8 Bookmarks by DesperateOptimistThatNeedsARealityCheck
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"I see great things in our future, kid. Great things..."
Ok, so I started out writing an expanded backstory for Uncharted 3 (in which Sully has a brand new apprentice, but hasn't factored in the fact that there's a second Drake brother to deal with...) and somehow it morphed into an epic novel-length behemoth tracking Sully's perspective all the way from Cartegena to the end of UC4. Because why not write 100k about these dorks and their angst-ridden found family? I mean, who needs a life?
[P.S. We're currently heading into UC3 proper and my update schedule is... not a schedule. There will be hiatuses, but I promise I'll reach the epilogue eventually.]
[P.P.S. This originally follows on from a reference to Sam ending up in a Cartegenian jail in Chapter 2 of 'To Baby Drake' - you might wanna read it first but it's not essential.]
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05 Nov 2024
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Christmas 1979—danger, secrets, lies and their shared history looms large over the Blacks' first Yuletide season as a reunited family. While life as a fugitive proves bleaker (and more boring) than Regulus could have imagined, a botched espionage mission at Malfoy Manor draws Sirius deeper into the Black family web—and his cousin Narcissa's social set.
Meanwhile, Walburga hatches a daring scheme to restore her wild firstborn's damaged reputation in the family—finding him a suitable bride—while Orion grapples with the past, and the high price his two sons have paid for his inaction.
[Regulus Black Lives/Black Family Witness Protection AU. The continuing story of how Regulus stealing part of Voldemort's soul brings a broken, dysfunctional family together]
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- Part 2 of The Black Sheep Dog
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- English
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- 625,728
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- 39/40
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27 Jul 2023
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LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!
PLEASE DO NOT COPY TO WATTPAD. SERIOUSLY, WHY??
Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/htl2006/playlist/3z2NbLq2IVGG0NICBqsN2D?si=Liyl_JKJSx2RUqks3p50kg(Compiled by amazing reader, JustAnotherPerson)
DISCLAIMER: I do not support JK Rowling's disgusting transphobic views.
NOTE: I AM NO LONGER READING OR REPLYING TO COMMENTS ON THIS FIC
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- Part 1 of All the Young Dudes
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Bookmarked by DesperateOptimistThatNeedsARealityCheck
11 Jul 2023
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The Story of Regulus Black - Years 5-7 by wickitywhack
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 Oct 2023
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With pressures growing and a war looming, Regulus Black has a whole new set of tasks and more doubts circulating than ever before. The final three years of his time at Hogwarts had always seemed so exciting to him. However, as he experiences loss, heartbreak, betrayal, and romance that he had never expected, he quickly learns that the last of his schooling holds much more than meets the eye.
This is the story of Regulus Arcturus Black.Series
- Part 2 of The Story of Regulus Black
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19 Jun 2023
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In the Black by izzythehutt for iamfitzwilliamdarcy
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Jul 2018
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Regulus Black survives his adventure in the cave and brings the locket to an unlikely ally: his estranged older brother. The ex-Death Eater strikes a bargain with Dumbledore, cooperation in exchange for his family’s safety. Sirius Black is faced with his toughest mission yet: managing Walburga and Orion Black—who, to his surprise and dismay, decide they rather enjoy having both of their sons back, and very quickly scheme to make this temporary family reunion permanent.
Or: the story of how one night completely changed the course of the war and Sirius's life.
[AU of the First Wizarding War in which stealing part of Voldemort's soul brings a broken, dysfunctional family together - Winner of 2018 Shrieking Shack Society Silver Marauders Medal for Best Sirius Characterization]
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- Part 1 of The Black Sheep Dog
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- 6/6
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19 Jun 2023
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December, 1966. After a long time abroad, Alphard Black returns to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place for the dreaded annual Black Family Christmas party, and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in his seven-year-old nephew—in whom he already sees a spark needed to keep the family fire burning.
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- Part 3 of The Black Sheep Dog
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19 Jun 2023
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When Rachel Amber is trying to figure her life anew after fighting with her drug addiction and rejection from her family, she discovers another secret, this time changing her life forever. Dealing with the consequences of cheating, depression and a drastic past, she and Chloe put their life back on track and work on their relationship, paying back for their own mistakes and saving whatever was left from the bits and pieces. Tangled between the net of social and personal dependences the couple fights for their future, ditching the past, but it’s not easy to leave everything behind nor build something from the ashes. The price of a game changer is high, and trailblazing an entirely new path is more laborious than following their supposed fate blindly.
The story takes place directly after the short story “The Talk That Never Happened” and is the direct continuation of it. It includes explicit, although not vulgar, sex scenes, graphic violence, and vocabulary, as presented in the games and tackles the topic of verbal, emotional and sexual abuse. It also follows canon to a certain extent, consequently referring to both “Life is Strange” and “Before the Storm.”
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- Part 2 of The Road Not Taken
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- English
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- 473,417
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- 21/?
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Bookmarked by DesperateOptimistThatNeedsARealityCheck
13 Jun 2023
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“Mother,” The blonde witch to his right began, “If we string him up here, all that fresh man-blood will go to waste.”
The redhead’s hook stopped an inch shy of his hand. She looked towards her mother, whose head was tilted in consideration.
“Let us take him to the dungeon,” The blonde witch suggested. Ethan didn’t like the way her bloody lips split into a hungry smile as she went on, “Not a drop of that warm, wet, bright red blood will go to waste.”
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Ethan’s search for Rose ends in captivity in the Castle Dimitrescu dungeons, locked up as blood cattle for the three daughters. What begins as a desperate bid for survival becomes something far more complicated – unlikely bonds forged, a family fracturing under decades of secrets, and the man who survived Dulvey unable to write off three bioweapons holding him prisoner. Ethan must decide how to navigate rescuing his daughter while caught in a complex family web of blood and death that puts the Bakers to shame. A character-driven Resident Evil Village AU spanning survival, captivity, recovery, and the stubborn, messy, unconventional shape of love and family arising from flawed people in extraordinary circumstances making choices they can live with.
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Bookmarked by DesperateOptimistThatNeedsARealityCheck
13 Jun 2023