LINKDING

Summary: I was not in kemmer. He would always be. He had said to me once that my people were single, whole, undivided. But now we would now always be in a pair, ourselves and the other, the inside and the out, the left hand and the right hand. ➜ yuletide fic, for The Left Hand of Darkness ➜ Genly and Estraven, post-canon, from Estraven's pov ➜ suffused with this unshakeable sense of the connection between the two of them in a really gorgeous way ➜ what a perfect coda to canon! ➜ 2k words in length

Summary: After a miserable year in Seoul, Bong-hwan finds a way back to Joseon. When she returns everything is very different from how she left it. ➤ post-canon Mr Queen fanfic ➤ wherein Bong-hwan finds a way to return to Joseon, this time by swapping bodies with a maid ➤ just a bunch of charming fun as Bong-hwan navigates a better understanding of herself and her desires, in the context of a role with very little access to power ➤ I love how good-hearted Bong-hwan is, and how comfortably herself she is at all times! ➤ 41k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"...Before, the angel’s identity and mission had always been simple. For that matter, its identity and its mission had always been one and the same. It had been Study, or it had been Mincha, or it had been Comfort. Whatever it was, it was, wholly. In every moment it had known that it was exactly what it was meant to be. Like a single pure note sounding. Lately it felt like a whole chord – maybe several instruments at once, some of which might be dissonant – and it couldn’t be sure which way the chord would resolve. Every moment seemed to bring a new revelation of who and what it had become..."</blockquote> ➤ a lovely post-canon fic about Uriel after When The Angels Left the Old Country, as its relationship with Ash evolves but remains the cornerstone of its life ➤ also full of Jewish geekery (as the tags of the fic say too!) which feels so right for fic of this book! ➤ 3k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>OK, what I’ve just realised is: I’m not the only one this can ever have happened to, right? I mean, if swapping bodies through time and space like this is a Thing, then surely it can’t only be me and poor old Kim So Yong who ever aligned just the right way to trigger it? So, I’ve decided to write all this down in case maybe someone finds it and it’s useful. You know how in science fiction and fantasy dramas in like the second act the hot geeky member of the team will be like ‘Oh, I went into the archive and found this document that conveniently explains all the plot events so far and tells us what to do next’? This will be that document. You’re welcome, hot geek.</blockquote> ➤ have I watched Mr Queen? no I have not. but I HAVE had friends tell me about it and that's nearly as good, in that it means I could read this fic and understand and appreciate it ➤ Jang Bong Hwan is writing down maxims about how to survive the experience of bodyswapping through time and space, for reference for future people in the same situation ➤ Jang Bong Hwan gets a little off topic. a lot. ➤ Jang Bong Hwan loves Cheoljong so much! ➤ delightful and charming throughout, such an engaging and endearing narrative voice ➤ 7k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>When I woke that morning, it was with the bone deep surety that kemmer was upon me.</blockquote> ➤ another Left Hand of Darkness fic!!! just as good as the other one! god I love fandom ➤ genly and estraven on the ice, while estraven is in kemmer; a classic premise ➤ this one is so sweet and loving, so full of genly being obtuse about things but trying so hard regardless, and estraven wanting him despite it all! ➤ 2k words in length

no summary ➤ fic for The Left Hand of Darkness, set generations after canon! ➤ a young person of Gethen dreams of journeying out to join the rest of the Ekumen; their parent tells them the story of the Envoy and of Estraven ➤ I love this outside perspective on the characters we know and love from canon, and what must have/might have happened to them, and the stories they've become in the generations since! ➤ the original characters are wonderful also, bringing a great dynamic to the discussion of what it means to be a Gethenian vs an Outsider, and to the consideration of what a story means and what it means to tell that story ➤ yuletide always brings fabulous left hand of darkness fics and this one is no exception! ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"Anne had thought herself quite finished with wanting, but this want, once stumbled upon, would not quietly lay itself down in the grave with the others." Eight years changes a person, but not beyond all recognition. Fred Wentworth and Anne Elliot, years after a final break, find that they are more alike, in some respects, than they thought before.</blockquote> ➤ a rewrite of Persuasion featuring butch 4 butch Anne/Frederick ➤ god it's so GOOD and I am so EMOTIONAL about it ➤ I love all the ways in which it is both the same and different, the ways their identities affect the things they do and the choices they make ➤ and I mentioned in an earlier post how meaningful it is to be able to see gender non-conforming people like me in historical fiction, living their lives, finding ways to be happy, finding their community. shaking hands with them across time. I see you and you see me. ➤ making Persuasion specifically be the story told is so perfect too because of how it's about getting to know yourself better when you've had time to grow up more ➤ also there's lots of excellently-researched historical content ➤ and lots of feels ➤ READ IT READ IT READ IT ➤ it's such a lovely ending and I nearly cried about it ➤ 47k words in length

<blockquote>I had not told anyone in Estre I was coming. I hadn’t known how, or what I would say. In Gethen there is no fear of being turned away, left standing at the gate. There will always be a welcome in a hearth, for a person with a shadow.</blockquote> ➤ it turns out Therem isn't dead!

<blockquote>All records of communication between Starfleet Cadet Therem Harth rem ir Estraven and Ashe Foreth rem ir Osboth are hereby sealed, by order of Argaven XV.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Mate? As in one you copulate with for the purpose of reproduction?” “No! I mean, it could be that, but, no! It’s more like… you know, a marriage.” A-Spen blinked at her curiously. “I do not know. What is ‘marriage?’” - A snapshot of A-Spen and Willa, on a fro-yo date.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I won’t leave you alone, Lord Estraven,” Genly said. “I’m afraid you’re stuck with me. In exile or at home. On the Ice or at the hearth.”</blockquote> ➤ just the right vibe to fit the book

<blockquote>A few small vignettes on the initial meeting and increasing connection between Genly and Therem. I greatly appreciated the prompt about the evolution of their relationship, and wanted to play with some of the things that struck me on my recent umpteenth re-reading of the book.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Computron is invited to a HyperWarp fan convention!</blockquote>

<blockquote>Two weeks before the premiere of the highly anticipated second season of Hyperdimension Warp Record, bjornruffian visits the Simak Robotics Museum twice within forty eight hours, a significant statistical anomaly when compared with average attendance figures for the attraction. It has been many years since the museum was last a centre of technological excellence. Computron is not programmed to understand this behaviour. At first, he is not aware that bjornruffian has visited his living space at all - bjornruffian is identified within the Warp Record fandom by their distinctive, superior art style and stylised icons featuring Cyro and Ellison in various action poses, and not by their human facial features or the arrangement thereof. Therefore, Computron only becomes aware of their presence through an instant message, sent some minutes after his scheduled shutdown time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Genly and Estraven have long talks on the way to Osborth.</blockquote> ➤ (on the meaning of fatherhood)

<blockquote>Experimental faster-than-light travel sends Genly ten years into his own past, onto the Gobrin Ice.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Therem,” Genly said to me, “you’re trembling.” I looked at my shaking hands. I was too tired to try and maintain shifgrethor. “I was afraid you might die.” “There’s a good chance I might yet,” Genly said, “we’ve got four hundred miles to go.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>I’ve done all this before. Hundreds of times, every morning since I was made captain.</blockquote> ➤ does not end with the time loop resolved

<blockquote>Daphne and Osgood, from Havana to Tijuana and back again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The past month and a half had been no saga, no epic journey worthy of telling. He’d believed that what was happening to him would be the rest of his life. It hadn’t. Nusuth; a wave of a hand, to recreate the snow untrodden. Therem survives crossing the border but spends some time detained in Orgoreyn. Genly gets him back.</blockquote>

<blockquote>At the end of his life, retired Stabile of the Ekumen Genly Ai shares a part of his story on Gethen that he never told.</blockquote> ➤ Wow, that was really good. Did an amazing job of feeling like something that fits with canon

<blockquote>The first thing he does, when everyone is dead, is listen.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After the roc's prophecy threatens to separate them forever, Sylvi works to get Ebon back and save the kingdom.</blockquote> ➤ Haven't yet read Pegasus because I hear it really really needs a sequel that doesn't (yet) exist, but this is fixit fic for the cliffhanger ending of Pegasus and it's lovely on its own

<blockquote>Therem Harth rem ir Estraven. Estraven the Traitor. “A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness</blockquote>

<blockquote>Zeiat is determined to find out how humans reproduce. Sphene doesn't really help.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Do you anticipate not being worried?" "Over you? Never."</blockquote> ➤ does what it says on the tin. I was a little confused by the timeline but still an enjoyable fic

<blockquote>“Is that you, Mrs. Fielding?” said Osgood. “Sure,” said Jerry.</blockquote> ➤ idk how well I've tagged this for what it is but I've done my best

<blockquote>A Halál/der Tod because what happens when death kisses death oooo (I'm so sorry)</blockquote> ➤ a three-sentence kiss fic that is longer than three sentences

<blockquote>In his prison cell, a dozen years after his crime, Luigi Lucheni has an unexpected visitor.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Lukeni commits suicide and it is Death. </blockquote> ➤ fic in Russian which I am reading with the assistance of Google Translate, so of course it's made a terrible hash of things and so I am not even sure I'm following it correctly? ➤ BUT it is Death/Lucheni fic, of which more needs to exist!