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Dr Carmilla was as clever as she was cruel. It was something that was somewhat of a given when presented with the people she’d chosen to install a mechanism in. None of them could be described fully ‘good’, some may have started out that way, or, at the very least been filled with idealism rather than rage or gasoline but it was telling that the one mechanism with a possibility for sustained and predictable good deeds had an easily accessible switch to stop that sort of nonsense.
So, it was highly likely that the good Doctor had planned for a contingency that she may be destroyed by her own creations. She worked hard to train them and instil an impossibility of them taking negative action against her but it never hurt to be thorough. It might also be that she had a sick sense of humour but when presented with the evidence it was probably both.
Or, Dr Carmilla installed a surprising extra piece of programming that the Mechanisms only discover after her unfortunate accident and have to find a way to deal with it.
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31 Mar 2026
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And there's a chance that things'll get weird. Yeah, that's a possibility. by pintpotjudas for postcardmystery
Fandoms: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
28 Oct 2022
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Viago gets dumped by the love of his afterlife, and everyone does their level (terrible) best to help him move on. Anton knows a thing or two about not getting the life you thought you were going to have. The camera crew are back to film every moment of it. More or less.
“Katherine left Viago a note.” Deacon says, turning to the camera and making a face as a moan of anguish echoes from behind the closed door of Viago’s chamber. “It seems that she met a younger man at the bingo hall, and they have- well, not ‘run’ away, because I do not think he can run with that metal frame thing he has to use to get about but- they have left.”
A crash comes from inside the room, and then more heartbroken crying.
Deacon winces. “Vladislav is comforting him.”
“We could just kill her if you like-” Vladislav can be heard saying.
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11 Feb 2026
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God, Ed was obsessed with that voice. Wanted to rub it all over himself, to drink it, to drown in it. To take it apart and see what it was made out of. He wondered if Izzy understood that when they sang together they were touching - voice to voice, from lungs to throat to air.
In the run-up to Calypso's party, things are tense on the Revenge. Stede is still learning how to be a captain, and a pirate. The crew don't trust him, and they certainly don't trust Ed Teach. The relationship between Izzy and Edward is strained by what they've been through, for all that Izzy and Stede are growing friendlier the more time they spend training. Ed's doing his best to make amends - to Izzy, to the ship, to everyone - and to sort his head out, but it's not easy. Meanwhile Stede and Ed are taking things slow, finding their way on shaky new ground.
While trying to work out how to fix all the things he's broken, Stede ends up asking about how Izzy and Ed met. Separately, the two of them tell him a story about pubs and pirates, about marriages and villains, shanties and sea battles, and of the Republic of Pirates itself. And for Stede, it changes everything.
With original songs by Doll_After_Dark!
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27 Jan 2026
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all the very best of us string ourselves up for love by oopshidaisy
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
26 Nov 2023
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What they don’t tell you about meeting your soulmate is that it feels like getting whacked over the head with a shovel.
(Or: Stede, Ed, and Izzy manage to make a mess of being bound together by fate.)
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14 Jan 2026
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Izzy looks to Edward, mouth working helplessly.
“Just let it happen, mate,” Ed suggests.
“I was hoping,” Stede continues, a little irritated by the lack of support, “that you’d let me—and Ed—know if there’s anything we could be doing differently, to make you more comfortable.”(Or: How Izzy Hands learned to stop worrying and love his co-captains.)
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31 Dec 2025