LINKDING

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: Lin Chen did not look up from his book. “What on earth,” he said, clipped and precise, “makes you think that I would want to meet the man you're busy dying for?” / In which Lin Chen joins the Consort Jing fanclub, Mei Changsu re-evaluates several tenets of his existence, and Xiao Jingyan decides that if everyone else is having an emotional crisis, he might as well join them. ➤ HELLO it's a 12k Lin Chen/Mei Changsu/Xiao Jingyan ship fic I am there with bells on!!! ➤ mcs has a thing with jingyan and separately a thing with lin chen. he wants to make them be in the same room with each other. ➤ mcs gets what he wants and immediately gets to regret it in like five different ways, which is exactly what I love to see ➤ it's got so many delightfully fraught conversations between various iterations of the characters! ➤ it involves lin chen and jingyan talking about mcs behind his back! ➤ it involves lin chen and consort jing teaming up! ➤ LOVED IT.

Summary: The Institute of Religious Studies was housed in one of the oldest structures at the university, an ornate hipped-roof building that overlooked the campus from the foot of the northern peaks. Aside from the narrow drive that wound up the rise from the other side of campus, the only access was via a steep staircase or a switchbacked path that took twenty minutes to ascend. Most people on campus called it the Mountain. ➤ songxuexiao t4t4t modern au where they're grad students in china ➤ I had the pleasure of getting to see this fic as it came together, and the thought and care verity puts into their writing is always so evident in their beautifully written and beautifully constructed stories! ➤ from song lan's pov as he watches creepy stalker xue yang entwine herself into his bff (and object of pining) xiao xingchen's life ➤ sl DOESN'T trust xy, he DOES find it super hot to put her in her place and have sex with her, he DOES struggle to be fully vulnerable with xxc despite everything she is to him ➤ the vibes are so good, I love how real and present each character and their complex emotions about each other are, and I love the way the theme of the weather runs through the whole fic holding things together ➤ highly recommend! ➤ 12k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Lan Qiren was running to catch up, because he was always running to catch up. He was determined not to fall behind, but he was slow, as always, and tired more easily than the others, and then he got distracted and realized a considerable distance had opened up between him and the rest of the group. He ran to catch up – He tripped. He was going to fall flat on his face, he realized as he pitched forward, throwing his hands up in front of his face to try to blunt the pain since humiliation was already a given. He probably wasn’t far enough behind for them not to see this, and then his brother would turn his face away and sigh, aggravated, his shoulders slumping in disappointment at how Lan Qiren had lost him and their sect face all over again. Lan Qiren was so bound up in his gloomy thoughts that it took him a moment to realize that he had not, in fact, hit the ground. Someone had caught him. Lan Qiren straightened himself up immediately and dropped into a deep salute. “Thank you for your help –” He looked up. “…Sect Leader Wen,” he finished weakly.</blockquote> ➤ another lan qiren/wen ruohan canon divergence au! though also wen ruohan/nie dad at the same time ➤ this one follows lqr from when he's a young teen and it's very fun to see his changing perspectives on wrh over time ➤ I enjoyed it a great deal, and also it's fun to see what is and isn't the same between this fic and the others by the same author featuring these characters and ships ➤ and I just want MORE! ➤ 89k 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>Liu Qingge returns from a hunt with more health conditions than he knew about and receives... assistance. :)</blockquote> ➤ liu qingge gets hit with a fuck-or-die monster venom! shen qingqiu and luo binghe are here to help him out ➤ the vibes are SO good, from the prickly antagonism between lqg & lbh at the beginning, through the awkward unspoken interest in sqq, to the way lqg goes all melty and floaty at the end ➤ it's SO soft from lqg's pov once the cure is embarked upon and I love it so much ➤ 7k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Don and Kathy would move in together. They would have a dog or two and then inevitably, a small parade of adorable little brats who would call him Uncle Cosmo, and they would spend less and less time with him, not on purpose but busy with the rest of their lives, and ultimately Cosmo would learn to make his peace with it because he’d have no other choice and he would have to try to move on and not live too much in his memories. He could picture it so clearly, he figured if the songwriting gig with Monumental didn’t pan out, he could always return to the backwater circuit with a new act: The Amazing Cosmo of the Cosmos—ladies and gentlemen, he sees the future, he reads the stars, he silently pines for his best married pal and all the while tap dancing! Don and Kathy inviting him along on their honeymoon, though—that part was a surprise.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>While Luo Binghe is in the Abyss, Shen Qingqiu is struck by a strange poison that gives him a woman's body. The only solution: orgasm. Who on earth will be able to help him...?</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>"See, it's a fair trade," Wei Wuxian said, outlining the situation. "You get a wife! That's me! And Xuanyu can have a husband." Lan Wangji looked at the screen separating him from the bathtub. "In your proposition, you also have a husband."</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>"Shh, shh, I know. It's alright. I can keep a secret. Female gods ought to look out for one another." Ling Wen didn't put much stock in this sentiment herself—she didn't owe anyone anything, just because they happened to be women in the male-dominated world of Heaven—but she figured Shi Qingxuan might, and sure enough, Shi Qingxuan relaxed a little, nodding quickly. She really was tremendously easy to sway.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>“Why are we even here?” Wen Xu groused. “Yeah! That’s right! Why are we here?” Wen Chao immediately chimed, very obviously taking his cues from his elder brother – much to the latter’s irritation, judging by his immediate scowl. Lan Qiren knew that he needed to pick his next words very carefully. With recalcitrant students, a teacher only had a few opportunities to really connect with them. If he allowed them to dismiss him or categorize him as an enemy at this early stage, it would be an incredibly uphill battle to gain enough respect in order to teach them anything, and in this case, given the strength of their background and the fact that this little teaching session was both likely to be short and definitely completely unauthorized, it would quite possibly make it completely impossible to ever get through to them. “You are here,” Lan Qiren said solemnly, each word slow and thoughtful, “because your father is an ass.” (a story of kidnapping and falling in love, reluctantly)</blockquote>

<blockquote>狐假虎威: the fox assumes the tiger's power When the Sacrifice Summon ritual goes wrong, Mo Xuanyu assumes his chance at revenge and freedom is gone. However, he still has bound Wei Wuxian's ghost to him, and together they make a plan: Mo Xuanyu will pretend to be fully possessed by the Yiling Laozu, they'll get rid of the Mo family, and then Mo Xuanyu will be miraculously "cured" and excused of all wrongdoing when a cultivator tries to exorcise him. What could go wrong? Steps one and two go fine. Step three gets tricky when the cultivator who shows up is Hanguang-jun, who seems very uninterested in any exorcisms and very interested in "Wei Wuxian." It becomes even more complicated when Mo Xuanyu realizes he's stumbled into the middle of a star-crossed romance: and worst of all, that he's falling too.</blockquote> ➤ the declarations of love/attraction felt awkward to me, but other than that I really enjoyed this fic, and loved that mxy got to stay alive and have something good too

<blockquote>Jonathan’s life was fine. He didn’t need other people. He studied them instead, like fire ants on the abandoned edge of the playground; carefully, with a stick and good shoes, watching their patterns and keeping his observations to himself, figuring out which ones to leave alone and which ones would make good surprises in bullies’ backpacks. Other people were tools, in the multiple definitions of the word. He used them. He didn’t like them. He didn’t need them. He was fine. All in all, it wasn’t difficult to stay a virgin until he turned thirty. A JGY-centric, Cherry Magic-inspired AU.</blockquote> ➤ (Jonathan is jgy's english name) ➤ I loved how so many of the characters in this fic have different relationships with sex (and intimacy and touch in general!) in ways that don't line up with societal expectations but are still all very different from each other ➤ series consists of: Point of Contact Cabin Pressure

<blockquote>#svsssrpweek2023 day 2 - enemies to lovers - moshangshen modern au shen yuan likes his best friend and roommate, shang qinghua. he does not like his best friend's best friend, mobei jun.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I scowled at them like I could shoot lasers from my eyes — which I didn’t have the mods for, but they didn’t know that. “Both of you, shut the fuck up.” To their credit, they did. He kept glaring daggers at me, like he was promising that the second I untied his hands, they’d be around my throat. She had on her biggest, saddest brown eyes, complete with perfect little tears trickling from the corners of her eyes, like she was just a helpless little thing who could be let go with no consequences. Both of them were goddamn liars. When I do a job, I do my research. He wasn’t vicious and she wasn’t harmless, and both of them were staying tied to those chairs.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I'm sorry I mocked you, yesterday," Ning Yingying says at last. "About giving the demoness a shot with you. I am forced to admit we can maybe learn something from the way you do things." "The way I do things," Liu Mingyan repeats. "You mean not having sex?" "Yeah," says Ning Yingying. Liu Mingyan is unsure how to feel about "not having sex" being one of her defining characteristics. She never set out for it to happen, although it is true that she didn't set out for it to not happen, either. All she knows is she is entirely uninterested in sex with Binghe, and that is apparently enough to make her unique.</blockquote> ➤ awww I love this!

<blockquote>It’s not one of his finer moments of inter-sect diplomacy. Lan Jingyi lunges and they both go spilling onto the thankfully padded rug. Jin Ling flails and manages to slap him across the face, but eventually Lan Jingyi gets him pinned to the floor, knees on either side of Jin Ling’s torso, each of his wrists held down by his head. “Hello, Sect Leader Jin,” Lan Jingyi pants, trying to catch his breath as Jin Ling struggles like a weak kitten. “This humble one is grateful to be welcomed to Jinlintai. Now, if you’d kindly tell me what the fuck is going on.” / When Lan Jingyi receives two cryptic messages from Jinlintai, a conversation many years in the making starts to unfold.</blockquote> ➤ BABIES

<blockquote> The truth was that from the beginning Cottia had wanted desperately for Esca to like her. He was British, a Brigantes warrior of the blue war shields, and she wanted him to see the Britishness in her; she was afraid of what it would mean if he didn’t. </blockquote> ➤ ahhhhh the complexities of the relationships between the three of them as they navigate making a household together is SO good. It does feel though that it ends kind of abruptly without working anything out but I can at least imagine where it might go from here

<blockquote>In the weeks before Shang Qinghua's marriage to the King of the Northern Wastes, he invites Liu Qingge to go fishing.</blockquote> ➤ good at creating vibes!

<blockquote>A wife plot hits Luò Bīnghé and Liǔ Qīnggē at the same time. Shěn Qīngqiū... can... save them? The plot thickens.</blockquote> ➤ series consists of: Playing Possum Solitary and Nomadic Ready-Made Burrow ➤ good lqg pov in ready-made burrow

<blockquote>Sha Hualing's wives aren't getting pregnant. What gives?</blockquote> ➤ written for the Discovery Channel Exchange, with whiptail lizards as the prompt

<blockquote>He lets himself imagine when he will be able to greet Mingjue again, since he has not seen him in a while. After he and A-Yao have greeted, Mingjue will be in the sort of mood Xichen most likes to see him in: agreeable and generous, full of good will and benevolence.</blockquote> ➤ written for the Discovery Channel Exchange, with bonobo sex as the prompt ➤ perfect pov choice for this!

<blockquote>Airplane's haphazard deep lore has done it again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Oh no! Liu Qingge has been inflicted with a dastardly poison, one that will slowly and painfully liquefy his organs if he doesn't dual cultivate with someone soon! Thankfully, the good doctor Mu Qingfang is here to save his most frequent patient... however a few difficulties arise: for every partner the victim has been with, this most sinister poison, Blinders for Wandering Eyes, becomes all the more deadly! One would think the austere and proud lord of Bai Zhan peak would have no problem with such a substance, and yet...</blockquote> ➤ series consists of: For Want of a Vacation Pay it Forward Concessions Just trus(s)t me Bronze mirror [wip through ch1] Burn away the chill The Process of Elimination Follow-Up Appointment

<blockquote>[Self-Saving System Activated! You will be now returned to your original starting position.] Shen Qingqiu dies and gets a second chance and decides to try a different approach.</blockquote> ➤ series consists of: Metagaming Character Optimisation

<blockquote>"Lucky for you," Wei qianbei says, the laughter once more in his voice like the sun breaking through storm clouds, "the last desire of these particular ghosts is one you should be able to actually grant. You'll probably want this, though." He rummages in his sleeve and tosses something small Zizhen's way. Zizhen catches it, still reeling a little. When he opens his hand, he finds a stoppered jar of... salve? Ouyang Zizhen fucks around (summons a bunch of horny ghosts) and finds out (fucks a bunch of horny ghosts)</blockquote>

<blockquote>With Temeraire and Tharkay gone, Jane proposes that Laurence help manage things at her estate awhile. Then Tharkay returns. Laurence had no idea Tharkay disliked the admiral so much.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Marcus had told her about the land, their house—small but well-made, and easy to add to should the need arise—his plans. They had not spoken of the wedding, which both of them cared little for, but only of the life that would come after. And in all their plans, Esca was there too, as she had known he would be.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In the end, the decision was easy. "I've come to tell you I have accepted a position at Yiling University." Qingheng-jun's attention drifted back to his phone. "Not very prestigious is it?” "I am taking the professorship. I am also taking the boys." After the death of their mother, Lan Qiren removes his nephews from Cloud Recesses to Yiling.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Prince Jing needs an heir but needs some help getting there... if only he had a trusted advisor to guide him, wink wink now with added Feelings (TM)</blockquote>