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The Young Wolf, soaking wet, stood not two feet from her. He looked like shit, dark rings under his eyes, shoulders sagging, anxiety and exhaustion waging total war all over his face.
“It’s Ace,” he said. “That’s my name.”
“Your–” Aunor shook her head. “This is not happening in my doorway.”
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- Part 18 of Be Brave
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Bloodlines by Whatwefightfor
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons - All Media Types, Ravenloft (Series) - Christie Golden
31 Jul 2025
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“Tell me of Barovia, Dane,” she whispered. “Tell me of home.”
Dane felt a pulse of reluctance. Why was she asking this of him? More importantly, why now? He had always been loath to talk about his old life, and thus far his companions had respected the painfulness of those memories.
He exhaled. He had to admit, Trill deserved to know something. If at least because it was pertinent to the mission.
“It is a valley,” he began hesitantly, voice never rising above the wind. “Long ago, my father named it after his father, and built a castle there.”
Trill shivered, or something similar. “And the rest?”
Dane crossed his arms. “The rest is all scrubland and ruins. The people lock their doors and shutter their windows, hiding behind walls until the next pocket of daylight. The Vistani live apart, roaming as they please. No one but them gets in or out. Not even my father.”
“Except you,” Trill said.
“Except me.”
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- Part 1 of Blood Covenant
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Tragedy, Trauma, and Revolution: Fate and Utena Examined by Whatwefightfor
Fandoms: Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (Anime 2014), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel (Anime 2017), Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena
22 Jul 2024
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I use the lens and framing of Utena to examine Fate. My goal is to prove the core inference that the two works have the same underlying thematic message and share many sources of inspiration, possibly including one another.
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Zhuge Wei, at first glimpse, did not seem the sort of man who had fought in two death duels, communed with the Dragon Sage, and saved the Middle Kingdom from invasion. Rather, he looked like a monastery drop-out. His hair was just short enough that one could imagine him as a monk. His body was solid and whiplike, but it was hidden under the fine civilian clothes he had exchanged for his robes. His pleasant (if unremarkable) face was predominantly pensive, either from constant contemplation or simple empty-headedness.
Feng knew Wei was committed to the former interpretation, but she had witnessed plenty of evidence of the latter. Humans were already so small-minded, and though Wei had outfoxed her thrice, he had a tendency to withdraw into useless esotericism.
Such as…having a stark naked woman staring him down - and a huli jing at that, who could offer unimaginable pleasures he was well aware of - and doing absolutely nothing about it.
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Among the Lost People by Whatwefightfor
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem Series
08 Apr 2023
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Tharja hears blood roaring in her ears, feels power thrumming in her marrow. Her heart quickens, the rush from mastering a spell or delivering well-deserved vengeance multiplied to infinity. The Shepherds are offering her a future, the fools, and the Exalt trusts her.
She lets Robin’s aura wash over her again, gripping her with fear and elation. This – this might finally be the death she’s been waiting for.
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Be Brave by idiosyncraticWordsmith (literaryAspirant), Whatwefightfor
Fandom Destiny (Video Games)
20 Jan 2026
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Both long-form and shortfics exploring OCs and/or canon characters in the Destiny universe.
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- 75,436
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Blood Covenant by Whatwefightfor
Fandom Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons - All Media Types, Ravenloft (Series) - Christie Golden
31 Jul 2025
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At least one postgame fic for each route, all taking place after their respective Good Ending.
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Moonlight and Shadows AU
Selûne remained honest only in what She withheld.
In the Shadowfell, Tav gave Shadowheart the ultimate honor of freedom, stepping aside as she chose the Lady of Loss. Years later, the Mother Superior's absolute devotion is tested when an ambush leaves a bleeding Selûnite at her feet. As daylight burns away the shadows, they are both forced to face the agonizing reality of the choice they made in the dark.
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25 Aug 2026
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AU: Beneath the Dark Moon
Tav and Shadowheart have outlasted cults, wars, and the blood-soaked legacies of their pasts. A decade of peace. A daughter. A life built from ash and blood. When violence ruptures their sanctuary, they are thrust back into the gears of a world that never stopped turning.
The divine remains honest only in the severity of its bargains: freedom through silence, comfort through erasure, or recognition through blood. As Selûne refuses to speak, Tav and Shadowheart are left with Her only true gift—the sacred, terrible freedom to choose who they will become in the dark.
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25 Aug 2026
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revelator by boring_username
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
24 Aug 2026
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"Like moons make swell and wane the nescient seas, so too the sky-strewn gods ordain the tidal fates of mortal days.
And yet - a notion born in lonely hours - come ebb, come flow, come all that is beyond the breadth of our dominion: be a moon unto yourself.
Even the waves of fate can break upon the shores of will."
In which the meticulous, decades-spanning schemes of several deities are completely derailed because two amnesiacs meet on a burning ship and fall in love.
Spoilers for Dark Urge Storyline
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12 Jul 2026
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Tav returns from Avernus to take his place at Shadowheart's side, but the past proves harder than the Hells to leave behind.
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07 Apr 2026
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Jenevelle brings home a passable distraction on a lonely Valentine’s Day that turns out to be anything but passing.
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07 Apr 2026