Would you miss me if I was gone and all the simple things were lost?

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Salvage by MuffinLance
Long, fun AU where Zuko ends up with the Southern Water Tribe fleet mid-season 1 and ends up being adopted by Hakoda. No, really.

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Effects of Obliteration by geneticallydead
Before the fall of the Soviet Union, the Winter Soldier was sent to the American arm of Hydra - only there was a malfunction in the cryo-unit that meant it couldn't be opened, and it was left, powered but abandoned, in an underground base.

25 years later, the Avengers find it. I enjoyed this AU of how Steve gets Bucky back.

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but I'm sorry, I don't pray that way

Harry Potter

Modern Love by tackytiger
Long, sweet story where, ten years after the war, Draco and Harry become friends, and Harry wants something more.

There Is No Man, However Wise by enigmaticblue
Sirius escapes Azkaban and rescues Harry from the Dursleys when Harry is 8. This is really lovely. (sequel to My Sun Sets to Rise Again, previously recced)

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It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world

Six of Crows

Beware of Powerful Men by icarus_chained
(show-canon) Alina wishes she'd heeded Genya's warning about powerful men, and passes it on to Inej. This is a lovely moment between the two girls whose situations are similar but not the same.

By the End of the Day by insignificant457
Kaz Brekker has spent years building walls between himself and others. He begins to tear them down the same way he does everything else.

Brick by brick. Oh Kaz. This is really good.

Sneak by Anjali_Organna
In which Inej tries to get the best of Kaz. Her feelings get the best of her instead, whoops. Inej keeps trying to sneak up on Kaz without him catching her. This is exactly how it happens.

A Safe Place to Land by insignificant457
Both Kaz and Inej have been known by many names throughout their lives--Dirtyhands, the Wraith, Bastard of the Barrel, Lynx. Some are more preferable than others. But there are some names that simply are not meant to fit. Neither Kaz nor Inej ever carry the name “Mother” or “Father,” but they do their fair share of parenting anyway. Oh heart.

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Vids

Hit and Run by zowho
Really fun vid of the Crows being badass. <3

Trouble by arestlesswind
"I'm that knife in your boot, girl / I'm your number two man in a fight." Another really fun vid of the Crows being badass.

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don't wanna be no martyr, you know I'm no saint

Batfamily

The Bells of St. Clements by CaramelMachete
Police Officer Grayson kills the Joker while on duty. I liked this a lot.

Devil Like Me by Miles_2_Go
Tim Drake has landed in an alternate universe and something is very wrong here. He needs to find a way home, but in the mean time everyone's hiding something from him, and he plans on getting to the bottom of it. Oh Tim.

I am the man we both couldn't stand by Miles_2_Go
AU where Ra's uses the Lazarus Pit on Tim and Jason has to help him learn to deal with it. I enjoyed this, though I wanted more closure for Dick with both Tim and Jason.

The Light That's Coming in the Morning by JupiterMelichios
5 times the Batkids bonded with Damian. Oh heart.

never be the first to believe by ohnomydear
This is a long, thoughtful, heartbreaking (and mending) story dealing with the fallout of Bruce's treatment of Jason (and Tim and Dick and Damian) during rebirth, including the best use of "Ric" Grayson I've seen.

On the Other Side of the Glass by Capucine
Dick finds himself in an alternate universe where he and Bruce are evil, and has to figure out how to fight them and find his way back home.

Roadtrip Vigilantes by beabaseball
Bruce Wayne gave up hope, stayed with the League of Shadows, and generally fucked up his entire life until a little kid called Dick Grayson came along and saved him anyway. Now on Ra’s al Ghul’s shit list, they travel the U.S. in whatever car they can get their hands on, trying to piece their hearts back together again. fascinating AU.

The Startling Secret Identity of The Batman by Nokomis
Buzzfeed Unsolved does an episode about the identity of Batman. Hilarity, as they say, ensues. I laughed so loud I scared the neighbors.

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