Healing is not linear
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Part II of AKA Misdirected. Please read that first.
Regard the time gap from Part I and Part II to be the events taken place in The Defenders. This is Marvel canon compliant until the end of Thor: Ragnarok, minus Jessica Jones season 2 onward.
The story is heavily focused on trauma recovery (Jessica), power development (Trish) and how they both navigate the changes. Of course, with noir detective plot and some mysticism.
This fic will be finished/ended before season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again starts.
NOTE: This fic is based on season 1 Trish.
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- Part 2 of AKA Nightmares and Fairytales
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Ghosts and Failure: Wish I Could Change by GalaxyThreads
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
22 Jul 2019
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[ENDGAME SPOILERS] Loki is dead. Thor knows that. Now, if only he could grind that idea into Loki's ghost, that would be marvelous. (One-shot) [Canon-compliant]
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"See, the thing about Theo is that he’s nice. Genuinely nice, the kind of guy who doesn’t need a calendar to remember people’s birthdays or think twice to lend a hand; the kind of guy who sends all his neighbors baskets of fresh produce when the harvest starts just because, who always has a sympathetic ear and is willing to name any flower or insect Jas or Vincent throw at him, no matter how long his day has been. Not because he wants anything in return, or Yoba forbid, expects it, but because it’s in his nature to do it and he enjoys being a good neighbor. Quite frankly, it fucks with Shane’s head."
Or, Shane longs for the days when he wasn't in love with his boss.
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I've Got You Brother by CaptainTardis
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
26 Aug 2024
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Ice blue eyes widen slightly and he’s moving before he even fully registers what’s happening or about to happen as he sees Endeavor prepare for an attack.
The flame hero doesn't see the fallen student in his attack path and if he does he sure as hell doesn't act like he cares.
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- Part 1 of Class A Is A Family Your Honor
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Plea by abira
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
02 Sep 2022
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He’s quiet, you think.
He has been quiet for a while. You wonder if anyone has noticed it.
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- Part 1 of Storm
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Gotham Circus by insomniacblob
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Harley Quinn (Comics), Harley Quinn (Cartoon 2019), Suicide Squad (2016), Supergirl (TV 2015), Justice League - All Media Types, Poison Ivy (Comics)
28 May 2024
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Harley met with a certain redhead one night, but what does this woman want from her? Friendship or something else?OR
Harley is a circus girl who was purchased by a crimelord Jack Napier, aka the Joker, at a young age. One night, Pamela Isley showed up in her life and she saw a way out of this miserable life. Knowing Jack, that will be a bumpy ride even with the help of their friends. Can the pair make it? What is Joker up to? Can they defeat him? And at what cost?
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A circus AU, ft. various cameos from the DCU! I sprinkled quite a bit of supercorp, I like them too.Read the tags please! Stay safe.
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- Part 2 of Harlivy AU
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I Am Trying To Manage My Pain but All I Find Is Smoke by justanotherthrowaway1950
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
23 May 2021
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As Azula listens to Zuko’s speech at the end of Smoke and Shadow with her fellow Kemurikage, Azula reflects on how the events of the past couple of years have led her to this moment and what she intends to do with her life going forward.
Or an attempt to explain what Gene Yang meant by his comment about Azula’s time in the asylum, elaborate on Azula’s mental health struggles, why she turned on Ozai, why she still considers Mai and Ty Lee friends, how she became the GOAT Firebender and H2H combatant in all of ATLA, why she wants to “help” Zuko now, why the Kemurikage follow her, how she came up with her Smoke and Shadow plan, and why she cares about Kiyi when previously she saw Kiyi as her “replacement.”
Formerly Rebirth: How Did a Broken Princess Become a Spirit of Smoke and Shadow?
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Occupational Hazard by pandajelley
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
28 Feb 2022
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Izuku Midoriya, celebrated journalist on the international Hero beat, hasn’t lived in Japan for over fifteen years. But when a disturbing pattern of suicides among Hero agency support staff pulls him home, he comes back determined to investigate. If the pressure of the Pro Hero system is killing people, he’s going to prove it—even if that means working alongside Katsuki Bakugou, his childhood bully turned top-tier Hero.
The story quickly becomes bigger than expected. A high-profile death. Political interference. Pressure from his editor, his family, and the ghosts of who he used to be. The case matters—but so does what it’s doing to him.
As Izuku digs deeper, he’s forced to confront more than corruption: old wounds, complicated friendships, and the parts of himself he’s been avoiding for years. Recovery isn’t part of the plan—but it might be part of the story.
A slow-burn narrative about institutional failure, mental health, complicated history, and the long road to something like healing.
(Solving a mystery, going on a mental health journey, and repairing relationships. Prequel to From Mended Soil.)
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- Part 1 of To shame the devil
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The Best Worst Kept Secret in Ketterdam by FairytalesOfForever
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
25 Oct 2024
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She’s really not their child, they promise.
Unfortunately, she has other ideas:
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And while its dreams played music in the night Quietly, it was told to believe by orphan_account
Fandoms: Hermitcraft RPF, Dream SMP Ensemble - Fandom, Dream SMP
08 Jan 2022
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Tommy could hear the wind rushing as gravity pulled him downwards farther and farther. His adrenaline spiking as the resounding horror came upon him.
He had no water bucket.
He was going to die, again.
Why did he feel glad?
Then a world stopping snap rang out in the quiet city as each member of the Dream SMP’s communicator went off with the same message.
[Tommyinnit] fell from a high place
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Title from the song "Last Words of a Shooting Star" by Mitski -
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Inej and Wylan react to hearing about how the practice went, and everyone concerned gets thorough satisfaction.
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- Part 2 of Practice Makes Perfect
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right where you left me by svitzian
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
23 Jan 2022
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Cody returns to Utapau.
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Set shortly after the Malevolence arc. The four survivors spend evening together.
Grief is not linear. Sometimes we found moments of peace within its waves. Sometimes we can smile even though the scars are still raw and aching.
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- Part 3 of Little things [are the reason to live]
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A More Winding Path by Virodeil
Fandoms: Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Apprentice Series - Jude Watson & Dave Wolverton
05 Sep 2025
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Obi-Wan Kenobi chooses to truly leave the Jedi Order after he has been brought back to Coruscant from Melida/Daan. The cold, uncertain reception he finds in the Coruscanti temple is simply too horrible to bear, after the year-long warfare he endured. He has not been reinstated as Qui-Gon Jinn’s padawan yet, anyway, and still without a lightsabre.
But, somehow, through a more winding path, he still ends up a Jedi.
A Mandalorian Jedi, to be exact.
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A Breath of the Wild AU where the Champions and the king survive the Calamity. Emerging from the war with their lives intact, they suffer through the wounds of body and heart together.
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anhedonia by emshoa
Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (Movies)
17 May 2023
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I know that goodness exists because Peeta is good.
I also know that darkness exists because there is night, that evil exists because its stench clings to my pores, that pain exists because it vibrates deep in my bones.
And yet... sometimes I do not know if I exist. I slip in and out of awareness, a dizzying carousel of real and not real and real and not real. Guilt numbs my senses; shame wraps like a vice around my ankles and threatens to pull me under. The nightmares start to creep out of my sleep and make shadows in the corners of my very open eyes.
Before I can succumb to complete numbness, I find solace in Haymitch. He soothes the ache in my belly while lighting my skin aflame.
Let agony be thy medicine.
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Katniss and Haymitch return to District 12 and try to cope with the psychological fallout of the war by finding comfort in each other; grief, after all, is a powerful aphrodisiac. They must deal with the consequences of their actions when Peeta returns, a bouquet of primroses in hand.
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Saw the future in the face of a Daffodil by Thesuspiciousflyingjellyfish
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
12 Apr 2025
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Sansa overhears a conversation between two sailors on her way to the Eyrie, about a witch, and she finally makes the decision to grasp the control of her life. She wants to go home.
From there, we follow her journey into becoming one of the most powerful players in the Game, but never to truly be a part of it ever again.
After all, magic has a price, and not everything goes the way you hope it to.
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we'll brave this storm by maverickk
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
01 Aug 2023
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Poseidon won't pretend to understand what his youngest son is going through. But that doesn't mean that Percy will be going through it alone.
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- Part 4 of I Hear You're Alive (How Disappointing)
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an illusion you hide behind by maverickk
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
07 Oct 2023
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Percy and Grover's road trip is going great. They're meeting with nature spirits, working on restoring the Wild, and completely ignoring the emotional tension slowly building between them.
Yep. This is definitely a sustainable system.
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- Part 5 of I Hear You're Alive (How Disappointing)
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The Hopeless Hero: Vigilante by thorn_in_ur_side
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Jul 2024
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“Since we’re telling jokes,” Hawks hummed, turning back around, teeth glinting in the night. “I’ve got a funny one. You ready?”
Izuku nodded, not sure if the question was rhetorical.
“Great.” Hawks clapped his hands together. “The commission wants you dead.”
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Or: My twist on vigilante Izuku.
EDIT (2/2/25): Hey guys, some stuff happened (nothing huge) but I did also lose my journal that was full of everything for part two so that really sucked. Part two is still a work in progress rn, and as soon as I am finished with the chapter I am working on rn, I will publish! I know I said December/Jan but unfortunately that did not happen.
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The Hopeless Hero: Vigilante by thorn_in_ur_side
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“Since we’re telling jokes,” Hawks hummed, turning back around, teeth glinting in the night. “I’ve got a funny one. You ready?”Izuku nodded, not sure if the question was rhetorical.
“Great.” Hawks clapped his hands together. “The commission wants you dead.”