AO3 as a Plot Device
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Castiel Shurley doesn’t understand why an engineering major keeps showing up in his upper-level creative writing classes. He knows part of having a liberal arts education is taking things outside of your major, but who takes 400-level English courses for fun? And even more galling, his classmates keep gushing about his short stories. You would think Dean Winchester is the next Isaac Asimov.
Then Castiel finally gets assigned to peer edit one of Dean’s short stories… and he recognizes it. To be fair, it’s a great story. Too bad Dean didn’t write it. He stole it, lifted straight from a fanfic, with the serial numbers barely filed off.
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Traces We Leave Behind by Adelaise for satismagic
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
21 Oct 2025
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A grieving historian. A forgotten story. A voice calling across time.
Julia never meant to post anything online. But the story found her - a story she knows is true.
She just doesn’t expect anyone to believe it.But someone does.
And he’s been waiting a long time for her words to appear.Series
- Part 2 of Stories Left Behind
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Rin writes a fanfic.
Sae reads a fanfic.One of them is spiraling. The other is already gone.
A humiliating, experimental comedy about obsession, denial, and mutual destruction disguised as love.
(or: Ego invites Sae into Blue Lock to mentally destroy Rin. It goes disturbingly well.)
🚨 this is the uncut Rinsae version.
Rinsagi enjoyers, your train ends here.Series
- Part 1 of My Brother's Worst Fan