LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>Shen Jiu loses his memories while out on a mission, and gets himself adopted into a minor sect in some obscure countryside. Five years pass before his fellow Peak Lords find him again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Some scholars of resentment believed that strong enough resentment could bind souls together, both before and after death. Some further believed that, were this resentment to be tempered with some other powerful emotional energy, it could become magnified to the point that it could bend the laws of the natural world, even those governing space and time. Or, Jin Guangyao and Nie Huaisang find themselves thrown back in time to the end of the Sunshot Campaign, each determined to outmaneuver and destroy the other. Their schemes don't quite have the effects they anticipated.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shang Qinghua accidentally brings Luo Binghe in as a disciple of An Ding Peak instead of Qing Jing Peak. Thankfully, there don't seem to be any requirements that he step up and become the new villainous mentor figure, so he decides to ignore the problem until further notice. Luo Binghe looking up to him is a dangerous sign. But as long as he keeps young Luo Binghe and Mobei-Jun away from each other, everything should be fine, right?</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Wei Ying plans his return to the theater world (again) and a-Yuan moves in.</blockquote> ➤ I adore everyone in this fic, I love that everyone gets arcs, either relational or professional, and half the relationship arcs are platonic; and I love how much they all care about each other and support each other in their various ways! (and I love that nhs's arc is about his relationship with himself and his identity?)

<blockquote>The original Shen Qingqiu suffers a severe deviation that unsettles his daemon, transforming them into a childish and inconstant creature, too curious and without any memories of the life that has made him so bitter. His soul is now unrecognizable to him and everyone can see his humiliation. Shen Yuan isn't exactly happy to have transmigrated into Proud Immortal Demon Way at all, much less as this doomed scum villain's daemon. A His Dark Materials Fusion AU. Knowledge of HDM not required.</blockquote> ➤ enjoyed this more than the average daemon au, I think because both the daemon and human are characters I care about, and so I cared about their relationship. genius idea to make sy sj's daemon!

<blockquote>“Lan Zhaaaaan,” he whines, “are you sure I didn’t imagine that? He actually said he’s hosting our wedding banquet?” Lan Wangji looks up from the desk, where he’s been reviewing notes from today’s lectures. “He did.” “Jiang Cheng said that?” “He did.” Wei Ying sighs dramatically. “But what do you think it means?” “I think it means he wants to mend things with you,” Lan Zhan says calmly. / Or: one million times nobody talked about their feelings and one time they did (because I made them)</blockquote> ➤ followed this as a wip and it's been so long since I read the earlier parts of the story that I no longer remember much about it, but I did enjoy the fic!

<blockquote>“Become my personal disciple,” Lan Qiren said to Wei Wuxian, feeling the weight of what he said on his tongue, the bitter taste of it mixing in with the ash of the Burial Mounds. “And as your shifu, I will bear the shame of your actions for you.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>The blob finished rotating into place in a way that wasn’t quite compatible with geometry as Shen Qingqiu understood it, and cleared a throat it didn’t seem to have. “Greetings,” it said, somehow clearly addressing him in particular more than the room as a whole despite its total lack of features other than blueness and translucency. “I’m here on behalf of the Hyper-Celestial Peace and Order Enforcement Bureau. Crime scene secure, proceeding to interviews. Beginning with Subject One: You are Shen Qingqiu, formerly Shen Yuan, also known as Peerless Cucumber?”</blockquote> ➤ the one where a space cop comes to a peak lord meeting to explain that the people behind the system are being punished, and thus unintentionally revealing a whole pile of sqq & sqh's secrets ➤ series consists of: and judgment is just like a cup that we share and the wind takes a bird where it blows well past the weeds

<blockquote>He doesn’t remember his first life; he only has the scraps of stories which Wen-shushu has been telling him. He doesn’t know what he will need in order to come home but he knows he needs to go on this journey if he wants to find it. Post-canon, Lan Sizhui travels with Wen Ning as he tries to reconcile his identity and family, and find out what home looks like for him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Modern AU. Wei Wuxian and his Burial Mounds are slipping away, so Lan Wangji makes a decision to keep the one part of him that he can. And becomes a parent. Eventually.</blockquote> ➤ lwj learning how to parent a-yuan

<blockquote>The reign of Varenechibal IV is over; the reign of Edrehasivar VII has begun. The transition, however, is anything but smooth, as the Alcethmeret household navigates grief and worry as well as adapting to the new emperor. A series of missing scenes and unseen moments centering around the Alcethmeret household over the course of the first few months of Maia's reign. A post-canon sequel with more Maia is being lined up to follow.</blockquote> ➤ Outside pov, telling the stories of all the smaller characters that happened around the edges of the book

<blockquote>Jin Ling hadn’t thought to keep track of Wei Wuxian. Clearly that had been a mistake.</blockquote> ➤ jin ling centric. I love him.

<blockquote>Jin Ling resumes thumping on the door to room 721, and the small collection of freshmen starts chanting “Senior Wei! Senior Wei! Senior Wei!” with increasing volume until finally Wei Wuxian opens the door. “Yes?” he says with his widest, most innocent eyes. “Senior Wei!” demands Lan Jingyi, shoving himself to the front of the group. “Why didn’t you tell us you’re a contestant on this year’s season of The Great Gusu Bake Off?!?” -- Several months ago, college student Wei Wuxian secretly competed in the most popular reality show in the country. The show starts airing in the fall. The freshmen in his dorm collectively lose their minds.</blockquote>

<blockquote>N’Jadaka didn’t believe in the gods of his people. But belief was not a prerequisite of the gods’ attention, and the blood of the Panther tribe ran in N’Jadaka’s veins. Bast took hold of his soul in her mighty jaws and lifted it free of his body. She gave him a warning shake, just as she would a misbehaving kitten, and set him back. With one careful claw, she tweaked his path through time into a twisting loop. Wayward and abandoned though he was, N’Jadaka was still of her tribe. He could set things right, if given the chance. Erik gets a do-over. Erik gets a lot of do-overs. Or: Erik Killmonger's own personal version of Groundhog Day, only with a lot more murder, dying, trips to the ancestral plane, awkward family conversations, and divine intervention.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The war is over and Bodhi Rook has been away from Jedha for too long. It’s time to go home. He winds up with an unexpected passenger. A love story between two people and a place, about all the different meanings of home.</blockquote> ➤ (and then a sequel about finding & rescuing Rey, and then a meta post describing the events that led to this au) ➤ Series consists of: Stone and Sand Different Deserts For Those That Read Stone and Sand

<blockquote>Yuri Plisetsky will never step out of Victor's shadow. Not if Victor has anything to do with it. Or, the epic Nikiforov-Plisetsky rivalry in the run-up to the 2018 Olympic Games.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It also didn’t help that the average glyph message was only three characters long, used no articles or prepositions, and usually had no verbs. What was the proper response to:: Curiosity; Sensation of great speed? Was it a question? A comparison?  Why, after a brief visit by National Security Director Mearing, did four different ‘Bots send:: Emphasis; overlapping? Why was a particularly bad joke by Bulkhead derided as ::Undercharged when there were actual glyphs for Not funny and Humor fail? How did any of that work?</blockquote> ➤ an ethnographer embedded with the Transformers on Earth; the two cultures try to understand each other. I'm so into alien cultural interactions! ➤ There's sequels but it got to be a bit much, I'm happy with just the first fic

<blockquote>After a chance meeting in Colorado Springs, Methos recognizes a mysterious blue-eyed man, five thousand years dead. Daniel Jackson, meanwhile, mistakes Methos for the Goa'uld Tanith, and reacts rather poorly. The situation only grows more complicated when Amanda comes to Colorado Springs, hunting down a rogue Immortal with an unknown agenda.</blockquote> ➤ the one that works to reconcile canons such that Methos IS Tanith without ever contradicting anything from the shows. I enjoyed the crossover, though I kind of kept expecting the fic to ship Methos/Daniel (I don't know why) and was disconcerted when it never went there.

<blockquote>Following the battle of Endor, the Alliance to Restore the Republic took a single prisoner from the attack on the Death Star. Sequestered aboard a lone ship with a skeleton crew, that prisoner sits and waits for what fate will bring him, his very existence kept a closely guarded secret. Desperately trying to work out what to do with him, the Rebel leaders send a lone analyst to speak with him, to take a record of his side of the story. They want to be able to judge him when the time is right. But who exactly is it they would be judging? And why exactly did he help destroy the galaxy - and then help save it? AU, following on from an alternate ending for Return of the Jedi.</blockquote> ➤ I rather liked the OC pov character. The best part was the first half with the viewpoint character's interviewing of Darth Vader ➤ but the rest of the fic was worth reading too. And I liked the choice of how/where to end it. ➤ And I liked that in general the fic was actually engaging with the question of how to deal with someone who has done truly awful things to a lot of people but has also repented in some way or another. ➤ Also: the stuff about Vader's feelings about Luke being basically obsession were like, OH, YES OF COURSE, EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE NOW (cf Anakin's feelings about Padme)

<blockquote>After his Master's death Obi-Wan Falls. Anakin picks up the pieces.</blockquote> ➤ Very different understanding of what the dark side is than I usually see!

<blockquote>A series of one-shots set in a universe where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion.</blockquote> ➤ I was surprised by how into this fic I was! Because I am the most predictable person, though, my favourite thing is the slave folk stories from Tatooine about the trickster figure Ekkreth. But really everything is great. ➤ 20 parts as of last checking (Feb 2020, but last updated in 2017): Shape-Changer Words in the Heart (Words in the Heart) Cannot Be Taken The Slave Who Makes Free Decryption Codes A Larger World The Emperor's Speech Optimal Functioning Trickster Steals the Moon Flowers for the Emperor Bedrock The Only Verdict Aftermath Trophies Children of the Force Empire Day The Unstolen Child Rocks and Water Sometimes as Many as Seven Apology Accepted

<blockquote>"I heard FN-2187 was a Stormtrooper." -- Finn sparks a revolution.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Jonas' father has always fascinated me, so here is a story, nearly as long as The Giver itself, about him, and the Community, and Jonas.</blockquote> ➤ gosh, writing this must have been such an undertaking! ➤ And it's so GOOD, a great look at all these human people doing their best to be decent people in a horrifying cultural context that they don't realize is horrifying. ➤ Could have used a proofread, but dude, writing a novel-length fic in the span of time yuletide allows, I understand not getting to all the details

<blockquote>Sha're's husband Daniel Jackson and brother Skaara are abducted from Abydos by the Goa'uld Amaunet. To fight for their return, Sha're must join the newly created Stargate Command. But can Sha're become the woman she will need to be to get them back? (AU from approximately three minutes into Children of the Gods.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Les Amis de l'ABC, at the beginning and the end.</blockquote> ➤ or ALKDHFSLDFJDLKFS ALL THE AMIS FEELS FOREVER OH NOES

➤ In which Barrayar is attacked by Cetaganda, and Gregor and Miles are killed, and Ivan has to lead the resistance and steps up to the responsibility required. ➤ This fic is complete but there is an in-progress sequel.

➤ The one where it's basically the romance plotline between Illyan and Aral except it's not a romance it's about platonic loyalty and trust, and it's so great. I could read fic like this forever.

➤ the Robot!Rodney story! yay!

➤ Ronon and John go on a canoeing challenge and get taken by Wraith. ➤ Involves the rest of the Atlantis characters too, not just Ronon and John.

➤ Kirk and his family; Kirk's growing-up years.