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It just seems a little unfair to hold someone like Toki to the same standard, that's all.
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Already Toki's love is trying as hard as it can to kill him, but he knows it won't. He knows it can't.
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Now Norman sees that in his negligence he played himself entirely, exhaustively, and there's never been a single moment where he wasn't hopeless in the face of Ethan Mars and his enormous, bleeding, beautiful heart.
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The hearth lights half a halo around his pale hair and he feels scorched inside, fragile like ashes.
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Are you prepared to make someone suffer to save your son?
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The intimate touch to his nape, of lips, of hands, of chain.
With each dig into his skin, he prays, for a lover's soothing kiss to follow.
So blinded is he by prayer, that he doesn't hear the sound of a lock.Bookmarked by machinavellian
09 Apr 2026
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What if the game mechanics didn’t force Stanley to hit the Skip Button?
Would time still force him to do it, anyway?
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- Part 4 of Advanced Ludology
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05 Apr 2026
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After the devastating events of his last Australian Q-pid expedition, Sam Porter Bridges is a man haunted by grief, guilt, and ghosts that refuse to stay buried. Alone once again and desperate to outrun his past, he throws himself into the endless grind of porter work, until a figure from that past reappears in the most impossible of ways.
Higgs, long presumed gone, resurfaces. Damaged, but still dangerously charismatic. When Sam makes the mistake of accepting one more pizza delivery request, he finds himself face-to-face with the man who nearly destroyed everything he held dear. But this time, the encounter ends not only in violence, but in something far more unexpected: a plea for help.
Caught between anger, resentment, and a flicker of reluctant empathy, Sam must decide whether redemption is possible for a man like Higgs, or if some monsters are better left dead in the tar.
In short: a post-Death Stranding 2, Higgs-focused fix-it, heavy on grief, depression, and the slow, messy process of learning how not to be a monster anymore.
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20 Jul 2025
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Kokuhaku - 'Confessions': A Nandermo Doujinshi by M248393
Fandoms: What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
17 Jul 2025
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Guillermo abruptly walks away flustered after a 'normal' conversation with Nandor.
He decides to calm himself down with a bath, only to be quickly disturbed by his relentless master, who attempts to continue their conversation in the bathtub.Bookmarked by machinavellian
08 Apr 2025
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Jayce says, “I’ve given massages before. It could help."
Viktor’s eyes fly open on the pillow. “What? To who?"
“Girls.”
Viktor’s cheeks darken.
"And family."
Oh, Jayce really fucked it up now.
Viktor disappears from the lab because of a chronic pain flare. Jayce offers to help.
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29 Nov 2024