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Out in the Open by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: Hoshi no Kaabii | Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
29 Jan 2026
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The silence ringing out over their little battlefield pressed down on Meta Knight like physical weights. They knew. They’d all seen him. They’d all…
Everyone who hadn’t already run off had seen him. The real him. No mask, no cape, just the midnight-skinned vampire who had gorged himself on the bleeding body of a Demon Beast.
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- Part 15 of Whumpuary 2026
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Ctimene walked down an empty hall. She could probably be anywhere else, but…
Odysseus had promised her answers at dinner, when everyone could gather and he could explain what had become of his men. She was too anxious to do… anything, really, except wander the palace and feel her heart pound in her chest.
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- Part 14 of Whumpuary 2026
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“-and the Light will guide us, even now, even here,” Guernon said, placing one foot in front of the other.
It was about all she could manage. One exhausted, dragging foot in front of the other. Keep moving. Don’t stop. They would make it out. They had to.
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- Part 13 of Whumpuary 2026
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Breathe in, breathe out.
“Where are the others?!”
Stay calm, stay quiet.
“Where are they hiding?!”
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- Part 12 of Whumpuary 2026
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Odysseus only vaguely remembers the first time he’d been overtaken by Ares’… gift.
(Prequel to "The Well" but can be read as a standalone.)
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- Part 11 of Whumpuary 2026
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Perturabo woke up with a massive, throbbing headache. He blearily opened his eyes, rolling them around through half-open lids and quickly coming to the conclusion that he was not in his bedroom, which was where he was when he was last conscious.
He now appeared to be in an empty room, bound in chains at his wrists and ankles, and seeing an odd oscillation of two doors where there should only be one, which in his experience meant someone had done something to him that really ought to have killed him, were he not what he was.
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- Part 10 of Whumpuary 2026
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The raft beneath him rocks and rolls as Poseidon’s rage builds and whirls. His crew watches, Eurylochus watches, with the eyes of the shades still waiting, waiting, waiting for him to join them down below, in the endless dark of the bottomless sea, denied the Underworld by the wrathful god churning the world around them into red lather.
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- Part 9 of Whumpuary 2026
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Didn't Know I Had to Stay the Same by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)
15 Jan 2026
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Zagreus’ next fight with Hades was… hard. And not in the way he was expecting.
(Part 4 of "The Love You Deserve")
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- Part 8 of Whumpuary 2026
- Part 4 of The Love You Deserve
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Telemachus has a knife that he keeps on him at all times. It's very short, but it’s thick and its edges are ragged. It hurts like nothing else to get stabbed with, or so his father says. Telemachus himself has never felt it.
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- Part 7 of Whumpuary 2026
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Eurydice only registers what happened after the fact, when she was on the floor with one arm and one leg pinned under stone and the screams of the other miners around her filtering in through her ringing ears.
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- Part 6 of Whumpuary 2026
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Telemachus knew what was coming. He’d noticed the three suitors watching him in the courtyard, a familiar and unwelcome look in their eyes. He knew what they were planning.
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- Part 5 of Whumpuary 2026
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Wilson and Willow had been out gathering wood when Wilson froze and cocked his head. Willow froze too, listening hard. She wanted to ask what he’d heard, but she wanted to hear it for herself more.
A deep, rough bark echoed through the trees.
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- Part 4 of Whumpuary 2026
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Zagreus ached. He wasn’t sure exactly what had riled up Asphodel’s inhabitants this go-around, but he’d been suffering. The Phlegethon was roiling, and had swallowed up even more ground, which was probably the reason everyone was so energetic. Zagreus’ whole body had felt the river’s kiss, leaving his normally pale skin red and painful.
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- Part 3 of Whumpuary 2026
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Out of the Way by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
03 Jan 2026
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Shouta woke for no apparent reason with an odd restlessness in his bones. This happened sometimes, and as much as he hated losing even more sleep, he knew the only way to settle the anxiety was to get up and patrol the dorms.
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- Part 2 of Whumpuary 2026
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Odysseus emerges from the thick, blinding fog he’s in with the sort of cloying slowness of someone waking after only an hour of sleep. He’s sore, and aroused, and feeling like his thoughts are little flitting fish darting out of his grasp at every turn. This is normal for him.
The fabric beneath him is not. It’s not the slick, cool silk of his Master’s bed, or Odysseus’ cage, it’s… a little rougher. Woven, that was it. He’s laying on something woven.
(Part of the "Breaking a Mount" series)
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- Part 1 of Whumpuary 2026
- Part 4 of Breaking a Mount
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Polites takes a bite out of the Lotus before Odysseus can stop him, meaning Odysseus has to drag an ensorcelled Polites back to the ships. It isn't as easy as it sounds, especially since Polites is desperate for more Lotus...
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It took a lot of work and an edict from Zeus, but Athena was finally, finally allowed to rescue Odysseus.
(Sequel to "Chipping" and "Breaking a Mount")
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- Part 30 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 13 of Aftermath (NCV 2025)
- Part 3 of Breaking a Mount
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The system worked. Zagreus, once he felt well enough to try again, saw neither boon nor blessing from Aphrodite. Shades would wave him one way or another, and he would listen. The boons offered from the other gods were all ones he recognized.
The first time he emerged from the Styx after a failed attempt, he was greeted by a heart-stopping moment of silence, and then a lot of deliberate conversations and absolutely no eye contact. Hypnos waved him in with a stuttering motion like he wasn’t sure he wanted Zagreus to see it. Achilles kept his head bowed, bending it deeper when Zagreus passed. Thanatos shifted awkwardly from foot to foot in such an out-of-character way that Zagreus wanted to scream at him.
(Sequel to "Still Here" and "The Love You Deserve", which all really ought to be in one story.)
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- Part 29 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 12 of Aftermath (NCV 2025)
- Part 3 of The Love You Deserve
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Telemachus let Odysseus hold him in his sleep. Telemachus was pretty sure it was helpful. His father cried in his sleep if he didn’t have someone to hold. Knowing that he was letting Odysseus sleep happily was enough to excuse the… weird nights.
Odysseus didn’t do it intentionally, Telemachus was sure. He was never awake, anyway. It was just that… Some nights, his father’s... penis would get hard.
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- Part 28 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 17 of Explicit (NCV 2025)
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“This is going to hurt,” Hades warned.
Persephone scowled up at him, defiance in her eyes and expression. Her hands were bound over her head, and her legs were spread wide by Hades’ own hands, twitching and shaking as she tried, and failed, to wrench herself free.
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- Part 27 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 16 of Explicit (NCV 2025)