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An ablation study aims to determine the contribution of a component to an AI system by removing the component, and then analyzing the resultant performance of the system.
Deleting Caine was not the plan. And his absence led to a whole set of new problems, ranging from the destabilization of the Amazing Digital Circus to a more murderous AI trying to take control of the mainframe. Retrieving him was a matter of practicality. They might not trust him and were definitely wary of him, but his presence was their only way to survive.
Knowing that the humans that you love and desperately want to make happy instead fear and hate you (for admittedly good reasons) and only brought you back because they have no choice was not the best feeling for an AI never designed to handle emotions in the first place. It would be much better to only keep the parts that they need and discard the rest.
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Everything Seems Rather Sanguine by Bookwormgal for curiousCanine
Fandoms: Gravity Falls
15 May 2026
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Sanguine - 1) optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. 2) blood-red.
1969: Seventeen-year-old Stanley Pines is thrown out of his home and left to fend for himself. He does not make it out of Glass Shard Beach alive.
2013: Dipper and Mabel Pines are sent to spend the summer with their eccentric and reclusive scientist great-uncle, Stanford Pines, in a small town called Gravity Falls, along with the man's strangely young brother who lives with him. It does not take them long to figure out that a lot of unusual and weird things happen in that town, all carefully documented in their grunkle's journals. More concerning is the recent string of attacks that are beginning to sound more and more like they were caused by a vampire... which turn out to be the one creature that Grunkle Ford refuses to discuss.
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Bill Cipher's 47th attempt at building a portal with the help of dolphins at Atlantis was somehow less successful than the one that Modoc the Wise built. It did not connect to the Nightmare Realm at all. All it did was create a deep circular hole in the seabed and left behind some directionless energy that could theoretically be used for transportation over a limited distance. But only if it was somehow triggered after thousands of years of doing nothing.
It was somehow triggered.
The good news: Stan and Ford have the unique opportunity to investigate part of the long-lost underwater city of Atlantis. The bad news: The long-lost city of Atlantis is underwater.
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After Theraprism, reincarnation, and time, Bill and Ford's relationship has improved enough that it has finally come to pass. Proposals have been made and accepted. Invitations have been sent. Cake has been ordered.
Bill and Ford are going to be married.
Of course, there are some minor complications. Due to a lack of experience in that particular field of studies, Ford begins worrying about the societal expectations regarding the wedding night and his desire not to disappoint his soon-to-be husband. And he's not completely certain the best way to research such a topic.
Meanwhile, Dipper and Mabel have a different concern about the upcoming event. If Gravity Falls and its inherent weirdness prove to be too much for their parents, they might decide not to allow their children to ever return. And considering how the Pines family tends to attract trouble, hiding the true nature of the place might be a team effort.
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Regrets, Faded Memories, and the Dangers of Impulsive Wishes by Bookwormgal for sacklunch
Fandoms: Gravity Falls
07 Nov 2025
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The moment that Bill Cipher got his hands on a Time Wish, that should have been the moment that he won. His failure with Weirdmageddon wiped away and his victory retroactively established.
Except that when he had the power to have anything that he desired, an older mistake took priority: Euclydia restored as if it was never destroyed and Bill Cipher back home just as he always wanted.
After everything that had happened, Ford would not allow Bill to simply run off to a happy ending. When the Axolotl requested that Ford attempt to convince Bill to return to Theraprism for his own good, it was a perfect opportunity to hunt Bill down to destroy him once and for all. It was everything that Bill deserved.
Except when Ford arrived in Euclydia (with some minor changes to help him blend in), things were not quite as simple as he'd imagined. And the Bill that he found there was very different from the former ruler of the Nightmare Realm and monster that he'd sworn to kill.
(Based on sacklunch's "Time Wish AU/Do-Over AU")
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The Pines Brothers Have (Interdimensional) Game
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After a couple thousand years of them prying, forcing him to accept the truth under a lifetime of lies to everyone and himself, cracks began to form. Metaphorical cracks where emotions banished long ago came crawling back.
Guilt. Regret. Grief.
But when his protective shell of denial, delusions, and repression crumbled and they broke down the triangle into something more self-aware, the next step of rebuilding him back didn’t go as planned. Bill might have finally admitted and felt remorse for a lot of his actions. But nothing could motivate him to try atoning for them. He didn’t see the point in trying.
Atonement was meant to correct previous wrongdoings so they weren’t hanging over them when they reincarnated. And his vague understanding was that atonement could be achieved by either undoing the consequences of his previous actions, doing some equivalent act of good for other people, or demonstrating some other expression of those feelings of remorse that were plaguing him. Except none of them seemed relevant to his situation.
Was there anything good that he could do that would equal the destruction of his entire home dimension, let alone everything that he’d done in the trillion years since?
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Destiny by Bookwormgal
Fandom Digimon Adventure Zero Two | Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers
05 Sep 2011
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Instinctively Family by Bookwormgal
Fandom Kingdom Hearts (Video Games), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games)
11 Sep 2024
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Once upon a time, he ended up responsible for a pair of teenage Keyblade wielders who were technically toddlers when it came to actual life experience. If he was going to blame anyone for that, he should probably blame Saïx since he assigned him the task of keeping an eye on Roxas during his early zombie-like days. But then Roxas and Xion ended up his best friends and he would have done anything to protect them. And then he did try everything to get them back.
But even after the half-pints had existed again, it wasn't really over. They needed someone to look after them and help them out. It wasn't like they knew how to exist outside of Organization XIII. They had never been real people with real lives. And yes, they were absolutely lethal on a battlefield and could definitely beat Lea to a pulp in a fight if they were ever forced to go at full strength. But they still needed someone to take care of them.
And Lea honestly seemed to have a habit of taking in strays in general and Keyblade wielders specifically. He would have sacrifice anything to have his friends back. And now that he's regained them, he'll just need figure out what comes next. It can't be that hard to give them an actual life and a home.
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Choices by Bookwormgal
Fandom Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
05 Nov 2022
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Adam Young was meant to be the Anti-Christ. His entire purpose was to cause the end of the world. In many ways, he was the Chosen One, albeit for a rather dark path. But he was raised completely human and normal, without any unusual expectations of him beyond being a regular boy. He remained unaware of his heritage or destiny until the very end. And though he was chosen, he did not accept his role and rejected it and his connection to Lucifer.
Warlock Dowling was not chosen. He was born as an ordinary child, with no special skills or powers. He should have lived an average life. But he was raised with certain Expectations. Occult and ethereal entities Expected him to be the Anti-Christ. He was not chosen or fated for such a role, but reality tends to bend a little when angels and demons have Expectations.
In the end, it is just a series of choices.
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Innocuous Juxtapositions Outside of Time and Space by flamethrower
Fandom Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
05 Aug 2019
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Crowley has a revelation in the shower. Not the world-ending sort or the getting-laid sort, but one of the far less fun sorts. The sort that leads you to realize that something has somehow gone very wrong. Most likely, anyway. Maybe.
Heaven, why him?
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03 Jul 2020
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Really long and really good "Doctor Who"/"Good Omens" crossover series. Lots of world-building.
Other fics in the series moved here.
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The Negaverse Chronicles by Ahilty
Fandom Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991), DuckTales (Cartoon 1987), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon)
18 Feb 2026
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"The Walls of the Negaverse are thin..."
A determined rat. A crazed toymaker. A friendly lab assistant. A simple salesman. In the Negaverse they are the Friendly Four. How would they come to fight the most evil duck in two universes?
"The walls of the Negaverse are thin..."
Three years before Darkwing. Three years of destruction, war, and apocalypse. Three years for Negaduck to rise to rule all. How will the Friendly Four survive to be there for Darkwing?
"The walls of the Negaverse are thin..."
A universe of darkness, a universe where whatever can go wrong will. Crooks rule the streets, monsters lurk in darkened corners, black magic is cast from the shadows, and not even the stars are safe. A universe where the good are punished and evil almost always triumphs.
Yet even here there is a spark of hope.
Four will fight the darkness. Four will face the rising tide. Four will bring hope.
But the walls of the Negaverse are thin.
And only Darkwing can save them all.
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One accidental misadventure with an anomaly leads to Ford and Mabel lost in a Wisconsin forest during winter, far from their family or signs of civilization. If the cold and snow are not dangerous enough on their own, there is the slight matter of a local creature that lives in that forest. Nothing like being hunted by a vicious monster to induce a little Pines family bonding.
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The Many Adventures of Duckburg's Heroes! by Ninja_Librarian
Fandom Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991), DuckTales (Cartoon 2017)
13 Feb 2024
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Whole slew of fics featuring Darkwing Duck, his trusty partner Pilot, Gizmoduck, Duck Avenger, and their abundance of allies. Featuring: Drakepad, Dorkulaisy, Fendra, family and friend love and bonding, a bunch of OCs, an abundance of pop culture references, and villains galore.
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