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a ray of light through darkened heavens by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten), CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
22 Nov 2025
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Temeraire is dead.
Temeraire is dead, and Laurence’s reason for living along with him. He stumbles on, day by day, conscious of the concern of his friends and family, yet unable to care.
Until an unexpected letter leads Laurence to something even more unexpected still: a child.
What a Chinese orphan is doing on the streets of Edinburgh is anyone’s guess, including the orphan's. Tharkay, for his part, suspects foul play. Laurence can see all that is sensible in the man’s suspicions, yet once again he cannot bring himself to care. Not when the child reminds him so very strongly of that which he’s lost.
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Churki and Hammond discuss how best to impress the Tsar.
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Never a Misplaced Word by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten) for tharkayseagle
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
31 Jul 2025
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Laurence saw all of this clearly, for the moment seemed queerly slow, as if each instant were preserved as a painting in all its ponderous detail. The moment after, in contrast, was too quick to perceive. Laurence did not see Tharkay collapse, only saw him on the deck, crumpled.
Only a few weeks into the Allegiance's voyage to Australia, misfortune dealt Tharkay an injury which could easily have been fatal.
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At the Nebulas of Madness by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten), CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
26 Feb 2025
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A mysterious ghost ship floating in the dark void of space. Incomprehensible voices echoing down the halls. Fluctuations in temperature. A sense that someone, out of sight, is watching you. Crew members growing paranoid and more violent than stress accounts for—others, compulsively drawing shapes that cannot exist. A dogmatic captain who insists nothing is wrong.
We all know how that story ends.
...Right?
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A Napoleonic Aviator in the Mall's Food Court by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten), ChimaeraKitten, CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
31 Aug 2024
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“Okay,” said Emily, fully trying not to pinch her nose. “Okay, so you’re going to right click. No, not left, right. Yeah, on the little pencil icon. There you go. Now you just type into the box.”
“Type what?” asked Laurence.
“I don’t know. Whatever’s on your mind.”
“Currently, what is occupying me is how pointless this endeavor appears to be."
“Come on, you can think about something better than that. The story of how you found Temeraire! Weird old boat facts! What you had for dinner last night! Literally anything.”
Shoulders hunched, the man began to type slowly, ever so slowly, as if hunting for each individual key on the keyboard. From this Laurence began to write out something about the ocean currents of the South Atlantic. Despite his slow speed, it was astonishing how quickly he ran out of characters. “What does the red exclamation mark signify?”
Emily had told this man what the red exclamation mark signified. So. Many. Times. She thought he’d finally understood it eight months ago. “Are you getting worse at this?” she said. “How could you be getting worse at this?”
“Roland,” Laurence said, sounding immensely tired, “I am afraid you would not believe me even if I told you.”
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Don't Let a Fundamental Re-Writing of Your Reality Get You Down by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten), ChimaeraKitten, CompletelyDifferent
Fandom Temeraire - Naomi Novik
31 Aug 2024
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A rather off-the-wall possible explanation for The Temeraire Twitter AU
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In the days after Laurence moves in with Tharkay, as the summer gives way to autumn, he finds the sort of companionship that he had started to think was not meant for him. He would like to stay like this forever, so long as Tharkay will have him as he is.
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Excerpts from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 by revolutionarygold for ChimaeraKitten
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
31 Jul 2025
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The Heart and Stomach of a Dragon is a rare glimpse into the private lives of the female aviators of the British Aerial Corps. A secret kept for 219 years, the women who served with Longwings were at once the backbone of English aerial forces and ghosts hidden in the Corps' hidden coverts until Napoleon's 1807 invasion forced them into the light of public knowledge and scrutiny. For the first time, these women have been given their own voices back to tell their own fragmented stories, starting with the woman who started it all and the Three Elizabeths who changed the face of the Aerial Corps and British society forever.
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Bookmarked by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten)
01 Aug 2025
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EXCHANGE GIFT FOR ME OH ITS SO GOOD
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grief is not something easily laid to rest by CompletelyDifferent for Lordbrezel
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
27 Jul 2024
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In the years since the invasion of Britain, dragons have taken great strides— or wingbeats, rather— in the establishment of their rights, and Perscitia is at the forefront of the movement. She is a member of parliament with her own accomplished staff, a network which spans Europe, and an insatiable appetite for her next political battle.
But when her ongoing initiative to secure rights for dragon and human veterans both brings her into contact with someone from her old life, Perscitia finds herself unbalanced in a way she never expected to be again.
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Bookmarked by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten)
17 Aug 2024
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BRILLIANT Perscitia character study
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blood boiling in the vein by CompletelyDifferent for Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten)
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
12 May 2024
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Vampires are notoriously difficult to kill. Even a stake through the heart may not necessarily succeed, if it is removed swiftly enough and the vampire is able to drink in time. For any aspiring torturers looking to produce a confession, this offers some rather creative options.
Tharkay struggles not to let go of himself.
Bookmarked by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten)
15 May 2024
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Dragon’s take on Vampire!Tharkay. Wonderful whump and intimacy.
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In its egg, a dragonette waits, and listens, and waits some more, until it cannot wait any longer.
Bookmarked by Chimaera-Writes (ChimaeraKitten)
14 Mar 2024
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Wonderful POV swap of Temeraire’s hatching