Gray_Choices
Long and semi-long fics that we enjoy
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You Must Bear Your Neighbor's Burden Within Reason by blueleafsky
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
01 Jul 2026
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All his life, Obi-Wan Kenobi had only wanted to be useful, but everyone kept pushing him away. The Order, the AgriCorps, even the slavers who kidnapped him didn't really want him.
He had nowhere to go after escaping except back to the Order, and even then he wasn't wanted, but he stayed anyway, an invisible and lonely ghost in the deserted parts of the Temple.
Then one day he met a lonely child who had been a slave, and a lonely teenager-adult who was technically still a slave, and he felt that, maybe, he had something to live for.
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- Part 1 of Don't Carry It All, Don't Carry It All
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"Welcome to a new user experience! You have triggered this interface with the keywords, ‘Stupid game! Stupid devs! I want my f*****g money back!’ You are now bound to the character Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui, codename: Childe! We hope you have an enjoyable user experience and we welcome you once again to Genshin Impact 2.0!”
Those are some of the first words Ajax, starving college student extraordinaire, has the misfortune of hearing upon waking up in a brave new world from what he's fairly sure is a very fatal accident involving water and a shit ton of electricity.
Okay, so he's not dead. That's good. But what's this about him being stuck playing the character Tartaglia? Tartaglia, as in the no-good, one-dimensional, cartoonish villain who met his untimely, gruesome death in the first act of the original game?
Forget this. Like hell Ajax is going to share that fate.
And so begins one man's journey to save himself from his awful destiny.
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Monsters Are Made (Not Born) by hatredwithpassion
Fandoms: Naruto, Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
21 Apr 2025
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“There is no freedom in being a shinobi!” The boy spat, his cerulean gaze enraged as he glared ahead. “I am no different than cattle, following orders, forced to serve, tethered to this village I despise. Tell me, how is this freedom?”
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"The Child Who is Not Embraced by the Village Will Burn it Down to Feel its Warmth".
Eren Yeager thought his journey ended in the final battle, that he could finally find peace in his death. But he traded one cage for another, finding himself reincarnated in an unfamiliar world. Reborn again, this time as an outcast, an orphan, an unloved child hated by everyone around him.
His new name is Uzumaki Naruto.
(In other words, Eren Yeagar is born as Uzumaki Naruto. Canon gets catapulted to the wind. Mass destruction occurs, consequences of neglect and abuse happen. #Teamfreedom, #Tatakae, #Wings of Freedom)
Part 1 - Chapter 1 - 20.
Part 2 - Chapter 21- 28.Do not post work on other media plaforms.
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Did you miss it? by Speechless_since_1998
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
22 Aug 2024
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“Do you miss it?”
Shen Qingqiu raised his head from the book he was reading – a gift from Shang Qinghua complete with a letter nearby, for old times' sake. – And he looked questioningly at his husband.
Luo Binghe sat in front of him, expression uncertain. He repeated, “Your home world. Do you miss it?”
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Waiting for you, here is my soul by Anonymous
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
09 Apr 2024
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“So, let's recap: I'm in the past,” Jason began.
“Correct,” Hecate confirmed.
“You had one of your disciples, who died, summon me to save the world…and I have to do it because of a prophecy from thirteen years ago.”
“This is also correct.”
“There's no way to return to the future without risking someone dying.”
“I'm afraid that's the case.”
“So, it is very likely that I won't survive this quest.”
The goddess nodded, and Jason couldn't even say he was surprised. At least he finally understood why the gods had brought him back to life.
He had to be useful one last time.
Recently resurrected, Jason didn't expect to be dragged into the past, nor to have to solve the mysteries related to his past life, and stop the premature return of Kronos.
Above all, he didn't expect Lan Wangji.
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The Laika to my Felicette by banthatguy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
17 Jun 2026
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There's 1 in 70,000 people on the planet who have the gene needed to survive the Hail Mary's expedition. In that limited pool, 1 in maybe 1000 had the necessary skills needed for the mission — more dire still, even less people were willing to volunteer for what is essentially a suicide mission.
When an explosion killed not only their science officers but also their engineers, Eva Stratt makes the tough decision to put 2 people on the spacecraft that no one was expecting to be even be candidates.
One is a middle-school science teacher.
One is a convicted eco terrorist.
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AU where Simon did all his suffering on Earth and is dragged against his will onto the Hail Mary alongside Grace
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Iron Desmond by esama
Fandom Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
09 Jun 2020
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Heaven Through the Eyes of a Sinner by joschmo
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
26 May 2026
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One second he was swallowing down warm - disgustingly warm - blood, desperately trying not to let it go down the wrong pipe and fill his lungs even more. The next, he opens his eyes, a tube miraculously doing the breathing for him, no pain, clean light up above, and a holy angel looking down on him.
The Convict knows it was an Angel, even though it looked like a person, because no one’s eyes could ever be that kind.
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that planet, emerald and sapphire | this body, shiny and new by GremlinG4mer
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
25 Jun 2026
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Simon's last prayers are answered.
Unfortunately, the god answering his prayers has little concern for his mental wellbeing. The angel who saves him is okay, though.
AKA your average simon-crashlands-on-Erid fic but with a fairly aquatic twist! Very gorey, I actually gagged while writing it which I think speaks to the tone of at least the first chapter. I'll be messing around a lot with the themes of humanity and the effects of being connected to something that hurt you. Will probably update semi-regularly if I don't get burnt out, but this shit has been plaguing my brain for a good while now so maybe we'll get somewhere who knows!!!
Title from Stones by the Narcissist Cookbook! If this makes even one person listen to this song I'll be happy, it's SO phm-coded (https://jammechanics.bandcamp.com/album/s4e7-chat-i-got-him)
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Confirmation Bias by Yaoi_Bill_Nye
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)
02 Aug 2026
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Confirmation bias: the human tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that aligns with our existing beliefs, while ignoring or dismissing evidence that contradicts them.
No matter what Grace tries to tell him, Simon is very sure that the man is divine in nature. It just makes sense.
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Simon winds up in The Enclosure, naturally. Grace is super down to have human company on planet Erid, but he really wishes someone would have given him a little bit of warning first. Especially about Simon’s religious cult upbringing — if he had known about that, he maybe could have planned a better-worded greeting that wasn’t basically, “Be Not Afraid.” He really set them up for failure with that one.
(Simon thinks he's dead and that Grace is an angel for A While due to continued misunderstandings)[NO AI USED, AND DO NOT FEED MY WORK TO AI, I EXPRESSLY FORBID IT.]