LINKDING

Summary: I was not in kemmer. He would always be. He had said to me once that my people were single, whole, undivided. But now we would now always be in a pair, ourselves and the other, the inside and the out, the left hand and the right hand. ➜ yuletide fic, for The Left Hand of Darkness ➜ Genly and Estraven, post-canon, from Estraven's pov ➜ suffused with this unshakeable sense of the connection between the two of them in a really gorgeous way ➜ what a perfect coda to canon! ➜ 2k words in length

Summary: “It started with the ghost,” Horatio said after a moment, clearly coming to a decision. He looked upset, finally, but in a frustrated way, not in the way you would expect from someone who had just witnessed four people die, and one of them in his arms. “I got roped into it because of the ghost.” // Why Hamlet chose to put his trust in Horatio. ➜ yuletide fic - for Hamlet ➜ taking an interpretation that Horatio and Hamlet barely knew each other before the start of the play, and running with it from Horatio's pov ➜ I love the way this interpretation shapes the story! ➜ And Horatio's pov is so good. the way he feels helplessly drawn into the mess by Hamlet's charisma, never sure what he can do or what he should do, but unable to make himself step back and leave Hamlet alone ➜ because Hamlet IS so charismatic, and so visibly struggling at the same time! and there's so much depth there that Horatio simply cannot have the context to understand, but he wants to, he wants to be there for Hamlet ➜ but in the end, of course, all he can do is tell everyone what happened. ➜ I'm so emotions!!!! ➜ 9k words

Summary: But here, now, was my chance. I was not the young master to Jeeves now - in fact, Jeeves, in his current role, had no y. m. at all. He was a gentleman of means and breeding, and I a rather fantastically attired birdcatcher of presumably Viennese extraction; and two such fellows could hold a conversation without any wayward “sirs” inserting themselves where they were not wanted. // Or: In which a gentleman and his valet both attend a masquerade under false pretences. ➜ yuletide fic, for Jeeves & Wooster ➜ in which Jeeves and Wooster separately attend a masquerade ball, each in costume ➜ hidden identity shenanigans are such fun and this one is great! ➜ I love how much Wooster loves getting to interact with Jeeves without Jeeves's feudal spirit getting in the way ➜ and the vision of Jeeves at a party flirting with a flighty young master of unknown identity.....so good ➜ 11k words in length

Summary: [bjornruffian] ohhhh like a friend for him???? YES omg I LOVE THIS. Wait it’s going to end badly for this robot right? OH NO IM ALREADY HEARTBROKEN HOW CAN I BE SO INVESTED ALREADY ➜ yuletide fic - for Fandom For Robots ➜ Computron and bjornruffian work on their next collab, and Computron revisits memories of his creator ➜ and hello I had SO many sad robot feels and robot friendship feels! shrieking with delight ➜ 2k words in length

Summary: Harriet explores the unexpected landscape of marriage. ➜ yuletide fic - for the Lord Peter Wimsey books ➜ Harriet's POV on v-shaped polyamory negotiations, Harriet/Peter and Peter/Bunter ➜ the voice is so well done, of Harriet's whole pov but also every line of Peter's dialogue is dripping with the exact right kind of piffle he likes to talk, with all the casual references and so forth ➜ and the way they work out the relationship dynamics between the three of them, what is and isn't said, and what each of them is looking for, feels so right too! ➜ 10k words in length

Summary: Richard Merrill has a conversation with his mother. ➜ yuletide fic - for Mairelon the Magician ➜ set mid-canon, a conversation between Mairelon and his mother about the realities of Kim being out in society and the male attention she'll attract ➜ Mairelon's oblivious focus on Kim's magical education and inability to follow where his mother is going with this line of questioning is so fun and so him ➜ what a cute and fun fic! ➜ 1k words in length

Summary: A grim narrative of fraud, deception, false advertising, murders, robberies, puttings in fear and operating without a Board of Trade Certificate. ➜ yuletide fic - for the song Barrett's Privateers ➜ omg it's an outside pov of the events of the song, told through the medium of correspondence and other written records in relation to the ship the Antelope. and it's SO GOOD ➜ I love the way all these letters build up such a picture of what happened! and there are so many fun details ➜ 2k words in length

Summary: Guet Imm and Tet Sang reunite with Lau Fung Cheung by happenstance at a festival celebrating the Protectorate's victory over the Yamatese. ➜ yuletide fic - for The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water ➜ post-canon, Lau Fung Cheung runs into Tet Sang and Guet Imm at a festival ➜ lovely voice and povs! I really enjoyed this glimpse into their lives after what happens in canon ➜ 1k words in length

Summary: After a miserable year in Seoul, Bong-hwan finds a way back to Joseon. When she returns everything is very different from how she left it. ➤ post-canon Mr Queen fanfic ➤ wherein Bong-hwan finds a way to return to Joseon, this time by swapping bodies with a maid ➤ just a bunch of charming fun as Bong-hwan navigates a better understanding of herself and her desires, in the context of a role with very little access to power ➤ I love how good-hearted Bong-hwan is, and how comfortably herself she is at all times! ➤ 41k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Adventuring party? Check. Disaster? Absolutely.</blockquote> ➤ so I have not actually seen the dungeons and dragons movie yet but this vid about the adventuring party was just so fun and charming to watch ➤ upbeat and loving look at the characters and their various misfortunes as they make mistakes and keep going ➤ 3:12 in length. music only, no added sounds/dialogue. no subtitles.

Summary: <blockquote>“Ladies, it seems, seldom have strong feelings and, if they do, never never let them show. God’s thumbs! I always have strong feelings and they are quite painful until I let them out, like a cow who needs to give milk and bellows with the pain in her.” ― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy</blockquote> ➤ vid for the movie Catherine Called Birdy, about Birdy and her relationship with her parents ➤ I haven't actually seen the movie but I have loved the book for many years! ➤ and this vid felt like it exactly captured the feel and the mood of the story. It's lovely. ➤ 3:24 in length. music only, no added sounds/dialogue. no subtitles.

Summary: <blockquote>Gotta move, gotta choose / You've got a difference to make / Don't let it happen again Judas makes an agonizing decision, again and again and again.</blockquote> ➤ a Jesus Christ Superstar vid which draws on many different productions of the musical, both stage and film, to look at Judas's relationship with Jesus ➤ I love how it gets across how intense and agonising a relationship it is, and the use of many different sources helps hammer home the inevitability of its tragedy too ➤ 3:45 in length. music only, no added sounds/dialogue. subtitles are available.

Summary: <blockquote>One of Kazul's grandchildren is shoved not-so-gently out of the nest.</blockquote> ➤ an Enchanted Forest Chronicles fic that takes place post-canon, about one of Kazul's grandchildren ➤ featuring a dragon who doesn't want to have to choose a gender in order to be considered an adult, and a princess who's also a prince ➤ the next generation finding their own ways to be "improper" and shock the the older generation! gender experiences outside the binary! a very fun dragon-and-princess relationship! I loved it all ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>interregnum /ĭn″tər-rĕg′nəm/ n. The interval of time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor. In the days between the death of Varenechibel IV and the coronation of Edrehasivar VII, more lives than Maia Drazhar's changed.</blockquote> ➤ Goblin Emperor fic set during the period between the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo and the coming of Edrehasivar VII ➤ featuring various other people whose lives were changed by what happened! ➤ I loved seeing all these other little perspectives on the upheaval of that time ➤ 5k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Tennal runs a coffee shop. Surit doesn't go to a lot of coffee shops, but he's pretty sure the rest of them aren't like this.</blockquote> ➤ coffee shop au for Ocean's Echo! ➤ wherein Tennal runs a froofy indie coffee shop and Surit is on a budge that doesn't allow for froofy drinks ➤ super cute! ➤ 4k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Your unfaithful husband has defected back to the USSR, and been returned to you in poor health, both physically and mentally, having apparently been tortured due to a clerical error. You don’t char-havechar- to pick up the pieces, but you are curious to see whether among the unwelcome emotions you are experiencing there hides the one you used to label ‘love’.</blockquote> ➤ fic about the musical Chess! ➤ Anatoly/Svetlana navigating their relationship in the aftermath, in all its complexities ➤ navigating the feelings and the realities of their lives and what they are and aren't capable of being for each other, but being connected on some level despite it all! ➤ second person pov ➤ 6k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>It's been more than a week since Artemisia last got a letter from Marguerite.</blockquote> ➤ Artemisia/Marguerite fic for the book Vespertine, a post-canon adventure ➤ look I have a terrible memory and don't remember most of what happened in Vespertine but I DO remember I loved the book, and this felt like a great addition to it ➤ Artemisia stops getting letters from Marguerite and immediately knows it means something is wrong and goes after her ➤ investigating a creepy group of people with the help of her revenant! ➤ Marguerite isn't just a damsel waiting for rescue! ➤ I really enjoyed it ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"I've got a new girl to do about the house and look after Cissy for me," Roaring Abel said as Barney was digging both of their fishing poles and the half-bucket of bait out of Lady Jane's trunk.</blockquote> ➤ a fic about The Blue Castle! a fic about Abel and Barney's friendship!!! ➤ I love this look at what their friendship is like - and at what Abel's perspective on Valancy is like! ➤ 1k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Little Ash and Uriel, some two hundred years later, and a very important box</blockquote> ➤ another fic for When the Angels Left the Old Country, this one set 200 years later in the present day ➤ Ash and Uriel have continued to live in the US, and have brought Essie and Rose's papers to donate to a Jewish archive ➤ I love the archivist, and I love Uriel and Little Ash, and I love that from both sides there's kindhearted delight at seeing young people interested in preserving history! ➤ 1k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"...Before, the angel’s identity and mission had always been simple. For that matter, its identity and its mission had always been one and the same. It had been Study, or it had been Mincha, or it had been Comfort. Whatever it was, it was, wholly. In every moment it had known that it was exactly what it was meant to be. Like a single pure note sounding. Lately it felt like a whole chord – maybe several instruments at once, some of which might be dissonant – and it couldn’t be sure which way the chord would resolve. Every moment seemed to bring a new revelation of who and what it had become..."</blockquote> ➤ a lovely post-canon fic about Uriel after When The Angels Left the Old Country, as its relationship with Ash evolves but remains the cornerstone of its life ➤ also full of Jewish geekery (as the tags of the fic say too!) which feels so right for fic of this book! ➤ 3k words in length

Summary: <blockquote> "It's been thirty years since Camp Algonkian first opened," Pierre explained. "We're inviting all the alumni back for a big bash on Labour Day weekend. Didn't you get your invite in the mail?" / In which Mike and Rudy return to Alcatraz.</blockquote> ➤ post-canon fic about I Want To Go Home! featuring young adult Mike and Rudy going back to the camp for a reunion weekend ➤ super cute and sweet, and I loved how much camp turns out to be just....camp. Chip is a reasonable person who's grown up some more and was embarrassed about how at a loss he'd been as a counsellor, the new camp director is making changes to the programming, the other attendees are into the group bonding activities but don't force Mike and Rudy to do anything ➤ and it leaves Mike and Rudy a lot of time to just hang out and figure out what they mean to each other! ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>OK, what I’ve just realised is: I’m not the only one this can ever have happened to, right? I mean, if swapping bodies through time and space like this is a Thing, then surely it can’t only be me and poor old Kim So Yong who ever aligned just the right way to trigger it? So, I’ve decided to write all this down in case maybe someone finds it and it’s useful. You know how in science fiction and fantasy dramas in like the second act the hot geeky member of the team will be like ‘Oh, I went into the archive and found this document that conveniently explains all the plot events so far and tells us what to do next’? This will be that document. You’re welcome, hot geek.</blockquote> ➤ have I watched Mr Queen? no I have not. but I HAVE had friends tell me about it and that's nearly as good, in that it means I could read this fic and understand and appreciate it ➤ Jang Bong Hwan is writing down maxims about how to survive the experience of bodyswapping through time and space, for reference for future people in the same situation ➤ Jang Bong Hwan gets a little off topic. a lot. ➤ Jang Bong Hwan loves Cheoljong so much! ➤ delightful and charming throughout, such an engaging and endearing narrative voice ➤ 7k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>When I woke that morning, it was with the bone deep surety that kemmer was upon me.</blockquote> ➤ another Left Hand of Darkness fic!!! just as good as the other one! god I love fandom ➤ genly and estraven on the ice, while estraven is in kemmer; a classic premise ➤ this one is so sweet and loving, so full of genly being obtuse about things but trying so hard regardless, and estraven wanting him despite it all! ➤ 2k words in length

no summary ➤ fic for The Left Hand of Darkness, set generations after canon! ➤ a young person of Gethen dreams of journeying out to join the rest of the Ekumen; their parent tells them the story of the Envoy and of Estraven ➤ I love this outside perspective on the characters we know and love from canon, and what must have/might have happened to them, and the stories they've become in the generations since! ➤ the original characters are wonderful also, bringing a great dynamic to the discussion of what it means to be a Gethenian vs an Outsider, and to the consideration of what a story means and what it means to tell that story ➤ yuletide always brings fabulous left hand of darkness fics and this one is no exception! ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>The eighty-six wedding ceremonies of Prince K.</blockquote> ➤ fic for Everina Maxwell's book Winter's Orbit ➤ a timeloop on Kiem and Jainan's wedding day! oh noes, what will they do! ➤ I love the timeloop as an external factor they have to face together ➤ Kiem is so KIEM! I love him so much. the way he is delighted every time by whatever Jainan's done with his hair and clothes! ➤ and I am so glad the fic cares as much as I do about the external non-romantic relationships for both of the romantic leads. how Bel is an integral part of things no matter what, and how much Jainan and his sister love each other ➤ 4k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>On the road from Vilna to Lodz, Yudah and Bluma find shelter for a night.</blockquote> ➤ fic for the Yudah Cohen series of short stories by Rebecca Fraimow ➤ ft. exactly what the title describes ➤ and ahhhh what a DELIGHTFUL story, a perfect little addition to the world of Yudah Cohen that feels exactly right! ➤ it feels like Yudah Cohen and his family and the people around him are the kinds of people about whom endless stories COULD be told, and this is simply another absolutely correct story about his life. ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>After the end of everything, Hark returns to his old, familiar job at Sanctuary. Life, however, does not return to normal. It begins with small things—things far too small to notice. Open windows that ought to be closed, doors that slam themselves shut, objects in the wrong places. Coincidences. It becomes something far worse.</blockquote> ➤ fic for the Frances Hardinge book "Deeplight" ➤ focusing on the friendship between Hark and Jelt ➤ absolutely perfect creepy vibes, and capturing what's compelling to Hark about his friendship with Jelt despite everything ➤ also perfect bits about Quest as mentor-figure! ➤ 4k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"Twins are the same" is a cliché. Or, Dorachar- Clifford, the early years. char-and Jean</blockquote> ➤ Fic for the two-person roleplay game Debrief (I LOVE DEBRIEF!!!!) ➤ featuring Dora and Jean, the wives of the player characters in the game, and I love how it makes them real people with their own complex relationship with each other! ➤ I also love what it does with footnotes, it is a GENIUS way of doing pov things for this particular canon ➤ ahhhh there are so many great details in the fic too! ➤ 3k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>In which Vucub-Kamé is worried, Hun-Kamé is in denial and Casiopea Tun is perfectly happy. (post-canon)</blockquote> ➤ fic for Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow ➤ such a fun pov choice to have it from Vucub-Kame's perspective! ➤ I loved the arguments between Vucub-Kame and Hun-Kame, and between Hun-Kame and Casiopeia! ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild-maned and hard-hooved and free, but few have heard their story. Here is the tale of the nameless mare, the mother of all Icelandic horses, she who travelled from the great steppe to the land of fire and ice.</blockquote> ➤ Take the beautiful novella All the Horses of Iceland, and tell it from the perspective of one of the horses! ➤ just as beautiful and numinous as the original! ➤ 1k words in length