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Ashton knows they just have to be careful. Has to keep their expectations in reality. These folk are shit at crime, shit at navigating these parts, shit at trusting. Hell, they trust Eshteross. He has no issue running into these goopy fucking hell-caves as long as he’s getting paid. But he doesn’t like that rich asshole. Couldn’t trust him if they wanted to. Can’t trust any of them.
or, Ashton learns about trust, and the rest learn exactly what his means.
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The Fire Nation hasn't been home to him for three years. The gold-encrusted halls are as foreign to him as peace.
In which Zuko tries to settle, and more or less succeeds.
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- Part 5 of It Takes a Village verse
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Aang knows that he and the mysterious stranger who saved him are meant to be friends. Unfortunately, everyone, including the stranger, needs some convincing.
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- Part 4 of It Takes a Village verse
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When Azula is eight, she hears her Grandfather order her brother’s death.
When Azula is eleven, her brother dies.Series
- Part 3 of It Takes a Village verse
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Zuko is dropped on the edge of the Earth Kingdom, burned, shorn, and banished. He's found again and again, and built up from ashes.
or, the earth kingdom takes a look at Zuko, asks “is anyone gonna raise that?” and doesn’t wait for an answer
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- Part 1 of It Takes a Village verse
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Ozai decides to rid himself of his son more permanently.
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to wander the woods on your own by Glitter_Lisp
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)
02 Aug 2024
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The little boy they pull off the rock, who somehow survived three months out there on his own, is filthy, sunburnt, and well fed.
Ten years later, Sanji boards the Going Merry with a ghost at his side.
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- Part 1 of to see the wolf and love it too
Bookmarked by dancingstar
05 Oct 2025
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Still Bright, Still Broken by BiBob (Barnable)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 Oct 2025
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“I’m psychotic. You know I’m psychotic. You’ve known that.” It was true, Yelena had known that, but she was shocked that Bob actually said the words he’d avoided for so long. “You’ve all known for months. Why are you mad at me for it now?”
“Bob, I’m not mad.” She sounded a little mad, admittedly, but it was because she was irritated. Because it was impossible to talk to him about something that was so damn important. “I’m not mad at you, okay? I just want to understand what you’re going through so that I can help you.”
“I don’t need help. I don’t want your help.”
Bob, in the midst of an undiagnosed manic episode, decides to get his GED. Ava and Yelena join him.
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29 Jul 2025
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Van Chapman was pretty sure she had the Gotch kid figured out--stick up his arse, fancy clothes, and an air of superiority that was distinctly out of place on an airship.
And then he flew past her as he launched himself off the ship.
And then, after punching two pilots out of the sky, jumped back as if nothing had happened, as if he wasn’t covered in blood, and as if his gloves weren't bitten off to reveal heavily scarred knuckles.
Van Chapman prided herself on not being easily shaken, and she wasn’t. It was just—surprising.
She didn’t really know this kid at all.
Or: Snapshots of Van and Maxwell bonding, punching, and healing. Mostly punching.
Bookmarked by dancingstar
24 Jul 2025
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Find Me, Somebody by third_crow
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
27 Oct 2025
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“Look, I’m… I’m not really in the business of exploding little innocent laboratory experiment guinea pigs,” she said, patting Bob on the shoulder. The rodent in her hand squeaked indignantly. “So why don’t you leave here with me, and maybe we find you some clothes, and, like, a clif bar or something, because you still look sort of woozy. And then you can think about killing yourself in a way where I’m not the one pressing a button. Okay?”
She smiled at him in an attempt at comfort, straightening her posture to give herself some authority, or at least an air of confidence. He looked at her, and then the bomb, and then the guinea pig, and then behind him to the shadows on the wall. And then back to her.
“Okay,” he echoed, and she was pretty sure he had a bit less doom-and-gloom nothing-matters dejection in his expression now, so maybe she said something kind of right. Maybe.
“Great. How do you feel about wearing dead people shoes? The options here are slim.”
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Or, Yelena gets sent to destroy O.X.E. Group evidence in a lab in Malaysia and finds... Bob. Bob, who was for sure a human experiment. Bob, who was definitely supposed to be dead. Bob, who absolutely knows more than he's letting on.
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08 Jul 2025
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Rusted Over, Thawing Slowly by fihli
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies)
03 Nov 2025
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Buried in the leaked data was a video. Howard and Maria Stark, not killed in a car accident, but brutally murdered at the hands of HYDRA's most valuable asset. Twenty-three years after the fact, their son sees the footage, tracks down the asset, and prepares for revenge.
Alternatively: Bucky's recovery, documented in detail by people who learn to love him. Some for the first time, some all over again.
Post CA:TWS, updates every Sunday night.
Bookmarked by dancingstar
07 Jul 2025