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The Limpet, the Goon, the Romantic, and the Brat by cartesiandaemon for eye_of_a_cat
Fandoms: Archer's Goon - Diana Wynne Jones
07 Jun 2026
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Torquil, Erskine and Howard test the red typewriter by having Quentin write a historical scene from their childhood and from the missing thirteen years.
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Father's Day Offering Gifts by cartesiandaemon for DesertVixen
Fandoms: Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
16 Dec 2025
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Foix has sorcerous powers. Liss is intelligent, competent, and adaptable. Together they fight crime!
Liss made a “doing magic” waggle with her hands and raised her eyebrows meaningfully. “Go on, big man.” She was already turning her back on him to root through the rest of the gift pile. “Make with the magic.”
Foix shrugged obligingly, taking her lead. He ran a hand carefully over the gift bag, stirring his Bear’s senses into life while carefully restraining it from shedding chaos into the delicate bags, intricately knotted ribbons, and surreptitious outing they were in the middle of.
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Segoy recreates the world. Penthe recreates the Place of the Tombs. Serret recreates herself.
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The Staff of Kthothethos by cartesiandaemon for nirejseki
Fandoms: A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny
17 Dec 2022
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Some time after October, Jack and Jill and Malk and Snuff live quietly but determinedly together, and the Count appeals to them for mutual help.
My name is Snuff, and I am a watchdog. With my master, Jack, we have guarded the Way for more than two hundred years, and for half of that time we have been accompanied by Jill and Malk. Jill and Malk are not watchdogs, but they help keep the Way closed. Jill is a friendly and experienced witch. Malk, also called Gray, or Kin, is a cat who is brave and tricksy. I trust her more than any other cats, and more than quite a few non-cats.
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Snake-Fight Crossovers by cartesiandaemon
Fandom FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion Of Your Thesis Defense (McSweeney's Post) - Luke Burns, FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns, Norse Religion & Lore, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
25 Dec 2021
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Original Works (and Original-ish Works) by cartesiandaemon
Fandom Original Work, Spaceteam (Video Game)
18 Dec 2019
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A Selection of Favourites by cartesiandaemon
Fandom Falling Free - Lois McMaster Bujold, FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion Of Your Thesis Defense (McSweeney's Post) - Luke Burns, FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns, Norse Religion & Lore, Original Work
23 Nov 2021
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I Was Out Here Listening All The Time. by Lanna Michaels (lannamichaels)
Fandoms: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
14 Oct 2022
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Hi, Greg.
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- Part 2 of Are You Out There, Can You Hear This?
Bookmarked by cartesiandaemon
27 Aug 2025
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At Least I Passed by Fabrisse for DreamerInSilico
Fandoms: FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
24 Oct 2023
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A newly minted Ph.D. is having some problems returning the young Crawl Cay Boa she had to fight during her thesis defense.
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Bookmarked by cartesiandaemon
28 Jul 2025
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Publish and/or Perish by primeideal for SlowMercury
Fandoms: FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion Of Your Thesis Defense (McSweeney's Post) - Luke Burns
08 Nov 2020
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In order to prevent “frivolous disputations unbefitting the history of our institution” (read: “some kid getting way in over their head, dying, and us getting sued,”) you couldn’t just walk in and demand to fight a snake.
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28 Jul 2025
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RE: Thesis defense issue by kalirush for owl_coffee
Fandoms: FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion Of Your Thesis Defense (McSweeney's Post) - Luke Burns
24 Dec 2020
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It is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and a student needs a snake for her defense.
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27 Jul 2025
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Killing Elvis by David Hines (hradzka) for Leah (ljenner)
Fandoms: Alien series (1979 1986 1992)
24 Dec 2009
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Dr. Liu,
Got your final report yesterday on Project LV-426. I'm amazed. Great work all around. It's been forwarded to the Chair, our friends at the Pentagon, the Defense Appropriations Committee, and DARPA. The acid-resistant armor is something that should really catch their eye.
We're expecting some big grant money from this.
Burke
Burke,
Did you read even the executive summary of my report? There are some interesting biomaterials that we could work with, but I stressed, multiple times, that this creature is far too dangerous to even consider using in military research projects. It's aggressive, stupid, vicious, aggressive, impossible to train, and did I mention aggressive?
. . .their limbs work on hydraulic principles and operate under pressure, which is why they splurt like a popped water balloon when they get hit in those Marine camera feeds we saw. A slight wound to a limb takes them right the hell out of commission, and now your troops have to deal with an insanely aggressive and stupid xenomorphic K-9 unit that oh by the way IS BLEEDING ACID.
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27 Jul 2025