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Gi-hun was supposed to die at the hands of the Front Man.
Instead, he is trapped in a time-loop, forced to relive the events of his failed rebellion over and over, until he gets it right.
It's an excruciatingly long process.
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You Are All I Long For (All I Worship And Adore) by Buttercuup
Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)
06 Jan 2025
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["What are you waiting for," he spat, trying to get up despite his bonded hands, "Go ahead. Kill me."
The Front Man let out a low chuckle.
The sound, distorted by the voice modulator, was eerie and grating to Gi-hun's ears.
"I'm not going to kill you, Player 456," said the Front Man as he crouched down so that he was on eye level with his captive, "At least not yet."]
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[Set after season two: Hwang In-ho AKA the Front Man, detains a certain player by keeping him inside his private chamber to satisfy his growing fascination and obsession.
He intends to sexually take advantage of Gi-hun, whether he likes it or not.]
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"The sound echoed in the otherwise quiet room, causing the immortal to open his starry eyes in recognition - he knew those footsteps, he knew them very well.
Expensive shoes - leather ones with a heel - appeared in his line of vision and his head tilted up, meeting the familiar smug expression on the Corinthian's face.
All of his creation was blinding white in the dim lighting; all except the dark sunglasses that obscured two rows of sharp hungry teeth.
There was a long moment of silence in which they simply assessed one another, a strange emotion passing between them.
Contentment.
The Corinthian looked, he dared say, pleased to see him.
"We meet again, Dream," he greeted in his silken tones, voice full of promises.”
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[OR IN WHICH: The Corinthian visits Morpheus ten years after his first visit, a twisted relationship ensues. Even an immortal being is bound to cave in after spending a century trapped in a glass sphere after all.]
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- Part 2 of Dream State
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These Violent Delights by Buttercuup
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
21 Aug 2022
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The air was damp, a chilling breeze nipping at his skin, exciting the light hairs on the nape of his neck.
And then the Corinthian finally saw him.
He felt his various mouths water, gaze instantly drawn to the lean figure curled up in the middle of an intricate glass cage.
The King of Dreams was holy in his paleness. He was like a beacon of light in the surrounding darkness, his alabaster complexion starkly contrasting against jet-black hair.
Entranced by the view, the Corinthian took a step closer like a moth to a flame.
Seemingly asleep, Dream's head rested on his arms, long limbs tangled like winter wisteria around his body to hide his shame as best as he could, unwilling to bend to mortals even at his lowest.
The sight was utterly pathetic, and send a thrill of delight down his spine.
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[OR IN WHICH: The Corinthian decides to visit his caged creator after ten years of imprisonment.]
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- Part 1 of Dream State
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Falling Apart at the Seams by Buttercuup
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
03 Dec 2021
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“Did you miss me?” Suddenly said Dream, something akin to excitement colouring his words despite the calm tone.
“I did not,” Tommy tried to say firmly, clenching his fists when his voice faltered on the last word.
Dream scoffed, rolling his eyes.
“Sure you did.”
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From the moment Tommy heard the sirens going off, he knew his days were numbered.
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OR: What if Phil wasn’t there to save Tommy from Dream after his prison escape?
[Based on the recent Dream SMP lore]
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“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”William Shakespeare, Romeo And Juliet.
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Dream State: The state of diminished consciousness in which the surroundings are perceived as if in a dream.
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My collection of Childe/Zhongli oneshots.
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"You're a hard game to catch, you fight and refuse.
Oh, you're a wild little bruise.
Never tasted as sweet, a poison as you have, you know you never can hide."'The Tale of the Scorpion and the Frog' - The Devil's Carnival
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Absence Makes the Heart by EvilPeaches
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
09 Aug 2026
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Uncle Gwayne leaves Oldtown, and over the course of many months, Ormund exchanges more letters with him than Daeron has ever exchanged with his own mother. He cannot imagine what they have to say, as they rarely saw eye to eye, and Ormund oft used Gwayne as a proverbial scratching post more often than not.
He does not think that his cousin and uncle have ever been apart this long in their entire lives, so perhaps they do not know how to not talk.
Daeron wonders if Gwayne is happy out there in the world, free at last.
...and he wonders if Ormund resents that.
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14 Aug 2026
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Throwing the Fight by EvilPeaches
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
11 Aug 2026
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He's better than Ormund at many things, always has been. Dueling (not grappling, never grappling), riding (but not hunting), humility over pride.
Over the many years, he's learned that throwing the fight has a better outcome than beating his lordly cousin in any competition.
Ormund is the Head of Hightower House, after all. Sometimes the knee must be bent.
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"He was awful to you, earlier." Daeron looked distinctly uncomfortable as they sat together in what now passed for Gwayne's room in Tumbleton, a chess board between them. His nephew was wringing his hands as though they were wet rags and Daeron a washerwoman. "Those things he said..."{The false empathic look, paired with 'I'm sure you found solace with some of your brothers in arms'}
Gwayne stared at the floor, counting the cracks he found there. "Put it from your mind, Daeron. It was meant to humiliate me, not you. Long has he missed throwing his knives at me, in my absence. That is all that was. His idea of fun. A warm welcome home, if you will."
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10 Aug 2026
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Fleshripper by wheresmymannequin
Fandoms: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Video Game)
07 Jun 2026
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"He isn’t keeping me because I’m his favorite — he’s keeping me because I’m the only one left in this Hell with resilience. I scream with meaning."
AM keeps Ted for himself because he begins to realize the other four are destroying what he loves most about him -- his narcissism. What follows is terror, mutilation, and eventually, privilege, at the end of the world.
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09 Jun 2026
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Susurration
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A barely heard sound, a whispering in the background.OR
In which Buggy's fleet is attacked, and he has (more than) a bit of a breakdown. Spirals right into insanity, actually. Then Shanks finds him, and for the first time in 20 years get's a good nights rest. He can't understand why Buggy's in the situation he's in, or how he's managed to piss so many people off. He just hopes his crew on the Red Force will eventually learn to love the feral little ex-convict.
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26 Mar 2026
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Whatever it was that Buggy had or hadn’t done, Shanks started to smile again. He let go of Buggy’s chin.
“Like that,” he praised, his voice once more a loving timber, his hand a gentle caress.
“Keep your eyes on me,” he commanded, and Buggy wanted to wail, to scream, to laugh.
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