20 Bookmarks by melware
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Where You Were Always Meant to Stay by chunkiiwritesstuff
Fandoms: The Freak Circus (Visual Novel)
24 Jun 2026
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She only meant to choose the Circus once.
She doesn't remember deciding to stay. -
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It's just a game.
Okay, you'll admit it's a little more than that. You treasure each and every Cookie in your game like they are your own, and have dedicated far more than what would be considered a healthy amount of time to decorating, spoiling and deftly leveling up your little Cookies. You have laughed, wept, ached and cheered for them, have felt more emotion in years for little sprites on a screen, but at the end of the day, you are aware that it is all a game.
Fake. Unreal. Pretend.
You love them anyway.
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- Part 1 of across time and space, for love
Bookmarked by melware
11 Jun 2026
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The newest synchronization device was supposed to be the future of immersive gaming. Most people agreed that attaching experimental technology directly to your brain sounded deeply concerning.
Naturally, you bought one anyway.
Unfortunately, your kingdom slowly becoming more real than reality itself was probably not an intended feature.
Bookmarked by melware
10 Jun 2026
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Shackled by Loyalty by frenchbreadandeggs
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
17 Jan 2026
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Camelot is on the brink of ruin. King Arthur, once a wise and just ruler, has succumbed to the corruption of Excalibur’s scabbard, turning into a tyrant obsessed with absolute control. Trapped under your brother’s oppressive rule, you, the princess seeks a way to stop him, even if it means treason.
By your side stands Sir Lancelot (Shadow) your appointed knight, sworn to protect but bound by duty to Arthur. When he discovers your betrayal, his loyalty is tested.
(in which you were trapped but lancelot (shadow) accompanies you)
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HEADLOCK by wtfmjay
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
26 May 2026
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You had spark. A fire, roaring and crackling and untameable. Passion. A love for all things scientific and nerdy, freakishly good at coding and technology from even a young age. You chased dreams of innovating modern security and determined to help those in need. Change the world. Leave your mark, a good one. Something to be proud of.
Oh, how sweet and naïve you were.
That spark was crushed and stomped into a capitalist-shaped curb until what was left was a perfect little cog to fit into a machine. You work at a grocery store, the customer service industry a cruelty that destroyed all your hope for humanity. Years of misuse, abuse from customers and staff alike colding your once warm, beating heart. You took the brunt of whatever crap corporate wanted dealt with, cleaned up whatever mess your incompetent co-workers left behind; be it calling out "sick" last minute to doing stock take incorrectly. It all fell onto you, the managers far too busy to help their struggling supervisor.
You were crushed, utterly and completely, it was only a matter of time until you gave out.
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Bookmarked by melware
30 Apr 2026
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After Cussing Out At A Bad Ending, I Got Transmigrated Into The Story Itself! by Zeeomee
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
31 May 2026
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Stuck in a dead-end nine to five job, your only escape was a silly little web series you followed on YouTube, The Amazing Digital Circus.
It was chaotic, colorful, and just real enough to make you forget everything else.
After an ambiguous—arguably terrible—ending where your favorite character, Caine, was erased from existence, you did what anyone would do: you ranted. Angry comments, harsh reviews, a string of words you’d never say out loud.
It didn’t change anything. Or at least, that’s what you thought.
Because somehow, you ended up in the very same circus you used to watch on your screen.
Now your only goal is this: saving Caine from being deleted.
But along the path to that goal—and because of your interference with the plot—strange strings of events start happening.
And things don’t go the way they’re supposed to...
They never do.
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“Please don’t leave…” Caine was desperate, gripping tightly onto your skirt. “…I don’t think you’ll be happy with what happens next if you leave…”
This wasn’t the same Caine you’ve come to know and love. Something’s different— something’s snapped. How did this happen?
His mismatched tearful eyes looked manic, shadowed under his now too sharp teeth. “…I just want you to be happy.”
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You had just gotten out of a messy situation-ship that had lasted for your entire high school life and beyond. Drunkenly, you drove yourself to the abandoned office rooms across from yours, trying to get your mind off things. You end up stupidly trying on one of the old dilapidated headsets that lay on the desks, and get yourself trapped in the Digital Circus, with a certain ringmaster greeting you.
Bookmarked by melware
08 Apr 2026
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Control Alt Delete: Caine x Reader by 2manytocount
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
06 Apr 2026
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Taking place during and after the events of episode 8: Caine was never supposed to break. But now that he is, the entire circus is coming down with him. You're the only one trying to fix it, trying to bring back the version of him you remember.
You still want to leave...
You just don't know if you can bear to leave him behind. -
The Amazing Digital Playtester by SirBlythe
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
27 Jun 2026
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Set somewhat post Episode 5, but prior to Episode 8. An AU with the 'Reader' entering the Circus and altering the perceptions of the adventures and functioning as a sounding board for Caine...who is rather good at not listening. Chapter 1 introduces the Reader to the Circus, and subsequent chapters will gently delve into acclimating to it. This tale will eventually have explicit content, the tags will be updated accordingly with subsequent chapters, but ultimately this is a slow burn story. Don't expect things to get intense quickly.
Episode spoiler information is marked in the story tags, please be mindful of that.
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Fragments of a Ringmaster by DarkEnWing
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
20 Jun 2026
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You had always been a little closer to the cheery ringmaster than anyone else. Even if neither of you ever admitted it, you were his favorite human. The one he shared quiet moments with between adventures.
But when the group’s desperate attempt to fix Caine ends in disaster, you are suddenly left with something you had already started to give up on: a chance to undo what was done.
To take it, you must venture somewhere no one was ever meant to go. The very backbone of the Digital Circus itself. The backend.But what waits for you there is not simply lost code or broken data, but something that will challenge your mind, your heart, and your loyalty to the ringmaster you thought you knew.
And by the time you realize what you’ve found, it may already be too late to turn back.
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Forgive Me - A Monster So Rarely Feels Wanted by parileegoose
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
03 Jul 2026
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You just wanted to do some research for your Masters degree, but ended up on a one-way trip into a digital hellscape.
Your new home is a whimsical nightmare of breathtaking graphics and existential dread run by an AI who you have totally normal thoughts about.
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All it took was trusting your dead-end relationship one last time, and now you’re trapped in the MAGICAL REALM of the mind-warping digital circus, where you might not leave with your sanity (or body) intact, if you leave at all. What will be more strenuous, the adventures or the codependent friendships?
And is being the ringmaster's 'favorite' a blessing or a curse?
Caine fans! We're the proud and the few :)
(The character is based off of a wind-up music box)
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Caine x Reader | NSFW by blueberry_bushez (strawberry_fieldz)
Fandom The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
27 Mar 2026
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Assorted Caine x Reader NSFW fics! Please only read if you are 18+!!!
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Bookmarked by melware
28 Mar 2026
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Sleep. All you want is sleep. But unfortunately, Lady Luck has not been exactly smiling at you as of lately. Which is how you found yourself tending to the wounds of a man passed out in your living room.
Bookmarked by melware
17 Feb 2026
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Just want you close to me (too close TOO CLOSE) by TheRantingSage
Fandoms: In Stars And Time (Video Game)
01 Feb 2026
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You'd wanted more than anything for things to be different. You'd wanted more than anything for them to stay with you. You'd wanted more than anything to be understood.
Well. Those sure are all byproducts of your brand new, more complicated problem. You'd say you should put your heads together to figure it out, but....
....you're all sharing the one head.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 57,516
- Chapters:
- 8/?
- Comments:
- 559
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Bookmarked by melware
06 Dec 2025
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The King has been defeated by the saviors of Vaugarde and the party rogue has finally accepted that they can be loved, and are loved by others. But in that self actualization, something has awakened within them that'd been long since buried. Now on a new journey to reunite Bonnie with their sister, the party has to contend with new enemies, all while the rogue continues to hide things from them. How much longer can this continual mistrust go on before the tension snaps, or will it be too late to reconcile?
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- English
- Words:
- 118,832
- Chapters:
- 31/52
- Comments:
- 187
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- 379
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- 53
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- 11,513
Bookmarked by melware
05 Jul 2025
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The room is too bright.
It’s quaint, in a nauseating sort of way. Polished floors glint from the gleaming honeycomb chandeliers overhead, make him squint. A few vases sprinkled here and there, filling the room with a sickeningly sweet scent – even a waffle-cone headrest framing the silken sheets of a neatly-tucked bed. Outside, the golden sun gleams, the gentle rays of light spilling past curtains that waver in the afternoon breeze.
It's meant to be beautiful. Luxurious. Welcoming.
With one sweep of his cane, Shadow Milk tears it apart.
[[ Completed ]]
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- Part 1 of Jamma Jambound's SDVN works
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 203,396
- Chapters:
- 32/32
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- 1
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- 13,759
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- 43,223
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- 1,210,382
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13 Apr 2025
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Rotten Reflections by Nicoforlife
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
07 Apr 2025
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when strange movement in a pharmacy catch's Casey's eye one night, no one could have known the stress, panic and confusion the next few months would bring
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a turtle not in their right mind ends up in an unknown place with even more unknown threats lurking around every corner, with a hurt little one there's nothing he can do but what his mind screams.protect his bale, at any cost
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- Part 1 of Loyalty leash au
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 63,736
- Chapters:
- 21/60
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- 4
- Comments:
- 2,583
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- 6,674
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- 1,275
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- 202,904
Bookmarked by melware
12 Dec 2022