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well, better than the alternative...

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Ranboo likes to think he's a good, normal kid. He's passing his classes and works his part-time fast food job without much complaint. And, honestly? He would be content with it staying that way. Order is order, and is yet to fail Ranboo. As much as adventure calls, safety is Ranboo's priority.

Adventure doesn't like that, though.

After meeting a strange boy with an interesting deck of cards and a near-death experience, Ranboo is thrust into a family of people who can do magic. He struggles to find his place, figure out what is trying to kill him, and also learn about the magical world that was hidden from him for so long. With something trying to murder him at every step, can Ranboo navigate through it all?All Rights Reserved

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We're All Monsters, Now by Crow_the_Unknown

XD is chaos, unhinged and unbridled. When Philza is taken by the aforementioned god, his family will do anything to save him. But that might be more difficult than they think, things go wrong, and it hurts. Which will tear them apart first? XD, or themselves? Who will be there to gather the pieces when all the houses are already burned down? All they can do is hope, and fight, of course. /// SBI are the main characters, XD is the main antagonist. CW: body horror, mind control, human puppeteering, lost/put back together family, found family, hurt/comfort TW: manipulation, gore, flashbacks and nightmares, possible body dysmorphia or dysphoria, blood and fighting ~ For Technoblade, Rest in Power.

𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕨 | 𝕄𝕖𝕣!ℝ𝕒𝕟𝕓𝕠𝕠 𝔸𝕌 by bigbahongaloos

Ranboo is a nineteen year old merman. There's not much to his life, other than the fact that he's a merman. You may think it would be fun to be a merman or mermaid or merperson or whatever, but it's actually pretty boring. There's nothing to do besides swimming, swimming, and swimming some more. Ranboo's father is the king/god of the ocean. Now, that's pretty cool, right? Wrong! His father doesn't let him do anything. He has to stay at the castle all day and night doing jack shit. One day, when Ranboo sneaks out to go to the peer, he spots a boy, maybe just a year or two younger than him, in an unsafe ordeal. Ranboo's quick thinking saves the boy, and then Ranboo's life starts to change. But is it for the better, or worse? ~~~ TW// Cussing Drowning Attempted murder Injuries Blood Talk of death etc... ~~~ Started: December 28, 2022 Finished: December 30, 2022

"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐴𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙...𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑈𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒." | 𝑆𝐵𝐼 𝐴𝑈 by bigbahongaloos

Tommy had just recently moved homes. The one he left was one full of memories. Not good ones, but not necessarily bad ones, either. He didn't have much to live for at his old home, so he moved in hope of starting over and meeting new people. He had no more family, and his school friends had long moved on from him. In fact, the only number in his contacts was his mum's who was long passed away. Tommy was young (sixteen, to be exact) and he often forgot things. Usually just as simple as forgetting to do the laundry, or forgetting to reply to a notification on his phone that he received three seconds prior. Simple things that didn't matter. This time, though, he forgot to charge his phone before leaving his new, barely furnished apartment. He didn't think much of it. If it died, it died. No biggie, right? He figured he'd be alright for an hour or so without his phone. That is, until he got lost in the large, unfamiliar town that he definitely didn't even slightly know the layout of. He didn't know where he was or how to get back to his apartment, especially without a GPS. And then, when it definitely couldn't get worse, it began to rain. Tommy was soaked. He was cold, hungry. He cut into an alley and sat down against a brick wall, curled up on himself. He sat there for a while, and then heard footsteps. It was three men. The older one crouched down in front of him. "You look awful...Come with us, mate." But Tommy didn't want to. These people felt...off. ~~~ TW// Cussing Kidnapping Injuries Manipulation Stockholm syndrome Drugging someone etc... ~~~ Started: May 10, 2023 Finished: August 5, 2023 (This took way too long 😭)

Zᴏᴍʙɪᴇ | Uɴᴅᴇᴀᴅ!Tᴏᴍᴍʏɪɴɴɪᴛ AU by bigbahongaloos

A young blonde boy wakes up in the middle of the forest. He can't remember how he got there or much about himself either. His name is blank from his mind, and he can't even remember his family. His clothes are torn and dirty, and he wonders what happened. He's not hungry, but he wants a small snack, yet every apple tree and every berry bush he passes doesn't strike his fancy. He eventually makes it to a city. Large buildings are fallen over and the ones still standing have busted out windows and/or have smoke and fire coming from them. He can hear distant screams and yells and gunshots. There are people passing him that are strange. They're badly injured and walk slightly hunched over. Some are missing limbs, and some are missing and eye, or both. They don't even appear to be alive to the boy. They look his way but don't mind him. Tommy is confused and scared. He can slightly remember this place to be his once home, and it makes him upset that's it's gone to such shit, and scared by everyone's screams and the fires and the fighting, and mostly, the fact that some people are eating each other. And why are people running from the boy when they see him? ~~~ TW// Cussing Blood Gore Fighting/violence Cannibalism Guns Weapons Injuries etc... ~~~ Started: January 14, 2023 Finished: January 15, 2023

Almost But Not Quite Human by SnailSpeed6

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, two humans flee their home and encounter some strange things out in the wild. The apocalypse changed people - if you can even call them people anymore... Their journey will take them far across the forest and the river, and to a place that is rumoured to have a cure. Will they find what they are looking for? --Complete--

Can I Call This Home? (discontinued) by YourLocalBuggs

Ranboo is scared. He escaped, but they're after him. It doesn't help that this strange family is trying to adopt him. He needs to escape from them too or he would be the cause of so much death. (if any dsmp member or esmp members don't like the fact that they are in this book, I will either remove the character or delete the book. same with if they somehow find this book) (discontinued)

𝐎𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧 by ConnieX123

In a world torn apart by a zombie apocalypse, three teenagers have to figure out how to survive with help from a found family, a love interest, and a few old friends, while being plunged into chaos from murders, mistakes, and petty fights. Or in which; Bench Trio are in the zombie apocalypse and they get help from SBI, but it still might not be enough.. ~ ⚠︎ There are some Ranboo x Tubbo moments, so I legally have to say that this is based off of their DSMP characters and I am in no way shipping cc!Ranboo and cc!Tubbo. We don't do that here ⚠︎ Everything else is platonic :] Also, TW!! Panic attacks, major character death, angst, mentions of abuse, mentions of bullying, death, gore, mentions of trauma If I missed any, let me know!

'i don't have anywhere else to go.' - a sleepy boys inc story by farenh1te

"Tommy? What- it's 2 in the morning-" Phil is shaken from his half awake daze at the sight of Tommy, on his doorstep, looking like he's been through hell and back. "Hi. I-I don't have anywhere else to go. Can I stay-" Phil interrupts him with a soft, "Come in." started 17 jan 2021 finished 8 feb 2022 wow okay fuck wilbur soot i should have had worse things happen to him CW for swearing - no really there's a lot of swearing i'm warning you now TW for cutting/self harm, physical abuse, panic attacks, vomiting, ed, depression, anxiety, flashbacks, PTSD, nightmares, kidnapping, alcohol abuse, domestic abuse if i need to add any other tw's i will do so - if you want me to add any just ask and i will :) no romance, purely platonic family dynamic (some dreamnotfound but not shipping any of the main characters) THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE IRL PEOPLE IN ANY WAY. if they are uncomfortable with this i will take it down immediately.

The World's Not Perfect But It's Not That Bad (If We Got Each Other) by DoNotTakeMyWings

Really, Tommy doesn't understand why exactly he got exiled. That green teletubby fucker's probably just too much of a beta male to understand how great he really is. Now, stuck in this tower in the middle of nowhere, Tommy knows what he has to do. Time to mug some bitch. - Or, Tommy is exiled, Wilbur goes to check out the "Logstedshire Princess" only to find an annoying blonde child he accidentally gets attached to. Found family ensues.

𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚘'𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 by VansInnit

[COMPLETED] All his life, Ranboo hid the existence of his little sister for her protection. They've been through a ton of family trauma and they will not risk having any sign of it on social media. What happens when his little sister runs into his room unaware that Ranboo was on stream and in a call? How does he explain himself? This is NOT an 'x reader' story. This story does NOT involve romantic relationships and DOES NOT INCLUDE SMUT. This story does have some fluff but also angst, so read the beginning of every chapter for potential trigger warnings! Started writing: 10th July 2022 10K reads: 17th October 2022 Finished writing: 30th December 2022 20K reads: 30th January 2023 30K reads: 6th October 2023 40K reads: 2nd August 2024 :) Highest ranks: #1 - ranbooangst #1 - benchtrio #1 - ranboolive #1 - hallucination #2 - tommy #2 - tomsimons #3 - panic #4 - tubbolive #8 - dsmp #8 - philza #9 - wilbur #10 - sbi (my fourth book)

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"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐴𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙...𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑈𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒." | 𝑆𝐵𝐼 𝐴𝑈 cover

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Can I Call This Home? (discontinued) cover

𝐎𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧 cover

'i don't have anywhere else to go.' - a sleepy boys inc story cover

The World's Not Perfect But It's Not That Bad (If We Got Each Other) cover

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We're All Monsters, Now

XD is chaos, unhinged and unbridled. When Philza is taken by the aforementioned god, his family will do anything to save him. But that might be more difficult than they think, things go wrong, and it hurts. Which will tear them apart first? XD, or themselves? Who will be there to gather the pieces when all the houses are already burned down? All they can do is hope, and fight, of course. /// SBI are the main characters, XD is the main antagonist. CW: body horror, mind control, human puppeteering, lost/put back together family, found family, hurt/comfort TW: manipulation, gore, flashbacks and nightmares, possible body dysmorphia or dysphoria, blood and fighting ~ For Technoblade, Rest in Power.