LINKDING

summary: During her decades of service to the Imperium, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan commanded a special place in the hearts of queer Barrayarans. Explore their stories today at the Vorbarr Sultana Capitol Museum. ➤ document fic about the vorkosigan saga, presented as a posthumous museum exhibit about Cordelia and her role in the queer community of Barrayar ➤ wonderfully done - I loved all the different voices we hear from, and the looks at different aspects of queer culture and history ➤ and the sense of queer joy and love and resilience throughout! ➤ 6k words in length. podfic available.

<blockquote>Duv Galeni has a radio show. Gregor Vorbarra has a radio.</blockquote> ➤ the one where Gregor listens to subversive Komarran music

<blockquote>Kareen protects her children.</blockquote> ➤ the one where Gregor and Ivan are secretly twins, raised separately. ➤ Series consists of: The Emperor's Brother The Spare's Mother Secret Twin Not!Fic

<blockquote>Gregor is going to save his mother.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“You didn’t tell Illyan the truth about your little topple off the balcony, did you.” [...] “...how did you know?” “He doesn’t talk about you with secret terror in his eyes.” - The Vor Game, Chapter 17 In another timeline, Gregor makes a different choice. (And Miles underestimates Illyan.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Illyan begins to suspect something is going wrong with his memory chip, he follows proper procedure and notifies his second-in-command.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"It doesn't matter how drunk I get. I don't forget any of it."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Lady Therese Vorkalloner," Esterhazy announces. He ushers her in and then makes a discreet retreat. Aral pushes himself up higher in the chair and looks at his ex-wife. He can't recall when he had last seen her. Their circles haven't crossed very much since her remarriage and, when they have, she's made it clear that they've already said all they've needed to each other. But she's not the first one of Aral's old enemies to come see him on his sick bed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Imperial Auditors review a Time of Isolation murder case.</blockquote> ➤ Note that Miles' allusion at the end isn't actually supposed to be something the reader is able to follow, though the comments also have intriguing theories

<blockquote>Ivan and Simon get drunk and talk about porn.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Cordelia's first day of snow.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After Vordarian, it takes time to rebuild, both buildings and trust.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Count Piotr is never permitted to be alone with Miles.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Pierre Vorrutyer leaves the countship to his cousin By -- if he can be persuaded to take it.</blockquote> ➤ Stands well on its own but I'd love to have more in this au!

<blockquote>Five occasions upon which Simon found it necessary to watch pornography for the good of the Imperium.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Count Dono Vorrutyer gets curious about Escobar.</blockquote> ➤ (Dono doesn't ever get a conclusive answer. But he suspects.)

<blockquote>One man can alter the course of history. A random encounter leads Duv Galeni to change his mind and return to Komarr.</blockquote> ➤ aaaaaa this is so great!! actually challenging the unchallenged imperialism of the original books!

<blockquote>Light and genteel laughter spilled out of the foyer. A large group of Barrayar's high society had just arrived, clustering in small groups as they waited to be greeted by the Emperor. Ivan hesitated on the edge of the group, mind racing in circles as he scanned the crowd. He resisted the urge to rub at the spreading patches of red on his hands. I don't want anything to do with this.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Somewhere in this party," said Captain Illyan, "there are four Cetagandan assassins."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Gregor Vorbarra was not a man born to be Emperor. Sequel to I Dwell In Possibility.</blockquote>

<blockquote>She watched a small boy of no more than three run in wobbling elliptical loops around his patient older sister, who had tied a length of ribbon to his overall strap as a preventative measure, and considered orbital mechanics.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Wrong place, wrong time, wrong person, and the consequences thereof. Diverges between Mirror Dance and Memory.</blockquote> ➤ in which Miles' seizures are acccidentally revealed to Gregor

<blockquote>Dono and Byerly, just after the Council of Counts vote in A Civil Campaign.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Byerly decides to investigate the lightflyer crash that killed Pierre's third fiancee.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Lady Donna Vorrutyer never cared that much for Shakespeare. Lord Dono just might.</blockquote> ➤ the time leading up to the transition

<blockquote>A Betan, a Barrayaran, and a Jacksonian attempt to resolve a burning scholarly question: what would have happened if Macbeth had access to Vorkosiverse reproductive technology?</blockquote> ➤ author's note: <blockquote>So, I may be the only person in the world who read GJ&RQ and immediately wanted fic about what it would be like to be a humanities professor at Kareenburg University, but at any rate, here is that fic.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Rish grows up.</blockquote> ➤ Rish's childhood, with particular focus on the instilled loyalty to her mother the Baronne ➤ part of the "A Bit Too Much Good Work" 'verse

<blockquote>Lady Alys and Byerly, not quite their first meeting.</blockquote> ➤ or how Alys became By's blind drop ➤ part of the "A Bit Too Much Good Work" 'verse

<blockquote>Part of ImpSec training involves trying fast-penta for yourself.</blockquote> ➤ part of the "A Bit Too Much Good Work" 'verse

<blockquote>They were there all along: a secret history of women in Imperial Security.</blockquote>