ballooncastle
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Fry didn’t know for sure when the dreams started.
Part of him thought he's always had them. Since the day he came to the future. Maybe even before that.—
A retelling of Futurama, but with Fry slowly remembering the events of Meanwhile.
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After twelve years of war, humanity stood almost on the edge of collapse under ever-increasing Kaiju attacks.
Newt was the last scientist left in the entiret of the PPDC, and at the end of everyone's collective rope, he decided to do something crazy to try and save everyone: opening a small Breach inside his lab to get to the Alterverse and gather as much information on Kaiju as he can before it's too late.
What he found on the other side, however, was not what he expected. Instead of an alien world, Newt found himself in a medieval land where knights battled against dragons...
Dragons that bleed in a familiar blue color.
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Perhaps without that contact, Hermann would have disappeared into the chant, like a drop of water in the ocean. A wave of panic gripped him, and he held on tighter, gripping the smooth fabric. His cheek pressed against something rough. The skin touching him was hot as a furnace, and Hermann brushed his nose and then his forehead against that scratchy spot, while the arms that held him trembled desperately, holding him so tightly that Hermann thought their bodies might melt.
"Hermann," the weight then said, taking shape. He recognized the voice immediately, as familiar as only that voice could be, creased with sadness and breaking at the edges. "It's over."
After the closure of the Breach, humanity has a chance to start over and live in peace, but not everyone escaped the war unscarred.
The PPDC is under new leadership, Mako and Raleigh are reviving the Jaeger Program, and Newt and Hermann are tasked with digging into their bond to uncover the final mysteries of the Breach, the Precursors, and what it means to have drifted with a Kaiju.
But the more they stare into the abyss, the more they realize the abyss is staring right back.
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Accumulating Evidence in Support of a Failed Theory by ballooncastle
Fandoms: Pacific Rim (Movies)
26 Oct 2025
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Newt and Hermann attend a K-science conference, standing on opposite sides of the room just as they do in their lab. When Newt receives flirtatious advances from a man interested in him and his work, he tries to take advantage of the situation to secure funding for his department, but Hermann overhears them and puts a stop to it.
In the private fight to confront the other and call out their bullshit, it ends up being about their first meeting all of a sudden; about all the things they never talked about but still feel fresh. Their discussion turns into an argument, and the argument becomes more physical, and from the moment Hermann puts his hands on Newt it's over for them both.
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On a grey and gloomy January morning, Hermann woke up with a terrible headache, his apartment turned upside down, and the uncomfortable, pressing feeling that something was missing from his life.
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Inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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Everyone forgets Hermann’s thirty-fifth birthday. Or, he thinks they do.
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16 Aug 2026
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She's a Survivor by sparebitofparchment
Fandoms: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, The Hunger Games (Movies)
13 Mar 2023
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The Hunger Games from Peeta's POV: the angsty cut
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- Part 1 of The Hanging Tree: Peeta's POV
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14 Oct 2025
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Newt has been in Hong Kong for approximately twenty-four hours.
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21 Aug 2025
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A Light in the Darkness by YamBits
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
01 Feb 2021
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Frodo has settled into his life as Mayor, with Sam as his Deputy, when Merry arrives with news of an old terror, set on stalking Frodo.
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25 Jun 2025
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Poisoned Mushrooms by YamBits
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
01 Jul 2019
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Frodo's friends conspire to defend him against strange accidents and dark figures drawn to Bag End. As the world gets darker, Frodo and Sam find themselves growing closer. Set a year before the Journey.
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24 Jun 2025