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When Carl was attacked by the Mind Mages in the forests of the 9th floor, it broke down all the careful walls he'd had to build just to survive in the World Dungeon, and unearthed a terrible coping mechanism Carl thought he'd left behind over a decade ago.
Unfortunately for Carl, everyone nearby witnessed it. And his friends were not going to let it go easily.- Language:
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The Eye That Touches the Abyss — Side Story: Minji's Past by Question183
Fandoms: Original Work
11 Mar 2026
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Her first lover's "I love you" was a deceitful cover for violence and exploitation.
Utterly violated and abandoned, Minji could not endure the massive void he left behind.
In the end, she chose a brutal form of self-degradation—manufacturing her own humiliation to survive the emptiness.Series
- Part 3 of The Eye That Touches the Abyss
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It's been five years since the 'incident'. Five years since Sunny ran away from the only place he called home. Five years since he had that shocking encounter with a monster. And five years since he joined the hunt against those who threaten the world.
Sunny now finds himself returning to Faraway on a mission. He hopes that he'll be able to investigate the supernatural incursions without dragging his friends into his dangerous lifestyle. Unfortunately for him, they aren't leaving their friend behind once again.
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The world churns in perpetual conflict, fractured further by designations that dictate the purpose of every Sinner.
A grieving king, stripped of his lover and child, rules the damned with a merciless hand.
An Overlord whispers through the airwaves, weaving influence into every broadcast as he constructs a kingdom within the very bones of Hell.
And a smiling usurper dreams of tearing himself free from the old, suffocating traditions that bind him. A new era waits on the horizon, and he intends to seize it with both hands.
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In which Shane and Ilya meet at hockey camp as teens and a bunch of other things also go differently.
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"Is no big deal," Rozanov said. "I have done this before. Not just you." Their bed shook again, loudly. At any other time Shane would be scared for his life on the bottom bunk of this bed, but all he could do was imagine Rozanov above him, lying just like Shane on his back, spit-slick hand pushed messily inside his shorts beneath the dark of the dorm. "Basic need for man."
All year Shane had been fighting the desperate creeping desires spreading inside him, hoping they would wither and die in the airless forgotten dark of his dreams and now Rozanov, the only player at camp who might've been better at hockey than Shane, with his newly-long legs and newly-long hair and his indifferent smirking gaze, was lying (maybe) hard above him, asking wildly inappropriate questions and claiming it was all normal and fine and good? Nonsense. If this was normal, Shane was missing way more social cues in his day-to-day life than he thought. -
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You were never meant to be here.
Dragged into another world by a man who cannot be read, cannot be reasoned with, and does not seem capable of mercy, you spend your nights planning your escape.
Until the storm comes.
Thunder cracks through the house and Henry is the one who flinches. The monster who took everything from you asks for something he has never needed before.
Not to be alone.
What begins as survival becomes routine. What feels like protection begins to resemble possession. Fear twists into want. Obedience starts to feel easier than resistance.
One night changes everything.
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“I've always preferred Cain.
His angry
loneliness, his
lack of mother's
love, his Christian
sarcasm: ‘Am I
My brother's keeper?’
asks his brother's murderer
Aren't we indeed
the keepers of our dead?”
— Valzhyna Mort, “Genesis”------------------------------------------------------
or ; in which a boy's brother takes his own life. he's left with the hell that follows after.
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If nobody could touch him, nobody could hurt him,
right?
Where Yamamoto receives a fatal wound and is left crippled. Hibari realizes his partner has become too vulnerable. Soon, worry turns into obsession for his integrity.
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I Will Poison All Your Happy Thoughts by insectatlas
Fandoms: Dayshift at Freddy's (Video Games)
11 Mar 2026
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Jack Kennedy never quite considered himself a good person. He’d done some good things in his life, but he’d also done enough bad to outweigh any sense of morality he had left. Still, he had made a promise. Despite everything wrong with him, Jack had some sort of fucked up duty to fulfill.
Now, he's forced to decide between the promise he made and the man-turned-animatronic that he begrudgingly still loves.
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"Do you feel stupid and regret it yet?" A twist on the usual isekai reincarnation. It'd be less embarrassing if it was as anyone other than Sasuke. SI/OC-Insert.
Canon has fallen off a cliff entirely as of chapter 22.
As of chapter 36, we are now officially past anything that paralleled the original arcs.
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- Part 1 of Consume My Heart Away
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Blackwater, Maine does not ask questions.
Detective Carol Sturka chose it for that reason.
Zosia Borowska never needed to choose.
When men who threaten Carol begin to disappear, protection turns possessive, justice turns intimate, and love begins to look a lot like violence.
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The Days Cycle By in a Pixelated Blur by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
11 Mar 2026
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“I don’t see why not.” Dazai eventually says. He stands with the tape in hand, inserting it into the VHS player that came with the dorm. “But I will warn you, some of these aren’t for the faint of heart.”
A snort from Yosano. “Coming from you? Wouldn’t expect less.”
The TV turns on, a mechanical whir kicking to life as the screen flickers.
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Dazai's old VHS tape and camcorder are found. Pain and suffering and comfort and love ensue.
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THE GREATEST CURSE by franzkafkagf
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
10 Mar 2026
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Satoru Gojo is dead—laid out beside Riko Amanai’s body as the crowd celebrates. Suguru's love turns into something darker, and from Satoru’s corpse crawls a cursed spirit: six blue eyes, too many limbs and wrapped in bandages. It knows Suguru’s name. It remembers loving him.
Ten years later, Suguru Geto teaches at Tokyo Jujutsu High with a cursed spirit bound to his soul. When the higher-ups order the execution of Yuta Okkotsu, a fifteen-year-old boy with a curse he cannot control, Suguru finally draws the line.
☆ In which Suguru stays at Jujutsu High, and a family can be a handful of misfit students, one exhausted teacher, and a six-eyed Special Grade cursed spirit.
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Extase by Wendigo_Bones
Fandoms: Pusher (Refn Movies), Charlie Countryman (2013), Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom
11 Mar 2026
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Extase - nom féminin
1. État dans lequel une personne se trouve comme transportée hors de soi et du monde sensible.
2. Exaltation provoquée par une joie ou une admiration extrême.Ecstasy - noun
3. An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures. -
You Gotta Take It From Me (I'm Gonna Take It From You) by Starless_Void
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Nightwing (Comics)
10 Mar 2026
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Jason makes his way back to Gotham about a year after his big fight with Bruce. He hunkers down in a new apartment, staying as far under the radar as possible to avoid any contact with the Bats- who would probably throw him in Arkham the first chance they got.
If only that were his only problem. On top of staying out of the attention of the most paranoid people on the planet, Jason is trying to find a way to undo a stupid spell that has left him in a rather strange state.
Returning to Gotham is probably up there in the stupidest decisions he's ever made, but it's his home too. As long as he lays low, doesn't rebuild his criminal empire, and keeps to himself, there shouldn't be any reason for the Bats to bother him.
Dick Grayson has lost Jason twice now. There won't be a third.
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Outside the spotlight by kamioshi
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 シンデレラグレイ | Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray (Anime)
10 Mar 2026
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Oguri Cap e seu coping parcial de viver na sombra da até então, melhor do Japão, até quando tal perde a corrida, Oguri segue perseguindo-lhe.
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- 463
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Travis Phelps spends every day totally, positively, and utterly *not* thinking about Nockfell, or anyone who lives or once lived inside of it.
At night, though...(Pre-nightmare, during nightmare, and post-nightmare)
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Gale normally is much better at this. Magic, that is. And introductions. And not making a fool of himself in front of the most angelic and terrifying creature he's ever seen. If only he could make his bloody mouth stop talking faster then he could think.
Umbra can't remember much from before her infection, thanks to a nasty knock on the head during her fall. She needs to recover her memories and rid herself of the unwelcome visitor, sooner rather then later, before she can make any decisions regarding the rather distracting companion she's found along the way.
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Ever since losing his team and leaving the Seals, Buck has been alone, haunted by his past. His arrival at the 118 provides him a chance to move forward, but his past is never too far behind.
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it's been a long, long time since i've memorized your face by etherealboobs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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Freshman year came and went, quiet and disappointing. They barely saw each other, despite being minutes apart. Will’s an Art Education major. Mike’s in Nuclear Engineering. Different buildings, different schedules, different lives. Mike tried. He called. He reached out.
"I can’t, Mike. Maybe a different day."
"I promised I’d study with a friend."
"Not tonight. I’m sorry."
Every excuse landed heavier than the last. And slowly, so slowly he didn’t notice until it was already too late, the progress he’d made began to erode. The hopelessness crept back in, familiar and cruel, dragging him backward. He didn’t make friends. Not real ones. His roommate was unbearable. His classes felt endless. Each day blurred, dull and colorless. So when the year finally ended and they decided to live together, Mike didn’t hesitate. He’d latched onto the idea like a lifeline. Just him and Will. No dorms. No distance. Mike and Will, like it used to be. Against the world.