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Together Lost by gothambeat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 May 2026
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It’s always stressful for Izuku when he enters a new home. He wishes it wasn’t. He wishes it was as senseless as returning to the Center, back to rusted cots and mildew bathrooms. But every time he steps into a new home, his emotions return, flaring up to remind him that he is still, unfortunately, alive.
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Izuku Midoriya is strange. He talks more than Shouta expects but with an uneven smile that doesn’t reach his eyes. He’s eager to please, desperate to stay out of trouble, but something about his fake smile makes Shouta feel like he’s being laughed at.OR Quirkless orphan Izuku is placed under Shouta's care temporarily while the world tries its best to kill them both.
A "Do Your Best" rewrite with a twist
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- Part 3 of Keep At It
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Empty Crown by gothambeat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Sep 2025
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It's been a hell of a winter for Izuku Midoriya, and it's starting to catch up to him. First, there's the attack on Nabu Island, then he and Eri get caught up in a kidnapping chase between two crazy organizations, and THEN Humarise takes him out of the country for a whirlwind of a mission. Saving the world twice in three months is a lot for anyone.
Of course, Izuku can't catch a break because now OFA is acting up. It's just stress, right? Except Shouta is starting to think there's more to his student's quirk than just extra training.
Sequel to "Fight & Fate."
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- Part 2 of Tiny Fractures
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Do Your Best by gothambeat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
29 Oct 2024
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Izuku knows his place in the world. It's under the boot of everyone else. He's been part of the broken system long enough to know never to expect much from anyone. As a quirkless orphan, he's less than useless - he's a hindrance. Still, he's alive, so he should avoid trouble.
He won't.
Shouta is a hero that takes in the worst kids to give them a chance to fix their life. It doesn't always work, but it's his job. Students or fosters, he's usually just a passing teacher in their life.
He isn't.
OR: "That moment when Aizawa just wanted to foster another kid and wound up with a son, a daughter, and a National conspiracy instead." - ChocolatePancakeMan
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- Part 1 of Keep At It
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Fight & Fate by gothambeat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
28 Jun 2022
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When Humarise finds out about Eri's quirk, they send their opperatives to capture her.
Unfortunately for them, Aizawa and Izuku will protect Eri, no matter the cost.
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- Part 1 of Tiny Fractures
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Tiny Fractures by gothambeat
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Sep 2025
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Keep At It by gothambeat
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 May 2026
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Reruns & Resets by Lizzie_The_Witch
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
24 Mar 2026
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“ Maybe I would be less annoyed had it not been brought up a subjective one million times (and an objective two dozen) how it was “nice to have everyone back together” on a “peaceful survey this time”. Ratthi had made sure to comment that for all that the first survey had been a “total nightmare” it was “worth it to have met you SecUnit!” That had given me the same melty feeling in my chest that I’d gotten when Mensah had told me she saw me “as a person just trying to help” back on that first survey together.
I was trying not to think about that though. Not that, or the way my drones captured Ratthi’s grin when he’d spoken. Or any of the melty and soft feelings my humans gave me sometimes. But especially not Ratthi. Because if I thought about him at all, I’d have to think about his blood on my face.”
Set in a mix of the Book Universe & the TV Universe, Murderbot and the PresAux crew are on another planetary survey mission. Everything is peaceful until it isn’t and Murderbot gets trapped in a nightmarish Time Loop like something out of one of its serials. Murderbot is hellbent on saving its humans and breaking free of the loop whatever it takes.
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Bookmarked by gothambeat
17 Jul 2025
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The pings were all from Overse’s interface and routed from a transit ring called Trans-All, the kind of ping that was just are you in range – are you in range – are you in range. It was a call for help and it fucking terrified me, because I was answering it way, way too late.
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Ratthi goes missing. Pin-Lee isn't used to losing. Murderbot isn't used to having anything to lose.
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Bookmarked by gothambeat
15 Jul 2025
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The Preservation Aux team are growing increasingly concerned about Leebeebee's interactions with their SecUnit.
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- Part 2 of Leebeebee doesn't reveal herself
Bookmarked by gothambeat
14 Jul 2025
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Performance Reliability by coulson_is_an_avenger
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
30 Jun 2025
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Murderbot can't seem to shake whatever's bothering it.
Something in its memory keeps dragging down its performance reliability, and it has to figure out what before there's a problem. Or worse, someone notices.
Or: Murderbot talks to someone about how it was treated by Leebeebee.
Bookmarked by gothambeat
08 Jul 2025
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Parallax Error by JustCallMeEmrys
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
27 Jan 2026
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An unfortunate error caused PreservationAux to start their survey late, and Murderbot found itself rented by a different survey crew. It ended up on the same shitty planet anyway.
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Bookmarked by gothambeat
08 Jul 2025