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character-driven

Tag · 169 works

65 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 45% are complete. The average one runs about 38,300 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Danny Phantom+1

Bus to Nowhere

by foldingfacets

Is it running from your problems if your problems consider you to be a dead imprint of consciousness that killed their son? Yes, but Danny tries not to think about how his nightmares of his parents trying to kill him came true when they found out he was Phantom. After being on the run from his parents and the government for a couple of months, moving from town to town, Danny ends up in Gotham City and decides to risk staying in Batman's territory. He'd take the wrath of Batman over live vivisection via beloved parents or being studied and torn apart by the government. Besides, he's not a meta. Being dead is a medical condition.

Teen 120k words 44 / ? ch In progress 29k kudos

Homelessness · Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton · Gotham City has Weird Vibes and Danny decides he's here for that · Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom)· +5 more

Naruto

The Hokage's Will

by inukagome15

Sometimes he wonders why he’s still alive when so many others have fallen. When others deserve the chances that keep falling into his lap that he hasn’t earned. But Kakashi has never been one to quit, not when so many lives depend on the choices he makes. At least he isn’t alone in this. He does have the number one unpredictable shinobi on his side.

Teen 81k words 12 / ? ch In progress 4.7k kudos

Ensemble Cast · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Universe - Time Travel · Time Travel· +16 more

Naruto

our footprints in the dust

by RecklessWriter

The sword slips from Sasuke’s fingers. Beside him, Itachi stares, an identical look of shock on his usually-expressionless face.“Mom?”Suddenly six years in the past, Sasuke is determined to save his clan. The solution, to him, is simple: he just has to kill his brother.If only the target of his plans hadn’t come with him.Itachi, meanwhile, is forced to deal with repeated fratricide attempts, the parents that he killed, and an illness that is rapidly worsening—all while trying to keep up the lies that are unraveling around him.

Teen 37k words 10 / ? ch In progress 2k kudos

Angst · Attempted Fratricide · Brother Feels · Emotional Hurt/Comfort· +14 more

Compilation of Final Fantasy VII+2

Wake Me Up

by VorpalGirl

"Zack Fair woke up in a church. Seeing as he had been dead for several years, this would have surprised most of the people who knew him."

Teen 25k words 8 / ? ch In progress 799 kudos

Post Dirge of Cerberus · Post Advent Children · Mystery · Lifestream· +16 more

Minecraft (Video Game)+1

This Too Shall Pass

by SpereN0x

“Kill you?” he taunted, “No. I won’t.” He ruffled his feathers, puffing them up momentarily. Phil reached a talon towards Blade. “I wanna teach you a lesson, mate.”The King was seventeen now. What a great birthday gift tusks were.-Not everyone deserves respect, but everyone is taught to live by the golden rule. Sadly, some don't get the message.A young king, crowned too soon, suffers the consequences of a missed lesson and looses the only thing that made him human.(or: Don't piss off supernatural beings, kids. Otherwise you will end up as a piglin looking thing and be forced to adopt the weird enderman from across the road.)

Teen 27k words 14 ch Complete 451 kudos

Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Ambiguous/Open Ending · Angel of Death Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF) · Angst with a Happy Ending· +30 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Split-Half Reliability

by Phnx

Ginny navigates life after her humiliating first year in Hogwarts. Along the way, she discovers that she’s much less alone than she thought she was, and she has to learn how to make peace with the teenaged, wannabe Dark Lord who's taken up a permanent residence in her head.

Teen 11k words 7 ch Complete 423 kudos

Dubious Consent · Harry is unaware of Tom's presence when he dates Ginny · Hogwarts Era · Possession· +3 more

Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms+2

Beneath the Morrow's Light

by RHaye5

Elizabeth Bennet, unaware of her true parentage and hidden inheritance, joins the Gardiners on a seaside journey meant to celebrate her twentieth birthday. There, she meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, a guarded man drawn in by family ties and business. Secrets, schemes, and love begin to surface beneath the morrow’s light.

Teen 41k words 17 / ? ch In progress 417 kudos

Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence · Elizabeth Bennet-centric · Emotional Growth · Family Secrets· +13 more

Dark Souls (Video Games)+1

We Make Our Own Light

by WorldSinger

A newly ascended Elden Lord slays Aldrich and spirits Gwyndolin away to the Lands Between. There, the last god of Anor Londo makes the difficult choice to return home, let go of everything he has ever known, and step into the Dark. The moon does not make its own light, but Gwyndolin knows from long experience that there is always a way, even past the end of Fire.

Teen 235k words 39 ch Complete 348 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Ending · Angst and Hurt/Comfort · Self-Acceptance· +10 more

Bleach

i've made it harder to know that you know

by crownlessliestheking

“They said you lost your powers, too. After everything that went down with Aizen.” Bright blue eyes linger on the longsword propped up against the table. Ichigo finds that he has to remind himself how to breathe. “That’s not what you used when you fought me.” “They said you were dead,” is what he manages instead of any kind of real answer, wheezing it out. The sheer impossibility of Grimmjow Jaegerjaques standing in front of him is a big thing, it balloons outwards and takes up all the air in the room. [GrimmIchi Secret Santa Gift Fic :) ]

Teen 5.7k words 1 ch Complete 326 kudos

Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Fae & Fairies · Fae Magic · Getting Together· +6 more