lys_mara
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"The life of spies is to know, not be known."— George Herbert.
"You know what must be done, Harry," Dumbledore said, his eyes dull.
"I do," Harry said. He looked over to his family. Mark was only a fourth year and Rose a first year. Was he ready to leave them behind for a life of suffering?
Then he saw his parents, standing before his grandfather's grave and rage filled him. The Dark Lord had to die, and if Harry could help in his defeat, he had to.
"Take me to Voldemort," he said to Snape. "I'm ready to be a spy."[2025: This is probably abandoned. I was sick for a pretty long time, which, combined with general IRL strain, made me stop writing. I'm fully recovered now and I've been saying for a while that this isn't abandoned, but I've just lost all interest in the HP fandom with JKR doing everything she is. Thank you everyone who read and commented here and on FFN!]
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Curse of Blessing by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
25 Jul 2020
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The cycle of the Triforce is as endless as the object itself, written into the books of destiny a thousand times over. The bearers of the Gods' power are lauded as Heroes and Heroines, yet all they see is a curse.
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His eyes never left her cold, unseeing ones as he raised the knife to his own throat. His whispered apologies continued as he drew blood and even continued as his blood filled his throat.
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Courage From Nothing by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
06 Apr 2020
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Even as he struggles with the void in his memory, he presses onwards; clinging to the hope that there may be a light at the end of the long path he walks.
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Captured Memories by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
01 Apr 2020
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This is the story of Rhoam Bosphoramus. Of how a simple man who became a knight, then a prince, then the King, then a father, turned into the cold man remembered by his daughter.
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The War is Far From Over Now by Dont_call_me_Carrie
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
23 Aug 2020
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The world keeps pushing him, demanding, because what he did wasn't enough. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, but that wasn't enough, wasn't ever enough.
Tony Stark was tired. But he had a planet to protect, even if everyone laughed at him whenever the prospect of alien invasions was brought up. He could count on one hand how many people he could trust, which was disheartening but then, what else was new?
Or,
In which Tony does not, in fact, intend to take over the world.
...unfortunately, everyone else missed that particular memo.
[gradual divergence from canon, starting at the end of Iron Man 3. In which it's Tony's self-awareness, rather than his support system, that becomes a cryptid sometime during Phase II.]
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- Part 1 of Iron Man Lives Again [Or, Why Team Captain America Didn't Think This Through]
- Part 1 of Time To Carry The Colors Again
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18 Jul 2026
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The Lion, the Ships, and the Swordthrone by Talavin
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
04 Jul 2026
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What would you do in the villain’s place?
An adult consciousness wakes in the body of three-year-old Joffrey Baratheon. He's armed with foreknowledge and a lifetime's worth of experience… and it is not enough. He is still Cersei's son, still Robert's "heir," and still sitting on a secret that could kill him and everyone he loves. And the more he builds to protect himself, the more he has to lose. This is a story about governance and grief, about the cost of necessary choices, and about what it means to love people who have the power to destroy you.
It is also, somewhat accidentally, the tale of how King Joffrey I Baratheon completely revolutionized the Westerosi shipbuilding industry, and with it altered the balance of power across the entire known world.
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- Part 1 of LS&S 'verse
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05 Jul 2026
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Vi lounges, much like a lizard would, on one of the soft cream settees that dot the solarium. It isn't quite sunny enough to be outside. The clouds are an indecisive gray, the sky closer than usual, but she hums a tune to herself and settles in comfortably. She has a mug of her favorite brew resting on the coffee table and enough peace to finally spend some time with the book that came in with last month's shipment of tea.
A morning at the Kirammans'.
Bookmarked by lys_mara
30 May 2026
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No one knows that Dante Basco, an emerging writer with a growing readership, is actually Fire Lord Zuko.
Not even his editor.
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28 Apr 2026
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bound by a promise to the moon by graveltotempo
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
30 Jan 2022
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In 1990, Carol Danvers, James Rhodes, Stephen Strange, Tony Stark and Hope Van Dyne get drunk and make a blood oath.
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- Part 6 of you WILL be sorry
- Part 1 of bound by the moon
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27 Apr 2026