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    The little mermaid grows up.

    Taking the sea witch's place and becoming a queen on her own terms isn't how she'd planned on doing it.

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    13 Feb 2026

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    What if Voldemort went after Harry and Neville, and gave no one a chance to die for them? What if both Chosen Ones died as children?
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    There was no prophesied boy, but there was still this--dozens of shadowed young faces refusing to run, even at the very end of the world. Dumbledore looked out at his chess pieces, pawns and queens; his children and his friends; his collateral damage. He had the beginnings of a plan swelling in his chest.

    It would take them decades to get their hands, quietly, on every Horcrux. Tom Riddle had to think they were secret. He had to think he was safe. It would take them almost decades, but one day he would be mortal again.

    These dozens of faces--they were mortal now. Alastor Moody could feel mortality in the aches of old broken bones; Andromeda rewrote her own last name. Remus and Sirius felt empty, gaping holes in the seats around them, and they made crude, expansive, joyous toasts to friends' memories.

    When Molly first reached over and held Arthur's hand, they knew this was something that could not last. That was why they held hands, held on, held tight.

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    11 Feb 2026

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    Avatar Aang was widely considered the greatest Avatar in the past millennia. At just twelve years old he prevented the genocide of his people, stymied all out war between the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation, and somehow stripped the Fire Lord behind these attempted atrocities of his bending. He did not remove Sozin’s family from power, despite the corruption. He watched them carefully. He had a solid grasp of all of the elements before even meeting his teachers. Aang was dedicated to peace and the sanctity of life. There was just one eccentricity that gave people pause…

    The matchmaking.

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    01 Feb 2026

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    To the girl with the bushy hair and the hungry mind, the Hat says RAVENCLAW;

    To the boy with the scar and the ask of otherwise, the Hat says SLYTHERIN;

    To the sixth son who has already chosen the two others, from a chance encounter on a train, the Hat says HUFFLEPUFF;

    and Flitwick is delighted and Sprout is intrigued and Snape is resigned, to say the least.

    Or: Perhaps the trio is inevitable everywhere, but in this variation, none of them are in Gryffindor, and they do their best to build things anyway.

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    29 Jan 2026

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    When Zuko and Iroh get separated in the Swamp, Zuko makes his way back to Gaoling to find himself immersed in the world of professional earthbending. Overly theatrical hijinks ensue.

    Welcome to the "The Boulder Adopts Zuko AU" that nobody asked for.

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    08 Jan 2026