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In Which Orpheus Doesn’t Die (at the end) by hitlikehammers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Oct 2025
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The world shifts with the downward compression on that chest as he counts the rhythm—
Alongside the disappearance of everything. The screaming, the lightning—gone. Only black.
But worse: there’s no body under his hands. His heart chokes him, merciless—then he sees it.
Not the body he’d been saving, but a body. In a hospital gown. Hair shaved. Young.
“Who are you?” He asks, but it’s…pretty obvious.
“I am Seven. Lucky, isn’t it?”
See: obvious.
Fucking maddening, but obvious.
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Wherein Steve makes a bet with a game-obsessed semi-sociopathic test subject who promises to heal Eddie (and reveals he and Steve might be destined to mean everything to each other, which: what the fuck?)—on two conditions.
No one can know Eddie’s alive. And Steve can’t be seen mourning a loss that isn’t real.
Cue all the Party™ drama, gut-wrenching confessions into the ether (?), existential breakdowns, mirror-based
sexingcommunication, deals maybe/maybe-not upheld, and all the undying-star-crossed-hope you’d expect from striking a bargain in the Upside Down for the survival of the quite-possible love of your life. -
Will you Forget About Your Love for me? by Alcettogo
Fandoms: In Stars And Time (Video Game)
10 Oct 2025
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The saviors of Vaugarde have to go defeat the King with one missing party member. Luckily, someone is there to help them. There’s a catch though: their guide can't look back to make sure they’re following.
(Yes, this is an Orpheus and Eurydice retelling)
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Jack Abbot descends into the underworld to bring you back from death. Torch in hand, he walks through shadow and silence, forbidden to look behind him, forbidden to doubt. You follow—just out of reach, a whisper between worlds—aching to remind him you’re still there.
But the gods are cruel, and love has always been the cruelest test of all.
This is a somewhat tragic retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, reimagined through Jack Abbot’s devotion, your silence, and the unbearable beauty of what it means to almost make it back to the light.
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How the World Could Be by i_write_shakespeare_not_disney
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
10 Oct 2025
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It's an old song and we're gonna sing it again.
Knowing nothing but hunger and cold, Rody and his siblings come across an inn where they meet Izuku, a young poet and singer. In the midst of a cataclysmic world that bends to the whims of the gods, the two discover a love that might just change the way the world works.
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Record of Retellings by Marvelanddcgeek
Fandoms: Record of Ragnarok (Manga), Record of Ragnarok (Anime)
11 Oct 2025
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A series of retellings from certain myths, all set in Record of Ragnarok.
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Charles Leclerc had it all: glory, speed, and the world at his feet. But when Max Verstappen—his rival, his secret, his love—falls into the shadows between life and death, Charles dares the impossible.
Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, this is a story of gods and ghosts, of music and memory, and of a love so strong that it can even descend into the Underworld itself. -
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Dear Readers, how do you tell a love story where the people already made each other better - and then were torn apart? What do you do when the most formative version of yourself was forged in the absence of the person who made you feel whole? / or, the arena, the pit, has always been remembered.
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I'd be the choiceless hope in grief that drove him underground by buoyantsaturn
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan
09 Oct 2025
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He wanted to turn around and see nothing behind him. He begged for his mind to be playing a trick on him, like it so often tried to do.
But the hand in his own was solid, warm. It couldn’t be a trick.
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- Part 4 of auctober25
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"… I want to study the origin of our home, the Crème Republic. As consul, I believe it's only fair that I understand everyone I represent. Hence, it'll become a safer place for every person. A place where anyone, no matter Mud Choco City or the Upper City, can succeed."
Clotted Cream, rightfully just as always, wants to serve his home in the best way he can; by figuring out how his home came to be in the first place.
However, this rabbit whole is far deeper than both Clotted Cream nor both knights can imagine.
Now left with the broken pieces of their consul's discoveries, and everything seemingly starting to unravel--will Clotted Cream ever find his knights?
Or will this consul remain still for good?
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- Part 3 of Similar Wounds, Different Worlds
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His beautifully awful words would drown his thoughts for the next few hours.
“Just-just-just hold me”
But Merlin could not hold onto him any longer, as Arthur’s body lay limp and cold. Soon he would fall through his hand like sand, and find a place within the lake.
Merlin had seen death—Merlin had been the cause of death—but nothing compared to the emptiness he felt as Arthur’s skin no longer gave him the warmth he longed for.
Merlin’s cheeks were dry and salty and his mind rang a constant buzz.
It was as though his limbs were directing him, his mind back-seating, as he prepared his final goodbye to his king.
This was not how it was supposed to go, this was surely not the end of their tale.
Merlin lit the boat, and the body—Arthur’s body. The flames grew red, and hot.
He felt it again, the stab of pain. His legs went weak and his vision began to blur as he saw his other half drift off into the World of The Dead.
No
This was all wrong. Arthur and Merlin were two sides of the same coin. Where would that leave Merlin? Off falter forever, forced to walk Albion alone for an eternity?
No
He would sooner have chaos than let this be the end.
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What Makes a Goddess by Frodohippie
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Hadestown - Mitchell, Hadestown - Mitchell (Broadway) RPF, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
05 Oct 2025
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Eurydice finds her Orpheus, but the Fates have different plans for her this time around. Things don't quite click, and a premature death sends her spiraling in an unexpected direction.
An original story based loosely on Hadestown. Think of Hadestown atmosphere with BBC Merlin-esque characters. In this story, Greek mythology is whatever I say it is.
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what if it had ended differently?
what if it had begun differently?There is a way out of the garden. One that does not end in the death of Dream. But it requires that the universe must be rewritten.
Or perhaps, it requires that everything happens as it was written.
(an experimental work on the nature of creation, destruction, dreams and hope)
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune is dangerous only once he learns how to weaponize it.”
When the naive, awkward daughter of a barber-surgeon strikes an unlikely friendship with the notoriously disagreeable Lord Beckett during her time aboard the HMS Endeavour, her tale darkens as she’s suddenly drawn deeper into his world of ambition and betrayal.
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Starts off pre TCBP, and ends AWE.
Follows the events from The Price of Freedom with an eventual, adult-oriented twist.
Partial Cutler Beckett backstory, partial coming-of-age trope for an 18th century woman.
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Call of the Underworld by LenoreGh0st
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, The Sun and The Star - Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro
04 Oct 2025
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Nico Di Angelo is dead. He has been for a few months now, but how is Will meant to move on from that? The days seem to blend together now; work, eat, bedrot, think of Nico, cry, repeat. Everyone is becoming more and more concerned as his depression takes a heavy toll on his psyche. Nothing seems to be helping. Things seem hopeless...that is until Will begins getting vivid dreams. Demigod dreams are nothing to play with, so he decides to listen to the voices.
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Major character death
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What happens to Eurydice after she returns back to the underworld after Orpheus fails to bring her back? Of course, she tries her best out to adjust to a permenant situation but ends up catching the interest of Hades along the way. This story is partially inspired by Orfeo's Game in IDV along with the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, of course.
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Ремусу было всего семь лет, когда отец подарил ему лиру.
Он смотрел на Аполлона, сиявшего ярче самого солнца, и плакал от радости.- Language:
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the path to paradise, and likewise the road to ruin by underneath_stars
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Hadestown - Mitchell
04 Oct 2025
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Wylan is a waiter and performer at the railroad station outside of Ketterdam. Jesper is a gambler who's been chased out of everywhere he's ever been by debts and the wind. Kaz is the King of Ketterdam's criminal underworld, collecting souls and making more money than a man could use in a lifetime. Inej is the Wraith every winter and Captain Ghafa during the summer. Nina and Matthias are the owners of the train station, who have been through this song and dance before.
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Six of Crows Hadestown AU because of Jack Wolfe's run as Orpheus on Broadway
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The Sword Of Damocles Is Swinging by somuchforstardew
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
03 Oct 2025
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"The Gods love you but not enough to save you."
Sarah Willoughby, a daughter of Hades, who had survived the Salem Witch Trials and so much more had spent three centuries with Lady Artemis. For a Demigod of her status, she’s lived a relatively happy, peaceful life save for three terrible occasions. Each beginning due to some God or Goddess creating a terrible mess. Each time, Sarah found herself torn from her home and forced to clean up the mess but she would always return to her happy life at Lady Artemis’ side.
Now, with ancient beings stirring and the threat of war looming over her world, Sarah’s peaceful existence is shattered yet again. Although, she is a far cry from being at the centre of it, the sword of Damocles still swings precariously over her head. For she is a hero that had been happy for far too long. Perhaps after three centuries of living a relatively joyful life for a Demigod, it’s time for Sarah Willoughby to sacrifice something.
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- Part 1 of To The World We Dream About!
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To The World We Dream About And The One We Live In Now by WillieTheNerd
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic), Hadestown - Mitchell
03 Oct 2025
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In a world where the seasons have stopped turning, Nick has a song to bring them back—and Charlie, a runaway who no longer believes in spring, finds himself caught in its melody.
Orpheus and Eurydice retold. But this time, it’s two boys daring to sing against the silence.
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It was a deathly blizzard that night. The worse one in thirty years.
Yet, the prince was banished without a care. Left to freeze in the snow.
Dark Cacao, left with the broken pieces and falling apart from his own guilt, sets off in an attempt to revive his son.
The only question is how desperate will he be to bring his firstborn back.