Character Dynamics that Hit Hard
May 2026 -- new description: for fics which contain not just fluff, but also
– WHOLESOME character interactions
– fun character dynamics (think, villain and hero banter + what if.../friends)
- character interactions which are memorable, meaningful, and heartfelt.I may/will try to mark in the bookmark description the chapters where the "fluff" is predominantly located.
new name (may change): Character Dynamics that Hit Hard
OLD DESCRIPTION (fluffy as a sheep): From wholesome content to overall fluff.
I say overall as in that there will likely be angst/comfort, where the 10% of comfort is the fluff.
(Open, Moderated)
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setting down my roots inside your heart by Emily_Elizabeth_Fowl
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 화산귀환 - 비가 | Return of the Mount Hua Sect - Biga (Novel), 화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
29 Dec 2025
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Dots connecting, Shen Jiu glanced between the stranger and the tree behind them. It wasn't so farfetched to hear that an animal had cultivated a humanoid form, but a tree?
"You're...?"
The stranger nodded happily.
"So that's why you haven't grown any leaves! You've been growing a body!"
That earned him a laugh. "I suppose that's right. Ah, I hadn't known you were so eager to see me bloom again!"
five times shen jiu grew fond of a tree, and the one time he was mistaken for one
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- Part 18 of SVSSS Writing Bingo
- Part 7 of 🤍 Cold Plum Blossom Verse
- Part 50 of Proud Immortal Fanfic Way
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Christ, what had they done? How hard do you have to fuck up in order to blow a building to pieces? Knowing astrophage, not that much. E=mc^2 is a bitch. One little fuck-up, one tiny mistake, and you and everyone around you is dead.
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the days following the explosion at baikonur, all the way up to coma time, from Ilyukhina's perspective.
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Winter Comforts by SkyWolf25
Fandoms: 아카데미에 위장취업당했다 | Academy's Undercover Professor (Webcomic), 아카데미에 위장취업당했다 | Academy's Undercover Professor - Sayren (Novel)
10 Feb 2024
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Who knew one wool-knit sweater could pry the strict, intimidating Professor Ludger Cherish out of his hard shell, if only when he thinks no one's looking?
But it does, as Aidan and his friends happen to discover.Spoiler-free past Ep. 56 of the webtoon. :)
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“Naruto is a person with a name,” Iruka snapped, already way past the limit of his patience for the day. Funny, how he could spend all day with small children, but a single council meeting wore him down to the bone. “Use it.”
“Hmm.”
For a long second, Iruka thought that he was about to die. And then Hatake’s eye curled in a friendly crinkle, an approximation of a smile.
“You’ll do,” Hatake said.*** 5 times Kakashi & Iruka tried to be a normal family for Naruto + 1 time they were a full on ninja family ***
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7 Times Peter Unknowingly Sees One of Bruce!Neal’s Kids + the 1 time he sees his whole family
DAY FOUR: “This isn’t what it looks like!” // Outsider POV // Misunderstanding // Miscommunication
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- Part 31 of White Collar/DC Fics
- Part 4 of White Collar/DC Week 2021
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A lot of heroes are doing it. Amai Mask is doing it - the Blizzard Group is doing it - Metal Bat and Tornado are doing it. The Hero Association says these livestreams are a good way to let the public get to know their saviors more closely and, most importantly, be more likely to donate money. Saitama decides to start streaming out of boredom more than anything else, but it quickly becomes... frankly, with his being the most-hated channel out of them all, and with Genos eventually finding out about it, more trouble than it's worth.
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30 May 2026
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Kinda funny, once you get past the first 3 chapters.
One of his streams next week is a total of one minute and forty three seconds.
It starts with Saitama sitting at a kotatsu. He has the flattest look on his face, looking more through the camera than at it. He stares into the camera like he's staring into the void.
Slowly, the camera turns. It's a man's arm. A man's shoulder. A man's neck. His head -
oh -
OH, it's King. The S-Class Rank 7 hero. The Strongest Man in the World.
King stares. He's sitting next to Saitama, but is much broader, much taller, and much more terrifying. Neither of them speak.
If you're quiet, and you focus on the audio instead of the flood of comments, you can hear the King's Engine. It starts off quiet, but the longer King stares, unblinking, into the camera, the louder it gets. Beside him, Saitama's face is crumpling - he's holding in laughter.
After Saitama starts chuckling under his breath, King's Engine becomes unmistakeable loud thumps, still increasing in intensity.
The comments reach fever-pitch. GET OUT OF THERE CAPED BALDY!!!! seems to be the most common.
The audible indication of King's insatiable bloodlust has everyone screaming, keyboard-bashing or just typing exclamation points or crying emojis; people continue to yell at Saitama to flee; others brace themselves for seeing Caped Baldy get killed on camera; everyone panics.
Then the stream ends, right in the middle of Saitama cracking up, holding his stomach.
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She's interrupted by the sound of a door bursting open and slamming against the wall behind it. The selfie stick is extended so far that there's a view of a good half of the apartment - and then fucking Demon Cyborg is there, shouting, waving his arms around as he looks at Saitama and only Saitama, being completely and utterly not Demon Cyborg-like."SENSEI!" he yells as soon as he got in, "I heard that you have been doing livestreams through the HA!"
Genos is quick to notice the others and the selfie stick; he turns away from Fubuki and Mumen, who look shocked and awkward, up the stick, and to the phone cradled at the other end. He stands tall and moves over to it.
The screen is filled up with Demon Cyborg's face, his unbelievably handsome face, and he's frowning, reading comments as they scroll by. "You're doing one right now," he announces, like he's solved a huge puzzle.
The comments are a goddamn mess.
"Ah, shit," comes Saitama's voice. "Fubuki - press the off button with your powers or something!"
Demon Cyborg reads the wrong comment and says, his brows furrowing, "Hey - how dare you insult Saitama-sensei? I am truly lucky to have him for a roommate, actually-"
Saitama is squawking, Fubuki is frazzled - things are lifting into the air as she uses her esper powers to end the stream, and over it all, there's the frantic noise of King's Engine.
The stream finally ends.
Everyone at home, on the shitter, or on the subway, or relaxing in bed as they watch the feed get cut, goes wild.
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But years must pass before a hope of youth (--Is resigned utterly.) by llamallamaduck
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Batman - All Media Types
05 Oct 2023
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Why did you ever see in him, Pepper had asked, when Tony had survived the worst stretch of rehab and was crawling back to personhood. Tony had laughed it off, of course. Said something cute about Ty’s distinguished black hair and broad palms. Rhodey, however—Rhodey never had to ask why Tony’s most efficient dive to rock-bottom started around the time Bruce Wayne mysteriously re-appeared in Gotham.
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- Part 2 of Whumptober '23
- Part 16 of Set in Batman-verse
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Bookmarked by Manda_Rin_Donut
29 May 2026
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SFGHJK HOW HAVE I NOT FOUND THIS SOONER!?!? for now, ive only skimmed, but OMG.
First chapter: Tony goes through a lot worse torture + hallucinations. Bruce appears! Tony's 100% sure he's a figment of his imagination. Even after he's saved, Tony's convinved for a good dozen paragraphs that Rhodey's a hallucination. -
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A glint of navy and a familiar outline parked next to the crew chief stand has his head spinning, and he unconsciously rises out of his chair to get a closer look. Feeling slightly dazed, he begins.
“Hey, did that look like-”
Before he can finish his sentence, the image cuts to an overview of McQueen’s pit crew, finally landing on a close up of his new crew chief. Gray haired and stern faced, barking instructions into the head piece. The announcer cuts him off.
“Darrell, it appears McQueen has got himself a pit crew, and look who he has for a crew chief.”
It can’t be, Smokey thinks, eyes glued to the scream. Louise has his arm in a vice grip. He can feel the crescents of her nails digging into his skin.
“Wow, this is history in the making! Nobody has seen the racing legend in over fifty years!”
For a moment the entire bar goes dead quiet, and Smokey's mind goes blank.
or; The first letter arrives on a Tuesday
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Bookmarked by Manda_Rin_Donut
24 May 2026
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WHAT THE FRICK THSI WAS SO GOOD--
THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE IS E X AC T L Y. WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR WHEN I CAME TO AO3 FOR CARS.
AMAZING. To reread, take notes, and add to scene collections.The character dynamics are peak, the fluff, arfgfh.
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Under the Influence by Pneumatic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
11 Jan 2025
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Batman has always kept his secrets close to his chest, with his family being one of the bigger things he was keeping quiet about. But even the most secretive of men are not infallible, and Batman gets impaired far too often for his liking.
Alternatively: Seven times Batman introduced the League to his children while under the influence and one time he introduced himself.
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- Part 1 of Well, Now You Know
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- 8/8
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30 Apr 2026
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Most of the scenes have a few people, rather than rthan a huge event, nice.
This is actually pretty good quality. nice.Chapter 1 is very good.
Listened via audio, and it was hilarious. BM calls Jason, tells him he's going to commit murder, all while sounding very casual and conversational, SM and WW are to the side gasping like they're watching a telenova, and the connection that RH is a son has not yet been made.“Are you dying?”
“No. I have been drugged, though.”Chapter 3, BRUCE GETS DEAGED.
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“I know what you’re going to say. Poor little rich boy. But he -- really was, okay? At least I lost my dad when I was older. I had training to deal with everything. I had people helping me. He had nobody.”
In the middle of a Justice League meeting, Oliver stands up for Bruce Wayne.