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    Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death by for sophiahelix

    Fandoms: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson, The New Yorker RPF  

    24 Dec 2025

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    The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.

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    Pacify by

    Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

    21 Apr 2024

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    Pacify:
    1. To allay the anger or agitation of
    2. To reduce to a submissive state

    He would do his duty. He would save Draco, if he could. He would protect the students, if and when the school fell to the Deatheaters. And Potter. As far as he was concerned, Potter could have whatever he wanted, now. What was the point of trying to tell him no if he was going to be sacrificed on the pyre of the greater good? If Potter wanted to learn, Severus would be his teacher. If he wanted a master, then Severus would make him submit. And if he wanted a lover... well. Severus would love him. And that was it. Anything else was a waste of time. And there was so little of that.

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    A complete reimagining of books six and seven (plus), running parallel to canon. And then a SHARP DIVERSION FROM CANON.

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    From a reader: "Basically, Pacify is like, you know how in canon both Harry and Severus are pushed and pushed and pushed by external forces/emotional manipulation until they are backed into a corner? Pacify is...what if they were backed into the same corner?"

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    and merrily did sing by

    Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)  

    27 Jul 2017

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    Jonathan doesn’t fall asleep, this time. Just stands and turns away from his desk after recording a statement to find Michael stood silently by the wall behind him, watching him.

    It makes his heart thunder in his chest immediately, which is— it’s a perfectly reasonable reaction to finding Michael hovering behind you like that. It’s a fear response.

    (except that it isn’t, not really)

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    28 Sep 2025

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    What He Left Behind by

    Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)  

    09 Oct 2019

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    Ten minutes, ten days, and ten years after first year cadet James Kirk gave his guest lecture on Tarsus IV, people learned about it.

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    02 Apr 2025

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    Once More unto the Breach by

    Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek  

    24 Nov 2016

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    James Kirk was the rudest student Professor Heleine ever taught. He stomped out of the middle of the professor's lecture like he wasn't a mere cadet. Well, the professor was done putting up with him. If he couldn't sit through an expert lecture, then he should give the lecture about Tarsus. That would teach him some respect.

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    02 Apr 2025