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Another Bar In Yokohama by adelieblue
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
09 Jan 2026
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Even though his death had been faked, Kazuma Kiryu had fully expected it to mark the end of his life anyway. Leaving behind his name, his home and his family, the only path he could see ahead of him was one filled with loneliness. A path for a man who had no reason to live anymore.
So he did what all dead men did: he changed his name and opened a bar in an unfamiliar city.
And everything had been going as he expected - until the day Ichiban Kasuga burst through his front door.
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21 Jan 2026
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It is the turning point in the year, Erebor is trapped by an unrelenting snow and within the mountain, the dwarves have to survive the bitter season any way they can. Bilbo is determined to help them, and not just because it is a good distraction from his own thoughts.
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17 Dec 2025
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It must have been Karen who’s summoned him, Matt thinks, although how she’s gotten in touch with Frank and convinced him to help, he’s got no idea. Frank did always have a soft spot for her — she was the only one he’d talk to, during the trial, and he’d saved her from those thugs shooting up her apartment (although Matt’s still not entirely sure what happened after that— Karen had always been a bit vague about Frank “kidnapping” her from police custody).
He knows Karen and Frank were in touch while Matt was recuperating after Midland Circle— but Karen had also been light on the details of Frank’s involvement when she’d been used as a human shield by that suicide bomber..
Now that Matt thinks about it, there’s a lot of stuff Karen’s been vague about when it comes to Frank.
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The Kastle scenes in "Straight to Hell" from Matt's POV.Bookmarked by azazel51
12 May 2025
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Frank is a logger living a life of isolation up in the mountains of Seward, Alaska. Running from his grief, he has retreated so far into himself that he couldn't find his way out if he tried.
Karen is an author who has rented the cabin down the way from Frank’s in order to get away and write her next novel in solitude. Having suffered severe writer's block, she's hoping that the quietude of Alaska will help her find her muse.
After years of falling apart, the universe has decided that it's time for these two to fall together.
"Frank watched her, with her head thrown back, fascinated. It had been a minute since he’d made anyone other than Curtis and David laugh. He was surprised at how easily it was coming to him—how relatively effortless it was to talk to Karen. He supposed, in part, it was because of her profession; he was sure that someone who spent most of their time studying people and writing dialogue would be a great conversationalist. But it also felt like he was dusting off the parts of him that used to be really good at this—the parts of him that were capable of making Maria laugh; were comfortable joking around. The parts that, while creaky and unused, were still there."
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27 Apr 2018
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Frank Castle is a boxer at the top of his game. Laconic and anti-social, he has a reputation for being an incredibly-tough interview.
Karen Page is a sports reporter trying to prove herself in a male-dominated field. She's done playing games--trying to be the "Cool Girl" who caters to the male fantasy--and now she's on a mission to take no shit.
"For a while, the fact that an interview with Castle lasting longer than 5 minutes even existed was big news. Splashed all over the message boards—circulated among boxing and Castle fans alike. The very concept that someone actually got the man to sit down for more than a breath of time and give multiple-sentence answers to a question—it was huge. Massive. It was the only thing Castle fans could talk about.
Until three months later, when Frank Castle disappeared.
Then that was the news. It was the only news."
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Bookmarked by azazel51
27 Apr 2025