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The Next Steps by presidentwarden
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
10 Jan 2016
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The first obstacle is past, and Phasma has new confidence in this life-altering decision she’s so foolishly pursued. The burdens of her past can’t be escaped for long -- but Rey in all her bravery may find a way to help, and Leia, even through her heartache, has lent her support.
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Phasma thinks it over. All at once, her voice is strangely flat, eyes narrowed as she thinks back to her past. Every moment is still fresh in her mind, a perfect memory wasted on limited routine.
“The Order did not allow for dreams.”
This is an odd thought to Rey, who was meant to dream.
It’s only just now that her vision has extended beyond fields of treacherous sand and the metal ship carcasses that lie mangled among them. She never knew what could be -- what /she/ could be -- til she boarded the Falcon and saw those fields of forest stretching out before her eyes, set foot on real soil and saw an earth richer in life than she could imagine.
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- Part 2 of Renewal
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Cascade Failure by Twentyfourten (KyuofCosmic)
Fandoms: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Deus Ex (Video Games)
15 Oct 2018
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"A cage is a prison that protects both sides."
Post London. The Human Restoration Act was dead in the water but systemic fear, hatred and pre-emptive measures aren't so quickly dismantled.
Adam feels like he's falling apart at the seams and everyone around him takes a good, long, hard look at the state of the world they live in.
(Update: I live! Also I’ve been editing earlier chapters so it reads better and there’s now art embedded too)
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'Prompto, it's just a bad dream.'
He stares wide-eyed at Noctis, voice cracking. 'I'm not so sure... oh gods, don't let me go back!'
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It all starts when he meets Ardyn for the first time. And it takes the bros a while to realise that something is so terribly not-okay in Prompto's brain. -
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Late at night, a lone druid stumbles upon an unexpected situation. Later that night, a general does as well.
An exploration of sleep, trust, and matters of the metaphorical heart.
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- Part 19 of star-hewn colossi
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Out of Time by Ardil the Traveller (Ardil)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
02 Oct 2022
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A demon called Demise seeks to consume the goddess Hylia and all she protects, and without a way to counter him, he will win. When a young woman with strange knowledge is brought before her, Hylia enlists her sharp mind to help devise a means to defeat him. But even a goddess can run out of time, and she cannot know what the consequences of her desperate choices will be. With her hopes pinned on the stranger and on her chosen, a brave young man far dearer to her than he should be, Hylia, Guardian of the Triforce, makes the fatal decisions that will save the world at the cost of their lives and her own divine existence… and sets in motion a chain of fate that later events will render unbreakable.
We know how this ends, because that’s how Skyward Sword begins. But how did we get here?
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- Part 3 of Sword of the Goddess
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The Sword Reforged by Ardil the Traveller (Ardil)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
01 Jun 2025
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Long ago, the island of Skyloft and all those around were raised to the sky by the goddess Hylia, who legend says still protects and guards her chosen people. Two students at the Knight Academy take part in a traditional graduation ceremony, utterly unaware that the events of centuries ago echo and reflect upon this very day, only for disaster to strike. The long-preordained destiny of the two is set in motion, for the battle the goddess fought and could not win so long ago must now be fought again, only this time with her powers renewed and her chosen sword reforged to an unstoppably keen edge. But the sword of her foe has not been idle during his master's long imprisonment, and the trials they face may test them to the very limit...
A massive fix, retelling, and expansion of Skyward Sword; the beginning point and culmination of the whole Sword of the Goddess series.
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- Part 4 of Sword of the Goddess
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Within These Walls by oldandnew_redandblue
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
02 Jul 2022
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The expression “nature vs. nurture” describes the question of how much a person's characteristics are formed by either “nature” or “nurture.”
Tommy, Wilbur, and Techno are the sons of Europe’s biggest hitman and living proof of morals being nurture and not nature.
At only six years old, Tommy can shoot a gun, throw a knife, and kill a full-grown adult with little struggle. He cannot, however, distinguish Greek myths from reality or even begin to understand the legal system.
Nurture can be unlearnt though. Thanks to the family’s doctor, Wilbur wants them out. Techno wants them in. And Ranboo wants to get away from his abusive father. The brothers might as well put all their energy into hiding a seven-year-old from their terrible father while simultaneously disagreeing with each other on their very own safety.
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Six-year-old Tommy tells the story of his life as a hitman with his older brothers and new best friend with a set of innocent eyes, bringing a childlike wonder to the depressing situation he isn't aware he's in. Tommy knows only what he’s been taught which explains his lack of remorse for his ‘job’. And they kidnap Ranboo and bring him along for the ride too because why not?
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