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Genesis by aimmyarrowshigh for unevenfootsteps, unapologetic_thirst
One Direction (Band), Union J (Band), X Factor (UK) RPF
25 May 2013
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So to the Alpha Man came God’s hand, and in His protection the Alpha Man fell into a deep sleep. The Lord God cradled him as He took one of the Alpha Man’s rib bones and closed its place with the dust of stars and the salt of the sea. He fashioned from the Alpha Man’s rib bone a second in His image, hollow but for love for God and love for the Alpha Man, and that was the omega man. When his eyes opened for the first time the Lord God blew dust from the Earth into his sight and blinded him but to love for God and love for the Alpha Man and He did tether them with dust and salt as sat in the Alpha Man’s wound.
George doesn’t believe in all that catechism anymore, but in the grand scheme of things, and in Clevedon, it doesn’t matter much.
This is a really plotty, meta, metaphorical, semi-dystopian-but-following-X-Factor-timeline-and-with-a-happy-ending, crackships-ahoy Alpha/beta/omega fic. Alpha!Harry/omega!George.
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Why Jim Kirk Should Not Write His Own Press Release Ever by Misscar
Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
20 May 2013
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Companion piece to: But I Thought You Were Straight
Summary: Jim Kirk's uncleared press release in response to those who were upset about his relationship with Spock once it became public along with Spock's response.
This probably could be read as a standalone with minimal confusionSeries
- Part 2 of Warning: Assumptions are bad
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Following his shooting and near-paralysis at the hands of an angry human, psychiatrist and mutant-rights advocate Charles Xavier has to put himself, and his life, back together. As his body heals, though, his mind continues to fracture, broken apart by anger and the fear that the ideals he's held all his life are nothing but self-delusion. With his assailant's trial date approaching and his telepathy almost out of control, Charles's therapist gives him a choice: get help or she'll get it for him.
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Not in Gold by thorinsaplusparenting
The Hobbit (2012), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types
23 Apr 2013
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No longer able to afford paying for Ori's apprenticeship in gold, Dori pays Balin with his body. When a marriage contract goes awry when Nori comes home, the situation escalates and casts light on the problems of dwarrow society, problems that Thorin will need to see fixed or risk an open revolution.
Added note to last chapter regarding update schedule
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- Part 1 of Not in Gold
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Conquests by TigerDragon
Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games (2012)
21 Apr 2013
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Katniss Everdeen has never thought of herself as anyone's property, not even after her reaping, but there's no denying that the Capitol has gotten its use out of her as bloody entertainment. When she left the arena - before they tried to take Peetra away - she thought that was all they wanted. But this is the Capitol, the heart of Panem, and when you win one game, you've just bought your way in to another one.
After all, winners are a valuable commodity.
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Lost in Fallacy by Whimsical_in_the_Brainpan
Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables - Schönberg/Boublil, Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
20 Apr 2013
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Grantaire's motto has always been "it only hurts if you care." Of course, Éponine knows that secretly he's always cared. But it's just easier for him to play the strawman than to actually let himself believe. It's safer.
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- Part 1 of All I Have Known
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Parker Selfridge is not an evil man. He knows this.
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Ahead of them the City loomed with the pale eye of the sun falling behind its half-fallen towers like jagged teeth gummed with ice. Erik had heard legends of it, Babylon the abomination, the home to those who denied the godhead of En Sabah Nur. Sebastian had gone on endlessly about the City and the heretics who had protected it, loving descriptions from the chronicles and his own imagination concerning the destruction visiting upon it and how the Savieri had been made to pay for their blasphemy and had perished along with the humans they sheltered. [Or, the one where dystopia meets vague social allegory meets XMFC.]
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Arthur and Alfred's love story is grand and tempestuous, and it ends with the sort of melodramatic crescendo worthy only of them. Meanwhile, Matthew moons hopelessly after a rich boy, or two, both of whom only have eyes for ambitious, heartless Alfred. Of course.
It's your average teen love polygon, wrapped in a social class metaphor, punctuated by an unlikely Christ figure.- Words:
- 12,118
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The Shadow of My Own Figure by DominoSatcher
Larry Stylinson - Fandom, One Direction (Band)
8 Mar 2013
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One-shot; Harry Styles has done his research. After winning the 2013 Brit Award for Global Success, as the group accepts their award, Harry is ready to make an announcement that will stun the world, but will Louis support Harry's decision?
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Frosted hearts by aesc, palalife
X-Men: First Class (2011), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies)
20 Jan 2013
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Emma Frost has 99 problems, but a date ain't one. Specifically, she has no time to play the dating game--which is fine with her, because she'd much rather run it instead. From a set of sleek, silver and white offices on Fifth Avenue and with her trusty, stylish, and silent partner Janos Quested, Emma has built Frosted Hearts into New York City's premiere dating service, built on the principle that money, and a sufficiently rigorous psionic scan, can, in fact, buy you love.
Somewhere in Frosted Hearts's server is one Charles Xavier, genius and geneticist, with the kind of nicely-starched good looks that sell well on brochures for New England prep schools. He's also a telepath who's decided to give up pursuing serious relationships and instead spend his thirties doing what he should have done as a teenager: have a lot of sex with random people. Fortunately for him, Erik Lehnsherr, metallokinetic and engineering executive, has absolutely no time in his heart or his schedule for anything more serious than... well, absolutely nothing romantic at all.
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Cronus frowns. “I was gonna say ‘not in good mental health sometimes’. He had a rough childhood.”
Now it’s your turn to frown. “Everyone here had a rough childhood but y’know what? You just…deal with it! You pull yourself up by your bootstraps and you just march on.”
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- Part 9 of Trailerstuck
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After the end of World War I, Major Gregory Lestrade thinks he will remain in the Army until he retires. When he is offered the opportunity to become tutor to Mycroft Holmes's six children, however, he must make a decision that may affect the rest of his life.
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- Part 1 of Twilight Falling Slow universe
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Capiam finds his heir in the son of a determined woman, and maybe life on Pern will be better for it
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There's going to be an LGBT Pride meetup in Sunnydale in just a few days. Willow is determined to promote it. She's spreading fliers all over the place, in high spirits that the community is finally getting some recognition, the chance to get out and show that they exist. When her attempts to put up fliers in the Magic Shop are met with vehement disapproval by Giles, tension ensues, and Willow comes to an incorrect conclusion.
It takes Tara to understand why Giles seems so against the idea of putting up flyers or drawing attention to the cause, and it's not for the reasons you might think. Because Giles is old, and he's seen and suffered a lot that he's tried never talked about, because no one had asked, because it's just easier not to think about, because sometimes Willow just doesn't think. With Tara to listen, talking finally happens, and understanding. The pain of being told that who you are and who you love are wrong can leave deep scars that never quite heal, but at least Giles can do what he can to help the children of the next generation not suffer the same.
Written for LJ Queerfest 2012
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Your humanity, your inalienable rights have faded away with the warmth of your body. When the world looks at you, they see only a monster.
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In a volatile social climate where religious zealotry holds too much influence over political and business decisions, Nathan Ford seeks to use his company's resources to perform a controversial operation in order to save his nephew's life.
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"We’re just humans like them but we’re greasers." Steve crashes on the couch and a documentary about blind people gets him to tell his truths to Ponyboy.
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When Derek breaks up with him, it isn't a surprise.
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In 1920's Shanghai, Mako, a mixed-heritage laborer, and Korra, an immigrant from Siberia, bond over reading Marx. Slight Mako/Korra but is mostly gen.
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- Part 9 of Best of Avatar 500