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The Fourteenth Doctor takes his niece on a small little excursion to see a historical production of Shakespeare. As it turns out, he’s not the only immortal in the room.
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A Devilish Twilight by DarkLadyOfHogwarts12
Fandoms: The Villains Lair (Pattycake Productions), Disney Theatrical Animated Universe
31 Jul 2025
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They thought death was the end. They were wrong.
Grimhilde, Queen of Evil, Mirrors, Poison and Envy has come back to life.
She wants to seek fortune, justice and revenge but Grimhilde will need others with similar ideals to raze the world to the ground. A gamble is taken that has consequences that may tear apart the world.
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- Part 1 of An Eye for an Eye
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If I lose mine honour, I lose myself by Sailing_ShipWreck
Fandoms: If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio
31 Jul 2025
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I’ve played the hero and the villain for long enough now. The same goes for your role as the sidekick. We’ve done our parts, and it’s time for a change.
Become the hero, Oliver.
Throw yourself in a mad search for your long lost companion. Ignore all the advice that says it’s a doomed mission. Beat the odds and believe. Believe in me. Believe in us. Then the audience will believe in you too.
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But losing Bombay wasn’t the only thing gnawing at him. If that had been the end of it, maybe Charlie could’ve found a way to deal with the change. Maybe he could’ve coped with Bombay leaving, telling himself they were growing up, that things changed, that he had to move forward. But losing Adam Banks? That was a whole different kind of pain.
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"Charlie lost two of the best and most important people in his life when he joined the Warriors."
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How to Be a Boy by yuukosbooty
Fandoms: コクリコ坂から | Kokuriko-zaka Kara | From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
31 Jul 2025
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"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances" - Sanford Meisner
The Isogo High School Drama Club begins their season with Twelfth Night
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Change of Leaf, Part 7 by SleepyOfBeata
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter, Henry VI - Shakespeare
30 Jul 2025
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There's a war raging for the heart of LeafClan—leader and deputy deathly opposed, with all cats from kits to elders forced to pick a side. Can they rise up to the LionClan of legends, or become defined by a gluttony for blood and power?
* Shakespeare's Henriad adapted for Warriors.
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- Part 7 of Change of Leaf
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drawn after you by justapoet
Fandoms: Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman, Wicked - All Media Types
30 Jul 2025
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“Oh, my Oz, Elphie! They are from a secret admirer!” Galinda practically bounced in place, the paper held aloft like a prize.
“So?” she said. “That’s hardly worth bursting an eardrum.”
But Galinda’s eyes sparkled in a very specific, unsettling way.
“But they’re for you!”
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someone has been leaving flowers at Elphaba’s door for weeks, and she’s certain it’s a cruel joke—until the notes start feeling like truth, and she starts hoping, and maybe falling, for the one person she thought would never see her like that.
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The human mind is a tainted thing. Feel too deeply, and your own thoughts will become your undoing.
Late-night conversations beneath the stars. Found family. Quiet yearning.
Sculpting your fate between your stained hands at Trostridge University, you’ll find your soul intertwining with others’.
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The Resurgence of the Manor of Mr.Forewryth by Jayden_Writes
Fandoms: Original Work, No Fandom
30 Jul 2025
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Martha is a young English woman of the 1800s whose family just moved into a Manor with ''interesting''' qualities. She aspires to be a great writer of the Gothic literary genre, despite how much her parents disagree with the ''violent'' and unsophisticated nature that it upholds. She persists, nevertheless, but something keeps bothering her about her new home. There are a lot of things wrong with it, but not enough to force her out of it. She might even start thinking something is lurking behind those poorly fabricated walls! But that can only be in her imagination. At least she hoped so. That's until her fears confirm what she had suspected all along, and she is confronted with a monster with a wrath that stems from decades of betrayal and agony. Now she has to deal with hiding him away from her family and saving herself from his horrid nature.
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Sibyl Vane had a future once. Then she met Dorian Gray.
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What We Are & What We May Be by Indigo_Skye
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
29 Jul 2025
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Charlie Spring is thrilled to be part of Nathan Ajayi’s production of "Hamlet", even if he does have to share the stage with his horrible ex. He doesn’t have time to waste worrying about Ben. He’s composing as well as acting, he has coursework to finish, a part-time job to keep up with, and drag shows to perform in (the tips are excellent). Elle and Tao are worried about him, especially after Charlie’s relapse a few months ago. He swears he’s fine now…but they can’t help feeling like their friend is hiding something.
Tara Jones is ecstatic when her childhood best friend Nick Nelson is cast in "Hamlet." After a rough start, it becomes clear to everyone that Nick is talented, and so sweet. However, the newcomer to London is cagey about his past- and his present, for that matter. His flatmate Sai is just as evasive.
Nick and Charlie are each determined to keep their secrets to themselves.
The universe, and their meddling friends, have other plans.
A Theatre AU full of queer joy, meddling, secrets, spice, drag, dancing, drama, friendship, found family, fencing, flirting, angst, a few third act plot twists, far too many baked goods, and whole lot of iambic pentameter.
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Journeys end in lovers meeting by BakerStreetGirl87 for Kinga Z.
Fandoms: Tom Hiddleston - Fandom
29 Jul 2025
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You thought you were running away. Instead, you stepped into a story even Shakespeare couldn’t have written.
When life in London begins to lose its shape, you return to your quiet hometown of Cambridge, seeking refuge in familiar streets and forgotten corners.
But behind the worn spines in the university library, a portal waits — silent, ancient, and impossibly real.Drawn into a world that looks like your own but feels entirely different, you meet people who seem at once new and heartbreakingly familiar. One of them will change you forever.
As friendships form and hearts begin to speak in silences, you find yourself at the centre of a tale both tender and tragic.
Now you must face the question: what if your purpose was never to belong, but to save?
Timelines twist, choices echo, and love — like in the Bard’s finest works — hides behind what’s left unsaid.
A quiet, aching story of parallel lives, fragile hope, and the words we never say.
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"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙣𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙬"
It can be challenging to get used to the behaviour of the people in this era but it's important to remember that they are just trying to survive in their own unique way.
You never know what they're going through, and a little kindness goes a long way. Time travelling can be quite an experience. Therefore, keep an open mind and embrace the possibility of learning something new. With the right attitude and determination, one can navigate through these challenges and make the most out of this time travelling adventure.
But he doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation. He may be an arcanist, or perhaps something else entirely. However, the disregard for the seriousness of time travel can have devastating consequences. Every decision he made is like the butterfly's effect where a single flap can cause the Storm on the other side of the world. So beware, for he may be your saving grace... or the undoing of this universe as you know it.
"𝙏𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜."
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Fifty percent of the final grade…this group project is going to decide the class rankings. Sayeon's head spins.
So, my final rank in English Literature depends on—she looks at her teammates—a devil-may-care delinquent, a persistent social butterfly, and an alien-like outcast.
She sighs. This is going to be a challenge.
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The members of Cell 4 are regular high school students, forced to work together to perform a Macbeth scene for English Literature class. What could go wrong?
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[Podfic] What's Past Is Prologue by spaceisgay by foundbyjohndoe for spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
29 Jul 2025
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England, 1936 - a century after First Contact.
Podfic of What's Past Is Prologue by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin).
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Nothing Permanent But Change by jayvik_johnlock_and_ghoap
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
29 Jul 2025
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When Millen Coelho-Grey, a xi -- a socially neutral alpha -- is assigned to Task Force 141, he's apathetic to the prospects of being integrated into a new pack. His life feels like a trainwreck, barreling towards middle age and an inevitable therapy session that he's just waiting for the brass to book. His military career is stagnant, and he's never felt like he belongs. Too submissive to be a proper alpha, but still categorized by his secondary gender, he is ever forced to shrug on labels like an ill-fitting coat, and it's been taking its toll slowly but surely.
Will the 141 -- a tight-knit group, bordering somewhere between the closest bonds of brotherhood and something more -- find a way to coax their newest member out of his shell? Or is Millen destined to never know the pride and acceptance that comes with bearing a packmark on his neck?Series
- Part 1 of Nothing Permanent But Change
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“So, one day at Slough and you’re already running errands for Lamb, there’s got to be better use of your time. I hear there’s a real lack of experimental content in the adult movie industry, maybe you could try your hand at that, River. Or both hands, whatever it takes, huh?”
“What is your fucking problem?”
“My problem,” Webb spat out, flushing, “is that you were never as good as you always thought, but it doesn’t compute with you. You’ve got the name and that’s it.”
“Oh yeah? And you’ve got a whole lot less–”
After a catastrophic blunder on the main stage of The Park, once promising actor River Cartwright needs to lay low and reassemble the remaining pieces of his career. Luckily, the small and rundown theatre by the name of Slough House offers refuge to even the worst cases in the acting game. Unfortunately for River, it doesn’t take long before his former friend, rival, and orchestrator of his downfall – James Webb – also finds himself on Jackson Lamb’s call sheet, having suffered a fall from grace himself. Forced to work on their scenes together, they rehash the past and find some new common ground. Begrudgingly at first, willingly at last.
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When John House sent his son to Welton Academy to “make a man out of him” and “teach him how to behave”, Greg didn’t expect to find anything more than cold stone walls, boys in uniforms, and rules carved in Latin. He didn't expect Neil Perry — warm, theatrical, and nothing like him. A shared room becomes shared music, scribbled margins, and questions neither of them is quite ready to answer.
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“It's anxiety with rhythm.”
Neil shook his head in disbelief. “You voluntarily put this in your ears?”
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Pidgeon's compendium of Random Poetry by P1dge0n
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Song), Hadestown - Mitchell, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Original Work, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, Arthurian Mythology, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms, Romans | Arthurian Romances - Chrétien de Troyes, Troilus and Cressida - Shakespeare, The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe, Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
28 Jul 2025
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A dumping ground for my poetry that has some vague connection to myth/ literature I like. Please enjoy.
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Mine of You With Me by crossurthoughtlessheart
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)
28 Jul 2025
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“You feel so deeply,” She squeezed his hand once more.
“It is completely impossible to feel anything less for you, my dear.” He kissed her hand, hazel eyes examining her scant grave gold. Perhaps she would allow him to change that.
“Must you always have something enchanting and passionate to say?” she laughed through a cough, flustered by him yet again.
“I always choose my words carefully,” he whispered, their competition resumed. Warm lips a hair away from her skin, his breath hot against it. He wished to court and woo her properly, but when she looked at him like that, like he was all she wanted, it wore heavily on his resolve. If only he were a weaker man.Emmrook fluff and more as they navigate having feelings and trying not to scare each other away. Tags will be updated with chapters, and all NSFW chapters will have a * in the title for… ease of use