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I shaped a sword from my rib and carved my own world (I would have died in yours) by osmi_zephyr
Fandoms: SolarBalls (Web Series)
01 Jun 2026
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Simp grinned, an unsettling, almost terrifying grin, "Yes. Seeing as you're currently the only known planet with life in this stretch of the galaxy, we require your assistance in our goals. See, our goals are certainly reachable, but we need to prove to the stars that we can truly exist without them. In order to do that… we need rogue planets with life."
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The planet revolution was successful, but that didn't stop the rogue planets from entering the solar system for their own endeavors. The catalyst of their planet uprising against the stars? None other than Earth himself.
!! Takes place right after Planet Revolution Part 2 !!
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30 Jun 2026
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Family Sticks Together by LilyRose_Luna
Fandoms: Hetalia: Axis Powers, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Ancient Celtic Religions & Lore
29 Jun 2026
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In another life, another time, Albion would be captured by Rome. He would eventually become England and later the greatest empire the world would see until he was toppled from his pedestal.
He would shroud himself in snide insults to protect himself from the world, only the thorns meant to be his greatest protection, would become his greatest weakness. His bitterness and self-hatred would cloud his mind, forever a scourge and a plague on him.
But in this life, Albion collapses on a weirwood, his blood spilling into the roots of a heart tree, and with a prayer on his lips. The Old Gods take notice.
(Or: Arthur collapses on the right tree leading to his adoption by a wandering god through the meddling of his nosy divine relatives, and it changes everything. Told through a series of snapshots spanning over the years.)
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- Part 1 of Down the Rabbit Hole
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29 Jun 2026
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Erebus folded his arms over his chest. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Of course you don't. You're very mysterious, Planet W.” Neptune beamed at him. Erebus just rolled his eyes. "The one who spent billions of years alone in the darkness!" He tossed the asteroids back into the line, gravity strengthening briefly as he pushed them into place. "But I really like to think I can be perceptive. It's one of my many talents. Right up there with juggling and also remembering all my moons' names. And Uranus’s!” His eyes narrowed, an expression off enough that Erebus wanted to look away. “And what I am perceptively percepting is that you want to talk to him, and you're too scared to do it."
"I'm not scared of Uranus. And is that a word?”
Or; In which the ice giants have several much-needed conversations.
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29 Jun 2026
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My hideaway has became a prison that I can't escape by Number1Jewel
Fandoms: SolarBalls (Web Series)
03 May 2026
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Liquid water wet his arms again, burning against the angry scratches raked across his surface. That lonely ache panged in his core another time, mourning something–someone. Multiple someones–and grieving the loss. He misses them. He doesn't know who. He never knows who. It's always a mystery.
One that he was too miserable to solve.
That empty part of his core, sitting like the missing part to a big, unknown puzzle, stung like his arms, the pain worming itself deeper into his very being. It called out, desperate for the missing parts to return and make him whole again. Happy again. He didn't know why he was so convinced it could do that, but it felt true.
It felt so close. Like the last part to solving the mystery was right under his nose. He could feel it. He knew it was there. He knew if he just reached out and pushed a little harder, he could find his way back.
But he didn't know how.
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Neptune forgets...
But this time he doesn't have to deal with it alone.
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28 Jun 2026
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“Remind me again what your idea is?” Saturn leaned over his shoulder, watching as he hammered the last nails in place to attach the sign.
’Free hugs (and kisses)’.
Jupiter aligned the wooden board until it was as straight as it could be. He then stepped back, trying to examine the small stand he’d just built.
…Or: Jupiter has an idea to comfort celestial bodies after the exhausting events in the Solar System
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27 Jun 2026
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Mars and Jupiter realize that there is a long way to go in healing the damaged relationships currently plaguing the Solar System. From the Planet X secret to the Theia secret; the two set out to open a dialogue about the Solar System’s recent events with those affected. As they attempt to make amends for their own wrong doings they must also face some of their own hurt along the way.
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27 Jun 2026
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Please come home (let our warmth chase away the cold) by ItzZaira
Fandoms: SolarBalls (Web Series)
11 Mar 2025
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Jupiter was tempted to turn around. To run, to catch up to the ice giant, to beg him for forgiveness and to please come back. X didn't like him- hated him, which was his right. But even if Jupiter kept the asteroid belt in check- why did that have to mean Planet X couldn't be part of their Solar System? Why did that mean he had to be alone, so awfully isolated, away from his home? Jupiter knew X wanted to come back.
So why did he leave so easily on his own? What happened when Jupiter was banished? What did he-
"Are you gonna keep staring, or will you join us soon?"
Jupiter yelped at the sudden voice, actually flinching back into the darkness once more. His anticipation spiked, his heart racing as he glanced up toward the Kuiper Belt- and locked eyes with-
For a moment, Jupiter thought he was looking at Planet X.
His heart stopped, and his breath stuttered. But then he blinked and looked again.
Neptune smiled at him.
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Jupiter returns to the Solar System.
....A lot seems to have happened during his absence.
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- Part 4 of The Aftermath
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25 Jun 2026
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“So why are you in Oakhurst?”
Someone tried to murder me by burying me alive, but they messed it up so now I’m lost and have no idea where I am. Or who I am.
“Oh, I was traveling.” Scott answered mildly. “Got a bit bored of my home, so I left. Wanted to see what was out there, you know how it is.” He made some vague gestures. “Got a bit lost though, so I ended up here. What did you call it again?”
“Oakhurst.”
“Oakhurst…” Hm, sounded vaguely familiar.
or : in which Scott wakes up from his sleeping curse but his memory very much does not, leaving a very confused vampire with some serious memory issues who has no idea he’s a vampire in the first place. Surely this can only go well!
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25 Jun 2026
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"They hurt you." Whispered his gas giant, rubbing his face against Sol's cheek. "Didn't they?"
Sun... didn't answer him. Instead, he adjusted his hold, covering Jupiter's body with his hand, and shielding him from the cold. The old, but familiar position pleased him greatly, prompting his heavy eyes shut. "...None of your concern, Zeus." He breathed with a step forward.
"They did." a painful shudder wrecked his frame, finally letting out all those miserable emotions he'd been carrying for millenia... Sol was cuddling him when they got back. "Because of me."
"Jupiter..."
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The aftermath of Sun leaving his orbit to get his celestials.
The little yellow dwarf star, while oh so glad to finally have his babies back with him, won't let himself call them his anymore.
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25 Jun 2026
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This is a Headcanon of mine of another way Solarballs introduce Neptune. Just a reminder: they're more like characters with a human body than spherical ones.
As Callisto and IO find Triton casually strolling through the Kuiper belt, they feel a sudden gravity that Triton is not too familiar with, which is the 8th planet of the solar system.
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22 Jun 2026
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Babies. His babies. He never should have let them do this. He’s going to lose them all. He couldn’t protect his two long lost babies from the collision. He lost his mind and all his moons in the Kuiper Belt. And now he’s going to lose them all again. Triton. Nereid. Proteus. Larissa. Despina. Galatea. Naiad. Thalassa. Halimede. Sao. Laomedeia. Neso. Psamathe. Hippocamp. S/2002 N-5. S/2021 N-1.
He’s going to lose them all.
And maybe- maybe this wouldn’t have happened if Neptune didn’t disappear all the time. Maybe this wouldn’t have happened if Neptune listened to his friend’s concerns. Maybe this wouldn’t have happened if Neptune wasn’t as much of a dimwit.
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It wasn't revenge to Caelus. It wasn't! ...right?Neptune never got it. Never understood. Neptune may have been fine with his orbit. With the loneliness and losing his mind, but Caelus wasn’t. How could he be?
Well, whatever. Neptune got what he wanted. Everyone did. Everyone’s story gets a happy ending. Except for Caelus', as usual. Because stars forbid he's allowed to be happy.
Neptune and Uranus during and after the BOPX arc: them grappling with the possibility of losing their moons… and one another.
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- Part 8 of SolarAngst
- Part 3 of Studying the Ice Giants
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21 Jun 2026
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"And what is your name?"
...Oh, right.
"Well... I have many names!" Sun said with pride, his glow brightening up again. "Just like how your name means Zeus, my name is Helios Ra Apollo Inti-"
Jupiter blinked.
And made a face.
The Sun paused. And chuckled. "...But I guess thats a bit of a mouthful for someone as small as you, huh?"
It had never felt right to call himself by those names anyway, considering how the little star couldn't even burn as bright as the other stars.
But then again... those others lost their minds. And Sun gained a planet.
After a bit of thinking... Sun sighed. And he lifted his precious planet back up to introduce himself again, his tone soft and eyes cloudy.
Jupiter smiled back.
Lighting up his surroundings more than any star ever could have done.
"...But you may call me... Sol."
Or
Unlike the Sun, the first time the planets woke up, there was light.
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14 Jun 2026
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Reaction fics for Solarballs, in order.
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13 Jun 2026
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This was their family. They protected it through war and disaster, despite quarrels and misunderstandings, against those who would destroy it. They faced struggles and difficult times, but they always rose again, stronger than before.
100 fics for the FACE Family. Can mostly be read in any order, so jump right in!
Chapter 46: Before returning home, England gives a distraught young America his jacket.
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11 Jun 2026
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Why Iceland Can Speak Arabic(And other Mediterranean Languages) by Klokkenspel
Fandoms: Hetalia: Axis Powers
23 Feb 2019
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He didn't think this visit would be different from the others, as his people were doing quite well, after all.
He probably should have paid more attention to those ships on the horizon, but there was little room for regret when your hands are tied and you're taken aboard on a voyage to who-knows-where.
Iceland is kidnapped by Barbary pirates. Norway comes to the rescue. Based off the Turkish Abductions of 1627.
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- Part 2 of Historical Hetalia by Klokkenspel
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08 Jun 2026
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Iceland, known for his volcanoes, glaciers, northern lights, and quiet, seclusive nature that sometimes boiled in fits of anger.
Today, people cheered, waved flags, paraded. And behind it all, with a small smile, the Icelandic personification watched.
But it wasn't always this way. Like any other story of a nation, there was much, much more than what is told. Parts that require hours, day, years even, of research to find. And some parts of the tale are so lost in time that no human could possibly hope to uncover or understand them.
That's alright. Iceland thinks, looking out and over Reykjavik. It's what I'm here for. I will remember for them.
Iceland, the country and personification, throughout the centuries.
(The notes are important if you want to understand the various name changes as well as historical events, unless you're some expert with Icelandic history. There are also some random Hetalia tidbits explained that I incorporated in the story.)
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- Part 1 of Historical Hetalia by Klokkenspel
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08 Jun 2026
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Italy likes being underestimated. He likes that the other nations characterize him as silly or harmless. That gives him the opportunity to disappear into the background, to become the cute, sweet, painfully naive pasta-loving nation that everyone holds dear. But he draws the line at being called nice.
Italy is not nice. He is kind, and there is a difference.
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- Part 1 of The Winged Lion
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08 Jun 2026
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What exactly are Nations?
The places in which humans live and die?
Or the beings that tether themselves to them?A few stories where humans interact with Nations in many historical contexts.
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07 Jun 2026
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Even before England grants him his independence, the United States of America seeks out allies and trading partners from across the ocean. A proposed treaty from an unexpected source presents Alfred with the prospect of new friends—and an introduction to a life that Arthur never prepared him for.
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06 Jun 2026
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Matthew is having a hard time after an unexpected and costly springtime blizzard. His younger siblings aren't sure how to get through to him, so they call in the cavalry.
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06 Jun 2026