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    When in Doubt, Go to the Library by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

    02 Mar 2024

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    "I am Wan Shi Tong, He Who Knows Ten Thousand Things, and this is my library, my domain," he answered instead, "Who are you, mortal?"

    The boy hesitated but answered, "I... was Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. My... the Fire Lord has banished me, with no recourse to return."

    aka
    Wan Shi Tong adopts Zuko AU

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    11 Dec 2025

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    Acceptance Will Be Earned by Anonymous

    Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

    03 Mar 2024

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    Rolan thought things would be different once he reached Baldur's Gate.

    Instead, he finds himself struggling to prove his worth as a wizard.

    “I’m not pretending to know you, Rolan.” Gale lets out a shallow sigh, “But my eyes don’t deceive me. What I see is an apprentice wizard working as a shopkeeper, too untrained to cast even the simplest of spells!” Gale isn’t shouting, but his tone is stern, almost like he’s scolding a cat.

    Rolan has held his composure through verbal assault, through beatings, but this?

     

    Pity?

     

    Pity is the last thing Rolan wants.

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    07 Dec 2025

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    blowing off steam by

    Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types  

    25 Jul 2021

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    Slade hates working in Bludhaven, and tonight was particularly frustrating, so he decides to blow off some steam with Dick.

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    26 Nov 2025

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    Home Is Where the Heart Is by

    Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)  

    25 Oct 2025

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    Six months ago, Renegade broke free from his master. He’d had no home. No family. Had learned nothing beyond what he'd needed to be a predator.
    Now free, he has vowed to use those skills to help instead of hurt.

    Only Nightwing really shouldn't have picked Blüdhaven for his debut. The neighbors in Gotham are kinda... a lot.

    Like, A LOT a lot.

    OR
    Dick joins the batfam fashionably late.

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    26 Nov 2025

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    Second Chance by

    Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types  

    04 Apr 2020

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    When Talia al Ghul watched her toddling son start his training, his awful, grueling training, she had an epiphany:

    The League of Assassins was no place for children.

    (Or: Talia realizes training literal babies is abuse and gets him out of there.)

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    20 Nov 2025