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Egawa Souta may have been considered a prodigy if he hadn’t had the bad luck to be born in the same generation as Namikaze Minato.
(Six years later, Souta would think, at least he wasn’t in the same generation as Hatake fucking Kakashi.)
An outsider POV of Kakashi and Minato’s relationship over the years.
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- Part 3 of drowning, dreaming
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04 May 2026
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Reprise by Drag0nst0rm for ambrorussa
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
27 Aug 2021
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Someone's going to have to explain this to Elrond.
Maglor has a terrible feeling that someone is going to turn out to be himself.
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- Part 1 of Echoes
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26 Apr 2026
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the art of redirecting lightning by TheRainbowElectric
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Sep 2024
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A realization that’s been lapping at the edges of Sokka’s mind all night finally crashes over him in a wave. “You really hate yourself,” he says slowly, as the cold understanding sinks in.
Zuko’s glare could melt glaciers. “You wouldn’t, if you’d done all the things I’ve done?” he says, which would be fair, except — it’s not just about the things Zuko’s done, is it? It’s also about the things he hasn’t. Zuko hates himself for things that are his fault, and things that aren’t. For who he is, and who he hasn’t managed to be.
And Sokka can see, with sudden, sharp clarity, that if he were to plot the strength of Zuko’s self-hatred alongside the strength of his bending over time, the two lines would hug in almost perfect sync. Which leaves Sokka with only one question: whether someone’s self-loathing could run so deep and unrelenting that it sustains their bending for the better part of a decade.
The night before going in search of Sun Warrior ruins, Zuko starts to doubt that hatred is the source of his bending after all. Sokka helps him figure out what it really is.
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08 Dec 2025
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I mean, what else could Nicky have done when he spotted Andrew smiling at the hot guy making his coffee?
Not meddle?
Not get all the Foxes on board?
It's like you don't even know him.
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09 Sep 2025
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Andrew could have stopped it. He could have done something, had he known, had the information been stuffed in his back pocket. He can think of a thousand different ways he could have kept Neil alive. All of them are useless now. Neil is dead and he’s not coming back.
Or: After Neil dies in Baltimore, Andrew gets stuck in a time loop until he can change Neil's fate.
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09 Sep 2025
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"Neil knew talking to the FBI wasn't going to be easy, but he hadn't expected it to be this strenuous. He spent the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday cooped up with them in their offices. The only time Andrew and Neil left each other's line of sight was when someone came by to check Neil's wounds, and the two of them were never left alone together. The agents brought in food so he wouldn't have to leave the building, escorted him to and from the restroom, and set up cots so he and Andrew could sleep on-site under surveillance."
Chapter 14, The King's Men.***
Andrew lies down in his cot, but he doesn't sleep. He has a role to play.Series
- Part 7 of canon-compliant one shots
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30 Aug 2025
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The last thing Kaz Brekker had expected to see when he opened the door to his office in the Slat was his dead brother standing on his threshold. Anika stood off to the side of the landing, lightly cringing, obviously waiting for the wrath of Dirtyhands to rain down on her for bringing him a visitor he had neither expected nor vetted.
Jordie Rietveld stood in the doorway panting lightly from exertion, nervousness oozing from every pore in his body, but with his back ramrod straight. “I need your help,” he said.
Kaz was tempted to slam the door in his face and lay down in his bed to sleep off whatever hallucinogenic concoction the Black Tips had managed to slip into his coffee that morning. Maybe Jesper had a point about him needing to catch more sleep.
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Or, the one where the rumors of Jordie Rietveld's death have only been somewhat exaggerated.Series
- Part 1 of Twice Shy 'Verse
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01 Aug 2025
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Free Range Criminal Collection by mauvera
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
09 Dec 2023
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Jim Gordon would like to think he's a simple man. He takes his coffee black. He owns four work shirts that he cycles through without any further thought on his appearance. He loves his daughter. He keeps telling people he's going to quit smoking even if he damn well knows he isn't.
Normal.
Unfortunately whatever Jim Gordon would like to think about himself is entirely wrong.
He can't be certain, but he strongly suspects most normal people don't have their local vigilante population constantly dropping wanted criminals at their feet entirely unprompted.
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18 Feb 2025
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Dick Grayson: A Case Study by writersagainstwritersblock
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
25 Oct 2024
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Dick rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “I’m mostly used to sparring with my little brothers, it’s kind of just habit, and I was having fun. I didn’t want the match to be over too quick.”
“Too quick?” Derek asked, eyebrows raised. “I’m twice your size, kid.”
Dick shrugged. “So’s Bruce and we’re pretty much tied at this point, or at least according to the score board the kids started to keep for Saturday spars.”
“Saturday spars?” Derek repeated, following him towards the locker room.
Dick flashed him a smile. “What? Don’t have any weird family traditions?”
“Not ones that include hitting each other,” Derek said
OR The BAU gets a probationary profiler who is a little more than he appears at first glance. Or second. Or third. Just how many secrets can Dick Grayson be hiding from a team full of profilers?
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- 8/8
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06 Feb 2025
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Five days after Duke Thomas goes missing, the Behavior Analysis Unit is called into Gotham. As much as the Wayne family cares for their brother, Derek knows he isn't being told the whole truth.
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06 Feb 2025
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For most people, being impaled by a giant slab of serrated glass would mean game over. In Kon’s case, he’s just in a bit of blinding agony while Superman takes care of Metropolis’s latest Bad Guy Of The Week a few streets over.
No big.
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While injured during a battle, Kon introspects way too much about his worth. Blood loss and feels ensue.Series
- Part 4 of Of Steel
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03 Feb 2025
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Burst (through and out) by AcesArchive, dottie_dc (dottie_wan_kenobi), Elegitre, FidotheFinch, wildsofmarch
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
02 Feb 2024
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The man who'd caught his attention was not that rich loser. It was someone much worse—the aptly named Richard Summers who'd been all but running a campaign in the news lately, claiming Bruce was abusing him.
Robin was hardly scared of anyone or anything.
Except for one thing: being taken away.
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03 Feb 2025
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between villages by MCUsic_to_my_ears
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Criminal Minds (US TV)
23 Feb 2026
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Dick Grayson joins the BAU and the team tries to make sense of their new teammate.
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03 Feb 2025
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There’s a crime scene board set up off to one side. Bruce wanders over to examine it while Batman goes about preparing the tests he’ll want to complete to make sure Bruce isn’t going to tear the fabric of spacetime apart.
He vaguely remembers this case. It was already a cold case even by the time Dick arrived, a murder whose trails had gone nowhere. It was one of the files he’d dusted off and given to Tim to practice his skills.
He hums approvingly as he studies the board. Tim’s getting close - once he finds the witness Bruce had overlooked the first time, he’ll have the lead he needs to crack the case.
Then he frowns, touching one of the photos of the building. It’s not one of the original crime scene photos, nor one of the ones Bruce himself had taken when the crime was fresh. Tim must have gone himself to take them after Bruce gave him the case.
Pride sparks in his chest, twisted with shame.
“Have you looked at this?” he asks, raising his voice enough for his younger self to hear him over by the monitors.
Batman grunts, glancing over and then away again. “It’s a cold case,” he says. “Robin’s been working on it.”
“I know that,” Bruce responds. “Have you looked at it?”
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03 Feb 2025
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“What’s in there, anyway?” Charles asked, rolling down the window. “Looks heavy.”
“A few million dollars' worth of electroshock weapons,” the kid said, dead-serious. After a moment, a grin stretched across his face. “Nah, I’m just fucking with you. It’s old clothes, mostly.”
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- Part 12 of DC outsider POV
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03 Feb 2025
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“Shoulder harness?” Matt asked. Alfred nodded. “Anything else on you other than those two guns?”
“Yes.”
“How many?”
“At least two more.”
Bruce threw his hands up. “Alfred.”
“Master Wayne,” Alfred said, shooting a fond look over his shoulder. “I do believe we’re in the middle of a pat down, if you wouldn’t mind.”
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- Part 13 of DC outsider POV
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03 Feb 2025
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Elrond and Elros's Last Debate in the Numenorean Imagination: A Literature Review by Drag0nst0rm for Erdariel
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
04 Sep 2024
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All candidates hoping to be accepted into the Guild of Scholars in Gondor must successfully defend a thesis.
But first, of course, they must present a literature review.
Late in the reign of the last steward of Gondor, one such hopeful has selected some excerpts from his.
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17 Dec 2024
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Keen-Edged, Keen-Eyed by JazTheBard for rainforezt
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
06 Nov 2022
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Bilbo picks up an Elvish dagger in the troll-hoard, and it speaks to him. The elf-ghost inside is mysterious, but he turns out to be decent company, for all that, and he's certainly Bilbo's equal in making petty comments about everyone and everything.
AKA the fic where Maeglin has been trapped in Sting since his death, and gets really attached (as all elves tend to) to hobbits.
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- 6,183
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16 Dec 2024
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Familiar Strangers by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
21 Mar 2023
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Fingon was not expecting to wake up after the battle.
He was especially not expecting to wake up here . . . wherever (and whenever) here might prove to be.
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- Part 2 of Stranger and Stranger
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16 Dec 2024
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Memento Vivere (Remember, You Must Live) by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
12 Oct 2024
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Maedhros and Maglor have a long overdue discussion of what happened at the edge of that chasm - and what happened after.
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- Part 5 of Memento
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15 Dec 2024