LINKDING

Summary: It was easy to want what you couldn't have. Ever since her father had told her that she was destined for the royal harem, Jian Lan had been confident she'd make it to the rank of consort. But she'd also known that, in the meantime, she'd be having a passionate love affair with some unsuitable man around the palace. ➤ TGCF fic about the era after xianle falls to yong'an, when Jian Lan finds work in a brothel ➤ Jian Lan's perspective on her developing relationship with Feng Xin ➤ I love the sharpness, the awkwardness, the quiet ground-down miseries - and yet the grasping onto what hope and beauty and love that can be found in the midst of it all ➤ Jian Lan and Feng Xin are doing their best! I'm emotions ➤ and I love the gentle femdom that Jian Lan leans into when Feng Xin's women issues make it challenging for them to have sex <3 ➤ 5k words in length

<blockquote>…the data collected in year four of the study were influenced by unique environmental pressures when off-planet migration introduced variations in the sonic environment. The researcher attempted to control for these variations by… </blockkquote> ➤ YESSSSSSSS ➤ (fic about a researcher studying the crystal foxes!)

<blockquote>Costis Ormentiedes swore to serve the king and his god, and he took that oath seriously. (Un)fortunately, so did the god.</blockquote> ➤ I had a hundred thousand feelings about this fic and it was amazing, I love these rare fics that focus on the importance of a platonic relationship, especially a complicated one like Eugenides and Costis. This fic also does a great job of having the gods exactly the right degree of involved for this fandom: they're definitely meddling but like, plausibly deniably, and also not in a way that's comfortable for anyone. Overall incredible! But also I am personally hurt that the legendary Kamet-and-Costis are willingly separated, apparently permanently :(

<blockquote>Pi'maat - (n.) family, kin; lit. small clan. [Vulcan Language Institute] Notes: 10/29/2018 - I updated the name of this series because as it goes on, it's less and less about the war and more about a group of people trying to get by in an imperfect universe. Thus, family, to be interpreted how you like.</blockquote> ➤ marriage of convenience between two oc vulcans, with reflections on trauma (mental and physical) and relationships ➤ series consists of: Kal'i'farr heh T'naehm Let'thieri Khaf-spol t'M'aih Yel-nel-dath Masu-kastra Gol-tor Kal'uk Nash-veh Kwi'kusut Sarlah Nash-veh Dvin-tor

<blockquote>Simon doesn't remember.</blockquote> ➤ au of what happens post-chip. I have a lot of feelings on Simon's behalf since he doesn't know what he ought to be feeling!!!!

<blockquote>Food and love have a lot in common. Leia learns how to cook. This takes some time.</blockquote> ➤ three times Leia cooks with someone else

<blockquote>"I really wanted something different for us." She thought of her daydreams of the two of them flying across the galaxy together, carefree at last. - Star Wars: Bloodline </blockquote>

<blockquote>How Anna Newland made herself at home in Chicago.</blockquote>

<blockquote>An answer to the prompt: Write a quick story of falling in love for each of Tamora Pierce's the Circle of Magic characters.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The mule nipped at Marjan’s hand as she burdened it with her packs. She pushed its nose away, careful not to hurt it. She needed the mule to be well. Her life — and her unborn child’s — depended on it. She led the mule outside the stable and carefully latched the door behind them. She didn’t want the other animals to suffer from the cold. Bad enough she was stealing the mule. She didn’t want Iresna and Gavek to lose anything else.</blockquote> ➤ in which women born with a special mark can do magic, but only if with their mother or their daughter. And this sort of magic has been outlawed, so it is dangerous to have a daughter as a marked woman. I liked that the in-laws in this story are good people!

<blockquote>"The king is dead," says Samuels. "Long live the king." A story about fealty and destiny, spies and secrets, and the things we do to hold onto power.</blockquote> ➤ okay this one actually is as good as frostfire's fic, though in different ways. I'll probably still reread frostfire's fic more often though because it's shorter

<blockquote>George had only ever taken one trip without Millie, in the fall of 1951. A letter had arrived from the army asking him to fly to New Mexico.</blockquote> ➤ part 2 http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/in-joy-knowing-the-abyss-behind-part-2/

<blockquote>For never was there a tale of more woe; than this of Juliet & her Romeo.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Force whispers in its ageless voice, its touch peaceful and lulling against Vader’s ancient soul, “Tell me your biggest regrets.” Or the five times Anakin traveled back in time with the intention of making things better, and the one time that it actually worked.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Five times Caine got Stinger out of a bar fight (and one time Caine got into one).</blockquote>

<blockquote>Cool was the breeze in the evening, along the darkened street. The city was retiring, closing shutters at every suite. But even in that stillness, you could hear the faintest sound, Of the music that was playing -      playing, swaying - The music faintly playing from the jazz band underground.</blockquote> ➤ The Highwayman rewritten in the prohibition era! In very good verse in the style of the original!

<blockquote>Nurse Angelica always dreamed of a day when Julia and Tybalt would be happy, surrounded by children and with loving spouses to stand between them. Now that that day has finally come, she can no longer avoid a conversation she's long deflected. A fix-it of sorts, inspired by drcalvin's "Gallant offers ill-delivered."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Fantine goes out to a dance with Tholomyès, and meets an angry young man.</blockquote> ➤ first in a continuing series (Less Miserable, of which all is great series consists of: Angels and Devils A Smaller Surprise Behind the Curtain A More Joyous End Joint Venture

<blockquote>Darcy's impotent.</blockquote> ➤ okay but this is actually amazing???

<blockquote>Simon used to be afraid of getting lost. A collection of missing scenes from the events of Memory.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Valancy was reading when he came in, curled in the shape of a comma next to the fireplace with the book tucked close to the curve of her body.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Valancy always thought letters quite wonderful</blockquote> ➤ letters from Valancy to all sorts of the various people in her life. HOW PERFECT

<blockquote>due South "Victoria's Secret" vid. Now with Polar Bears!</blockquote>

<blockquote>When she wakes early and notices that her father is gone, Cosette slips out alone in hopes of finding some sign of Marius.</blockquote> ➤ NO COME BACK THIS SHIP REALLY WORKS

<blockquote>Favourite is used to putting on a happy face, but as the years go on and new lovers show up and old friends come back, she starts to question that habit.</blockquote> ➤ aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh everything about this is perfect and beautiful and so SAD in that making-the-best-of-things sort of way char-wailschar- ➤ I am so glad this fic exists because YES.

<blockquote>No one noticed the one man who left the city gates on foot, following a flock of starlings winging towards Mantua. A sequel of sorts to sail upon the bosom of the air: a few things that might have happened next.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For drcalvin: "do write us crackfic where Mercutio gives everyone in Verona sexually transmitted wings!" Less...cracky than originally intended. More of a fairytale fix-it. Where everyone in Verona has sexually transmitted wings.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For the kinkmeme, prompt is "blood, love and rhetoric, either concurrent or consecutive." Prompt elaboration is: "Les Mis is all blood, love, and rhetoric, you see." So I tried to do the compulsory elements with absolutely zero Stoppard. And with Marius and Cosette with kidz.</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Gaila escapes from the Syndicate a little earlier than she planned, she finds an unexpected companion - a Vulcan Starfleet commander.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Grantaire and Eponine get drunk and have sex while roleplaying as Marius and Enjolras, respectively.</blockquote> ➤ damn, how to tag pairings when the sex is one thing but the feelings are other things entirely?