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Slow Explosions by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
21 Jan 2026
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Boris Konev has known Yang Wen-li longer than anyone else. Yet he feels like the least qualified to have a place in his heart, and the least qualified to take vengeance when all goes wrong. A tale of irony, longing, and an undutiful man who was never invited to the banquet of history.
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Temporal Anomaly by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
17 Nov 2024
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After his assignment to Heinessen, Reuenthal ponders the natural and unnatural, those he had lost, those he never possessed, and why the entire galaxy follows one calendar.
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vestigial by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
31 Dec 2023
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Stealing a Stand comes with a few unexpected side effects. The unwelcome company of the previous user's consciousness, for instance. Or is that really the case? But no matter what, Diego Brando will never admit he does not have full control of the situation.
An awful little saga of two awful little men on an indignant journey of mutually assured destruction. Well, it might be fun once in a while too.
Until it isn't.Midway edit: now that it's getting more serious in the second half, perhaps a more apt summary would be "man who refuses to submit to external influences finds his life changed by everyone he meets".
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a conversation with the artist, between the wars by polyphenols for elijah_was_a_prophet
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
31 Dec 2023
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Reuenthal lives. Everything becomes worse. A showcase of a few pieces from the shattered mosaic of that universe, and a portent of things to come.
Or, an artist and a patron of the arts meet for a nice cup of tea and a chat.
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sugar substitute by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
01 Nov 2023
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On the last birthday that Reuenthal will have, Bergengrün decides to get him a cake. What ensues is one part sad, one part unhinged, and one part foolish—but that's only if you read the nutrition label.
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butterfly dream by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
11 Sep 2023
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In this life, Yang Wenli has not been called that name in years. If this was all a dream, it wasn’t his own.
A sad tale without tragedy, or maybe a happy one without catharsis.Like all entries in the Njörun series, this is a standalone piece unrelated to the others.
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- Part 3 of Njörun
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those not present have no say in the matter by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
22 Jun 2023
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Near the end of the his stay on Phezzan, Julian meets someone who shouldn’t exist, and has a conversation he doesn’t want to remember.
Takes place sometime between episodes 109 and 110, after Dominique’s release but before the final events of LoGH. Vaguely canon divergent, but more in terms of tone and “who knows what” than specific events.
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the kaiser has turned off his location by polyphenols for desvenlafaxines
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
31 May 2023
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After the Urvashi incident, Reinhard’s whereabouts were unknown for three weeks. As it so happens, Müller was with him the whole time. This is the secret history of what happened between them…and what had to be done about it.
Starts out as a missing scene(s) story, becomes increasingly canon divergent. Mostly lighthearted but unhinged.
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while you were not there to see by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
26 Mar 2023
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Mittermeyer kills Lang, and what happens after that. Spoilers for episode 94 of the OVA.
There's nothing overtly romantic in this piece so I used the gen tag, but it can be read either way.
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the night the comet hit the library by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
01 Feb 2023
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After a near-death experience, Anton Ferner reflects on his peculiar, indefinable relationship with Oberstein over the years. But there is more about Oberstein that he does not know, and yet more that he will not see coming as the era draws to a close.
Or, how to get away with being an emotionally unscathed observer 99% of the time and faceplant at the finish line.
This is fairly dark, but at points also darkly humorous. Spoilers through the end of LoGH.
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Siegfried Kircheis changes destiny when he saves both his friend and himself, but far more must happen before he and Reinhard can reach a mutual understanding. Contains both the "Kircheis lives" AU and another secret, far worse AU. Spoilers through Episode 26 of the OVA or Volume 2 of the novels.
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- Part 2 of Njörun
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In vino mendacium by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
07 Oct 2022
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(No, you cannot even imagine what could have been. There is only what was, what is, and what will be—and you are beginning to fear that for you, these are the same.)
In which the events of the original series are a recurring dream that DNT Mittermeyer has been having. (Although this is based more on the novels than anything.) A story with no neat or happy resolution. Alternates between second-person and third-person POV.
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- Part 1 of Njörun
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graupel by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
21 Sep 2022
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(I'm not where I'm supposed to be.)
A story where Blackmore is in hell, or perhaps not.
Can be read on its own or as a follow-up to Head in the Clouds; either way, you can assume that the Valentine at the start of SBR has already replaced himself at least once.
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- Part 9 of dojyaan deeds done dirt cheap
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Rosa stellata by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
11 Apr 2022
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In one of the neighboring worlds, their side has scored an easy victory. But winning won’t save you. Attachment can’t change you. And a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Less than a year after the end of the Steel Ball Run, everything falls apart.
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bullet for my [redacted] by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
06 Apr 2022
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(In hindsight, attending his own funeral was probably a bad idea.)
The death and life of a Valentine somewhere far from the base world, and the effects thereof on the very sad umbrella holder at his side. Or, the terrible things that happen when you use D4C for both intended and unintended purposes.
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- Part 8 of dojyaan deeds done dirt cheap
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refraction/dispersion by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
23 Mar 2022
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One can spare only a little of his intense and miserable capacity for devotion, and the other wants to give all of his very limited emotional depth. And they don't agree on anything. How will it ever work?
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Begonia by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
13 Feb 2022
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(The world will not understand so many things about us. So here’s one more.)
A relatively serious study of the Valentines' relationship. Perhaps the story of the most fortunate couple in the world, and perhaps not.
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- Part 7 of dojyaan deeds done dirt cheap
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Nine Melodies for a Red Plum Blossom - 九曲红梅 by inkwater (polyphenols)
Fandoms: ピオフィオーレの晩鐘 | Piofiore no Banshou (Visual Novel)
24 Oct 2021
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Every ending is true, in some other universe.
A woman involved with the worst person in the Liu Huang Hui finds herself tasked with cutting the threads of fate, while Yang and Liliana are unknowingly caught in a web of cause and consequence. At the end of everything, only one version of events will remain. No matter who survives—or who has regrets.
A mostly psychological tale where more battles are fought with words than with weapons. Linearly non-linear, dark but not graphic, plays with the idea of the multiple-ending game narrative but in a dead serious way, slightly weird. [Also very much a Yuan/OC story with a barely functional dynamic that tries to answer "how would this even work". Spoilers: it doesn't.]
***Extensive spoilers for both Piofiore Fated Memories (Ricordo) and Episodio 1926. But just the Yang routes. Mostly.
[2022 edit: I noticed there was a proper character tag for Yuan now so I fixed it...which inadvertently moved him to the very end of the character list. I have been unable to fix it. I think that's what he would want]
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how not to catch rabies on lake shore drive by polyphenols for depression_psd
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
20 Oct 2021
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In the midst of his presidential campaign, Funny Valentine encounters a version of Blackmore who has never had the good fortune of meeting him. A very...different version.
This fic takes place after Head in the Clouds, with a slight nod to Hell is Other People, but neither of those is required reading for this one.
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- Part 6 of dojyaan deeds done dirt cheap
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head in the clouds by polyphenols
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
21 Sep 2021
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Years before the Steel Ball Run, Congressman Valentine asks his new employee to take a walk with him in the rain.
Or, the story of how Blackmore learned to say “sorry”.
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- Part 5 of dojyaan deeds done dirt cheap