LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>Lan Wangji comes over and they kiss. Lan Wangji comes over and they have tea. Lan Wangji comes over and they talk. It turns out that the available study materials are contradictory and unenlightening.</blockquote> ➤ Because Of Reasons, wwx and jc are both married off to lwj after the destruction of lotus pier. wwx is blissfully happy about it; jc struggles with it on a NUMBER of fronts ➤ from jc's pov, about him figuring out how to have a successful relationship with his husband, with his place in his new sect, with his brother and co-spouse, with himself and his struggles in cultivation these days ⮞ jc's pov obviously doesn't like to think about any of these things straightforwardly, he's too busy being tsundere about everything lol ➤ I love seeing him finding his own way, figuring out how to have a life that works for him even if it isn't what he would have chosen! ➤ 17k words in length ➤ (also: fuck jkr and all, but if you also fondly remember helenish's hp fic "theft of assets, destruction of property" then this is the mdzs fic for you!)

Summary: <blockquote>In the years following the Sunshot Campaign, the mysterious, masked cultivator who’d defeated Wen Ruohan took on many identities: the Yiling Patriarch, leader of the Wen rebels, enemy of the Jin Sect, practitioner of wicked tricks. His true name was shrouded in mystery. He always wore a mask. He carried no sword; wore no clan colors or insignia. Clouds of resentful energy clung to him as he walked. But there was one thing that absolutely everyone agreed on: the Yiling Patriarch could not possibly be from the Jiang Sect. Or: a Scarlet Pimpernel/Untamed crossover featuring Wei Wuxian in disguise, Lan Wangji determined to bring the nefarious Yiling Patriarch to justice, and the hijinks that ensue when you accidentally marry your greatest enemy/love of your life.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"No, it's fine," Julian said automatically. "But, Garak, is everything all right?" "Captain Sisko wanted to see me," Garak said—which was so conspicuous a refusal to answer the question Julian had asked that it almost didn't qualify as an evasion. He pulled out the chair opposite Julian, and sat. "Captain Sisko? Why?" "Well, apparently," Garak said, "Cardassia has lodged a formal request with the Federation for my extradition." (Or: Garak has a problem. Julian marries him to fix it. Except that means Julian also has a problem, albeit of a very different kind.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Wei Ying hires Lan Zhan to landscape her third wedding. </blockquote>

<blockquote>This is intended as an educational manual and potential guide. If you are considering courting a human, the information here may give you pause. The barrier between human and demon cultures means that you may have expectations of your human partner that they cannot or will not fulfill, and they may have expectations of you that you will find distasteful or actively repellant. However, it is possible to make a human-demon relationship work, if you are both willing to cooperate and consider non-traditional possibilities. Or: Shang Qinghua and Mobei-jun pursue a political marriage. There is definitely absolutely nothing they need to unpack about this.</blockquote> ➤ cultural misunderstandings

<blockquote>It's a terrible plan. Wen Qing doesn't have to agree to it. She does anyway.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Window of Heaven captures the Ghost Valley's master. Zhou Zishu is put in charge of interrogating him. But Wen Kexing has a plan of his own…</blockquote> ➤ Love the thing where someone enters a marriage they didn't want, but takes their marriage vows seriously and is now on the side of their spouse. And even more so when the spouse knows this about them and planned it on purpose! Always delightful!!

<blockquote>Wen Qing traps Wei Wuxian in the Demon Slaughtering Cave, but Wei Wuxian isn’t interested in being the beneficiary of the Wen Remnants’ noble sacrifice. His efforts to free himself accidentally send him back to the beginning of the Sunshot Campaign. Coreless but armed with demonic cultivation, knowledge of the future and his wits, Wei Wuxian takes advantage of this opportunity to come out on top of both the war and its aftermath—before either has a chance to happen—by marrying and swiftly burying the cultivation world’s worst men. Lan Wangji is confused, hurt, and uncomfortably aroused by Wei Wuxian’s improbably elaborate series of Sect-themed bridal negligees.</blockquote> ➤ fewer black widow marriages than I expected going in! (just jgs and wrh, as makes sense)

<blockquote>Nie Huaisang snapped open his fan and covered his face. "Be careful. I'll take advantage."</blockquote> ➤ outside pov of time travel fixit! (nhs is the time traveller, jyl is the pov)

<blockquote>“Don’t think of it as marriage,” Benny tells her. “Think of it as castling.” Beth raises an eyebrow. “Am I the king or the rook in this analogy?”</blockquote> ➤ I love how well balanced this is between all the different aspects of things going on: the feelings between Beth and Benny, the working out how to make a life together (separate from the feelings), the chess, the simmering sexual attraction, the other people in Beth's life who are important to her, and Beth's understanding of herself. Really good!

<blockquote>He sinks back, closes his eyes again so he doesn’t have to look at all that red silk for a moment. He takes a deep breath. It’s done. Jiang Cheng is married. Now he just has to live with it.</blockquote> ➤ does this make any sense? I don't know but I enjoyed it anyway

<blockquote>Carrot is named King. Of the Dwarfs. He doesn't want to be king. His nomination is really just a nasty case of Ambition and Politics on the part of some upstart dwarfs. Still, he needs to be very careful how he handles this. Accepting the throne means war. Rejecting...probably also means war. Help comes from an unexpected source when Cheery Littlebottom offers up a unique proposal. If these ambitious dwarfs want a king, then maybe they should be forced to accept a queen, as well. </blockquote>

<blockquote>It’s a really unfortunate thing, developing a crush on your husband. Wei Ying had assumed this would be easy. Lan Zhan had been so icy and unpleasant to him, it had never occurred to him that he might end up spending the next however many years with this dumb, burning feeling in his chest whenever he looks at him. “Okay,” says Wei Ying. “But tell me if I…if the pretending gets to be too hard, okay?” “It will not,” says Lan Zhan, quietly certain.</blockquote> ➤ hahhhhh I read this eons ago and just kept not bookmarking it, whoops

<blockquote>Once upon a time there was a young magician, and he fell in love with a dancer.</blockquote> ➤ the one where the magician saves the dancer from death and then the two are basically stuck together to keep the dancer from dying again, and it ends up functioning kind of like a marriage of convenience? I was charmed by it

<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>If marrying Spock is what it’s going to take to get them both back on Enterprise for another five-year mission, then Jim Kirk damn well is going to marry Spock.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Luke Skywalker's parents are never going to be able to afford the college of his dreams. Luke resigns himself to community college. His best friend, Wedge, has a different idea. / Mind still scrambling for some sort of solution, Wedge asked, "Marriage? It's legal for you to get married." "And thank God for that." Luke rolled his eyes. "I don't know if you've noticed, buddy, but supreme court decision aside, there's not a lot of options for gay guys around here. Besides, how does that pitch go, marry me for the student loan debt?" "Okay," Wedge responded. </blockquote>

<blockquote>The war is over, and nobody won. With the galaxy on the verge of destruction, Poe Dameron hatches a desperate plan—go back in time. But Poe's plan quickly goes awry, and he finds himself on the run from local authorities. The only plan to keep him safe is…extreme, to say the least. / "Can't get you citizenship documents," the man muttered, his voice clearer now that it wasn't muffled by the scarf. Poe took a deep breath and forced himself to think. He looked back at his would-be rescuer. Who was shoving the scarf back from the top his head, revealing a face that Poe knew. That lots of people knew. Kriff, that everyone knew, trillions upon trillions of sapients in the galaxy would recognize that face. Luke Skywalker—as fresh-faced and young as the day he became the successful destroyer of the Death Star—was standing in front of him. Fuck. "Need a land grant to get a moisture farmer licence, can't even get you a travel visa without citizenship documents…Hm," the legend said, sighing. "Yeah. I think we're going to have to get married." </blockquote> ➤ I loved this fic so much that I read it twice in one week despite its length

<blockquote>In which Gregor Vorbarra accidentally acquires a baby.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Grandmother ruled Gir Niajra, and always had. Jummai felt certain this was so, mostly because it was impossible to imagine otherwise: anyone, anyone at all, seated so comfortably on that great golden throne except Grandmother? Anyone who could look or speak with such authority, to whom so many great and worthy people bowed down? No—only Grandmother. It had always been Grandmother, and it always would be. Then Grandmother died; and there was a war. (Or: Jummai is a princess without a throne—but she has no intention of leaving to others what is rightfully hers. She needs a wife with an army, and gets one; but her wife seems impervious to her tactical charm, she keeps making mistakes, and her cousin still wants her dead.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Jupiter Jones needs a green card. Caine Wise needs a place to live. What's a little marriage of convenience, between strangers?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Johnny Storm found him on a Friday afternoon, wearing the kind of beseeching look that filled Peter with dread. “I need to ask you a favor,” he said. “No,” Peter said, swinging away. / Peter and Johnny get married, really-not-really.</blockquote> ➤ Peter Parker and Johnny Storm

from kiki_eng's rec: <blockquote>There's an oppressive government in the U.S.A. and John and Rodney are strangers who get married so that John can be safe in Canada, and you know how that genre of fic goes, how there's tentativeness and then the couple finds common ground and they figure out that they want to be together for more than just convenience's sake and they figure out their relationship? That doesn't happen; it's a WIP. They meet and they're awkward and tentative and then there's just... no more fic. </blockquote> ➤ but what a great premise and beginning! I'm glad it exists even in this abandoned state

➤ the one where John is Rodney's mail order bride

<blockquote>Margaret and Mr. Thornton gradually get to know each other better. With conversation, balls, politics, and Fanny.</blockquote> ➤ wip through ch. 9A ➤ 9A is not linked from the rest of the fic, so it is at https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/130167.html ➤ also an author's note and semi-scrapped chapter at https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/130317.html ➤ also on ao3 up to ch3 (so not nearly all that exists) here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4921414

➤ basically the sga version of a Marriage Law Challenge fic.

➤ In which Diana marries Bruce for reasons of convenience, proceeds to be awesome, and then finds out about the whole Batman thing.

➤ In which Clark marries Lex for legal working status in the US.

➤ Au, I think? In that Clark and Lex didn't know each other growing up. ➤ Anyways, marriage of convenience! In which they marry secretly so that Lex can get some inheritance.

➤ based on a romance-novel cover. In which Duncan marries Methos in order to avoid having to marry Kalas