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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    In which an ensemble cast of mutinous imperial officers attempts to form a new Alternian Fleet on behalf of the Heiress to the Empire via collaboration with loathsome aliens and draft dodgers; contains two sequences of dishonorable aerial warfare, one or more chronically troubled moirallegiances, protracted flushed and ashen pining, at least one political assassination, at least one non-political assassination, many ill-fated attempts at personnel management, and a catastrophically failed ambush.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Abandoned for now, but a very interesting take on the Fleet and how the group's political ambitions (and interpersonal dramas) could play out in the absence of the game. Cool sci-fi worldbuilding. Left off right before the next arc starts to ramp up, so likely a satisfying re-read next time I'm in the mood.

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    Kara cradles her pile of dirty plates. She doesn’t know how to open Lena’s brand new dishwasher without ripping the handle apart. She usually figures these things out through trial and error, but she’s never been alone in Lena’s apartment, and she can’t risk winging it in front of her.

    So, she just stands by the sink and watches the hot water redden Lena’s sensitive skin, the light glinting off her beautiful earrings, and my happiness bites the plum of your mouth.The verse comes to her, unbidden, from one of their weekly poems. Lena always chooses poems with such physicality to them. Always real, touchable.

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    Or: Kara is an alien, Lena is a genius. Their strangeness separates and connects them to the world and each other in peculiar ways. Being human in Lena’s eyes allows Kara to tap into parts of herself she hadn’t been able to explore before, but she knows her secret will one day stop being a bridge between them, and they’ll both lose the version of Kara Lena has grown to love. (Tender slow burn, mutual respect, bittersweetness and tentative physicality galore! Some angst and a lot of joy)

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    30 Apr 2026

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    The really good pseudoautism one that's heartbreakingly tender

  3. Public Bookmark 29

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    “I am interested in you, gilded one. Shell, heart and soul, intertwined in my mind. I have made no secret of it.” Hornet moved her hand over to their chest, circling just above their cogheart. “If you'd like to establish boundaries between us, then I will gladly listen.”

    “No, no, you m-misunderstand. It wishes to have boundaries … removed. Entirely. If that is to your liking, friend.”

    “It is. Very much so,” she admitted. The truth slipped easily from her tongue before she remembered herself. “It is never my intent to be forceful though.”

    “... What if it-t wanted you to be forceful?”

     

    Alternatively: Why play the Threefold Melody on your needolin when there's a perfectly acoustic cogheart you coul use instead amiright

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Pretty extreme D/s stuff, good portrayal of domspace, interesting character study of both.

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    The first time Sudarat had fallen in love was on the first day of the first semester of her freshman year at the Scholomance. More correctly, Sudarat’s only year at the Scholomance. She fell in love with a huge, terrifying senior with eyes like the night sky and legs that went on forever. A senior who saved her life almost every day for the next six months.

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    19 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    “So Liesel tells me El’s on a warpath,” Alfie said leadingly, and Orion sighed.

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    13 Jan 2026

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    Some truly excellent ideas in here, executed extremely well. Also, hot.