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32 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 72% are complete. The average one runs about 58,400 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate

rAnimorphs The Reckoning

by WhatWouldEnderDo

AU/multiple points of departure, with the intent to fix/sane-itize/create internal consistency, allowing rational agents to take things to the extreme. Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared). Inspired by Worm and HPMOR. Written Megamorphs style (cycling between viewpoint characters with each chapter). Thus far, there have been two complete "books" composed of a full rotation of chapters. Estimated final length is somewhere between five and fifteen books (35 and 100 chapters).

Teen 656k words 82 ch Complete 651 kudos

rational · Rationalist

A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms+2

The Gilded Stag: A Ruthless Joffrey Uplift

by ssh_writes

A mind carrying the memories of every future betrayal, invasion, and winter storm awakens behind the green eyes of the golden-haired heir to the Iron Throne. Armed with this unnatural foresight, Joffrey Baratheon turns his back on the whispered flatteries of the court to grip the heavy iron shaft of a warhammer and draft the blueprints for a terrifyingly absolute empire. New chapter every Monday.

General 94k words 40 / ? ch In progress 362 kudos

Canon Divergence · Kingdom building · Ruthless protagonist · Self Insert· +3 more

Dragon Ball

The Optimised Wish Project

by Gan_HOPE326

A "rational" Dragon Ball fanfiction. When Goku was a child, falling and hitting his head erased his memory and completely changed his life. What would have happened if instead of making him forget, that incident had made him much smarter than he was? Meet a new Goku - who's much more clever, has a taste for philosophy, and a bit of a dark side...

Teen 402k words 48 / ? ch In progress 325 kudos

Adventure · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Comedy · What-If· +7 more

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

The Presence of Will in Spite of It

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

Adora defects from the horde.Catra leverages her connections.A diplomatic truce is broken.A daring rescue is undertaken. Bravery is not the absence of fear, but—

Teen 51k words 16 ch Complete 265 kudos

AU · Alcohol · Blood and Gore · Canon Rewrite· +12 more

Naruto

Lighting Up the Dark

by Velorien

Twelve years ago, the Fourth Hokage gave his life to seal Kyubey, the Nine-Brained Demon Fox, into the infant Naruto. Now, the time has come for a smarter, more creative Naruto to take on a world in which quick thinking and a solid grasp of strategy are worth a dozen rare techniques, and a brilliant mind can challenge even the deepest darkness.Inspired by an omake in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

Teen 262k words 43 / ? ch In progress 223 kudos

rational

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

We Can Do Good and That Must Be Enough

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

The Horde descends from a broken sky.The resistance rises from the artificial underworld.All worlds hang in the balance.Two girls carry the fate of the universe. The labors of reparation will never undo tragedy, but—

Teen 135k words 26 ch Complete 207 kudos

AU · Abuse · Canon Rewrite · Cults· +12 more

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Kindness is a Choice

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

The world prison lies broken.Armies of light descend from above.Rebels conspire in the dark.The cat returns. Life is seldom gentle, but—

Teen 98k words 21 ch Complete 187 kudos

AU · Abuse · Alcohol · Canon Rewrite· +13 more

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Who Cares When You are Gone

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

Adora tries to prevent calamity.Catra causes it unwittingly.In the aftermath, the war turns ugly.And then it gets worse. Home is not where you live, but —

Teen 84k words 21 ch Complete 179 kudos

AU · Alcohol · Canon Rewrite · Language· +10 more

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Out of Love and Desperation

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

Adora masters the starlight.Catra gains the favor of Hordak.The war begins in earnest.It's going to be a near thing. We do not hurt those we hold dear out of malice, but—

Teen 49k words 16 ch Complete 154 kudos

AU · Alcohol · Angst · Blood and Gore· +18 more

Original Work

Vampire Flower Language

by AngelaCastir

In 1944, an American deserter named Red falls for a powerful vampire named William - and the feelings seem to be mutual.However, Red soon finds that vampires have a complex society with inscrutable rules that must be followed - or else.Will they be able to make it work, with their relationship at the fringes of both vampire and human society? Or will Red be caught up in the wrong part of William's many rivalries?PRAISE FOR THIS STORY:"It’s not Animorphs the Reckoning but dangit sometimes I just want Visser Three and Marco to sit and drink coffee for ten pages and maybe kiss" - Callmesalticidae"Normally I go [to r/rational] for munchkinry and fun, but this was good and gripping, and I read the entire story to date in one sitting." - anonymous"You know what you do well? Presenting strange information to our blank slate stand-in and have him actually ask questions about how things work. He's asking questions I actually want to know" - /u/leakycauldron

Teen 139k words 37 ch Complete 145 kudos

Vampires · Human/Vampire Relationship · Historical Fantasy · World War II· +22 more

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

The Humility to Ask for Help

by Keel (EverythingNarrative)

Adora searches for Mara's legacy.Catra searches for the key to victory.They clash in the north.They clash in the desert. True strength is not unyielding fortitude, but —

Teen 56k words 16 ch Complete 133 kudos

AU · Acrtic Expedition · Alcohol · Blood and Violence· +12 more

Bleach

Do (not) fear the Reaper

by Gan_HOPE326

If possible, save the body. If not possible, save the soul.On the night of their first meeting, Rukia takes a different decision when it comes to helping Ichigo. And in order to rescue his soul from an Hollow, she kills him. Now Ichigo will have to deal with the reality of his own death, how to come to terms with that, and what to do next.

Teen 57k words 5 ch Complete 90 kudos

Angst · Death · Philosophy · Retcon· +2 more

Avatar: Legend of Korra+1

Turtle, Duck, Dragon, Horse

by Harmburger

Meet Sruthi.She's broken. She must be, for her parents to be so eager to dump her at a temple halfway around the world from home. It's a place with a reputation for handling "difficult cases," but no amount of meditation can possibly fix her. If only she'd never been born a firebender.Meet Grit.The earthbender who never was, her father sends to her his hometown on Kyoshi Island. There she must find her place in a farming village full of familiar strangers. Being a teenager is hard enough without being the black sheep, too.Meet Akiya.She and her waterbender girlfriend travel the Earth Kingdom at their whim. Others may not get them, but that's fine as long as they're allowed on their merry way. Too bad reality is nowhere near as kind as their world of two.Meet Hana.Republic City. Air Temple Island. This is it, the start of a whole new life. She thought she was prepared for anything, but she never expected to reconnect with her estranged family or fall for definitely the weirdest man she's ever met. To top it off, she may just be the worst airbender who's ever lived.Their lives will collide in a tale of metaphysics, misfits, and unlikely love.

Teen 55k words 5 / ? ch In progress 90 kudos

Action/Adventure · Banyan-Grove Tree (Avatar) · Bisexual Female Character · Bloodbending (Avatar)· +40 more

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Eliezer Yudkowsky

a very special episode

by SpacePumpkin

Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres studied the petal lying on his palm. It wasn’t anything special: small, pinkish and split at one of the ends—almost certainly a part of cherry blossom. It wasn’t anything special, except it came out of Harry’s mouth. After an especially intense glare, the petal dissipated in red sparks, and in a split second, Harry’s hand was empty. He slowly blinked. Then he immediately shoved his left hand into a pocket of his pants, took out a small, smooth pebble and pointed a wand on it. In one motion, the pebble was transformed into a petal of a Prunus serrulata flower, which Harry granted another intense glare. This time, the petal kept its form and just generally continued existing under the scrutiny. “Alright,” Harry said to the empty room. “So at least I wasn’t suddenly granted the ability to annihilate sakura by simply looking at it.”

Teen 3.8k words 1 ch Complete 69 kudos

HPMOR Universe · Hanahaki Disease · The Word "Rational" Doesn't Capitalize For Some Reason · rational

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Meditations on Philosophy, or how to be magic Socrates

by Micheal

Homura, Sayaka, and Mami debate the finer points of the philosophical implications of their status as magical girls. a.k.a. superpowered, emotionally dependent, lichs micro-managed by an intergalactic civilization. PMMM with a rational Homura, hopefully.

General 8.5k words 7 / ? ch In progress 46 kudos

Conversations · Philosophy · Slice of Life · rational

LEGO Monkie Kid

It's Scary Being Alone

by UnsupervisedLearner

“Monkey King, can I ask you something?”“Sure, shoot MK.”“Was Lady Bone Demon always like this?”“. . . I don’t want to talk about it.”

Teen 4.8k words 1 ch Complete 46 kudos

Backstory · Destiny · Free Energy Principle · Friends to Enemies· +6 more