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The Only Way Out is Through (Or: How to be Almost, Mostly, Okay Again) by electricteatime
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
19 Feb 2021
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"Terrible as it is, it’s easier to cling to the hope that there were good reasons for what they did. That the people who treated him well were at heart good people, and they hadn’t just been lying to him the whole time, that the small amounts of affection he’d been given were real and tangible. Even when he knows the truth somewhere deep inside it doesn’t mean he wants to acknowledge it.
But, like all things, it’s only a matter of time."
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The only thing Dirk Gently has ever learned to do with his trauma, is shove it down as deep as it will go, lock it away, and hope that ignoring it means it isn't really there. For a while at least, it works. But when the past comes knocking looking to make amends, and pretending that none of it was as bad as it seemed isn't an option anymore, the delicate balancing act he's been practicing for years finally tips over the edge.Healing is painful, recovery isn't linear, sometimes you have to tear everything down before you can start to rebuild.
His own demons might be the scariest thing he's ever had to face, but it's not something he has to do alone, and in the end that makes all the difference.
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In Defense of Tradition. by electricteatime
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
25 Jan 2021
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“What does it taste like?” He inclines his head towards the muffin. “Christmas?”
“Oh,” Dirk frowns, popping another piece into his mouth and chewing thoughtfully. “Cinnamon,” he grimaces. “Definitely cinnamon.”
Behind the rim of his mug, Todd laughs.
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Todd has never really seen Christmas as a big deal, at least not since Amanda got too old to believe in Santa and the whole thing kind of lost it's magic. It's safe to say he doesn't really bother with it, past some small gifts to family and a few drinks to mark the occasion. This year is different though, because despite everything he has experienced, Dirk has never had a Christmas before. Ever. And suddenly Todd finds himself wanting to get everything right, even with his seasonal woes. There's only one real problem though, the biggest Christmas dilemma that he could possibly have to face.
What the hell kind of Christmas present do you buy for Dirk Gently?
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They’re pressed so close together now that neither can tell where they end and the other begins, and somewhere, vaguely, Jon realises that one of them is crying.
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Just a little pre-unknowing fic about things that never were and could have been. -
As you mean to go on. by electricteatime
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
01 Jan 2020
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"If next year is anything like this one, I don't think it'll be too bad." Todd admits quietly, caught smiling when Dirk turns his head to look up at him, soft and pleased and a little surprised.
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Dirk and Todd find themselves locked out of their apartment on New Years Eve, following what can only be described as a series of universe related disasters. They try to make the best of it.
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One of many ways to say (I love you.) by electricteatime
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
01 Nov 2019
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Snapshots of a relationship developing over time, from one sided pining to something more, underpinned by one constant little phrase that sticks around through it all.
All the ways you can say goodnight, and all the things it can mean.
A story in multiple parts.
Recent series
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Poetic Bullshit by electricteatime
Fandom Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
25 Aug 2018
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To Know the Parts of Me By Name by electricteatime
Fandom Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
27 Apr 2018
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To Know the Parts of Me by Name is a fanfiction series for Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, a series of stories looking at the different people Dirk has been in his lifetime, and how they are all a part of him even if he tries to keep them separate. The culmination of all of these stories will hopefully in some way resemble a character study of one Dirk Gently.
As this series deals with some troubling subjects please check the warnings for each chapter before reading. Warnings can be found in the tags of the Ao3 posts for each part.
- Words:
- 31,052
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- 4
- Bookmarks:
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Project Prompt Fill (DGHDA Edition) by electricteatime
Fandom Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
06 Nov 2018
- Words:
- 11,271
- Works:
- 5
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But First, Tea. by electricteatime
Fandom Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
04 Sep 2018
- Words:
- 1,648
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the moon is right by dotsayers
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2017
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“Oh,” Dirk said, the light of realisation dawning on his face. “Right. Christmas. Yes. A holiday celebrated by me, certainly, every year of my life. Um.”
Bookmarked by electricteatime
15 Jun 2018
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Dirk Gently's Guide to: Bad Days by unintentionallyangsty
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
27 Feb 2017
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Dirk has to spend the day in Portland for a Case.
Coincidentally, Todd has one of his first Bad Days in a long while.
This is how they both 'handle' the situation, and learn a little more about each other and communication along the way.Series
- Part 3 of Dirk Gently: Private Detective
Bookmarked by electricteatime
15 Jun 2018