LINKDING

<blockquote>There are many definitions of intimacy. Elizabeth explores some of them in the early days of her marriage to Darcy. Author's note: Inspired by ratheralark and stultiloquinta's tumblr talk of bedsharing as a sign of honor and trust</blockquote>

<blockquote>A prompt from meri47-- what careers would each Bennet sibling have, if there were five Bennet brothers instead of sisters?</blockquote> ➤ all of this is fun but oh dang the Eli/Charlotte bit is INCREDIBLE I love it

<blockquote>(Time goes by so slowly / and time can do so much) Daystar must always destroy the barrier, enter the castle and find his father. He must always be at least sixteen years old when he did so in order to wield the sword. But what if — what if he had been sixteen years old already when the wizards cast their spells? What if Cimorene could fix it so no one had to wait very long at all? In that case, what she and Daystar would one day do need not be changed; it was only a matter of when. In which Cimorene ignores thaumaturgical convention and decides to get those sixteen years back.</blockquote>

<blockquote>One man can alter the course of history. A random encounter leads Duv Galeni to change his mind and return to Komarr.</blockquote> ➤ aaaaaa this is so great!! actually challenging the unchallenged imperialism of the original books!

<blockquote>“You must wait here,” the Highest of the High Priests told her. “We will return and bring you back to the Land of Nibiru once we have found the circlet to place upon your head.” The very mention of the circlet made the High Priest tremble with joy. Though the journey through the portal had been brief, the Land of Nibiru was many universes away from where Corrina now stood—in her own small kitchen, in her own small house. The priest looked strange, she realized, with his headdress and robe and flowing beard, next to the magnet-encrusted refrigerator and grimy cabinets and microwave that always smelled of cheese. She had not noticed the priests’ strangeness back in Nibiru. Everything was strange there. “You are the Chosen One. We are certain of it. And you will sit on the High Throne and your Rule will be benevolent and long.” He bowed low, and his long beard draped across the vinyl floor. It needed to have been swept days ago. And mopped. Cheerios clung to the long, gray strands. “Okay,” Corrina said. She was barefoot and filthy and was likely leaving foot-shaped stains on the floor from the juice of an unknown berry, oozing now off her feet. She was eleven years old. The High Priest told her this was the normal age for a Chosen One. He had read all the history books, so he knew.</blockquote> ➤ INTO IT

<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>Phasma is not afraid of Kylo Ren. Kylo Ren has issues with self-control.</blockquote> ➤ ...note author's tags on fic. The author calls this a "dead dove do not eat" sort of fic but apparently this is the dead dove I wanted

<blockquote>BURR Secretary Hamilton, belay that shouting! You protest too much, there's certainly no doubting the other figments of your own brain would agree, and so far there's been seven, plus me--but who's counting?</blockquote> ➤ HOLY CRAP. I am seriously impressed.

<blockquote>“So Benny, you know it’s traditional to bring a date to a wedding, right?”</blockquote> ➤ Vecchio and Stella's wedding

<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>"If anyone's going to overcome cultural prejudice against women of size in order to belatedly recognize Susan's inherent value as an agent and as a woman, it is by God going to be me!" Bradley Fine makes his move at last.</blockquote> ➤ This is fic for that humour movie I saw a trailer for with a woman who has never done field work being sent out as a spy and I AM SO DELIGHTED??? This fic is GREAT.

<blockquote>“I refuse to get married twice,” Sophie snapped.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After the excitement of navigating the Ulanga and plotting to blow up a boat, Rose discovers the prospect of going home to England sounds unbearably dull. Also, she misses Charlie.</blockquote> ➤ A PRESENT FOR MEEEEEE and what a great present!

<blockquote>When people ask how he met his wife, he says they exchanged cultural information at a diplomatic event. He does not mention that she beat him at logic (twice), or that afterward, they took off their clothes.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A few hours before, Steve was Captain America, flying a plane into the ice to save his country, save everyone. There's no United States of America on Earth anymore, but there's one on Mars.</blockquote> ➤ I am so into this

<blockquote>Alanna of Trebond, fresh from the convent, does not want her father to marry her off to some lord. So she goes to the Dancing Dove to see if she can hire someone to pretend to court her. She just doesn't realize she's gotten the Rogue himself. Notes: This should definitely be way angstier and full of Roger killing people and taking over the country because Alanna and Thom didn't switch places, so she wasn't there to stop him. But I went the fluffy fake dating path because that is my favorite path. I also totally made up how courting works, because I can.</blockquote> ➤ INTO ITTTT ➤ sequel ("Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean") at http://archiveofourown.org/works/2338439

<blockquote>"I have had my fill of Montague lies and found them not to my taste; may I not see if Capulet lies are the sweeter?"   Romeo's ex-girlfriend Rosa is pissed and heartbroken; Tybalt is convenient. (Based on the Hungarian musical production; Rosa's unique to it, I think.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Fantine finds work at the dragon breeding grounds of Vernon, with the help of General Georges Pontmercy and his dragon Hyacinthe.</blockquote> ➤ wip through ch 3 at time of bookmarking

<blockquote>When Fantine is introduced to another patient, a Monsieur Pontmercy, at the Hôpital de l'Hotel-Dieu, she does not know quite what to make of him. The feeling is mutual.</blockquote> ➤ !!!

<blockquote>This is an alternate chronology for The Hunger Games in which the rule about District pairs winning is introduced on the first night of the Games rather than after Rue's death.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The memorable vacation Miko had at Lake Louise.</blockquote> ➤ time-traveled older married couple Rodney and Teyla meet bb!Miko. ➤ From Miko's perspective, so we never actually find out the explanation for what's up with the time travel and so forth, and that works really very well.

<blockquote>Persephone wanted to be one of Artemis’s maidens. Hades wanted to help her avoid Zeus’s unwanted attentions. Needless to say, things didn’t go according to plan.</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>After WWI, Clive and Anne travel to Florence. It is the perfect setting for new and old romances to be understood.</blockquote> ➤ I read this just after finishing Maurice for the first time, and this fic gave me all the feels the book failed to. YES GOOD PERFECT ENDING TO THE BOOK

<blockquote>A chance encounter in the Luxembourg causes Marius to realize that, once again, he's doing everything all wrong. It's only fair that Javert gets to ruin one of Valjean's plans for once.</blockquote> ➤ MARIUS EVERYONE IS SECRETLY JUDGING YOU, NOT JUST VALJEAN ➤ or: this fic captures Marius's damnfool well-meaning idiocy PERFECTLY -- I was LITERALLY FACEPALMING all the way through ➤ OH MARIUS

<blockquote>The thing about being young is that it happens to most everyone.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"WW2 AU: Kirk gets shot down over Germany and Uhura saves him with extreme badassery". I had to tweak things for historical accuracy, but the spirit of the prompt is still there.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In a BDSM world, John meets Teyla at a secret underground vanilla club. Or: What does kink look like in a culture where what we'd call kink is standard practice?</blockquote>

<blockquote>It's acting as if it's made its choice for a new king," Telemain said. Indignation coloured his voice, as if he were personally affronted that the sword had dared do something unexpected. "But it can't be - Mendanbar is clearly, well, still alive.</blockquote> ➤ In which the Enchanted Forest becomes a republic. I CANNOT EVEN

<blockquote>A brief glimpse of the life of Sir Richard F. Burton, as seen by his manager at the "English Breakfast."</blockquote> ➤ written just for meeeee and it is just as epic as it sounds!