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Abandon Hope Who Enters Here (everyone who enters here) by JaggedEmeraldsOfGold
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies)
26 Jan 2023
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Eret had spoken about the mindless cruelty of Drago’s base and soldiers, but there’s nothing like seeing it in front of her to make it really, really sink in. She’d wanted to empathize, but she doesn’t think she really understood.
She does now.
Astrid leans her head back until it hits the wall behind her, and blinks up at the ceiling.
It’s going to be a long three days.
Or: Instead of facing the Monstrous Nightmare in the Kill Ring, Hiccup packs up and leaves Berk on Toothless, defeating the Red Death on his own as he goes. Six years later, Hiccup has royally fucked up– Hiccup has severely underestimated Drago, and now Hiccup is cramped, tired, hungry, without his prosthetic, and he really, really, really misses Toothless.
Imagine his surprise (read: complete and utter dread) when he wakes up one day to see absolutely none other than Astrid Hofferson, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, and Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston sitting in the cell across from him.
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- Part 2 of is this the place we used to love?
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01 Feb 2026
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Hope; A Shield And A Thing To Defend by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
06 Jul 2025
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Weapons–people trained from a young age to act as a tool wielded by an organization–are not uncommon in the criminal underworld. A good Weapon is strong, obedient, and efficient. A great Weapon is reliable, smart, and loyal.
The Demon, Ghost, Hooded Jay and Shrike are all good Weapons. But together, they're great ones.
(Together, they're also brothers.)
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With Tim hiding behind his Weapon persona, Damian refusing to let the others in, Jason struggling with his Pit rage, and Dick slowly unraveling, it’s not an easy journey- but alone, it would be impossible.
This is where it begins.
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- Part 1 of A World Without Sunlight (Hope)
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20 Jan 2026
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Talon felt surprisingly alert as he watched the Owls file in. They were each escorted to their table by a sharp-eyed Talon, one hand resting on their knife and the other keeping a firm hold on their charge. It reminded Talon of how Grandfather used to walk with him, when he wasn’t sure if he’d need to cut out Talon’s heart in order to keep him in check.
He used to be so, so bad. He was very lucky that the Court taught him to be good. Talon tried to remember that, even as his head got fuzzier at the sight of his opponent.
It was an owlet.
He was small, almost as small as Talon. His clothes hung off of him like a scarecrow. Angry, narrowed eyes flitted across the room as he was dragged forward by a Talon on both sides. His mouth was pressed in a thin line, but still he tried to bite the hands hoisting him up. Talon nearly cooed. He had teeth!
or, The Talon that used to be Dick Grayson is tasked with killing a street rat when a deal for the Court goes south. It doesn't go smoothly, but Jason's pretty grateful for that.
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- Part 4 of Abomination Does Whumptober 2023
- Part 1 of talonized and turned around
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13 Jan 2026
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Can't Do It, Must Do It by random_archive
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
03 Nov 2025
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Everything looked so overpoweringly green for a second then that he had to step away, face the wall, and put both his fists through it. Once. Twice. And only after the third time, when the pain began to focus him, could he return his attention to the man on the bed.
He knew him. Hadn’t seen him out of the suit in years, and he looked different, but he knew him all the same — would always know him. And up until a minute ago he’d thought he hated him.
He had wished him pain, and anguish, and death. But had never wished him this.
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The Red Hood encounters Nightwing at the motel he went to with Catalina.
Not explicit but please mind the tags.Bookmarked by the_arch_and_text
03 Jan 2026
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“Dick Grayson.” The voice was barely more than a whisper, but it kept catching him off guard. He would be almost asleep, so close to letting himself relax just enough to collapse into any semblance of rest, and then he would hear it. After checking for any sort of device that could be stowed away in his apartment and half-way destroying each room looking for someone hiding, he gave up on trying to find the source.
After three days, he had turned off his phone. He thought that it would be better to just turn it off than smash it when the next person tried to call him.
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Dick Grayson has a manic episode, and does not have a good time. Somehow, Jason is the most capable of handling the situation.
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15 Nov 2025