Slow burn redemption arc
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Romulus Vargas, the semi-immortal, the inventor of High Magic, the one who has set out to redefine all civilization in his image is dying. Anticipating his end, dreaming of an eternal empire, he made sure to create heirs. The twins, Lovino and Feliciano, have been trained from birth to take over his place at the helm of his empire, the most powerful force in the world.
But Lovino has started to question his family; he's fallen in love with someone that has no place in the regime; he's considering leaving. Feliciano, who has always been the perfect child, the perfect heir, is now faced a question: will he stand by his father's side, or his brother's? This question takes him through a journey across his father's empire: through the families of the High Council to nations not yet conquered. He faces not only the reality of everything he's been taught never to question, but also his own role as a pillar of that institution.
Romulus Vargas is dying. Feliciano has a choice to make.
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Frieza makes a different choice when gifted Son Goku's energy. Though he didn't know it at the time, this small act of restraint on behalf of the Frost Demon will radically change the course of his life forever, and send him down a path that was never meant to be. Is it possible for a being such as Frieza to become something approximating good, or is he cursed to his fate forever?
(Crossposted to Fanfiction.net)
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Suspicious Minds by Domoda
Fandoms: Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
03 Feb 2023
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Cal squeezed the metal hilt of the murder weapon. He was reaching a light-headed, almost giddy terror, and he had the bizarre urge to laugh. “Are you going to kill me?”
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Padawan Cal Kestis picks up General Skywalker's lightsaber and accidentally sees something he really, really wishes he hadn't.
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Name Your Courage by KL_1819
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV)
11 Oct 2023
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Ahsoka slices the mask off Marrok, and finds someone she thought long dead staring back.
Marrok, formally known as Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee, finds herself stranded on the planet Seatos unable to complete her mission.
However, if there is anyone that can find a way to traverse galaxies without a map, Ahsoka Tano would be it.
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Amid rising tensions in Skyrim, Aurelia, Daughter of King Torygg, is given Commander Ondolemar as a mentor to "refine" her education and craft a Dominion puppet. As the years go by this cold Justiciar warms up to her Disney Nordic Princess vibes, but once she turns of age Elenwen meddles. Ondolemar's role shifts from an advisor/mentor to betrothed as part of a sinister Thalmor plot. The two develop a genuine connection, but are forced to keep it hidden.
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Rust and Peace by TheSequelToSoap
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
20 Mar 2025
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The war is over, but peace is fragile. On Sanctuary Station, Deathsaurus leads a group of ex-Decepticons who face betrayal, riots, cults, and basically anything that holds a vendetta against a Cybertronian. They must navigate uneasy alliances, Autobots, hidden agendas, and the weight of their past. As tensions rise, survival may depend on finding hope beyond war.
Our outcasts must decide what kind of future they're willing to fight for — or if they’re doomed to repeat the past. Blending space opera, dark comedy, and bittersweet hope, Rust and Peace asks: can villains build a home when all they’ve ever known is war?
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Breakup, Makeup, Repeat by JenJen93
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
16 Jun 2025
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Break up with Yuji. Run to Sukuna. Repeat.
You tell yourself it's because Yuji is too good — too kind, too soft, too bright. And Sukuna? He doesn’t ask for your best. He feeds on your worst. In his hands, you disappear into pain, lust, and punishment. But when the cycle spirals into something darker — when Yuji stops being just the broken-hearted boy and becomes something else entirely — the line between salvation and destruction blurs. You wanted to shatter. But you never expected to take both of them with you.
A deeply toxic, emotionally intense college AU where no one escapes unscathed — not even the one who still believes in love.