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In a not-too-far dystopian future, James McAvoy is very rich, and very lonely. He attempts to find a companion in a Weyland Industries David 8 android. Title is taken from the film "AI".
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Prompt was: The Hunger Games, Finnick/Johanna. You like your girls insane. (Sociopaths!AU?)
Hacker/Vigilante!Johanna. Rentboy!Finnick. Nonexistent!Annie. Picture Panem as a Dystopian city, Districts as Zones. Picture Johanna as a fun-house-mirror Lisbeth Salander (this was unintentional but the gritty feel is kind of what I was going for).
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It is so very far from being a perfect world. They're all just fighting to try and make it a bit better.
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Nothing But a String of Numbers by storiesfortravellers for Runespoor
Greek and Roman Mythology
1 May 2012
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Cyberpunk AU of Greek mythology. Ariadne is a hacker who fights the powers that control all the information. Persephone is her friend who just wishes she could go back to her virtual reality instead of being in the 'real' world. Together, they decide to make a mess of things, in the best way possible.
For the prompt from Runespoor: Ariadne and Persephone and other women in Greek mythology in a cyberpunk AU.
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tripping off the power by intoalkaseltzer
The Avengers (2012), Marvel (Movies), Thor (2011), Iron Man (Movies)
27 Apr 2012
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Loki-won-AU. For the prompt, 'gaining the world but losing your soul.'
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Escaping from the military pursuit, Steve and Tony find an unlikely home in an unlikely place.
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Summary: Sometimes, when the world falls down around you, all you have is hope that you can keep your loved ones safe.
Disclaimer: Arakawa would probably hate the things I do to her characters. -
like explosions in the sky by flimsy
Bandom, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship
13 Apr 2012
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In a world where age is measured not by how long you have lived, but by how many years you have left, Spencer is five. He turned five yesterday at seven-thirty-two when they were out in the factory, collecting cans. Now he’s curled up around Ryan, face pressed against his neck, inhaling deeply, suppressing the uprising panic that the knowledge of your own mortality brings.
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It's been five years since the beach, and four years since Charles was captured by the Brotherhood. Since then, he's been kept in a safe house while Erik finally achieved what Shaw failed to do.
Now that most of humanity has been eradicated, Erik's summoned Charles back to his side, promising a cure and political influence in exchange for Charles' help - but Charles knows it's only a matter of time before he asks for more.
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Erik comes from a broken world, eight years after a dark night in the water just outside Florida. He'll do anything to make sure that future doesn't come to pass.
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It's a post-apocaplyse world where all of England is now controlled by the military. In an attempt to organize the masses, they concentrate most of the population in London, forcing people from their homes to live as refuges with host families. John is forced to move to London as well, and he ends up sharing a flat with the most bizarre man he has ever met, who saves him from his hopelessness during such challenging times.
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"Subject 317 is a twenty-two year old male, recruited from the army, and a sullen little bastard, if you ask me. Preliminary tests have returned positive for enhanced strength, reflexes, and pain threshold...317 was placed in the arena with subjects 172, 195, 248, and 96. 317 killed them all. Further study has proven necessary."
Superpowers AU.
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Into the Tall Grass by night_reveals
Inception (2010), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
7 Apr 2012
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Arthur has lived in run-down Pallet Town his whole life, listening to tales of its former glory as he scrapped together enough gil to get out and into the wild. But the world has changed, and when Arthur walks out into it, he finds more than he ever expected.
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After the war left him horribly injured, James West made a deal with the metaphorical devil and let Inscape have access to his brain, making him the perfect super-soldier. On a mission to pass sentence on a rogue scientist on Inscape's behalf, West finds that there's much more to what's inside his head than he could possibly have imagined and that the man he's come to kill holds more answers than he could possibly want.
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Years later, Charles would remember that day. Sometimes he would wonder if he could have changed anything; other times he would despair over what he had since become. But he would always hold the image in his mind: Raven, laughing, and his thoughts flying alongside her on strong wings, silver-gold through the winter air. Once upon a time.
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Welcome to Planet Motherfucker by Nokomis
Bandom, My Chemical Romance, Mindless Self Indulgence
2 Apr 2012
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Twenty years after the first zombie apocalypse, MSI are spreading their message in the underground music scene. When they get to Monroeville they cross paths with their old friends in The Black Parade... and then shit gets real again. Is there any truth to the rumor of a mysterious cure hidden in a nearby government lab? Their lives may depend on the answer!
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To See Them Resplendent by Nokomis
Bandom, Mindless Self Indulgence, My Chemical Romance, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Album)
1 Apr 2012
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Dr. D asks Lyn-Z to watch over Party Poison and Fun Ghoul after Motorbaby gets taken.
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- Part 2 of Lyn-Z in the Zones
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Scattered in her Wake by Nokomis
Bandom, Mindless Self Indulgence, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Album)
1 Apr 2012
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Safe in Battery City, Lyn-Z accidentally hears a Dr. Death Defying broadcast.
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- Part 1 of Lyn-Z in the Zones
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In a world ruled by Murdoch, two-man commando unit Bryant & Watson share a moment of downtime.
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For the Criminal Minds Prompt Meme, Round Six: Free for All. The prompt is: Reid becomes the UNSUB. "Don't you say that I've gone crazy, because I haven't gone crazy yet." Obvious title is (hopefully) obvious.