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• Why Anyone At All? by whatfallsforever

  Fandoms: Original Work  

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  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2026

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  • Original Character(s) & Original Character(s)
  • Original Characters
  • Rags to Riches
  • Adoption
  • Adopted by Royalty
  • Drabble
  • retrowrimay
  • retrowrimay26

  Summary

  An orphan is adopted by a queen and struggles to understand why.

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  RetroWriMay Alternate Prompt 4 - Rags to Riches
  RetroWriMay Day 26 - True Drabble

  Series

  • Part 18 of RetroWriMay 2026

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  English

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  100

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  1/1

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  3

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• Dreaming By the Puzzle by whatfallsforever

  Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)  

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  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2026

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  • Mutou Yuugi & Yami Yuugi | Atem
  • Mutou Yuugi
  • Yami Yuugi | Atem
  • Fluff
  • Kidfic
  • Mentioned Mutou Sugoroku | Solomon Moto
  • mentioned Mutou Yuugi's Mother
  • Sennen Puzzle | Millennium Puzzle
  • Drabble
  • retrowrimay
  • retrowrimay26

  Summary

  Yugi falls asleep while working on the Puzzle.

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  RetroWriMay Day 19 - Kidfic
  RetroWriMay Day 26 - True Drabble

  Series

  • Part 17 of RetroWriMay 2026

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  English

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  100

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  6

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• Re-Promoting a Pawn (I'll be With You Again Soon, My Love) by whatfallsforever

  Fandoms: Chess Pieces (Anthropomorphic)  

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  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2026

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  • King Chess Piece/Pawn Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic)
  • pawn chess piece & original daemon character
  • Pawn Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic)
  • King Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic)
  • Original Daemon Character(s)
  • Age Regression/De-Aging
  • For Strategy
  • Alternate Universe - Daemons
  • Promoting a pawn
  • Demoting a pawn
  • Re-promoting a pawn
  • Drabble
  • retrowrimay
  • retrowrimay26

  Summary

  The Queen will do anything to protect her King, even give up her crown to do what a queen cannot.

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  RetroWriMay Day 12 - Daemon Fic
  RetroWriMay Day 14 - De-Aging
  RetroWriMay Day 26 - True Drabble

  Series

  • Part 16 of RetroWriMay 2026

  Language:

  English

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  100

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• By the Way, You and I Are Getting Married. Just Letting You Know! by whatfallsforever

  Fandoms: Invader Zim  

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  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2026

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  • Dib/Zim (Invader Zim)
  • Zim (Invader Zim)
  • Dib (Invader Zim)
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Alternate Universe - Zim is an alien prince
  • Dib is basically the prince of Earth
  • Texting Fic
  • mentioned Court Drama
  • Drabble
  • retrowrimay
  • retrowrimay26
  • Kidnapping
  • Forced Marriage

  Summary

  Zim informs Dib that they're getting married. Dib does not agree to this.

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  RetroWriMay Day 13 - Arranged Marriage AU
  RetroWriMay Day 21 - Texting Fic
  RetroWriMay Day 26 - True Drabble
  RetroWriMay Day 29 - Regency/Court Drama

  Series

  • Part 15 of RetroWriMay 2026

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  English

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  100

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  1/1

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  9

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• You Were Supposed to Watch For Me by whatfallsforever

  Fandoms: Invader Zim  

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  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  31 May 2026

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  • Dib & Zim (Invader Zim)
  • Zim (Invader Zim)
  • Dib (Invader Zim)
  • Inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • kind of. inspired by a prompt for that. I unfortunately haven't seen it yet
  • Amnesia
  • Spoilers for Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
  • Zim Hiding in a Toilet
  • brief mention of Professor Membrane
  • non-consensual mind alteration
  • Non-consensual Amnesia
  • Professor Membrane's A+ Parenting
  • Drabble
  • retrowrimay
  • retrowrimay26

  Summary

  When Zim leaves the toilet he was hiding in, Dib doesn't remember him.

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  RetroWriMay Alternate Prompt 1 - Eternal Sunshine AU
  RetroWriMay Day 26 - True Drabble

  Series

  • Part 14 of RetroWriMay 2026

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  English

  Words:

  100

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