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The New Era of The Fire God and Wind Goddess by MistyTheFangirlyLady
Fandoms: Mortal Kombat (Video Games 2023-), Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
24 May 2025
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Having liberated the Hourglass and become Keepers of Time, the Shaolin monk Liu Kang and Outworld's Kahn Kitana had the task to restart history. Not beholden to past events, they were free to craft a new era. With humility and restraint, they approached this blank campus together. After careful discussion and preparation, they painted over the darkness. After eons, they had sketched out the realms. After eons more, they brushed them in with life.
In their new era, all beings would have the opportunity to find peace. Whether or not they do, would be their responsibility. For their power only permitted them to begin this endeavor. It became the duty of mortals to finish it.
*MK1 rewrite. Takes place after the best ending of MK11 and Aftermath.*
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“Bingo. So you two will be staying in the hotel she was last seen at and see if you can capture her alive–” Dazai cuts his eyes to Akutagawa who just shrugs, “and bring her back to the ADA for questioning. It shouldn’t be a difficult job. You two are capable of doing this right?”
“Of course!” The two young boys respond in unison once again.
So, I’m going to have to stay in a hotel room alone with someone dead set on killing me…what could possibly go wrong?
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Or the one where they have to work together and discover deep-rooted feelings.
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Kanon had never wanted to be an idol. If she had her way, she would stay in her room and write music all day and never talk to anyone. So why can't she stop thinking about that mysterious flyer she found?
"Are you the sort of person who thinks, 'someone like me can't become an idol'? Then don't worry, because you're exactly the sort of person we're looking for! Yukine productions is recruiting for an all-new experimental idol group. Apply here today!"
Encouraged by her family, a former shut-in decides to take a leap and audition to be an idol. To her surprise, she somehow manages to get in, but of course, it can't be that easy.
"It seems there's been a mistake in the casting process..."
A story exploring what it means to be an idol and to be yourself at the same time.
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“You told me last time that you would leave it on,” Edwin said, reaching out to stop Charles’s hand from drawing off his chain necklace. “I am not about to allow you to back out of such a highly-anticipated promise now. Unless you wished to, I suppose, but-”
Charles cut him off with a chuckle. “Don’t worry,” he said. “I don’t go back on my word, do I? You know me better than that.” He grinned lazily. “But I wasn’t thinking. Sorry, mate.”
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Or, Charles accommodates Edwin's affinity for his jewelry.Series
- Part 3 of Luna Moths 'Verse
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An outwardly unremarkable yet emotionally tumultuous week in Dr. Melfi’s life, as she prepares to help her son move to Trenton for his new job. (Set between season 4 and season 5.)
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Ever since discovering she’s one of the mysterious Starborn and developed otherworldly powers, Lex has been searching for meaning beyond the ordinary, hoping to uncover the truth about who she really is. But her quest is derailed when United Colonies SysDef division blackmails her into infiltrating the infamous Crimson Fleet to bring them down from within. Reluctantly, she agrees, if only to get SysDef off her back and return to her journey with Constellation.
However, once aboard the Fleet’s chaotic, dangerous world, Lex finds herself drawn to more than just their cause. The camaraderie, the freedom, and most of all, their magnetic leader, Delgado, stirs something in her she hadn’t expected. What starts as a mission of deep undercover work turns into a profound war within her, as the Fleet begins to feel less like a target and more like the family she never knew she needed.
Torn between her duty and her desire, Lex must decide: will she risk everything she’s ever known for the one who makes her feel truly alive—or is it all destined to fall apart?
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A Boy King in Thedas by Martin_Weirwood
Fandoms: Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
21 Jan 2025
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Only a year and a half after defeating the white witch and being crowned one of Narnia's rulers, Edmund finds himself pulled from his cozy bed in Cair Paravel straight into another fantastical world full of dangers and new friends. But this time with a significant difference: None of his siblings have been brought along with him to Thedas.
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- Part 1 of Various Characters in Thedas
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It's about a new world I made that I wanted to share. It has bird people and magic and silly lil dudes. This book follows the story of Magnus (MY BOY!!!) and his work across the isles. He meets new faces and will grow as a person as I am writing.
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- English
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- 7,546
- Chapters:
- 7/?
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In Love and War by starfishies
Fandoms: Mozart - Fandom, Beethoven - Fandom, classical music - Fandom - Fandom, Classical Music RPF, wolfgang mozart - Fandom, Ludwig van Beethoven - Fandom, Thomas Linley - Fandom, Historical Fiction, AU - Fandom, roman AU - Fandom
19 May 2025
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Thomas Linley never wanted to rule an empire—let alone one crumbling under the weight of its own decadence. Ill-suited for power and reluctant to play the part, he leans heavily on his brilliant, lifelong friend (and secret lover), Wolfie, whose genius often walks a fine line between salvation and chaos.
But when a mysterious gift arrives—a beautiful, enslaved boy from a faraway land with secrets in his eyes—everything Thomas thought he could control begins to unravel.
Can love survive the brutality of imperial politics, buried truths, and dangerous desire?
A tender, twisted Roman AU featuring my beloved composer trio: Thomas, Wolfie, and Luddy. Expect longing, scheming, forbidden lessons, and emotionally complex entanglements. Come along for the drama, the decadence, and the devotion.
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Facing the truth by CrazyButterflyWithAObsessed20
Fandoms: Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber, Caraval Series - Stephanie Garber
05 May 2025
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|This is a slow-burn story that starts with deep introspection and gradual developments. Please be patient as the story unfolds|
|For more information about this fic or chapter explanations, or to see the art, please refer to Explanations about my fic (Facing the truth).|
Lala is happy with the happy ending of Jacks and her friend Evangeline
She is really happy
But When the deadly danger of their life story is removed and their happy life together begins., Lala's life story is caught in a big storm
She realizes that the beliefs she has believed in for centuries are not true and she intends to fix them. The task ahead is not easy at all
Maybe she can lie to others but she can't to herself
And maybe it's time for the cloud (lies) to move away from the moon (truth)
It's not easy, but she has to face her true feelings in the end and she doesn't back downSeries
- Part 1 of once upon a broken heart
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny's Recompense by Super_Mik
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Series
25 Apr 2025
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Set after the Dark Side of Dimensions movie. Kaiba's experiment with the space elevator fails. He can't access the afterlife, and wakes up in a hospital, disappointed. He is wrong, however. The experiment succeeded, just not in the way he hoped... He was able to open a portal to the afterlife; it's just that he wasn't able to get in. Something, however, managed to get out...
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“I don't want this to end, L...”
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I knew from the beginning that this day would come. I have lived our acquaintance with a clock hanging over my head, but since it was out of sight, it was also out of mind. It made its presence felt, like a kind of guillotine on the verge of making its final blow, in moments of utter lack of contact, but it returned to being blurry when I was reunited with him.
Not anymore. Its cold, sharp blade pokes at my skin, and I know I could ask the Executioner to give me more time, I would be able to convince him, but he would have to put his head between mine and the blade and... It's not worth it. I cannot condemn him for what, in its essence, is just a childhood dream of mine. I should stop being guided by it, because it has already led me to the gallows. I cannot allow it to do any more harm.
— Chapter 9: "Kantsubaki Nerikiri"
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While FBI agent Jessica Parker had by now resigned herself to the idea that her plan would proceed as planned, D. D. waited impatiently for that phone call that would pull her out from her grave for one last desperate honeymoon in the company of her favourite stranger.
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Darkness within by MyteMarx
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
01 Jul 2025
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A man and an elf meet on the open sea.
A broken warrior, haunted by shattered memories. A blacksmith with a past he refuses to name. Thrown together by fate and shadow, they forge a reluctant alliance—shaped by shared struggles and the weight of unspoken fears.
As they travel through lands scarred by ancient darkness, trust grows—but so do the lies.
Their bond may be their only hope.
Or the blade that breaks them.A slow-burn story of grief, guilt, and the love that dares to outlive ruin.
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"…Bound to each other, kept far apart,
The secret echoes in Arda’s heart.
If three turn to two, the bindings undone,
The Stone shall bleed shadow, and balance run…" -
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A samurai, ill from a war long since passed, embarks on a harrowing journey across the continent to return his master's blade to the Isle of Mist. His sole companion is his master's estranged lover—an enigmatic monster-hunter-turned-hitman who hopes that, by joining the quest, he can redeem himself. The two find themselves entwined in an unlikely friendship brought together by shared grief, guilt, and hope.
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- English
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- 13,568
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- 5/?
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Rust, Ash, and the Road Home by EmptyMind117
Fandoms: 天国大魔境 | Tengoku Daimakyou | Heavenly Delusion (Manga), 天国大魔境 | Tengoku Daimakyou | Heavenly Delusion (Anime), Original Work
13 May 2025
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In a broken world, long after the old cities fell and the monsters came, safety exists only behind walls—and even that safety comes with a cost.
Twelve-year-old Haruki grew up believing his town was one of the lucky ones. Guarded, structured, small—but safe. That illusion shattered the day he stepped beyond the walls. Taken. Branded. Changed. And then... gone.
Now, survival is not just about food and shelter—it’s about memory, identity, and deciding who you are when no one is left to tell you. Alongside him walks Rin, a girl with a past she won’t talk about and eyes that have seen too much. What starts as desperation becomes something else: something sharp and quiet and deeply human.
Across ruined roads, hollow towers, and fractured places where children are forced to grow up too fast, they search—not for a savior, but for somewhere they might belong.
This is not a story about destiny.
It’s about what’s left when you’ve lost everything.
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A war hero, an exile, and a traitor.
Kiyeri has carried many names, but none as heavy as the mark burned into his chest — a curse whispered in legends, born of bloody sacrifice. When the Sigil ceremony meant to crown him ends in disaster, Kiyeri is imprisoned, tortured, and then… forgotten.
Escaping with the help of the only person who still believes in him — Ashiya, a fire-wielding noble with secrets of his own — Kiyeri sets out across a land shifting beneath his feet. Kingdoms that once stood in alliance now stir with suspicion. Friends and foes are indistinguishable. And something ancient and hungry grows in the shadows.
But survival is not enough. To uncover the truth behind the Sigils, the Beyond, and the ritual that changed him, Kiyeri must risk becoming the very thing others already believe him to be.
A slow-burning, character-driven fantasy about trust, power, and the cost of finding yourself.(This is an original work - not fanfiction. All characters, lore, and world-building created by the author.)
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- English
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- 62,768
- Chapters:
- 27/27
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The war is over, and the world has moved on. As far as everyone is concerned, Hermione is working on a classified project at Oxford University.
Only she’s not.
She’s in hiding, her magic unstable from the effects of a wartime curse. Desperate for a cure, she turns to the last person she ever imagined asking for help.
Draco has spent years quietly rebuilding his reputation. He has been training and working as a specialist Healer in Amsterdam and Paris, far from the shadows of his family’s name.
He’s reluctant to take on the case, yet the curse’s mysterious call pulls them both into a shared quest. From to the ancient waterways of the Thames, to the Cotswold stone circles, they are drawn into a thick web of grey magic rooted in ancient English history.
With time running out, Hermione and Draco must confront a new dark forces threatening to unravel them—and the growing connection that could undo them both.
Ancient magic, a classic repertoire of allies, and a slow-burn tension that ignites into something unstoppable… This is a tale of love, redemption, and the undeniable pull of fate.
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There’s a meteor shower in your rearview mirror, and maybe if you keep driving, you’ll outrun the part of you that still aches when he says your name like it’s the only one that matters.
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- Part 5 of Reader-Inserts
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Odiamoci insieme by Kami_Sozo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
14 Apr 2025
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Una stanza chiusa, un letto che cigola e due cuori confusi.
Midoriya si ritrova tra le braccia di Momo Yaoyorozu, in un momento che non doveva accadere, ma che ormai è troppo carico di tensione, desiderio e senso di colpa per essere ignorato.In quella stanza, nessuno dei due è più un eroe.
«Odiamoci insieme, Momo.»
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- Italiano
- Words:
- 751
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
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Ike Yoshigoro is a selfish crippled journalist with a problem. No one will publish his story.
Always being rejected again and again, his obsession with control and the truth pushes him beyond any human reason to outrun not the shadows of his past -- but the lie he continuously tells himself. Though the last time he presents his infamous pitch; silence answers it. Not rejection. Not criticism. Silence.
That's when Ike realizes something is wrong. There's no reason his story wouldn't be published, unless it threatens the very thing it's written about.
What was Ike's pitch?
Armed with nothing but his crutch and his self-deceptive refusal to quit, Ike walks -- with one dead leg -- into a war of shadows from the underworld where the dead whisper secrets to him, the lie is more comforting, and the truth bleeds into his vision like black ink on skin. By the time he walks out of that meeting room, his life and reality itself will unravel, in the most existential way possible, where he would have wished both his legs were dead.
In a battle against an already lost fate...
How does someone triumph? Against the universe?
How does Ike Yoshigoro win?