LINKDING

<blockquote>"They don't want it to be real," Laurent says. He touches lightly, with his fingertips, where he's written LOVE WINS. "They want us to sell them a fantasy, and they want just enough reality that they can pretend it might happen to them, one day."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I don't mess with the fae," Otabek says. "I'm not asking you to mess with them," JJ flat-out lies.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"No, see, we've all been trained a certain way. The training system is traditional; it's centuries old. Nobody taught you. You ballist like it's got nothing to do with war at all." A sleepy, extraordinary smile crawls over Victor's face. "Nobody else does it like that. That's why we're going to win."</blockquote> ➤ I don't know if it quite works for me as a YoI fic, but as an origfic it's GREAT, I adore the worldbuilding, I would read more set in this world! (and in fact can and have, the sequel is Gravity, ft. arranged marriage for Otabek and Yuri P.!)

<blockquote>A selection from the Private Diary of Sir James Martin of Martindale. Concerning Peas, Friendship, the state of Blessed Matrimony, and several wonders of Modern Medicine.</blockquote> ➤ a ridiculous and charming story from the pov of the most cheerfully and amiably oblivious person in the world

<blockquote>He's sitting in a car with all of his belongings in the back seat and his hands wrapped around the steering wheel, admitting to himself that a stupid, dizzy firework of a one-night-stand with a man he'd barely known is one of the only bright memories he has right now. [In which Enjolras and Grantaire make some music, make some terrible decisions, and make a habit out of doing everything in the wrong order.]</blockquote> ➤ the grantaire-pov remix of The People Sing by littledust

<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>"Laurent's no use in a jaeger. Not any more," said Aimeric, soft and matter-of-fact. "He's broken."</blockquote>

<blockquote>All blame and praise for this go to Aimee, who put up with me saying 'hahaha can you imagine what a Swan Princess AU would be like?' and then asked me enough questions that I swore at her and then started writing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A collection of short ficlets posted on tumblr in response to prompts. Mostly Damen/Laurent, but highly varied in content!</blockquote> ➤ a fun collection

<blockquote>"You're lying," Damen says. "You walked into Akielos and stole something from me." Damen visits Vere, Laurent prepares to leave it, and declarations are made before witnesses.</blockquote> ➤ latest in au series

<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>Some people say that there were two bloodbaths. There was Jurassic World itself, and then there was what came after. Claire Dearing and the art of survival.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I am forced to admit," said Lucilla Marjoribanks, holding the magical sword firmly with both hands, "that this is somewhat removed from my sphere of expertise."</blockquote> ➤ Best fic idea, best crossover idea, WHAT A GOOD. The one where Lucilla incites a confrontation with the fairies who have been running roughshod over her neighbourhood.

<blockquote>Here's the thing about Napoleon Solo: he only values something if he's stolen it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Or: five projects that Knives Chau regretted letting Darren Nichols talk her into.</blockquote> ➤ HOW IS THIS SO GOOD, HOW DOES IT WORK SO WELL

AU based on the following: <blockquote>Because it was impossible, he allowed himself to imagine, just once, what it would be like to face Laurent as a man...if there had been no animosity between their countries, Laurent journeying to Akielos as part of an embassy, Damen's attention superficially caught by the blond hair. They'd attend banquets and sports together, and Laurent...he had seen Laurent with those he cultivated, charming and edged without being lethal; and he was honest enough with himself to admit that if he had encountered Laurent in that mode, all golden lashes and needling remarks, he might well have found himself in some danger.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"It would be very irresponsible of our husbands and wives to let us go wandering, in what must be an enchanted forest, without their close supervision. It's nearly certain that we are married to each other."</blockquote>

<blockquote>This was a pinch-hit for the Multiverse crossover ficathon, and the request was 'Rodney McKay & the Doctor'. Which I had fun with, even if I did give myself a headache hammering out the two separate-but-interweaving chronological threads :)</blockquote> ➤ auuuugh oh I love this, and I love how as Rodney's timeline progresses he gets more stable and happy, whereas the last we see of the Doctor is him in the middle of the Time War and OUCH. ➤ also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/522052

<blockquote>Elinor remembered the slow drift from humanity to wild animal, like falling asleep listening to music until only the drumbeat remained.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I enjoyed the film a lot, but I was most interested in the whole idea of translating a mythology into a functioning other-planet society full of people. So I wondered what the goddess Freyja (responsible for love, and fertility, and apparently also cats) would become if you translated her, and also what a fertility specialist does all day in a society that is clearly warrior-centric.</blockquote> http://archiveofourown.org/works/218384

➤ in which Fraser and Geoffrey are cousins, and Fraser and the Rays come to visit. Unfinished snippet