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After a long voyage, Mizu and Taigen have finally made it to London. Together, they struggle to navigate their place in the world as Mizu confronts her remaining family in a foreign land in hopes of one day being able to build a life.
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- Part 2 of Cut Out For Something Else
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After the great fire of Edo followed by a moment of weakness, Mizu left Japan vowing to complete her quest for revenge. Six years later, she returned to the country with an unanswered question and a five-year-old-son.
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For his whole life, Taigen wanted nothing more than to cut himself out of the net of poverty and violence. As he follows Mizu to London he realizes how much he still has to escape.
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- Part 1 of Cut Out For Something Else
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Five Times The Universe Conspired Against Taigen Keeping His Hair And The One Time Life Took Its Course by poolsidescientist
Fandoms: Blue Eye Samurai (Cartoon)
15 Jan 2026
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Taigen was cursed. He blamed Mizu. Mostly he just wanted to grow his hair back out without anything happening to it. Again.
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Then off to reap the corn by poolsidescientist
Fandoms: Sinners (2025), Blue Eye Samurai (Cartoon)
13 May 2025
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Abijah Fowler meets a like-minded traveller the night before he leaves for Japan.
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Crazy Ex Song Parodies by poolsidescientist
Fandom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV), The X-Files
08 Apr 2020
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Assorted parodies of Crazy Ex Girlfriend Songs. Which I do not own.
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A Fool came to Takayama Castle by Sophia_the_almost_Wise
Fandoms: Blue Eye Samurai (Cartoon)
08 Jul 2026
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When you know too many secrets, your lord might decide the best way to deal with you is a hero's death. So far, Taigen has escaped this fate. Going into a former pirate-now-daimyo's court to get him to give back a city he just conquered might finally change that. And if this mission will not end with his life's blood spilled in the courtyard of Takayama Castle, maybe the demon-woman from his past will just drive him insane.
Mizu had done many things for her lord. After all, he had given her a home after her husband divorced her, and making swords and killing his enemies were things she was rather good at. But seducing a spy? That was surely the most ridiculous request anyone had ever made of her. But if your lord gives you an order, you better be prepared to give it your best shot.
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28 Jun 2026
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“You seem like someone who would upend my entire life in another universe.”
“Why wouldn’t it be this one?”
Mizu and Taigen were once childhood friends who lived through make believe stories; and they get reunited in their hometown as adults after one of them was heartbroken, and the other lost someone dear to them. As two souls with unfulfilled purposes, they come to terms with their losses, reality, and of course budding feelings for each other.
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15 Jun 2026
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Jiyuu (自由): Meaning freedom or liberty, representing the state of being free from constraints or restrictions.
What if Akemi was married off to the new lord of Sendai (Mizu unknown to her) who had taken up that offer by Heiji at the pass and ended up engaged to Akemi to both keep up appearances and also in guilt of her actions against her, yet still hellbent on revenge all the while.
Slowburn, ENDGAME: Mizu/Akemi
ft. commission artworks by @omint///
In the garden Akemi's gaze lingers on the pair of cranes, watching as their heads bow together in greeting. The sight should be warming, an auspicious sighting particularly on a wedding day and yet Akemi finds herself suddenly rueful. Ash from the shrine lingers on her wedding kimono, the scent overpowering even now as they kneel for the banquet for their honour. Something shy of conflict had flickered across her betrothed face as they had recited the marriage rites. A haunted fear to his eye when he’d locked eyes with her briefly, those amber glasses on his face even now. For a man who had no doubt slaughtered many men, Akemi can’t help but ponder why a marriage ceremony would be the thing that weakened him.
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- Part 1 of Jiyuu (自由) Universe
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21 Mar 2026
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Keeping a secret in a house that never sleeps was a near-impossible logistical feat, yet an utterly diverting one. Siegfried and Audrey are convinced they’ve mastered the art of discretion, but in Skeldale House, the truth has a way of coming out—usually at the most inopportune moment, and usually involving Tristan.
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19 Feb 2026
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Taigen follows Mizu to London. His gods have abandoned him. First, His ship ist captured by Pirates, then they are trapped by the English navy, and to make Matters worse, he is thrown into prison.
Where are His gods and where is Mizu?
Luckily for him, he seems to matter enough to Mizu that she’s trying to get him out of prison. Maybe it’s the memory of Taigen letting himself be tortured for her sake; maybe she’s just glad not to be alone in a foreign country; and maybe, despite their mutual attraction, the two of them just can’t help but constantly misunderstand each other.
Bookmarked by poolsidescientist
14 Feb 2026