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to play a role by critrate, nucifraga
Fandoms: Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game), Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
11 Feb 2026
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‘Dawn’ was the name of a Champion, a young girl who had beaten the odds and come out on top over all the other trainers in the Sinnoh Region, who had been lauded as a battling prodigy on the cusp of a decorated career. It was the name of a starry-eyed child whose life was brimming with opportunity.
Akari was no longer that child.
And yet ‘Champion’ was a title that opened doors which an ordinary trainer would never have the ability to. It was a title that came hand in hand with duty, but one that held no small amount of power – power that could be used to scour the earth for hints of a dragon that most relegated to mere myths and legends.
Dawn is finding her uncle, no matter what name she opts to use. No matter what name he opts to use.
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- Part 5 of Ancient Trackways
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glacial steel, azure skies by critrate
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Scarlet & Violet | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Versions, Pocket Monsters: Red & Green & Blue & Yellow | Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow Versions, Pocket Monsters: FireRed & LeafGreen | Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen Versions
22 Dec 2025
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“I’ll tell it to you straight. Geeta’s offerin’ you a spot as a Gym Leader.” Ryme said. “The Glaseado Gym has been empty since Juan moved to Hoenn. Not got any settlement round it like mine, but somethin’ tells me you’re better suited for that anyway.”
Taking on the role of Gym Leader would mean that he would be able to battle, day in and day out, with his new team. The tempestuous storm that he had only been able to let loose during that battle with Geeta would have countless opportunities to rage free, filling him with that very same heady rush of glee and frenetic action.
It would mean returning to the pursuit that had given him life, yet the same one that had taken it away.
After his journey in Kanto reached its ultimate conclusion, Red's panicked flight from civilisation lands him on a very different mountain. Halfway across the world, where his fame hopefully has yet to spread, he attempts to rebuild.
Blue follows anyway.
(aka: Red becomes Grusha)
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rise above it all by critrate, nucifraga
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game)
24 Oct 2025
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Zekrom couldn’t hold back a full team of six while protecting both of his young charges.
There were too many variables, too many factors to consider. How could he leap into battle and still ensure the safety of both Hilda and N, when Ghetsis had so openly stated his malintent?
Then a tightly-contained orb of scorching heat blasted past Zekrom and hit the opposing Bisharp head-on, and he faintly recalled that Alder’s footsteps had been accompanied by another’s.
He recognised the attack in a heartbeat.
N’s formula to change the world involved three key variables. Team Plasma, the Pokémon League Champion, and the Dragon of Ideals, Zekrom.
Ingo, dormant within the Dark Stone, had other plans - and so did his brother.
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- Part 4 of Ancient Trackways
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Duckie @goducksgo
are you fr suggesting a kpop group murdered their rivals on stage and got away with it lmaokieran @legendary_brush
the namsan tower performance WASN’T just special effects (sfx), a thread [1/?]misty @kpopismylife
oomf what the hellThe new Honmoon isn't perfect.
(multimedia fic ft. HTML)
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a part to play, living by written lines by critrate, nucifraga
Fandoms: Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
29 Mar 2025
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Cynthia let out a startled, slightly too high-pitched laugh. “You’re telling me you’re – if what I’m hearing is right – one of Unova’s legendary dragons in human form?” She clutched the ends on her sweater’s long sleeves into balls, knuckles white. “...the worst part is that I see it. If I had to pick one, Zekrom – right?”
Her breaths came quicker now. “But that means– all those years ago, I displaced Zekrom with those rifts that I tore in space-time. Heavens, why didn’t you seek me out and rip me apart when you regained your memories?”
Two regions over, half a century before N's coronation, two not-quite-humans run into each other once more. The rain continues to fall.
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- Part 2 of Ancient Trackways
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Ancient Trackways by critrate, nucifraga
Fandom Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game)
11 Feb 2026
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The union of three of my favourite PL:A character-related tropes:
- Ingo is Zekrom (& Emmet is Reshiram)
- Volo is Cynthia
- Akari is the DPPt protagonist
ft. very long time loopIt is my belief that each story can be read standalone, though reading other stories in the series will definitely strengthen your overall understanding. The planned exception will be the fifth, and likely final, work in this series.
The full timeline, including reference years & where each work in this series falls on the timeline, can be found in the End Notes of to play a role. The works in this series are more or less in chronological/intended reading order, though.
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x-over compilation by calliphlox, critrate, nucifraga
Fandom Alien Stage (Web Series), Ensemble Stars! (Video Game), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Naruto, The Flash (TV 2014), プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。| BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Anime), 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong
06 Oct 2025
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critrate - main writing account. works hosted on this have been edited.
nucifraga - secondary writing account for lower-effort (i.e. written in one sitting & unedited) fics
calliphox - account used for archiving abandoned ideas.
Using different accounts, instead of different pseuds, because it allows me to adjust email settings & other Preferences.- Words:
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1. That Green Fellow? I think he's Barbatos.
Aether POV. Aether's missing something about how Mondstadt treat the topic of Barbatos... He just can't pinpoint what it is.
Fix-It for Signora's attack. First work in the series.2. For the Lack of a Gnosis
Zhongli POV. A visit paid to Mondstadt in the aftermath of Osial's defeat turns out decidedly unproductive.
Attempt at humour, looks into timeline changes.
2.1. Alternative - Act 2, Scene 1
Zhongli POV. Initial draft of the starting scene for ^ that can stand alone pretty well.- Words:
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Gold Fever by TheDefenestrator for Fayah, halcyonine
Fandoms: 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon), 全职高手 - 蝴蝶蓝 | Quánzhí Gāoshǒu - Húdié Lán
18 Dec 2021
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Tao Xuan struggled with envy over what he could have achieved in Ye Xiu’s place; had Su Muqiu lived, the target would have been completely different.
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Bookmarked by critrate
25 Dec 2024
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17-05-2026; jesus christ, this author seriously just wrote half the fics i've ever read in TKA's english fandom. wow. props to them.
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Unqualified Assistance by TheDefenestrator
Fandoms: 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon), 全职高手 - 蝴蝶蓝 | Quánzhí Gāoshǒu - Húdié Lán
30 Jul 2023
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No one has ever doubted the identity of the “team reporter’s assistant” following Excellent Era around to their games, but he sure takes slacking to a new level. How does he get so many exclusive interviews and never publish anything?!
Ye Xiu would like to protest that he has, in fact, listened to their advice and published many articles. They’re just all Glory guides.
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Bookmarked by critrate
23 Dec 2024
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"No one has ever doubted the identity of the “team reporter’s assistant” following Excellent Era around to their games, but he sure takes slacking to a new level. How does he get so many exclusive interviews and never publish anything?!Ye Xiu would like to protest that he has, in fact, listened to their advice and published many articles. They’re just all Glory guides."
kindled 17-05-2026 i have just realised this author has published a shit ton of fics in this fandom that are just my fav tropes so i'm going through them and downloading them for kindle reading
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A Different Meeting by orphan_account
Fandoms: 全职高手 - 蝴蝶蓝 | Quánzhí Gāoshǒu - Húdié Lán, 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon)
08 May 2022
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Years after Ye Qiu ran away, Ye Xiu gets a message from an online friend's little sister asking him for help. After hearing the story, Ye Xiu's heart goes out for her and the Ye family gains another child.
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my captain, my tortoise by Fayah
Fandoms: 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon), 全职高手 - 蝴蝶蓝 | Quánzhí Gāoshǒu - Húdié Lán, 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Live Action TV)
03 Jul 2021
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“Sun Xiang, don’t you have any pride at all? Even a tortoise is more professional than you are! But saying that is an insult to my cute little pet tortoise!”
Huang Shaotian gets a bit too carried away with his trash talk in Blue Rain’s match against Excellent Era and accidentally reveals that he is secretly raising an illegal pet tortoise.
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24 Dec 2024
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sobbing @ them
kindled 17-05-2026: kindled for posterity even though it's <2k :P
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Dennis snaps awake with startling clarity.
For a moment, he fumbles, assaulted with the depressingly familiar scent of perforated bowel, set against a backdrop of sweat and hospital disinfectant. The clamour of ambulance sirens fades to reveal the unmistakable sounds of an Emergency Department – a constant symphony of disorganised shouting and vital sign monitors beeping to the tune of patients’ heart rates.
He can see an x-ray box in the distance – the type that had gone obsolete decades ago, with the advent of digital patient records and more stringent patient confidentiality laws. The scrubs that some people are wearing are a far more familiar sight, but something isn't right about this picture.
Seemingly without rhyme or reason, Dennis Whitaker flits between ERs as day turns into night. Inexplicably, in this other ER, his only constant seems to be John Carter - now, if only he could figure out why.