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Loss, Family, and the Love We Found Anyway by Purplepuma66
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
19 Dec 2025
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After stumbling into Middle Earth, Sigrid builds a life as Bard's adopted daughter and Dale's most practical princess. Her arranged marriage to Fíli, crown prince of Erebor, starts a tale of drainage systems, midnight meetings, and finding home in unexpected places.
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02 Sep 2026
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In the aftermath of the Battle of the Five Armies, the elves had retreated to their home in Mirkwood as soon as they were satisfied the orcs were beaten back (if not eliminated). The two fledgling nations at the battleground, however, stood vulnerable. The men of Lake-Town found themselves homeless, forced by the dragon to rebuild their lives out of the crumbling ruins of Dale. To the north, their neighbors the dwarves had retaken the halls of Erebor, now half-destroyed themselves by the dragon's decades of residence. Neither could foot a full army to protect themselves should Gundabad threaten again. Should they turn on each other, destruction was equally assured.
So the one fully-conscious Durin wrote to the smuggler-turned-ruler of Dale, and made a proposal: join their eldest's hands in marriage, and ally with one another. As soon as possible.
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29 Aug 2026
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Moth to the Sacrificial Fire by ciderConnoisseur
Fandoms: Civilization (Video Games), Civilization V - Fandom, Sid Meier's Civilization
03 Jul 2026
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"If you'd like, I can give you a closer look at my altar."
Catherine's continent is proving too small for her ambitions. The first Russian caravel out of Moscow has crossed the ocean and made contact with a faraway empire to the west. When she decides to see Aztec lands with her own eyes and embarks on a diplomatic mission to Tenochtitlan, she discovers a world where gods demand blood and empires rise on it. As she brings that fire back eastwards, it may forever change Russia - and herself.
A dramatic retelling of a Sid Meier's Civilization V campaign, told as a sordid tale of two warmongering leaders and their toxic romance, interspersed with lots of diplomacy, cultural exchange all across the world, unhealthy kink, and the horrors of war.
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12 Nov 2025
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Against All Odds by TRavine
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
20 Sep 2022
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"It is not simply that I dislike him! It is that I have seldomly met anyone I liked less!"
When one careless act sets off a chain of unexpected events, Margaret Hale is forced into a marriage with John Thornton, the very man whom she despises most of all. However, the brooding mill owner entertains some feelings of his own on the matter, and might not quite be the man she has taken him for.
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29 May 2025
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From the Ashes by TRavine
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
18 May 2022
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She is a young, independent woman with great ideals, who was torn from her beautiful home in the south, to relocate to a grimy, industrial town. He is a hardened mill master, who is haunted by a dark past. After their disastrous first encounter leaves her in shock and disgust, what will it take for them to overcome their differences and see each other for who they truly are?
A slightly darker, more angsty, slow-burn romance retelling of a beloved story.
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- Part 1 of From the Ashes
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28 May 2025