time moves on, until the familiar image becomes something new.
A quick lesson on broken bones: If they heal wrong, you're going to have to break them again.
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"You misunderstand. This is not a recruitment mission." His head tilts every so slightly to the side, his smile almost gentle. Age has softened his face in many ways. "It's a rescue mission."
A rescue mission. Charles puts his cards down and stares. "What does that mean?"
"That I'm not leaving without you, Charles. So, what will it be? I could watch you get shitfaced then haul you out of here. That would make everything fairly simple actually. Or." Leaning, elbows on the cramped table, Erik says, "You could come with me and skip the dramatics and the hangover."
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"You want to sit, Lieutenant?"
"If you don't mind," Bob said. "And, uh, just Bob is okay, if that's okay with you, sir."
"Only if you spare the syllables and call me Mav," Maverick said, dropping his heels off the railing and back to the floor, sitting up. "Been wondering if you were going to circle around at some point."
"Me?" Bob settled in across from him.
"You," Maverick confirmed.
(The one where Bob and Mav are the only omegas in Dagger Squad and bond over it.)
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Ilsa: There is a complication. Ethan.
Benji: Ethan, our Ethan? Ethan Hunt?In which Ilsa and Benji are members of the Syndicate and they keep crossing paths with one lunatic American agent who doesn't have the decency to kill them. In fact he seems to want to be friends.
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Thank god Luther was around to inform Ethan when he was being a weirdo, or else he'd really screw this all up.
(In which everyone but Ethan keeps touching Benji, and Ethan would happily waterboard himself if it'd explain why watching everyone touch Benji made him experience emotions.)
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Karkat Vantas has escaped Alternia, and landed himself in a brand new problem. To pay his way to Earth, he takes a contract with the Undying Umbra as an assassin and wetwork generalist.
With a pricetag assigned to his life, Karkat assumes he just has to work his way out. Day by day, job by job, he's going to claw his way out from Under The Table.
Then: He meets his handler, Dave Strider.
And things get complicated. Like, really fucking complicated.
NOW COMPLETE!
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Akihiko loved a good fight.
This one was not a good fight. It was amazing how quickly things went wrong.
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In which NCR Ranger Karkat Vantas meets a pair of sibling con-artists in the Mojave Wasteland. Good men are in short supply this far east.
(A purely self-indulgent Fallout AU I have been thinking about for literally months. I wrote this for me but you can read it too if you'd like.)
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The Cheater's Guide To Xenosociological Nomenclature by callmearcturus
Fandoms: Homestuck
21 Oct 2022
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Dave loves his family, but wants a shot at not living with them for a little while in hopes it'll help him chill the hell out. When he sees a troll grad student posting an ad looking for a roommate, it seems like the perfect chance to feel out who he is without constantly dealing with the entire pack.
Karkat is a really decent roommate and everything is going great until Rose decides he'd make a great pack leader.
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sea)(orse by callmearcturus, Madame la Problématique (callmearcturus)
Fandoms: Homestuck
12 Oct 2022
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Feferi Peixes never intended to be a conqueror, but about an hour after she takes the throne, the Vast Glub happens, taking out the Mother Grub and a huge portion of population. Trollkind is doomed unless they can find a solution.
Dave Strider is a human who's biggest problem is trying to decide if he wants to drop out of college or not. Then, the aliens show up.
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Dirk left his siblings behind and moved upriver for the work. As a jeweler, he'd have a better chance to sell his creations in the annoyingly ritzy river bazaar, and he needed the coin.
The last thing he expects is to earn the attention of a handsome bookbinder, but Dirk has no problem with a ill-advised one night stand.
He's less prepared for the consequences of sleeping with a tradesman.
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- Part 2 of the trades of clay and gold
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The only thing standing between Dave, Aradia, and Jake and their masters is their mandatory fieldwork. When Aradia has the brilliant idea to find the Temple of the Signless, it seems like an low-effort way to get those fancy initials slapped onto the end of their names.
One tripwire of a prophecy later, and the Signless returns. Which doesn't look great for their easy final project. In fact, things only get more complicated from there.
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It takes a village to help Karkat Vantas, the troll least suitable to being a rainbow drinker, acquire one (1) thrall to feed from. Problem is, Karkat doesn't really like anyone enough to enthrall them.
Totally unrelated to that in every way, Karkat is saddled with a truly embarrassing crush on his next door neighbor, the working musician that Karkat spends most of his nights listening to through their shared wall.
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It was pretty common knowledge around the mortals that you had to be wary of tradespeople. Not that they were all malicious or anything, but when you lived next door to beings with that much power, it paid to be careful.
The problem is Dave Strider is not very careful.
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- Part 1 of the trades of clay and gold