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False Friends by IvyLee
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
07 Jun 2026
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In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.
In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:
1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.
Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.
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This is how the longer cases go. They wind him up like a music box, until one day there’s a click and everything falls open and Connor can sing and sing and sing. And thrill with the singing. And come home with empirical proof of his worth as a human being.
The year is 1890. Connor Stern has been shipped off to newly incorporated Prescott, Arizona, to track down a renowned and evasive raider gang on behalf of local mining interests. His partner in the case is the completely incalcitrant County Sheriff, who’s far more likely at any one time to be finding his way to a bottle than a bandit. His target? Feared outlaw Markus, a man who’s growing increasingly eager to introduce Connor to the business end of a six-shooter gun.
But Connor’s in luck, because as it becomes evident to all three men that the solutions to their problems are fortuitously linked, Markus must consider the possibility that his headhunter might just have more potential to him as an ally than a corpse.
You catch more flies with honey, after all...
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Lovers and Other Cruel Things by IvyLee
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Thor - All Media Types, Marvel
13 May 2016
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Loki is the sole survivor of a shipwreck that should not have occurred. His miraculous return home is celebrated and promptly swept under the rug, because only the mad believe that there are such things as mermaids - or men. Awake at last, though, Loki inevitably makes his way back to the sea and what he knows waits there. Both he and Thor have decisions to make, and obstacles to overcome if they want to pursue any sort of relationship together; such as, on Loki's side, homicidal mobs, a newfound fear of water, and a distinct lack of gills.
Sequel to Selkies. ***DISCONTINUED***
Series
- Part 2 of How to Breathe Underwater
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Under the Bridge by IvyLee
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Thor (Movies), Thor - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
17 Feb 2015
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Thor is a college freshman with a sports scholarship, looking to get the most out of a golden opportunity; Loki is just looking to survive the year. A (not-brothers) University AU with a sprinkling of corporate espionage, street racing, love in cold climates and calculated murder, all for your reading pleasure. Slow burn (obviously, completely worth it).
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Selkies and Ships with Wings by IvyLee
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Thor - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
13 Jul 2014
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There is an old God who they say could tread the horizon; caught between the heavens and the hadal, the sky walker. In all his life, Thor has only seen the feat realized once.
By the boy who walked into the night sky and carried a piece of it with him for the rest of his life. By the boy with the winged ship.
But a sky-treading human cannot divert the wrathful conscience of a kingdom in turmoil, an oncoming storm, or the inexorable beginnings of a supernatural war.
Besides; every merman knows that true love is the stuff of fairy tales.
Series
- Part 1 of How to Breathe Underwater
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How to Breathe Underwater by IvyLee
Fandom Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Thor (Movies), Thor - All Media Types
13 May 2016
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The Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.
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Bookmarked by IvyLee
13 May 2026
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all time S tier PHM fic. doesn't matter how you feel about the body swap trope.
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And I will try to fix you by verynotokay
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The coma slurry meant for Ryland Grace was laced with Stratt's memory drug. After their long journey to Erid, it is also the only remaining source of the nutrients his body needs to survive.
Ryland Grace wakes up and doesn't remember anything. Again.
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- Part 1 of Amnesia Again
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Seth Domade had many good qualities. He was human and, as such, could traverse Rexxentrum with ease. He had some unremarkable magical capabilities, so it was not odd that he might, say, use Comprehend Languages to read a book or cast Prestidigitation to clean the muck from his boots.
Seth Domade, however, was not a powerful wizard. He did not wield spells that could disrupt the gravity of an entire street or send his attackers flying into a wall. Seth Domade was a quiet, unassuming man. He spent most of his days editing volumes in the Cobalt Soul’s library, and he looked the part.
Around the time the silence manacles clapped around his wrists, Essek realized he should have dropped the facade of Seth Domade earlier.Series
- Part 6 of Fresh Horrors (Eternal Whumptober)
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29 Dec 2025
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Six years after he and Viktor part ways on antagonistic terms, Jayce wakes up in the Machine Herald’s medical clinic.
Jayce desperately wants to rub at his forehead, but the binding at his wrist stops him. He settles for squeezing his eyes shut. “Why?” he asks.
Viktor is silent for barely a moment. He says, tonelessly, “I assumed this was preferable to dying.”
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- Part 3 of assorted arcane works
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Bookmarked by IvyLee
09 Dec 2024
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Jayce biting the hand that feeds him. A fun read.
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“This is not a negotiation.” Deirta Thelyss’s voice cracked the air like a thunderclap, sharp enough that even her ever-bustling flock of attendants twitched. “You will agree to this marriage, or I will have you cast from Den Thelyss for dereliction of duty. Is that clear?”
Essek held himself stiffly, his shoulders rising in affront. A dangerous lapse of control, considering the woman standing before him, and one he would berate himself for later in the privacy of his tower, but he couldn’t help it. To be bartered off as—as a diplomatic representative of all things. It was absurd, insulting. Was the prestige his accomplishments brought to the den not enough? The Bright Queen herself had awarded him the title of Shadowhand for the advancements he’d made to the field of dunamancy, advancements that had secured countless victories in the war. Why should he have to upend his entire life to accommodate some human he’d never even met?
Or: A Shadowgast Arranged Marriage AU in Space~
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Bookmarked by IvyLee
19 Oct 2024
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This is one of those that makes me want to bash my head against a wall for taking a chance on incomplete fics. A lot of fun to read; you have to extrapolate the climax for yourself, though.