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    Black Rock Mountain by for mokuyoubi

    Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)  

    12 Mar 2016

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    "A good man can be stupid and still be good, but a bad man must have brains."
    -Maxim Gorky

     

    Will is a hitchhiker with questionable hobbies. Hannibal is a man who has questionable motives. When Hannibal drives by Will who just so happens to need a ride, things quickly take a turn from the questionable to the downright depraved.

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    Based on the tumblr idea that Hannigrammers latched onto: "We’re not supposed to pick up hitch-hikers because they may be serial killers. However, serial killers often pick up and kill hitch-hikers. Therefore, has a serial killer ever picked up another serial killer and did they become best friends?"

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    13 Jun 2026

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    We Are Here: The Emerald Spark by

    Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia  

    17 Mar 2026

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    Being told by his idol that he can be a hero was the greatest thing that had ever happened in Midoriya Izuku’s life. In fact, it was so incredible and amazing that it compelled him to do something that he had been taught from an early age to NEVER do. He asked his teacher a question.

    Or: Izuku decides to ask Toshinori to teach him how to use One For All while he’s cleaning up the beach. This prompts Toshinori to realize that he actually can’t really do that. So he reluctantly calls Gran Torino and gets him to help train and supervise Izuku’s ten month American Dream Plan for entering UA.

    Now with it's own TvTropes page!

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    14 May 2026

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    Mala fides by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

    03 Mar 2026

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    'Mala fides': bad faith, purpose to deceive or defraud
    - Merriam Webster dictionary

    For Harry Potter, the man-who-lived-twice, savior of the Wizarding World, and the ultimate golden boy, life was good. He had survived the war, had a job he loved, a good home, and wonderful friends; the future seemed bright.
    But when he's asked to assist on a case involving Unspeakables, what he discovers deep in the bowels of the Department of Mysteries turns his world upside down.

    Betrayed and heartbroken, Harry does what he knows best; he jumps into the unknown like the good, little Gryffindor he is.

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    “To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”
    ― Malcolm X

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    28 Mar 2026

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    Of Kings, of Pawns, and of Men by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter - Fandom  

    26 Apr 2026

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    When Harry succumbs to dementors in Little Whinging, the last thing he expects is to wake up and find Tom Riddle’s face staring back at him in the mirror.

    It only goes downhill from there.

    (In which Harry learns: if Voldemort had been like an atom bomb, Tom Riddle is the biblical forbidden fruit, succulent and fragrant and filled with an insidious rot that just may kill him.)

    Ongoing Translation(s): Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese

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    25 Nov 2025

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    One For Sorrow by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

    06 May 2024

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    Voldemort is back. Dumbledore is bearing down. And Harry? Well, he wants nothing to do with it. He's smarter than he lets on and ambitious to boot-- just like the Hat saw back in first year-- so he plays the waiting game, letting time tick away until he's able to get away from it all. But everything's about to change-- for everyone.

    Alternatively titled Harry Potter and the Night Dumbledore's Dreams Died a Swift Death.

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    24 Nov 2025