ephemeral_pancake
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The Young Master Courts Death! by ephemeral_pancake
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
23 Nov 2025
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A tired businessman feels the spark of life again when he discovers a cringey web novel with a charming protagonist. The protagonist, a man of heroic disposition with a respectably depressing childhood and a future filled with many lovers, is everything the businessman thinks he wishes he could be. After all, why else would he find the character so fascinating? Enraged and aggrieved by the novel's disappointing conclusion, he fails to notice a car speeding towards him and wakes up to find himself in the world of the novel — as the protagonist's childhood bully. Whether it's a dream or not, everything certainly feels real, which is a little worrisome considering the childhood bully's death by starvation and dog bites. Can a modern world businessman fast-track the hero's path to success and avoid the bully's original fate?
Not too closely Scum Villain-esque (since this kind of transmigration is a whole thing and at this point Youtube's recs for me have been a ton of them), but as a SVSSS enjoyer, there's quite a high chance of inspiration from there lol
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The Rose Slumbers by ephemeral_pancake
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
27 Nov 2024
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As one of the Knights of Beauty, Argenti's faith in Idrila is unshakable. No matter where it takes him, no matter what it costs him, he will never waver.
“Until I see that light once more, I will protect all beauty in the universe, for Idrila – isn’t that our vow?”
He never asked himself whom it would cost him.
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College student Xingqiu has a small secret – he studies economics by day so that he can eventually become a businessman like his father and brother, but by night? He writes original content on AO3 religiously. Unfortunately, he’s fallen out of love with his current series. When his friend Yun Jin suggests that he spends November writing 50k words to change gears and feel inspired again, he decides it can’t hurt. He’s just missing a muse.
Oh yeah, he has another secret. He has a crush on Chongyun.
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Xingqiu and Chongyun grew apart ten years ago. Both of them have their own respective successful careers: Xingqiu as a ruthless businessman and Chongyun as a prolific exorcist although one once disdained materialism and the other repelled demons by existing. When a family tragedy strikes Xingqiu, Chongyun returns to Liyue Harbor to be there for his old...friend. At least, that's why he thought he was there. But for some reason, this "old friend" feels so unfamiliar now. And he just wants to know...why? And serial wound-reopener Xingqiu seeks some answers of his own. In other words, Xingqiu loses his vision and they discover a plot that started ten years ago as they rediscover each other.
I've been sitting on these drafts for a while and I kept editing, planning, changing plans...But I'm finally gonna go for it! First time writing a fic and not beta'd, something something we die like men. Fingers crossed I got the tags right. I'm tossing this out into the wild and hopefully it sparks joy somewhere, somehow, sometime! Weekly updates. Smut in Chapter 8 and Epilogue (will add warning so that they'll be easy to skip). Some NPCs die but that's the life of a NPC, innit?