passiveinsane



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    originally 1 big fic, now a series of tiny ones. yippee

    original note: hi y'all, this is just to post something for whumptober. very few of these will be edited and even fewer will be more than 1K words. i'm just trying to get myself to write more.

    as of 11/18/2025: discontinued at 17/31 (academia has obliterated my ass)

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    Alfred should learn to shut up, or someone is going to do it for him.

     

    title from "Lipstick Covered Magnet" by The Front Bottoms

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    Status: FAILED

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    whumptober 2020 by freak | cats- wish me luck
    marked as complete because im probably not gonna pick it up again

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    Bad dreams suck. Grace wakes up from a nightmare of being on the Hail Mary, which is utterly impossible, but his throat hurts like he really did have a tube pulled out of it.

    Turns out, he wasn't the only one to have that dream. Which was even more impossible than him actually being on a ship that's not even fully built.

    aka A movie react fic where everyone sees the film in dreams.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    YES

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    Shang Qinghua and Mobei Jun are finally officially courting. It should be smooth sailing now, right? Well, no. Airplane discovers a threat that can endanger the whole world's existence. A threat he is to blame for. And that is only one of his problems.

    This is a standalone story.

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    09 Oct 2025

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    Im going to combust

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    "of course airplane invented coffee in ancient china. did you doubt him?" author please my sides hurt

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    wire mother

    endurance hunters

    plants!

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    Every screen in the room blazed with the same breaking news feed. An alien voice had just asked for him by name on live television.

    “Mr. Grace?” little Jamal whispered from the front row, eyes huge behind his glasses. “Is that really you they’re talking about? Like, you you?”

    Ryland’s mouth opened, but nothing came out. His heart slammed against his ribs like it wanted to escape and hide under the desk with the class hamster. He was just Mr. Grace. The guy who drew cartoon planets on the board, who stayed late helping kids glue together messy dioramas of the solar system, who once spent an entire lunch period comforting a sobbing girl because her goldfish had “gone to the great fishbowl in the sky.” He graded spelling tests on vocabulary words like photosynthesis and asteroid. Aliens did not know his name. Aliens did not ask for science teachers.

    The marker slipped from his fingers and clattered to the floor.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    THATS funny as hell

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    Batman keeps a list of disgraced scientists who might consider supervillainy a viable career option. Ryland Grace has much better things to do than deal with an overly suspicious bat.

     

    Inspired by a post from @thewanderingcat!

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    04 Jun 2026

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    "Dr. Grace."

    "Batman!" The man was practically jumping up and down, hands fluttering by his sides in excitement. "You're not gonna believe it! They gave us five times the usual budget this term! I can actually afford to get my students the material they need without going on the extreme ramen diet!"