Packleader
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The Heroes of Erdas, Tools, and Healing by Packleader
Fandoms: Spirit Animals - Various Authors
31 Mar 2026
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What kinds of things would the kids have at their disposal to assist in their recoveries after the wars?
Think about it! We know that each of them comes from vastly different cultures and backgrounds! What kind of tools or resources would each of them have? And would they actually be useful, or would they just be a bandaid over a cannonball wound?
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The Heroes And Their Trauma Responses: A Short Analysis by Packleader
Fandoms: Spirit Animals - Various Authors
31 Mar 2026
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I can't be the only one who finds the trauma responses that each of the core four exhibits throughout the series absolutely fascinating to study. These are just my very simplified thoughts on the subject, cross-posted from my Tumblr :)
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TCK: Tools, Emotions, and The Kiss - An Analysis by Packleader
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
31 Mar 2026
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I was scrolling through one of the DBDA communities I'm part of and came across a lovely entry by @/jamifed talking about their feelings on the whole Cat King/Monty/Edwin dynamic in the forest during episode 6. I've been waiting for an excuse to talk about my analysis of the scene and the characters, so this is that.
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Edwin Payne Really Fucking Cares: A Short Essay by Packleader
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
31 Mar 2026
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Meta-analysis of Edwin Payne, Becky Aspen, and trauma parallels in episode one, featuring my late-night rambles and screenshots :)
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- English
- Words:
- 765
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 13
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Heart of the Land, Conor and Worthy, and Trauma: A Deep Dive by Packleader
Fandoms: Spirit Animals - Various Authors
23 Feb 2026
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Before I begin, I need to preface this by saying that this is deeply personal. I was going through some serious shit when I read these books and I inadvertently ended up trauma-bonding with Conor. For my issues with the books to make sense, I'll need to explain some of my experiences, so here's your warning for:
Childhood bullies
The American foster system
Antisocial personality disorder (apd)
Anxiety
Discussions of severe trauma and its effects on kids
And a general warning for canon: war, canonical character death, and near-death experiences.I'll also touch on my problems with Devin Trunswick/Worthy, so I just need to clarify this now: I DO NOT HATE WORTHY'S CHARACTER. On the contrary, I find him to be one of the most compelling figures in the story. HOWEVER, I am going to talk about the shit he did to Conor in a not very nice way, as well as how I would have handled their conflict if I had written the books.
I need to reread the last half of Fall of the Beasts before I tackle some of the bigger overarching problems, so this will focus on Heart of the Land (my biggest issue with the entire series, as well as the point that most deeply affected me irl).
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Recent series
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Packleader's Character Studies/Meta Analysis Rants :) by Packleader
Fandom Brave (2012), Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Spirit Animals - Various Authors, Tangled (2010), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Sandman (TV 2022)
31 Mar 2026
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Sweat an Bluid Hide Ma Veil Awe Tears (Only The Dead See The End of War) by Packleader
Fandom Spirit Animals - Various Authors
31 Mar 2026
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A place to compile all my Spirit Animals trauma explorations because it's been 13 years and I'm still insane over these child soldiers. There isn't really a particular order to read these; I'm just having fun at this point lol.
Series title taken from "We Were Soldiers" in the original Scottish Gaelic.
English translation: Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears- Words:
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The Songs In Our Hearts Belong In The Air (Medieval Minsung AU) by Packleader
Fandom Stray Kids (Band)
22 Dec 2025
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This started out as a silly little project I was messing around with, but I figured I'd just make it a series just in case I decided to add anything else to this world! As of now, the main storyline is complete, but smaller explorations may be posted if I ever get around to writing them :) Happy reading!!
Title taken from Fairy NightSongs by Gary Stadler- Words:
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MCYT and SMP works because I have no self control by Packleader
Fandom Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
02 Oct 2023
- Words:
- 60,201
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- 8
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Packleader's MerMay 2025 by Packleader
Fandom Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Descendants (Disney Movies), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Shadow and Bone (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
10 Aug 2025
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Bookmarked by Packleader
09 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Dude this is SO CUTEEEE I actually can't get over these fics
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Bookmarked by Packleader
26 May 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
God, this is some delicious angst, with a good helping of karma and recovery 🙏 very well worth the read!!
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And then comes Jisung.
The final moment, tonight's centerpiece. A calculated reveal.
His first public appearance after presenting, the second son beta no one paid attention to, now revealed to be a diamond in the rough.
Minho doesn't think when he offers Jisung his leather-gloved hand. And Jisung takes it without hesitation, the touch light, for balance and form, but Minho feels the warmth as if it were skin on skin, searing through the leather like flame.
The noise surrounding them rises as soon as Jisung appears, all attention focusing on him.
He's luminous.
Or: Jisung is a late-presenting omega born into a rich family. Minho is the bodyguard assigned to protect him. -
If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You) by StrawberrySootSprites
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Jan 2026
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The first time it happened, he threw up.
Not afterwards.
He threw up while he was still inside her.
It had pooled over the edge of the bed, sick and orange. Filled with the remnants of his dinner. He remembered staring at the mess, eyes unfocused and wet. His hair had stuck to the sides of his face, salty with sweat and tears.
Disgusting.
And wrong.
All of it was wrong.
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The summer before his fifth year, Walburga decides to take the matter of the Black family heir into her own hands. Sirius is merely a pawn. A means to an end. A tool. But the woman he's been engaged to is almost twice his age. Not that Walburga cares. Not that any of them care.
Oh.
And he's in love with Remus.
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- Part 1 of Vienna Waits For You
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 166,390
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
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- Kudos:
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- Bookmarks:
- 86
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Bookmarked by Packleader
30 Mar 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Holy. Shit. This was... Incredible. I mean, my heart is in TATTERS, but oh my gods was it worth the 3-day binge
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After Minho, the leader of all-omega idol group Stray Kids, is attacked by yet another crazed alpha fan looking to claim him against his will, JYPE finally hires him a full-time bodyguard. Minho neither wants nor needs protection, but Han Jisung turns out to be the sweetest, most awkward alpha he’s ever met. But even as they become friends and then eventually something more, someone lurks in the shadows, looking to make Minho his at any cost.
Bookmarked by Packleader
15 Jan 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
I CAN'T- THE ABSOLUTE ROLLER-COASTER OF EMOTIONS THIS FIC TOOK ME ON. THIS BAD BOY'S GOT LITERALLY EVERYTHING, I LOVE IT SO MUCH