LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>All Lady Pole and Arabella Strange want to do is forget their time in Faerie, but a message comes from a certain king... and he has gifts to offer.</blockquote> ➤ post-canon Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell fic, about Arabella and Emma and a trip to Faerie ➤ much of it told through letters and journal entries ➤ I love the developing relationship between the two women, how important they are to each other, and how Arabella's relationship with the missing Jonathan is treated at the same time ➤ and the sense of the numinous (and of the things that cannot be known) fits just right into the way it's handled in canon! ➤ what a good fic. one I will definitely want to return to to reread. ➤ 9k words in length

<blockquote>It has been years since Mr. Strange or Mr. Norrell have been seen in England, and the Learned Society of York Magicians has quite rebuilt itself. Miss Catherine Holloway sets off for her first experience of their meetings.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The last one won't shock you!</blockquote> ➤ a clickbait-style internet article in the future of the world of JS&MN!

<blockquote>The Guardian's cultural critic Leslie Shoemaker analyses the first few episodes of "The Revival of English Magic," a new BBC One television drama focusing on the life and times of esteemed magicians Jonathan Strange and Gilbert Norrell. Article originally published on Oct. 23, 2019.</blockquote>

<blockquote>York, 1997. A schoolteacher reads a peculiar essay on the history of Faerie.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"It is John Uskglass's magic that we do" if so, I want a refund.</blockquote> ➤ omg this is ridic and amazing and I love it and I cackled my way through it ➤ (futurefic about academics discussing the identity of the raven king plus the everlasting strangeite vs norrellite debate)

<blockquote>Being a series of interludes in the life of John Segundus, newly practical magician, in the year following the disappearances of Messrs. Strange and Norrell. Including: a new school for young magicians, explorations of the King’s Roads, Lady Pole’s alarming needle-work, unanticipated trips to Faerie, and John Childermass.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The night she left to follow the King, it wasn't raining or anything like that.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Arabella said that if Jonathan took too long coming home, she'd go fetch him herself. A year is too long. With the help of some friends, she's going to save her husband.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"If you do not return, so help me, Jonathan, I will come and I will find you. And I will bring you back myself."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I was sold. Bargained away for the sake of a wicked man's career." Emma Pole, clawing at her chains.</blockquote>

➤ haven't seen the source material so I don't actually recognize any of the characters but it's excellent at doing atmosphere and feels like it fits the book pretty well so I enjoyed it anyway

<blockquote>While traveling in Faerie, Strange and Norrell encounter Henry Lascelles. He is half-conscious, ill, and murderous, and he has made a powerful enemy.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The arrival of the Misses Enderwhild in London caused a great stir in Society, for they were to be chaperoned by Mrs Arabella Strange.</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Childermass is targeted by those who would use the Raven King’s Book for their own gain, he turns to Mr Segundus for help.</blockquote> ➤ the mpreg is creepy faerie body horror mpreg, not romantic babymaking mpreg

<blockquote>Emma Pole has avoided sleep and magic as much as possible for many years. One night, she cannot hold them both back, and she finds herself reunited with an old acquaintance.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In the beginning, Lascelles would stride up to each challenger proudly, delivering his message with all the flair of a stage actor. But with enough repetition, anything can become a bore, even faerie duels.</blockquote> ➤ intriguing! I am curious about what will happen after the events of the story

➤ four fics about Jonathan and Arabella's relationship with each other. I thought it did a great job of capturing their characters ➤ Series consists of: Prelude by afrai Serenade by afrai Duet by afrai Nocturne by afrai

<blockquote>In which Maria Absalom revisits Segundus's dreams and strikes up a bit of something. Well, more than a bit of something. Meanwhile, cakes are consumed, cows are displaced, and Segundus masters the art of magical gardening. Also: Childermass.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Childermass, Segundus slightly falls apart. Meanwhile, Starecross prepares for a holiday.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For a kinkmeme prompt: "Segundus is always getting kidnapped to be devirginized as part of Sinister Magical Rites, and Childermass has to rescue him at the last minute every time, and they ride off on Childermass's horse with naked Segundus in Childermass's arms. And then they realize there's a simpler solution. Basically."</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which a flowering fairy orchard introduces a troubling new idea to Childermass and Segundus. (Sex. The idea is sex.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Jonathan tries. Oh God, does he try.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"John Childermass!" said a voice behind him, very pleased, and Childermass turned to see the person he had met in the pub. He could still not make out whether they were a man or a woman, or their age, or indeed any feature of their face; but he could see, now, that they were wearing a long, long coat the color of moss. (Too like moss; he thought he saw insects crawling within the fabric.) In which there is a visit to Faerie, an unexpected reunion, and a bargain made.</blockquote> ➤ feels right, and does the raven king right, which is hard to do!

<blockquote>Years have passed since the events of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Strange's whereabouts are still unknown, and the Government has urgent need of him. Finding him falls to John Childermass who has Dark Forebodings of the complexity of the task. He is right, as usual.</blockquote> ➤ excellent pastiche of the style of narrative, and a well-written story.

<blockquote>The sand shall make a door for me and I shall pass through it. The stones shall make a ship for me and I shall travel upon it.</blockquote> ➤ what an unexpected and amazing crossover. I'm not sure I'm quite getting the ending, but the story is overall great

<blockquote>Welcome to The Great British Bake Off.</blockquote> ➤ I did not expect a modern AU involving baking to have this much in the way of Lady Pole feels

<blockquote>In which Jonathan Strange loses his voice while in Faerie, and complications ensue.</blockquote> ➤ this fic really gets the characters and their relationship, and the world of JS&MN in general

<blockquote>Just short of 1.5k of my Quatrevingt-treize/Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell crossover, which I brooded on for all two hours I couldn’t get to sleep last night and which seems to have sprung up full-grown when I did sleep.  You may perceive my idea of the history of French magic in this world is radically different to that of English magic; that is by design; I have lots of Arguments for this which I will be pleased to expound on to anyone who is curious, possibly through the writing of more fic. ANYWAY. YEAH. HERE GOES.</blockquote>

<blockquote>England’s first two magicians of the modern age are somewhere near Venice.</blockquote> ➤ great groundedness in setting, and great female oc. The one with the marcolina. And I really appreciate this bit of a look at non-english magic