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- Cars (Pixar Movies) (10)
- Original Work (5)
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For the last fifty years O'Reilly has driven around potholes and mulga scrub. Today she encounters a newcomer, who is determined to fix that.
OR: Road maintenance is like a universal understanding in the cars universe
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- Part 4 of Backwater Downs
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Mark's friends disappeared off the face of the earth exactly seven days ago.
He has no clues to work with, except the old mechanic shop they used to frequent, with the scary old Jaguar that lurks in its halls.
[Original Fiction based in the Cars universe, plus Sheriff backstory. Set in the 'prequel' series, Backing the Blues]
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- Part 2 of Backwater Downs
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How do you teach your kids to drive stick when you're a car, and they're a car, and the internet is just turning up weirdly sensual cab interior photos?
Ask your personal baby expert, of course.
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- Part 1 of Swagcars10 AU
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oh so that's what they meant by "Living Dead" in the apocalypse. by a_fool
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
20 Dec 2024
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Lightning thought Grandpas were supposed to be soft and cuddly.
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- Part 7 of Cars Apocalypse AU
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Reg is trying his best but Austin can't seem to shut up and it's really killing the mood.
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- Part 3 of Backwater Downs
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"What if Doc met Cruz?"
Doc Hudson is dug up from his grave and brought fully back to life by a necromancer. In the 12 years he's been dead, so much has changed... and his revival doesn't come without consequence, as Doc's speed demon "The Judge" starts to haunt him.
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Doc Hudson is alive again, for fun purposes.
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Alternate Universe, diverges from canon during Cars 3 epilogue.
***"What if racecars were left totally unsupervised?"
Everyone but a very small population of cars drops dead within days after an invisible wave of pain crosses the globe, injuring most living machines beyond repair.
Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez, and Chick Hicks are among the few survivors. Together, they set out to the vast and now-wild lands of north america in search of oil... and life.
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A Mad Max/TWD/TLOU post-apocalptic longform anthology series with no zombies, custom lore, canon and original supporting characters, and a fully queer main cast.- Words:
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Sally and Lightning one day in the late 00’s/early 2010’s decide they want kids. They consult Backwater Downs genetics expert Dusk Conrod, and wind up with a production of 10 healthy babies. Fluffy chaos ensues.
A SalQueen-as-parents canon-divergence AU (with a side-helping of McChicks and Alive!Doc)
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in which doc re-creates chester whipplefilter in a lab setting and sets him loose by Wolver_bean
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
25 Aug 2026
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In his neverending quest to sow mischief, Doc puts a bigole twin screw supercharger on Lightning.
The real Chester Whipplefilter has entered the chat.
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OR: Doc loves starting shit, Lightning is his hapless hamster, and everyone else has to deal with the consequences.
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- Part 2 of Revived Doc AU
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25 Aug 2026
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Gregory gets dumped off in the Daycare as a 'lost child'. When he shows back up after closing, convinced that the security guard wants to hurt him, Sun decides to do whatever is needed to help him escape the Pizzaplex. This turns out to be a much bigger ordeal than anticipated.
Freddy is on lockdown. Chica is eating garbage. Roxy is talking to herself. Monty is tearing apart anything that moves.
There is a rabbit in the Pizzaplex.
Something is wrong tonight.
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- English
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- 253,550
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- 20/22
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14 Aug 2026
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Cultural Exchange by Therrae (Dasha_mte)
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
26 Nov 2017
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It also didn’t help that the average glyph message was only three characters long, used no articles or prepositions, and usually had no verbs. What was the proper response to:: Curiosity; Sensation of great speed? Was it a question? A comparison? Why, after a brief visit by National Security Director Mearing, did four different ‘Bots send:: Emphasis; overlapping? Why was a particularly bad joke by Bulkhead derided as ::Undercharged when there were actual glyphs for Not funny and Humor fail? How did any of that work?
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- Part 1 of Xenoethnography
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- English
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- 61,618
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- 9/9
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- 1
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- 556
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- 2,139
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- 422
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- 45,484
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20 Jun 2026
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Manny spends a lot of time trying to read awful pop psychology books and being yelled at. Bernard deals with his feelings in a completely mature and reasonable way. Fran mostly just laughs at them.
Bookmarked by a_fool
24 May 2026
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Three Sheets to the Wind by myrtlebroadbelt for DoctorTrekLock
Fandoms: Black Books (TV)
25 Dec 2023
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A customer mistakes Fran, Manny, and Bernard for a throuple.
They start to wonder if it's true.
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23 May 2026