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From my pulse's flagging beat by candlebreak
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
10 May 2026
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“What if it had been Oliwia, buttercup?” Lambert asks.
Jaskier goes still. Little Oliwia, barely sixteen and still as naive as any noble child gets - if she had been sent as a sacrifice, that would have been - “Monstrous,” he says, through a dry throat. “That would be monstrous, and a grave insult to the Wolf, that anyone would think he would do harm to such an innocent - that he would be that sort of monster.”
—inexplicifics, Only Love Proudly and Gladly and Well, Ch. 2
…What if it had been Oliwia?
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“How do you know my name?” Hermione demanded.
Harry manfully resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “The wrackspurts told me,” he said instead, which satisfied his innate need for sarcasm quite nicely.
Harry takes the train out of that white void, expecting to meet Death, and instead ends up on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of his second year. Also he’s Luna Lovegood now.
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I measure every Grief I meet by candlebreak
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
07 Jan 2026
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She found herself once again staring down the Parker kid in her office. It was a familiar scene. He was curled into the sagging armchair she’d scooped off the curb, feet scuffing against his duffel bag on the floor, arms hunched over the backpack in his lap. Over the past two months and six moves, the boy had quietly trimmed down all of his possessions to fit in those two bags.
“What,” said Rhee, “the fuck.”
Peter shrugged, defensive.
If someone had told her three months ago that this doe-eyed white boy with his cheerful geekery and his pathological adherence to respectful forms of address would be one of her most troublesome cases, she would have laughed them out of the room. Now, she wasn’t laughing.
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Yet another homeless Peter Parker fic feat. a very tired social worker trying to care; badass Ned and MJ; your friendly local trans Spider-Man; an actual real Stark Industries internship; extremely in-depth and realistic depictions of the US foster care, legal, and criminal justice systems; the beautiful disaster that is Harley Keener; dismantling systemic oppression with weaponized empathy; the unshakeable Pepper Potts; a small army of lesbians; hardcore hero Peter Parker; and soo much trauma
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- Part 1 of My Revolution is Born Out of Love
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“Since when do cadets have parents?” Fox asked, switching over into Mando’a since apparently this little shit was too good for Basic.
The cadet glared up at him, panting after his latest efforts to break free. “Since I was born, asshole,” he said.
This was not helpful. “Since when were cadets born?”
The cadet looked at him like Fox was the crazy one. “I’m not a cadet.”
“What are you, then?”
“…A kid?”
Obligatory ‘Fox gets sent back in time AU.’
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Avatar: The Legacy of Fire (Book I: Air) by candlebreak
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
12 Jun 2025
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Fire. Air. Water. Earth.
The sages used to tell stories of the old days: a time of terror when the tyrant Avatar suppressed all people and divided the land between the Fire Nation, Air Nomads, Water Tribes, and Earth Kingdom. But everything changed when Sozin’s comet allowed the Fire Nation to fight back. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, stood in the way of a prosperous and united world. But just when we almost managed to defeat him, he vanished.
A hundred years have passed, but the world cannot truly be united until the Avatar is found. Three years ago, my father entrusted me with a sacred task: to find and capture the Avatar, and thereby redeem a great shame and failure of the Fire Nation. And although many believe this is an impossible task, I still have hope. I still believe that, somehow, I will find the Avatar and restore honor to the Fire Nation and to myself.
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AU where the Avatar Spirit left Aang in the iceberg and was eventually reborn in everybody’s favorite grumpy fire prince.
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- Part 1 of Avatar: The Legacy of Fire
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∀(𝑥) {𝑥∊DROID | 𝑓(𝑥)=𝑓(slave)} ⟙ 𝑥⇒[𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚]⩣[𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ] by candlebreak
Fandom Star Wars - All Media Types
17 Mar 2024
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My Revolution is Born Out of Love by candlebreak
Fandom Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
07 Jan 2026
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Peter Parker: trans, tired, and shit on over and over again by the universe. Also Spider-Man, a hardcore hero, and just 100% the best boy.
There was a reason that Peter Parker decided to become Spider-Man, to become a vigilante, to look out for the little guy. The systems we currently have obviously aren't doing the job well enough. People are getting hurt. This story explores in depth the many, many flaws of the United States justice and social safety systems, and how Peter Parker and Spider-Man deal with them. This includes everything from foster care to food banks to access to medical treatment to courts to policing to prison and parole.
An exploration of grief, loss, and trauma. Expect bureaucracy, lots of OCs just trying their best, and righteous fucking anger. Plus lots of radical caring and empathy. Eventual hopeful ending.
Series title taken from 'Poverty of Philosophy' by Immortal Technique.
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Joker Recovery Squad (tm) by candlebreak
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Batman Beyond, Batman: Arkham (Video Games)
22 Oct 2022
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How to Win Friends and Influence Assassins (AKA: the Shitbird Survival Guide) by there_must_be_a_lock for TheologyDiscography
Fandoms: DCU, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
27 Jan 2026
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The Asset stares at the child. The child is, presumably, staring back from behind the creepy white lenses of his domino mask, but it’s impossible to know for sure.
“Where in the everloving shit are your parents?” the Asset demands.
“Dead,” the kid says promptly, and grins at him again before darting forward to examine the restraints. “I got this, don’t worry.”
“I got questions for your legal guardian,” the Asset growls.
[Or: the Avengers acquire an emotional support Robin. Robin acquires an unwanted babysitter. The Winter Soldier just wants a nap.]
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Big Spoon by there_must_be_a_lock for S_H_I_E_L_D_maiden
Fandoms: Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Feb 2026
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Roy was only supposed to be going out for cigarettes, dish soap, and paper towels. Maybe some ice cream, if they had Cherry Garcia. And there’s a plastic bag hanging off Roy’s right wrist, so maybe he did get those things.
But… he also came back with the Winter Soldier.
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- Part 29 of Cross-tober
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24 Jun 2026
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This is the Map of My Heart by there_must_be_a_lock
Fandoms: Marvel, DCU, Red Hood: Lost Days
24 Apr 2026
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Odds are good someone will want to put Bucky in a box of his own again, before this is all over. Might be a prison cell, if the government has its way. Might be another cryo tank. Might be a cage built for a larger-than-average lab rat.
They’re welcome to try. He’s not going back.
[Or: the one where Bucky and Jason chase down Hydra, learn how to be in love, and eventually find their way home.]
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- Part 2 of Bulletproof Heart
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Wash the Slate Clean by iselsis for below21
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
24 Jun 2026
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An attack from a dark multiverse leaves Dick Grayson trying to help four hurt and traumatized versions of him and his brothers.
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- Part 22 of Through the Looking Glass
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Hope and Other Dangerous Ideas by Cdelphiki
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Jun 2026
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The Enhanced Registration Act passed months ago, pushed through congress immediately after the Accords.
Tony never agreed to a registration act, but thus far it hadn’t affected his life much. The Avengers were done, and keeping enhanced people at arm’s length made it easier to ignore.
Then a chance encounter with a dodgy teenager changed everything.
Peter Parker was suspicious as hell, snarky, and the most brilliant child Tony had ever met. When Tony discovers he’s also Spider-Man, everything about him suddenly makes sense. Like why a fifteen-year-old boy genuinely believes he doesn't have a future outside a government facility. For Peter, it wasn’t a matter of if SHIELD would catch him, but when.
Tony had never been great at following rules or listening to the government, so it was the easiest decision of his life to put himself on Peter’s side. Now he just has to keep the kid out of SHIELD’s hands long enough to fix the damn law.
Bookmarked by candlebreak
23 Jun 2026