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Heal What Has Been Hurt (ROTBTD fic)

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:24:38 GMT

Title: Heal What Has Been Hurt
Fandom: Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons (crossover fandom)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Hiccup Haddock III, Jack Frost, Princess Merida, Princess Rapunzel
Pairing(s): None
Warning(s): mentions of kidnapping, death, and trauma - nothing graphic
Summary: Sometimes, nothing can make it stop hurting. But having three friends who are just as messed up as you can help. [Modern AU with them all as high school classmates, hurt/comfort and friendship-focused. Oneshot.]

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Stupid Games, Stupid Prizes (Amphibia fanfic)

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:44:32 GMT

Title: Stupid Games, Stupid Prizes
Fandom: Amphibia
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: King Andrias, Marcy Wu
Pairing(s): None
Content Warning(s): emotional manipulation
Summary: "Well, I guess that's what you get for pouring your heart to me over flipwart." While staying in Newtopia, Marcy learns to play flipwart from King Andrias. She gets pretty good at it. And it's nice to have someone who's willing to listen. [Canon-compliant, dialogue-only fic about Marcy and her conversations with the king. Spoilers for the end of Season Two.]

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you're the sunflower (i think your love would be too much) (KPDH fic)

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:25:58 GMT

Title: you're the sunflower (i think your love would be too much)
Fandom: KPop Demon Hunters
Rating: Teen and Up
Characters: Celine, Ryu Miyeong, Original Characters
Pairing(s): Celine/Miyeong (one-sided)
Content Warnings: mild body + medical horror, internalized homophobia, sad ending
Summary: Celine has been quietly suffering Hanahaki disease for years, and now must accept that if Miyeong can't love her back, there's only one way forward. [One-sided Celine/Miyeong. Angst. Oneshot. Title from "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee.]

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my ambitious 2026 tbr

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:35:53 GMT

In addition to my goal of reading 100 books this year, I have also selected 12 books off my TBR to prioritize. Here's what they are and how it's going!

Beloved by Toni Morrison - COMPLETE. I absolutely see why this is an American classic; it's a masterfully told ghost story with such beautiful writing, and Morrison does an incredible job fleshing out all these characters. I don't know if I could ever read it again because of how dark and brutal it gets, but I'm really glad I read it. I would've say I enjoyed it, per se, because I don't think I enjoyed anything that happens in this book, but it is genuinely incredible.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - IN PROGRESS. I already know this basic plot beats of this one, but I'm really enjoying seeing it unfold. I'm listening to the audiobook in chunks, an hour here, two hours there, so who knows when I'll actually finish this one. Currently I'm at the carnival with Franz and Albert.
Carrie by Stephen King - It's wild that I've gotten to my big age loving horror and have yet to give Stephen King a try. And I have a soft spot for the musical adaptation, as well as the thoroughly mediocre 2013 movie with Chloe Grace Moretz. (You know when you see a movie as a teenager and then you like it forever even though it's not good? That.)
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis - I love all things demon-related, and this has just been on my list for forever.
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata - Because she's a genius and I love her and I will read everything she puts out. I meant to read this last year but got overwhelmed with thesis stuff.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - I've read three of Murakami's other books - I enjoyed What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and Novelist as Vocation, but didn't like First Person Singular so much. I'm looking forward to checking out one of his novels finally.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter - I've read the titular story in this collection and absolutely loved it, so it's high time I read the others.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - I know the ending because practically everyone does at this point, but I also knew the ending of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd going in and still had a great time.
Redwall by Brian Jacques - The Warrior Cats kid in me yearns for the animal fantasy novel.
Emma by Jane Austen - I need to expand my Janeite cred beyond Pride and Prejudice.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston - I've liked the short stories I've read by Hurston, so I wanted to check out her longer work, too.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - Curious to see if this makes me cry as much as Never Let Me Go did.

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The Best You Could (Bridgerton fic)

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:56:20 GMT

Title: The Best You Could
Fandom: Bridgerton
Rating: General
Characters: Marina Thompson, Eloise Bridgerton
Pairing(s): Marina/Eloise
Content Warnings: Referenced infidelity and lying to partner
Summary: Four years after marrying Colin Bridgerton, Marina confesses the truth: their twins aren't his. In the fallout, Eloise comes to comfort her. [Marina/Eloise oneshot, set in an AU where Marina's secret wasn't revealed by Whistledown, and she married Colin.]

Author's notes: Originally written for a fill for femslashfete . Marina Thompson deserved better.

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Memento Mori (Nevermoor fic)

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:17:17 GMT

Title: Memento Mori
Fandom: Nevermoor
Rating: Teen
Characters: Morrigan Crow, Ezra Squall
Pairings: None
Content Warnings: Child death (mentioned), emotional/psychological abuse
Summary: Morrigan has never questioned her adoptive father, Ezra Squall, when he says that the Eventide curse is not only inevitable, but necessary. That is, until she lives to see her first Eventide. [AU where Morrigan was raised by Squall. Oneshot. Mogtober 2025 offering.]
AO3 link here.

Author's Note: This is my contribution to Mogtober 2025! The prompts used were "Morrigan Crow", "Guilt", and a bit of "Legacy".

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