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Bloody hell, can’t you just... can’t you just come back here and solve mysteries and argue with me, for God’s sake?’ John said with a shaky laugh, cradling the back of Sherlock’s head.
January, 1944. John has a particularly unsuccessful trip to collect his ration, but a certain someone else has a week’s leave and everything gets that little bit brighter.
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- Part 11 of Long Ago and Far Away
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Skirting the Cultural Chasm: the Interlaced Narratives of Two Revolutionaries by FaustianAspirant
Homestuck
11 Feb 2012
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An essay on the French Revolution by Dirk Strider, mapping the trials and tribulations of the notorious Citizen Karkat Vantas and his rival, political satirist Davide de Lalonde.
Or: the world’s most abstruse eighteenth century shipping manifesto.
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A year after the Inception job, Arthur has quietly retired to a safe house in the mountains. Bundles of letters start appearing in in the team's P.O. Boxes around the world, a correspondence between Arthur and Dom. Each package dates from a different period over the last three hundred years, unraveling an ancient secret.
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The Treaty of Paris has been signed, and Europe is glad that they're done with the Seven Years' War. Francis says good-bye to his lost colonies, and makes Matthieu & Aveline (Louisiana) a promise.
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- Part 6 of White Flags
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Sitting in his governor-general's residence in Montreal, Matthieu has his last breakfast before becoming a British colony.
Warning for gratuitous references to the Seven Years' War and the conquest of Canada.
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- Part 4 of White Flags
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- 418
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[Y895] Tsubame's family fled from Azha in the hopes of finding sanctuary, but the people of Nashira don't take kindly to strangers -- until the son of the fisherman next door began to bring them fish.
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- Part 1 of The Diamondflame War
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- 2,028
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Francis hears some disturbing things while in the bath with his little brother, but the people are just following the government's lead.
WARNING: Implied child neglect (not by Francis)
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- Part 2 of White Flags
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With the colony of New France well-established, Francis hears rumours of a new personification living on a farm with one of the files du roi; he goes to the New World investigate personally.
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- Part 1 of White Flags
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- 418
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Dean, Sam, and Bobby are hunters in pre-Revolutionary Paris. An eccentric aristocrat comes to them with a job that could change the course of history. (Shh, just come, there will be cravats.)
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- Part 1 of Taking Liberties
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Doc Scratch lies, awaiting his imminent death. But does time ever truly pass slowly for a being such as he? Does it matter?
In his final moments, he conveys a story, as a gracious host is known to. The story of a dead planet.
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James, Earl of McAvoy is one of many diplomats sent from Britain to the German States to ensure that they will build a united front against the threat of Napoleon’s invading army. But on his travel from one court to another, he gets lost in the unfamiliar land. He finds himself on the doorstep to the mansion of the arrogant and inhospitable Fürst Michael von Fassbender.
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"I should have the sorry lot of you thrown in the Tower!"
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The world was hemmed in, above and below and around, and it just wasn't fair – the war wasn't even two years past, the country still surviving on basic rations and sheer bloody-mindedness, and for a winter like this to hit now....
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Knit Two Together by theleaveswant
Sherlock Holmes (Downey films), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
9 Feb 2012
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Those naughty knitting, train-riding Victorians
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Rescuers come in all shapes and sizes...
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Kink Meme Prompt: Charles had a horrible home life and ran away with Erik, who was part of a motorcycle gang, but *something bad* happened and Charles ran away from the gang. Years later, he has a respectable job and is trying to forget about his past.
OP requested Sons of Anarchy, but I went with a touch of Torque.
AU: modern and without mutant abilities.
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Sam takes a risk to meet one of her heroes.
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Three archangels ensure the safe birth of the first two true vessels. Michael and Raphael do their job, and Gabriel expresses doubts.
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- Part 1 of The Foundation of Gabriel
- Part 2 of Daughters of Cupid, Sons of Men
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- 911
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- 2
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Ephemera from the Avatar Collection at Republic City University with notes and commentary by the archivists by Anonymous for livrelibre
Avatar: The Last Airbender
7 Feb 2012
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Many of these pieces lack provenience, as they were recovered after the Great Fire destroyed the Kuei Royal Collection at Ba Sing Se University.
The Avatar Collection is not available to the public. Scholarly inquiries should be directed to the Chief Archivist.
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In the unmerciful world of Mercy Prison, there is no rule but unending pain. For Merrick, the arrival of his new guard provides hope that he may break beyond the boundaries of his life prison. But appearances can be deceptive, and Merrick does not yet recognize the danger this guard poses to his future.
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- Part 1 of Life Prison
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- 24,519
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