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:Refuge: It had been another long, hard day on top of a long hard week of too much destruction. Too much death. (c.25k)
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This Space Opera by AthenaAstrea
Fandom JAG, NCIS, Stargate SG-1, The Sentinel (TV), Various Fandoms - Fandom
15 Jun 2019
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“Tony, I don’t want to scare the bejesus out of you or anything, but you are, like the hero of every space opera ever. Seriously, I’m getting Captain Kirk, Paul Atreides, and Obi Wan Kenobi all rolled into one here. The young Obi Wan I mean.” Guide Angela Montenegro
Guide Anthony DiNozzo thinks he's had his shot at bonding. He's met "his" sentinel and, for reasons that he doesn't want to talk about, he turned him down. That should be it. After all, if a person doesn't bond with their perfect match, they don't get another chance, right? Tony's former sentinel won't so much as consider bonding with another guide, even to treat his terminal illness.
Leave it to Tony to break all the rules and in doing so, end up in the middle of a goddamned space opera, complete with politics, aliens, and his very own Space Force general.
Okay, so technically, Major General Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill is Air Force, but by the time Tony is done, who knows, there may well be a sixth branch of the military. And who better to lead it than a guy who's saved Earth a few dozen times?
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03 Feb 2025
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S/M: (long discussion, end of ch.3) end of ch.4 (brief, not plot-critical) end of ch.6 (brief, after-plot)
S/E: end of ch.1 (plot-significant), start of ch.2 (mostly discussion), start of ch.7 (brief, minimal detail), last third ch.8 (very long, mostly vague, builds), end of ch.9 (skippable) start & end of ch.14 (before & after breaks), mid ch.15 (half discussion), 3/4 (brief, not plot-critical)
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Two Nickels: Jack finding his guide in Tony leads to revelations for the SGC
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"US troops make crap peacekeepers.”“Of course we do,” Jack said a little huffily. “We’re soldiers. We make war, not peace. I just don’t know why everyone is so surprised,” Jack groused. “Our job is to defend the US Constitution and kick ass— it’s right there in our Oath of Service, fer crying out loud. We don’t make good international hall monitors, and sometimes we literally can’t do the job right because it conflicts with our primary mandate. No, if you want global babysitters, you need a force that is specifically trained for peacekeeping and isn’t obligated on pain of court martial to put one country’s interests ahead of all others."
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To some, the return of magic is a miracle; to others, a catastrophe. But to physicist Julia Chen, it’s all a colossal headache. Now, she’s setting out across the wintry, post-apocalyptic landscape of Fairy-occupied Canada in search of answers. The subject of her inquiries: an enigmatic Fae known only as Mr. Elsevier, who seems to have power over matter and energy at the most fundamental level and who is willing to share this knowledge—for a price.
But Julia’s quest does not take place in a political vacuum. In Ottawa, the new Fairy Viceroy draws up her plans for the country, even as her puppet Prime Minister, Chuck Oakes, struggles desperately to protect his people. But rebellion is brewing, and Mr. Elsevier may just be the key to human victory.
Now, with the murderous politics of the Fae heating up, Julia will soon learn that, in sorcery as in science, simple questions can sometimes have very dangerous answers. She is on the cusp of ultimate knowledge: a theory of magic that would explain what has become of the world and how it can be reversed—but asking the wrong question may well unravel reality itself.
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for a hundred visions and revisions by aventria, iluxia
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Doctor Strange (2016), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Thor (Movies)
05 Aug 2023
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Dr. Strange looks at the world after Thanos and, faced with its seemingly irreparable brokenness, breaks his own oath. Tony, Stephen, and Loki go back in time for one more chance - an intentional choice, because they are each other's insurance against repeating the same mistakes. Tony wakes up shortly before the Stark Expo with the reactor's palladium core still poisoning him. Stephen wakes up with undamaged hands and a flourishing medical career. Loki wakes up in Asgard one day before Thor's coronation.
"Do I dare disturb the universe? / In a minute there is time / for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse."
[ Yet another take on that time travel fic with lots of worldbuilding, hand-wavey comic book science, political intrigue, inventing, nerding out, and a broken Tony trying to fix a broken world - but this time he's not alone. ]
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(S/T/M: scattered one-word refs, surgery & (offscreen) death)
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The Hound of the Standishes by Sammy Girl
Fandoms: The Magnificent Seven (TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
08 Nov 2025
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February 15th 1896
Letter to Christopher Larabee,
221B Baker Street,
LondonDear Sir,
I present to you this copy of a legend that is well known around the villages on Dartmoor. I will visit you again, since you were not in when I called today. Your housekeeper allowed me to write and leave this note. You will have read of the death of Sir Henry Standish of Standish Hall on Dartmoor. I have some reason to believe his death was not entirely natural.
Your Servant,
Dr J Sanchez. M.R.C.P.
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