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Calamari (Link)antation by tilapsci for Nebulapaws
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), Splatoon (Video Games)
09 Aug 2025
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“One, are you okay?” Tetra asks, but there’s no time to respond.
Another gleam somewhere ahead of him, and Wind rolls again, but this time he doesn’t go unscathed. The ink rips past his shoulder, and though it’s barely a graze, it burns.
He gasps, his arm locking up instinctively in response to the unexpected pain, but he forces himself to raise his dualies again. He needs more light, and more space to work, and some cover would be nice, too.
“One?” Tetra asks, much more urgently this time.
“Found it,” he chokes out, and then has to dive behind an electrical box to avoid a shot through the head. “Or, it found me.”
Wind, Spirit, Tetra, and Four proudly make up the Inkopolis sector of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, working to monitor and shut down Octarian activity in the area. Things have been quiet for a while, but strange power outages have recently drawn their attention to Octo Valley and force them to investigate.
There are bets going around on whether wild sharks are responsible for causing the outages by chewing on the cables. Spoilers: it's not sharks.
Or, a Linked Universe Splatoon AU!
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“I am not leaving him in there alone,” he continues, starting to loosen the clasp over his shoulder keeping his scarf in place. “He needs us-”
Just then, there’s an audible disturbance in the water. Warriors whips his head around in time to catch a splotch of dazzling pink amidst a cloud of bubbles in the otherwise dark lake, and then a lizalfos genuinely comes flying out of the water. He stares dumbly as it crashes into the deck between him and Twilight, screeching and squirming in pain and fury, with brutal looking claw marks around its face and throat. What the fuck?
When a portal drops the Chain in the middle of a huge lizalfos camp, sprawling halfway across an unknown lake, everyone expects the worst when Legend ends up getting dragged under. They quickly find out just how well he can hold is own in the water, though, and add a new fact to their ever-growing list of Legend's magical abilities.
Or, the Links learn about the mermaid suit, and they're more interested in marveling at the unique transformation than judging Legend for it, much to his surprise. Legend tosses a lizalfos, Warriors makes a fool of himself, and everyone has a good time.
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Wind squints back down at his letter, trying to recall what day it had been right before they left. All the eras have a slightly different calendar, his more rudimentary than most, but even he knows that the timing must be close.
“It’s nothing. This is just a birthday gift from my sister, so I was trying to figure out when my birthday actually is.”
Immediately, everyone in their little group whips around to stare at him. “...What?”
“It’s your birthday?”
Or, the Chain might not be able to throw the most elaborate birthday party while on the road, but turning fourteen is a big deal. No matter how short notice, they'll gladly do whatever they can to make Wind feel special on his big day! (...Even if they probably have the wrong date. Time travel gets confusing, okay? It's the thought that counts.)
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- Part 5 of tilapsci LU sprints!
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Brothers in Arms, Brothers in Tankards by tilapsci
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
01 Feb 2025
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“Great Zephos, they are totally shit-faced-” Wind hisses from over his shoulder, peeking out of the doorway just like Four is. He sounds like he’s having the best day of his life. Maybe he is.
“You’re a good man,” Warriors continues on, entirely oblivious to or uncaring of the audience he has amassed. “Y’ remind me of,” a thick, ugly sniffle, “of m’ own mum.”
“Oh, wow,” Four mutters.
Or, Warriors and Twilight sneak away from the rest of the Chain in the captain's era to enjoy a well-deserved break and celebrate the end of a long, long week. They, uh, might have celebrated a little too hard, because now it takes three separate heroes to drag them to bed and get them to focus for more than five seconds on a subject that isn't their deep, undying, brotherly love for one another.
Tears are shed, drunken heart-to-hearts are had, and lots of blackmail material is collected. At least Four is thoroughly entertained. Written for a sprint prompt in the LU Discord!
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- Part 4 of tilapsci LU sprints!
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“What are you doing?” Twilight asks, giving a significant look to the book loosely held in his lap. Wind immediately snaps it shut. “Do y’ like the waterwheel?”
“...Is that what it’s called?” Wind asks, keeping his eyes trained on the structure. After a moment of deliberation, he opens the book again and scribbles out his previous note. He can feel Twilight watching him, and when he whips his head up in preparation to deliver a withering glare, he simply finds the rancher looking at him curiously. He deflates a bit, at that.
“Yeah,” the rancher confirms, giving the home across from them another significant look. “Forgot for a minute that you wouldn't've known that.”
Or, the Heroes of Courage are always curious, and Wind is no exception. Sometimes the simplest advancements in one era are groundbreaking in another. There's not a lot of information about what life on the mainland is like in Wind's time, so he's trying to document some of it while he has the chance.
And, unsurprisingly, Twilight is a good brother. Written for a sprint prompt in the LU Discord!
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- Part 3 of tilapsci LU sprints!
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A collection of (unless otherwise noted) disconnected short stories/one-shots made for sprints prompts in the LU discord server! I don't post everything I make, but my favorites usually end up on here, and now I have a fancy little series to organize them :D
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Can't Go Back Now by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
31 May 2017
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"No, no, he was not the devil. It is just that he was called Diavolo. … Well, maybe he was, I don't know," Giorno says. "Bene, he was the… director? Of Passione."
"Boss," Fugo supplies him. "He was the boss."
Giorno snaps his fingers at Fugo gratefully. "He was the boss. I should not care about him personally except that he made Passione sell drugs, and weapons. That's no good, you know."
Jolyne slides her eyes over to Hermès, who is very resolutely looking at the road. She bites her lip. Jolyne thinks about the dime bag of weed currently sitting in the glove compartment. "Oh, yeah, for sure."
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Giorno and Fugo visit the Florida crew. Jolyne figures some stuff out about herself, her dad, and Hermès.Bookmarked by tilapsci
29 Dec 2025
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holy every part of this was so wonderful and fucking hilarious and?? realistically complicated??? please let them all be best friends, this is my canon ending
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Never Abolish Chance by Anonymous
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
11 Jul 2020
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Pannacotta Fugo has a bad habit.
His bad habit is that every morning, after washing his face and brushing his teeth, he shoots himself in the head.
(Or: Fugo's redemption arc as Slice of Life instead of Action/Adventure)
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- Part 1 of Jojo fics
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Bookmarked by tilapsci
02 Dec 2025
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this is THE fugo characterization, every chapter of this was so wonderful. what a beautiful, complicated, messy, and hopeful story, I don’t think it will leave my head ever
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the sea monster on the sea shore by Origamidragons
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
28 Jan 2025
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Kakyoin does not blink.
He doesn’t, but he must, because between seconds between blinks between heartbeats, Jotaro is there, catching Avdol around the neck with one arm and throwing them both to the ground. A bullet buries itself in the ground behind them in the next instant, shattering the reflection. Kakyoin tastes ozone, and blinks hard like that will help him understand how the hell Jotaro just actually teleported in front of his eyes.
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linear storytelling is fake; you can only trust your fists by queenieofaces
Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
07 Aug 2020
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Jotaro's complicated relationship with his Stand (featuring Japanese religion, trauma, and time moving in strange ways).
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In Any Other World by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
30 Jun 2016
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"Aaaah, what the hell! How come you know Kakyoin for like thirty seconds and decide to be friends with him, but you've known me for like three months and you still hate me?" Josuke wails.
"Well, Josuke, Kakyoin isn't a terrible little pompadour gremlin who burned my house down," Rohan says, dripping venom.
"You did what?" Joseph says.
"My God, he really is related to you," Kakyoin tells Jotaro.
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Kakyoin lives. No one told Jotaro.Series
- Part 2 of 101 Amazing Sea Creatures!
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Bookmarked by tilapsci
11 Nov 2025
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jotaro being such a dedicated marine biologist that he can’t stop thinking about it ever is KILLING me