matt_murdick
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Old Hands by matt_murdick
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
01 Nov 2025
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Celebrimbor accidentally marries a mysterious Maia, and Mairon sees an opportunity he can't ignore.
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cobra husbands post-cage drabble. terry tends to john's wounds.
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Waiting Game by matt_murdick
Fandoms: The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Originals (TV)
06 Jan 2023
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A dead man is born again as Finn Mikaelson, his memories of his former life exist only as a vague feeling, or as dreams of a distant future. But when he is turned into a vampire, his memories of Before become clear once again. As does his purpose. But can a dream survive the Original Family?
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- Part 1 of Finn Mikaelson: Waiting Game
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Do the stars gaze back? by matt_murdick
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Game of Thrones (TV)
15 Mar 2020
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The Stardust AU for Theon/Robb that no one other than me asked for.
With her two eldest sons dead, Queen Alannys will do anything to save her remaining children — her daughter Asha, and her baby Theon. The King, of course, chases them down but when they disappear completely there is no choice but to let the matter pass.
The Kingdom fares well enough in the absence of the Queen and her heirs (whom reside on the other side of the Wall, as the poor orphans their parents had never intended them to be).
Everything goes to shit, however, once the King dies, a star falls, and Theon’s pride leads him to making a stupid promise.
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feelings will complicate any and all heists by matt_murdick
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Game of Thrones (TV)
20 Feb 2020
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It wasn't supposed to turn out like this. The plan had been simple, and the same as usual: Jeyne poses as the Captain's new wife, and Theon as her overprotective brother, one of them seduces her spouse, then they steal whatever they can and make a clean exit.
But Jon Snow just had to be honour incarnate, with a dashing Robb Stark ready to sweep Theon off his feet, and Sansa just was too kind to the both of them.
God, being thieves was supposed to be easy.
Firefly AUSeries
- Part 1 of Theon & Jeyne — con artists in space
Recent series
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Finn Mikaelson: Waiting Game by matt_murdick
Fandom: The Originals (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Vampire Diaries (TV)
06 Jan 2023
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Waiting Game is the main fanfic, but here is a collection of other stories within that universe. Sometimes I had to cut scenes, so I've included those here.
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- 2,712
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- Bookmarks:
- 10
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Theon & Jeyne — con artists in space by matt_murdick
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
20 Feb 2020
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The way Garak sees it, desperate times call for desperate measures, and when backed against the wall by a persistent Ziyal, he resorts to a rather unconventional excuse to turn her down. This may either be the best, or the worst, decision he's ever made concerning the kind doctor, and only time will tell how good an actor the two of them really are.
Set in mid-season 5, after 'Let He Who is Without Sin...' and before Julian is replaced by the Changeling.Bookmarked by matt_murdick
14 Dec 2025
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All He'll See is Me by skyl_tales
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV)
21 Feb 2024
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When Vader dies, the Force gives him another chance. It doesn't go as Vader expected.
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- English
- Words:
- 34,569
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Collections:
- 9
- Comments:
- 1,362
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- 10,559
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- 2,361
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Bookmarked by matt_murdick
04 Oct 2025
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Whatever Way Our Stories End by Ravenclaw_Peredhel, TiresiasTheBlindSeer (Ravenclaw_Peredhel)
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
20 Jul 2024
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Here is a story you know:
Celebrimbor, son of Curufin and grandson of Fëanor.
A smith and craftsman like his father and grandfather before him.
A survivor of the horror of the First Age, who rebuilt the world into one of trust and kindness.
Who's trust and kindness led to him being tortured and killed.
Who still always had hope.
This is a story you don't know.Alternatively:
A mortal woman becomes Celebrimbor.
Like him, she chooses hope and trust over despair and paranoia.
Like him, it will never be enough to save her.Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 54,725
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 45
- Kudos:
- 179
- Bookmarks:
- 64
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- 2,968
Bookmarked by matt_murdick
04 Oct 2025
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Not Alone by Starwalkertales
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV)
02 Nov 2025
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Following the events of confronting his old Master after ten years of relentlessly searching for him just to be bested again in the most devastating way possible, Vader had two years of thinking about the choices he had made during the last decade. And it all boiled down to his current Master, Darth Sidious, who had manipulated and controlled him, who had set all those terrible things in motion that had ended with him being not much more than a walking corpse, kept alive by a mix of elaborate and crude machinery, that was making every day torture and full of pain.
On Tatooine he meets a sweet little boy, who soon becomes the most important person in his life...
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 49,584
- Chapters:
- 30/?
- Comments:
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Bookmarked by matt_murdick
21 Sep 2025
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falling up by jediknobi, shatou
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
18 Nov 2021
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Darth Sidious is dead, by the hand of the apprentice he raised. Anakin doesn’t want to be Vader anymore. The only person he trusts is a Jedi, and now Obi-Wan Kenobi has his hands full.
The one-shots in this series are not entirely standalone, in terms of narrative and emotional buildup. This series is best read in order.
- Words:
- 24,060
- Works:
- 9
- Bookmarks:
- 949
Bookmarked by matt_murdick
20 Sep 2025