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Go North, Go Home by thatone_dumbblonde
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), Rise of the Guardians (2012)
12 Sep 2026
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Jack Frost always wanted to go north. He never knew why, just that it called to him, the thought of the bitter cold and the beauty of the ocean and all that there was to see. But he never went, because Máría couldn't go with him, and what's the point of doing something so grand with no one to share in the beauty of it all?
Now he's got an excuse. Jamie is sick, and the only person who can heal him is a spirit in the far north.
Jack expects to be gone a few weeks, at most. He expects they'll meet the spirit, get Jamie healed, and return to their southern lives. He expects that he'll have to be content with a taste of the air up there, when really he wants to drink it all in like the finest wine, when really he knows that once he leaves, he'll never stop mourning the loss of it. He expects to meet no one of interest.
But has Jack's life ever really gone as expected?
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You Were NOT Supposed To Read That Book by day_dre4mer, thatone_dumbblonde
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Sep 2026
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Mike Wheeler stares at his computer in frustration. The cursor blinks at him on an empty screen, where his first book is supposed to be writing itself. If only he could think of ideas…
Maybe he can start with characters! That was always a good way to begin. Then he could figure out a plot for them. Mike leans back in his chair, closing his eyes and searching through his memory for inspiration.
A familiar face appears in his mind’s eye. Will. It’s been a while since he’s seen his best friend, four months and three days (not that he was counting or anything), but he still knows exactly what his face looks like. His mind relived some of his favorite memories of them together, which, for some reason, made him feel better than he’s felt in ages. Well, of course, Mike thinks to himself, it’s normal to miss your best friend.
That’s it! He’ll make a character based on Will. It’s a perfect idea; Mike knows Will better than almost anyone, so he’ll be able to make a great character. And of course, he can just change a few details so as not to arouse suspicion.
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Mike is not a creep. He’s not. It’s not his fault that Max claimed the bigger bedroom of their new apartment so quickly, so he had to take the smaller one in the back. And it’s not his fault that the tiny window in said bedroom’s only view is of the apartment across the alley from him. And it’s definitely not his fault that the guy living in said apartment is … unspeakably attractive. Horrifically so. Like, truly, life-ruiningly attractive.
In his defence, though Max has been trying to make fun of him, she’s down just as bad for the guy’s sister (Mike decides not to imagine how, if by some miracle the pair of them manage to pull, they’d be siblings-in-law, because ew), so she can’t be talking.
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Part Two: Yana and Solomiya Prykhodko by thatone_dumbblonde
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 May 2026
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Solomiya’s eyes lighted on me, and she smiled. I smiled back, confused but excited to hear them sing.
“This one is for our fellow Beatles fan, Dr Grace!” she said into the mic, giggling as her voice blared through the room. “Yana, you ready?”
“Ready!” her sister said, flashing a bright grin.
“Here we go! ‘I Dig a Pygmy’ by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids!” Solomiya shouted into the mic, an uncharacteristic confidence falling over her.
“Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats!” Oh. I knew what they were doing. The jingling intro of Two of Us filled the room, and the twin’s friends (they were pretty popular; definitely not lacking in friends, even Solomiya, who was shyer than her twin) cheered as they begin singing.
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- Part 2 of Ryland Grace's List of Names To Look Up
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Throughout my years of teaching, I’ve kept a list. It’s called Names To Look Up, and it’s pretty self-explanatory. When I have a particularly interesting student, I write their name down to look up when they’re older. The assumption is that they’ll grow up to do great things, and I’ve already got two, from my first few years, that have shown up. Isabella Cabrera, top of her class at Harvard Med, and Vivaan Yadav, who’s published two books already (I read them both the instant they came out; he put me in the acknowledgements!!!)
Joanna Quinn Johnson got her name underlined twice. God, I miss that kid.
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- Part 1 of Ryland Grace's List of Names To Look Up
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Ryland Grace's List of Names To Look Up by thatone_dumbblonde
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 May 2026
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a drag path etched in the surface (as evidence I left there on purpose) by grim_hawkins
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), Rise of the Guardians (2012)
22 Aug 2026
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Stoick tells him that his heart isn’t where it’s supposed to be.
Hiccup doesn’t even know what that means.He is terrified of becoming a chief.
He starts to suspect where his heart really is, though.
It’s with Toothless. It’s with the skies.It’s with a chaotic winter spirit he found on a godforsaken stretch of land in the middle of the ocean, though he is not ready to admit it anytime soon.
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29 Jul 2026
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Of the Northmost Winds and Skies by xxiiyu
Fandoms: Rise of the Guardians (2012), How to Train Your Dragon (Movies)
25 Aug 2020
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It's the first winter after Pitch's defeat. Jack is happy, he's not alone anymore, and his memories are gradually returning. But when a treasure hunt gone wrong puts Jack and Jamie in danger, flinging them through time and space, they find themselves on an island neither of them have heard of before. Jack's first priority is to get Jamie home safe, but Berk's inhabitants - human and otherwise - are certainly not making it easy.
Knowing they will leave Berk and the Vikings behind as soon as they know how to, Jack is not going to risk the pain of growing close to any of these people (or dragons, for that matter). But Hiccup Horrendous Haddock, wearing his heart on his sleeve, doesn't seem to want to take the hint.
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29 Jul 2026
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Can You Hear it Hanging in the Wind? by mx_nymph
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), DreamWorks Dragons (Cartoon)
02 Sep 2026
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After defeating the Red Death, Hiccup is finally awake again, and on the road to recovery from his injuries; but his injuries aren’t the only thing in need of recovery— Stoick has finally realized just how many mistakes he’s made, and is doing his best to make it up to his son.
Through it all, with dragons now accepted on Berk, Hiccup starts having a lot more adventures. Or; the story of what happens during the time of the shows (RoB, DoB, RttE), suited to fit this au.
[Series name and fic title both from Second Child, Restless Child by The Oh Hellos]
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16 Jul 2026
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Running Towards the Bullets (Just the one time though, Honestly!) by Tired_Wandering_Soul
Fandom Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 Jul 2026
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14 Jun 2026
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Running Lights by Itzbrighttower
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
23 Aug 2026
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Except, as Grace turned around to put the flashlight away, he caught a glimpse of something. A light.
A light from the Hail Mary I window.
Grace spun back around to face the window, convinced he was seeing things, but no. Someone was inside the supposedly dead ship, blinking light right back at them.
“.. Holy moly.” Was all Grace could say.
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what if the spaceship that Grace woke up on wasn't earths first attempt?Bookmarked by thatone_dumbblonde
09 Jun 2026