characters being competent
A collection of works where the characters are actually competent, as they would realistically be in the circumstances that they are in, or with the experience that they have through their story.
This all started because I kept getting frustrated whenever characters are written into the damsel trope a bit too hard, when, within the story, it does not make sense for that character to be.
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Damian's being picked on at school. Jason calls in the big guns.
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When Sakura realizes that playing little girl and flunking combat training had probably been a gross miscalculation on her part, she’s stranded in a rickety home in a run down country with an unconscious sensei. Sakura isn’t sure if she can make up for that mistake before it kills her or her team but she sure as hell will give it her best shot.
She really couldn’t have known that falling victim to Hatake Kakashi’s unique attempts at teaching would open up another can of worms entirely.
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Aizawa Shouta was tired.
Crouched on the edge of the roof as he was, he observed the streets below him silently. He was coming to the end of his patrol, and if everything remained as it was, he'd be able to catch a decent nap before having to report in to the school for another round of proctoring.
Which, of course, is when he saw the kid being chased down the alley.
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Or Izuku is your average 21st-century kid. Being sucked through a time-traveling portal and dropped in the middle of a fantasy world with supervillains was not his idea for a good start to the new school year. Good thing he has everyone's favorite underground hero keeping an eye on him. With a hero by his side, how much trouble could he possibly get into while trying to find his way back home?
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Lupe’s gotten attached to Shimada, to the point where Jesse’s started being the one whose daemon strangers are nervously looking around for. She’s always right there, of course, but “right there” is “at Genji Shimada’s feet”, so folks can be forgiven for the confusion.
“Lose something?” he always asks, and pretends not to notice the unnerved stares.
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Out with Lanterns by SkyeBean
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
16 Dec 2023
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In another universe, Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Depa Billaba decide a Padawan could do Mace some good. It takes a while, but he eventually agrees.
When he takes Ahsoka Tano as his Padawan, Mace knows that he's broken through a Shatterpoint and changed the course of a life. How, he doesn't know.
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- Part 1 of Ahsoka is Mace's Padawan
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The Goal Is Not To Fall by SneakyBunyip for FesteringSilence, Duststorm
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types
06 Jul 2017
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Kallus doesn’t want to fall…and yet every time he receives another message from Garazeb Orrelios the world falls away. There is no Empire, no Rebellion, there is just a human and a lasat finding some way to connect.
He doesn’t know where this will lead or how this will end, he will just take it one message at a time.These events take place right after the Honorable Ones episode: S2 Ep17
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"You see me."
And somehow, that makes all the difference.
(Podfic version now available!)
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- Part 1 of a moment to be real
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He wades in it now, eyes still open, fixed on the speckled ceiling, begging himself not to crave bomb blasts and artillery fire in his childhood bedroom. Although…there might be something beautiful about it all, Johnny supposes, those noises in the thick. The gasps in between discharge that say: I’m here, I’m a part of this song too.
After a near-fatal injury, John MacTavish finds himself back in his hometown in Scotland. Fresh off an untimely discharge, he's forced to cope with disability, his dysfunctional family, and the lingering knowledge that there are some things he's just not ready to leave behind...
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- Part 1 of silver and gold
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Apex predator, his ass. This one is fucking dense.
Usually, newborns would have been crushed by a few trained cadets. Somehow this 'Jonathan Reid' managed to be the most powerful vampire in London-- and the stupidest.
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McCullum's men spot Reid and ask the vampire hunter to deal with... whatever this is.
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The Justice League has captured the Red Hood, a highly dangerous criminal. Robin crashes their meeting before they can make a decision on what to do with him. Jason isn't having the best day, good thing his family has his back.
“There will be no trial.” Damian sneers, sending a glare his way and- shit. Domino mask or not, Jason can still read his little brother’s face like an open book. Damian is scared. This is not going to end well.