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nor any more youth or age than there is now by subcorax
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
08 Feb 2020
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The local Primary school has a new teacher. He is, to say the very least, odd.
A series of statements regarding the interactions of the townsfolk with one Jonathan Sims, never formally given.
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Bookmarked by Earthsong
25 Jan 2026
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This old fave!! Instant bookmark so I don’t love it again <3
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Charles never manages to convince the Night Nurse to let him rescue Edwin.
Edwin spends the next 54 years running. By the time he finally makes it out of hell, he is not sure if he still has a place in Charles' afterlife. Surely Charles has long since moved on.
Meanwhile, Charles spends fifty years trying to make deals with demons, making friends with a shapeshifer and going slightly insane. Aces, right?
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30 Mar 2025
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Instant bookmark now that I've finally found this fic again! <3<3<3 Fave!
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5 Times Shitty Called the Zimmermanns (and one time they called him) by petals42_tumblr (rosepetals42)
Fandoms: Check Please! (Webcomic)
23 Mar 2019
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“Hey, Jack,” she says, nodding and lifting the phone to her ear. “How are--”
"Uh, Mrs. Zimmermann?”
The voice on the phone is not Jack’s. This voice on the phone is young and high and fast and Alicia doesn’t know what her face does but Bob is by her side in an instant because she doesn’t recognize the voice on the phone and the last time that had happened--
"It’s Shitty. Jack’s friend."
(It's what the title says: Shitty's relationship with Alicia and Bob through phone calls)
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Bookmarked by Earthsong
25 Mar 2025
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I can't believe I had forgotten to bookmark this jewel, this beaut of a fic! I adore the Zimmermanns' and Shitty's relationships so much. The way Jack and Shitty love and take care and support each other makes me cry. <3<3<3
Thank you, Jack texts them later. He loved all of them.
We love him. She texts back. And it’s easy and quick and she means it.
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live for just a little while by bosbie for makebelieveanything
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
04 May 2021
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There’s a rogue security unit on the loose, having fled from Gusu after the heir of Lan Corp bought out its contract.
On a completely unrelated note, on-the-run freelancer Lan Zhan applies for a last minute job listing and is hired by Wei Ying to be his security consultant.
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18 Apr 2022
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MURDERBOT AU!!! <3
Lan Zhan froze. Small talk? No. Not this. Please, anything but this.
“Work,” he said stiffly.
“Cool. You’re freelance, then?”
Why would anyone willingly put themselves through this torture.
Wei Ying sighed. “Don’t apologize. Just—we’re a team now, Wangji. Try to keep me in the loop next time, okay?”
A team. Like the spunky junk crew in Flight Commander and I? Or the ragtag band of freelancers in Galaxy Sweepers? Lan Zhan had never been in a team before. Only the weapon of one.
“What does ‘keeping one in the loop’ entail?”
“Telling me what’s on your mind is a good place to start.”
Trust me, you don’t want to be in here.
“Don’t care. I’m not leaving this city without him.”
Ah, Lan Zhan had almost forgotten about the Humanity+Stupidity Paradox. How silly of him.
But Wei Ying was asking him to stay. It wasn’t an order, nor was it a contract. Even Lan Huan hadn’t ever thought to ask him what he wanted, what path Lan Zhan wanted to take next. Why would he? Lan Zhan wasn’t supposed to want to decide. He wasn’t programmed to. And Wei Ying, whether or not he knew of his deception, was among the first to give Lan Zhan the option to decide for himself.
So Lan Zhan sighed. It wasn’t anything he’d done before. He did it because the situation called for it. It was oddly liberating, letting air sweep out his lungs for no good reason other than to physically express his defeat.
“I will stay,” he decided. “We will both stay. Let’s check in to our room before I change my mind.”
The smile that grew on Wei Ying’s mouth showed off nearly all his teeth and threatened to split his face in half.
“You apologize way too much. Hey, how about this: I’m sorry for saying some insensitive shit about constructs back at the lodging.” Wei Ying grinned. “We both did stupid things we shouldn’t have,” he decided. “Now we’re even.”
Was forgiveness always that easy? The dramas made it seem as if the decision to forgive was a hassle that had the possibility of lasting multiple story arcs. Apparently you can just choose to do it and move on.
“Heal yourself,” Lan Zhan said, voice soft. “I will be here when you wake up.”
“Is that a promise?”
It stunned Lan Zhan to realize that it was.
More like the “bribing transport pilot bots with drama files in exchange for rides in their cargo compartments” lifestyle. “I suppose.”
“In that case…” Wei Ying trailed off. It wasn’t like him to be this hesitant. “Would you mind if I tagged along?”
Lan Zhan took a microsecond to adjust his security feed connection and run a quick hearing diagnostics. “You want to...what?”
“Come with you. Wherever you’re heading.” Wei Ying shrugged, but the stiffness of his neck belied its casual nature. “Maybe having a human around would help you out in sticky situations. Y’know. As—”
“Insurance?” Lan Zhan ventured dryly.
Wei Ying’s lips lifted at the corner. “Exactly.”
An inside joke, Lan Zhan realized. The whole insurance thing was an inside joke. Like the back in forth crews had with each other in dramas. Or humans had with their friends.
“I had fun today. I liked it. And I like you. And I don’t wanna let go of it—of you. Not yet.”
All humans were stubborn and contrary by nature, defiance bred into them. Lan Huan, Wei Ying, Wen Chao, the thugs Lan Zhan had dispatched in the tunnels—at their cores, they were all forged of the same steel. This was why Lan Zhan had a hard time talking to them, let alone liking them.
Constructs weren’t supposed to like anything, least of all humans. That was the single line of programming Lan Zhan had adhered to until Lan Huan came around. Then he found himself having not just a human he liked, but a favorite human, plucked from the rest as the only one he could stomach to admit he wanted around.
And now he had two of them.
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Harry, Draco, and Hermione go to a pub. Harry, Draco, and Pansy go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Pansy, and Hermione go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ron go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Hermione, Ron, and Pansy―you guessed it―go to a pub. I could go on. In fact, I did. Harry, Draco, Hermione, Pansy, Ron, Blaise, Luna, Goyle, Neville, and Theodore Nott go to a pub. In various combinations.
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Bookmarked by Earthsong
03 Sep 2013
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This was just sooo good.
All the characters, with their flaws, opinions and motivations
and the interaction and the dialouge and EVERYTHING felt so realistic and genuine. ahh loved itAlso THIS conversation;
"No,” said Luna. “I think that a meal is like a friendship. You begin with little bites and tastes. Some are spicy and some are a little sweet. You’re really just grazing, here and there. And then there’s the in-between. It’s what fills you up―really getting to know who a person is, deep down. Learning to understand whether they’re worth all the pain and time and heartache, and learning whether they like mushrooms. Once you get to the dessert part, you know they’ll always be there for you, and you'll always be there for them. That’s the sweetest.”“Meals end,” said Harry. He was trying again not to think of Hermione and Ron.
“Oh, well I don’t think it’s a perfect metaphor,” said Luna. “I think that a friendship dessert can go on and on. They’re not without their crunchy parts.”
“When you put it that way,” said Harry, “I prefer dessert.”
“When you put it that way,” said Malfoy, “I prefer the in-between.”
“Mostly I just like food,” said Luna, and so they ordered mousse.