LINKDING

Summary: I don't know if this helps or hurts the current conspiracy theory, but Piotr Vorkosigan was involved in something similar. ➤ epistolary outside pov vorkosigan saga fic ➤ about someone from another planet who knew Piotr Vorkosigan solely in the context of his interest in horses ➤ very funny to see this pov, where everything Piotr is infamous for is simply irrelevant! ➤ technically a fic in a longer series (that's about Gregor being a fan of underground Komarran radio) but can be read without that knowledge ➤ 700 words in length

<blockquote>David Galen's soulmate is Gregor Vorbarra. Duv wishes soulmates had stayed on Komarr, where they belonged.</blockquote>

<blockquote>My wife promised me that she'd cosplay as Boat if I did Varadar Tau. Little did I know that it would be a journey of freeze frames, dim lighting, and bumping into Matt Schnee at the worst possible moment. A BarraCon 2008 report.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Ivan had expected to have another month free before his mother returned from Komarr.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Commander Vimes serves his Emperor, but he's sick of Vor privilege and Vor politics.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Alys leads Simon out of a maze.</blockquote> ➤ "Everyone needs some completely plotless hurt/comfort right now, yes?"

<blockquote>Gregor tries internet dating. Or, Ivan is enjoying being catfished by someone blatantly using pictures of the Emperor.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A moment from a Jackson's Whole childhood.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Simon doesn't remember.</blockquote> ➤ au of what happens post-chip. I have a lot of feelings on Simon's behalf since he doesn't know what he ought to be feeling!!!!

<blockquote>Ivan had promised his mother that he wouldn't leave the Academy.</blockquote> ➤ I love Ivan so much

<blockquote>Ivan was not a fiendishly machiavellian five-year-old. But he did have a fiendishly machiavellian mother.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Elena Bothari is eighteen years old when Tante Cordelia, no, Countess Vorkosigan tells her about her mother. They'd been talking about the plans for the trip to Beta Colony and Elena had brought up trying to find her mother. And then... and then she'd found out that everyone had lied to her for her entire life. That everyone had known where she had come from. That they'd lied to her every day they never told her. That they gave her to the man who tortured and raped her mother to raise as his daughter. Elena doesn't want to, or even need to, hear why they'd done it. This is Barrayar. It's about honor. It's always about honor. But no one had cared about her honor.</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Miles Vorkosigan is seventeen years old, he enters Hassadar District University to become an astrocartographer like his mother before him.</blockquote> ➤ YESSSS

<blockquote>There's a guy lives down the road, swears he's Gregor Vorbarra. Notes: This started life a long time ago because of a tumblr ask from cosmictuesdays and then I spent a while trying to make Gregor Raised By Esterhazy actually work, to no real avail. The summary is based on the song title 'There's A Guy Works Down the Chip Shop, Swears He's Elvis' by Kirsty MacColl, which, in remembering that was a thing that existed, was the key to actually getting this into a thing that contained words.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Gregor carries her mother's vorfemme knife.</blockquote> ➤ trans Gregor who must remain closeted

<blockquote>There are ordinary bad ideas. And there is making Byerly Vorrutyer head of ImpSec.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"ImpSec is my ... intelligence utility." - Miles in Diplomatic Immunity. Miles started young.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Udine helps Pidge with her homework and arranges a murder.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Put together Lord Mark Pierre Vorkosigan with Count Dono Vorrutyer, too much alcohol, and a party full of High Vor. What could go wrong?</blockquote>

<blockquote>A well-trained dog obeys his master, but the very best dogs know when to refuse to obey.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It was not possible for a man to stop loving Aral Vorkosigan.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Miles introduces the prospective Lady Vorkosigan to the current one, who finds Bel's attempts to walk in Barrayaran skirts lacking.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The first thing Tej thought, with a guilty twist of her stomach, was how good Ivan Xav looked.</blockquote> ➤ preparing for Aral's funeral

<blockquote>A young scientist is lured away by a treacherous lover. (A Vorkosigan-influenced space AU.)</blockquote> ➤ space au of the Outlandish Knight ballad (the one where the girl drowns the man who had intended to kill her and had killed 7 girls before her)

<blockquote>Five ways Ges shows his love.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The first time they kiss (for real, with intent) is the result of Byerly starting a subtle campaign to turn their two marriages into the foursome/sedoretu they were clearly meant to be (if any pair of canon couples is going to independently invent the sedoretu it's those four.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>So the thing is Miles wasn't the first Vorkosigan to have one golden year with his relatives on Beta, with the result that the first time Aral actually met Mrs. Naismith the first thing that came out of his mouth was "Oh hell, you're Lizzie," and Cordelia had a sudden revelation of the fact that her mother looked younger than her husband and said "Oh god, please tell me you didn't date," and Aral said, "Of course not, I was eight," and Mrs. Naismith said brightly "And I was the glamorous older lady who lived next door to his Grandma that he had an absolutely adorable crush on! Why didn't you tell me he was Livy's boy? He used to bring me cookies," and Aral decided he was just going to curl up into a ball and never come out, but at least after that there was no question that Miles was definitely going to Beta with his grandma for a year.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Lanna said I would never write a fic where Simon betrays Aral.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It is one of the best-kept and most dangerous secrets on Barrayar.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Gregor had obviously mistaken Mark for someone else. (Mark hated being mistaken for someone else.) A regular human being, who knew how to do the friend thing. He felt sick and helpless, like when he’d walked into Kareen’s dorm room to find her in tears because she’d just gotten a vid from her family and she missed them so much. “Sire,” Mark started, but no, that wasn’t right, Mark could figure out that much. “Gregor. Do you, uh, want to tell me what’s wrong?” After his wedding, Gregor has an unexpected problem, and calls Mark for help.</blockquote>