Humor as a defense mechanism
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What happens when you fake you're death.... by kenobabe
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
07 Mar 2020
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Obi-wan had faked his death. His friends attended his funeral. The only problem is he wasn't dead, just undercover. Now that his mission was complete and the world knew he wasn't dead he had to go and confront his friends about it.
Set after the Clone Wars series "Deception" episode arc. Obi-wan has to explain to some people that he's not dead and why he didn't tell them.
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I didn't know this was here (but I'm glad we found it) by RumbelleDearie
Fandoms: Black Sails
13 Jun 2020
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Written for the Black Sails Confinement Challenge
Original Prompt S 25: Silver is talking to Flint, Flint is avoiding De Groot and so Silver finds himself manhandled into a very small compartment he’d never noticed on the Walrus. Mood: silly, ust
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Ship Of Fools by Swing_Away_Merrill
Fandoms: Transformers: Prime, Transformers - All Media Types
02 Nov 2025
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Ever wonder what would happen if a bunch of immature (and possibly quite evil) alien robots got ahold of something called a "group chat?"
Shenanigans, that's what.
This is the story of the Decepticon troopers and their stupid little lives.
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- Part 4 of Augmented Reality
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How to Forgive by caramel_sins
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
24 Mar 2021
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Rose meets the First Order spy on a cold green planet after weeks of sporadic communication. Lonely and suffering, she strikes up a strange relationship with her spy. One that travels down paths she could not quit imagine.
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soft touch / raw nerve by Vesperene
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies)
24 Oct 2023
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There are things Gwen lets herself think about and things that she doesn’t.
One thing she does let herself think about is how awkward it is to see the honcho on his way to hydrate in the middle of the night.
Gwen adjusts to her new life in the Spider Society, living with its leader.
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Little Dove's Broken Wing by RedMessyMomma
Fandoms: イケメンヴァンパイア | Ikemen Vampire (Visual Novel)
05 Nov 2023
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The Light by agonyaster
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2 | Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 Versions
22 Nov 2023
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Something blots out the light that still bleeds through his lids— it happens so suddenly it almost startles him. Still, the emptiness of what’s left behind is comforting in a sense. Grimsley keeps his eyes shut despite the something new that he should probably be paying attention to. He’s been running on borrowed time for a while now: what difference does a few moments make?
Inhaling through his nose, Grimsley quirks a brow before he even opens his eyes. The gentle scents of bergamot and honey tickle his senses and as he cracks open an eye to confirm, Caitlin’s tired eyes bore into his own. An ocean of endless blue.
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"Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch" by pseudonominom
Fandoms: The Magnus Protocol (Podcast)
07 Aug 2024
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Small, beige, and bland (like owner like house, Alice thought dryly to herself), Gwen’s place was squeezed between the other houses on the block. Alice began to rethink her choices. Her flat was still several more blocks down, surely she could keep up her little intermittent sprinting routine…But once she would cross the street at the next block, the lampposts got more sparse, marking a decline in income of the residents. Alice cursed herself for not being born a trust-fund baby.
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Falling for you, Fool's Gold (WIP) by WishtobeUndone
Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
09 Sep 2025
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Taehyung had always wanted a piece of Jungkook irrevocably. Something that couldn't be taken away from him, or rewritten by other people, or forced to be forgotten. Something uniquely his. Jungkook's. Theirs. And now for better or for worse Taehyung has it.
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Stand On Your Own Two Feet by GreatMoldOne
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)
03 Nov 2025
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Rook was raised by the Lords of Fortune. That didn't leave a lot of room for learning how to deal with serious issues like this. With Varric out of the picture, Rook has inherited his responsibility and she has made every wrong decision for her own well being in the name of the greater good. How long can this last before it blows up in her face? Apparently, not as long as she expected now that Lucanis has cut things off after Treviso is infected by blight.