the_rck
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- Weiß Kreuz (51)
- Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny (38)
- Naruto (Anime & Manga) (29)
- Sky High (2005) (20)
- Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis (13)
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There Is No Virtue, Only Consequence by the_rck for EdosianOrchids901
Fandoms: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
29 Jun 2025
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Vir hadn't expected to be sent to Babylon 5. He hadn't expected Londo Mollari or any of the other people he encountered there. Vir had hoped to have more time with his mother, possibly a small apartment somewhere paid for by a small civil service position, some place they could live together while he tried to coax her back to the present.
Babylon 5 was so far away from Centauri Prime that he knew he'd see her even less often than he had while he was at school.
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"I wanted to see if the Talon would catch you." Jason's brother-- not exactly brother? --shrugged. "That might have tidied up the problem you pose. Also, Jason's reaction to seeing you-- or your corpse-- would have been interesting."
Tim was abruptly certain that he hadn't gotten lost. "If you wanted that, you could just have made it happen." He thought he managed not to make it a question.
Jason's brother shrugged. "That wouldn't have been fair to you."
Tim was certain that, whatever was going on, fair hadn't ever been a factor. He made himself start walking toward the promised shower. "Do you have a name?" he asked.
"Jason calls me the Guardian. It's as good a name as any, one I don't share with any other version of Dick Grayson." The Guardian paused for a moment. "With any other version of Dick Grayson that I have yet studied," he amended.
Series
- Part 4 of Taking the Treacherous Road to Ithaka
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Nobody knows the whole story. Nobody can.
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Aya woke to lips pressed against his ear, to someone's breath on his cheek.
Don't. Whatever you think you should do, don't.
Aya wasn't used to voices in his head and couldn't think why he'd listen to one. Except that he had no idea what was going on.
And he felt like something was wrong with his body, something more than another person-- a stranger? --too far into his personal space. His head ached, but it wasn't the throb of an injury. It felt more like a head cold, just without the congestion.
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Ran didn't bother looking at the door. "It's not fair that Crawford always believes you," he said as Schuldig closed the door to the room behind him.
"I'm sorry," Schuldig said. He even sounded like he meant it, and Ran thought that might not be a lie.
Crawford always believed Schuldig about the time loop, but Crawford didn't remember the way that Ran and Schuldig did. Nobody did.
Ran had no one who might believe him. At this point in the timeline, almost no one attached to Kritiker had even heard of Fujimiya Ran. His parents were dead. His sister... He couldn't help being grateful for Schuldig making an effort.
Even if that effort was partly-- largely? --self-serving.
Series
- Part 2 of Eternity Must Be Hiding
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Taking the Treacherous Road to Ithaka by the_rck
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
18 Jun 2025
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Alloys of Lace and Light by the_rck
Fandom: Romances of Arquitaine Series - Lilith Saintcrow
17 Dec 2024
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This series is a collection of canon divergent AUs that all start from something different happening after Luke trapped Merlin at the end of Trumps of Doom. Some of them also branch off from each other. Generally speaking, reading one doesn't require having read the others even if it's late in the sequence.
I may shift the numbering of stories within the series to reflect new stories with earlier branching/divergence points.
The list of stories and notes on how they fit together and diverge can be found here on DreamWidth. The list includes unposted WIP. I tried to avoid out and out spoilers, but my judgment on what constitutes a spoiler is suspect.
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Saint Miles dy Vorkosigan by tuval
Fandoms: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
09 Mar 2013
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Miles, aged fifty, discovers a portal into Chalion and rides off to save Mark with the Bastard's aid.
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22 Oct 2025
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Nedzu isn't fond of many humans, but he was rather fond of strategy games, one of which led him to meet a rather curious and interesting human with the username of "Greenbean." He found himself looking forward to their games, until one day, he got a shocking realization that Green was not only a child, but a bullied one, and suddenly he had someone to protect.
And if he taught the child how to take over the world in the process, well, he was Nedzu, after all.
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22 Sep 2025
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Multilante by Starlight (Fandom_Eclipse)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Apr 2022
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Izuku was debating the merits of seeking out the new vigilante group that was on the news when he heard the list of known members. He knew those names. Specifically, he knew those because they were assigned to six of his hoodies.
He knew he should come clean. Maybe just stick to one costume, or stop being a vigilante altogether. Groups were treated much more seriously than lone entities, and he could get in serious trouble if they sent heroes after him expecting backup that didn’t exist.
A week later, he had characters designed for every hoodie he owned.
In which Izuku becomes a one-man organization, and everyone has to deal with the consequences.
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21 Sep 2025
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Danny doesn't understand big cities by Marsalias
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types
09 Sep 2025
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09 Sep 2025
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Dear Force by mrv3000
Fandoms: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
29 Oct 2020
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“So Padmé and I got married.”
Obi-Wan stopped walking, swayed a bit, and then proceeded to swear for five minutes straight. I mean he just went on, right there on the Temple landing pad. I’m fairly sure it was more than he has sworn in his entire life all combined.
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A story about the life and times of The Chosen One™ who is, shall we say, a touch more clueless. And because of this everybody lives.
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06 Aug 2025