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That Wears the Crown by thephilosophersapprentice
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
15 Aug 2026
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Following Gavilar Kholin's assassination, with Dalinar unfit to take the throne and Elhokar too young to appear a strong leader for the Vengeance Pact, Torol Sadeas turned to an unlikely corner in hopes of setting a ruler on the throne who would allow him to pursue his ambitions unchecked.
Unfortunately, Lirin, darkeyed illegitimate half-brother to Gavilar and Dalinar, had other ideas.
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Boundary Lines by thephilosophersapprentice
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
02 Aug 2026
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After the evacuation of Hearthstone on the Fourth Bridge, newly widowed Laral Wistiow arranges lunch with her childhood
sweetheartfriend.A breakup between two people who never were lovers.
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- Part 4 of Elegies for the One Who Came Home
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Some of the attention Kaladin gets from lighteyed ladies is even less welcome than the rest. When one of Kaladin's former owners comes to the clinic to flirt, it brings back memories he wishes had stayed buried.
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Human Resources by thephilosophersapprentice for Wr1t3myWr0ngs, altoinkblots
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 Jun 2026
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Everyone else on the project had believed I was Stratt’s second in command. Especially at the end, I had handled a lot of the administrative stuff. I’d been—not her moral compass, Stratt didn’t need one of those; she had fully understood where each of her decisions fell with reference to multiple philosophies—but her point of connection to the human element of the project.
I had convinced her to come to the karaoke machine, show the project two minutes of humanity, and she’d sent me into space on a suicide mission.
I should have been a better HR rep.
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Beyond the Breach by thephilosophersapprentice
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Pacific Rim (Movies)
26 May 2026
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Syl was right. There was something out there. Something moving, smooth enough to be reflective—unlike a thunderclast’s craggy carapace. It was moving in at a slow pace, as if dragging its feet.
A Shardhunter.
That sluggish, dragging movement meant something had to be wrong. Shardhunters were supposed to be—if not graceful, at least nimble. Just how drained was this Shardhunter, and what had happened to put it in such a state?
It was none of his business. He wasn’t a pilot, only a wall worker. There were supposed to be lookouts. Scouts.
Still…A year ago, Kaladin Hearthstone was a Shardhunter pilot. Today, he's a discard, branded a deserter, a single worker on the Origin Seawall.
That doesn't stop "the right thing" from coming to find him, or him from doing it.
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Elegies for the One Who Came Home by thephilosophersapprentice
Fandom Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
02 Aug 2026
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Kal, who left Hearthstone, is not Kaladin, who returned. An exploration of the change in Kaladin as seen through the eyes of those who knew him in childhood.
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Rejected scriptures of one man's religion; vignettes speculating on Vyre, Retribution, Leshwi, and the Herald of Second Chances.
Or: A list of all the ways Kaladin Stormblessed haunts the narrative (non-exhaustive.)- Words:
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As a child, everyone assumed Kaladin was a girl. This changes surprisingly little.
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Linked Universe Actor AU by Auriraka, BlueSpiritsLight, kittyburger, McTimeWithAutomail, PhantomLurker, reine_does_writing, SilverDragonMS, thephilosophersapprentice
Fandom Linked Universe - Fandom, Sky: Children of the Light (Video Game), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
07 Jun 2020
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The Linked Universe is actually a TV show! All of the characters are actually Actors. Now we get to see shenanigans going on behind the scenes while filming your favorite TV show! Get interviews with the cast, Blooper reels, Character backstories, and other fun one-shots.
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For as long as he could remember, Kaladin had longed for the skies.
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Bookmarked by thephilosophersapprentice
23 Jun 2026
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sedated (drag me away from this) by mockiery
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 Jun 2026
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The first time he feels the terror, he doesn't understand why. As he barely hangs onto consciousness, the soft silicon presses against his face, enveloping his nose and mouth. The spark of terror catches fire in his chest and quickly spreads across his body. It ignites a screaming inferno within his skull. He forces his eyes open. Everything is red. There's shapes above him. Pure oxygen fills his airways, stale and clinical and familiar and wrong.
Grace's memories of his unwilling medical sedation and forced sacrifice return, vivid and violent. Later, on the journey back to save Rocky, he has night terrors. The thin lines between consciousness, unconsciousness, memory, and nightmare blur.Bookmarked by thephilosophersapprentice
20 Jun 2026
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Good Enough For Now by dancingphantomsontheterrace
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
12 May 2026
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Renarin often wonders if he'll ever feel comfortable in his own skin, or if he'll spend the rest of his life feeling slightly out of place, slightly uneasy, slightly worried that he's said too much or not enough or both somehow.
When he's with Bridge Four, like he is tonight, it’s better. So, so much better than with any other group of people he's ever been around, and for that, he's eternally grateful.
But also maybe a little bitter.
Bookmarked by thephilosophersapprentice
13 May 2026
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Kaladin tells Adolin that he doesn't celebrate anniversaries because all of his are bad.
Adolin takes it upon himself to rectify that.
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Bookmarked by thephilosophersapprentice
01 May 2026
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Kaladin's friends conspire to make him take a much needed day off. It doesn’t come naturally, but maybe softening is not such a bad idea?
Slowing down means learning things about himself he never knew before.Series
- Part 2 of Soft Place To Land
Bookmarked by thephilosophersapprentice
12 Feb 2026