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The Art of Pretending by Nary for sailoregg
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
21 Jul 2025
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Pairin came to the Verdigris House as an apprentice when she was eleven, sold off by her mother. She grew up there, being taught dancing and music, memorizing poetry, learning to play go and shogi (although never as well as some of her fellow apprentices). She learned to make herself beautiful, with cosmetics and nail paint and clothing that accentuated her best features. She learned to read and write, but always struggled with it - her letters often came out backwards, and so she learned early on to have someone else look over her writing, or better yet, have them do it for her. She also learned many ways to please customers, ranging from the basic - tea service, charming conversation, flattery - to the erotic and exotic.
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04 Aug 2026
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Since usurping the throne of Alderaan a decade ago, Emperor Snoke has banned the use of magical powers within the kingdom. Only Snoke himself and his elite Imperial Guard are allowed to wield magic for their own cruel, destructive ends.
Rey is an orphan of Snoke's war of conquest and survives as a scavenger in the wastes of Jakku. The threat of death for using illicit magic is no concern of hers - until it is.
Kylo Ren, the most fearsome of all of Snoke's masked warriors, sees something in Rey she'd rather he didn't. To protect her from Snoke, he hides her away in his abandoned ancestral home, teaching her how to wield the powers she barely understands. Rey's lonely - until she starts being visited at night by the mysterious Ben, whose face she can never look upon, but whose soul shines to her despite the darkness...
Or: A quasi-medieval retelling of Eros and Psyche, with lashings of Beauty and the Beast.
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15 May 2026
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run past the rivers, run past all the light... by rosetta_46
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), DreamWorks Dragons (Cartoon)
12 Jul 2025
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"Exile still seems the best option, Stoick..."
Stoick should have known better. While he didn't know much about his son-especially now-he knew the boy was clever. It should have been no surprise when a guard burst into the Council Meeting and revealed that Hiccup had escaped the cell Stoick put him in...hours after the boy was revealed to have saddled a dragon.
Hiccup is gone, and so is the beast.
They search, but do not find him. Berk falls asleep one night and awakens in the Great Hall, where the torches come to life and cast an image of their isle on the wall, from which floats Hiccup's voice, years younger.
AKA, Hiccup forfeited the final challenge, leaving Astrid with the right to kill the Nightmare. Story picks up in the Race to the Edge era, except Berk never learned the truth of dragons, no one knows how Hiccup really lost his leg, and stories of a hooded 'vigilante' riding a Night Fury have been long whispered...and Berk will see it all unfold.
Stoick the Vast and Berk watch How to Train Your Dragon...and beyond.
(Title from Dotan's 'Home')
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- Part 1 of The Best Kept Secret
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Astrid Hofferson makes an unusual discovery in the shallows surrounding Berk: a charming young merman with a mysterious past.
Mer!Hiccup AU
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Hiccup, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut discover the truth about dragons at a young age and run away, eventually living in the Hidden World.
Astrid later runs away to escape an arranged marriage to Snotlout, finding herself in a strange and wonderful world. She makes friends with a pair of wild twins, a dragon who disappears, a young man who likes to make outfits, an elusive white dragon, and a few other crazies. Together, they help her conquer an enemy that has plagued their homeland for centuries.
A HTTYD/Alice in Wonderland AU
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26 Jan 2026