Cao_the_dreamer
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as illogical as it may seem by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II
19 Feb 2023
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At the age of nineteen, the second child of Revka Amell is made Tranquil.
At the age of twenty-four, the second child of Revka Amell runs into their cousins at Ostagar.
And the Hawke siblings refuse to leave their family behind
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Raven's Feathers by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II
08 Nov 2022
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Here's a few life-saving rules.
1) Don't run across the road to save a bird without looking both ways first.
2) Don't make a deal with a talking raven just because you love them.
3) Don't befriend a mage without knowing that your body can react unexpectedly to magic.
Aderyn, of course, does all of this, and ends up right in the middle of Thedas with a few surprises up her sleeve. She is going to be so mad if she dies again.
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Belt of Orion by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Animated (2007)
26 Sep 2022
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In one universe, a ragtag team of maintenance bots change the course of a long war. In another, Optimus never becomes a space bridge technician, and Prowl never meets the space bridge crew.
Lonely wanderer, and stained by a crime he didn't commit, Prowl stumbles one day upon a friendly dock worker and his adopted child. Unused to the kindness they give him, he can't help but stay by their side, even if he knows happiness is a fleeting thing.
Optimus has buried his name, his past, his axe, so he could start anew and find a place to belong while forgetting about his scars. Yet the life he built is threatened to disappear when Cybertron is shaken to the core by treason.
In front of the upcoming storm, both of them have to choose between fleeing into safety, or fighting back at the risk of losing everything, including themselves.
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Blood-Stained Laurels For The Children Of Carthage by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One), Batman - All Media Types
30 Jul 2022
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Jason was dead, Bruce was filling the cave with silent howls, as beasts were wont to do when they lost a cub, Gotham was momentarily frozen in horror and Trailbreaker was nowhere to be found.
Cybertronians don't forget, and they certainly don't forgive. Especially when it comes to their family.
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Guide My Hand by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One)
18 Jun 2022
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The Guiding Hand used to be a polycule.
Now? Well now Rung is amnesiac and doesn't remember any of it. But the power of love might decide to kick memory back into action when the Lost Light decides to visit the Necrobot.
Or: the god of Death and the god of Life get back together. It's sweet and messy and soft and tooth-rotting, as they deserve.
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- Part 1 of Handy Polycule
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babies, buddies, and a lot of constellation jokes by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Animated (2007)
26 Sep 2022
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in which there is an anxious and gay talking car by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One), Transformers - All Media Types
30 Jul 2022
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Handy Polycule by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandom: The Transformers (IDW Generation One), Transformers - All Media Types
18 Jun 2022
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sing for today and find the birds to tomorrow by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II
25 Mar 2022
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The Adaar Family by Cao_the_dreamer
Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
28 May 2021
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until what I love misses me, and calls me in. by DesdemonaKaylose, MlleMusketeer
Fandoms: The Transformers (IDW Generation One)
04 Sep 2021
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Rung first became aware of the cat under his office porch when it jumped out and mugged him for his lunch.
something something cat rescue romcom
Bookmarked by Cao_the_dreamer
11 Jul 2025
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Nowhere Fast by hyper-light-knight (MajorDejaVu)
Fandoms: The Transformers (IDW Generation One)
29 Jun 2025
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“Right, because asking invasive questions is a good way to get someone to talk to you.”
“Well you are still talking to me, and it was meant to be a conversation starter, but I think I got a little bit carried away,” he said. It was going to be now or never. “Can I ask how long you’ve been a bounty hunter next?”
In one swift motion, he brought his gun from his side to point it directly at the Autobot’s spark chamber. The muzzle of it barely pressed against his plating, right underneath the red symbol. The mech didn’t raise his hands this time, or drop the smile from his stupid face.
“That touched a nerve,” he said, barely phased.
“You think?” Deadlock snarled.
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I saw a tweet that said Deadlock and Nightbeat's ship name would be Deadbeat and I thought it was so funny I had to write something for it immediately.
Bookmarked by Cao_the_dreamer
30 Jun 2025
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“Your crew mate is fine, by the way, should you want to know.”
A chill runs up Curly’s spine at the nurse’s words, torn muscles trying to contort him into a shudder. Jimmy— is Jimmy alive? Did he somehow…
No. No, no, no. Please no.
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No matter how much Curly tries to prepare himself, he isn’t ready for the terror of facing Jimmy.
Turns out, he is even less prepared for the shocked grief of seeing Anya.
[The two ghosts of the Tulpar return to Earth and try to mend what remains.]
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- Part 1 of that unwanted animal
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young (do not take my being) by piedmoth
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers One (2024)
29 Nov 2024
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Optimus Prime is young. Too young. By Cybertronian standards, he is barely an adult. He is far too young and the world asks so much of him.
“You have to lead us,” they say. “Primus chose you.”
I don't know how to lead, he wants to say. I barely even know how to mine.
Or: Optimus struggles with leading his people to war, and his new position as Prime. (It's all okay in the end.)
Bookmarked by Cao_the_dreamer
18 May 2025
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Kept in captivity for...how long? Sideswipe wouldn't dare ask Sunstreaker.
They drift about their fetid tanks, dreaming of the open ocean, of their pods, and hunting for anything other than the dead fish forced down their gullets.
The dreams of better times are few, as the nightmares of what these bipeds do to them continue.
Will you save them from this nightmare? Or are you like those who research them like animals?
How far are you willing to go to help them?- Language:
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Bookmarked by Cao_the_dreamer
17 May 2025