LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>In which Lan Wangji attempts to reconcile who he thought he would be with who he is.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shang Qinghua accidentally brings Luo Binghe in as a disciple of An Ding Peak instead of Qing Jing Peak. Thankfully, there don't seem to be any requirements that he step up and become the new villainous mentor figure, so he decides to ignore the problem until further notice. Luo Binghe looking up to him is a dangerous sign. But as long as he keeps young Luo Binghe and Mobei-Jun away from each other, everything should be fine, right?</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Shen Qingqiu drew Shen Yuan’s soul sword, it felt like being burned from the inside out. The fire wasn’t cruel, but it was still fire—hot and destructive, searing the softest pieces of him. When Binghe’s fingers touch the hilt, he is ready for pain. Transmigrated into a version of Proud Immortal Demon Way where cultivators manifest their own souls into spiritual weapons, Shen Yuan finds himself sort of kind of…accidentally blackmailing Shen Qingqiu into taking him on as a disciple before Luo Binghe joins the sect. / That should give Shen Yuan plenty of opportunities to make sure nothing goes wrong for his favorite protagonist, right? RIGHT!? A story of twists, turns, hope, despair, and soul swords.</blockquote> ➤ interesting worldbuilding!

<blockquote>Lan Zhan stops in front of one of the bespoke duplicates— a male figure, small, creamy-skinned and lithe. The name on the plinth reads Mo Xuanyu. Lan Zhan tested it on his first pass through the room. The doll was empty. No signals bouncing around its artificial brain, no operating programs queued to autostart. Not even a blinking dormancy light. "Hey big guy," says Mo Xuanyu, chrome eyes sparkling with fun. "Who do I gotta fuck around here to get unplugged?" / Wei Ying is a rogue AI come to life. Lan Zhan is… handling it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shen Qingqiu stood at the edge of the cliff, his back lit up by the fiery light of the Endless Abyss. The blood from the wound on his chest spilled out between his fingers, splattering onto the shattered remains of Xiu Ya laying at his feet. When he looked up, his expression was half-wild with the heat of battle, shoulders heaving with his ragged breaths, and his eyes, which were normally like green jade, glowed blood red- -The very same red shining from the demon mark etched onto his forehead. Or: Shen Qingqiu is the protagonist of PIDW</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sansa finds it difficult to look at Jon’s face, with its weathered lines and cragginess. It is the face of the North and a face that northerners trust; the face of Sansa’s brothers and her father, who had been loved and respected by their tenants as their forefathers had been when they were kings. How can Sansa feel anything but resentment, looking into that face and knowing that all of her years of hard work will never earn her the respect that that profile engenders within seconds? But she does. It is a small, burning coal of something that must be smothered.</blockquote>

<blockquote>N’Jadaka didn’t believe in the gods of his people. But belief was not a prerequisite of the gods’ attention, and the blood of the Panther tribe ran in N’Jadaka’s veins. Bast took hold of his soul in her mighty jaws and lifted it free of his body. She gave him a warning shake, just as she would a misbehaving kitten, and set him back. With one careful claw, she tweaked his path through time into a twisting loop. Wayward and abandoned though he was, N’Jadaka was still of her tribe. He could set things right, if given the chance. Erik gets a do-over. Erik gets a lot of do-overs. Or: Erik Killmonger's own personal version of Groundhog Day, only with a lot more murder, dying, trips to the ancestral plane, awkward family conversations, and divine intervention.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The war is over and Bodhi Rook has been away from Jedha for too long. It’s time to go home. He winds up with an unexpected passenger. A love story between two people and a place, about all the different meanings of home.</blockquote> ➤ (and then a sequel about finding & rescuing Rey, and then a meta post describing the events that led to this au) ➤ Series consists of: Stone and Sand Different Deserts For Those That Read Stone and Sand

<blockquote>Yuri Plisetsky will never step out of Victor's shadow. Not if Victor has anything to do with it. Or, the epic Nikiforov-Plisetsky rivalry in the run-up to the 2018 Olympic Games.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“This is like some kinda bad dream,” Ironhide said aloud. “No,” Cyclonus said, low and harsh. “But it will be.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>"The vows were short, perfunctory; Clarke was asked to say I do, and she did. There were rings, too: Bellamy’s fingers were warm against her hand when he slipped a ring on her finger, and she put a ring on his. They were instructed to kiss. His lips were dry, pressing against her mouth for a moment, and that was it. They were done. She was a wife, and her husband was a stranger." AU. Clarke winds up in an arranged marriage with Bellamy.</blockquote>

<blockquote>That night on the parapet, Valjean forces Javert to live. Some time later, Javert finds himself returning the favor.  "Do you think," Javert said slowly, in a tone that perhaps meant to mock but trembled with another emotion entirely, "that once you have saved a life, you must also save that man's soul?" "I know nothing of saving souls," Valjean said. "My soul was bought for God, not saved. But it is my belief that you are better than the fate to which you have consigned yourself."</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Leonard McCoy is kidnapped and held for ransom, Jim Kirk and the Enterprise crew have no idea that the kidnapping is connected to McCoy's past as a young doctor on Tarsus IV.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The night that his research partner (and sort-of ex) shows up at his apartment with a gun, Carlos decides to take a mysterious but exceptionally well funded two-year research posting in a town called Night Vale. A story in which Night Vale is there for the people who need it, Cecil's propensity to wear his innocent heart on his sleeve is perceived as a threat (until it isn't) and no one is allowed to hurt the Scientist. No one.</blockquote> ➤ I was wary when this fic introduced Cecil with sweatervests and sleeve tattoos (...that particular headcanon seems to go along with fics/arts/ideas I'm not into) but no turns out this fic is awesome ➤ ALSO it's an asexual romance that DOESN'T involve the romance partners engaging in sexual activity but instead involves the sexual partner being extremely respectful of the asexual partners boundaries! ➤ Also this is the fic with the Orphanarians and the invisible orphan lab assistant ➤ as of bookmarking it says it's one chapter short of being finished but it reads as finished as it is so I'm guessing it's just an epilogue coming.

<blockquote>Arthur is just a boy when he realises that he gets excited from bridling his horse. When he's older, he steals a bridle and uses it to pleasure himself. One day, Merlin finds the bridle and offers to help him. As their mutual play develops, Arthur becomes Pony, Merlin's horse, and Merlin becomes his groom. Together they learn about love, responsibility and the value of service.</blockquote> ➤ read it because of the following note by someone on pinboard: <blockquote>[Note: THIS IS THE BEST PONYPLAY STORY YOU WILL EVER READ. VERY POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE MERLIN STORY EVER. I AM NOT KIDDING.]</blockquote> ➤ and indeed it is good! Although I have vague memories of a rather excellent ponyplay story from sga? so I don't know if I can count this as the best ponyplay I've ever read

➤ the one where Rodney's supposed to fix the machinery of heaven but it turns out that although the king really wants it fixed nobody else does because it gives him absolute power (it's some sort of weapon thing). ➤ Also the escape involves a chicken. Also there's coffee beans and a ZPM that need to get left behind. ➤ the sex scenes seem pretty superfluous, and I'm deeply curious what's going to go on with the politics of the place after SGA-1 leaves, but the fic is also very enjoyable as is.