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Favorite, by Prim_the_Amazing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64750303

summary: “Go to bed,” he says. “It’s late, and I have people I still need to speak to at the party. We’ll play more tomorrow, hm? Uncle will take you somewhere fun, out of the palace. But shh, it’s a secret. We’ll sneak out together during the morning.” That’s such an exciting promise that sleeping at all suddenly seems impossible. And Uncle always keeps his promises, too, so it’s really happening. “Okay,” he says, and makes himself climb underneath the sheets. Uncle smiles approvingly. “Good boy,” he says, smoothing the sheets for him. “Sleep tight. Tomorrow is going to be a good day.” If Uncle says it, then that must mean it’s true. / The last day of Mobei-Jun's childhood, spent with his favorite uncle. ➜ svsss fic about Mobei-Jun as a young child, and his relationship with his favourite uncle Linguang-Jun, before the betrayal ➜ wahhhhh ;_; it's so GOOD, mbj is so young and earnest and trusting, and the reader (who knows what's going to happen) can read impending tragedy into everything lgj does ➜ the way lgj's betrayal permanently altered mbj's ability to trust, to believe in someone's love and care! the loss of the person he could otherwise have grown up to be!!! ➜ 2.5k words long

#about-betrayal #about-family #by-prim_the_amazing #char-mobeijun #fandom-svsss #focus-& #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-linguangjun&mobeijun #type-fanfic

2 months ago | View Shared by soph
Safe Somewhere; or, Who Knows How Many Blossoms Fell? | 花落知多少, by CentreBullet

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64625008

summary: He recalls in one awful moment his young Huan-zhizi’s face then, contorted with pain as he fought through the night, slowly expelling the dread shadow whose claws had sunk deep and, even now, snagged in the great net of his fears. It occurs to him that a-Huan’s healing has never truly ended, that what he had learnt from the multiple mortal dangers of his youth had been caution, and a deep fear of sudden and terrible loss. No wonder the blows of his adult years had brought him so low. / A little after their return from Yunping’s Guanyin Temple, it is Lan Qiren who now needs to heal, and his nephew who must help him. ➜ post-canon mdzs fic about Lan Xichen and Lan Qiren ➜ on their relationship with each other, the ways they've tried to support each other and the ways they feel like they've failed or are failing ➜ ahhhh the vibes are so lovely, a tender fragile hope and care with a well of complexity beneath it! ➜ 2k words long

#by-centrebullet #char-lanqiren #char-lanxichen #fandom-tgcf #focus-& #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-lanqiren&lanxichen #type-fanfic

2 months ago | View Shared by soph
a pretty little songbird, by verity

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64716130

If Jiang Yanli had ever met Xuanyu, he would have been healed by the touch of her eyes only. She had that way about her. Nie Huaisang did his best work under her, caring for the wounded for that washed up ashore at the fortress that was his home. ➜ Nie Huaisang pov mdzs fic ➜about nhs's interactions with Jiang Yanli during the war, and with Mo Xuanyu leading up to his sacrificial ritual ➜ gorgeous, spare little glimpse into the ways jyl has been an influence on nhs, and the purposes to which he directs the things he learned from her ➜ so good!! ➜ 1k words long

#by-verity #char-niehuaisang #fandom-cql/mdzs #focus-& #focus-char #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-jiangyanli&niehuaisang #ship-moxuanyu&niehuaisang #type-fanfic

2 months ago | View Shared by soph
Spotless, by yabancreations

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63898027

summary: After another day of tutoring children at Bai Jin’s cabin, Ling Wen sticks around to watch the sunset. There are no clouds, no thunder rumbles in the distance, and she’s getting restless. ➜ ummmm canonverse fic about ling wen and bai jin?? I'M YELLING omg! ➜ apparently the revised edition of tgcf goes more into the xuli backstory and you get to see more of bai jin, and this fic is based on that ➜ anyway holy shit I love seeing ling wen's perspective on a little slice of life scene back when bai jin was just a human with potential for ascension, and I love the way it's written, too! ➜ 1.5k words

#about-rarepair #about-sliceoflife #by-yabancreations #char-baijin #char-lingwen #fandom-tgcf #focus-& #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-todosnload #ship-baijin&lingwen #type-fanfic

4 months ago | View Shared by soph
Murder in the Clavist Autonomous Zone, by Rich Larson

http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/murder-in-the-clavist-autonomous-zone/

excerpt: She knew to expect Kierk’s homegrown MDMA analog to hit like a blissy staticky tsunami. She knew to expect Mona’s band—formerly the Noctambulists, now Gristleswing—to pack the dancefloor into an electric sea of skin and sweat. She knew to expect the long rambling goodbye pep-talk from Vawn on the rooftop and the frantic-turned-tender goodbye sex with Ilya at hers. She did not expect to stumble home and find a corpse on her doorstep. ➜ a short story about a dystopian future, a murder investigation, community, and someone who's trying to leave the only home she's ever known ➜ the information reveals over the course of the story are handled so well ➜ and the narrative tone of...hm. of inevitability? of sadness. of people trying their best to hold the line against the constant pressure of external forces. idk it's real good. ➜ written for a Stop Copaganda short story contest! ➜ 4.7k words

#about-dystopia #about-murder #about-police #by-richlarson #fandom-profic #focus-gen #focus-world #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #type-fiction

4 months ago | View Shared by soph
Socially Liberal, Fiscally Draconic: Complicating Narratives of Political Reform in the 19th Century, by BaronetCoins

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61423408

Summary: Final Paper for HIST-232, 19th Century Europe. Profile a change agent from between 1790-1910. Describe their influence on their social or political surroundings, and attempt to analyze the limits and drives behind their actions. // Temeraire's career, after the war. ➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire ➜ in the form of a student's essay written centuries later about Temeraire's political career after the war ➜ absolutely delightful, the things you can see about what the standard narrative about Temeraire must have been, that this student is trying to upend! ➜ and it's so right about Temeraire, too....his temperament is revolutionary but he loves money too much to be in favour of any politics that might lead to him having less of it ➜ also, love the very Student Essay nature of it, with most of the footnoted sources leading back to a single book, lol ➜ 1k words in length

#about-documentfiction #about-outsidepov #by-baronetcoins #char-oc #char-temeraire #fandom-temeraire #focus-char #focus-gen #focus-world #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #type-fanfic

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
Katharina Stellans, by yvain

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61425775

Summary: Martin Pale learns from Catherine of Winchester, several centuries too late. ➜ a yuletide fic, for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell ➜ About the tudor-era magician Martin Pale and his relationship with his tutor, Catherine of Winchester, from the golden age of magic ➜ gosh wow I am just -- so blown away by this?! it feels like it fits so perfectly into the interstices of canon. The undeniable weight of reality that the whole piece has, even as it is shot through with shards of the numinous....the characters all being people who are difficult, and real, and not altogether pleasant, but you love them for how real they are. ➜ Pale and Catherine are so different from each other, yet so connected, and though we get to hear much of Pale's life, Catherine remains as mysterious to us as she is to Pale. And yet we know her from who she is. ➜ idk, idk, I'm not sure how to explain this better! I just....really recommend reading this fic. it is so satisfying. ➜ 16k words

#by-yvain #fandom-jonathanstrange&mrnorrell #focus-& #focus-char #focus-gen #focus-world #length-10-20k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-catherineofwinchester&martinpale #ship-catherineofwinchester/martinpale #ship-francispevensey/martinpale #type-fanfic #➤yeah

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
As a stranger give him welcome, by morethanfantasy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61341184

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

#about-outsidepov #about-rarefandom #by-morethanfantasy #char-hamlet #char-horatio #fandom-hamlet #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-hamlet&horatio #type-fanfic #➤ouchy #➤teary #➤yeah

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
The First Morning, by genarti

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61428073

Summary: The day after Sara's visit to the Carrisford house, Becky leaves Miss Minchin's for her own happily ever after. ➜ yuletide fic, for A Little Princess ➜ Becky's pov on the day after all the climactic reveals, when she gets to leave Miss Minchin's and go join Sara next door ➜ this does such a good job of capturing the tone of the book, the magic and wonder and the depths of emotions, and the kind of relationship Sara and Becky have ➜ these two young edwardian-era girls doing their best to navigate what they can be to each other within the bounds of societal understandings of power differentials, and their own internalized senses of such things.....I'm so emotions!! ➜ 3k words in length

#about-postcanon #by-genarti #char-becky #char-sara #fandom-alittleprincess #focus-& #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-becky&sara #type-fanfic

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
"God Damned Them All"? Documenting the Loss of the Privateer Antelope, by machiavellijr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61379452

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

#about-documentfiction #about-outsidepov #about-rarefandom #by-machiavellijr #char-antelope #fandom-barrettsprivateers #focus-gen #focus-world #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #type-fanfic

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
Beneath These Sparks and Stars, by Shadaras

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61358152

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

#about-rarefandom #by-shadaras #char-guetimm #char-laufungcheung #char-tetsang #fandom-orderofthepuremoonreflectedinwater #focus-& #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-guetimm&laufungcheung&tetsang #type-fanfic

6 months ago | View Shared by soph
Improving Fortinbras, by a_t_rain

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51880441

Summary: Horatio attempts to use his humanist education to mold the new king of Denmark into an ideal ruler, with mixed results. ➤ post-canon fanfic of shakespeare's Hamlet ➤ from Horatio's pov as he considers how best to mould the new young king Fortinbras in useful directions ➤ I love the evolution of Horatio's thoughts over the course of the fic, and the brief glimpses we get of Fortinbras ➤ love the integration of various minor characters and OC's, to good effect! ➤ 9k words in length

#about-grief #about-postcanon #by-a_t_rain #char-horatio #fandom-hamleet #focus-dudeslash #focus-gen #focus-ship #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-fortinbras&horatio #ship-hamlet/horatio #ship-horatio/oc #type-fanfic

7 months ago | View Shared by soph
Chapter 742; Unleash the Holy Globes of Justice!!, by Margo_Kim

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58268560

Summary: If Shizun was hoping to hide his mysterious visitor from his peak, his edict for everyone to leave and not remark on her made it impossible for her to go unremarked on. Ming Fan was currently scurrying around, punishing anyone who suggested anything untoward was possibly happening. This mostly meant people waited to gossip until he was gone. The leading theory was that the woman was from one of the brothels Shizun was rumored to have frequented in the past. Luo Binghe had never seen any evidence that this rumor was true (he was actually concerned that Shizun didn’t know what sex was), so he’d dismissed the claims as slander. Then a woman had prostrated herself at the bottom of the stairs of Cang Qiong and begged that a message be delivered to all on the mountain. It was urgent, she said. She could not say more at this time, but lives depended on the right person hearing these words. “What is the message?” a disciple had asked. The woman raised her head. “Beyonce,” she had said clearly. “Internet. The general concept of astronauts.” ➤ svsss fic featuring another transmigrator coming to qing jing during the pre-abyss era, to talk to sqq about how to derail the plot ➤ I love her perspective on the whole experience! and how baffling sqq finds her desires and priorities ➤ the whole fic is very funny! ➤ 6k words

#about-outsidepov #by-margo_kim #char-oc #char-shenqingqiu #fandom-svsss #focus-/ #focus-dudeslash #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-luobinghe/shenqingqiu #type-fanfic

7 months ago | View Shared by soph
Poll: would you read the peerless cucumber transmigration romance?, by envyenvy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59957209

summary: -dick jokes [screenshot of a text from Peerless Cucumber that reads “Do you still take commissions?”] -passionate ranting no fucking way he’s still alive??? -binghe obsession of course this is how we find out -homoerotic undertones maybe he really was dead and he just rose from the grave to commission art of lbh one last time in a totally hetero way ofc -binghe obsession ofc ➤ it's an outside pov fic consisting of a chat between pidw friends in a discord specifically for discussing Peerless Cucumber ➤ Peerless Cucumber has reappeared after being absent from the internet for a year, and he wants to commission art of himself and his husband in sqq x lbh cosplay ➤ cue the chat going wild ➤ it's SO FUNNY and so much fun, I love this fic both in premise and execution, chef's kiss ➤ 2.4k words

#about-chatlog #about-outsidepov #by-envyenvy #char-oc #char-shenqingqiu #fandom-svsss #focus-/ #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-luobinghe/shenqingqiu #type-fanfic #➤funny #➤yes

8 months ago | View Shared by soph
Good Company, by Triss_Hawkeye

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59072434

summary: Life is better with the other around. ➤ ahh what a lovely sweet little ficlet about Jingrui and Yujin's friendship!! I love them ➤ 400 words exactly, two double drabbles

#about-drabble #about-friendship #by-triss_hawkeye #char-jingrui #char-yujin #fandom-nirvanainfire #focus-& #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-jingrui&yujin #type-fanfic

8 months ago | View Shared by soph
Giving Me a Chance, by tiny_sobek

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59584147

summary: Quan Yizhen would like a little extra time with his shixiong this morning, though he couldn’t say why. ➤ sweet fic about yin yu doing preteen quan yizhen's hair ➤ qyz full of many emotions but not good at figuring out what they are ➤ or at figuring out what yy might be thinking ➤ <1k words

#about-backstory #about-hair #by-tiny_sobek #char-quanyizhen #char-yinyu #fandom-tgcf #focus-& #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-quanyizhen&yinyu #type-fanfic

8 months ago | View Shared by soph
the youngest wound-dresser, by lonelyghosts

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58511005

summary: She'd never been anyone's favorite before he'd told her that, the lesser daughter of a prestigious family that had enough heirs and spares that she could be given away and the act called an honor. It was a scary but lovely thing to be the best, the most loved. When she'd heard those words she'd clutched them to her chest and hoped she'd never prove them false. That did not mean that she did not hate him, too. // OR: Ning Yingying loves her shizun; she loves Binghe, too. These things come into conflict, whether she wants them to or not. ➤ an svsss fic set in the original PIDW, about Ning Yingying ➤ and holy shit this fic is so good, so everything I didn't even know to hope for from a fic about pidw nyy, I am all emotions?! ➤ the complexity of nyy's relationships with sqq and lbh, the mix of love and hate, the way she doesn't feel able to do anything but to witness and to go along with how things are ➤ and seeing the awful things that happen through her eyes.....it's so powerful and bleak and believable ➤ I adore this fic, I'm just absolutely blown away by it ➤ 9k words

#about-pidw #by-lonelyghosts #char-ningyingying #char-originalluobinghe #char-originalshenqingqiu #fandom-svsss #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-ningyingying&originalluobinghe #ship-ningyingying&originalshenqingqiu #type-fanfic #➤feelings #➤ouchy #➤yeah

8 months ago | View Shared by soph
Friends of Cordelia, by PhoenixFalls and sanguinity

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57205348

summary: During her decades of service to the Imperium, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan commanded a special place in the hearts of queer Barrayarans. Explore their stories today at the Vorbarr Sultana Capitol Museum. ➤ document fic about the vorkosigan saga, presented as a posthumous museum exhibit about Cordelia and her role in the queer community of Barrayar ➤ wonderfully done - I loved all the different voices we hear from, and the looks at different aspects of queer culture and history ➤ and the sense of queer joy and love and resilience throughout! ➤ 6k words in length. podfic available.

#about-documentfiction #about-museum #about-queer #by-phoenixfalls #by-sanguinity #char-cordelia #fandom-vorkosigan #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #type-fanfic

8 months ago | View Shared by soph
After We Kill Our Father and Before We Reach the Mainland, by Max Franciscovich

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/after-we-kill-our-father-and-before-we-reach-the-mainland/

Excerpt: After we kill our father but before we leave the island, we argue. Cal doesn’t want to go; he’s afraid of the water. Even after the rest of us outvote him two to one, he refuses to move, crouching on the ground, pressing the ruined side of his face into the earth, snarling whenever we try to touch him. In the end Ari has to sit down with him and say something in a quiet soothing susurrus, like they do, and the whole time Mir is pacing in the waves at the very edge of the water, where it barely comes up to her ankles. She is moving back and forth and back and forth, with her eyes on the horizon, and when this is happening Father’s blood is still on all of our hands but mostly on hers. ➤ that's a very evocative short story title right there and it's like. yeah. that's what the story is about! ➤ a fantasy story about three teens who have escaped their powerful and abusive father figure, who are a team in escaping, who might not always like each other but who are bound together in inextricable ways ➤ the entire story takes place in a boat as they make their way away from the island, hoping to find the mainland, but it never feels static, it's always pushing you onward, as you get more hints of the backstory, of what exactly all the context is for the murder and the escape ➤ it's so good!!! ➤ also. it's told in plural first person? which is so cool. The three teens are the "we" and "us" of the narrative voice. it's so well done! I love when stories play with pov. ➤ also. trans characters! ➤ 5k words

#about-family #about-trans #about-waterrelatedstuff #by-maxfranciscovich #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-gen #length-2-10k #type-fiction

9 months ago | View Shared by soph
The Thirteenth Dancer, by Leah Cypess

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-thirteenth-dancer/

Excerpt: I had warned a hundred mortals not to trust the boatman. I’d told them: No matter how much you pay him, no matter what you promise, it will never be enough. Yet somehow, I found myself surprised when he grabbed my wrist before I could step off the boat. I gave him my most forbidding stare, which only made him smirk as he held out his other hand. We had an agreement, I almost said. I caught myself just in time—I would have to shed my mainland habits, and fast, now that I was back. ➤ A novelette inspired by the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses ➤ about one of the princesses who managed to escape, but who comes back ➤ a fascinating reimagining, leaning into the dangerous appeal of the fae, and the desire for belonging, and what you will and won't do for love -- or for freedom ➤ I've read a lot of retellings of this fairy tale and there are a lot of good ones but this one definitely ranks pretty high on the list! ➤ 10k words

#about-faerie #about-family #by-leahcypess #fandom-12dancingprincesses #fandom-fairytales #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-gen #focus-world #length-2-10k #type-fiction

9 months ago | View Shared by soph
Nameless, by a_t_rain

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54241369

Summary: Rebecca Heminges has never liked watching Othello. She thinks she'll like the King's Men's new tragedy even less. ➤ historical rpf about 17th century theatre actors associated with shakespeare ➤ I've never heard of these characters before or the play they're putting on that's central to the themes of the fic but the the fic does a good enough job introducing it all that it works nonetheless ➤ a really interesting and thoughtful work about life vs fiction, and acting, and finding a new life, and the realities and ramifications of abusive relationships ➤ I loved it, and I see the author has written other fics about this group of characters and I want to read them too! ➤ 5k words in length

#about-rarechar #about-theatre #by-a_t_rain #char-rebeccaheminges #fandom-historical-rpf #fandom-shakespeare #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #type-fanfic #➤good

9 months ago | View Shared by soph
Signs of Life, by Sarah Pinsker

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/signs-of-life/

excerpt: If you were to drive to my sister Violet’s house today, you would find yourself at a very different place from the one I encountered on my first trip. The road up the mountain has been paved, for one thing, to make it more accessible to the tourists who now support it. Back then if you were behind the wheel of anything other than a farm truck, you were as likely to wreck an axle or lose a tire to the ruts; not knowing, I’d driven the Jag that day. ➤ fantasy novelette about family, and two sisters trying to reconnect after many years of estrangement ➤ a quiet and contemplative sort of vibe ➤ the slow reveals were effective ➤ I'm not quite sure about the pacing/vibe of the ending, but overall still a thoroughly interesting and enjoyable story ➤ 12k words in length

#about-family #by-sarahpinsker #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-gen #length-10-20k #note-downloaded #type-fiction

11 months ago | View Shared by soph
The Speech That God Understands, by Jonathan Edelstein

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-speech-that-god-understands/

excerpt: Taifa of Tuluz Spring 1194 “A wondrous thing is happening at the university!” said Avram to Isaac the Blind. “Like nothing you’ve ever seen!” “I daresay you’re right,” Isaac answered, “since the last time I saw anything, I was younger than you.” ➤ historical fantasynovelette set in a muslim kingdom on the iberian peninsula in the 12th century, with a jewish scholar as the viewpoint character ➤ I love the setting, richly full of a wide variety of types of people and languages and religions, with universities and scientific progress and people doing magic, all interacting with each other ➤ the mystery at the heart of the story is that someone is stealing people's languages of study, on purpose, leaving behind only whatever their first language was. why, and how? and is it reversible? ➤ it's about people's relationships with language and with knowledge and with the world. it's great! ➤ 14k words in length

#about-language #by-jonathanedelstein #fandom-profic #focus-char #focus-gen #focus-world #length-10-20k #note-downloaded #type-fiction

11 months ago | View Shared by soph
Who Are You Wearing? by nerdyjellyfish

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57019204

Summary: Ling Wen wakes up in Hua Cheng's bed. ➤ omg I am LIVING, someone wrote me so many words of ling wen fic wherein post-canon ling wen bodyswaps with xie lian ➤ the ling wen pov in this fic is sooooo good, her pragmatic approach to dealing with whatever happens in her life, her disinterest in attending to her emotions, her independence and unwillingness to rely on anyone who isn't her ➤ and seeing xie lian and hua cheng through ling wen's eyes is so good too!! ➤ there are so many fun character relationship dynamics, connected with a really fun premise, and I loved it all ➤ 8k words in length

#about-bodyswap #about-postcanon #by-nerdyjellyfish #char-lingwen #fandom-tgcf #focus-& #focus-/ #focus-char #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-huacheng/xielian #ship-lingwen&peiming #ship-lingwen&xielian #type-fanfic #➤delightful #➤yeah

11 months ago | View Shared by soph
A Tour of the Blue Palace, by Bree Wernicke

http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/a-tour-of-the-blue-palace/

excerpt: Hello and welcome! Come on in! I’m glad To guide you through the halls of our Blue Palace, Pride of Antat City! It’s too bad That certain factions, bent on acts of malice, Would not spare these walls from laser blasts And plasma bombs. But see how they still stand! The best Antat construction lasts and lasts. Be careful on that stair there! Take my hand. Just stay upright, and walk along this line, And keep your wits about you. We’ll be fine. ➤ a scifi poem with a fun voice, the pov of a tour guide trying brightly to maintain the official story that nothing's wrong ➤ 500 words in length

#about-space #by-breewernicke #focus-gen #focus-world #note-downloaded #type-poetry

11 months ago | View Shared by soph
The Queer Gospel [Fanvid], by Tafadhali

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56839576

Summary: Love us as we are See us and we're holy In this shall we shall ever be Wholly ourselves. A continuation of my Screened Out series on the history of queer representation on film, focusing on genderbending films of the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. ➤ third in a series of vids Tafadhali made about depictions of queerness in hollywood; I recced the other two last fall, about pre-code and full-code eras ➤ this one is about the 90's and early 2000's ➤ which are all movies that came out within my lifetime so watching this hits in a different way than the other two vids! I definitely got emotional watching this vid ➤ the vid is celebrating the drag queens and gnc characters, and it's so perfectly put together, what a good vid <3 ➤ 3:23 in length. audio is song only, no added sounds/dialogue. no subtitles.

#.to-download #about-genderqueer #about-queer #by-tafadhali #fandom-multifandom #focus-gen #note-commented #type-fanvid #➤teary #➤yeah

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veritas levata cordis, by SleepyMaddy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56759311

summary: or: A piece of Ancient technology requires some honesty to grant access to its workings; Rodney and Jeannie find themselves telling each other a few unspoken truths. ➤ sga gen fic about Rodney and Jeannie's sibling relationship ➤ in order to access the Ancients' science thingy they need to tell each other truths....enough to make the door-opening device accept them ➤ some petty things get said but also, in the end, some pretty major acknowledgements ➤ I love this sibling pair and it's always a delight to see a fic focusing on their relationship with each other! ➤ the balance of their conversation and truth-telling and how it shifts over time is so well done ➤ 4k words in length

#about-family #about-truthserum #by-sleepymaddy #char-jeannie #char-rodney #fandom-sga #focus-& #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-jeannie&rodney #type-fanfic

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Between Blades by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/between-blades/

quote: The sand underfoot was still fresh with ripples where it had been raked to hide the blood. The sea rushed in over Leris’s feet, the wave in the water meeting the waves in the sand and smoothing out, inch by inch, the remaining evidence of the first bout. “Ready?” It was the first word Gerthe had spoken all day. The sun was just shy of its peak, bearing down on the spectators and the competitors in equal measure. It would have been different, in a proper amphitheatre: the two pairs of combatants would have regarded each other from the shaded safety of the tunnels, sizing the others up and taking the time to discuss strategy. But this was the archipelago, and one of the rimward isles besides, and the closest amphitheatre was a week’s sail away on Leshin. Here there was nothing but a patch of sand, bounded on one side by temporary wooden stands and on the other by the ocean. ➤ a full novella published online for free the same way a short story would be! ➤ secondary world fantasy about two women from the outskirts of empire, who don't fit the identities their cultures expect of them but are also out of place within the empire ➤ they're gladiators in a partnership where one in a pair of gladiators takes a "swordform" and the other wields them ➤ great characters and great worldbuilding and great reflections on identity in this context! ➤ I loved Leris and Gerthe, and Ulmo too ➤ and the Empress herself and her story is fascinating, and I can see how in a different narrative her backstory would be the focus of a heroic narrative, and I love that that's not the story we get, this isn't a "monarchy is good with the right person in charge" kind of story like so much fantasy is ➤ the narrative perspective on religion is really cool too ➤ 36k words in length

#about-empire #about-gender #about-platonicpartnership #by-filiphajdardrnovsekzorko #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-gen #length-30-40k #note-downloaded #type-fiction #➤good

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The spring wind blows, by Nineveh_uk

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41637441

Summary: When Xiao Xuan tells her of the Chiyan rebellion and that her beloved grandson Prince Qi is to die, the Grand Empress Dowager takes drastic action. ➤ omg it's NiF genfic focusing on Tai-nainai and Gao-gonggong ➤ canon divergence AU where Tai-nainai hears about the Chiyan rebellion and decides to take her own action ➤ I love how well Tai-nainai and Gao-gonggong understand each other! ➤ thanks to @aegtx@wandering.shop for the rec! ➤ 1.3k words in length

#about-canondivergence #about-rarechar #by-nineveh_uk #char-gaozhan #char-grandempressdowager #fandom-nirvanainfire #focus-& #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-gaozhan&grandempressdowager #type-fanfic

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The More You Learn, by Neery

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54254623

"Explain your human," Luo Binghe snapped. ➤ svsss canon divergence au, focused on the dynamics between mbj and lbh, with background moshang and bingqiu ➤ I love mbj's pov omg. in his own head he's so straightforward! and just doesn't feel the need to explain himself most of the time ➤ mbj internally: alright sure I'm willing to be allies with this powerful young heavenly demon. mbj out loud to lbh: nothing ➤ also holy shit mbj's pov on sqh!!! ➤ and the way he judges lbh - powerful, smarter than he expected, less unlikeable than he initially thought, still very young. awwwww <3 such a different pov on him than we usually get. ➤ I loved the whole negotiation conversation with lbh talking about wishes ➤ and holy shit mbj's pov on sqh!!! like. he's not WRONG about sqh's ability to grant wishes! I adore this way of understanding sqh's whole deal ➤ I loved this line especially: "This meant that he could now wish for them to be allies, so things were going to be all right." mbj has figured out nice and early what he needs to figure out, and everything else is for lbh's benefit! ➤ and holy shit I just put it together in the process of writing this that mbj knows things will be alright because he can WISH for them to be allies, and no matter what goes down, sqh will make it happen!!!! god that's good ➤ 3k words in length ➤ sequel to The More You Don't Know

#by-neery #char-luobinghe #char-mobeijun #fandom-svsss #focus-& #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-bookmarked #note-commented #ship-luobinghe&mobeijun #ship-luobinghe/shenqingqiu #ship-mobeijun/shangqinghua #type-fanfic #➤delightful

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