LINKDING

Summary: Final Paper for HIST-232, 19th Century Europe. Profile a change agent from between 1790-1910. Describe their influence on their social or political surroundings, and attempt to analyze the limits and drives behind their actions. // Temeraire's career, after the war. ➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire ➜ in the form of a student's essay written centuries later about Temeraire's political career after the war ➜ absolutely delightful, the things you can see about what the standard narrative about Temeraire must have been, that this student is trying to upend! ➜ and it's so right about Temeraire, too....his temperament is revolutionary but he loves money too much to be in favour of any politics that might lead to him having less of it ➜ also, love the very Student Essay nature of it, with most of the footnoted sources leading back to a single book, lol ➜ 1k words in length

Summary: A grim narrative of fraud, deception, false advertising, murders, robberies, puttings in fear and operating without a Board of Trade Certificate. ➜ yuletide fic - for the song Barrett's Privateers ➜ omg it's an outside pov of the events of the song, told through the medium of correspondence and other written records in relation to the ship the Antelope. and it's SO GOOD ➜ I love the way all these letters build up such a picture of what happened! and there are so many fun details ➜ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Mel during the Wars, told through the eyes of a tattoo artist.</blockquote> ➤ fic for Robin McKinley's novel "Sunshine" featuring Mel and Mel's tattoo artist! ➤ told through the notes kept by the tattoo artist on each tattoo associated with Mel ➤ Such a great glimpse into Mel's side of Sunshine's world! ➤ 1k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Wednesday nights at Cloud Recesses strip club are always a little weird, but usually they're not this /horny/. Whatever Wei Ying and Lan Zhan get up to, Mianmian is /not/ going to be the one to clean it up.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I feel like I’m trapped in an abusive relationship with this work. Why won’t it let me leave?” - Peerless Cucumber, Chapter 1273, Proud Immortal Demon Way. An analysis of the unending cycle of hope and disappointment visible in the comments left by User PeerlessCucumber. Why does Cucumber keep having semi-positive expectations, in what ways are they killed off, and how intentionally was this done by Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky?</blockquote> ➤ in-universe meta about pidw and peerless cucumber as a commenter

<blockquote>Berenene and Ishabal talk in the immediate aftermath of The Will of the Empress.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Guardian's cultural critic Leslie Shoemaker analyses the first few episodes of "The Revival of English Magic," a new BBC One television drama focusing on the life and times of esteemed magicians Jonathan Strange and Gilbert Norrell. Article originally published on Oct. 23, 2019.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It is with an exasperated sigh that I introduce you to an official thread for this guy. We've discussed it and we've decided that this is the only way we can stop you guys from derailing threads to complain about this guy. By mod decree, all Mr Fell complaining, griping, bitching, grousing, and miscellaneous butthurt now belongs in THIS THREAD AND THIS THREAD ONLY. The forumgoers of The Codex, a forum for rare book hunters, come to some very interesting conclusions about the personal life of one Mr Fell of Soho.</blockquote>

<blockquote>London’s antique enthusiasts and rare lit nerds alike know that if you’re looking for a specific vintage or antique book, you have a good chance of ending up in A.Z. Fell & Co. as a last resort. And if you’ve ever been in (or are currently in) this predicament, you know how much of an absolute nightmare it is trying to even get in the door. Luckily, this handy guide, the fruit of a months-long collaborative effort to create the perfect formula for gaming the A.Z. Fell system, will tell you everything you need to know, complete with a comprehensive breakdown of what, exactly, the opening hours are. Compiled by pageknight and inky of the Rare Antique Forums.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Buzzfeed, July 2019, "Top Five Off-the-Wall Theories About the Scary Instagram Plant Man"</blockquote>

<blockquote>A rare book collector posting on a niche internet forum is dismayed to discover the last missing book is only available at the best worst bookshop in London.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Dan had thought the Brock Report was great and that Eddie Brock was the coolest man in San Francisco. He still, painfully, kind of thinks this.</blockquote> ➤ love the outside pov on Eddie&Venom

<blockquote>Teddy Bhaer had spoken to many people before, but this time, he spoke candidly about his own grief.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Quantum Fountain pulls smoothly into the space station dock.</blockquote>

<blockquote>We may never know the true origins of Diana of Themyscira.</blockquote> ➤ the highlander-style Watcher pov on Diana

<blockquote>To whoever matched me on NASA RPF and didn't just now default, you are my hero.</blockquote>

<blockquote>13 headlines.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Everyone in the neighborhood knew that Alice's husband went to Mars and Alice moved out one day, renting the house to another blonde woman, who was coincidentally also named Alice. ...didn't she?</blockquote>

<blockquote>write a first order pool report about kylo ren and general hux dating</blockquote> ➤ this is apparently about something called a "press pool" which I had to google to understand but now this fic makes much more sense

<blockquote>Every few months, Beata makes the 400 km trip from Reestkii to Niima Station to pick up any children orphaned or stranded with the scavengers. Every few months, one child refuses to leave.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kent – I hope you’re as excited by the new school year as I am.  We’re so glad to have little Clark back at Smallville Elementary!  I’m sure he’s going to love second grade.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A recently uncovered letter by British captain John Aubrey solves one part of the Gros mystery that has puzzled art historians for over half a century.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There is a man who hates Captain Lord Ivan Vorpatril, with a deep and enduring, grinding passion. He’s never met Ivan Vorpatril, but he bears him a blinding malice. Every morning this man puts on his uniform and goes to work. And he spends the day hating his predecessor. This man is the new aide-de-camp to Admiral Desplains.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After the fall of the barricades, Enjolras' mother finds a series of letters her late son wrote to a mysterious R. It was curious, Adélaïde thought, how little she had known of her only child. Though perhaps curious was not the right word. Standing in the small, cramped room she had not known her son had rented, surrounded by books and pamphlets she had not known he had cared to read, she reached out and touched the strange little bundle of letters on his desk and wondered what further secrets they might reveal.</blockquote>

➤ alien dude's pov of Kass' "Think of Atlantis" alien sex ritual fic. ➤ amaaaaazing outsider pov

➤ told from an extremely alien perspective, different enough that attempts at communication are hopeless and the aliens cause a lot of harm to the humans. ➤ fascinating but sad. ➤ sequel is Land Mines (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/96973.html) but I'm not as interested in that fic

➤ outsider perspective on R thought dead for years and J gone all stiff and unhappy and unlikeable. happy ending

<blockquote>aka RPS for Puddle Jumpers</blockquote>

<blockquote>This is highly irregular, thinks the lab table as lcjsheppard unbuckles dmrmckay's pants and shoves him against its surface. The lights running up its legs flash in irritation but neither of the humans notice. I am a finely calibrated instrument! I could calculate your mass within a zeptolark! I've won awards, many many -- Dmrmckay's squishy bits press against the table top. Ew.</blockquote>

https://web.archive.org/web/20080115063348/http://trinityofone.unrealwords.com:80/eightways.html <blockquote>Heightmeyer is the first to find out. She finds out because Rodney tells her. He relates the conversation that followed the revelation of his revelation at their next session: John: You outed us to your shrink? Rodney: Right, because she's known to be such a blabbermouth!</blockquote>