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One Founding Father Who Fancied the Doctor and One Who Didn't by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Hamilton - Miranda
19 Mar 2016
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DOCTOR: Jefferson isn't a girl's name, or her name either. Jefferson Adams Hamilton... River?
RIVER: Surnames of three of America's founding fathers.
DOCTOR: Lovely fellas, two of them fancied me.
(The Impossible Astronaut)
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The hardest part of Ragnar's plan to get inside Paris by faking his own death is waiting in the coffin till it's time to fight, but it pays off in an unexpected way.
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The Spirit that Unites Them by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent) for shreds_and_patches
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, Henry V - Shakespeare, Henry IV - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
01 Aug 2015
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Richard II loves children but has been unable to have any of his own. In making substitutes of his child wife, Isabella, and Hal, son of his cousin and rival, Henry Bolingbroke, he all but guarantees he will die without an heir, and casts a long shadow over both children's futures.
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Silicon Dick by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
13 Jun 2015
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Multi-chapter modern AU, or, more properly, a retelling, of Shakespeare's play, Richard II, set in the high-stakes tech industry. Characters and interpretation are based specifically on the 2013-14 RSC production, supplemented where appropriate and necessary eventually with characters, events and so forth from historical Richard II's life. Some chapters have very explicit sex, most do not. Look at the Notes at the start of each chapter to find out what's in store for that chapter.
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Ferdinand Lyle doesn't remember much about what happened in Evelyn Poole's mansion the morning after "Verbis Diablo". He only knows he needs to learn to defend himself, and reaches out to Ethan Chandler.
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Antonio Evens the Score by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent) for afewreelthoughts
Fandoms: Twelfth Night - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
23 Apr 2015
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Antonio is Orsino's right-hand man in the mining camp of Illyria. Until Orsino meets Olivia.
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The Treaty of Her Kiss by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent) for Aloysiusfunne
Fandoms: Henry V - Shakespeare, The Hollow Crown (2012), SHAKESPEARE William - Works
23 Apr 2015
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The story of Henry V and Katherine of Valois' meeting (Hollow Crown version), from Katherine's point of view.
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The Mirror Sings My Valor by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works, Jupiter Ascending (2015)
01 Mar 2015
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Richard and Aumerle cope with the aftermath of what has happened in Ask Not For My Mercy. There is very minimal Jupiter Ascending content in this, as it is primarily a follow up to the previous story.
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Ask Not For My Mercy by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent), rapiddescent
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, Jupiter Ascending (2015), SHAKESPEARE William - Works
20 Feb 2015
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Balem Abrasax visits Earth to determine if a full harvest will be profitable, but ends up in a battle of wits-- and more-- with King Richard II of England, with a long-term outcome that Balem doesn't anticipate.
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Foul is Fair by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Macbeth - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
26 Jan 2015
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Three wronged women get back at the world with a prank that will succeed beyond their wildest dreams.
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Indelible Ink by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
26 Jan 2015
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A pot of spilled ink summons a childhood memory that piques Henry IV's guilt.
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Love and Murder in Verona by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
16 Jan 2015
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The death of a mutual friend brings Romeo and Juliet together.
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A Kingdom Lost, A Kingdom Won by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
11 Jan 2015
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Aumerle longs to convince Richard that he remains loyal, in spite of his father's betrayal.
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There's No Party Like a Snow Party by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
20 Dec 2014
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A surprise guest appears at a Christmas party for White Hart, the company founded by child genius turned multi-billionaire, Richard Plantagenet.
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Tinsel Tart by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
14 Dec 2014
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Richard shows Aumerle a Christmas decoration he's never seen before. Haters of tinsel and anachronistic elements in fic be strongly advised.
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Up in a Blaze of Glory by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
13 Dec 2014
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Helping your parents put up Christmas decorations can have unintended consequences.
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Maiden Lane Christmas by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
02 Dec 2014
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Richard follows a stranger Christmas shopping on Union Square in San Francisco, and discovers an unpleasant truth.
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- English
- Words:
- 1,347
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 7
- Hits:
- 338
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Carver and Gemma have a mutual interest.
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Gemma regrets her rude reply to Carver's invitation to relax, and finds a way to make up for it.
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The Pardon by fiftysevenacademics (rapiddescent)
Fandoms: Richard II - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
28 Sep 2014
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Aumerle has come to plead for a pardon from Henry and discovers he'll have to earn it whether he wants to or not. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, they do.