17 Bookmarks by InconspicuousWitness
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A Queen For The Kingdom by ShanaStoryteller
Fandoms: Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
05 Jun 2020
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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.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 49,091
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 632
- Kudos:
- 2,688
- Bookmarks:
- 1,109
- Hits:
- 31,841
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13 Feb 2026
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the kids who chose themselves by dirgewithoutmusic
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Jul 2015
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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.
Series
- Part 2 of boy with a scar
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 9,714
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 16
- Comments:
- 387
- Kudos:
- 7,031
- Bookmarks:
- 1,159
- Hits:
- 79,401
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11 Feb 2026
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The Avatar's Hobby by SeleneMoon
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender
20 May 2024
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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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- Part 1 of Three's No Crowd
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 43,241
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Comments:
- 248
- Kudos:
- 2,128
- Bookmarks:
- 353
- Hits:
- 34,306
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29 Jan 2026
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Zuko the Theatre Gay Discovers Wrestlemania by back_that_sass_up for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
11 Feb 2024
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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.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 18,530
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Collections:
- 10
- Comments:
- 240
- Kudos:
- 2,147
- Bookmarks:
- 635
- Hits:
- 18,432
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08 Jan 2026
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Heart and Nerve and Sinew by Amethea97
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Oct 2025
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One small change has endless consequences. Around the world, people defy their destinies. As their stories change, spirit tales start coming to life, and the world around them shifts.
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- 88,506
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- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 60
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11 Nov 2025
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Crown Prince Zuko discovers his bending when he is five and his sister is three, and she’s the first person he tells, juggling a flame while she admires its beauty. When he shows the rest of his family, his mother’s chopsticks clatter to the table, and when Zuko looks to his father, his eyes are wide with shock.
His grandfather speaks first, the head of the table, and approval runs thick through his tone: “Well, look at that. A true prodigy, wouldn’t you agree, Ozai?”
“Indeed,” he hums.
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(Princess Azula won’t summon her first flame—a guttering, timid thing—until she’s seven.)
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Or, in a world where Zuko is the prodigy and Azula is the one banished, destiny shifts accordingly.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 186,090
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 1,665
- Kudos:
- 4,911
- Bookmarks:
- 1,609
- Hits:
- 144,688
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28 Oct 2025
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“I took Ba Sing Se, not Uncle, and certainly not you; I got us this far. You’re stealing what’s rightfully mine. If anyone should get to see this, it’s me, and you should be grateful I’m here because you couldn’t end the war on your own!”
The words are tremulous with emotion, rushing and almost painful for how they scrape past her teeth, and still, even she knows they sound petulant—a child’s concern. But she is loud, and more than that, she’s right. All Azula has ever wanted is the respect of standing at her father’s side and—pitifully—the love inherent to the honor. She can’t lose it when she’s this close.
But then Azula’s father steps towards her, and his fist is wreathed in fire, the temperature of his flame so hot it’s blue—her blue—where it’s closest to his skin.
Azula hardly has time to process what’s going to happen before his palm meets her cheek in a slap.
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The day before Sozin’s Comet returns, Azula finds that Zuko is not the only child her father is willing to strike, and Azula’s destiny changes.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,257
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 116
- Kudos:
- 2,129
- Bookmarks:
- 530
- Hits:
- 17,633
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27 Oct 2025
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cycle through by ambivalentangst
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
20 Sep 2020
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Twenty-five years ago, Tony Stark disappeared from his family home a month after the tragic deaths of his parents, Howard and Maria Stark, leaving a billion-dollar tech conglomerate without an heir and the world wondering what happened.
Twenty-three years ago, HYDRA gained another super soldier.
Ten years ago, Peter Parker’s parents died in what is ruled as a home invasion gone wrong but he knows was murder, plain and simple, because he spoke to the killer.
And in the present, Project Insight fails, and the Iron Soldier pays the price.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 144,914
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Collections:
- 7
- Comments:
- 947
- Kudos:
- 1,013
- Bookmarks:
- 397
- Hits:
- 28,726
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26 Oct 2025
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Ring-Maker by Lithos_Maitreya
Fandoms: Worm - Wildbow, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
11 Feb 2022
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Taylor Hebert had a bad day, and came out of it changed.
Some parahumans can control bugs. Some can build advanced technology. Some can do unspeakable things to space and time.
Taylor can make magic rings, wondrous metals, mysterious weapons, and may not be a parahuman--or, indeed, human--at all.
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- Part 1 of World, Sundered to Worlds
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 401,757
- Chapters:
- 153/153
- Collections:
- 5
- Comments:
- 1,166
- Kudos:
- 2,336
- Bookmarks:
- 678
- Hits:
- 143,578
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04 Oct 2025
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A cage is a cage, no matter how it shines by deadsetobsessions
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
10 Jan 2025
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Being reborn was bad enough. Being reborn as Ra's al Ghul's female grandchild? Straight up traumatizing.
Based on a nightmare that I had that spiraled. Character's name is credited to @unadulteredsoulsweets on tumblr (who has a bunch of cool ideas).
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- Part 1 of Break the Cage
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21 Sep 2025
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Behind the Proscenium Arch by prodby_error
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
20 Jul 2025
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This series follows Peter, mostly through the eyes of the two most important men in his life, as he comes into terms with living in a world he's not supposed to exist in.
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- 43,782
- Works:
- 8
- Bookmarks:
- 252
Bookmarked by InconspicuousWitness
21 Sep 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
I love this author's writing.
Also this series is cool. A little confusing sometimes bc some of the fics in the series are in adjacent universes, but the author always says when that's the case and I don't think it's too hard to keep track of?
Also also, in case I didn't mention it before, this series is cool. :)
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hide & seek by prodby_error
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
29 Sep 2024
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Harley knows three things for sure:
1. He is the eldest of Tony and Pepper Potts-Stark’s three children.
2. His younger siblings are Pietro Cassidy and Alia Dashielle — born when he was three and six, respectively.
3. It has been years since they started a game of hide-and-seek and he has not found his siblings still.
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Peter knows three things for sure:
1. He is Atasha Maybelle’s older brother and he is responsible for her unique first name.
2. They were adopted by Richard and Mary Parker when he was six and she was three.
3. He still gets nightmares about accidentally leaving— killing his sister in the dark, scary place.
(Alternatively: The usual order of kidnapped!bio-kid!Peter, with an extra younger sibling!OC on the side.)
Series
- Part 1 of Meet Me at the Playground
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 36,557
- Chapters:
- 53/53
- Comments:
- 336
- Kudos:
- 816
- Bookmarks:
- 132
- Hits:
- 26,170
Bookmarked by InconspicuousWitness
21 Sep 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
This story and I have an abusive relationship /j. I love it and it hurts me and makes me cry.
If anyone is reading this bookmark, and you care at all for MCU fanfics, you should read the story. It's beautiful, and it's one of my favorites.
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Steph + Peter = Stepheter by WHYISEVERYNAMETAKEN for FromDustReturned
Fandoms: DCU, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
18 Jun 2025
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Peter Parker has a secret.
And no–it’s not that one. Or that other one. Or the suspiciously spider-shaped one.
No: this secret has no shape at all.
Stop being dramatic.
Ah. There’s the secret.
Dude, seriously?
The really annoying, shapeless secret that haunts Peter's night and day and dreams and—
If you don't stop, I’m going to shave off your eyebrows and wash your stupid suit with May’s whites and then you’ll have to explain why all her sheets are pink again—
—And anyway, point being, there's a teenage girl that lives in Peter's brain, and the whole thing is far less weird than whatever you are picturing.OR:
Peter and Steph share a soul. Across dimensions. It's really not as complicated as it seems.
(Five outside perspectives of Stepheter and one time something different happened.)- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 39,024
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Collections:
- 19
- Comments:
- 923
- Kudos:
- 3,203
- Bookmarks:
- 896
- Hits:
- 30,376
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20 Jun 2025
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Here, There and Everywhere by fremma
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
23 Jul 2025
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What if Hydra experimented on the Tesseract in the same base where they were keeping the Winter Soldier?
What if something went wrong?
What if....the Tesseract left something behind in the Winter Soldier?
Or, Hydra accidentally give Bucky additional powers from the space stone.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 278,423
- Chapters:
- 50/50
- Comments:
- 400
- Kudos:
- 492
- Bookmarks:
- 149
- Hits:
- 21,203
Bookmarked by InconspicuousWitness
30 Apr 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
This is one of my favorite stories.
One thing that it does very well is that it lets the main "What if?"-type change cause other things to turn out differently. -
Till The End of The Line by Peters12and3bros
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
24 Apr 2022
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Steve thinks his decision to be with Peggy in the 40s a bit more, and comes to a much better conclusion--that he needs to leave the past in the past, and move on with his future, like he should have long ago.
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29 Apr 2025
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Of Many Colors by Lithos_Maitreya
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Feb 2026
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Colors, many of heroism, yield envy and fear. Time passes over passing time. Fear and envy yield, Hero of Many Colors.
Sarus has been running Bridge Four longer than anyone. He has trouble remembering the world before the Plains, and doesn't bother to imagine one after. But when a new bridgeman comes and offers the crew a chance at hope and freedom, Sarus can't help but take it.
Look to the sky, Curumo. All the old prophecies are being fulfilled. The Doors of Night are open, and Odium comes.
This story is standalone. Reading previous stories in this series is neither required nor strongly recommended. Updates every other Monday.
Series
- Part 3 of World, Sundered to Worlds
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 335,898
- Chapters:
- 112/200
- Comments:
- 610
- Kudos:
- 482
- Bookmarks:
- 78
- Hits:
- 29,341
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11 Jul 2024