The Unitary
My personal collection of works that I feel uphold a higher quality of writing.
May or may not review them, may or may not reread them, but I’m always open to recommendations from anyone. Be aware the content of Bookmarks and Works are different, though there might be some overlap.
Will keep out any explicitly... explicit material such as porn with no plot content as those are mostly just for personal dirty pleasures, regardless of how well the porn or characters are written. That doesn’t bar explicit works from being added if it is minor or can be skipped to viewer’s discretion.
(Open, Moderated)
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The Rock and The River by Pi (Rhea) for Zebra
Fandoms: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
18 Dec 2018
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Chihiro takes magic and bends it around herself to make a place in the world.
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There was one cat, he liked it the most. It reminded him of the tricks with alley cats, where they’d meow at you out of habit. They'd tell you what you wanted to hear, and stare at you with big eyes expectantly.
In South America, a margay would mimic the sound of a monkey crying. It's parents would run over, tricked by the lure. Then the margay would pounce when its prey was unaware, being victorious over the trickery of voice. It was interesting, chattering and talking and small and unassuming; brilliant like the hunter it was.
Shinsou knew he was cursed with a quirk like his; he was destined for crime and other illicit abilities. Already people had made comments, already he walked home alone without fear because a few words and he’d be fine. Already, the men in his neighbourhood knew not to attack the kid with purple hair.
A margay was a beautiful forest predator, it didn’t fear anyone or anything.
Shinsou wanted to be a hero, he wanted to prove them wrong.
His mother maybe didn’t give a shit anymore, but he still did.
Shinsou applied to UA.
You want me to chatter? I'll sink my claws in you.
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Latin; a dead language with no practical applications except perhaps the deciphering of old texts and as a particularly quaint party trick.
Thankfully, as Harry finds out, Latin is not as dead as he was first taught when he decided to learn the language. It wouldn't have mattered anyway, of course; he loved Latin, and would have been proud to know it even had it been as useless as it was pretty. But in the world of Wizards, the world of Magic, Harry realizes his rare talent with words is particularly valuable, and allows him to use magic that no one's ever heard of, that no one's ever seen. But as time goes on, and he becomes more and more entangled in the webs spun by those around him, he starts to realize just how deep the magical rabbit hole goes and how dangerous power like his can be.
All Harry had ever wanted was for the world to make sense.
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Thirty Trillion Cells, Eleven Systems, One Body by Anonymous
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
16 May 2021
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The human body, Izuku thinks, is wonderfully complex. Everything working together in perfect synchronicity, from the beating of the heart, a twitch of a finger, or peristalsis of the gut. Every level of organization brought a new layer of complexity that endlessly fascinated him.
Life is just like the human body. Sometimes it doesn’t work the way we want it too. It hurts and aches and breaks and everyone does their best to hold themselves together through it all.
One small change in an orderly system can have devastating effects.
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Ajax tilts his head to the side and drops his arms, letting the sword fall. Waiting eagerly, the prince catches it.
"What an opponent you are," Ajax praises, almost hymnal in nature. "Any man would be honored to cross blades with you."
"No man has survived me."
"Then let me be your first."
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Ajax falls helplessly, irrevocably in love with a flame-haired prince from another kingdom.
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Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.
Featuring Azula's extended field trip, June not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.
Podfic and German translation now available, see chapter one notes!
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- Part 1 of Towards the Sun
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Traumatized teenagers make decisions informed by their trauma. They aren't good decisions.
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- Part 1 of Wane
Bookmarked by SecondUNIT
30 Apr 2019
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More a character study with sex as
an added bonusas a consequence of their age and some of their history. Pretty sure most of it can be skipped anyways via author’s directions, so it stands solidly as it’s own work. -
We Leave As Clueless As We Came by hansbekhart
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Nov 2019
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Japan is thirteen hours ahead of New York, and even though he knows that isn’t how it works, it feels like every day that Izuku wakes up is a day that All Might has already lived through, until the day he doesn’t.
Bookmarked by SecondUNIT
08 Apr 2020
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Bruuuhhhhhhhh we didn’t think we were gonna fucking disassociate in the club tonight but I guess I’m all cried out
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Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that something’s missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when one’s life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy a portrait? Harry has no idea; he’s too busy trying not to be in love with Malfoy to care.
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- Part 1 of Azoth
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- English
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- 88,722
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Bookmarked by SecondUNIT
01 Aug 2023
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SCIENCE
ALCHEMY
MAGIC
!AAAAAAAAA!
also has porn but that part is significantly less important than everything else, though its handled brilliantly as a tool for developing characters and their relationships with one another than anything else -
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Theodore Nott was rather proud of his ability to stay out of the limelight, he'll leave that to Malfoy and his sycophants, thank you very much.
However, with the Triwizard Tournament looming ahead, he'll find it impossible to stay in the shadows. All because of Potter and his stupidly nice smile.
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- English
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Bookmarked by SecondUNIT
09 Aug 2023
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Maybe one day I'll like a mainstream ship.
That day will absolutely not be today, or tomorrow, or the foreseeable future in all likelyhood